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Vostok | Zenit-2 2

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 26, 1962, 10:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Saturn I | Saturn SA-2

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 25, 1962, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second test flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle. It carried an experiment for Project Highwater.

Suborbital
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Sputnik 13

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 24, 1962, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Cosmos 3 was the first 2MS satellite deployed by the OKB-1. It operated until August 20, 1962 and re-entered the atmosphere on October 17, 1963 .

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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 4

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 23, 1962, 8:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ranger 4 was a spacecraft designed to softly impact the lunar surface. Its solar panels were never extended and its sun and earth acquisition system was not initiated due to a failure of a timer in its central computer. It impacted the far side of the Moon on April 26 after 64 hours of flight.

Lunar Impactor
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 2

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 18, 1962, 12:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Atlas Agena B | Midas 5

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 9, 1962, 3:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military Defense Alarm System satellite designed to detect ICBMs using 175 infrared detectors. This launch also carried a batch of West Ford needles.

Polar Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | 1MS 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 6, 1962, 5:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Cosmos 2 was the first 1MS satellite. It re-entered the atmosphere on August 19, 1963.

Elliptical Orbit
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Scout X-2 | P-21A

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
March 29, 1962, 7:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Aeronomy mission

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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-2 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
March 16, 1962, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First DS-2 satellite. It re-entered the atmosphere on May 25, 1962.

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Atlas Agena B | Samos 6

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 7, 1962, 10:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution reconnaissance satellite with film return via reentry capsule.

Polar Orbit
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