1967_in_spaceflight Knowpia

1967 in spaceflight
	Apollo 4, the first flight of the Saturn V rocket lifts off.
Orbital launches
First	Intelsat II F-2
Last	CRL AF17.750D
National firsts
Satellite	Australia
Rockets
Maiden flights	Proton-K ; Saturn V
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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 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 edit

February launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
2 February	Atlas-Agena D			SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force

		OPS 4399 KH-7 4036	US Air Force	Low Earth orbit	Optical Reconnaissance	TBA	Successful
5 February	Atlas-Agena D			LC-13, Cape Canaveral		NASA

		Lunar Orbiter 3	NASA	Low Lunar Orbit	Surface Mapping	TBA	Successful
7 February	Soyuz			Pad 1/5 (Gagarin's Start), Baikonur

		Kosmos 140 (Soyuz 7K-OK 1)	MOM	Low Earth Orbit	Uncrewed Test Flight	TBA	Successful
8 February	Thor-Burner 2			SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force

		DSMP-4A F2	US Air Force	Sun-Synchronous Orbit	Meteorology	TBA	Successful
8 February	Diamant-A			Hammaguir		CNES

		Diadème 1	CNES	Low Earth Orbit	Geodesy	TBA	Partial Failure
8 February	Voskhod			Pad 41/1, Baikonur

		Kosmos 141 (Zenit-4 #26)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Optical reconnaissance	TBA	Successful
14 February	Kosmos-2			Pad 86/1, Kapustin Yar

		Kosmos 142 DS-U2-I #2)	Yuzhnoye Design Bureau	Low Earth Orbit	Ionosphere Research	TBA	Successful
15 February	Diamant-A			Hammaguir		CNES

		Diadème 2	CNES	Low Earth Orbit	Geodesy	TBA	Successful
22 February	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	TBA	Successful
24 February	Titan IIIB Agena-D			SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force

		OPS 4204 KH-8 4304	US Air Force	Low Earth orbit	Optical Reconnaissance	TBA	Successful
27 February	Vostok-2			Gagarin's Start (Pad 1/5), Baikonur

		Kosmos 143 (Zenit-2 #46)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Optical reconnaissance	TBA	Partial Failure
28 February	Vostok-2M			Pad 41/1, Plestsk

		Kosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #6)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Meteorology	TBA	Successful

March edit

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-2I			Kapustin Yar LC-86/1

		Kosmos 145 (DS-U2 M #2)		Planned: Low Earth	Atomic clock test	8 March 1968	Successful
5 March 23:05	Atlas SLV-3			Cape Canaveral Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3E

		SV-5D FV-2	US Air Force	Low Earth	Lifting body reentry test	5 March	Successful
		Second test of PRIME
8 March 16:12:00	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		NASA

		OSO-3	NASA	Low Earth	Solar	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	Proton K / Blok D			Pad 81/23, Baikonur		MOM

		Kosmos 146 (L1P 2)	MOM	Low Earth orbit	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	18 March 1967	Successful
		Maiden Flight of the Proton 8K82K (Proton K).
13 March 12:10:23	Vostok-2			Pu-41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 148 (Zenit-2 #44)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	21 March 1967	Successful
16 March	Kosmos 2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 148 (DS-P1-1 #2)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	21 March 1967	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 and optical	7 April	Successful
		Aerodynamic skirt stabiliser test
22 March	Voskhod			Pu-41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 150 (Zenit-4 #27)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
22 March	R-36-0			Site 161/35, Baikonur

		OGCh #8		Low Earth Orbit	Weapon System Test	In orbit	Failure
23 March	Delta E1			LC-17B, Cape Canaveral

		Intelsat II F3 (Lani Bird)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications
24 March	Kosmos-3			Site 41/15, Baikonur

