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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 .
Orbital Launches
January January launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 11 January 10:55[ 2] Delta E1 LC-17 , Cape Canaveral Intelsat II F-2 (Canary Bird) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful 14 January 21:28[ 2] Thor-Agena D SLC-2W , Vandenberg AFB OPS 1664 KH-4A 1038 CIA Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 2 February 1967 Successful 18 January 14:19[ 2] Titan IIIC SLC-41 , Cape Canaveral IDCSP 8 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 9 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 10 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 11 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 12 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 13 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 14 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 15 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful 19 January 12:39[ 2] Vostok-2 Pu-41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 138 (Zenit-2 #45) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 27 January 1967 Successful 25 January 13:55[ 2] R-36ORB Pad 164/36, Baikonur Kosmos 139 (OGCh #7) Low Earth Orbit Weapon System Test 27 January 1967 Successful 26 January 17:31[ 2] Delta E SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB ESSA-4 ESSA Sun-Synchronous Orbit Meteorology In orbit Successful 31 January 12:45[ 2] Scout B SLC-5 , Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OV3-5 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Magnetosphere research satellite 31 January Failure
February February launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 2 February 20:00 Atlas-Agena D SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OPS 4399 KH-7 4036 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Optical Reconnaissance 12 February Successful 5 February 01:17 Atlas-Agena D LC-13, Cape Canaveral NASA Lunar Orbiter 3 NASA Low Lunar Orbit Lunar surface mapping 9 October Successful 7 February 03:20 Soyuz Pad 1/5 (Gagarin's Start) , Baikonur Kosmos 140 (Soyuz 7K-OK 1) MOM Low Earth Orbit Uncrewed Test Flight 9 February Successful 8 February 08:00 Thor-Burner 2 SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force DMSP -4A F2 US Air Force Sun-Synchronous Orbit Meteorology In orbit Successful 8 February 09:39 Diamant-A Hammaguir CNES Diadème 1 CNES Low Earth Orbit Geodesy In orbit Partial Failure The third stage underperformed, lower orbit than planned 8 February 10:19 Voskhod Pad 41/1, Baikonur Kosmos 141 (Zenit-4 #26) GRU Low Earth Orbit Optical reconnaissance 16 February Successful 14 February 10:04 Kosmos-2 Pad 86/1, Kapustin Yar Kosmos 142 (DS-U2-I #2) Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Low Earth Orbit Ionosphere Research 6 July Successful 15 February 10:06 Diamant-A Hammaguir CNES Diadème 2 CNES Low Earth Orbit Geodesy In orbit Successful 22 February 22:02 Thor SLV-2A Agena-D SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OPS 4750 KH-4A 1039 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Optical Reconnaissance 11 March Successful 24 February 19:59 Titan IIIB Agena-D SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OPS 4204 KH-8 4304 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Optical Reconnaissance 6 March Successful 27 February 08:45 Vostok-2 Pad 1/5, Baikonur Kosmos 143 (Zenit-2 #46) GRU Low Earth Orbit Optical reconnaissance 7 March Partial Failure 28 February 14:34 Vostok-2M Pad 41/1, Plesetsk Kosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #6) Low Earth Orbit Meteorology 14 September 1982 Successful
March March launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 3 March 06:44:58 Kosmos-2 Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 Kosmos 145 (DS-U2 M #2) Low Earth Atomic clock test8 March 1968 Successful 8 March 16:12:00 Delta C Cape Canaveral LC-17B NASA OSO-3 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 10 November 1969, and became inoperable shortly thereafter. 10 March 11:30 Proton-K / Blok D Pad 81/23 , Baikonur MOM Kosmos 146 (L1P 2) 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 Vostok-2 Pu-41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 147 (Zenit-2 #47) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 21 March Successful 16 March 17:30 Kosmos-2 Site 133/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 148 (DS-P1-1 #2) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 7 May Successful 21 March 10:07 Kosmos-2I 63SM Site 86/1 Kapustin Yar Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Kosmos 149 (DS-MO #1 / Opticheski #1) Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Low Earth orbit Test, geophysical research 7 April Successful Aerodynamic skirt stabiliser test 22 March 12:44 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 150 (Zenit-4 #27) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 30 March Successful 22 March 14:05 R-36-O Site 161/35 , Baikonur OGCh #8 Low Earth Orbit Weapon System Test 22 March Failure Second stage explosion at T+455 seconds 23 March 01:30 Delta E 1 LC-17B , Cape Canaveral Intelsat II F3 (Lani Bird) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful 24 March 11:50 Kosmos-3 Site 41/15 , Baikonur Kosmos 151 (Strela-2 #3) Low Earth Orbit Military communications 6 May 1991 Successful 25 March 06:59 Kosmos-2 Site 133/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 152 (DS-P1-Yu #7) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 5 August Successful 30 March 18:54 Thor-SLV-2A Agena-D SLC-2W , Vandenberg OPS 4779 (KH-4A 1040) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 17 April Successful
