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1960s

50 records

  1. 1968

    1. 1968-05-17 launch

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      Scout B launched on the ESRO 2B flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1968-05-18 launch failure

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the Nimbus B flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch failure.

    3. 1968-05-24 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-221 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1968-05-30 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-222 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1968-06-01 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-223 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1968-06-04 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-224 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1968-06-04 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Sfera No. 12L flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch failure.

    8. 1968-06-05 launch

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

    9. 1968-06-11 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-225 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1968-06-12 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-226 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1968-06-13 launch

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

    12. 1968-06-15 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K65 launched on the Strela-2 No. 3 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC41/15. Launch failure.

    13. 1968-06-18 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-227 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1968-06-20 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 126/1047 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1E. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1968-06-21 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-228 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1968-06-26 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-229 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1968-07-04 launch

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      Thor Delta J launched on the Explorer 38 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1968-07-05 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-230 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1968-07-05 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1968-07-10 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-231 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1968-07-11 launch

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      Atlas F launched on the OV1-15/16 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESA2. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1968-07-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-232 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1968-07-18 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-233 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1968-07-30 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-234 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1968-08-06 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3A Agena D launched on the AFP-827 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1968-08-06 launch

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

    27. 1968-08-07 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the CORONA 127/1104 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1968-08-08 launch

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      Scout B launched on the Explorer 39/40 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1968-08-09 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-235 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1968-08-10 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3C Centaur launched on the ATS 4 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Partial launch success/failure.

    31. 1968-08-16 launch

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      Thor Delta N launched on the ESSA 7 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1968-08-16 launch failure

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      Atlas Burner 2 launched on the P68-1 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3E. Launch failure.

    33. 1968-08-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65 launched on the Kosmos-236 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC41/15. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1968-08-27 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-237 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1968-08-28 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Kosmos-238 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1968-09-05 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-239 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1968-09-10 launch

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

    38. 1968-09-14 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-240 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1968-09-14 launch

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      Zond 5 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program.

    40. 1968-09-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-241 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1968-09-18 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the CORONA 128/1048 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1E. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1968-09-19 launch failure

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      Thor Delta M launched on the Intelsat III F-1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch failure.

    43. 1968-09-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-242 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1968-09-23 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-243 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1968-09-26 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the OV2-5/LES 6 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1968-10-02 launch

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      R-36O 8K69 launched on the Kosmos-244 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC161/35. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 1968-10-03 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-245 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1968-10-03 launch

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      Scout B launched on the ESRO 1A flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 1968-10-05 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1968-10-05 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the OPS 0964 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

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