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The 166 spacecrafts launched in 1968 :
1) Surveyor 7 2) Explorer 36 / GEOS 2 3) Kosmos 199 / Zenit-2 59 4) Ferret 12
5) Titan Samos 11 / KH-8 11 GAMBIT 6) Kosmos 200 / Tselina-O 7) Apollo 5 (AS-204) 8) Discoverer 118 / KH-4A
9) Hitchhiker 17 10) Kosmos 201 / Zenit-4 11) Luna 12) Kosmos 202 / DS-U2-V 4
13) Kosmos 203 / Sfera 14) Transit 18 / NNS O-18 15) Zond 4 16) OGO 5
17) Kosmos 204 / DS-P1-I s/n 3 18) Explorer 37 /  / SOLRAD 9 19) Kosmos 205 / Zenit-2 11F61 56 20) Kosmos / DS-U1-Ya 1
21) Titan Samos 12 / KH-8 12 GAMBIT 22) Kosmos 206 / Meteor 9 23) Discoverer 119 / KH-4A 24) Hitchhiker 18
25) Kosmos 207 / Zenit-4 26) Kosmos 208 / Zenit-2M 27) Nauka 28) Kosmos 209 / US-A
29) Kosmos 210 / Zenit-2 60 30) Apollo 6 (SA-502) 31) OV 1-13 32) OV 1-14
33) Luna 14 34) Kosmos 211 / DS-P1-Yu 13 35) Kosmos 212 / Soyuz 8 36) Kosmos 213 / Soyuz 7
37) Titan Samos 13 / KH-8 13 GAMBIT 38) Kosmos 214 / Zenit-4 39) Kosmos 215 / DS-U1-A 1 40) Kosmos 216 / Zenit-2 62
41) Molniya I-8 42) Zond 43) Kosmos 217 / I2M 44) Kosmos 218 / OGCh (FOBS #12)
45) Kosmos 219 / DS-U2-D 2 46) Discoverer 120 / KH-4B 47) Kosmos 220 / Tsiklon 48) ESRO 2B / IRIS
49) Nimbus B 50) Secor 10 / EGRS 10 51) Kosmos / OGCh 52) P-35-20 / DAPP 4B F-1
53) Kosmos 221 / DS-P1-Yu 14 54) Kosmos / OGCh 55) Kosmos 222 / DS-P1-Yu 12 56) Kosmos 223 / Zenit-2 63
57) Kosmos 224 / Zenit-4 58) Kosmos / Sfera 12L 59) Titan Samos 14 / KH-8 14 GAMBIT 60) Kosmos 225 / DS-U1-Ya 2
61) Kosmos 226 / Meteor 10 62) IDSCP 27 63) IDSCP 28 64) IDSCP 29
65) IDSCP 30 66) IDSCP 31 67) IDSCP 32 68) IDSCP 33
69) IDSCP 34 70) Kosmos / Strela-2 71) Kosmos 227 / Zenit-4 72) Discoverer 121 / KH-4A
73) Hitchhiker 15 74) Kosmos 228 / Zenit-2M 75) Nauka 76) Kosmos 229 / Zenit-4
77) Explorer 38 / RAE 1 78) Kosmos 230 / DS-U3-S 2 79) Molniya 1-9 80) Kosmos 231 / Zenit-2 64
81) OV 1-15 / SPADES 82) OV 1-16 / LOADS / Cannon Ball I 83) Kosmos 232 / Zenit-4 84) Kosmos 233 / 
DS-P1-Yu 15
85) Zond 86) Kosmos 234 / Zenit-4 87) CANYON 1 88) Titan Samos 15 / KH-8 15 GAMBIT
89) Discoverer 122 / KH-4B 90) Explorer 39 / AD-C 91) Explorer 40 / Injun 5 92) Kosmos 235 / Zenit-2 61
93) ATS 4 94) ESSA 7 95) Secor 11 / EGRS 11 96) Secor 12 / EGRS 12
97) GSD 1 / Grid Sphere Drag 1 98) GSD 2 / Grid Sphere Drag 2 99) GSD 3 / Grid Sphere Drag 3 100) GSD 4 / Grid Sphere Drag 4
101) UVR 102) OV5-8 / ERS 19 103) Radcal 104) LCS 3
105) Orbiscal 1 106) Lidos 107) RM-18 108) Kosmos 236 / Strela-2
109) Kosmos 237 / Zenit-4 110) Kosmos 238 / Soyuz 9 111) Kosmos 239 / Zenit-4 112) Titan Samos 16 / KH-8 16 GAMBIT
113) Kosmos 240 / Zenit-2 66 114) Zond 5 115) Kosmos 241 / Zenit-4 116) Discoverer 123 / KH-4A
117) Hitchhiker 20 118) Intelsat 3A 119) Kosmos 242 / DS-P1-I 4 120) Kosmos 243 / Zenit-2M
121) Nauka 122) OV 2-5 / DG7-2 123) OV 5-2 / ERS 28 / ORS 3G 124) OV 5-4 / ERS 21 / ORS 3D
125) LES 6 126) Kosmos 244 / OGCh (FOBS #13) 127) Kosmos 245 / DS-P1-Yu 16 128) ESRO 1A / Aurorae
129) Molniya 1-10 130) Ferret 13 131) Kosmos 246 / Zenit-4 132) Kosmos 247 / 
Zenit-2 65
133) Apollo 7 134) Kosmos 248 / I2M 135) Kosmos 249 / I2P 136) P-35-21 / DAPP 6422
137) Soyuz 2 138) Soyuz 3 139) Kosmos 250 / Tselina-O 140) Kosmos 251 / 
             Zenit-4M
141) Kosmos 252 / I2P 142) Discoverer 124 / KH-4B 143) Titan Samos 17 / KH-8 17 GAMBIT 144) Pioneer 9
145) TTS 2 / TETR 2 146) Zond 6 147) Kosmos 253 / Zenit-2 67 148) Proton 4
149) Kosmos 254 / Zenit-4 150) Kosmos 255 / Zenit-2 68 151) STV 1 152) Kosmos 256 / Sfera
153) Kosmos 257 / DS-P1-Yu 17 154) Titan Samos 18 / KH-8 18 GAMBIT 155) HEOS 1 156) OAO 2
157) Kosmos 258 / Zenit-2 69 158) Discoverer 125 / KH-4A 159) Hitchhiker 21 160) Kosmos 259 / DS-U2-I 3
161) ESSA 8 162) Kosmos 260 / Molniya-1Yu? 163) Intelsat 3B 164) Kosmos 261 / DS-U2-GK 1
165) Apollo 8 166) Kosmos 262 / DS-U2-GF 1
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Spacecraft Entries
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Surveyor 7
Spacecraft:  Surveyor SC-7
Numbers: 1968 payload #1 ; 1968-001A ; 1006th spacecraft.
Type: Lunar probe
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 7 January 1968 at 6h30 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36A, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3C AC-15 / Centaur D-1A 5903C).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 36 / GEOS 2