April April launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 4 April 14:00 Vostok-2 Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 153 (Zenit-2 #48) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 12 April Successful 6 April 03:23 Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D LC-12 , Cape Canaveral ATS-2 NASA Medium Earth orbit (planned)Highly elliptical low Earth orbit (achieved) Communications/ Meteorology 2 September 1969 Partial failure Research Payload Module 481 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 Proton-K / Blok D Pad 81/23, Baikonur MOM Kosmos 154 (L1P 3) 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 Voskhod Site 1/5 , Baikonur Kosmos 155 (Zenit-4 #28) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 20 April Successful 13 April 02:40 Lambda 4S Kagoshima Ohsumi 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 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OPS 0100 Transit 15 US Navy Low Earth Orbit Navigation Satellite In orbit Successful 17 April 07:05 Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D AC-12 Cape Canaveral LC-36B Surveyor 3 NASA Translunar injection Lunar lander 20 April (on the Moon) Successful 20 April Delta E Vandenberg SLC-2E ESSA-5 ESSA Low Earth Orbit Meteorology In orbit Successful 23 April 00:35 Soyuz Site 1/5 , Baikonur MOM Soyuz 1 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 Scout B San Marco platform , Formosa Bay, Kenya CRS San Marco 2 CRS Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Research 14 October Successful 26 April Titan IIIB Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-4W OPS 4243 KH-8 4305 USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 26 April Failure 27 April 12:50 Vostok-2M Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #7) Low Earth Orbit Meteorology 23 October 1989 Successful 28 April 10:01 Titan IIIC Cape Canaveral LC-41 OPS 6638 Vela 7 USAF Reconnaissance In orbit Successful OPS 6679 Vela 8 USAF Reconnaissance In orbit Successful ERS-18 ORS-4 USAF Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful ERS-20 OV5-3 USAF Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful ERS-27 OV5-1 USAF Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful
May May launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 4 May 22:25 Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D Cape Canaveral LC-13 Lunar Orbiter 4 NASA Selenocentric Lunar orbiter 6 October Successful 5 May 16:00 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Ariel 3 UK Science Research Council , NASA Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Research 14 December 1970 Successful 9 May 21:50 Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-1E OPS 4696 KH-4A 1041 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 July Partial failure OPS 1967 Fanion 3 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 Vostok-2 Site 1/5 , Baikonur Kosmos 157 (Zenit-2 #49) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 20 May Successful 15 May 11:00 Kosmos-3M Site 132/2, Plesetsk Kosmos 158 (Zaliv -GVM #1) Low Earth Orbit Boilerplate In orbit Successful Maiden flight of Kosmos-3M 16 May 21:44 Molniya-M / Blok L Site 1/5 , Baikonur Kosmos 159 (Ye-6LS No 111) 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 R-36-O Site 41/1 , Baikonur Kosmos 160 (OGCh #9) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test18 May Successful 18 May 09:05 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OPS 7218 Transit 16 US Navy Low Earth Orbit Navigation In orbit Successful 22 May 14:00 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 161 (Zenit-4 #29) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 30 May Successful 22 May 18:30 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-4E OPS 4321 KH-7 4037 USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 30 May Successful OPS 5557 LOGACS USAF Low Earth Orbit Technology Demonstration 27 May Successful 24 May 14:05 Delta E 1 Vandenberg SLC-2E Explorer 34 (IMP F) NASA Highly elliptical orbit Cislunar space research3 May 1969 Successful 24 May 22:50 Molniya-M Site 1/5 , Baikonur Molniya-1 05 Molniya Communications 26 November 1971 Successful 30 May 02:06 Scout B SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force ESRO 2A ESRO Low Earth Orbit X-Ray Astronomy and Radiation Measurements 30 May Failure Third stage Failure 31 May 09:30 Thor DM-21 Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-2W Poppy 5A US Navy ELINT In orbit Successful Poppy 5B US Navy ELINT In orbit Successful Poppy 5C US Navy ELINT In orbit Successful Poppy 5D US Navy ELINT In orbit Successful Timation 1 Naval Research Laboratory Navigation In orbit Successful Calsphere 3 Naval Research Laboratory Radar calibration In orbit Successful Calsphere 4 Naval Research Laboratory Radar calibration In orbit Successful NRL-PL 150B Naval Research Laboratory Radar calibration In orbit Successful ORS 5712 USAF Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful
