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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 30, 1966, 2:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar probe which successfully landed on the surface on June 2 from where it transmitted 11,237 photos.

Lunar Impactor
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Thor Delta C1 | Explorer 32

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 25, 1966, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

AE B (Aeronomy Explorer B) was an aeronomy satellite which was designed to directly measure temperatures, composition, densities, and pressures in the upper atmosphere on a global basis.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-I 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
May 24, 1966, 5:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U2-I satellites were Soviet ionospheric research satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 33

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 24, 1966, 2 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 19, 1966, 7:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Missile equipped with the 8F021 warhead

Suborbital
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Scout A | Transit-O 9

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 19, 1966, 2:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

Polar Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 9

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 17, 1966, 3:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) was designed to be launched into Earth orbit prior to a Gemini mission and used for rendezvous and docking practice.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 18

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 17, 1966, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1966, 7:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Nimbus 2, the second in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, added an additional medium-resolution infrared radiometer (MRIR) compared to Nimbus 1.

Polar Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 28

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 14, 1966, 7:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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