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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 26

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Oct. 24, 1969, 1:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 24, 1969, 9:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Proton | Luna-16b

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 22, 1969, 2:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Lunar lander and sample return probe

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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 21, 1969, 12:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 25

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 18, 1969, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 66

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 17, 1969, 11:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U3-IK 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Oct. 14, 1969, 1:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to measure solar radiation and its effect on the atmosphere.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 13, 1969, 10:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 8 was a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. It prime mission was to dock and transfer crew to Soyuz 7 but the mission failed due to docking system failure. Soyuz 8 was Commanded by Vladimir Shatalov and Flight Engineer Aleksei Yeliseyev.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 12, 1969, 10:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 7 was a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. The mission was to dock with Soyuz 8 and transfer crew. Docking to Soyuz 8 failed so the mission was aborted. The mission was Commanded by Anatoly Filipchenko, Flight Engineer Vladislav Volkov, and Research Engineer Viktor Gorbatko.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 11, 1969, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 6 was a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. Soyuz 6 mission was to take high quality photographs of the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking but on all three spacecraft the docking system failed. The mission was commanded by Georgi Shonin and Flight Engineer Valeri Kubasov.

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