1966 in spaceflight
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 7 January |
Last | 29 December |
Total | 131 |
Successes | 111 |
Failures | 13 |
Partial failures | 7 |
Catalogued | 118 |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 5 |
Total travellers | 10 |
The year 1966 saw the peak and the end of the Gemini program. The program proved that docking in space and human EVA's could be done safely. It saw the first launch of the Saturn IB rocket, an important step in the Apollo program, and the launch of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on a celestial object (the Moon).
Orbital launches[edit]
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January[edit] | |||||||
7 January 04:48:23 | Thor-Burner 1 | Vandenberg LC-75-2-6 | USAF | ||||
OPS 2394 (DMSP 4A-F5) | USAF | Planned: Low Earth | Meteorology | 7 January | Launch failure | ||
Second stage failed to ignite | |||||||
7 January 08:24 | Vostok-2 | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 104 (Zenit-2) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 15 January | Partial Failure | |||
Third stage failed to put spacecraft in correct orbit | |||||||
19 January 20:10 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-2-4 | USAF | ||||
KH-7 24 (KH-7 Gambit) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | ??? | Successful | ||
OPS 3179 (Agena Pickaback) | Low Earth | Technology | 23 January 1966 | Successful | |||
OPS 7253 | Low Earth | Film return | 25 January 1966 | Successful | |||
22 January 08:38 | Vostok-2 | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 105 (Zenit-2) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 30 January | Successful | |||
25 January 12:28 | Kosmos-2I | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
Kosmos 106 (DS-P1-I) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
28 January 17:06:00 | Scout-A | Vandenberg PALC-D | |||||
OPS 1593 (Transit-O 7) | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
31 January 11:41:37 | Molniya-M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Luna 9 | Lunar transfer | Lunar lander | 3 February 18:45 | Successful | |||
First spacecraft to soft land on the surface of the Moon and of any planetary object. | |||||||
February[edit] | |||||||
2 February 21:32:13 | Thor-SLV2A Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-1-1 | |||||
OPS 7291 (KH-4A Corona 1029) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 27 February | Successful | ||
3 February 07:41:23 | Delta C | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | |||||
ESSA-1 (Tiros) | ESSA | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
5 February 12:19:49 | R-36O | Baikonur Site 67/21 | RVSN | ||||
OGCh #02L | RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 February | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of R-36O, apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
9 February 19:45:01 | Thor-SLV2A Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 | |||||
OPS 1439 ("Heavy Ferret") | NRO | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
10 February 08:52 | Vostok-2 | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 107 (Zenit-2) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 18 February | Successful | |||
11 February 18:00 | Kosmos-1 | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
Kosmos 108 (DS-U1-G) | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Successful | |||
15 February 20:32 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-2-4 | |||||
KH-7 25 (KH-7 Gambit) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | ??? | Successful | ||
OPS 1184 | Low Earth | Film return | 22 February 1966 | Successful | |||
OPS 3011 (Bluebell 2 cylinder) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 17 February 1966 | Successful | |||
OPS 3031 (Bluebell 2 sphere) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 22 February 1966 | Successful | |||
17 February 08:33:36 | Diamant A | Hammaguira Brigitte | Armée de Terre | ||||
Dipason (D-1A) | Armée de Terre | Low Earth | Geodetic science | In orbit | Successful | ||
19 February 08:52 | Voskhod | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 109 (Zenit-4 #14L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 27 February | Successful | |||
21 February | Kosmos-1 | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
DS-K-40 No.2 | Planned: Low Earth | ELINT | 21 February | Failure | |||
First stage failure at T+83 seconds | |||||||
22 February 20:09:36 | Voskhod | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 110 (Voskhod) | Low Earth | Uncrewed spacecraft | 16 March | Successful | |||
