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1960s

50 records

  1. 1963

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. 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.

    6. 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.

    7. 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.

    8. 1963-10-18 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-20 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1963-10-24 launch failure

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

    10. 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.

    11. 1963-10-29 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 72/9059A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1963-11-01 launch

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      Polyot 11A59 launched on the Polyot flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1963-11-09 launch failure

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      Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the CORONA 73/9060 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch failure.

    14. 1963-11-11 launch

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      Kosmos 21, also known as 3MV-1A and 3MV-1 No.1, was a Soviet spacecraft.

    15. 1963-11-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-22 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1963-11-27 launch

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      Thor Delta C launched on the Explorer 18 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1963-11-27 launch

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      Atlas Centaur launched on the Centaur R&D flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1963-11-27 launch

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      Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the CORONA 74/9061 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1963-11-28 launch failure

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Zenit-2 No. 14 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch failure.

    20. 1963-12-05 launch

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

    21. 1963-12-13 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-23 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1963-12-18 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.

    23. 1963-12-19 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-24 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1963-12-19 launch

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      Scout X-4 launched on the Explorer 19 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1963-12-21 launch

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      Thor Delta B launched on the Tiros 8 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1963-12-21 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 75/9062 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 1964

    1. 1964-01-11 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the POPPY 3/NRL Comp 4 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1964-01-19 launch

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      Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the OPS 3367A/3367B flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1964-01-21 launch

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

    4. 1964-01-25 launch

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      Thor SLV-2 Agena B launched on the Echo 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1964-01-29 launch

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      Saturn I (Blk2) launched on the SA-5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1964-01-30 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Elektron-1/2 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1964-01-30 launch

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      Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface.

    8. 1964-02-15 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 76/1004 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1964-02-19 launch failure

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      Zond 3MV-1 No.2 (or Zond 3MV-1A No. 4A ), also known as Venera 1964A in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1964 as part of the Zond program.

    10. 1964-02-25 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.

    11. 1964-02-27 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-25 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1964-02-28 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 3722 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1964-03-11 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.

    14. 1964-03-18 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-26 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1964-03-19 launch failure

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      Thor Delta B launched on the BE-A flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch failure.

    16. 1964-03-24 launch failure

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 77/1003 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch failure.

    17. 1964-03-27 launch

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      Kosmos 27, also known as Zond 3MV-1 No.3 was a space mission intended as a Venus impact probe.

    18. 1964-04-02 launch

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      Zond 1 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program.

    19. 1964-04-04 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-28 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1964-04-12 launch

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      Polyot 11A59 launched on the Polyot-2 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1964-04-23 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.

    22. 1964-04-25 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-29 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1964-04-27 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 78/1005 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1964-05-18 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-30 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

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