1967 in spaceflight
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Orbital launches | |
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First | Intelsat II F-2 |
Last | CRL AF17.750D |
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The year 1967 in spaceflight saw the most orbital launches of the 20th century and more than any other year until 2021, including that of the first Australian satellite, WRESAT, which was launched from the Woomera Test Range atop an American Sparta rocket. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 172 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1967.[1]
The year saw both setbacks and advances for the United States Apollo programme. Three astronauts; Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee, were killed in a fire aboard the AS-204 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 on 27 January whilst rehearsing the launch. On 20 October the Saturn V rocket made its maiden flight.
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January
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11 January 10:55[2] |
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Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
14 January 21:28[2] |
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CIA | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 2 February 1967 | Successful | ||
18 January 14:19[2] |
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
19 January 12:39[2] |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 27 January 1967 | Successful | ||
25 January 13:55[2] |
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Low Earth Orbit | Weapon System Test | 27 January 1967 | Successful | |||
26 January 17:31[2] |
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ESSA | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
31 January 12:45[2] |
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US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Magnetosphere research satellite | 31 January | Failure |
February
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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2 February 20:00 |
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US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | 12 February | Successful | ||
5 February 01:17 |
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NASA | Low Lunar Orbit | Lunar surface mapping | 9 October | Successful | ||
7 February 03:20 |
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MOM | Low Earth Orbit | Uncrewed Test Flight | 9 February | Successful | ||
8 February 08:00 |
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US Air Force | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
8 February 09:39 |
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CNES | Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | In orbit | Partial Failure | ||
The third stage underperformed, lower orbit than planned | |||||||
8 February 10:19 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Optical reconnaissance | 16 February | Successful | ||
14 February 10:04 |
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Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Low Earth Orbit | Ionosphere Research | 6 July | Successful | ||
15 February 10:06 |
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CNES | Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 February 22:02 |
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US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | 11 March | Successful | ||
24 February 19:59 |
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US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | 6 March | Successful | ||
27 February 08:45 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Optical reconnaissance | 7 March | Partial Failure | ||
28 February 14:34 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | 14 September 1982 | Successful |
March
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3 March 06:44:58 |
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Low Earth | Atomic clock test | 8 March 1968 | Successful | |||
8 March 16:12:00 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Solar research | 4 April 1982 | Successful | ||
The spacecraft performed normally until the second onboard tape recorder failed in July 1968. The spacecraft was put in standby condition on November 10, 1969, and became inoperable shortly thereafter. | |||||||
10 March 11:30 |
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MOM | Low Earth orbit | Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P | 18 March | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of the Proton 8K82K (Proton-K). | |||||||
13 March 12:10:23 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 21 March | Successful | ||
16 March 17:30 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 7 May | Successful | |||
21 March 10:07 |
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Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Low Earth orbit | Test, geophysical research | 7 April | Successful | ||
Aerodynamic skirt stabiliser test | |||||||
22 March 12:44 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 30 March | Successful | ||
22 March 14:05 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Weapon System Test | 22 March | Failure | |||
Second stage explosion at T+455 seconds | |||||||
23 March 01:30 |
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Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
24 March 11:50 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Military communications | 6 May 1991 | Successful | |||
25 March 06:59 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 5 August | Successful | |||
30 March 18:54 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 17 April | Successful |
April
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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4 April 14:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 12 April | Successful | ||
6 April 03:23 |
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NASA | Medium Earth orbit (planned) Highly elliptical low Earth orbit (achieved) |
Communications/ Meteorology | 2 September 1969 | Partial failure | ||
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LANL | Highly elliptical low Earth orbit | Technology Demonstration | 29 June 1968 | Success | ||
Agena failed to restart, the satellite placed into unplanned highly elliptical orbit. Research Payload Module 481, attached to Agena, tested heat pipes in the space environment | |||||||
8 April 09:00 |
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MOM | Low Earth orbit | Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P | 10 April | Partial failure | ||
Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite | |||||||
12 April 10:51 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 20 April | Successful | ||
13 April 02:40 |