		Kosmos 151 (Strela-2 #3)		Low Earth Orbit	Military communications	In orbit	Successful
25 March	Kosmos 2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 152 (DS-P1-Yu #7)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
30 March	Thor-SLV-2A Agena-D			SLC-2W, Vandenberg

		OPS 4779 (KH-4A 1040)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful

April edit

April launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
4 April	Vostok-2			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 153 (Zenit-2 #48)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
6 April	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			LC-12, Cape Canaveral

		ATS 2	NASA	Low Earth Orbit	Communications/ Meteorology	In orbit	Failure
		Research payload Module 481		Low Earth Orbit	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Failure
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	Failure
		Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite
12 April	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 155 (Zenit-4 #28)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
13 April	Lambda 4S			Kagoshima

		Ohsumi	ISAS	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Failure
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	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D			Cape Canaveral LC-36B

		Surveyor 3	NASA	Selenocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	Successful
20 April	Delta E			Vandenberg SLC-2E

		ESSA 5	ESSA	Low Earth Orbit	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
23 April 00:35	Soyuz (A-10)			LC-1/5, Baikonur		MOM

		Soyuz 1	MOM	Low Earth Orbit	Test Soyuz spacecraft	24 April	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	In orbit	Successful
26 April	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 4243 KH-8 4305	USAF	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Failure
27 April	Vostok-2M			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #7)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
4 April	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 edit

May launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
4 May	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-13

		Lunar Orbiter 4	NASA	Selenocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	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	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1E

		OPS 4696 KH-4A 1041	CIA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 1967 Fanion 3	USAF	Low Earth	SIGNIT	In orbit	Successful
12 May	Vostok-2			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 157 (Zenit-2 #49)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
15 May	Kosmos 3M			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 158 (Zaliv-GVM #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
16 May	Molniya-M / Blok L			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 159 (Ye-6LS No 111)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
17 May	R-36-0			Site 41/1, Baikonur

		Kosmos 160 (OGCh #9)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	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	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 161 (Zenit-4 #29)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
22 May	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4E

		OPS 4321 KH-7 4037	USAF	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 5557 LOGACS	USAF	Low Earth Orbit	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
May	Delta E1			Vandenberg SLC-2E

		Explorer 34 (IMP F)	NASA	Low Earth		In orbit	Successful
24 May	Molniya-M			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Molniya-1 05		Molniya	Communications	In orbit	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 1967	Failure
		Third Stage Failure
31 May	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 edit

June launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 June	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 162 (Zenit-4 #30)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
4 June	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4E

		OPS 4360 KH-7 4038	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
5 June	Kosmos 2			Kapustin Yar

		Kosmos 163 (DS-U2-MP #2)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
8 June	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 164 (Zenit-2 #50)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
12 June	Molniya-M / Blok VL			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Venera 4		Heliocentric	Venus lander	In orbit	Successful
12 June	Kosmos 2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 165 (DS-P1-Yu #8)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
14 June	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-12

		Mariner 5		Heliocentric	Venus flyby	In orbit	Successful
16 June	Kosmos 2			Kapustin Yar

		Kosmos 166 (DS-U3-S #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
16 June	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1W

		OPS 3559 KH-4A 1042	CIA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 1873 Savant 1	USAF	Low Earth	Signal intelligence	In orbit	Successful
17 June	Molniya-M (Blok VL)			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 167 (Venera 5a)		Heliocentric	Venus lander	In orbit	Failure
20 June	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 168a (Zenit-4 #31)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Failure
20 June	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 4282 KH-8 4306	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
26 June	Kosmos 3M			Site 132/2, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 168b (Tselina-O-GVM #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Dummy Satellite	In orbit	Failure
29 June	Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Star-13A			Vandenberg

		Aurora 1	USAF	Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		SECOR 9	US Army	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful

July edit

July launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 July	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	Voskhod			Site 31/6, Baikonur

		Kosmos 168 (Zenit-2 #51)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Failure
14 July	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D			Cape Canaveral LC-36A

