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6,410 records

1960s

50 records

  1. 1962

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 1962-12-13 launch

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

    5. 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.

    6. 1962-12-14 planetary flyby

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      Mariner 2 completed the first successful close-range planetary encounter.

    7. 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.

    8. 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.

    9. 1962-12-22 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-12 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 1963

    1. 1963-01-04 launch

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      Luna E-6 No.2, also identified as No.1, and sometimes known in the West as Sputnik 25, was a Soviet spacecraft which launched in 1963, but was placed into a useless orbit due to a problem with the upper stage of…

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 1963-02-03 launch failure

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      Luna E-6 No.3, also identified as No.2 and sometimes by NASA as Luna 1963B, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1963.

    5. 1963-02-14 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Syncom 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 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.

    7. 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.

    8. 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.

    9. 1963-03-21 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-13 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 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.

    11. 1963-04-02 launch

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      Luna 4, or E-6 No.4 (Ye-6 series), sometimes known in the West as Lunik 4, was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1963 as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon.

    12. 1963-04-03 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Explorer 17 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 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.

    14. 1963-04-06 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-P1 No. 2 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

    15. 1963-04-13 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-14 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1963-04-22 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-15 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 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.

    18. 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.

    19. 1963-04-28 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-16 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1963-05-07 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Telstar 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 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.

    22. 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.

    23. 1963-05-22 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-17 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1963-05-24 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-18 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1963-06-01 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-MT No. 1 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

    26. 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.

    27. 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.

    28. 1963-06-14 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Vostok-5 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 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.

    30. 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.

    31. 1963-06-16 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Vostok-6 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1963-06-19 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Tiros 7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 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.

    34. 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.

    35. 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.

    36. 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.

    37. 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.

    38. 1963-07-26 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Syncom 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 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.

    40. 1963-08-06 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-19 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1963-08-22 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-A1 No. 3 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

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