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Thor Delta | Telstar 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 10, 1962, 8:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communications satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
June 30, 1962, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1 series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 28, 1962, 1:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 6

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 23, 1962, 12:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta | Tiros 5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 19, 1962, 12:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-102 Group 2-D 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 18, 1962, 8:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite using a tube-type F1 receiver with S-band horn antennas.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 2

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 17, 1962, 6:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Samos E-6 (Satellite and Missile Observation System) was an attempt to create an medium-resolution reconnaissance satellite with film return via reentry capsule.

Polar Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 2, 1962, 12:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 3

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 1, 1962, 9:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 4

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 30, 1962, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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