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Scout X-1 | P-21

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Oct. 19, 1961, 5:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A flight carrying plasma and aeronomy research payloads on a suborbital trajectory

Suborbital
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 32

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 13, 1961, 7:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 31

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 17, 1961, 9 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 4

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 13, 1961, 2:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed suborbital test flight of the Mercury program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 30

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 12, 1961, 7:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Atlas LV-3A | Samos 3

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 9, 1961, 7:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 29

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 30, 1961, 8 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Scout X-1 | Explorer 13

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 25, 1961, 6:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

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Atlas LV-3A | Ranger 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 23, 1961, 10:04 a.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Blue Scout Jr | O-1

Vought | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 17, 1961, 2:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A flight to measure particle densities in the Van Allen belts.

Suborbital
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