26 February 16:12:01 | Saturn IB | Cape Canaveral LC-34 | NASA | ||||
Apollo AS-201 | NASA | Sub-orbital | Test spacecraft | 26 February 16:49:21 | Successful | ||
First flight of the Apollo Spacecraft and launch vehicle | |||||||
28 February 13:58:00 | Delta E | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | |||||
ESSA-2 (Tiros) | ESSA | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
March[edit] | |||||||
1 March 11:03:49 | Molniya 8K78M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 111 (Luna E-6S series) | Intended: Lunar transfer | Lunar orbiter | 1 March | Launch failure | |||
9 March 22:02:03 | Thor-SLV2A Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-1-1 | |||||
OPS 3488 (KH-4A Corona 1030) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 29 March | Successful | ||
16 March 15:00:03 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-14 | |||||
GATV 5003 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Docking target | 15 September 1967 | Successful | ||
16 March 16:41:02 | Titan II GLV | Cape Canaveral LC-19 | US Air Force | ||||
Gemini VIII | NASA | Low Earth | Technology/Biological/Target | 17 March 03:22:28 | Successful | ||
First docking with the Agena target vehicle | |||||||
17 March 10:28:42 | Vostok-2 | Plesetsk LC-41/1 | |||||
Kosmos 112 (Zenit-2) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 25 March 1966 05:31 | Successful | |||
18 March 20:00 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-2-4 | |||||
KH-7 26 (KH-7 Gambit) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | ??? | Successful | ||
OPS 0879 | Low Earth | Film return | 23 March 1966 | Successful | |||
OPS 0974 | Low Earth | Film return | 24 March 1966 | Successful | |||
21 March 09:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 113 (Zenit-4 #17L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 29 March | Successful | |||
24 March 14:39 | UR-500 (Proton) | Baikonur Site 81/23 | |||||
Proton N-4 #3 (N-4 #3) | Intended: Low Earth | Physics | 24 March | Launch failure | |||
2nd stage engine failure T+122 seconds. Suspected collision with the first stage following separation. | |||||||
26 March 03:31:00 | Scout-A | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 5 (PALC-D) | |||||
Transit-O 8 | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
27 March 07:20 | Molniya 8K78M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Molniya-1 #5 | Intended: Molniya | Communications technology | 27 March | Launch failure | |||
Booster failure | |||||||
30 March 09:20:12 | SM-65D Atlas D | Vandenberg ABRES-B-3 | US Air Force | ||||
OV1-4 | US Air Force | Low Earth | REV test | In orbit | Successful | ||
OV1-5 | Low Earth | REV test | In orbit | Successful | |||
31 March 05:41:04 | Thor-Burner 1 | Vandenberg LC-75-2-6 | USAF | ||||
OPS 0340 (DMSP-Block-4A F6) | USAF | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
31 March 10:46:59 | Molniya 8K78M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Luna 10 | Lunar transfer | Lunar orbiter | 30 May (last contact) | Successful | |||
First Soviet lunar orbiter, first discoverer of lunar mascons; Last contact: 30 May 1966 | |||||||
April[edit] | |||||||
6 April 11:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Plesetsk LC-41/1 | |||||
Kosmos 114 (Zenit-4 #19L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 14 April[1] | Successful | |||
7 April 22:02:55 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Vandenberg PALC1-1 | |||||
OPS 1612 (KH-4 Corona 1031) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 26 April 1966 | Successful | ||
SRV 1031-1 | Low Earth | ??? | ??? | Successful | |||
SRV 1031-2 | Low Earth | Film return | ??? | Successful | |||
8 April 01:00:02 | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D | Canaveral LC-36B | NASA | ||||
Atlas Centaur 8 Surveyor SM-2 | NASA | Highly elliptical | Technology | 14 April | Failure[2] | ||
Launch vehicle development flight. It carried a mass model of the Surveyor spacecraft. The second Centaur engine firing was unsuccessful. | |||||||
8 April 19:35:00 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-12 | US Air Force | ||||
OAO 1 | NASA | Low Earth | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | |||
19 April 19:15 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-2-4 | |||||
KH-7 27 (KH-7 Gambit SV 977) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 26 April 1966 | Successful | ||
OPS 0910 | Low Earth | Film return | 22 April 1966 | Successful | |||
20 April 10:40 | Vostok-2 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 115 (Zenit-2 No. 35L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 28 April 1966 | Successful | |||
