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Thor Agena D | Poppy 3A & 3B

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 13, 1962, 4:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 16

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 4, 1962, 9:30 p.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 15

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 24, 1962, 10 p.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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Saturn I | Saturn SA-3

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 16, 1962, 5:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third test flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle. It carried an experiment for Project Highwater.

Suborbital
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Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 11, 1962, 8:17 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 14

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 5, 1962, 10:04 p.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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Molniya 8K78 | Mars 2a

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 4, 1962, 3:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Mars lander mission which failed when the booster/spacecraft complex broke up during the burn to Mars trajectory.

Heliocentric N/A
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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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