June
July July launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 1 July 13:15 Titan IIIC SLC-41, Cape Canaveral US Air Force DODGE US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Triaxial Gravity Gradient Stabilization, Magnetic Field Measurements, and Earth Imagery In orbit Successful LES 5 USAF Geosynchronous Orbit Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful IDCSP 16 (OPS 9331) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 17 (OPS 9332) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 18 (OPS 9333) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications In orbit Successful IDCSP 19-DATS (OPS 9334) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications In orbit Successful 4 July 05:59 Voskhod Site 31/6 , Baikonur Kosmos 168 (Zenit-2 #51) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 12 July Successful 14 July 11:53:29 Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D AC-11 Cape Canaveral LC-36A Surveyor 4 NASA Translunar injection Lunar lander 17 July 1967 Spacecraft failure Radio signals from the spacecraft ceased 2.5 minutes before landing on the Moon 17 July 16:45 R-36-O Site 162/36 , Baikonur Kosmos 169 (OGCh #10) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 17 July Successful 19 July 14:19 Delta E 1 Cape Canaveral LC-17B Explorer 35 (IMP E) NASA Selenolentric Lunar orbiter Unknown Successful 21 July 06:00 Voskhod Site 31/6 , Baikonur Zenit-4 #32 GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 21 July Failure 25 July 03:48 Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-2W OPS 1879 (Multigroup 2&Setter 1B) USAF Low Earth Signal intelligence 12 June 1969 Successful 27 July 19:00 Atlas D OV1 Vandenberg OV1-11 USAF Low Earth Upper atmosphere research 27 July Failure OV1-12 USAF Low Earth Solar flare research 22 July 1980 Successful OV1-86 USAF Low Earth Geophysics, cosmic rays research 22 February 1972 Successful OV1-11 failed to separate from the launch vehicle 28 July 14:21 Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-2E OGO 4 (POGO 2) NASA Low Earth orbit Geophysics research 16 August 1972 Successful 31 July 16:45 R-36-O Site 161/35 , Baikonur Kosmos 170 (OGCh #11) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 31 July Successful
August
September September launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 1 September 10:30 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Zenit-2 #52 GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 1 September Failure 7 September 22:04:26 Delta G SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral NASA Biosatellite 2 (Bios 2) NASA Low Earth Orbit Biological experiments 9 September 1967 Successful 8 September 07:57 Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D AC-13 SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral NASA Surveyor 5 NASA Translunar injection Lunar lander 11 September (on the Moon) Successful 11 September 10:30 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 175 (Zenit-4 #34) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 19 September Successful 12 September 17:00 Kosmos-2 Site 133/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 176 (DS-P1-Yu #10) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 3 March 1968 Successful 15 September 19:41 Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-1W OPS 5089 KH-4B 1101 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 4 October Successful 16 September 06:06 Voskhod Site 1/5 , Baikonur Kosmos 177 (Zenit-2 #53) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 24 October Successful 19 September 14:45 R-36-O Site 161/35 , Baikonur Kosmos 178 (OGCh #13) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 19 September Successful 19 September 18:37 Titan IIIB Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-4W OPS 4941 KH-8 4308 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 30 September Successful 22 September 14:05 R-36-O Site 162/36 , Baikonur Kosmos 179 (OGCh #14) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 22 September Successful 25 September 08:25 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OPS 4947 Transit 17 US Navy Low Earth Orbit Navigation Satellite In orbit Successful 26 September 10:20 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 180 (Zenit-2 #54) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 4 October Successful 27 September 11:00 Kosmos-3M Site 132/2 , Plesetsk Zaliv -GVM #2 Low Earth Orbit Dummy payload 27 September Failure 27 September 22:11 Proton-K / Blok D 8K82K (11S824) Pad 81/23, Baikonur MOM Zond 4a (L1 4) MOM Lunar free-return Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond T+100 s Failure First stage failure 28 September 00:45 Delta E 1 Cape Canaveral LC-17B Intelsat II F4 (Pacific-2) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
