1964 in spaceflight (October–December)
This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), 1964 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1964 in spaceflight (July–September). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.
Launches
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
Remarks | ||||||
October | ||||||
2 October 02:35 |
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NASA | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 2 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi) | ||||||
2 October 03:35:14 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 681 kilometres (423 mi) | ||||||
2 October | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
4 October 03:45:00 |
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NASA | Highly elliptical | Magnetospheric | January 1966 | Partial launch failure | ||
Apogee lower than expected, returned data until 13 October 1965 | ||||||
4 October 06:00 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 4 October | Launch failure | ||
5 October 21:50:14 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 October | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | October | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | October | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
Aerial recovery of second SRV failed, necessitating recovery by ship | ||||||
5 October | ||||||
CNET | Suborbital | Test flight | 5 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
6 October 07:12:00 |
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Low Earth | Test flight | 7 October 07:28 | Successful | |||
6 October 17:04:21 |
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US Navy | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
US Navy | Low Earth | In orbit | Successful | |||
US Navy | Low Earth | In orbit | Successful | |||
Transit satellite failed a few days after becoming operational | ||||||
6 October 20:20 |
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CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 6 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 211 kilometres (131 mi) | ||||||
6 October | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
7 October 18:35 |
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CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi) | ||||||
7 October 23:04 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi) | ||||||
7 October 23:19 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 7 October | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) | ||||||
7 October | ||||||
CNET | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
8 October 05:32 |
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Lockheed | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric | 8 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,004 kilometres (624 mi) | ||||||
8 October 10:23 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | ||||||
8 October 10:34:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 8 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi) | ||||||
8 October | ||||||
US Air Force/NRO | Intended: Low Earth | Optical imaging | 8 October | Launch failure | ||
Failed to orbit | ||||||
9 October 04:04:56 |
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NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 9 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi) | ||||||
9 October | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
10 October 02:00 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 865 kilometres (537 mi) | ||||||
10 October 03:01 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Geodesy Ionospheric | In orbit | Successful | ||
10 October 07:00:04 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi) | ||||||
11 October | ||||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
11 October | ||||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
12 October 07:30:01 |
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Low Earth | Biological | 13 October 07:47:04 | Successful | |||
Manned flight with three cosmonauts, first manned Voskhod flight, first spacecraft to carry more than one person | ||||||
12 October | ||||||
ONERA | Suborbital | Test flight | 12 October | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 60 kilometres (37 mi) | ||||||
13 October 16:50:04 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
14 October 09:36 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 14 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 102 kilometres (63 mi) | ||||||
14 October 09:50 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 20 October | Partial spacecraft failure | |||
Spacecraft's thermal regulation system malfunctioned, necessitating early return to Earth | ||||||
14 October | ||||||
NOTS | Suborbital | Radiation | 14 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
16 October 12:10 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi) | ||||||
16 October | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 October | Launch failure | ||
16 October | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
17 October 10:43 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) | ||||||
17 October 10:45 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi) | ||||||
17 October 22:02:23 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 4 November | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | October | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | October | Successful | ||
Attitude control problems during second imagery period | ||||||
19 October 15:42 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 19 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 840 kilometres (520 mi) | ||||||
19 October 23:00 |
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ELDO | Suborbital | 19 October | Successful | |||
Apogee: 243 kilometres (151 mi) | ||||||
19 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
19 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
19 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
19 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
20 October 02:29 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,129 kilometres (702 mi) | ||||||
20 October | ||||||
CNES | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 October | Launch failure | ||
20 October | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 October | Launch failure | ||
21 October 19:44 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 21 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) | ||||||
21 October 21:12 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
22 October 11:03 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 22 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
23 October 07:30 |
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Low Earth | Communications Technology | 23 October | Launch failure | |||
Low Earth | Communications Technology | |||||
Low Earth | Communications Technology | |||||
Failed to orbit | ||||||
23 October 16:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Radio astronomy | 23 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) | ||||||
23 October 18:30 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 October | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | 23 February 1965 | Successful | ||
24 October 05:16 |
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Low Earth | Technology | 21 August 1965 | Successful | |||
24 October 17:33 |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | ||||||
27 October 00:58 |
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ASE/MIT | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 27 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | ||||||
27 October 10:50 |
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UCL | Suborbital | UV Astronomy X-ray astronomy | 27 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi) | ||||||
27 October 16:57 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 27 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
27 October 16:57 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Auroral Ionospheric | 27 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi) | ||||||
27 October 20:25 |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 27 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | ||||||
28 October 10:48 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 5 November | Spacecraft failure | |||
Failed to deorbit, commanded to self-destruct | ||||||
28 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
28 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
28 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
28 October | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
29 October 01:59 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 868 kilometres (539 mi) | ||||||
29 October 12:15:02 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi) | ||||||
29 October 16:28:13 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
29 October 23:18 |
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LPA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
30 October 19:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 30 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi) | ||||||
31 October 18:04:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
October | ||||||
PRO | Suborbital | Missile test | October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
October | ||||||
US Army | Suborbital | Target | October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
October | ||||||
ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
October | ||||||
ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
November | ||||||
1 November 06:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi) | ||||||
1 November 06:15 |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | ||||||
1 November 06:18 |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | ||||||
2 November 09:03 |
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TAO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) | ||||||
2 November 21:30:20 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 November | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | November | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | November | Successful | ||
Both cameras erroneously took images immediately after launch, and subsequently failed before first imagery period was complete, 65% of images returned were out of focus | ||||||
3 November 00:00 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