22 April 09:45 | Scout-B | Vandenberg PALC-D | US Air Force | ||||
OV3-1 | USAF | Low Earth | Radiation belt particle and fields experiments | In orbit | Successful | ||
25 April 07:10 | Molniya 8K78M | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Molniya-1 #6 | Molniya | Communications technology | 11 June 1973 | Successful | |||
Third successful Molniya; also transmitted cloud cover images | |||||||
26 April 10:04 | Kosmos-2I | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
Kosmos 116 (DS-P1-Yu No. 6) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
May[edit] | |||||||
3 May 19:25:25 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Vandenberg 75-3-5 | |||||
OPS 1508 (KH-4A Corona 1032) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 3 May | Failure | ||
SRV 1032-1 | Low Earth | Film return | 3 May | Failure | |||
SRV 1032-2 | Low Earth | Film return | 3 May | Failure | |||
6 May 10:58 | Vostok-2 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 117 (Zenit-2 No. 39L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 14 May 1966 | Successful | |||
11 May 14:10 | Vostok-2M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 118 (Meteor #4L) | Low Earth | Weather | 23 November 1988 | Successful | |||
14 May 19:02 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-2-4 | |||||
KH-7 28 (KH-7 Gambit SV 978) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 27 October 1970 | Successful | ||
OPS 1950 | Low Earth | Film return | 17 May 1966 | Successful | |||
OPS 6785 | Low Earth | Film return | 21 May 1966 | Successful | |||
15 May 07:55:34 | Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 | US Air Force | ||||
Nimbus 2 (Nimbus C) | NASA | Low Earth | Weather Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
17 May 11:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Plesetsk LC-41/1 | |||||
Unnamed Kosmos (Zenit-4 #18L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 17 May | Failure | |||
17 May 15:15:03 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-14 | |||||
GATV 5004 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Docking target | 17 May | Launch failure | ||
19 May 02:27:00 | Scout-A | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 5 (PALC-D) | |||||
Transit-O 9 | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
19 May 19:30 | R-36O | Baikonur Site 67/22 | RVSN | ||||
OGCh #04L | RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 May | Successful | ||
24 May 02:00:33 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 (PALC-1-1) | |||||
OPS 1778 KH-4A Corona 1033 | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 9 June 1966 | Successful | ||
SRV 1033-1 | Low Earth | Film return | ??? | Successful | |||
SRV 1033-2 | Low Earth | Film return | ??? | Successful | |||
24 May 05:31? | Kosmos-2I | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
Kosmos 119 (DS-U2-I No. 1) | Low Earth | Ionospheric research | In orbit | Successful | |||
25 May 14:00 | Thor Delta C1 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | US Air Force | ||||
Explorer 32 (AE-B) | NASA | Low Earth | Atmospheric | 22 February 1985 | Successful | ||
30 May 14:41:01 | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D | Canaveral LC-36A | NASA | ||||
Surveyor 1 | NASA | Highly elliptical | Lunar Lander | 2 June 1966 | Successful | ||
First lunar soft-lander | |||||||
June[edit] | |||||||
1 June 15:00:02 | Atlas SLV-3 | Cape Canaveral LC-14 | |||||
ATDA No. 02186 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Docking target | 11 June | Spacecraft failure | ||
Shroud failed to come off target adapter precluding docking | |||||||
3 June 13:39:33 | Titan II GLV | Cape Canaveral LC-19 | US Air Force | ||||
Gemini IX-A | NASA | Low Earth | Technology/Biological/Target | 6 June 02:00:23 | Successful | ||
Failed attempt to dock with Agena target vehicle; two hour EVA by Eugene Cernan | |||||||
3 June 19:25 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-2-4 | |||||
KH-7 29 (KH-7 Gambit SV 979) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 6 June | Successful | ||
OPS 1577 | Low Earth | Film return | 9 June | Successful | |||
OPS 1856 | Low Earth | Film return | 9 June | Successful | |||
7 June 02:48 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-B | Cape Canaveral LC-12 | US Air Force | ||||
OGO-3 (OGO-B) | NASA | Low Earth | Ionospheric Magnetospheric | 14 September 1981 | Successful | ||
Routine spacecraft operation was discontinued on 1 December 1969, after which only data from Heppner's experiment (E-11) was acquired. All spacecraft support terminated on 29 February 1972. | |||||||
