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1931 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov born in Borovichi, Moscow, Russia.

1948 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 71 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 42. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Fitzgerald.
AF flight 20. Engine fire after launch forced jettisoning of propellants, completed as a glide flight. References: 49 , 97 .

1949 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 Bumper 5.

V-2 Bumper 5 Agency: General Electric.
Fully fueled round used and attained highest altitude to that date. In addition to testing equipment the flight was used to measure upper air temperatures. V-2 reached 102 km, 1170 m/s; WAC 400 km, 2300 m/s. Provided information on ion densities in the F-region of the ionosphere.

1949 -

Israel signs armistice with Egypt

1956 -

Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of U.S.S.R. Communist Party, denounces Stalin's excesses

1960 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: Titan 1. LV Configuration: Titan 1.

Titan 1
8000 km range

1961 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC13. Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. LV Configuration: Atlas 9E.

Atlas Development Test

1961 - - 19:13 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC26B. Launch Vehicle: Juno II. LV Configuration: Jupiter s/n AM-19F. FAILURE: Third Stage failed to ignite.

Explorer Program: Explorer. Payload: S-45. Mass: 34 kg. Class: Solar. Spacecraft: P-14. Agency: NASA. COSPAR. References: 5 , 126 .

1967 - - 19:55 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4W. Launch Vehicle: Titan 3B. LV Configuration: Titan 3B s/n 3B-4 / Agena D.

OPS 4204 Payload: KH-8 no. 04 / Agena D. Mass: 3,000 kg. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: KH-8. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Perigee: 135 km. Apogee: 414 km. Inclination: 107.0 deg. Period: 90.0 min. COSPAR: 1967-016A.
KH-8 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 .
SRV-1 Spacecraft: KH-8. COSPAR: 1967-016xx. References: 279 .
SRV-2 Spacecraft: KH-8. COSPAR: 1967-016xx. References: 279 .

1970 - Nation: USA.

X-24 Flight 9 Payload: X-24A flight 9. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: X-24A. Flight Crew: Gentry.
Glide. Maximum Speed - 819 kph. Maximum Altitude - 14326 m. Flight Time - 258 sec. References: 49 , 97 .

1975 - - 05:25 GMT. Nation: Japan. Launch Site: Kagoshima . Launch Complex: M. Launch Vehicle: Mu-3S. LV Configuration: Mu-3C s/n M-3C-2.

SS-03 Taiyo Payload: SRATS. Mass: 86 kg. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: SS. Perigee: 254 km. Apogee: 3,125 km. Inclination: 31.5 deg. Period: 120.2 min. COSPAR: 1975-014A.
Examined solar radiation, thermospheric structure. SRATS (Solar and Thermospheric Radiation Satellite) is the third Japanese scientific satellite, to study the intereffects of solar radiation and the thermosphere of the earth. National name: Taiyo. Launch time 0525 GMT. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 .

1978 - Nation: USA.

Body flap on dock, Palmdale, Columbia (OV-102) Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Columbia. References: 15 .

1979 - - 08:24 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC3W. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. LV Configuration: Atlas s/n 39F / OIS.

Solwind (P 78-1) Payload: P 78-1. Mass: 1,331 kg. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: Solwind. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Perigee: 310 km. Apogee: 317 km. Inclination: 97.8 deg. Period: 90.8 min. COSPAR: 1979-017A.
Ionosphere and magnetosphere studies; destroyed 9/13/85 (while still functioning) as part of ASAT test. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 278 .

1996 - - 11:24 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925. LV Configuration: Delta 7925 / Delta s/n 233.

Polar Mass: 1,300 kg. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: Polar. Agency: NASA-GSFC. Perigee: 5,554 km. Apogee: 50,423 km. Inclination: 86.3 deg. Period: 1,070.2 min. COSPAR: 1996-013A.
HEO. Fields and particles, auroral studies; part of International Solar Terrestrial Physics program. References: 4 , 6 .

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