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Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Nimbus 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 28, 1964, 7:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Nimbus 1, the first in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced meteorological sensor systems and for collecting meteorological data.

Polar Orbit
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Scout X-4 | Explorer 20

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 25, 1964, 1:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 20 (IE A, Ionospheric Explorer A, TOPSI, Top Side Explorer or S 48) was designed to measure electron distribution, ion density and temperature, and to estimate cosmic noise levels between 2 and 7 MHz.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Strela-1 4,5

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1964, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 1b

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 22, 1964, 7:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-5 12

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 21, 1964, 3:45 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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Thor Delta D | Syncom 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 19, 1964, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Syncom 3 was the first geostationary satellite.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 1,2,3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 18, 1964, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout X-4A | Reentry-4A

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 18, 1964, 6:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Test of Apollo-type ablator materials at lunar reentry heating levels.

Suborbital
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 10

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 14, 1964, 10 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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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 21

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 14, 1964, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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