		Surveyor 4		Selenocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	Successful
17 July	R-36-0			Site 162/36, Baikonur

		Kosmos 169 (OGCh #10)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
19 July	Delta E1			Cape Canaveral LC-17B

		Explorer 35 (IMP E)		Low Earth		In orbit	Successful
21 July	Voskhod			Site 31/6, Baikonur

		Kosmos 170 (Zenit-4 #32)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Failure
25 July	Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-2W

		OPS 1879 (Multigroup 2&Setter 1B)	USAF	Low Earth	Signal intelligence	In orbit	Successful
27 July	Atlas D			Vandenberg

		OV1 11	USAF	Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		OV1 12	USAF	Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		OV1 86	USAF	Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
28 July	Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-2E

		OGO 4 (POGO 2)	NASA			In orbit	Successful
31 July	R-36-0			Site 161/35, Baikonur

		Kosmos 170 (OGCh #11)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful

August edit

August launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 August	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-13

		Lunar Orbiter 5	NASA	Selenocentric	Lunar Orbiter	In orbit	Successful
4 August 03:53	Europa			LA-6A, Woomera		ELDO

			N/A	Low Earth Orbit	Test launcher with dummy third stage	N/A	Failure
		Second Stage failed to ignite
7 August	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1E

		OPS 4827 KH-4A	CIA		Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
8 August	R-36-0			Site 162/36, Baikonur

		Kosmos 171 (OGCh #12)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
9 August	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 172 (Zenit-4 #33)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
16 August	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 4886 KH-8 4307	CIA		Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
23 August	Thor LV-2F Burner 2			Vandenberg

		OPS 7202 DSMP-4A F3	CIA		Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
24 August	Kosmos 2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 173 (DS-P1-Yu #9)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
31 August	Molniya-M			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 174 (Molniya 1Yu 11L)		Low Earth Orbit	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful

September edit

September launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 September	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 175 (Zenit-2 #52)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	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	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D			SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral		NASA

		Surveyor 5	NASA	Lunar Orbit, Lunar Landing	Unmanned lunar surface exploration	11 September 1967	Successful
11 September	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 175 (Zenit-4 #34)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
12 September	Kosmos 2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 176 (DS-P1-Yu #10)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
15 September	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1W

		OPS 5089 KH-4B 1101	USAF	Low Earth		In orbit	Successful
16 September	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 177 (Zenit-2 #53)	USAF	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
19 September	R-36-0			Site 161/35, Baikonur

		Kosmos 178 (OGCh #13)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
19 September	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 4941 KH-8 4308	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
22 September	R-36-0			Site 162/36, Baikonur

		Kosmos 179 (OGCh #14)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
25 September	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	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 180 (Zenit-2 #54)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
27 September	Kosmos 3M			Site 132/2, Plesetsk

		Zaliv-GVM #2		Low Earth Orbit	Dummy payload	In orbit	Failure
27 September 22:11	Proton 8K82K (11S824)			Pad 81/23, Baikonur		MOM

		Zond 4a (L1 4)	MOM	Lunar Free-return	Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond	In orbit	Failure
		First stage failure
28 September	Delta E1			Cape Canaveral LC-17B

		Intelsat II F4 (Pacific-2)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful

October edit

October launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
3 October	Molniya-M			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Molniya-1 06		Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
11 October	Thor LV-2F Burner 2			Vandenberg

		OPS 1264 DSAP-4A F4				In orbit	Successful
11 October	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 181 (Zenit-2 #55)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
16 October	Voskhod			Site 31/6, Baikonur

		Kosmos 183 (Zenit-4 #35)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
18 October	R-36-0			Site 161/35, Baikonur

		Kosmos 184 (OGCh #15)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
18 October	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17B

		OSO 4	NASA	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
19 October 17:33	Scout B			LA-3A, Wallops Island		US Air Force

