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Saturn I | Saturn-SA 6
Chrysler | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 28, 1964, 5:07 p.m.
Atlas Agena D | KH-7 8
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 19, 1964, 7:21 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 OrbitVoskhod | Zenit-4 2
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 18, 1964, 9:42 a.m.
Little Joe II | A-001
Convair | United States of AmericaWhite Sands Missile Range
May 13, 1964, 12:59 p.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 5
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 27, 1964, 11:23 p.m.
Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 17
RKK Energiya | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1964, 10:21 a.m.
Atlas Agena D | KH-7 7
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 23, 1964, 6:43 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
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 21, 1964, 6:50 p.m.
Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5b
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 20, 1964, 8:08 a.m.
Atlas D | FIRE 1
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 14, 1964, 9:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
FIRE (Flight Investigation of Re-Entry) was a high-speed reentry heat research program to obtain data on materials, heating rates, and radio signal attenuation on spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at speeds of about 24,500 miles per hour.
Suborbital
