1967 in spaceflight
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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.
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
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 11 January 10:55 | United StatesDelta E1 | United StatesLC-17, Cape Canaveral | ||||
| United Nations Intelsat II F-2 (Canary Bird) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| 14 January 21:28 | United StatesThor-Agena D | United StatesSLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | ||||
| United StatesOPS 1664 KH-4A 1038 | CIA | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 2 February 1967 | Successful | |
| 18 January 14:19 | United StatesTitan IIIC | United StatesSLC-41, Cape Canaveral | ||||
| United StatesIDCSP 8 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 9 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 10 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 11 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 12 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 13 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 14 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 15 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| 19 January 12:39 | Soviet UnionVostok-2 | Soviet UnionPu-41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 138 (Zenit-2 #45) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 27 January 1967 | Successful | |
| 25 January 13:55 | Soviet UnionR-36ORB | Soviet UnionPad 164/36, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 139 (OGCh #7) | Low Earth Orbit | Weapon System Test | 27 January 1967 | Successful | ||
| 26 January 17:31 | United StatesDelta E | United StatesSLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB | ||||
| United States ESSA-4 | ESSA | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
| 31 January 12:45 | United StatesScout B | United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United StatesOV3-5 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Magnetosphere research satellite | 31 January | Failure |
February
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 2 February 20:00 | United StatesAtlas-Agena D | United StatesSLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United StatesOPS 4399 KH-7 4036 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | 12 February | Successful | |
| 5 February 01:17 | United StatesAtlas-Agena D | United StatesLC-13, Cape Canaveral | NASA | |||
| United States Lunar Orbiter 3 | NASA | Low Lunar Orbit | Lunar surface mapping | 9 October | Successful | |
| 7 February 03:20 | Soviet UnionSoyuz | Soviet UnionPad 1/5 (Gagarin's Start), Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 140 (Soyuz 7K-OK 1) | MOM | Low Earth Orbit | Uncrewed Test Flight | 9 February | Successful | |
| 8 February 08:00 | United StatesThor-Burner 2 | United StatesSLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United StatesDMSP-4A F2 | US Air Force | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
| 8 February 09:39 | FranceDiamant-A | AlgeriaHammaguir | CNES | |||
| FranceDiadème 1 | CNES | Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | In orbit | Partial Failure | |
| The third stage underperformed, lower orbit than planned | ||||||
| 8 February 10:19 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionPad 41/1, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 141 (Zenit-4 #26) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Optical reconnaissance | 16 February | Successful | |
| 14 February 10:04 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionPad 86/1, Kapustin Yar | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 142 (DS-U2-I #2) | Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Low Earth Orbit | Ionosphere Research | 6 July | Successful | |
| 15 February 10:06 | FranceDiamant-A | AlgeriaHammaguir | CNES | |||
| FranceDiadème 2 | CNES | Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful | |
| 22 February 22:02 | United StatesThor SLV-2A Agena-D | United StatesSLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United StatesOPS 4750 KH-4A 1039 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | 11 March | Successful | |
| 24 February 19:59 | United StatesTitan IIIB Agena-D | United StatesSLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United StatesOPS 4204 KH-8 4304 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | 6 March | Successful | |
| 27 February 08:45 | Soviet UnionVostok-2 | Soviet UnionPad 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 143 (Zenit-2 #46) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Optical reconnaissance | 7 March | Partial Failure | |
| 28 February 14:34 | Soviet UnionVostok-2M | Soviet UnionPad 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #6) | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | 14 September 1982 | Successful |
March
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 3 March 06:44:58 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionKapustin Yar LC-86/1 | Soviet Union | |||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 145 (DS-U2 M #2) | Low Earth | Atomic clock test | 8 March 1968 | Successful | ||
| 8 March 16:12:00 | United StatesDelta C | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B | United StatesNASA | |||
| United StatesOSO-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 | Soviet UnionProton-K / Blok D | Soviet UnionPad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | |||
| Soviet Union 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 | Soviet UnionVostok-2 | Soviet UnionPu-41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 147 (Zenit-2 #47) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 21 March | Successful | |
