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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Sputnik 15

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
May 28, 1962, 3 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

This was the second 2MS satellite. It re-entered the atmosphere on May 2, 1963.

Elliptical Orbit
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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 7

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 24, 1962, 12:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mercury-Atlas 7 was the fourth crewed spaceflight for the United States. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, carried the astronaut Scott Carpenter to orbit where it completed three orbits before returning to Earth. The mission lasted for 4 hours, 56 minutes & 5 seconds. Due to a targeting error during reentry the spacecraft splashed about 400 km off-course delaying the recovery efforts.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F1

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 24, 1962, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1962, 7:36 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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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | ANNA 1A

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 10, 1962, 12:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Trailblazer 2 | Trailblazer IIb

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
May 6, 1962, 5:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Atmospheric reentry research payloads

Suborbital
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 3

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 29, 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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Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 26, 1962, 6:56 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 Delta | Ariel 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 26, 1962, 6 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 1 was designed to study solar radiation and its impact on Earth's ionosphere.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout X-2 | SOLRAD 4B

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 26, 1962, 10:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 4B was a solar X-ray, ultraviolet, and electronic surveillance satellite. Developed by the United States Navy's United States Naval Research Laboratory, it was the fifth in both the SOLRAD and the GRAB (Galactic Radiation And Background) programs.

Low Earth Orbit
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