1965 in spaceflight (April–June)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between April and June 1965. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1965 in spaceflight (January–March), 1965 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1965 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1965 in spaceflight.

Launches

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

April

1 April
02:07
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy1 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
2 April
13:22
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-31 NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research2 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
3 April
12:54
Skylark-7 Salto di Quirra ESRO
UCL Suborbital Ionospheric3 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
3 April
21:25
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-4 US Air Force
OPS 4682 (SNAPSHOT) US Air Force Low Earth TechnologyIn orbitSuccessful
SECOR-4 (EGRS-4) US Army Low Earth GeodesyIn orbitSuccessful
SNAPSHOT carried prototype nuclear reactor and secondary experiment which failed within an hour of activation, spacecraft operated for 43 days
3 April
21:59
Nike-Apache Fort Churchill NASA
Rice Suborbital Plasma research3 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
4 April
16:06:35
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-32 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy4 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
5 April
07:20
Thor DSV-2J Johnston LE-2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital ABM test5 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 826 kilometres (513 mi)
5 April
13:45:53
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-33 NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric5 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
5 April
19:42
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-34 NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research5 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
6 April
13:34:59
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test6 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
6 April
16:34:05
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-35 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy6 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi)
6 April
23:47:50
Delta D Cape Canaveral LC-17A NASA
Intelsat I F1 (Early Bird) Intelsat Geosynchronous CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
First commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, ceased operations on 31 March 1971, final flight of Delta D
9 April
01:01
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
CULH Suborbital Solar9 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
9 April
18:10:37
XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr Cape Canaveral LC-18A US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Magnetospheric9 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 25,422 kilometres (15,796 mi)
9 April
19:18:15
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-36 NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric9 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
9 April
20:26:10
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-37 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy9 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 147 kilometres (91 mi)
10 April
08:10
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-09 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test10 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 April Molniya Baikonur Site 1/5
Luna E-6 #8 Intended: Highly elliptical Lunar lander10 AprilLaunch failure
Third stage engine failure due to tank depressurisation, failed to orbit
12 April
14:47
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
12 April
17:14:02
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-38 NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
12 April
18:37
Nike-Iroquois Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
12 April R-16U Baikonur Site 60/6 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
13 April
04:05:06
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 April
16:00:09
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
13 April
17:10
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39 NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April
19:06
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-40 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April
21:00
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 April
21:00
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-08 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 April
06:09:19
UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test14 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
14 April
14:39
Journeyman Wallops Island NASA
Minnesota Suborbital Plasma research14 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,660 kilometres (1,030 mi)
15 April
10:45
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
Minnesota Suborbital Aeronomy15 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
15 April
16:00:04
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-41 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy15 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 April
18:02
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-42 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy15 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 April
19:19:55
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test16 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 April R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test16 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 April
09:50
Voskhod Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 65 (Zenit-4) Low Earth Optical imaging25 AprilSuccessful
19 April
02:20
UR-100 Baikonur Site 130 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test19 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 April
15:40
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
NRL Suborbital Solar20 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
21 April
11:02
Black Knight 301 Woomera LA-5 RAE
UCL Suborbital REV test
Ionospheric
21 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 651 kilometres (405 mi)
22 April
05:14
Black Brant III Fort Churchill NRCC
NRCC Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
22 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi)
22 April R-5A Pobeda Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
23 April
01:55
Molniya Baikonur Site 1/5
Molniya 1-01 Molniya Communications16 August 1979Successful
23 April
03:01
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy23 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi)
23 April
04:02
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy23 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
24 April
05:15
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy24 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 82 kilometres (51 mi)
24 April
10:00:25
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test24 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
24 April R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test24 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 April R-5A Pobeda Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test24 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 April
14:13
R-5A Pobeda Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test26 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 April R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test26 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
27 April
05:00
R-36 Baikonur Site 140/18 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
27 April
06:30
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
NRL Suborbital XR astronomy27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
28 April
20:17
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-4 US Air Force
OPS 4983 (KH-7 #17/AFP-206) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging3 MaySuccessful
OPS 6717 (EHH B1) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth ELINT[1]31 October 1969Successful
28 April
22:27
Nike-Cajun Point Barrow NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy28 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 April
23:57
Centaure 1 Thumba ISRO
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
28 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
28 April R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test28 AprilLaunch failure
29 April
09:03
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL/QUB Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 April
11:09
Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi)
29 April
12:25
Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
29 April
13:56
Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
29 April
14:17:00
Scout X-4 Wallops Island LA-3A NASA
Explorer 27 (BE-C) NASA Low Earth Ionospheric/Geodesy20 July 1973Successful
29 April
16:19
Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 April
17:32
Nike-Cajun Sonmiani NASA
SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 April
17:56
Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
29 April
20:40
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy29 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
29 April
21:44:56
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 5023 (KH-4A #1019) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging26 MaySuccessful
SRV 626 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnMaySuccessful
SRV 627 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return8 JuneSpacecraft failure
Second SRV failed to deorbit
30 April
19:05:07
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395D Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test30 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 April
22:00
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test30 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
April Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