Spacecraft:  GEOS B ; Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite
Numbers: 1968 payload #2 ; 1968-002A ; 1007th spacecraft.
Type: Geodesy
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 11 January 1968 at 16h16 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Delta DSV-3E1 (Thor Delta E1 454 / Delta 56).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 199
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 59
Numbers: 1968 payload #3 ; 1968-003A ; 1008th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 January 1968 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Ferret 12
Spacecraft:  OPS 1965
Numbers: 1968 payload #4 ; 1968-004A ; 1009th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 17 January 1968 at 10h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by an Thor-Agena D (Thor 2C 498 / Agena D 2733).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Titan Samos 11 / KH-8 11 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 5028
Numbers: 1968 payload #5 ; 1968-005A ; 1010th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 18 January 1968 at 19h04 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (Titan 3B-13 / Agena D).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 200
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1968 payload #6 ; 1968-006A ; 1011th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 January 1968 at 22h04 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Apollo 5 (AS-204)
Spacecraft:  LM 1
Numbers: 1968 payload #7 ; 1968-007A ; 1012th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecrat test
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 22 January 1968 at 17h48 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-37B, by a Saturn IB (SA-204).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 118 / CORONA 1045 / KH-4A
Spacecraft:  OPS 2243
Numbers: 1968 payload #8 ; 1968-008A ; 1013th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 24 January 1968 at 22h26 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 516 / Agena D 1640).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 17
Spacecraft:  OPS 6236 / EHH B10
Numbers: 1968 payload #9 ; 1968-008B ; 1014th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 24 January 1968 at 22h26 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 516 / Agena D 1640)..
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 201
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #10 ; 1968-009A ; 1015th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 February 1968 at 7h55 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Luna
Spacecraft:  E-6LS No. 112
Numbers: 1968 payload #11 ; 1968 1st loss ; 1016th spacecraft.
Type: Lunar probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 7 February 1968 at 10h43 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodroem's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M Ya716-57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 202
Spacecraft:  DS-U2-V No. 4
Numbers: 1968 payload #12 ; 1968-010A ; 1017th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 February 1968 at 10h03 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 203
Spacecraft:  Sfera
Numbers: 1968 payload #13 ; 1968-011A ; 1018th spacecraft.
Type: Geodesy
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 20 February 1968 at 10h04 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Transit 18 / NNS O-18
Spacecraft:  Transit O-11
Numbers: 1968 payload #14 ; 1968-012A ; 1019th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 2 March 1968 at 3h55 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout A (S162C).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Zond 4
Spacecraft:  L-1 No. 6L / Soyuz 7K-L1
Numbers: 1968 payload #15 ; 1968-013A ; 1020th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test (Lunar program)
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 2 March 1968 at 18h29 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 231-01 / 11S824).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OGO 5
Spacecraft:  OGO E ; Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
Numbers: 1968 payload #16 ; 1968-014A ; 1021st spacecraft.
