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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 2
Soviet Space Program
| Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan June 21, 1968, noon
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.
Strategic Rocket Forces
| Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan June 15, 1968, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
The Strela-2 satellites were prototypes of the second component of the Strela store-dump communication system. It consisted of larger single satellites.
Lockheed Martin
| United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA June 13, 1968, 2:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.
Russian Space Forces
| Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation June 4, 1968, 6:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.