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Scout B | RAM C-2

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 22, 1968, 3:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Suborbital launch to test re-entry systems. Reached an apogee of 227 km.

Suborbital
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X-15 | Flight 197

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Aug. 21, 1968, 5:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Flight 197 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1968. Piloted by William H. Dana it reached an altitude of 81.4 km.

Suborbital
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Atlas Burner 2 | UVR

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 16, 1968, 8:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Rideshare mission with thirteen payloads .

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta N | ESSA 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 16, 1968, 11:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The ESSA series was the second generation of US meterological satellites after the TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) series. They were also called OT (Operational TIROS), TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite).

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 10, 1968, 10:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ATS 4 was a satellite designed to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude. It failed to reach the desired altitude, thus was not able to fulfill its mission objectives.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2 64

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 9, 1968, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout B | Explorer 39

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 8, 1968, 8:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 39 was an inflatable sphere, 3.6 m in diameter. It was orbited to make atmospheric density determinations.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4B 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 7, 1968, 9:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4B (Keyhole-4B) was sixth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIB | KH-8 15

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 6, 1968, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 or Gambit-3 was the second generation of Gambit high resolution reconnaissance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 6, 1968, 11:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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