| 16 March 17:30 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 148 (DS-P1-1 #2) | Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 7 May | Successful | ||
| 21 March 10:07 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63SM | Soviet UnionSite 86/1 Kapustin Yar | Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | |||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 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 | Soviet Union Voskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 150 (Zenit-4 #27) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 30 March | Successful | |
| 22 March 14:05 | Soviet Union R-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet Union OGCh #8 | Low Earth Orbit | Weapon System Test | 22 March | Failure | ||
| Second stage explosion at T+455 seconds | ||||||
| 23 March 01:30 | United StatesDelta E1 | United StatesLC-17B, Cape Canaveral | ||||
| United Nations Intelsat II F3 (Lani Bird) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| 24 March 11:50 | Soviet UnionKosmos-3 | Soviet UnionSite 41/15, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 151 (Strela-2 #3) | Low Earth Orbit | Military communications | 6 May 1991 | Successful | ||
| 25 March 06:59 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 152 (DS-P1-Yu #7) | Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 5 August | Successful | ||
| 30 March 18:54 | United States Thor-SLV-2A Agena-D | United StatesSLC-2W, Vandenberg | ||||
| United States OPS 4779 (KH-4A 1040) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 17 April | Successful |
April
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 4 April 14:00 | Soviet UnionVostok-2 | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 153 (Zenit-2 #48) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 12 April | Successful | |
| 6 April 03:23 | United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Agena-D | United StatesLC-12, Cape Canaveral | ||||
| United States ATS-2 | NASA | Medium Earth orbit (planned) Highly elliptical low Earth orbit (achieved) | Communications/ Meteorology | 2 September 1969 | Partial failure | |
| United States 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 | Soviet UnionProton-K / Blok D | Soviet UnionPad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | |||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 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 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 155 (Zenit-4 #28) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 20 April | Successful | |
| 13 April 02:40 | JapanLambda 4S | Japan Kagoshima | ||||
| Japan 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 | United StatesScout A | United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 0100 Transit 15 | US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation Satellite | In orbit | Successful | |
| 17 April 07:05 | United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | AC-12 | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36B | |||
| United StatesSurveyor 3 | NASA | Translunar injection | Lunar lander | 20 April (on the Moon) | Successful | |
| 20 April | United StatesDelta E | United StatesVandenberg SLC-2E | ||||
| United States ESSA-5 | ESSA | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
| 23 April 00:35 | Soviet UnionSoyuz | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | MOM | |||
| Soviet UnionSoyuz 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 | United StatesScout B | ItalySan Marco platform, Formosa Bay, Kenya | CRS | |||
| Italy San Marco 2 | CRS | Low Earth Orbit | Atmospheric Research | 14 October | Successful | |
| 26 April | United StatesTitan IIIB Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W | ||||
| United States OPS 4243 KH-8 4305 | USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 26 April | Failure | |
| 27 April 12:50 | Soviet UnionVostok-2M | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #7) | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | 23 October 1989 | Successful | ||
| 28 April 10:01 | United StatesTitan IIIC | United States Cape Canaveral LC-41 | ||||
| United StatesOPS 6638 Vela 7 | USAF | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United StatesOPS 6679 Vela 8 | USAF | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United StatesERS-18 ORS-4 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United StatesERS-20 OV5-3 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United StatesERS-27 OV5-1 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful |
May
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 4 May 22:25 | United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-13 | ||||
| United StatesLunar Orbiter 4 | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | 6 October | Successful | |
| 5 May 16:00 | United StatesScout A | United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United KingdomUnited StatesAriel 3 | UK Science Research Council, NASA | Low Earth Orbit | Atmospheric Research | 14 December 1970 | Successful | |
| 9 May 21:50 | United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-1E | ||||
| United States OPS 4696 KH-4A 1041 | CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 13 July | Partial failure | |
| United States 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 | Soviet UnionVostok-2 | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 157 (Zenit-2 #49) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 20 May | Successful | |
| 15 May 11:00 | Soviet UnionKosmos-3M | Soviet UnionSite 132/2, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 158 (Zaliv-GVM #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Boilerplate | In orbit | Successful | ||
