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Blue Scout Jr | Blue Scout Jr. O-2

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 4, 1961, 4 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A flight carrying particle detectors. It was the only completely successful flight of the initial Blue Scout Junior program.

Suborbital

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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 5

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 29, 1961, 3:07 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.

Low Earth Orbit

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Atlas LV-3A | Samos 4

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 22, 1961, 8:45 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Unknown Mission

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

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Atlas LV-3A | Ranger 2

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 18, 1961, 8:12 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Unknown Mission

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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 4B & TRAAC

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 15, 1961, 10:26 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Unknown Mission

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 35

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 15, 1961, 9:22 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Unknown Mission

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 34

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 5, 1961, 8 p.m.

Status: Launch was a Partial Failure

Unknown Mission

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Blue Scout II | Mercury-Scout 1

Vought | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 1, 1961, 3:32 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Mercury-Scout 1, or MS-1, was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. The launch of Mercury-Scout 1 on November 1, 1961 was unsuccessful, and the satellite failed to achieve orbit.

Low Earth Orbit

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