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US Air Force Space Systems Division

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272 records

1960s

50 records

  1. 1962

    1. 1962-08-02 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 48/9041 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1962-08-05 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the FTV 2404 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1962-08-23 launch

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      Scout X-2M launched on the FTV 3502 (AF-2) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1962-08-27 launch

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      Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter.

    5. 1962-08-29 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 49/9044 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1962-09-01 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 50/9042A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1962-09-17 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 51/9043 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1962-09-29 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the Alouette 1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1962-09-29 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 52/9045 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1962-10-09 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 53/9046A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1962-10-18 launch

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      Ranger 5 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to impacting on the Moon, to rough-land a seismometer capsule on…

    12. 1962-10-26 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 54/STARAD flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1962-10-31 launch

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      Thor Ablestar launched on the ANNA 1B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1962-11-05 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 55/9047 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1962-11-11 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the FTV 2405 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1962-11-24 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 56/9048 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1962-12-04 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 57/9049 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1962-12-13 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the POPPY 1/NRL Comp 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1962-12-14 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 58/9050 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1962-12-17 launch failure

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 6 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. Launch failure.

    21. 1962-12-19 launch

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      Scout X-3 launched on the Transit VA-1 (N-1) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 1963

    1. 1963-01-07 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 59/9051 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1963-01-16 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the OPS 0180 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1963-02-19 launch

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      Scout X-3M launched on the OPS 0240 (AF-3) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1963-02-28 launch failure

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 60/9052 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch failure.

    5. 1963-03-18 launch failure

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 61/LANYARD 1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch failure.

    6. 1963-04-01 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 62/9053 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1963-04-05 launch failure

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      Scout X-3 launched on the Transit VA-2 (N-2) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    8. 1963-04-26 launch failure

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      Scout X-2M launched on the OPS 1298 (AF-4) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    9. 1963-04-26 launch failure

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 63/9055A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch failure.

    10. 1963-05-09 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 7 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1963-05-18 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 64/LANYARD 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1963-06-12 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 65/9054 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1963-06-12 launch failure

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 8 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. Launch failure.

    14. 1963-06-15 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the POPPY 2/NRL Comp 3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Partial launch success/failure.

    15. 1963-06-16 launch

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      Scout X-3 launched on the Transit VA-3 (N-3) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1963-06-27 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 66/9056 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1963-06-29 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena B launched on the OPS 1440 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1963-07-12 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC2-3. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1963-07-19 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 67/9057 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1963-07-19 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 9 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1963-07-31 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 68/LANYARD 3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1963-08-25 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 69/1001 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1963-08-29 launch

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      Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the CORONA 70/9058A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1963-09-06 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC2-3. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1963-09-23 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 71/1002 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1963-09-27 launch failure

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      Scout X-2B launched on the OPS 1610 (AF-5) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    27. 1963-09-28 launch

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      Thor Ablestar (2) launched on the Transit VBN-1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1963-10-17 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the Vela 1A/1B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1963-10-25 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC2-3. Launch vehicle success.

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