8 June 11:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 120 (Zenit-2 No. 41L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 16 June | Successful | |||
9 June 20:15 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg PALC-1-2 | |||||
Midas 10 (Midas RTS-I F1) | USAF | Low Earth | Early Warning | 3 December | Successful | ||
ERS 16 (ORS 2) | Low Earth | Technology (performed metal-to-metal bonding experiments) | 12 March 1967 | Successful | |||
SECOR 6 (Secor Type II S/N 7, EGRS VI) | Low Earth | Geodetic | 6 July 1967 | Successful | |||
10 June 04:15 | Scout-B | Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 3A | US Air Force | ||||
OV3-4 (Personnel Hazards Associated with Space Radiation (PHASR)), OPS-1427[3] | USAF | Low Earth | Tissue equivalent radiation chamber, linear energy transfer spectrometer, electron and proton spectrometers, a solid state charged particle spectrometer and a tri-axial magnetometer. | In orbit | Successful | ||
16 June 14:01 | Titan IIIC | Cape Canaveral LC-41 | |||||
GGTS | USAF | Geosynchronous Earth | Gravity Gradient stabilization | In orbit | Partial Spacecraft Failure -- magnetic field in one of the dampers was compromised[4] | ||
IDCSP 1 | Geosynchronous Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
IDCSP 2 | Geosynchronous Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
IDCSP 3 | Geosynchronous Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
IDCSP 4 | Geosynchronous Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
IDCSP 5 | Geosynchronous Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
IDCSP 6 | Geosynchronous Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
IDCSP 7 | Geosynchronous Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
17 Jun 11:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Plesetsk LC-41/1 | |||||
Kosmos 121 (Zenit-4 #20L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 25 Jun | Successful | |||
21 Jun 21:23:30 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Vandenberg 75-3-5 | |||||
OPS 1599 (KH-4A Corona 1034) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 14 July | Successful | ||
SRV 1034-1 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 14 July | Successful | |||
SRV 1034-2 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 14 July | Successful | |||
24 Jun 21:31:30 | Thor-SLV2A Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 | |||||
PAGEOS | NASA | Low Earth | Geodetic | 1975 - 2016 | Successful | ||
25 Jun 10:30 | Vostok-2M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Kosmos 122 (Meteor #5L) | Low Earth | Weather | 14 November 1989 | Successful | |||
July[edit] | |||||||
1 Jul 16:02:25 | Thor Delta E1 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | US Air Force | ||||
Explorer 33 (AIMP D) | NASA | High Earth | Magnetospheric | In orbit | Successful | ||
5 July 16:12:01 | Saturn IB | Cape Canaveral LC-37B | NASA | ||||
Apollo AS-203 | NASA | Low Earth | S-IVB test | 5 July | Successful (spacecraft inadvertently destroyed after four orbits) | ||
6 July 12:57 | UR-500 (Proton) | Baikonur Site 81/23 | |||||
Proton 3 (N-4 #4) | Low Earth | Physics | 16 Sep | Successful | |||
8 July 05:31 | Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 | |||||
Kosmos 123 (DS-P1-Yu #5L) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
12 July 17:55 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC 4E | |||||
KH-7 30 (KH-7 Gambit SV 980) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 20 Jul 1966 | Successful | ||
OPS 1850 SRV Mission 4030 | Low Earth | Film return | July | Successful | |||
14 July 02:10:02 | SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg ABRES-B-3 | US Air Force | ||||
OV1-8 (PasComSat) | USAF | Low Earth | Communications | 4 Jan 1978 | Successful | ||
OV1-7 | USAF | Low Earth | X-Ray Astronomy/Ionosphere | 14 July | Failed to orbit | ||
14 July 10:25 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 124 (Zenit-2 No. 42L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 22 July | Successful | |||
18 July 20:39:46 | Atlas-Agena | Cape Canaveral LC-14 | |||||
TDA-1A | US Air Force | Low Earth | Docking target | 29 Dec | Successful | ||
18 July 22:20:27 | Titan II GLV | Cape Canaveral LC-19 | US Air Force | ||||
Gemini X | NASA | Low Earth | Technology/Biological/Target | 21 July 21:07:05 | Successful | ||
Second successful docking with Agena target vehicle; First EVA to another spacecraft, by Michael Collins | |||||||
20 July 08:58 | Soyuz/Vostok | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 125 (US-A) No. 111 | Low Earth | ELINT | 2 Aug 1966 | Successful | |||
