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1967 in spaceflight
Apollo 4, the first flight of the Saturn V rocket lifts off.
Orbital launches
FirstIntelsat II F-2
LastCRL AF17.750D
National firsts
SatelliteAustraliaAustralia
Rockets
Maiden flightsSoviet UnionProton-K
United StatesSaturn V

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

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January

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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] 		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[2] 		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[2] 		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[2] 		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[2] 		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[2] 		United StatesDelta E United StatesSLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB
United States ESSA-4 ESSA Sun-Synchronous Orbit Meteorology In orbit Successful
31 January
12:45[2] 		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

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February launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
2 February 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 TBA Successful
5 February United StatesAtlas-Agena D United StatesLC-13, Cape Canaveral NASA
United States Lunar Orbiter 3 NASA Low Lunar Orbit Surface Mapping TBA Successful
7 February Soviet UnionSoyuz Soviet UnionPad 1/5 (Gagarin's Start), Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 140 (Soyuz 7K-OK 1) MOM Low Earth Orbit Uncrewed Test Flight TBA Successful
8 February United StatesThor-Burner 2 United StatesSLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force
United StatesDSMP-4A F2 US Air Force Sun-Synchronous Orbit Meteorology TBA Successful
8 February FranceDiamant-A AlgeriaHammaguir CNES
FranceDiadème 1 CNES Low Earth Orbit Geodesy TBA Partial Failure
8 February Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionPad 41/1, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 141 (Zenit-4 #26) GRU Low Earth Orbit Optical reconnaissance TBA Successful
14 February Soviet UnionKosmos-2 Soviet UnionPad 86/1, Kapustin Yar
Soviet UnionKosmos 142 DS-U2-I #2) Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Low Earth Orbit Ionosphere Research TBA Successful
15 February FranceDiamant-A AlgeriaHammaguir CNES
FranceDiadème 2 CNES Low Earth Orbit Geodesy TBA Successful
22 February 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 TBA Successful
24 February 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 TBA Successful
27 February Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionGagarin's Start (Pad 1/5), Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 143 (Zenit-2 #46) GRU Low Earth Orbit Optical reconnaissance TBA Partial Failure
28 February Soviet UnionVostok-2M Soviet UnionPad 41/1, Plestsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #6) GRU Low Earth Orbit Meteorology TBA Successful

March

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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 		Soviet UnionKosmos-2I Soviet UnionKapustin Yar LC-86/1 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 145 (DS-U2 M #2) Planned: Low Earth Atomic clock test 8 March 1968 Successful
5 March
23:05 		United StatesAtlas SLV-3 United StatesCape Canaveral Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3E United States
United StatesSV-5D FV-2 US Air Force Low Earth Lifting body reentry test 5 March Successful
Second test of PRIME
8 March
16:12:00 		United StatesDelta C United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesNASA
United StatesOSO-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 		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 1967 Successful
Maiden Flight of the Proton 8K82K (Proton K).
13 March
12:10:23 		Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionPu-41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 148 (Zenit-2 #44) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 21 March 1967 Successful
16 March Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 148 (DS-P1-1 #2) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 21 March 1967 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 and optical 7 April Successful
Aerodynamic skirt stabiliser test
22 March Soviet Union Voskhod Soviet UnionPu-41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 150 (Zenit-4 #27) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
22 March Soviet Union R-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur
Soviet Union OGCh #8 Low Earth Orbit Weapon System Test In orbit Failure
23 March United StatesDelta E1 United StatesLC-17B, Cape Canaveral
United Nations Intelsat II F3 (Lani Bird) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications  
24 March Soviet UnionKosmos-3 Soviet UnionSite 41/15, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 151 (Strela-2 #3) Low Earth Orbit Military communications In orbit Successful
25 March Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 152 (DS-P1-Yu #7) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
30 March United States Thor-SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesSLC-2W, Vandenberg
United States OPS 4779 (KH-4A 1040) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful

April

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April launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
4 April Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 153 (Zenit-2 #48) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
6 April United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Agena-D United StatesLC-12, Cape Canaveral
United States ATS 2 NASA Low Earth Orbit Communications/ Meteorology In orbit Failure
United States Research payload Module 481 Low Earth Orbit Technology Demonstration In orbit Failure
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 Failure
Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite
12 April Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 155 (Zenit-4 #28) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
13 April JapanLambda 4S Japan Kagoshima
Japan Ohsumi ISAS Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Failure
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 United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Centaur-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36B
United StatesSurveyor 3 NASA Selenocentric Lunar lander In orbit 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 (A-10) Soviet UnionLC-1/5, Baikonur MOM
Soviet UnionSoyuz 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 		United StatesScout B ItalySan Marco platform, Formosa Bay, Kenya CRS
Italy San Marco 2 CRS Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Research In orbit Successful
26 April United StatesTitan IIIB Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W
United States OPS 4243 KH-8 4305 USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Failure
27 April Soviet UnionVostok-2M Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #7) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
4 April 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