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ISAS | Low Earth Orbit | Technology demonstration | 13 April | Failure | ||
Third attempt to launch the first Japanese satellite. The fourth stage failed to ignite | |||||||
14 April 03:25 |
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OPS 0100 Transit 15 | US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation Satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
17 April 07:05 |
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NASA | Translunar injection | Lunar lander | 20 April (on the Moon) | Successful | ||
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ESSA | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
23 April 00:35 |
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MOM | Low Earth Orbit | Crewed test of Soyuz spacecraft | 24 April 03:22:52 |
Spacecraft failure | ||
Solar panels jammed, bad weather prevented Soyuz 2 launch, parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew | |||||||
26 April 10:06 |
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CRS | Low Earth Orbit | Atmospheric Research | 14 October | Successful | ||
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USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 26 April | Failure | ||
27 April 12:50 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | 23 October 1989 | Successful | |||
28 April 10:01 |
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USAF | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
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USAF | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
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USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
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USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
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USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful |
May
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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4 May 22:25 |
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NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | 6 October | Successful | ||
5 May 16:00 |
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UK Science Research Council, NASA | Low Earth Orbit | Atmospheric Research | 14 December 1970 | Successful | ||
9 May 21:50 |
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CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 13 July | Partial failure | ||
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USAF | Low Earth | SIGINT | 14 March 1993 | Successful | ||
Failure of the booster cut-off switch, the satellite went into a highly eccentric orbit | |||||||
12 May 10:30 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 20 May | Successful | ||
15 May 11:00 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Boilerplate | In orbit | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Kosmos-3M | |||||||
16 May 21:44 |
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High Earth orbit (planned) Highly elliptical orbit (achieved) |
Test spacecraft | 11 November | Partial success | |||
Blok L cut off too early, the spacecraft placed into much lower orbit than planned, planned mission was accomplished | |||||||
17 May 16:05 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 18 May | Successful | ||
18 May 09:05 |
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US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 May 14:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 30 May | Successful | ||
22 May 18:30 |
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USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 30 May | Successful | ||
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USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Technology Demonstration | 27 May | Successful | ||
24 May 14:05 |
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NASA | Highly elliptical orbit | Cislunar space research | 3 May 1969 | Successful | ||
24 May 22:50 |
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Molniya | Communications | 26 November 1971 | Successful | |||
30 May 02:06 |
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ESRO | Low Earth Orbit | X-Ray Astronomy and Radiation Measurements | 30 May | Failure | ||
Third stage Failure | |||||||
31 May 09:30 |
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US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
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US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
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US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
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US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
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Naval Research Laboratory | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
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Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
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Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
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Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
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USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful |
June
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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1 June 10:40 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 9 June | Successful | ||
4 June 18:07 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 12 June | Successful | ||
5 June 05:03 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Micrometeoroid research | 11 October | Successful | |||
8 June 13:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 14 June | Successful | ||
12 June 02:39 |
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Heliocentric | Venus lander | In orbit | Successful | |||
12 June 18:06 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 15 January 1968 | Successful | |||
14 June 06:01 |
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NASA | Heliocentric | Venus flyby | In orbit | Successful | ||
16 June 04:43 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Solar astronomy | 25 October | Successful | |||
16 June 21:35 |
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CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 20 July | Successful | ||
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USAF | Low Earth | Signal intelligence | 22 October 1968 | Successful | ||
17 June 02:36 |
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Heliocentric (planned) Low Earth orbit (achieved) |
Venus lander | 25 June | Failure | |||
Blok VL failed to fire, leaving the spacecraft in the low Earth orbit | |||||||
20 June 11:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 20 June | Failure | ||
