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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Alouette 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 29, 1962, 6:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with an ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle detector, and a cosmic noise experiment.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 5

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 27, 1962, 9:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta | Tiros 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 18, 1962, 8:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 12

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 17, 1962, 11:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2c

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 12, 1962, 12:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The payload for this mission was a 2MV probe designed to flyby Venus.

Venus flyby
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 6

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 1, 1962, 8:39 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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Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2b

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 1, 1962, 2:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The payload for this mission was a 2MV probe designed to land on Venus.

Heliocentric N/A
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Scout X-3A | Reentry-2

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 31, 1962, 4:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Test of experimental heatshield material performance under heating loads near those of a lunar reentry.

Suborbital
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 11 & RM 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 29, 1962, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 11 also carried the RM 3 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Mariner 2

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 27, 1962, 6:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Backup of Mariner 1, designed to flyby Venus. It passed below the planet at a closest distance of 34,773 km.

Venus flyby
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