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Atlas Agena D | Vela 1A & 1B

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 17, 1963, 2:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Vela (meaning "watchman" in Spanish) series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 28, 1963, 8:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.

Polar Orbit
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Scout X-2B | DSAP-1 F5

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 27, 1963, 11:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 23, 1963, 11 p.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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Atlas Agena D | KH-7 2

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 6, 1963, 7:30 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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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-5 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 29, 1963, 8:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Little Joe II | QTV

Convair | United States of America
White Sands Missile Range
Aug. 28, 1963, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First test flight of the Little Joe II rocket.

Suborbital
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 25, 1963, 12:29 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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X-15 | Flight 91

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Aug. 22, 1963, 6:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

X-15 Flight 91 was a 1963 American crewed mission, and the second and final flight in the program to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight—a flight over 100 km in altitude. It was the highest flight of the X-15 program.

Suborbital
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1963, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

DS-A1 satellite designed to test techniques and equipment for communication and navigation systems.

Low Earth Orbit
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