20 June 16:15 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 30 June | Successful | ||
26 June 04:30 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Dummy Satellite | 26 June | Failure | |||
29 June 21:01 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Auroral research | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Army | Low Earth | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful |
July
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1 July 13:15 |
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Triaxial Gravity Gradient Stabilization, Magnetic Field Measurements, and Earth Imagery | In orbit | Successful | ||
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USAF | Geosynchronous Orbit | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
4 July 05:59 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 12 July | Successful | ||
14 July 11:53:29 |
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NASA | Translunar injection | Lunar lander | July 17, 1967 | Spacecraft failure | ||
Radio signals from the spacecraft ceased 2.5 minutes before landing on the Moon | |||||||
17 July 16:45 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 17 July | Successful | ||
19 July 14:19 |
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NASA | Selenolentric | Lunar orbiter | Unknown | Successful | ||
21 July 06:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 21 July | Failure | ||
25 July 03:48 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Signal intelligence | 12 June 1969 | Successful | ||
27 July 19:00 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Upper atmosphere research | 27 July | Failure | ||
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USAF | Low Earth | Solar flare research | 22 July 1980 | Successful | ||
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USAF | Low Earth | Geophysics, cosmic rays research | 22 February 1972 | Successful | ||
OV1-11 failed to separate from the launch vehicle | |||||||
28 July 14:21 |
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NASA | Low Earth orbit | Geophysics research | 16 August 1972 | Successful | ||
31 July 16:45 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 31 July | Successful |
August
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1 August 22:32 |
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NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | 31 January 1968 | Successful | ||
7 August 21:44 |
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CIA | Low Earth orbit | Reconnaissance | 1 September | Successful | ||
8 August 16:05 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 8 August | Successful | ||
9 August 05:45 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 17 August | Successful | ||
16 August 17:07 |
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CIA | Low Earth orbit | Reconnaissance | 28 August | Successful | ||
23 August 04:41 |
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USAF | Low Earth orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
24 August 04:59 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 17 December | Successful | |||
31 August 08:00 |
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Highly elliptical orbit | Deep space tracking system test | 30 December 1968 | Successful |
September
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1 September 10:30 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 1 September | Failure | ||
7 September 22:04:26 |
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NASA | Low Earth Orbit | Biological experiments | 9 September 1967 | Successful | ||
8 September 07:57 |
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NASA | Translunar injection | Lunar lander | 11 September (on the Moon) | Successful | ||
11 September 10:30 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 19 September | Successful | ||
12 September 17:00 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 3 March 1968 | Successful | |||
15 September 19:41 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 4 October | Successful | ||
16 September 06:06 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 24 October | Successful | ||
19 September 14:45 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 19 September | Successful | ||
19 September 18:37 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 30 September | Successful | ||
22 September 14:05 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 22 September | Successful | ||
25 September 08:25 |
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US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation Satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
26 September 10:20 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 4 October | Successful | ||
27 September 11:00 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Dummy payload | 27 September | Failure | |||
27 September 22:11 |
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MOM | Lunar free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | T+100 s | Failure | ||
First stage failure | |||||||
28 September 00:45 |
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Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
October
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3 October 05:00 |
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Molniya | Communications | 4 March 1969 | Successful | |||
11 October 07:57 |
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USAF | Sun-synchronous orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
11 October 11:30 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 19 October | Successful | ||
16 October 08:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 24 October | Successful | ||
18 October 13:30 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 18 October | Successful | ||
18 October 15:58 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Solar astronomy | 15 June 1982 | Successful | ||
22 October 08:40 |
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Molniya | Communications | 31 December 1969 | Successful | |||
24 October 22:49 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | 2 April 1989 | Successful | |||
25 October 19:15 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 5 November | Successful | ||
27 October 02:21 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Test spacecraft | 14 January 1969 | Successful | |||
27 October 09:29 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft | 31 October | Successful | |||
28 October 13:15 |
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RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 28 October | Successful | ||
30 October 08:12 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft | 2 November | Successful | |||
30 October 17:59 |
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Low Earth Orbit | SIGINT | 8 June 1978 | Successful |
November