Type: Geophysics
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 4 March 1968 at 13h06 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas SLV-3A 5602A / Agena D 6503).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 204
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-I s/n 3
Numbers: 1968 payload #17 ; 1968-015A ; 1022nd spacecraft.
Type: Anti-satellite
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 March 1968 at 11h20 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 205
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 11F61 s/n 56
Numbers: 1968 payload #19 ; 1968-016A ; 1024th spacecraft.
Type: Antimissile technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 March 1968 at 18h28 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 37 / SOLRAD 9
Spacecraft:  SR 9 / Solar Explorer B
Numbers: 1968 payload #18 ; 1968-017A ; 1023rd spacecraft.
Type: Solar observatory
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 5 March 1968 at 18h28 UTC, from Wallops Island LA-3, by a Scout B (S160C).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  DS-U1-Ya No. 1
Numbers: 1968 payload #20 ; 1968 2nd loss ; 1025th spacecraft.
Type: Earth/space studies (civil)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 6 March 1968 at 11h02 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Titan Samos 12 / KH-8 12 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 5057
Numbers: 1968 payload #21 ; 1968-018A ; 1026th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 13 March 1968 at 19h55 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-14 / Agena D).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 206
Spacecraft:  Meteor No. 9
Numbers: 1968 payload #22 ; 1968-019A ; 1027th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 14 March 1968 at 9h36 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 119 / CORONA 1046 / KH-4A
Spacecraft:  OPS 4849
Numbers: 1968 payload #23 ; 1968-020A ; 1028th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 14 March 1968 at 22h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 518 / Agena D 1638).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 18
Spacecraft: OPS 7076 / EHH B11
Numbers: 1968 payload #24 ; 1968-020B ; 1029th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 14 March 1968 at 22h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 518 / Agena D 1638).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 207
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #25 ; 1968-021A ; 1030th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 March 1968 at 12h28 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 208
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1968 payload #26 ; 1968-022A ; 1031st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 March 1968 at 9h50 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Nauka
Spacecraft:  [Nauka #1]
Numbers: 1968 payload #27 ; 1968-022B ; 1032nd spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 March 1968 at 9h50 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 209
Spacecraft:  US-A
Numbers: 1968 payload #28 ; 1968-023A ; 1033rd spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance ("RORSAT")
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 22 March 1968 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon.
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 210
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 60
Numbers: 1968 payload #29 ; 1968-024A ; 1034th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 3 April 1968 at 11h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Apollo 6 (SA-502)
Spacecraft:  Apollo CM-020
Numbers: 1968 payload #30 ; 1968-025A ; 1035th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 4 April 1968 at 7h00 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-39A, by a Saturn V (SA-502).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 1-13
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #31 ; 1968-026A ; 1036th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 6 April 1968 at 9h59 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's ABRESA2, by a Atlas F (107F).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 1-14
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #32 ; 1968-026B ; 1037th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 6 April 1968 at 9h59 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's ABRESA2, by a Atlas F (107F).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Luna 14
Spacecraft:  E-6LS No. 113
Numbers: 1968 payload #33 ; 1968-027A ; 1038th spacecraft.
Type: Lunar probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 7 April 1968 at 10h09 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M Ya716-58).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 211
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 13
Numbers: 1968 payload #34 ; 1968-028A ; 1039th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 9 April 1968 at 11h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 212
Spacecraft:  Soyuz No. 8
Numbers: 1968 payload #35 ; 1968-029A ; 1040th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 14 April 1968 at 10h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 213
Spacecraft:  Soyuz No. 7
Numbers: 1968 payload #37 ; 1968-030A ; 1041th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 15 April 1968 at 9h34 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Titan Samos 13 / KH-8 13 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 5105
Numbers: 1968 payload #37 ; 1968-031A ; 1042nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 17 April 1968 at 17h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-15 / Agena D).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 214
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #38 ; 1968-032A ; 1043rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 18 April 1968 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 215
Spacecraft:  DS-U1-A No. 1
Numbers: 1968 payload #39 ; 1968-033A ; 1044th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 19 April 1968 at 22h30 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 216
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 62
Numbers: 1968 payload #40 ; 1968-034A ; 1045th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 April 1968 at 10h30 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Molniya I-8
Spacecraft:  Molniya 1H
Numbers: 1968 payload #41 ; 1968-035A ; 1046th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 21 April 1968 at 4h19 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Zond
Spacecraft:  L-1 No. 7L / Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 7L
Numbers: 1968 payload #42 ; 1968 3rd loss ; 1047th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test (Lunar program)
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 22 April 1968 at 23h01 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81P, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 232-01 / 11S824 15L).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 217
Spacecraft:  I2M
Numbers: 1968 payload #43 ; 1968-036A ; 1048th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 24 April 1968 at 16h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90/19, by a F-1/Tsiklon-2A.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 218
Spacecraft:  OGCh (FOBS #12)
Numbers: 1968 payload #44 ; 1968-037A ; 1049th spacecraft.
