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Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2a

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 25, 1962, 2:18 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-2M | DSAP-1 F2

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 23, 1962, 11:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Sputnik 18

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Aug. 18, 1962, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Cosmos 8 is a DS-K8 demonstration satellite. It re-entered the atmosphere on August 17, 1963.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok-K | Vostok 4

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 12, 1962, 8:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Vostok 4 was launched a day after Vostok 3 and it carried cosmonaut Pavel Popovich to orbit. While the mission is considered a success it had several issues, a malfunction in the life-support systems caused the cabin temp drop to 10C but Popovich continued the mission, the big issue came when he mentioned seeing thunderstorms. He saw actual thunderstorms in the Gulf of Mexico but mission control thought Popovich had said a codeword for early mission ending and the mission was cut a day short. He completed 48 orbits and the mission lasted 2 days, 22 hours & 56 minutes.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok-K | Vostok 3

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 11, 1962, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Vostok 3's mission goal was to test human body's ability to function in weightlessness and to test the Vostok 3KA spacecraft for longer flights. They also tested craft-to-craft communications by launching Vostok 4 a day after Vostok 3. Their trajectories brought them approximately 6.5 km from each other and cosmonauts were able to communicate via radio. This also marked the first time more than one crewed craft was orbiting earth at the same time. The spacecraft carried cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev to orbit where he orbited Earth 64 times before reentering. The mission lasted for 3 days 22 hours & 28 minutes.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 4

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 5, 1962, 5:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Samos E-6 (Satellite and Missile Observation System) was an attempt to create an medium-resolution reconnaissance satellite with film return via reentry capsule.

Polar Orbit
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Thor Agena D | KH-4 10

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 2, 1962, 12:17 a.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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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 4

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 1962, 9:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 9

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 28, 1962, 12:30 a.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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Atlas Agena B | Mariner 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 22, 1962, 9:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Spacecraft designed to flyby Venus. It was lost during launch.

Venus flyby
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