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Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
2 November 21:31 |
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CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 2 December | Successful | ||
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USAF | Low Earth | SIGINT | 28 March 1969 | Successful | ||
3 November 11:20 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 11 November | Successful | ||
5 November 23:37 |
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NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications / Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
7 November 07:39:01 |
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NASA | Translunar injection | Lunar lander | 10 November 01:01:06 |
Successful | ||
9 November 12:00 |
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NASA | ||||
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NASA | Highly elliptical orbit | Test Saturn V and Apollo Command Module reentry | 9 November 20:37 |
Successful | ||
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NASA | Highly elliptical orbit | Instrumented dynamic Simulation payload | 9 November | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of the Saturn V. LTA-10R remained attached to the S-IVB upper stage | |||||||
10 November 17:53 |
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ESSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
21 November 14:29 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Radar Calibration | 2 March 1968 | Successful | |||
22 November 19:07 |
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MOM | Lunar Free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | 22 November | Failure | ||
Second stage failure | |||||||
23 November 15:00 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
25 November 11:30 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 3 December | Successful | ||
29 November 04:49 |
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WRE | Low Earth orbit | Atmospheric experiments | 10 January 1968 | Successful | ||
First Australian satellite |
December
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
3 December 12:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 11 December | Successful | ||
5 December 01:03 |
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OV3-6 | US Air Force | Low Earth Orbit | Magnetospheric Research | 9 March 1969 | Successful | ||
5 December 18:45 |
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USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 16 December | Successful | ||
9 December 22:25 |
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CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 25 December | Successful | ||
13 December 14:08 |
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NASA | Heliocentric | Solar orbiter | In orbit | Successful | ||
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NASA | Heliocentric | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
16 December 12:00 |
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GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 24 December | Successful | ||
19 December 06:30 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Solar research | 7 July 1968 | Successful | |||
Final flight of the original Kosmos (63S1) | |||||||
26 December 09:01 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Ionosphere research | 30 January 1968 | Successful | |||
27 December 11:28 |
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Low Earth Orbit | Prototype of US-A satellite | In orbit | Successful |
Suborbital launches
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
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25 January 23:16 |
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CNES | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 340 km | |||||||
31 January 23:05 |
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AN SSSR | Suborbital | Thermosphere research | 31 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 172 km | |||||||
6 February 02:10 |
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ISAS | Suborbital | Ionosphere research, X-ray astronomy | 6 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 2150 km | |||||||
5 March 23:05 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Lifting body reentry test | 5 March | Successful | ||
Second test of PRIME | |||||||
4 August 03:53 |
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Suborbital | Test launcher with dummy third stage | N/A | Failure | ||||
Second stage failed to ignite. Apogee: 180 km | |||||||
11 October 16:22 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Re-entry vehicle test | 11 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 137 km | |||||||
31 October 13:14 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Re-entry vehicle test | 31 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 111 km | |||||||
12 October 14:15 |
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Suborbital | Aeronomy, ionosphere and radiation belt research | T+52 min | Successful | |||
Launched on the strictly vertical trajectory. Apogee: 4,400 km | |||||||
19 October 17:33 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology Demonstration | 19 October | Successful | ||
4 December 21:01 |
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N/A | ELDO | Suborbital | Test launcher with dummy third stage and boilerplate spacecraft | N/A | Failure | ||
Second stage failed to separate. Apogee: 200 km |
Deep Space Rendezvous
Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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8 February | Lunar Orbiter 3 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | Returned 182 images |
20 April | Surveyor 3 | Lunar landing | in Oceanus Procellarum |
8 May | Lunar Orbiter 4 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | Returned 163 images |
17 July | Surveyor 4 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted Sinus Medii |
22 July | Explorer 35 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | |
5 August | Lunar Orbiter 5 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | Returned 213 images |
11 September | Surveyor 5 | Lunar landing | in Mare Tranquillitatis |
1 October | Lunar Orbiter 2 | Lunar impact | |
10 October | Lunar Orbiter 3 | Lunar impact | |
18 October | Venera 4 | Venus probe | Atmospheric probe functioned for 94 minutes in the Venerian atmosphere |
19 October | Mariner 5 | Flyby of Venus | Closest approach 3,990 kilometres (2,480 mi) |
31 October | Lunar Orbiter 4 | Lunar impact | |
10 November | Surveyor 6 | Lunar landing | in Sinus Medii |
Footnotes
- ^ "Spacecraft Query Results". Master Catalog Search. NASA NSSDC. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathon's Space Report. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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