October October launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 3 October 05:00 Molniya (M) Site 1/5 , Baikonur Molniya-1 06 Molniya Communications 4 March 1969 Successful 11 October 07:57 Thor LV-2F Burner 2 Vandenberg OPS 1264 DSAP -4A F4 USAF Sun-synchronous orbit Meteorology In orbit Successful 11 October 11:30 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 181 (Zenit-2 #55) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 19 October Successful 16 October 08:00 Voskhod Site 31/6 , Baikonur Kosmos 182 (Zenit-4 #35) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 24 October Successful 18 October 13:30 R-36-O Site 161/35 , Baikonur Kosmos 183 (OGCh #15) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 18 October Successful 18 October 15:58 Delta C Cape Canaveral LC-17B OSO 4 NASA Low Earth Solar astronomy 15 June 1982 Successful 22 October 08:40 Molniya (M) Site 1/5 , Baikonur Molniya-1 07 Molniya Communications 31 December 1969 Successful 24 October 22:49 Vostok-2M Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #8) Low Earth Orbit Meteorology 2 April 1989 Successful 25 October 19:15 Titan IIIB Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-4W OPS 4995 KH-8 4309 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 5 November Successful 27 October 02:21 Tsyklon-2A Site 90/19 , Baikonur Kosmos 185 (I2-BM #1) Low Earth Orbit Test spacecraft 14 January 1969 Successful 27 October 09:29 Soyuz Site 31/6 , Baikonur Kosmos 186 (Soyuz Test #3) Low Earth Orbit Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft 31 October Successful 28 October 13:15 R-36-O Site 162/36 , Baikonur Kosmos 187 (OGCh #16) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 28 October Successful 30 October 08:12 Soyuz Site 1/5 , Baikonur Kosmos 188 (Soyuz Test #4) Low Earth Orbit Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft 2 November Successful 30 October 17:59 Kosmos-3M Site 132/2, Plesetsk Kosmos 189 (Tselina -O #1) Low Earth Orbit SIGINT 8 June 1978 Successful
November
December December launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks 3 December 12:00 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 194 (Zenit-4 #37) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 11 December Successful 5 December 01:03 Scout B SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OV3-6 US Air Force Low Earth Orbit Magnetospheric Research 9 March 1969 Successful 5 December 18:45 Titan IIIB Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-4W OPS 5000 KH-8 4310 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 December Successful 9 December 22:25 Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D Vandenberg SLC-1W OPS 1001 KH-4A 1102 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 25 December Successful 13 December 14:08 Delta E 1 Cape Canaveral LC-17B Pioneer 8 NASA Heliocentric Solar orbiter In orbit Successful TTR NASA Heliocentric Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful 16 December 12:00 Voskhod Site 41/1 , Plesetsk Kosmos 195 (Zenit-2 #57) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 24 December Successful 19 December 06:30 Kosmos Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1 Kosmos 196 (DS-U1-G #2) Low Earth Orbit Solar research 7 July 1968 Successful Final flight of the original Kosmos (63S1) 26 December 09:01 Kosmos-2 Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1 Kosmos 197 (DS-U2-V #3) Low Earth Orbit Ionosphere research 30 January 1968 Successful 27 December 11:28 Tsyklon-2A Site 90/19 , Baikonur Kosmos 198 (US-AO #3) Low Earth Orbit Prototype of US-A satellite In orbit Successful
Suborbital launches Date and time (UTC ) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks
January-December 25 January 23:16 Dragon Dumont d'Urville Station , Terre Adelie CNES Suborbital Ionosphere research 25 January Successful Apogee: 340 km 31 January 23:05 MR-12 Kheysa AN SSSR Suborbital Thermosphere research31 January Successful Apogee: 172 km 6 February 02:10 L-3H Kagoshima Space Center LP-L ISAS Suborbital Ionosphere research, X-ray astronomy 6 February Successful Apogee: 2150 km 9 February RT-15 Kapustin Yar, Site 84 RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 December Successful 5 March 23:05 Atlas SLV-3 Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3E US Air Force SV-5D FV-2 US Air Force Suborbital Lifting body reentry test 5 March Successful Second test of PRIME 4 August 03:53 Europa F6/1 LA-6A, Woomera ELDO Suborbital Test launcher with dummy third stage N/A Failure Second stage failed to ignite. Apogee: 180 km 11 October 16:22 Sparta SV-8 LA-8, Woomera US Army Re-entry vehicle US Army Suborbital Re-entry vehicle test 11 October Successful Apogee: 137 km 12 October 14:15 Kosmos-3 Baikonur Site 41/15 VKZ 1 Suborbital Aeronomy , ionosphere and radiation belt researchT+52 min Successful Launched on the strictly vertical trajectory. Apogee: 4,400 km 19 October 17:33 Scout B LA-3A, Wallops Island US Air Force RAM C-1 NASA Suborbital Technology Demonstration 19 October Successful 31 October 13:14 Sparta SV-9 LA-8, Woomera US Army Re-entry vehicle US Army Suborbital Re-entry vehicle test 31 October Successful Apogee: 111 km November LEX 02B/1 CERES Ile du Levant ONERA ONERA Suborbital Test flight November Successful Apogee: 115 km November LEX 02B/2 CERES Ile du Levant ONERA ONERA Suborbital Test flight November Successful Apogee: 115 km November LEX 02B/4 CERES Ile du Levant ONERA SECT Meteo ONERA Suborbital Meteorology November Successful Apogee: 101 km 4 December 21:01 Europa F6/2 LA-6A, Woomera ELDO 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
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline . Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics . Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).