May

1 May
23:43
Centaure 1 Thumba ISRO
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric1 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
3 May
18:23
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy3 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 May
05:54
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight4 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
4 May
07:30
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
NRL Suborbital IR Astronomy4 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 17 kilometres (11 mi)
5 May
03:23
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy5 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
6 May
15:00:03
Titan IIIA Cape Canaveral LC-20 US Air Force
LES-2 Lincoln Highly elliptical TechnologyIn orbitSuccessful
LCS-1 Lincoln Medium Earth Radar calibrationIn orbitSuccessful
LES-2 used Star-13A motor used raise orbit from MEO. Final flight of Titan IIIA
7 May
09:50
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 66 (Zenit-2 #27) Low Earth Optical imaging15 MaySpacecraft failure
Parachute failed to deploy
8 May
01:59:59
LGM-30F Minuteman II Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test8 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 May
07:49:37
Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Luna 5 Highly elliptical Lunar lander12 May
19:10
Spacecraft failure
Retrorockets malfunctioned, spacecraft crashed on landing
10 May
07:30
HAD North Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy10 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
10 May
10:20
HAD North Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy10 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
10 May
13:20
HAD North Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy10 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
10 May
16:20
HAD North Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy10 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi)
10 May
19:20
HAD North Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy10 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
10 May LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-09 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test10 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 May
00:45
HAD North Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
11 May
03:10
HAD North Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
11 May
08:39
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
11 May
20:40
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL/QUB Suborbital Aeronomy11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
12 May
12:30
R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test12 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 May
16:02:35
XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr Cape Canaveral LC-18A US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Magnetospheric12 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 13,586 kilometres (8,442 mi)
13 May
16:05
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RSRS Suborbital Ionospheric13 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
13 May Emeraude VE121 Hammaguira Brigitte CNES
CNES Suborbital Missile test13 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 May
05:00
R-36 Baikonur Site 140/18 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test18 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
18 May
18:02:18
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
OPS 8431 (KH-4A #1021) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging15 JuneSuccessful
SRV 674 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnMaySuccessful
SRV 670 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnMay/JuneSuccessful
Aft camera shut down prematurely
18 May Topaze VE111L Hammaguira Brigitte ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight18 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 May LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test18 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
19 May
05:25
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RSRS Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar
19 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
19 May
13:00
R-13 K-170, Barents Sea RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test19 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
19 May
20:11:00
Javelin Wallops Island NASA
PSU Suborbital Ionospheric19 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 947 kilometres (588 mi)
20 May
03:45
UR-100 Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test20 MayLaunch failure
20 May
16:30:53
Thor LV-2D Burner-1 Vandenberg LC-4300B-6 US Air Force
OPS 8386 (DMSP-3B F3/DAPP 12) US Air Force Sun-synchronous Weather9 March 2012Successful
Maiden flight of Thor LV-2D Burner-1
21 May
23:53:25