3 November 00:35 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
3 November 07:57 |
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Princeton | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi) | ||||||
3 November 10:02 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi) | ||||||
3 November 17:32 |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | ||||||
3 November 17:38 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi) | ||||||
4 November 02:12:11 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | ELINT | 5 November 1969 | Successful | ||
4 November 08:31 |
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ONUSJ | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 4 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi) | ||||||
4 November 16:35 |
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CNRS | Suborbital | Solar | 4 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
4 November 17:00 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
4 November | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
5 November 03:01 |
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ISAS | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 356 kilometres (221 mi) | ||||||
5 November 17:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi) | ||||||
5 November 19:03 |
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Johns Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 867 kilometres (539 mi) | ||||||
5 November 19:22:05 |
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NASA | Heliocentric | Mars flyby | 5 November | Launch failure | ||
Payload fairing failed to separate, resulting in spacecraft mass being too great to reach Mars | ||||||
5 November 20:38 |
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BRL | Suborbital | Fields Ionospheric | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | ||||||
5 November 20:39 |
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BRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 840 kilometres (520 mi) | ||||||
5 November 23:16 |
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ONUSJ | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 176 kilometres (109 mi) | ||||||
5 November | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
5 November | ||||||
CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
5 November | ||||||
CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
5 November | ||||||
CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
5 November | ||||||
CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
5 November | ||||||
CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
6 November 00:02 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi) | ||||||
6 November 00:08 |
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ISRO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | ||||||
6 November 05:20 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi) | ||||||
6 November 08:31 |
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ONUSJ | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi) | ||||||
6 November 10:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
6 November 12:02:01 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Technology Micrometeoroid research | 29 June 1983 | Successful | ||
6 November 13:45 |
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UCL | Suborbital | REV Test Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 629 kilometres (391 mi) | ||||||
6 November | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 November | Launch failure | ||
6 November | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
6 November | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi) | ||||||
6 November | ||||||
CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
6 November | ||||||
CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
7 November 01:38 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi) | ||||||
7 November 03:21 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 7 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
7 November 05:13 |
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BRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 7 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
7 November 05:14 |
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BRL/Michigan | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 7 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 714 kilometres (444 mi) | ||||||
7 November 10:31 |
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NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 7 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi) | ||||||
8 November 08:22 |
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CNRS | Suborbital | Solar | 8 November | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 98 kilometres (61 mi) | ||||||
9 November 12:54 |
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ISRO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | ||||||
9 November | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
9 November | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi) | ||||||
10 November 00:05 |
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ISRO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | ||||||
10 November 02:05 |
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Osaka | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 10 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | ||||||
10 November 11:07 |
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Urbana-Champaign | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 10 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 251 kilometres (156 mi) | ||||||
10 November 22:25 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
10 November 22:28 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi) | ||||||
10 November | ||||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
10 November | ||||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
11 November 09:59 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 11 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
11 November 22:24 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 11 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) | ||||||
11 November 22:27 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 11 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 202 kilometres (126 mi) | ||||||
12 November 03:05 |
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Osaka | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
12 November 10:00 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi) | ||||||
12 November 10:53 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi) | ||||||
12 November 10:56 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi) | ||||||
12 November 19:30 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 12 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi) | ||||||
13 November 16:57:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
13 November | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 13 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi) | ||||||
14 November 10:23 |
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NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 14 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
16 November 06:57 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM test | 16 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,148 kilometres (713 mi) | ||||||
16 November 18:18 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 188 kilometres (117 mi) | ||||||
16 November 18:31 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Meteorite research | 16 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi) | ||||||
17 November 17:49 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 194 kilometres (121 mi) | ||||||
17 November 21:10 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | ||||||
17 November | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
18 November 11:23:00 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 November | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi) | ||||||
18 November 20:35:54 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 6 December | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | November | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | November | Successful | ||
Carried ORBIS (KH-4A 1014) experiment | ||||||
18 November | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 309 kilometres (192 mi) | ||||||
18 November | ||||||
US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
18 November | ||||||
US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
19 November 05:34 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi) | ||||||
19 November 17:15 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 219 kilometres (136 mi) | ||||||
19 November 18:34 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 November | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) | ||||||
19 November 19:02 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
19 November 20:20 |
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Urbana-Champaign | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi) | ||||||
19 November 22:02 |
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Urbana-Champaign | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi) | ||||||
19 November 23:43 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
19 November | ||||||
US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
19 November | ||||||
US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 November | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
19 November | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
21 November 17:09:39 |
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NASA | Medium Earth | Geodesy Ionospheric | 18 October 1968 | Successful | ||
NASA | Medium Earth | Atmospheric Ionospheric Particle research | In orbit | Successful | ||
21 November | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
22 November 16:30 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 22 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi) | ||||||
23 November 17:07 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 23 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi) | ||||||
24 November | ||||||
AGPC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 November | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
24 November | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | ||||||
