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Thor Delta | Tiros 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 8, 1962, 12:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weather satellite program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 3

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 26, 1962, 8:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ranger 3 was a spacecraft designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface during the last 10 minutes prior to impacting the Moon. A malfunction in the booster guidance system resulted in excessive spacecraft speed. Ranger 3 missed the Moon by 36,800 km and is now in a heliocentric orbit.

Heliocentric N/A
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | 5 Payloads Rideshare

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1962, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Rideshare launch carrying LOFTI 2, SECOR, Poppy 1, Injun 2 and Surcal 1.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 37

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 13, 1962, 9:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Discoverer 37 was a KH-3 (Keyhole-3) optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas LV-3A | Samos 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 22, 1961, 7:12 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-1 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 1961, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 36 & OSCAR 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 12, 1961, 8:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Vostok-K | Zenit-2 1

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 11, 1961, 9:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Blue Scout Jr | Blue Scout Jr. O-2

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 4, 1961, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A flight carrying particle detectors. It was the only completely successful flight of the initial Blue Scout Junior program.

Suborbital
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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 5

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 29, 1961, 3:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.

Low Earth Orbit
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