28 Jul 10:50 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 126 (Zenit-4 #21L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 2 Aug | Successful | |||
29 July 18:30:20 | Titan IIIB | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4W | |||||
KH-8 Gambit #1 (OPS 3014) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 6 Aug 1966 | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4301-1 | Low Earth | Film return | before 6 Aug 1966 | Successful | |||
August[edit] | |||||||
4 Aug 10:45:01 | Scout-B | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5 | US Air Force | ||||
OV3-3 | USAF | Low Earth | Radiation belt particle and fields experiments | In orbit | Successful | ||
8 Aug 11:29 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 127 (Zenit-4 #22L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 16 Aug | Successful | |||
9 Aug 20:46:03 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1W | |||||
OPS 1545 CORONA J-32 | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 11 Sep | Successful | ||
SRV 715 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 11 Sep | Successful | |||
SRV 716 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 11 Sep | Successful | |||
10 Aug 19:26:00 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 | |||||
Lunar Orbiter 1 | Lunar | Mapping | 29 Oct 13:29 | Successful | |||
First US spacecraft to orbit Moon. First spacecraft to photograph Earth from the Moon. | |||||||
16 Aug 18:30 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4E | |||||
KH-7 31 (OPS 1832) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 24 Aug 1966 | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4031 | Low Earth | Film return | before 24 Aug 1966 | Successful | |||
SAMPAN 1 | NRO | Low Earth | ELINT Reconnaissance | 5 Mar 1970 | Successful | ||
SOUSEA 1 | Low Earth | ELINT Reconnaissance | 5 Mar 1970 | Successful | |||
17 August 15:20:17 | Delta E1 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | NASA | ||||
Pioneer 7 (Pioneer B) | NASA | Heliocentric | Scientific | In orbit | Successful | ||
18 Aug 02:25:02 | Scout-A | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 5 (PALC-D) | |||||
Transit-O 10 | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
19 Aug 1925 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3E | |||||
Midas 11 (Midas RTS-I F2) | USAF | Low Earth | Early Warning | In orbit | Successful | ||
ERS 15 | Low Earth | Technology (performed metal-to-metal bonding experiments) | 12 March 1967 | Successful | |||
SECOR 7 (Secor Type II S/N 8, EGRS VII) | Low Earth | Geodetic | In orbit | Successful | |||
24 Aug 08:03:21 | Molniya 8K78M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Luna 11 | Lunar transfer | Lunar orbiter | In orbit | Partial spacecraft failure | |||
TV camera failed to return usable images; Last contact: 1 October 1966 | |||||||
25 Aug 17:15:32 | Saturn IB | Cape Canaveral LC-34 | NASA | ||||
Apollo AS-202 | NASA | Sub-orbital | Test spacecraft | 25 Aug 18:48:34 | Successful | ||
Second flight of the Apollo Spacecraft and launch vehicle; resulted in man-rating of Block 1 Apollo and Saturn 1B rocket | |||||||
26 Aug 13:59:56 | Titan IIIC | Cape Canaveral LC-41 | |||||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
IDCSP | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 26 Aug | Launch failure | |||
27 Aug 09:50 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur Cosmodrome | |||||
Kosmos 128 (Zenit-4 #23L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 4 Sep | Successful | |||
September[edit] | |||||||
12 Sep 13:05:02 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-14 | |||||
GATV-5006 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Docking target | 30 Dec | Successful | ||
12 Sep 14:42:27 | Titan II GLV | Cape Canaveral LC-19 | US Air Force | ||||
Gemini XI | NASA | Low Earth | Technology/Biological/Target | 15 Sep 13:59:35 | Successful | ||
First-ever direct-ascent (first orbit) rendezvous with an Agena Target Vehicle, highest apogee orbit to date. | |||||||
16 Sep 09:30 | Thor-Burner 2 | Vandenberg LC-75-2-6 | USAF | ||||
DMSP-Block-4A 7 (OPS 6026) | USAF | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
16 Sep 09:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur Cosmodrome | |||||
Unnamed Zenit-4 (Zenit-4 #40L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 16 Sep | Failure | |||
16 Sep 17:59 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4E | |||||
KH-7 32 (OPS 1686) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 23 Sep | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4032 | Low Earth | Film return | before 23 Sep | Successful | |||