		RAM C-1	NASA	Suborbital	Technology Demonstration	no	Successful
22 October	Molniya-M			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Molniya-1 07		Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
24 October	Vostok-2			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #8)		Low Earth Orbit	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
25 October	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 4995 KH-8 4309	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
27 October	Tsiklon-2A			Site 90/19, Baikonur

		Kosmos 185 (I2-BM #1)		Low Earth Orbit		In orbit	Successful
27 October	Soyuz			Site 31/6, Baikonur

		Kosmos 186 (Soyuz Test #3)		Low Earth Orbit		In orbit	Successful
28 October	R-36-0			Site 162/36, Baikonur

		Kosmos 187 (OGCh #16)		Low Earth Orbit		In orbit	Successful
30 October	Soyuz			Site 1/5, Baikonur

		Kosmos 188 (Soyuz Test #4)		Low Earth Orbit		In orbit	Successful
30 October	Kosmos 3M			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 189 (Tselina O #1)		Low Earth Orbit	SIGNIT	In orbit	Successful

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November launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
2 November	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1E

		OPS 0562 KH-4A 1044	CIA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
		Facade	USAF	Low Earth	SIGNIT	In orbit	Successful
3 November	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 190 (Zenit-4 #36)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
5 November	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-12

		ATS-3	NASA		Communications / Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
7 November	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D			Cape Canaveral LC-36B

		Surveyor 6	NASA	Selenocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	Successful
9 November 12:00	Saturn V			LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center		NASA

		Apollo 4	NASA	High Earth Orbit	Test Saturn V and Apollo Command Module reentry	9 November 1967	Successful
		LTA-10R	NASA	High Earth Orbit	Instrumented dynamic Simulation payload	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of the Saturn V
10 November	Delta E1			Vandenberg SLC-2E

		ESSA 6	ESSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
21 November	Kosmos 2			Plesetsk Site 133/1

		Kosmos 191 (DS-P1-Yu #11)		Low Earth Orbit	Radar Calibration	In orbit	Successful
22 November 19:07	Proton K / Blok D			Pad 81/23, Baikonur		MOM

		Zond 4b	MOM	Lunar Free-return	Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond	In orbit	Failure
		Second stage failure
23 November	Kosmos 3M			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 192 (Zaliv #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
25 November	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 193 (Zenit-2 #56)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
29 November	Redstone Sparta			LA-8, Woomera		WRE

		WRESAT	WRE	Low Earth orbit	Atmospheric experiments	10 January 1968	Successful
		First Australian orbital launch

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December launches
Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
3 December	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 194 (Zenit-4 #37)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
4 December 21:01	Europa			LA-6A, Woomera		ELDO

		N/A	ELDO	Low Earth Orbit	Test launcher with dummy third stage and boilerplate spacecraft	N/A	Failure
		Second Stage failed to separate
5 December 01:03	Scout B			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force

		OV3-06	US Air Force	Low Earth Orbit	Magnetospheric Research	9 March 1969	Successful
5 December	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 5000 KH-8 4310	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
9 December	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1W

		OPS 1001 KH-4A 1102	CIA	Low Earth		In orbit	Successful
13 December	Delta E1			Cape Canaveral LC-17B

		Pioneer 8	NASA	Heliocentric	Solar Orbiter	In orbit	Successful
		TTR	NASA	Heliocentric	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
16 December	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk

		Kosmos 195 (Zenit-2 #57)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
19 December	Kosmos			Kapustin Yar

		Kosmos 196 (DS-U1-G #2)		Low Earth Orbit		In orbit	Successful
26 December	Kosmos 2			Kapustin Yar

		Kosmos 197 (DS-U2-V #3)		Low Earth Orbit		In orbit	Successful
27 December	Tsyklon-2A			Site 90/19, Baikonur

		Kosmos 198 (US-AO #3)		Low Earth Orbit		In orbit	Successful

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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

References edit

Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
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Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
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McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
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Spaceflight portal

Footnotes edit

^ "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.