1967 in spaceflight

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
Retirements	Kosmos (63S1) Redstone Sparta

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

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January

January launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
11 January 10:55	Delta E1			LC-17, Cape Canaveral
		Intelsat II F-2 (Canary Bird)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
14 January 21:28	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	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	Vostok-2			Pu-41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 138 (Zenit-2 #45)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	27 January 1967	Successful
25 January 13:55	R-36ORB			Pad 164/36, Baikonur
		Kosmos 139 (OGCh #7)		Low Earth Orbit	Weapon System Test	27 January 1967	Successful
26 January 17:31	Delta E			SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB
		ESSA-4	ESSA	Sun-Synchronous Orbit	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
31 January 12:45	Scout B			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OV3-5	US Air Force	Low Earth orbit	Magnetosphere research satellite	31 January	Failure

February

February launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
2 February 20:00	Atlas-Agena D			SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OPS 4399 KH-7 4036	US Air Force	Low Earth orbit	Optical Reconnaissance	12 February	Successful
5 February 01:17	Atlas-Agena D			LC-13, Cape Canaveral		NASA
		Lunar Orbiter 3	NASA	Low Lunar Orbit	Lunar surface mapping	9 October	Successful
7 February 03:20	Soyuz			Pad 1/5 (Gagarin's Start), Baikonur
		Kosmos 140 (Soyuz 7K-OK 1)	MOM	Low Earth Orbit	Uncrewed Test Flight	9 February	Successful
8 February 08:00	Thor-Burner 2			SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		DMSP-4A F2	US Air Force	Sun-Synchronous Orbit	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
8 February 09:39	Diamant-A			Hammaguir		CNES
		Diadème 1	CNES	Low Earth Orbit	Geodesy	In orbit	Partial Failure
		The third stage underperformed, lower orbit than planned
8 February 10:19	Voskhod			Pad 41/1, Baikonur
		Kosmos 141 (Zenit-4 #26)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Optical reconnaissance	16 February	Successful
14 February 10:04	Kosmos-2			Pad 86/1, Kapustin Yar
		Kosmos 142 (DS-U2-I #2)	Yuzhnoye Design Bureau	Low Earth Orbit	Ionosphere Research	6 July	Successful
15 February 10:06	Diamant-A			Hammaguir		CNES
		Diadème 2	CNES	Low Earth Orbit	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
22 February 22:02	Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OPS 4750 KH-4A 1039	US Air Force	Low Earth orbit	Optical Reconnaissance	11 March	Successful
24 February 19:59	Titan IIIB Agena-D			SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OPS 4204 KH-8 4304	US Air Force	Low Earth orbit	Optical Reconnaissance	6 March	Successful
27 February 08:45	Vostok-2			Pad 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 143 (Zenit-2 #46)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Optical reconnaissance	7 March	Partial Failure
28 February 14:34	Vostok-2M			Pad 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #6)		Low Earth Orbit	Meteorology	14 September 1982	Successful

March

March launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
3 March 06:44:58	Kosmos-2			Kapustin Yar LC-86/1
		Kosmos 145 (DS-U2 M #2)		Low Earth	Atomic clock test	8 March 1968	Successful
8 March 16:12:00	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		NASA
		OSO-3	NASA	Low Earth	Solar research	4 April 1982	Successful
		The spacecraft performed normally until the second onboard tape recorder failed in July 1968. The spacecraft was put in standby condition on 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	Successful
		Maiden flight of the Proton 8K82K (Proton-K).
13 March 12:10:23	Vostok-2			Pu-41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 147 (Zenit-2 #47)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	21 March	Successful
16 March 17:30	Kosmos-2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 148 (DS-P1-1 #2)		Low Earth Orbit	Radar calibration	7 May	Successful
21 March 10:07	Kosmos-2I 63SM			Site 86/1 Kapustin Yar		Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
		Kosmos 149 (DS-MO #1 / Opticheski #1)	Yuzhnoye Design Bureau	Low Earth orbit	Test, geophysical research	7 April	Successful
		Aerodynamic skirt stabiliser test
22 March 12:44	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 150 (Zenit-4 #27)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	30 March	Successful
22 March 14:05	R-36-O			Site 161/35, Baikonur
		OGCh #8		Low Earth Orbit	Weapon System Test	22 March	Failure
		Second stage explosion at T+455 seconds
23 March 01:30	Delta E1			LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
		Intelsat II F3 (Lani Bird)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
24 March 11:50	Kosmos-3			Site 41/15, Baikonur
		Kosmos 151 (Strela-2 #3)		Low Earth Orbit	Military communications	6 May 1991	Successful
25 March 06:59	Kosmos-2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 152 (DS-P1-Yu #7)		Low Earth Orbit	Radar calibration	5 August	Successful
30 March 18:54	Thor-SLV-2A Agena-D			SLC-2W, Vandenberg
		OPS 4779 (KH-4A 1040)		Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	17 April	Successful