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May launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
4 May United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-13
United StatesLunar Orbiter 4 NASA Selenocentric Lunar lander In orbit 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 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-1E
United States OPS 4696 KH-4A 1041 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
United States OPS 1967 Fanion 3 USAF Low Earth SIGNIT In orbit Successful
12 May Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 157 (Zenit-2 #49) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
15 May Soviet UnionKosmos 3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 158 (Zaliv-GVM #1) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
16 May Soviet UnionMolniya-M / Blok L Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 159 (Ye-6LS No 111) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
17 May Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 160 (OGCh #9) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit 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 Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 161 (Zenit-4 #29) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
22 May United States Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D United States Vandenberg SLC-4E
United States OPS 4321 KH-7 4037 USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
United States OPS 5557 LOGACS USAF Low Earth Orbit Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful
May United States Delta E1 United StatesVandenberg SLC-2E
United States Explorer 34 (IMP F) NASA Low Earth In orbit Successful
24 May Soviet UnionMolniya-M Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionMolniya-1 05 Molniya Communications In orbit 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 1967 Failure
Third Stage Failure
31 May 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

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June launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 June Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 162 (Zenit-4 #30) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
4 June United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4E
United StatesOPS 4360 KH-7 4038 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
5 June Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar
Soviet UnionKosmos 163 (DS-U2-MP #2) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
8 June Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 164 (Zenit-2 #50) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
12 June Soviet UnionMolniya-M / Blok VL Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet Union Venera 4 Heliocentric Venus lander In orbit Successful
12 June Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 165 (DS-P1-Yu #8) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
14 June United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Agena-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12
United StatesMariner 5 Heliocentric Venus flyby In orbit Successful
16 June Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar
Soviet UnionKosmos 166 (DS-U3-S #1) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
16 June United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-1W
United StatesOPS 3559 KH-4A 1042 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
United StatesOPS 1873 Savant 1 USAF Low Earth Signal intelligence In orbit Successful
17 June Soviet UnionMolniya-M (Blok VL) Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 167 (Venera 5a) Heliocentric Venus lander In orbit Failure
20 June Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 168a (Zenit-4 #31) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Failure
20 June United States Titan IIIB Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W
United StatesOPS 4282 KH-8 4306 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
26 June Soviet UnionKosmos 3M Soviet UnionSite 132/2, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 168b (Tselina-O-GVM #1) Low Earth Orbit Dummy Satellite In orbit Failure
29 June United States Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Star-13A United StatesVandenberg
United StatesAurora 1 USAF Low Earth Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful
United StatesSECOR 9 US Army Low Earth Geodesy In orbit Successful

July

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July launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 July 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 Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 168 (Zenit-2 #51) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Failure
14 July United States Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36A
United StatesSurveyor 4 Selenocentric Lunar lander In orbit Successful
17 July Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 169 (OGCh #10) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
19 July United States Delta E1 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B
United StatesExplorer 35 (IMP E) Low Earth In orbit Successful
21 July Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 170 (Zenit-4 #32) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Failure
25 July United States Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W
United StatesOPS 1879 (Multigroup 2&Setter 1B) USAF Low Earth Signal intelligence In orbit Successful
27 July United States Atlas D United StatesVandenberg
United StatesOV1 11 USAF Low Earth Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful
United StatesOV1 12 USAF Low Earth Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful
United StatesOV1 86 USAF Low Earth Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful
28 July United States Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-2E
United StatesOGO 4 (POGO 2) NASA In orbit Successful
31 July Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 170 (OGCh #11) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful

August

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August launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 August United States Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-13
United StatesLunar Orbiter 5 NASA Selenocentric Lunar Orbiter In orbit Successful
4 August
03:53 		United StatesEuropa AustraliaLA-6A, Woomera ELDO
N/A Low Earth Orbit Test launcher with dummy third stage N/A Failure
Second Stage failed to ignite
7 August United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-1E
United StatesOPS 4827 KH-4A CIA Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
8 August Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 171 (OGCh #12) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
9 August Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 172 (Zenit-4 #33) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
16 August United States Titan IIIB Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W
United StatesOPS 4886 KH-8 4307 CIA Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
23 August United States Thor LV-2F Burner 2 United StatesVandenberg
United StatesOPS 7202 DSMP-4A F3 CIA Meteorology In orbit Successful
24 August Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 173 (DS-P1-Yu #9) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
31 August Soviet UnionMolniya-M Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 174 (Molniya 1Yu 11L) Low Earth Orbit Technology Demonstration In orbit Successful

September

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September launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
1 September Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 175 (Zenit-2 #52) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit 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 United StatesAtlas-SLV3 Centaur-D United StatesSLC-36B, Cape Canaveral NASA
United StatesSurveyor 5 NASA Lunar Orbit, Lunar Landing Unmanned lunar surface exploration 11 September 1967 Successful
11 September Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 175 (Zenit-4 #34) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
12 September Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionSite 133/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 176 (DS-P1-Yu #10) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
15 September United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-1W
United StatesOPS 5089 KH-4B 1101 USAF Low Earth In orbit Successful
16 September Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 177 (Zenit-2 #53) USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
19 September Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 178 (OGCh #13) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
19 September United States Titan IIIB Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W
United StatesOPS 4941 KH-8 4308 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
22 September Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 179 (OGCh #14) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
25 September 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 Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 180 (Zenit-2 #54) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
27 September Soviet UnionKosmos 3M Soviet UnionSite 132/2, Plesetsk
Soviet Union Zaliv-GVM #2 Low Earth Orbit Dummy payload In orbit Failure
27 September
22:11 		Soviet UnionProton 8K82K (11S824) Soviet UnionPad 81/23, Baikonur MOM
Soviet UnionZond 4a (L1 4) MOM Lunar Free-return Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond In orbit Failure
First stage failure
28 September United States Delta E1 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B
United NationsIntelsat II F4 (Pacific-2) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful

October

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October launches
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
3 October Soviet UnionMolniya-M Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionMolniya-1 06 Molniya Communications In orbit Successful
11 October United States Thor LV-2F Burner 2 United StatesVandenberg
United StatesOPS 1264 DSAP-4A F4 In orbit Successful
11 October Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 181 (Zenit-2 #55) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
16 October Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 183 (Zenit-4 #35) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
18 October Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 161/35, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 184 (OGCh #15) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
18 October United States Delta C United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B
United StatesOSO 4 NASA Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
19 October
17:33 		United StatesScout B United StatesLA-3A, Wallops Island US Air Force
United StatesRAM C-1 NASA Suborbital Technology Demonstration no Successful
22 October Soviet UnionMolniya-M Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionMolniya-1 07 Molniya Communications In orbit Successful
24 October Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #8) Low Earth Orbit Meteorology In orbit Successful
25 October United States Titan IIIB Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W
United StatesOPS 4995 KH-8 4309 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
27 October Soviet UnionTsiklon-2A Soviet UnionSite 90/19, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 185 (I2-BM #1) Low Earth Orbit In orbit Successful
27 October Soviet UnionSoyuz Soviet UnionSite 31/6, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 186 (Soyuz Test #3) Low Earth Orbit In orbit Successful
28 October Soviet UnionR-36-0 Soviet UnionSite 162/36, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 187 (OGCh #16) Low Earth Orbit In orbit Successful
30 October Soviet UnionSoyuz Soviet UnionSite 1/5, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 188 (Soyuz Test #4) Low Earth Orbit In orbit Successful
30 October Soviet UnionKosmos 3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 189 (Tselina O #1) Low Earth Orbit SIGNIT In orbit Successful

November

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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 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-1E
United StatesOPS 0562 KH-4A 1044 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
United StatesFacade USAF Low Earth SIGNIT In orbit Successful
3 November Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 190 (Zenit-4 #36) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
5 November United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12
United States ATS-3 NASA Communications / Meteorology In orbit Successful
7 November United States Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36B
United States Surveyor 6 NASA Selenocentric Lunar lander In orbit Successful
9 November
12:00 		United StatesSaturn V United StatesLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center NASA
United States Apollo 4 NASA High Earth Orbit Test Saturn V and Apollo Command Module reentry 9 November 1967 Successful
United StatesLTA-10R NASA High Earth Orbit Instrumented dynamic Simulation payload In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of the Saturn V
10 November United States Delta E1 United StatesVandenberg SLC-2E
United StatesESSA 6 ESSA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology In orbit Successful
21 November Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 133/1
Soviet UnionKosmos 191 (DS-P1-Yu #11) Low Earth Orbit Radar Calibration In orbit 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 In orbit Failure
Second stage failure
23 November Soviet UnionKosmos 3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 192 (Zaliv #1) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
25 November Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 193 (Zenit-2 #56) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
29 November United StatesRedstone Sparta AustraliaLA-8, Woomera WRE
Australia WRESAT WRE Low Earth orbit Atmospheric experiments 10 January 1968 Successful
First Australian orbital launch

December

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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 Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 194 (Zenit-4 #37) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
4 December
21:01 		United StatesEuropa AustraliaLA-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 		United StatesScout B United StatesSLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force
OV3-06 US Air Force Low Earth Orbit Magnetospheric Research 9 March 1969 Successful
5 December United States Titan IIIB Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W
United StatesOPS 5000 KH-8 4310 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
9 December United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D United StatesVandenberg SLC-1W
United StatesOPS 1001 KH-4A 1102 CIA Low Earth In orbit Successful
13 December 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 Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionSite 41/1, Plesetsk
Soviet UnionKosmos 195 (Zenit-2 #57) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
19 December Soviet UnionKosmos Soviet UnionKapustin Yar
Soviet UnionKosmos 196 (DS-U1-G #2) Low Earth Orbit In orbit Successful
26 December Soviet UnionKosmos 2 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar
Soviet UnionKosmos 197 (DS-U2-V #3) Low Earth Orbit In orbit Successful
27 December Soviet UnionTsyklon-2A Soviet UnionSite 90/19, Baikonur
Soviet UnionKosmos 198 (US-AO #3) Low Earth Orbit In orbit Successful

Suborbital launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January-December

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Deep Space Rendezvous

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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

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  • Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
  • Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
  • Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
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  • "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Spacecraft Query Results". Master Catalog Search. NASA NSSDC. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathon's Space Report. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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