| Maiden flight of Kosmos-3M | ||||||
| 16 May 21:44 | Soviet UnionMolniya-M / Blok L | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 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 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 160 (OGCh #9) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 18 May | Successful | |
| 18 May 09:05 | United StatesScout A | United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United States OPS 7218 Transit 16 | US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |
| 22 May 14:00 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 161 (Zenit-4 #29) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 30 May | Successful | |
| 22 May 18:30 | United States Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | United States Vandenberg SLC-4E | ||||
| United States OPS 4321 KH-7 4037 | USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 30 May | Successful | |
| United States OPS 5557 LOGACS | USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Technology Demonstration | 27 May | Successful | |
| 24 May 14:05 | United States Delta E1 | United StatesVandenberg SLC-2E | ||||
| United States Explorer 34 (IMP F) | NASA | Highly elliptical orbit | Cislunar space research | 3 May 1969 | Successful | |
| 24 May 22:50 | Soviet UnionMolniya-M | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionMolniya-1 05 | Molniya | Communications | 26 November 1971 | Successful | ||
| 30 May 02:06 | United StatesScout B | United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| European Union ESRO 2A | ESRO | Low Earth Orbit | X-Ray Astronomy and Radiation Measurements | 30 May | Failure | |
| Third stage Failure | ||||||
| 31 May 09:30 | United States Thor DM-21 Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W | ||||
| United States Poppy 5A | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States Poppy 5B | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States Poppy 5C | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States Poppy 5D | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States Timation 1 | Naval Research Laboratory | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States Calsphere 3 | Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States Calsphere 4 | Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States NRL-PL 150B | Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States ORS 5712 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful |
June
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 1 June 10:40 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 162 (Zenit-4 #30) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 9 June | Successful | |
| 4 June 18:07 | United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-4E | ||||
| United StatesOPS 4360 KH-7 4038 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 12 June | Successful | |
| 5 June 05:03 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionKapustin Yar | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 163 (DS-U2-MP #2) | Low Earth Orbit | Micrometeoroid research | 11 October | Successful | ||
| 8 June 13:00 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 164 (Zenit-2 #50) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 14 June | Successful | |
| 12 June 02:39 | Soviet UnionMolniya-M / Blok VL | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet Union Venera 4 | Heliocentric | Venus lander | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 12 June 18:06 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 165 (DS-P1-Yu #8) | Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 15 January 1968 | Successful | ||
| 14 June 06:01 | United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Agena-D | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12 | ||||
| United StatesMariner 5 | NASA | Heliocentric | Venus flyby | In orbit | Successful | |
| 16 June 04:43 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionKapustin Yar | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 166 (DS-U3-S #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Solar astronomy | 25 October | Successful | ||
| 16 June 21:35 | United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-1W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 3559 KH-4A 1042 | CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 20 July | Successful | |
| United StatesOPS 1873 Savant 1 | USAF | Low Earth | Signal intelligence | 22 October 1968 | Successful | |
| 17 June 02:36 | Soviet UnionMolniya-M / Blok VL | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 167 (Venera 5a) | 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 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionZenit-4 #31 | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 20 June | Failure | |
| 20 June 16:15 | United States Titan IIIB Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 4282 KH-8 4306 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 30 June | Successful | |
| 26 June 04:30 | Soviet UnionKosmos-3M | Soviet UnionSite 132/2, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionTselina-O-GVM #1 | Low Earth Orbit | Dummy Satellite | 26 June | Failure | ||
| 29 June 21:01 | United States Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Star-13A | United StatesVandenberg | ||||
| United StatesAurora 1 | USAF | Low Earth | Auroral research | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesSECOR 9 | US Army | Low Earth | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful |
July
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 1 July 13:15 | United StatesTitan IIIC | United StatesSLC-41, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | |||