April

April launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
4 April 14:00	Vostok-2			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 153 (Zenit-2 #48)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	12 April	Successful
6 April 03:23	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			LC-12, Cape Canaveral
		ATS-2	NASA	Medium Earth orbit (planned) Highly elliptical low Earth orbit (achieved)	Communications/ Meteorology	2 September 1969	Partial failure
		Research Payload Module 481	LANL	Highly elliptical low Earth orbit	Technology Demonstration	29 June 1968	Success
		Agena failed to restart, the satellite placed into unplanned highly elliptical orbit. Research Payload Module 481, attached to Agena, tested heat pipes in the space environment
8 April 09:00	Proton-K / Blok D			Pad 81/23, Baikonur		MOM
		Kosmos 154 (L1P 3)	MOM	Low Earth orbit	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	10 April	Partial failure
		Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite
12 April 10:51	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 155 (Zenit-4 #28)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	20 April	Successful
13 April 02:40	Lambda 4S			Kagoshima
		Ohsumi	ISAS	Low Earth Orbit	Technology demonstration	13 April	Failure
		Third attempt to launch the first Japanese satellite. The fourth stage failed to ignite
14 April 03:25	Scout A			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OPS 0100 Transit 15	US Navy	Low Earth Orbit	Navigation Satellite	In orbit	Successful
17 April 07:05	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D		AC-12	Cape Canaveral LC-36B
		Surveyor 3	NASA	Translunar injection	Lunar lander	20 April (on the Moon)	Successful
20 April	Delta E			Vandenberg SLC-2E
		ESSA-5	ESSA	Low Earth Orbit	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
23 April 00:35	Soyuz			Site 1/5, Baikonur		MOM
		Soyuz 1	MOM	Low Earth Orbit	Crewed test of Soyuz spacecraft	24 April 03:22:52	Spacecraft failure
		Solar panels jammed, bad weather prevented Soyuz 2 launch, parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew
26 April 10:06	Scout B			San Marco platform, Formosa Bay, Kenya		CRS
		San Marco 2	CRS	Low Earth Orbit	Atmospheric Research	14 October	Successful
26 April	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W
		OPS 4243 KH-8 4305	USAF	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	26 April	Failure
27 April 12:50	Vostok-2M			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #7)		Low Earth Orbit	Meteorology	23 October 1989	Successful
28 April 10:01	Titan IIIC			Cape Canaveral LC-41
		OPS 6638 Vela 7	USAF		Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 6679 Vela 8	USAF		Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful
		ERS-18 ORS-4	USAF		Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		ERS-20 OV5-3	USAF		Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		ERS-27 OV5-1	USAF		Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful

May

May launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
4 May 22:25	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-13
		Lunar Orbiter 4	NASA	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter	6 October	Successful
5 May 16:00	Scout A			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		9 May 21:50	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1E
	OPS 4696 KH-4A 1041		CIA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	13 July	Partial failure
	OPS 1967 Fanion 3		USAF	Low Earth	SIGINT	14 March 1993	Successful
	Failure of the booster cut-off switch, the satellite went into a highly eccentric orbit
12 May 10:30	Vostok-2			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 157 (Zenit-2 #49)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	20 May	Successful
15 May 11:00	Kosmos-3M			Site 132/2, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 158 (Zaliv-GVM #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Kosmos-3M
16 May 21:44	Molniya-M / Blok L			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 159 (Ye-6LS No 111)		High Earth orbit (planned) Highly elliptical orbit (achieved)	Test spacecraft	11 November	Partial success
		Blok L cut off too early, the spacecraft placed into much lower orbit than planned, planned mission was accomplished
17 May 16:05	R-36-O			Site 41/1, Baikonur
		Kosmos 160 (OGCh #9)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	18 May	Successful
18 May 09:05	Scout A			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OPS 7218 Transit 16	US Navy	Low Earth Orbit	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
22 May 14:00	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 161 (Zenit-4 #29)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	30 May	Successful
22 May 18:30	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4E
		OPS 4321 KH-7 4037	USAF	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	30 May	Successful
		OPS 5557 LOGACS	USAF	Low Earth Orbit	Technology Demonstration	27 May	Successful
24 May 14:05	Delta E1			Vandenberg SLC-2E
		Explorer 34 (IMP F)	NASA	Highly elliptical orbit	Cislunar space research	3 May 1969	Successful
24 May 22:50	Molniya-M			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Molniya-1 05		Molniya	Communications	26 November 1971	Successful
30 May 02:06	Scout B			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		ESRO 2A	ESRO	Low Earth Orbit	X-Ray Astronomy and Radiation Measurements	30 May	Failure
		Third stage Failure
31 May 09:30	Thor DM-21 Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-2W
		Poppy 5A	US Navy		ELINT	In orbit	Successful
		Poppy 5B	US Navy		ELINT	In orbit	Successful
		Poppy 5C	US Navy		ELINT	In orbit	Successful
		Poppy 5D	US Navy		ELINT	In orbit	Successful
		Timation 1	Naval Research Laboratory		Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Calsphere 3	Naval Research Laboratory		Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
		Calsphere 4	Naval Research Laboratory		Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
		NRL-PL 150B	Naval Research Laboratory		Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
		ORS 5712	USAF		Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful

June

June launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 June 10:40	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 162 (Zenit-4 #30)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	9 June	Successful
4 June 18:07	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4E
		OPS 4360 KH-7 4038	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	12 June	Successful
5 June 05:03	Kosmos-2			Kapustin Yar
		Kosmos 163 (DS-U2-MP #2)		Low Earth Orbit	Micrometeoroid research	11 October	Successful
8 June 13:00	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 164 (Zenit-2 #50)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	14 June	Successful
12 June 02:39	Molniya-M / Blok VL			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Venera 4		Heliocentric	Venus lander	In orbit	Successful
12 June 18:06	Kosmos-2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 165 (DS-P1-Yu #8)		Low Earth Orbit	Radar calibration	15 January 1968	Successful
14 June 06:01	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-12
		Mariner 5	NASA	Heliocentric	Venus flyby	In orbit	Successful
16 June 04:43	Kosmos-2			Kapustin Yar
		Kosmos 166 (DS-U3-S #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Solar astronomy	25 October	Successful
16 June 21:35	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1W
		OPS 3559 KH-4A 1042	CIA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	20 July	Successful
		OPS 1873 Savant 1	USAF	Low Earth	Signal intelligence	22 October 1968	Successful
17 June 02:36	Molniya-M / Blok VL			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 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	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Zenit-4 #31	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	20 June	Failure
20 June 16:15	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W
		OPS 4282 KH-8 4306	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	30 June	Successful
26 June 04:30	Kosmos-3M			Site 132/2, Plesetsk
		Tselina-O-GVM #1		Low Earth Orbit	Dummy Satellite	26 June	Failure
29 June 21:01	Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Star-13A			Vandenberg
		Aurora 1	USAF	Low Earth	Auroral research	In orbit	Successful
		SECOR 9	US Army	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful

July

July launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 July 13:15	Titan IIIC			SLC-41, Cape Canaveral		US Air Force
		DODGE	US Air Force	Geosynchronous Orbit	Triaxial Gravity Gradient Stabilization, Magnetic Field Measurements, and Earth Imagery	In orbit	Successful
		LES 5	USAF	Geosynchronous Orbit	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		IDCSP 16 (OPS 9331)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous Orbit	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		IDCSP 17 (OPS 9332)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous Orbit	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		IDCSP 18 (OPS 9333)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous Orbit	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		IDCSP 19-DATS (OPS 9334)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous Orbit	Communications	In orbit	Successful
4 July 05:59	Voskhod			Site 31/6, Baikonur
		Kosmos 168 (Zenit-2 #51)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	12 July	Successful
14 July 11:53:29	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D		AC-11	Cape Canaveral LC-36A
		Surveyor 4	NASA	Translunar injection	Lunar lander	July 17, 1967	Spacecraft failure
		Radio signals from the spacecraft ceased 2.5 minutes before landing on the Moon
17 July 16:45	R-36-O			Site 162/36, Baikonur
		Kosmos 169 (OGCh #10)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	17 July	Successful
19 July 14:19	Delta E1			Cape Canaveral LC-17B
		Explorer 35 (IMP E)	NASA	Selenolentric	Lunar orbiter	Unknown	Successful
21 July 06:00	Voskhod			Site 31/6, Baikonur
		Zenit-4 #32	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	21 July	Failure
25 July 03:48	Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-2W
		OPS 1879 (Multigroup 2&Setter 1B)	USAF	Low Earth	Signal intelligence	12 June 1969	Successful
27 July 19:00	Atlas D OV1			Vandenberg
		OV1-11	USAF	Low Earth	Upper atmosphere research	27 July	Failure
		OV1-12	USAF	Low Earth	Solar flare research	22 July 1980	Successful
		OV1-86	USAF	Low Earth	Geophysics, cosmic rays research	22 February 1972	Successful
		OV1-11 failed to separate from the launch vehicle
28 July 14:21	Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-2E
		OGO 4 (POGO 2)	NASA	Low Earth orbit	Geophysics research	16 August 1972	Successful
31 July 16:45	R-36-O			Site 161/35, Baikonur
		Kosmos 170 (OGCh #11)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	31 July	Successful

August

August launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 August 22:32	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-13
		Lunar Orbiter 5	NASA	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter	31 January 1968	Successful
7 August 21:44	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1E
		OPS 4827 KH-4A	CIA	Low Earth orbit	Reconnaissance	1 September	Successful
8 August 16:05	R-36-O			Site 162/36, Baikonur
		Kosmos 171 (OGCh #12)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	8 August	Successful
9 August 05:45	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 172 (Zenit-4 #33)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	17 August	Successful
16 August 17:07	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W
		OPS 4886 KH-8 4307	CIA	Low Earth orbit	Reconnaissance	28 August	Successful
23 August 04:41	Thor LV-2F Burner 2			Vandenberg
		OPS 7202 DSMP-4A F3	USAF	Low Earth orbit	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
24 August 04:59	Kosmos-2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 173 (DS-P1-Yu #9)		Low Earth Orbit	Radar calibration	17 December	Successful
31 August 08:00	Molniya (M)			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 174 (Molniya 1Yu 11L)		Highly elliptical orbit	Deep space tracking system test	30 December 1968	Successful