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395B Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test21 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 May Topaze VE111L Hammaguira Brigitte ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight21 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 May
02:02:01
Nike-Apache Ascension NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy22 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 147 kilometres (91 mi)
22 May
06:29
R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 920 kilometres (570 mi)
22 May
14:00:00
Nike-Apache Ascension NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy22 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
22 May
21:55:00
SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-12 NASA
FIRE 2 NASA Suborbital REV Test22 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 817 kilometres (508 mi)
24 May
10:00
R-13 Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test24 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 May
07:35:01
Saturn I Cape Canaveral LC-37B NASA
Apollo BP-26 NASA Low Earth Technology8 July 1989Successful
Pegasus 2 NASA Low Earth Micrometeoroids3 November 1979Successful
Boilerplate test of Apollo spacecraft, Pegasus ceased operations on 29 August 1968
25 May
10:48
Voskhod Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 67 (Zenit-4) Low Earth Optical imaging2 JuneSuccessful
25 May
13:00
R-13 Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 May
23:20
Exos Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric25 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 488 kilometres (303 mi)
25 May HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy25 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
25 May R-5A Pobeda Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 May
02:00:00
LGM-30F Minuteman II Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 May
13:36
R-13 K-170, Barents Sea RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 May
17:30
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 231 kilometres (144 mi)
26 May
19:01
Javelin Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric26 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
26 May
23:20
Exos Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 488 kilometres (303 mi)
26 May MGM-31 Pershing I Gilson Butte US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 May R-5A Pobeda Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
27 May
19:30
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-4 US Air Force
OPS 5236 (KH-7 #18/AFP-206) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging1 JuneSuccessful
27 May
23:56
Black Brant II Fort Churchill NRCC
DRTE Suborbital Ionospheric27 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 27 kilometres (17 mi)
27 May Veronique 61 Hammaguira Blandine CNES
CNRS Suborbital Solar27 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 70 kilometres (43 mi)
27 May MGM-31 Pershing I Gilson Butte US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test27 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
28 May
02:23
R-16U Baikonur Site 60/6 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test28 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 743 kilometres (462 mi)
28 May
02:54:56
SM-65D Atlas D Vandenberg ABRES-B-3 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV test28 MayLaunch failure
OV1-3 US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Radiation
Rocket exploded two minutes after launch
29 May
12:00:00
Delta C Cape Canaveral LC-17B NASA
Explorer 28 (IMP-3/IMP-C) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric5 July 1968Successful
Ceased operations on 11 May 1967
30 May
20:00
Nike-Tomahawk Rarotonga Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar30 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May
20:00
Nike-Tomahawk Rarotonga Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar30 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May
20:00
Nike-Tomahawk Rarotonga Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar30 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May
20:00
Nike-Tomahawk Rarotonga Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar30 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May
20:00
Nike-Tomahawk Rarotonga Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar30 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
31 May
13:30
R-13 Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
31 May Rubis Hammaguira Bacchus ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Ionospheric31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
31 May UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
31 May UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
May Nike-Javelin White Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital AeronomyMaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May Trailblazer 2 Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital REV TestMaySuccessful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)