FANION 2 | NRO | Low Earth | ELINT Reconnaissance | 9 May 1968 | Successful | ||
TRIPOS 2 | Low Earth | ELINT Reconnaissance | 9 May 1968 | Successful | |||
17 Sep 22:35 | R-36O | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 162/36 | RVSN | ||||
OGCh #05L | RVSN | LEO | Missile test | 11 Nov | Partial launch failure | ||
First attempted orbital Fractional Orbital Bombardment System test. | |||||||
20 Sep 12:32:00 | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D | Canaveral LC-36A | NASA | ||||
Surveyor 2 | NASA | Highly elliptical | Lunar Lander | 23 Sep | Spacecraft failure | ||
Mid-course correction failure resulted in the spacecraft losing control. Contact was lost with the spacecraft at 9:35 UTC, September 22. | |||||||
20 Sep 21:14:05 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3W | |||||
KH-4A Corona 1035 (OPS 1703) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 12 Oct | Successful | ||
SRV 1035-1 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 12 Oct | Successful | |||
SRV 1035-2 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 12 Oct | Successful | |||
26 Sep 02:58 | Lambda 4S | Kagoshima Pad L | JAXA | ||||
L-4S-1 | JAXA | 26 Sep | Launch failure | ||||
28 Sep 19:07 | Titan IIIB | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4W | |||||
KH-8 Gambit #2 (OPS 4096) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 7 Oct | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4302-1 | Low Earth | Film return | before 7 Oct | Successful | |||
October[edit] | |||||||
2 October 10:39:03 | Delta E | Vandenberg SLC 2E | |||||
ESSA-3 (Tiros) | ESSA | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
5 Oct 22:00 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg Vandenberg SLC 3E | |||||
Midas 12 (Midas RTS-I F3) | USAF | Low Earth | Early Warning | In orbit | Successful | ||
EGRS VIII (SECOR Type II S/N 9 ) | Low Earth | Geodetic | In orbit | Successful | |||
12 Oct 19:15 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4E | |||||
KH-7 33 (OPS 2055) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 20 Oct | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4033 | Low Earth | Film return | before 20 Oct | Successful | |||
Space Ground Link System (SLGS) 1 (OPS 5345) | NRO | Low Earth | Technology | 21 Oct | Successful | ||
14 Oct 12:13:08 | Vostok-2 | Plesetsk LC-41/1 | |||||
Kosmos 129 (Zenit-2 No. 33L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 21 Oct | Successful | |||
20 Oct 07:50 | Molniya 8K78M | Baikonur Site 1 | |||||
Molniya-1 #7 | Molniya | Communications technology | 11 Sep 1968 | Successful | |||
20 Oct 08:46 | Voskhod 11A57 | Baikonur Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31 | |||||
Kosmos 130 (Zenit-4 #24L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 28 Oct | Successful | |||
22 Oct 08:42:26 | Molniya 8K78M | Baikonur LC-31/6 | |||||
Luna 12 | Lunar transfer | Lunar orbiter | In orbit | Successful | |||
Took high-resolution photos of the Moon's surface from lunar orbit. Last contact: 19 Jan 1967 | |||||||
26 Oct 11:12:02 | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D | Canaveral LC-36B | NASA | ||||
Atlas Centaur 9 Surveyor SM-3 | NASA | Highly elliptical | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
Launch vehicle development flight. It carried a mass model of the Surveyor spacecraft. | |||||||
26 Oct 23:05:00 | Delta E1 | Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B | NASA | ||||
Intelsat II F-1 (Blue Bird) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
28 Oct 11:56:02 | Scout-B | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5 | US Air Force | ||||
OV3-2 | USAF | Low Earth | Radiation belt particle and fields experiments | 29 Sep 1971 | Successful | ||
November[edit] | |||||||
2 Nov 00:45:03 | R-36O | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 162/36 | RVSN | ||||
OGCh #06L | RVSN | LEO | Missile test | 29 Nov | Spacecraft failure | ||
Second attempted orbital Fractional Orbital Bombardment System test. | |||||||
2 Nov 20:24 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4E | |||||
KH-7 34 (OPS 2070) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 10 Nov | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4034 | Low Earth | Film return | before 10 Nov | Successful | |||
Space Ground Link System (SLGS) 2 (OPS 5424) | NRO | Low Earth | Technology | 16 Nov | Successful | ||
3 Nov 13:50:42 | Titan IIIC | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 | |||||
Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup | USAF | Low Earth | MOL mockup | 9 Jan 1967 | Successful | ||
OV4-1R | Low Earth | Communications | 5 Jan 1967 | Successful | |||