Type: Bombardment via space
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 25 April 1968 at 0h43 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-162, by a R-36-0.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 219
Spacecraft:  DS-U2-D No. 2
Numbers: 1968 payload #45 ; 1968-038A ; 1050th spacecraft.
Type: Earth/space studies (civil)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 April 1968 at 4h43 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 120/ CORONA 1103 / KH-4B
Spacecraft:  OPS 1419
Numbers: 1968 payload #46 ; 1968-039A ; 1051st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 1st May 1968 at 21h31 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 511 / Agena D 1643).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Kosmos 220
Spacecraft:  Tsiklon
Numbers: 1968 payload #47 ; 1968-040A ; 1052nd spacecraft.
Type: Navigation (first generation)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 May 1968 at 13h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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ESRO 2 / ESRO 2B / IRIS
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #48 ; 1968-041A ; 1053rd spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: Europe's ESRO
Launch: 17 May 1968 at 2h06 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout B (S161C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Nimbus B
Spacecraft:  Nimbus-B1
Numbers: 1968 payload #49 ; 1968 4th loss ; 1054th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 18 May 1968 at 8h23 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 520 / Agena D 6221 (TA9)).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Secor 10 / EGRS 10
Spacecraft:  Sequential Collation of Range
Numbers: 1968 payload #50 ; 1968 5th loss ; 1055th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 18 May 1968 at 8h23 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 520 / Agena D 6221 (TA9)).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  OGCh
Numbers: 1968 payload #51 ; 1968 n/a ; 1056th spacecraft.
Type: Bombardment via space
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 May 1968, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-162, by a R-36-0.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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P-35-20 / DAPP 4B F-1
Spacecraft:  OPS 7869  (FTV-8) ; DMSP-Block-4A F11
Data Acquisition and Processing Program
Numbers: 1968 payload #52 ; 1968-042A ; 1057th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 23 May 1968 at 4h38 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-10W, by a Thor-Burner 2 (277).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 221
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 14
Numbers: 1968 payload #53 ; 1968-043A ; 1058th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 24 May 1968 at 7h05 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  OGCh
Numbers: 1968 payload #54 ; 1968 n/a ; 1059th spacecraft.
Type: Bombardment via space
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 May 1968, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-161, by a R-36-0.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 222
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 12
Numbers: 1968 payload #55 ; 1968-044A ; 1060th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 30 May 1968 at 20h30 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 223
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 63
Numbers: 1968 payload #56 ; 1968-045A ; 1061st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 1st June 1968 at 10h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 224
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #57 ; 1968-046A ; 1062nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 June 1968 at 6h43 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  Sfera 12L
Numbers: 1968 payload #58 ; 1968 6th loss ; 1063rd spacecraft.
Type: Geodesy
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 4 June 1968 at 6h43 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Titan Samos 14 / KH-8 14 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 5138
Numbers: 1968 payload #59 ; 1968-047A ; 1064th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 5 June 1968 at 17h31 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-16 / Agena D).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission: Retired in the 1970s?
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 225
Spacecraft:  DS-U1-Ya No. 2
Numbers: 1968 payload #60 ; 1968-048A ; 1065th spacecraft.
Type: Earth/space studies (civil)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 12 June 1968 at 21h30 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 226
Spacecraft:  Meteor No. 10
Numbers: 1968 payload #61 ; 1968-049A ; 1066th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 12 June 1968 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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IDSCP 27 / DSCS 1-20
Spacecraft:  OPS 9341
Numbers: 1968 payload #62 ; 1968-050A ; 1067th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission: Retired in the 1970s?