June

2 June
06:22
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
Princeton Suborbital UV Astronomy2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
2 June
10:19
Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
2 June
10:30
Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
2 June
10:40
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-08 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 June
14:19
Black Brant II Fort Churchill NRCC
DRTE Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
2 June MGM-31 Pershing I Gilson Butte US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 June
10:38:09
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg ABRES-B-2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test3 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
3 June
15:15:59
Titan II GLV Cape Canaveral LC-19 US Air Force
Gemini IV NASA Low Earth Technology7 June
17:12:11
Successful
Carried two astronauts, Ed White became the first American to perform an EVA
3 June
20:54
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
US Army Suborbital Ionospheric3 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
3 June
23:57
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy3 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
3 June Rubis Hammaguira Bacchus ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Ionospheric3 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
4 June
05:35
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy4 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
4 June
07:17
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy4 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
5 June
05:40
Rubis Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNES Suborbital Test flight5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 2,020 kilometres (1,260 mi)
5 June
20:20
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
US Army Suborbital Ionospheric5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
5 June
22:43
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
US Army Suborbital Ionospheric5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
6 June
17:45
Honest John-Nike Eglin DASA
DASA Suborbital Ionospheric6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 June LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 June
07:40
Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Luna 6 Highly elliptical
Later: Heliocentric
Lunar landerIn orbitSpacecraft failure
Engine failed to cut off after course correction; spacecraft ended up in heliocentric orbit
8 June
08:31
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
8 June
15:17:03
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg ABRES-A-1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
9 June
08:32
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy9 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
9 June
16:26:15
XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr Cape Canaveral LC-18A US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Magnetospheric9 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 17,533 kilometres (10,895 mi)
9 June
21:58:16
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
OPS 8425 (KH-4A #1020) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging22 JunePartial spacecraft failure
SRV 672 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnJuneSuccessful
SRV 672 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnJuneSuccessful
Attitude control problems resulted in second SRV being returned early
10 June
01:57
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy10 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
10 June
03:58
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy10 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
10 June
12:26:40
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg ABRES-A-3 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test10 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
10 June LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test10 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
10 June Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Ionospheric10 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 June
01:07
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy11 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 108 kilometres (67 mi)
12 June
15:15
Honest John-Nike-Nike Barking Sands Sandia
LRL Suborbital XR astronomy12 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
12 June
19:14
Black Brant VB Fort Churchill BAL
BAL Suborbital Test flight12 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 378 kilometres (235 mi)
14 June
09:13:30
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric14 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
14 June
13:31:30
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test14 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 June
00:00
Tacite CEL ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Aeronomy15 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
15 June
10:04
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 68 (Zenit-2 #29) Low Earth Optical imaging23 JuneSuccessful
15 June UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS John Adams (SSBN-620), ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test15 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 June UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS John Adams, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test15 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 June
13:56:04
UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test16 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 650 kilometres (400 mi)
16 June MGM-31 Pershing I Gilson Butte US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test16 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 June
21:07
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Fort Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric17 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
17 June
21:41:00
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric17 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
18 June
08:06:00
Honest John-Nike Barking Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy18 June
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 June
14:00:04
Titan IIIC Cape Canaveral LC-40 US Air Force
US Air Force Low Earth Test flight21 JuneSuccessful
Maiden flight of Titan IIIC
18 June
16:12
Black Brant VB Fort Churchill BAL
BAL Suborbital Test flight18 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 364 kilometres (226 mi)
18 June
17:56
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
ESSA Suborbital Ionospheric18 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
18 June
23:11
Aerobee 350 Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight18 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 374 kilometres (232 mi)
19 June UR-100 Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test19 JuneLaunch failure
22 June
04:15
Athena RTV Green River Pad 3 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test22 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
22 June
06:00:00
Honest John-Nike Barking Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy22 June
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 June
07:37
Athena RTV Green River Pad 2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test22 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
22 June Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy22 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June
01:03
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
23 June
01:59
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
23 June
04:00
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
23 June
08:47
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi)
23 June
08:52
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
23 June
14:32
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 KPNO
KPNO Suborbital Solar23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
23 June
15:47
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Fort Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
23 June LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-09 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 June Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June Centaure 1 CERES CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June Centaure 1 CERES CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy23 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June
06:07:00
Honest John-Nike Barking Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy24 June
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 June
22:35:29
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 8480 (Transit O-4/NNS 30040) US Navy Low Earth NavigationIn orbitPartial spacecraft failure
Failed within eleven months due to poorly manufactured components
24 June Centaure 1 CERES CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy24 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy24 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June Centaure 1 Reggane CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy24 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June Centaure 1 CERES CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy24 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 June
09:50
Voskhod Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 69 (Zenit-4) Low Earth Optical imaging3 JulySuccessful
25 June
19:30
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-4 US Air Force
OPS 5501 (KH-7 #19/AFP-206) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging30 JuneSuccessful
OPS 6749 (EHH B2) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging22 August 1968Successful
29 June
12:00
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-08 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 June
17:45
Honest John-Nike-Javelin Eglin US Air Force
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
29 June
19:00
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
29 June R-16U Baikonur Site 60/7 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test29 JuneLaunch failure
29 June Nike-Javelin Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
30 June
05:33
Journeyman Wallops Island LA-4 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Radio astronomy30 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
30 June
14:29:30
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395D Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test30 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 June
14:30
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Technology30 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
June Nike-Javelin White Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital AeronomyJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital AeronomyJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital AeronomyJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Nike-Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM testJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June Nike-Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM testJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital IonosphericJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital IonosphericJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital IonosphericJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital IonosphericJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Martlet 3 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital IonosphericJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June Martlet 3 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital IonosphericJuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

References

Generic references:
Spaceflight portal
  • Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
  • Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
  • Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
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  • Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
  • McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
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  • Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
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Footnotes

  1. Низкоорбитальные спутники РТР США (in Russian). SPYSAT. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
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