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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 22

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 24, 1964, 12:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 11

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 23, 1964, 8:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Saturn I | Saturn-SA 7

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 18, 1964, 4:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Orbital test flight of the Saturn-IV upper stage of the Saturn-1 (Block-2) launch vehicle.

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 10

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 14, 1964, 10:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4A (Keyhole-4A) was the fifth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 4

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 13, 1964, 9:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Atlas Agena B | OGO 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 5, 1964, 1:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series was a series of large, complex research satellites.

Elliptical Orbit
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Titan IIIA | Transtage 1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 1, 1964, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Test flights of the cryogenic Transtage stage.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 1

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 28, 1964, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

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Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Nimbus 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 28, 1964, 7:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Nimbus 1, the first in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced meteorological sensor systems and for collecting meteorological data.

Polar Orbit
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Scout X-4 | Explorer 20

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 25, 1964, 1:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 20 (IE A, Ionospheric Explorer A, TOPSI, Top Side Explorer or S 48) was designed to measure electron distribution, ion density and temperature, and to estimate cosmic noise levels between 2 and 7 MHz.

Low Earth Orbit
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