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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IDSCP 28 / DSCS 1-21
Spacecraft:  OPS 9342
Numbers: 1968 payload #63 ; 1968-050B ; 1068th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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IDSCP 29 / DSCS 1-22
Spacecraft:  OPS 9343
Numbers: 1968 payload #64 ; 1968-050C ; 1069th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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IDSCP 30 / DSCS 1-23
Spacecraft:  OPS 9344
Numbers: 1968 payload #65 ; 1968-050D ; 1070th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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IDSCP 31 / DSCS 1-24
Spacecraft: OPS 9345
Numbers: 1968 payload #66 ; 1968-050E ; 1071st spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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IDSCP 32 / DSCS 1-25
Spacecraft:  OPS 9346
Numbers: 1968 payload #67 ; 1968-050F ; 1072nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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IDSCP 33 / DSCS 1-26
Spacecraft:  OPS 9347
Numbers: 1968 payload #68 ; 1968-050G ; 1073rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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IDSCP 34 / DSCS 1-27
Spacecraft:  OPS 9348
Numbers: 1968 payload #69 ; 1968-050H ; 1074th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 June 1968 at 14h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C 3C-16 Transtage-16).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1968 payload #70 ; 1968 7th loss ; 1075th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1968, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-41, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 227
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #71 ; 1968-051A ; 1076th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 18 June 1968 at 6h14 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 121 / CORONA 1047 / KH-4A
Spacecraft:  OPS 5343
Numbers: 1968 payload #72 ; 1968-052A ; 1077th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 20 June 1968 at 21h46 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 517 / Agena D 1645).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 19
Spacecraft: OPS 5259, EHH B12
Numbers: 1968 payload #73 ; 1968-052B ; 1078th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligenge
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 20 June 1968 at 21h46 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 517 / Agena D 1645).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 228
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1968 payload #74 ; 1968-053A ; 1079th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 June 1968 at 12h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Nauka
Spacecraft:  [Nauka #2]
Numbers: 1968 payload #75 ; 1968-053G ; 1080th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 June 1968 at 12h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 229
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #76 ; 1968-054A ; 1081st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 26 June 1968 at 11h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 38 / RAE 1
Spacecraft:  RAE A ; Radio Astronomy Explorer
Numbers: 1968 payload #77 ; 1968-055A ; 1082nd spacecraft.
Type: Astronomy
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 4 July 1968 at 17h27 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Delta DSV-3J (Thor Delta J 476 / Delta 57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 230
Spacecraft:  DS-U3-S No. 2
Numbers: 1968 payload #78 ; 1968-056A ; 1083rd spacecraft.
Type: Solar observatory
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 5 July 1968 at 7h00 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Molniya 1-9
Spacecraft:  Molniya 1J
Numbers: 1968 payload #79 ; 1968-057A ; 1084th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 5 July 1968 at 15h21 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M Ya716-85).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 231
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 64
Numbers: 1968 payload #80 ; 1968-058A ; 1085th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 July 1968 at 19h50 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 1-15 / OV1-15S / ARSP 68-1 / SPADES 
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #81 ; 1968-059A ; 1086th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 11 July 1968 at 19h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's ABRESA2, by an Atlas F (75F).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 1-16 / LOADS / Cannon Ball I
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #82 ; 1968-059B ; 1087th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 11 July 1968 at 19h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's ABRESA2, by an Atlas F (75F).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 232
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #83 ; 1968-060A ; 1088th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 July 1968 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 233
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 15
Numbers: 1968 payload #84 ; 1968-061A ; 1089th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 18 July 1968 at 20h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Zond
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-L1 8L
Numbers: 1968 payload #85 ; 1968 8th loss ; 1090th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 21 July 1968, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by a D-1/Proton (8K82K).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 234
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #86 ; 1968-062A ; 1091st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 30 July 1968 at 6h57 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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CANYON 1
Spacecraft:  OPS 2222 ; Program 827's AFP-827 F1 (7501)
Numbers: 1968 payload #87 ; 1968-063A ; 1092nd spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 6 August 1968 at 11h16 UTC, from Cape Canaverl's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas SLV-3A 5501A / Agena D 2801).
Orbit: Geostationary
Mission:
Notes: CANYON was the first geosynchronous signals intelligence satellite, launched from 1968 to 1977 as part of NRO's Program A and developed by the US Air Force.  The program was highly classified (and remains so even over 20 years after program completion) and for many years analysts thought they were a first-generation DSP early warning satellite. Launches under the Program 827 designation were carried out by the uprated Atlas SLV-3A/Agena D rocket from Cape Canaveral. CANYON's successors have flown under the designations CHALET, VORTEX and MERCURY; official statements following the last MERCURY launch failure imply that despite these code name changes, and several spacecraft block changes, these satellites are all considered part of a single geostationary communications intelligence program. It is conjectured that the CANYON spacecraft features a cylindrical bus of order 1.5 meter in diameter attached to one or more large antennas; it is thought to have transmitted its data to a ground station at Bad Aibling in Germany.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 501 ;
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Titan Samos 15 / KH-8 15 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 5187
Numbers: 1968 payload #88 ; 1968-064A ; 1093rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 6 August 1968 at 16h33 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-17 / Agena D).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 122 / CORONA 1104 / KH-4B
Spacecraft: OPS 5955
Numbers: 1968 payload #89 ; 1968-065A ; 1094th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 7 August 1968 at 21h36 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 522 / Agena D 1644).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Explorer 39 / AD-C
Spacecraft:  Air Density Explorer
Numbers: 1968 payload #90 ; 1968-066A ; 1095th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 August 1968 at 20h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout B (S165C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 40 / Injun 5
Spacecraft:  Injun-C
Numbers: 1968 payload #91 ; 1968-066B ; 1096th spacecraft.