OV4-1T | Low Earth | Communications | 11 Jan 1967 | Successful | |||
OV1-6S | Low Earth | Optical target deployment | 31 Dec | Successful | |||
Gemini B | Low Earth | Geosynchronous Communications | 3 Nov (suborbital test) | Successful | |||
6 Nov 23:21:00 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 | |||||
Lunar Orbiter 2 | Lunar | Mapping | 11 Oct 67 | Successful | |||
8 Nov 19:53:02 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1W | |||||
OPS 1866 CORONA J-38 | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 29 Nov | Successful | ||
SRV 727 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 29 Nov | Successful | |||
SRV 728 | Low Earth | Film return | Before 29 Nov | Successful | |||
11 Nov 19:07:59 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-14 | |||||
GATV-5007 | NASA | Low Earth | Docking target | 23 Dec | Successful | ||
11 Nov 20:46:33 | Titan II GLV | Cape Canaveral LC-19 | US Air Force | ||||
Gemini XII | NASA | Low Earth | Technology/Biological/Target | 15 Nov 19:21:04 | Successful | ||
Final Gemini flight | |||||||
12 Nov 09:50 | Voskhod 11A57 | Plesetsk LC-41/1 | |||||
Kosmos 131 (Zenit-4 #25L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 20 Nov | Successful | |||
16 Nov 13:00 | Kosmos-3 | Plesetsk LC-41/5 | |||||
Strela-2 #2L | Low Earth | Communications | 16 Nov | Launch failure | |||
19 Nov 08:00 | Vostok-2 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 132 (Zenit-4 #46L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 27 Nov | Successful | |||
28 Nov 11:00:00 | Soyuz (rocket) | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 133 (Soyuz 7K-OK No. 2) | Low Earth | Crewed spacecraft | 30 Nov 10:21 | Successful | |||
First test of Soyuz 7K-OK crewed spacecraft | |||||||
December[edit] | |||||||
3 Dec 08:15 | Vostok-2 | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Kosmos 134 (Zenit-4 #26L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 11 Dec | Successful | |||
5 Dec 21:09 | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4E | |||||
KH-7 35 (OPS 1890) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 14 Dec | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4035 | Low Earth | Film return | before 14 Dec | Successful | |||
Agena Engine Diagnostic 1 | NRO | Low Earth | Technology | 8 Dec | Successful | ||
7 Dec 02:12:01 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-12 | |||||
ATS-1 (Applications Technology Satellite) | NASA | Geostationary | Communications/weather | In orbit | Successful | ||
The first experimental equatorial synchronous satellite. | |||||||
11 Dec 21:09:57 | SM-65D Atlas D | Vandenberg ABRES-B-3 | US Air Force | ||||
OV1-9 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Radiation studies | In orbit | Successful | ||
OV1-10 | Low Earth | Radiation studies | 30 Nov 2002 | Successful | |||
12 December 20:38? | Kosmos-2I | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
Kosmos 135 | Planned: Low Earth | Micrometeoroid | 12 April 1967 | Successful | |||
14 Dec 11:00:00 | Soyuz (rocket) | Baikonur LC-31 | |||||
Soyuz 7K-OK No.1 | Low Earth | Crewed spacecraft | 14 Dec | Launch failure | |||
Second test of Soyuz 7K-OK crewed spacecraft | |||||||
14 Dec 18:14 | Titan IIIB | Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4W | |||||
KH-8 Gambit #3 (OPS 8968) | NRO | Low Earth | Optical Reconnaissance | 24 Dec | Successful | ||
SRV Mission 4303 | Low Earth | Film return | before 24 Dec | Successful | |||
14 December 19:20:03 | Delta G | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | |||||
Biosatellite 1 | NASA | Low Earth | Bioscience | 15 February 1967 | Successful | ||
19 Dec 12:00:01 | Vostok-2 | Plesetsk LC-41/1 | |||||
Kosmos 136 (Zenit-4 #47L) | Low Earth | Optical reconnaissance | 27 Dec | Successful | |||
20 Dec 02:20 | Lambda 4S | Kagoshima Pad L | JAXA | ||||
L-4S-2 | JAXA | 20 Dec | Launch failure | ||||
21 Dec 10:17:08 | Molniya-M | Baikonur Site 1 | |||||
Luna 13 | Lunar transfer | Lunar lander | 24 Dec | Successful | |||
Last contact: 28 December 1966, 06:13 | |||||||
21 Dec 13:12? | Kosmos-2I | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
Kosmos 137 | Planned: Low Earth | Magnetosphere | 23 Nov 1967 | Successful | |||
Last contact: 12 May 1967 | |||||||
21 Dec 22:15:02 | Atlas SLV-3 | Cape Canaveral Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3E | |||||
SV-5D FV-1 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Lifting body reentry test | 21 Dec | Successful | ||
First test of PRIME | |||||||
29 Dec 12:00:06 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2W |
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