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Scout A | Transit-O 7

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 28, 1966, 5:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

Polar Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Jan. 25, 1966, 12:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-I series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 34

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 22, 1966, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Little Joe II | A-004

Convair | United States of America
White Sands Missile Range
Jan. 20, 1966, 3:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A-004 was the sixth and final test of the Apollo launch escape vehicle and the first flight of a Block I production-type Apollo Command/Service Module.

Suborbital
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 24

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 19, 1966, 8:03 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
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 33

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 7, 1966, 8:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 7, 1966, 4:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-2 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 28, 1965, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strela-2 satellites were prototypes of the second component of the Strela store-dump communication system. It consisted of larger single satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-K-40 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 28, 1965, 8:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

DS-K-40 was a series of experimental ELINT satellites developed by Yuzhnoye to test technologies for the Tselina-O program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz 11A510 | US-AO 1

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1965, 10:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

US-A (Upravlenniye Sputnik Aktivny) were active radar satellites for ocean surveillance. The high power consumtion of the active radar required a nuclear reactor as power source. The satellites were known as RORSAT in the west. The US-AO series consisted of satellites, which tested all the system components but the nuclear reactor. They were battery powered.

Low Earth Orbit
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