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Molniya 8K78 | Mars 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 1, 1962, 4:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Modified Venera-type spacecraft designed to flyby Mars at a distance of about 11,000 km. Its closest approach with the planet was at a distance of approximately 193,000 km, probably due to a failure of its orientation system.

Mars flyby
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | ANNA 1B

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 31, 1962, 8:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ANNA 1B (Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force) was the second dedicated satellite for geodesy. It featured Xenon flashing lights and radio transponders (SECOR) for tracking the satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta A | Explorer 15

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 27, 1962, 11:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 15 was instrumented to study the artificial radiation belt produced by the Starfish high-altitude nuclear burst of July 1962. The backup payload for Explorer 14 was modified and used for Explorer 15.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor Agena D | Star-Rad

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 26, 1962, 4:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Star-Rad (Starfish Radiation) was a military scientific payload to study the artificial radiation belts created by the Starfish-Prime nuclear test.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | 1MS 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Oct. 25, 1962, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Second 1MS satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Molniya 8K78 | Mars 1c

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 24, 1962, 5:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Modified Venera-type spacecraft designed to flyby Mars at a distance of about 11,000 km.

Mars flyby
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Oct. 20, 1962, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DS-A1 satellite designed to test techniques and equipment for communication and navigation systems.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 18, 1962, 4:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar impactor which missed the Moon by 725 km due to an unknown malfunction preventing the spacecraft from receiving power after injection into lunar trajectory.

Lunar Impactor
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 6

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 17, 1962, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 7

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 9, 1962, 6:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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