Type: Radiations studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 August 1968 at 20h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout B (S165C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 235
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 61
Numbers: 1968 payload #92 ; 1968-067A ; 1097th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 9 August 1968 at 7h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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ATS 4
Spacecraft:  ATS D ; Applications Technology Satellite
Numbers: 1968 payload #93 ; 1968-068A ; 1098th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 10 August 1968 at 22h33 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36A, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3CAC-17 / Centaur D-1A 5104C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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ESSA 7
Spacecraft:  TOS E
Numbers: 1968 payload #94 ; 1968-069A ; 1099th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: ESSA
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 11h24 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Delta DSV-3N (Thor Delta N 528 / Delta 58).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Secor 11 / EGRS 11
Spacecraft:   SESP 68-1H ; Sequential Collation of Range
Numbers: 1968 payload #95 ; 1968 9th loss ; 1100th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force 
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Secor 12 / EGRS 12
Spacecraft:  Sequential Collation of Range
Numbers: 1968 payload #96 ; 1968 10th loss ; 1101st spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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GSD 1 / Grid Sphere Drag 1
Spacecraft:  AVL-802 Mylar Sphere
Numbers: 1968 payload #97 ; 1968 11th loss ; 1102nd spacecraft.
Type:
Sponsor:
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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GSD 2 / Grid Sphere Drag 2
Spacecraft:  AVL-802 Grid Sphere 7-1 / SESP 68-1A
Numbers: 1968 payload #98 ; 1968 12th loss ; 1103rd spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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GSD 3 / Grid Sphere Drag 3
Spacecraft:  AVL-802 Grid Sphere 7-2
Numbers: 1968 payload #99 ; 1968 13th loss ; 1104th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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GSD 4 / Grid Sphere Drag 4
Spacecraft:  AVL-802 Rigid Sphere
Numbers: 1968 payload #100 ; 1968 14th loss ; 1105th spacecraft.
Type:
Sponsor:
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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UVR
Spacecraft:  UV Radiometer / SESP 68-1J
Numbers: 1968 payload #101 ; 1968 15th loss ; 1106th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 5-8 / ERS 19
Spacecraft:  SESP 68-1E
Numbers: 1968 payload #102 ; 1968 16th loss ; 1107th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Radcat
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #103 ; 1968 17th loss ; 1108th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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LCS 3
Spacecraft:  Lincoln Calibration Sphere
Numbers: 1968 payload #104 ; 1968 18th loss ; 1109th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Orbiscal 1
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #105 ; 1968 19th loss ; 1110th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Lidos
Spacecraft:  SESP 68-1C
Numbers: 1968 payload #106 ; 1968 20th loss ; 1111th spacecraft.
Type: Gravity studies
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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RM-18
Spacecraft:  SESP 68-1G
Numbers: 1968 payload #107 ; 1968 21st loss ; 1112th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 August 1968 at 20h57 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas (Atlas SLV-3 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena)).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 236
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1968 payload #108 ; 1968-070A ; 1113th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 27 August 1968 at 11h31 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-41, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 237
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #109 ; 1968-071A ; 1114th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 27 August 1968 at 12h28 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 238
Spacecraft:  Soyuz No. 9 / Soyuz 7K-OK s/n 9
Numbers: 1968 payload #110 ; 1968-072A ; 1115th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 27 August 1968 at 9h59 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 239
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #111 ; 1968-073A ; 1116th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 September 1968 at 6h57 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Titan Samos 16 / KH-8 16 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 5247
Numbers: 1968 payload #112 ; 1968-074A ; 1117th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 10 September 1968 at 18h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-18 / Agena D).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 240
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 66
Numbers: 1968 payload #113 ; 1968-075A ; 1118th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 14 September 1968 at 6h50 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Zond 5
Spacecraft: L-1 No. 9L
Numbers: 1968 payload #114 ; 1968-076A ; 1119th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft (Lunar program)
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 15 September 1968 at 21h42 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 234-01 / 11S824 17L).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 241
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #115 ; 1968-077A ; 1120th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 September 1968 at 12h28 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 123 / CORONA 1048 / KH-4A
Spacecraft:  OPS 0165
Numbers: 1968 payload #116 ; 1968-078A ; 1121st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 18 September 1968 at 21h32 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 524 / Agena D 1647).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 20
Spacecraft:  OPS 8595, EHH B13
Numbers: 1968 payload #117 ; 1968-078B ; 1122nd spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 18 September 1968 at 21h32 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 524 / Agena D 1647).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Intelsat 3A
Spacecraft:  Intelsat III F-1
Numbers: 1968 payload #118 ; 1968 22nd loss ; 1123rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Intelsat
Launch: 19 September 1968 at 0h09 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3M (Thor Delta M 529 / Delta 59).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 242
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-I No. 4
Numbers: 1968 payload #119 ; 1968-079A ; 1124th spacecraft.