September

September launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
1 September 10:30	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Zenit-2 #52	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	1 September	Failure
7 September 22:04:26	Delta G			SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral		NASA
		Biosatellite 2 (Bios 2)	NASA	Low Earth Orbit	Biological experiments	9 September 1967	Successful
8 September 07:57	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D		AC-13	SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral		NASA
		Surveyor 5	NASA	Translunar injection	Lunar lander	11 September (on the Moon)	Successful
11 September 10:30	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 175 (Zenit-4 #34)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	19 September	Successful
12 September 17:00	Kosmos-2			Site 133/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 176 (DS-P1-Yu #10)		Low Earth Orbit	Radar calibration	3 March 1968	Successful
15 September 19:41	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1W
		OPS 5089 KH-4B 1101	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	4 October	Successful
16 September 06:06	Voskhod			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 177 (Zenit-2 #53)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	24 October	Successful
19 September 14:45	R-36-O			Site 161/35, Baikonur
		Kosmos 178 (OGCh #13)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	19 September	Successful
19 September 18:37	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W
		OPS 4941 KH-8 4308	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	30 September	Successful
22 September 14:05	R-36-O			Site 162/36, Baikonur
		Kosmos 179 (OGCh #14)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	22 September	Successful
25 September 08:25	Scout A			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OPS 4947 Transit 17	US Navy	Low Earth Orbit	Navigation Satellite	In orbit	Successful
26 September 10:20	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 180 (Zenit-2 #54)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	4 October	Successful
27 September 11:00	Kosmos-3M			Site 132/2, Plesetsk
		Zaliv-GVM #2		Low Earth Orbit	Dummy payload	27 September	Failure
27 September 22:11	Proton-K / Blok D 8K82K (11S824)			Pad 81/23, Baikonur		MOM
		Zond 4a (L1 4)	MOM	Lunar free-return	Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond	T+100 s	Failure
		First stage failure
28 September 00:45	Delta E1			Cape Canaveral LC-17B
		Intelsat II F4 (Pacific-2)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful

October

October launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
3 October 05:00	Molniya (M)			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Molniya-1 06		Molniya	Communications	4 March 1969	Successful
11 October 07:57	Thor LV-2F Burner 2			Vandenberg
		OPS 1264 DSAP-4A F4	USAF	Sun-synchronous orbit	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
11 October 11:30	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 181 (Zenit-2 #55)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	19 October	Successful
16 October 08:00	Voskhod			Site 31/6, Baikonur
		Kosmos 182 (Zenit-4 #35)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	24 October	Successful
18 October 13:30	R-36-O			Site 161/35, Baikonur
		Kosmos 183 (OGCh #15)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	18 October	Successful
18 October 15:58	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17B
		OSO 4	NASA	Low Earth	Solar astronomy	15 June 1982	Successful
22 October 08:40	Molniya (M)			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Molniya-1 07		Molniya	Communications	31 December 1969	Successful
24 October 22:49	Vostok-2M			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #8)		Low Earth Orbit	Meteorology	2 April 1989	Successful
25 October 19:15	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W
		OPS 4995 KH-8 4309	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	5 November	Successful
27 October 02:21	Tsyklon-2A			Site 90/19, Baikonur
		Kosmos 185 (I2-BM #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Test spacecraft	14 January 1969	Successful
27 October 09:29	Soyuz			Site 31/6, Baikonur
		Kosmos 186 (Soyuz Test #3)		Low Earth Orbit	Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft	31 October	Successful
28 October 13:15	R-36-O			Site 162/36, Baikonur
		Kosmos 187 (OGCh #16)	RVSN	Low Earth Orbit	FOBS test	28 October	Successful
30 October 08:12	Soyuz			Site 1/5, Baikonur
		Kosmos 188 (Soyuz Test #4)		Low Earth Orbit	Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft	2 November	Successful
30 October 17:59	Kosmos-3M			Site 132/2, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 189 (Tselina-O #1)		Low Earth Orbit	SIGINT	8 June 1978	Successful

November

November launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
2 November 21:31	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1E
		OPS 0562 KH-4A 1044	CIA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	2 December	Successful
		Facade	USAF	Low Earth	SIGINT	28 March 1969	Successful
3 November 11:20	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 190 (Zenit-4 #36)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	11 November	Successful
5 November 23:37	Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-12
		ATS-3	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications / Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
7 November 07:39:01	Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D		AC-14	Cape Canaveral LC-36B
		Surveyor 6	NASA	Translunar injection	Lunar lander	10 November 01:01:06	Successful
9 November 12:00	Saturn V			LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center		NASA
		Apollo 4	NASA	Highly elliptical orbit	Test Saturn V and Apollo Command Module reentry	9 November 20:37	Successful
		LTA-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	Delta E1			Vandenberg SLC-2E
		ESSA-6	ESSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
21 November 14:29	Kosmos-2			Plesetsk Site 133/1
		Kosmos 191 (DS-P1-Yu #11)		Low Earth Orbit	Radar Calibration	2 March 1968	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	22 November	Failure
		Second stage failure
23 November 15:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2
		Kosmos 192 (Zaliv #1)		Low Earth Orbit	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
25 November 11:30	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 193 (Zenit-2 #56)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	3 December	Successful
29 November 04:49	Redstone Sparta			LA-8, Woomera		WRE
		WRESAT	WRE	Low Earth orbit	Atmospheric experiments	10 January 1968	Successful
		First Australian satellite