25 November 11:34 |
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NRL | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 25 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
27 November 08:02 |
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NRCC | Suborbital | Auroral Ionospheric Micrometeoroid research | 27 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi) | ||||||
27 November 13:31 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Test flight | 27 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi) | ||||||
27 November 17:38 |
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MPE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 27 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi) | ||||||
28 November 11:14:26 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
28 November 14:22:01 |
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NASA | Heliocentric | Mars flyby | In orbit | Successful | ||
First spacecraft to successfully fly past Mars, closest approach 9,846 kilometres (6,118 mi) at 01:00:57 UTC on 15 July 1965 | ||||||
28 November | ||||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 28 November | Launch failure | ||
30 November 13:11 |
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SUPARCO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
30 November 13:12 |
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Heliocentric | Mars flyby | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | |||
Communications lost in April 1965, flew past Mars on 6 August 1965 | ||||||
30 November 17:37 |
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MPE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
30 November | ||||||
NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 30 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi) | ||||||
30 November | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 30 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi) | ||||||
November | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
November | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
November | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
November | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
November | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
November | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
December | ||||||
1 December 01:20 |
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SUPARCO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
1 December 04:20 |
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TUC | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 1 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi) | ||||||
1 December 06:15 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi) | ||||||
1 December 08:45:04 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | REV Test | 1 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
1 December | ||||||
Low Earth | Technology | 1 December | Launch failure | |||
Payload fairing failed to separate, failed to orbit | ||||||
1 December | ||||||
Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 December | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
2 December 16:30:04 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
3 December 17:40 |
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CNES | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 3 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 390 kilometres (240 mi) | ||||||
4 December 11:09:17 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 4 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
4 December 18:06 |
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TUC | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 4 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi) | ||||||
4 December 18:57 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 6 December | Successful | ||
5 December 04:30 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 5 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
7 December 17:56 |
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New Hampshire | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 7 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | ||||||
8 December 10:26 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
8 December 22:55 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Solar | 8 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
8 December | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
9 December 08:00 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 December | Launch failure | ||
9 December 20:00 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
9 December 23:02 |
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Low Earth | Technology | 14 November 1965 | Successful | |||
10 December 10:26 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
10 December 16:52:33 |
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US Air Force | Low Earth | Test flight | 13 December | Successful | ||
11 December 14:25:02 |
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NASA | Intended: Medium Earth Achieved: Low Earth |
Test flight | 12 December | Partial launch failure | ||
Centaur failed to restart[1] | ||||||
11 December | ||||||
NOTS | Suborbital | Radiation | 11 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
13 December 00:08:10 |
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US Navy | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
US Navy | Low Earth | Radiation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Transit O-2 failed a few days after becoming operational | ||||||
15 December 00:00 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi) | ||||||
15 December 17:59:59 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
15 December 20:20:04 |
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CRA | Low Earth | Technology Air density | 11 September 1965 | Successful | ||
First Italian satellite | ||||||
15 December | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
16 December 02:02 |
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RAE/WRE | Suborbital | Test flight | 16 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 220 kilometres (140 mi) | ||||||
16 December 14:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Meteorite research | 16 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
16 December 14:57 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 16 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi) | ||||||
16 December 16:34:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
16 December | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Weather | 16 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
17 December 03:05 |
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CULH | Suborbital | Solar | 17 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi) | ||||||
17 December 06:55 |
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Johns Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi) | ||||||
17 December 19:54:00 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 December | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
17 December | ||||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Weather | 17 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
18 December | ||||||
ONERA | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 December | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 60 kilometres (37 mi) | ||||||
18 December | ||||||
Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
18 December | ||||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
18 December | ||||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
19 December 01:06:12 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
19 December 21:10:16 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 14 January 1965 | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | December | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | December/January | Successful | ||
Telemetry problems early in the mission led to some errors in areas photographed | ||||||
21 December 09:00:03 |
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NASA | Medium Earth | Magnetospheric | April 1978 | Successful | ||
21 December 09:44:59 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
21 December 19:08:56 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Radar imaging | 11 January 1965 | Successful | ||
US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | Unknown | Successful | ||
Only Quill satellite to be launched, operated successfully but images found to be useless | ||||||
22 December 04:00 |
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EOS WPAT |
Suborbital | Technology | 22 December | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
22 December 16:30:04 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
22 December 19:15:20 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | ||||||
22 December | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
23 December | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
26 December | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
26 December | ||||||
MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
26 December | ||||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
December | ||||||
US Army | Suborbital | Target | December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
December | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
December | ||||||
DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
PRO | Suborbital | Missile test | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
PRO | Suborbital | Missile test | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
ERDL | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | ||||||
Unknown | ||||||
ERDL | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful | ||
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | ||||||
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References
Generic references:
Spaceflight portal
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- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
- Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
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- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
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Footnotes
- Kyle, Ed (28 May 2005). "ATLAS CENTAUR LV-3C DEVELOPMENT HISTORY". Space Launch Report. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
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