Type: Antimissile technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 September 1968 at 14h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 243
Spacecraft: Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1968 payload #120 ; 1968-080A ; 1125th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 25 September 1968 at 7h40 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Nauka
Spacecraft:  [Nauka #3]
Numbers: 1968 payload #121 ; 1968-080C ; 1126th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 25 September 1968 at 7h40 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 2-5 / DG7-2
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #122 ; 1968-081A ; 1127th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 26 September 1968 at 7h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (3C-5).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 5-2 / ERS 28 / ORS 3G
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #123 ; 1968-081B ; 1128th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 26 September 1968 at 7h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (3C-5).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OV 5-4 / ERS 21 / ORS 3D
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #124 ; 1968-081C ; 1129th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 26 September 1968 at 7h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (3C-5).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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LES 6
Spacecraft:  Lincoln Experimental Satellite
Numbers: 1968 payload #125 ; 1968-081D ; 1130th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 26 September 1968 at 7h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-41, by a Titan 3C (3C-5).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 244
Spacecraft:  OGCh (FOBS #13)
Numbers: 1968 payload #126 ; 1968-082A ; 1131st spacecraft.
Type: Bombardment via space
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 2 October 1968 at 13h40 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmdrome's LC-131, by a R-36-0.
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 245
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 16
Numbers: 1968 payload #127 ; 1968-083A ; 1132nd spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 3 October 1968 at 12h59 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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ESRO 1A / Aurorae
Spacecraft:
Numbers: 1968 payload #128 ; 1968-084A ; 1133rd spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Europe's ESRO
Launch: 3 October 1968 at 20h49 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout B (S167C).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Molniya 1-10
Spacecraft:  Molniya 1K
Numbers: 1968 payload #129 ; 1968-085A ; 1134th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 5 October 1968 at 0h28 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M sYa716-86).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Ferret 13
Spacecraft:  OPS 0964
Numbers: 1968 payload #130 ; 1968-086A ; 1135th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force/NSA
Launch: 5 October 1968 at 11h16 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 521 / Agena D 2734).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 246
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #131 ; 1968-087A ; 1136th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 October 1968 at 12h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 247
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 65
Numbers: 1968 payload #132 ; 1968-088A ; 1137th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 11 October 1968 at 12h05 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Apollo 7
Spacecraft:  Apollo CM-101
Numbers: 1968 payload #133 ; 1968-089A ; 1138th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 11 October 1968 at 11h03 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-34, by a Saturn IB (SA-205).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 248
Spacecraft:  I2M
Numbers: 1968 payload #134 ; 1968-090A ; 1139th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 19 October 1968 at 4h19 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90/19, by a F-1/Tsiklon-2A.
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 249
Spacecraft:  I2P
Numbers: 1968 payload #135 ; 1968-091A ; 1140th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 October 1968 at 4h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90/20, by a F-1/Tsiklon-2A.
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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P-35-21 / DAPP 6422
Spacecraft:  OPS 4078 (FTV-7) / DMSP-Block-4A F12
Data Acquisition and Processing Program
Numbers: 1968 payload #136 ; 1968-092A ; 1141st spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 23 October 1968 at 4h34 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-10W, by a Thor Burner 2 (173).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Soyuz 2
Spacecraft:  Soyuz No. 11
Numbers: 1968 payload #137 ; 1968-093A ; 1142nd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft (unmanned)
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 25 October 1968 at 9h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Soyuz 3
Spacecraft:  Soyuz No. 10
Numbers: 1968 payload #138 ; 1968-094A ; 1143rd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 26 October 1968 at 8h34 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 250
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1968 payload #139 ; 1968-095A ; 1144th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 31 October 1968 at 22h04 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 251
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4M
Numbers: 1968 payload #140 ; 1968-096A ; 1145th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 31 October 1968 at 9h14 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 252
Spacecraft:  I2P
Numbers: 1968 payload #141 ; 1968-097A ; 1146th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 1st November 1968 at 0h28 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC90/20, by a F-1/Tsiklon-2A.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 124  / CORONA 1105 / KH-4B
Spacecraft:  OPS 1315
Numbers: 1968 payload #142 ; 1968-098A ; 1147th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 3 November 1968 at 21h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 515 / Agena D 1646).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Titan Samos 17 / KH-8 17 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 5296
Numbers: 1968 payload #143 ; 1968-099A ; 1148th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 6 November 1968 at 19h10 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-19 / Agena D).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Pioneer 9
Spacecraft:  Pioneer D
Numbers: 1968 payload #144 ; 1968-100A ; 1149th spacecraft.