December

December launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
3 December 12:00	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 194 (Zenit-4 #37)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	11 December	Successful
5 December 01:03	Scout B			SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB		US Air Force
		OV3-6	US Air Force	Low Earth Orbit	Magnetospheric Research	9 March 1969	Successful
5 December 18:45	Titan IIIB Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-4W
		OPS 5000 KH-8 4310	USAF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 December	Successful
9 December 22:25	Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D			Vandenberg SLC-1W
		OPS 1001 KH-4A 1102	CIA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	25 December	Successful
13 December 14:08	Delta E1			Cape Canaveral LC-17B
		Pioneer 8	NASA	Heliocentric	Solar orbiter	In orbit	Successful
		TTR	NASA	Heliocentric	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Successful
16 December 12:00	Voskhod			Site 41/1, Plesetsk
		Kosmos 195 (Zenit-2 #57)	GRU	Low Earth Orbit	Reconnaissance	24 December	Successful
19 December 06:30	Kosmos			Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1
		Kosmos 196 (DS-U1-G #2)		Low Earth Orbit	Solar research	7 July 1968	Successful
		Final flight of the original Kosmos (63S1)
26 December 09:01	Kosmos-2			Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1
		Kosmos 197 (DS-U2-V #3)		Low Earth Orbit	Ionosphere research	30 January 1968	Successful
27 December 11:28	Tsyklon-2A			Site 90/19, Baikonur
		Kosmos 198 (US-AO #3)		Low Earth Orbit	Prototype of US-A satellite	In orbit	Successful

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Suborbital launches

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January-December
25 January 23:16	Dragon			Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie
			CNES	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	25 January	Successful
		Apogee: 340 km
31 January 23:05	MR-12			Kheysa
			AN SSSR	Suborbital	Thermosphere research	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: 172 km
6 February 02:10	L-3H			Kagoshima Space Center LP-L
			ISAS	Suborbital	Ionosphere research, X-ray astronomy	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 2150 km
9 February	RT-15			Kapustin Yar, Site 84		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 December	Successful
5 March 23:05	Atlas SLV-3			Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3E		US Air Force
		SV-5D FV-2	US Air Force	Suborbital	Lifting body reentry test	5 March	Successful
		Second test of PRIME
4 August 03:53	Europa		F6/1	LA-6A, Woomera		ELDO
				Suborbital	Test launcher with dummy third stage	N/A	Failure
		Second stage failed to ignite. Apogee: 180 km
11 October 16:22	Sparta		SV-8	LA-8, Woomera		US Army
		Re-entry vehicle	US Army	Suborbital	Re-entry vehicle test	11 October	Successful
		Apogee: 137 km
31 October 13:14	Sparta		SV-9	LA-8, Woomera		US Army
		Re-entry vehicle	US Army	Suborbital	Re-entry vehicle test	31 October	Successful
		Apogee: 111 km
12 October 14:15	Kosmos-3			Baikonur Site 41/15
		VKZ 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	Scout B			LA-3A, Wallops Island		US Air Force
		RAM C-1	NASA	Suborbital	Technology Demonstration	19 October	Successful
4 December 21:01	Europa		F6/2	LA-6A, Woomera		ELDO
		N/A	ELDO	Suborbital	Test launcher with dummy third stage and boilerplate spacecraft	N/A	Failure
		Second stage failed to separate. Apogee: 200 km

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

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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Generic references:
Spaceflight portal