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6,207 matching records

1. 1966 60 years ago

   AFP-206 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: AFP-206

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

2. 1966 60 years ago

   ATS 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: ATS 1

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the ATS 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. Launch vehicle success.

3. 1966 60 years ago

   OV1-9/10 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: OV1-9/10

   • Space transportation

   Atlas D launched on the OV1-9/10 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESB3. Launch vehicle success.

4. 1966 60 years ago

   Kosmos-135 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-135

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-135 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

5. 1966 60 years ago

   KH-8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: KH-8

   • Space transportation

   Titan IIIB launched on the KH-8 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

6. 1966 60 years ago

   Biosatellite 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Biosatellite 1

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta G launched on the Biosatellite 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

7. 1966 60 years ago

   Soyuz No. 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Soyuz No. 1

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz No. 1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch failure.

8. 1966 60 years ago

   Kosmos-136 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-136

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-136 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

9. 1966 60 years ago

   Luna-13 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Luna-13

   • Space transportation

   Luna 13 (E-6M series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program by Soviet Union.

10. 1966 60 years ago

    Kosmos-137 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-137

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-137 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1966 60 years ago

    OPS 1584 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: OPS 1584

    • Space transportation

    Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 1584 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

12. 1967 59 years ago

    Intelsat II F-2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Intelsat II F-2

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta E1 launched on the Intelsat II F-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

13. 1967 59 years ago

    CORONA 114/1038 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 114/1038

    • Space transportation

    Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 114/1038 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

14. 1967 59 years ago

    IDCSP — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: IDCSP

    • Space transportation

    Titan IIIC launched on the IDCSP flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch vehicle success.

15. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-138 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-138

    • Space transportation

    Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-138 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

16. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-139 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-139

    • Space transportation

    R-36O 8K69 launched on the Kosmos-139 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC162/36. Launch vehicle success.

17. 1967 59 years ago

    ESSA 4 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: ESSA 4

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta E launched on the ESSA 4 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

18. 1967 59 years ago

    OV3-5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: OV3-5

    • Space transportation

    Scout B launched on the OV3-5 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch failure.

19. 1967 59 years ago

    AFP-206 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: AFP-206

    • Space transportation

    Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

20. 1967 59 years ago

    Lunar Orbiter 3 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Lunar Orbiter 3

    • Space transportation

    The Lunar Orbiter 3 was a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1967 as part of the Lunar Orbiter Program.