Type: Space environment studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 November 1968 at 9h46 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta DSV-3E1 (Thor Delta E1 479 / Delta 60).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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TTS 2 / TETR 2
Spacecraft:  TETR B
Numbers: 1968 payload #145 ; 1968-100B ; 1150th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 November 1968 at 9h46 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta E (Thor Delta E1 479 / Delta 60).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Zond 6
Spacecraft:  L-1 No. 12L
Numbers: 1968 payload #146 ; 1968-101A ; 1151st spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test (Lunar program)
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 10 November 1968 at 19h11 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 235-01 / 11S824 19).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 253
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 67
Numbers: 1968 payload #147 ; 1968-102A ; 1152nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 13 November 1968 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Proton 4
Spacecraft:  N-6 No. 1
Numbers: 1968 payload #148 ; 1968-103A ; 1153rd spacecraft.
Type: Science 
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 16 November 1968 at 11h40 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81P, by a D/Proton-4 (8K82K 236-01 / N-6 No. 1-K).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 254
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4
Numbers: 1968 payload #149 ; 1968-104A ; 1154th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 November 1968 at 12h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 255
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 68
Numbers: 1968 payload #150 ; 1968-105A ; 1155th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 November 1968 at 12h41 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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STV 1
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1968 payload #151 ; 1968 23rd loss ; 1156th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: ELDO / European Launcher Development Organization
Launch: 29 November 1968 at 23h12 UTC, from Woomera LA-6A, by an Europa I (F-7).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 256
Spacecraft:  Sfera
Numbers: 1968 payload #152 ; 1968-106A ; 1157th spacecraft.
Type: Geodey
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 30 November 1968 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 257
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 17
Numbers: 1968 payload #153 ; 1968-107A ; 1158th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 3 December 1968 at 14h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Titan Samos 18 / KH-8 18 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 6518
Numbers: 1968 payload #154 ; 1968-108A ; 1159th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 4 December 1968 at 19h23 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-20 / Agena D).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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HEOS 1
Spacecraft:  HEOS A1 ; Highly Eccentric Orbiting Satellite
Numbers: 1968 payload #155 ; 1968-109A ; 1160th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Europe's ESRO
Launch: 5 December 1968 at 18h55 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta DSV-3E1 (Thor Delta E1 481 / Delta 61).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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OAO 2
Spacecraft:  OAO B / OAO A2 ; Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
Numbers: 1968 payload #156 ; 1968-110A ; 1161st spacecraft.
Type: Astronomy
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 7 December 1968 at 08h40 UTC, from Cape Canaveral LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3C AC-16 / Centaur D-1A 5002C).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 258
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2 No. 69
Numbers: 1968 payload #157 ; 1968-111A ; 1162nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 December 1968 at 8h25 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Discoverer 125 / CORONA 1049 / KH-4A
Spacecraft:  OPS 4740
Numbers: 1968 payload #158 ; 1968-112A ; 1163rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 12 December 1968 at 22h22 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 527 / Agena D 1648).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :
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Hitchhiker 21
Spacecraft:  OPS 7684 / EHH C1
Numbers: 1968 payload #159 ; 1968-112B ; 1164th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 12 December 1968 at 22h22 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thor 2L 527 / Agena D 1648).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 259
Spacecraft:  DS-U2-I No. 3
Numbers: 1968 payload #160 ; 1968-113A ; 1165th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 14 December 1968 at 5h10 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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ESSA 8
Spacecraft:  TOS F
Numbers: 1968 payload #161 ; 1968-114A ; 1166th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: ESSA
Launch: 15 December 1968 at 17h21 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Delta DSV-3N (Thor Delta N 532 / Delta 62).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 260
Spacecraft:  Molniya-1Yu?
Numbers: 1968 payload #162 ; 1968-115A ; 1167th spacecraft.
Type: Missile early warning or communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 December 1968 at 9h21 UTC, from Baykonu Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M Ya716-87).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Intelsat 3B
Spacecraft:  Intelsat III F-2
Numbers: 1968 payload #163 ; 1968-116A ; 1168th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Intelsat
Launch: 19 December 1968 at 0h32 UTC, from Cape Canaveral LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3M (Thor Delta M 536 / Delta 63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 261
Spacecraft:  DS-U2-GK No. 1
Numbers: 1968 payload #164 ; 1968-117A ; 1169th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies (civil)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 20 December 1968 at 23h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Apollo 8
Spacecraft:  Apollo CM-103
Numbers: 1968 payload #165 ; 1968-118A ; 1170th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 21 December 1968 at 7h51 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-39A, by a Saturn V (SA-503).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 262
Spacecraft:  DS-U2-GF No. 1
Numbers: 1968 payload #166 ; 1968-119A ; 1171th spacecraft.
Type: Earth/space studies (civil)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 December 1968 at 9h45 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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