| United StatesDODGE | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Triaxial Gravity Gradient Stabilization, Magnetic Field Measurements, and Earth Imagery | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesLES 5 | USAF | Geosynchronous Orbit | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 16 (OPS 9331) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 17 (OPS 9332) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 18 (OPS 9333) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesIDCSP 19-DATS (OPS 9334) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| 4 July 05:59 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 168 (Zenit-2 #51) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 12 July | Successful | |
| 14 July 11:53:29 | United States Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | AC-11 | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36A | |||
| United StatesSurveyor 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 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 169 (OGCh #10) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 17 July | Successful | |
| 19 July 14:19 | United States Delta E1 | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B | ||||
| United StatesExplorer 35 (IMP E) | NASA | Selenolentric | Lunar orbiter | Unknown | Successful | |
| 21 July 06:00 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionZenit-4 #32 | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 21 July | Failure | |
| 25 July 03:48 | United States Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 1879 (Multigroup 2&Setter 1B) | USAF | Low Earth | Signal intelligence | 12 June 1969 | Successful | |
| 27 July 19:00 | United States Atlas D OV1 | United StatesVandenberg | ||||
| United StatesOV1-11 | USAF | Low Earth | Upper atmosphere research | 27 July | Failure | |
| United StatesOV1-12 | USAF | Low Earth | Solar flare research | 22 July 1980 | Successful | |
| United StatesOV1-86 | USAF | Low Earth | Geophysics, cosmic rays research | 22 February 1972 | Successful | |
| OV1-11 failed to separate from the launch vehicle | ||||||
| 28 July 14:21 | United States Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-2E | ||||
| United StatesOGO 4 (POGO 2) | NASA | Low Earth orbit | Geophysics research | 16 August 1972 | Successful | |
| 31 July 16:45 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 170 (OGCh #11) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 31 July | Successful |
August
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 1 August 22:32 | United States Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-13 | ||||
| United StatesLunar Orbiter 5 | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | 31 January 1968 | Successful | |
| 7 August 21:44 | United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-1E | ||||
| United StatesOPS 4827 KH-4A | CIA | Low Earth orbit | Reconnaissance | 1 September | Successful | |
| 8 August 16:05 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 171 (OGCh #12) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 8 August | Successful | |
| 9 August 05:45 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 172 (Zenit-4 #33) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 17 August | Successful | |
| 16 August 17:07 | United States Titan IIIB Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 4886 KH-8 4307 | CIA | Low Earth orbit | Reconnaissance | 28 August | Successful | |
| 23 August 04:41 | United States Thor LV-2F Burner 2 | United StatesVandenberg | ||||
| United StatesOPS 7202 DSMP-4A F3 | USAF | Low Earth orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
| 24 August 04:59 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 173 (DS-P1-Yu #9) | Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 17 December | Successful | ||
| 31 August 08:00 | Soviet UnionMolniya (M) | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 174 (Molniya 1Yu 11L) | Highly elliptical orbit | Deep space tracking system test | 30 December 1968 | Successful |
September
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 1 September 10:30 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionZenit-2 #52 | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 1 September | Failure | |
| 7 September 22:04:26 | United StatesDelta G | United StatesSLC-17B, Cape Canaveral | NASA | |||
| United States Biosatellite 2 (Bios 2) | NASA | Low Earth Orbit | Biological experiments | 9 September 1967 | Successful | |
| 8 September 07:57 | United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | AC-13 | United StatesSLC-36B, Cape Canaveral | NASA | ||
| United StatesSurveyor 5 | NASA | Translunar injection | Lunar lander | 11 September (on the Moon) | Successful | |
| 11 September 10:30 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 175 (Zenit-4 #34) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 19 September | Successful | |
| 12 September 17:00 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 176 (DS-P1-Yu #10) | Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 3 March 1968 | Successful | ||
| 15 September 19:41 | United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-1W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 5089 KH-4B 1101 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 4 October | Successful | |
| 16 September 06:06 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 177 (Zenit-2 #53) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 24 October | Successful | |
| 19 September 14:45 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 178 (OGCh #13) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 19 September | Successful | |
| 19 September 18:37 | United States Titan IIIB Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 4941 KH-8 4308 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 30 September | Successful | |
| 22 September 14:05 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 179 (OGCh #14) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 22 September | Successful | |
| 25 September 08:25 | United StatesScout A | United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| United States OPS 4947 Transit 17 | US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation Satellite | In orbit | Successful | |
| 26 September 10:20 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 180 (Zenit-2 #54) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 4 October | Successful | |
| 27 September 11:00 | Soviet UnionKosmos-3M | Soviet UnionSite 132/2, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet Union Zaliv-GVM #2 | Low Earth Orbit | Dummy payload | 27 September | Failure | ||
| 27 September 22:11 | Soviet UnionProton-K / Blok D 8K82K (11S824) | Soviet UnionPad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | |||
| Soviet UnionZond 4a (L1 4) | MOM | Lunar free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | T+100 s | Failure | |
| First stage failure | ||||||
| 28 September 00:45 | United States Delta E1 | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B | ||||
| United NationsIntelsat II F4 (Pacific-2) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
October
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 3 October 05:00 | Soviet UnionMolniya (M) | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionMolniya-1 06 | Molniya | Communications | 4 March 1969 | Successful | ||
| 11 October 07:57 | United States Thor LV-2F Burner 2 | United StatesVandenberg | ||||
| United StatesOPS 1264 DSAP-4A F4 | USAF | Sun-synchronous orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
| 11 October 11:30 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 181 (Zenit-2 #55) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 19 October | Successful | |
| 16 October 08:00 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 182 (Zenit-4 #35) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 24 October | Successful | |
| 18 October 13:30 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 183 (OGCh #15) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 18 October | Successful | |
| 18 October 15:58 | United States Delta C | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B | ||||
| United StatesOSO 4 | NASA | Low Earth | Solar astronomy | 15 June 1982 | Successful | |
| 22 October 08:40 | Soviet UnionMolniya (M) | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionMolniya-1 07 | Molniya | Communications | 31 December 1969 | Successful | ||
| 24 October 22:49 | Soviet UnionVostok-2M | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #8) | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | 2 April 1989 | Successful | ||
| 25 October 19:15 | United States Titan IIIB Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 4995 KH-8 4309 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 5 November | Successful | |
| 27 October 02:21 | Soviet UnionTsyklon-2A | Soviet UnionSite 90/19, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 185 (I2-BM #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Test spacecraft | 14 January 1969 | Successful | ||
| 27 October 09:29 | Soviet UnionSoyuz | Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 186 (Soyuz Test #3) | Low Earth Orbit | Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft | 31 October | Successful | ||
| 28 October 13:15 | Soviet UnionR-36-O | Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 187 (OGCh #16) | RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 28 October | Successful | |
| 30 October 08:12 | Soviet UnionSoyuz | Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 188 (Soyuz Test #4) | Low Earth Orbit | Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft | 2 November | Successful | ||
| 30 October 17:59 | Soviet UnionKosmos-3M | Soviet UnionSite 132/2, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 189 (Tselina-O #1) | Low Earth Orbit | SIGINT | 8 June 1978 | Successful |
November
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 2 November 21:31 | United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-1E | ||||
| United StatesOPS 0562 KH-4A 1044 | CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 2 December | Successful | |
| United StatesFacade | USAF | Low Earth | SIGINT | 28 March 1969 | Successful | |
| 3 November 11:20 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 190 (Zenit-4 #36) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 11 November | Successful | |
| 5 November 23:37 | United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12 | ||||
| United States ATS-3 | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications / Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
| 7 November 07:39:01 | United States Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | AC-14 | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36B | |||
| United States Surveyor 6 | NASA | Translunar injection | Lunar lander | 10 November 01:01:06 | Successful | |
| 9 November 12:00 | United StatesSaturn V | United StatesLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | NASA | |||
| United States Apollo 4 | NASA | Highly elliptical orbit | Test Saturn V and Apollo Command Module reentry | 9 November 20:37 | Successful | |
| United StatesLTA-10R | 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 | United States Delta E1 | United StatesVandenberg SLC-2E | ||||
| United StatesESSA-6 | ESSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |
| 21 November 14:29 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 133/1 | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 191 (DS-P1-Yu #11) | Low Earth Orbit | Radar Calibration | 2 March 1968 | Successful | ||
| 22 November 19:07 | Soviet UnionProton K / Blok D | Soviet UnionPad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | |||
| Soviet UnionZond 4b | MOM | Lunar Free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | 22 November | Failure | |
| Second stage failure | ||||||
| 23 November 15:00 | Soviet UnionKosmos-3M | Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 192 (Zaliv #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 25 November 11:30 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 193 (Zenit-2 #56) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 3 December | Successful | |
| 29 November 04:49 | United StatesRedstone Sparta | AustraliaLA-8, Woomera | WRE | |||
| Australia WRESAT | WRE | Low Earth orbit | Atmospheric experiments | 10 January 1968 | Successful | |
| First Australian satellite |
December
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| 3 December 12:00 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 194 (Zenit-4 #37) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 11 December | Successful | |
| 5 December 01:03 | United StatesScout B | United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | |||
| OV3-6 | US Air Force | Low Earth Orbit | Magnetospheric Research | 9 March 1969 | Successful | |
| 5 December 18:45 | United States Titan IIIB Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 5000 KH-8 4310 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 16 December | Successful | |
| 9 December 22:25 | United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | United StatesVandenberg SLC-1W | ||||
| United StatesOPS 1001 KH-4A 1102 | CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 25 December | Successful | |
| 13 December 14:08 | United States Delta E1 | United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B | ||||
| United StatesPioneer 8 | NASA | Heliocentric | Solar orbiter | In orbit | Successful | |
| United StatesTTR | NASA | Heliocentric | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |
| 16 December 12:00 | Soviet UnionVoskhod | Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 195 (Zenit-2 #57) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 24 December | Successful | |
| 19 December 06:30 | Soviet UnionKosmos | Soviet UnionKapustin Yar, Site 86/1 | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 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 | Soviet UnionKosmos-2 | Soviet UnionKapustin Yar, Site 86/1 | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 197 (DS-U2-V #3) | Low Earth Orbit | Ionosphere research | 30 January 1968 | Successful | ||
| 27 December 11:28 | Soviet UnionTsyklon-2A | Soviet UnionSite 90/19, Baikonur | ||||
| Soviet UnionKosmos 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 | FranceDragon | Adélie LandDumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie | ||||
| France | CNES | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 25 January | Successful | |
| Apogee: 340 km | ||||||
| 31 January 23:05 | Soviet UnionMR-12 | Soviet UnionKheysa | ||||
| Soviet Union | AN SSSR | Suborbital | Thermosphere research | 31 January | Successful | |
| Apogee: 172 km | ||||||
| 6 February 02:10 | JapanL-3H | JapanKagoshima Space Center LP-L | ||||
| Japan | ISAS | Suborbital | Ionosphere research, X-ray astronomy | 6 February | Successful | |
| Apogee: 2150 km | ||||||
| 9 February | Soviet UnionRT-15 | Soviet UnionKapustin Yar, Site 84 | Soviet UnionRVSN | |||
| Soviet Union | RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 December | Successful | |
| 5 March 23:05 | United StatesAtlas SLV-3 | United StatesVandenberg AFB, SLC-3E | United StatesUS Air Force | |||
| United StatesSV-5D FV-2 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Lifting body reentry test | 5 March | Successful | |
| Second test of PRIME | ||||||
| 4 August 03:53 | European UnionEuropa | F6/1 | AustraliaLA-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 | United StatesSparta | SV-8 | AustraliaLA-8, Woomera | United StatesUS Army | ||
| United StatesRe-entry vehicle | US Army | Suborbital | Re-entry vehicle test | 11 October | Successful | |
| Apogee: 137 km | ||||||
| 12 October 14:15 | Soviet UnionKosmos-3 | Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/15 | ||||
| Soviet UnionVKZ 1 | 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 | United StatesScout B | United StatesLA-3A, Wallops Island | US Air Force | |||
| United StatesRAM C-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Technology Demonstration | 19 October | Successful | |
| 31 October 13:14 | United StatesSparta | SV-9 | AustraliaLA-8, Woomera | United StatesUS Army | ||
| United StatesRe-entry vehicle | US Army | Suborbital | Re-entry vehicle test | 31 October | Successful | |
| Apogee: 111 km | ||||||
| November | France LEX | 02B/1 | France CERES Ile du Levant | France ONERA | ||
| France | ONERA | Suborbital | Test flight | November | Successful | |
| Apogee: 115 km | ||||||
| November | France LEX | 02B/2 | France CERES Ile du Levant | France ONERA | ||
| France | ONERA | Suborbital | Test flight | November | Successful | |
| Apogee: 115 km | ||||||
| November | France LEX | 02B/4 | France CERES Ile du Levant | France ONERA | ||
| France SECT Meteo | ONERA | Suborbital | Meteorology | November | Successful | |
| Apogee: 101 km | ||||||
| 4 December 21:01 | European UnionEuropa | F6/2 | AustraliaLA-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
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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