1967 in spaceflight

none August 2021 January 2014 some First Launch of Saturn V - S67-50903.jpg Apollo 4, the first flight of the Saturn V rocket lifts off. Intelsat II F-2 CRL AF17.750D AustraliaAustralia USSRProton-K US 1914Saturn V USSRKosmos (63S1)US 1914Redstone Sparta Timeline of spaceflight 1966 1968 August 2024 right on The year 1967 in spaceflight saw the most orbital launches of the 20th century and more than any other year until 2021, including that of the first Australian satellite, WRESAT, which was launched from the Woomera Test Range atop an American Sparta rocket. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 172 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1967.Spacecraft Query Results http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftSearch.do?launchDate=1967&discipline=All https://web.archive.org/web/20120302231640/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftSearch.do?launchDate=1967&discipline=All dead 2 March 2012 Master Catalog Search NASA NSSDC 30 May 2010 The year saw both setbacks and advances for the United States Apollo programme. Three astronauts; Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee, were killed in a fire aboard the AS-204 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 on 27 January whilst rehearsing the launch. On 20 October the Saturn V rocket made its maiden flight. Orbital Launches 1967 January yes 15em January launches 11 January 10:55https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/derived/launchlog.html Launch Log McDowell Jonathan Jonathon's Space Report 30 December 2018 USA 1959Delta E1 USA 1959LC-17, Cape Canaveral UN Intelsat II F-2 (Canary Bird) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful 14 January 21:28 USA 1959Thor-Agena D USA 1959SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB USAOPS 1664 KH-4A 1038 CIA Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 2 February 1967 Successful 8 18 January 14:19 USA 1959Titan IIIC USA 1959SLC-41, Cape Canaveral USA 1959IDCSP 8 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA 1959IDCSP 9 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA 1959IDCSP 10 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA 1959IDCSP 11 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA 1959IDCSP 12 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA 1959IDCSP 13 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA 1959IDCSP 14 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA 1959IDCSP 15 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful 19 January 12:39 USSRVostok-2 USSRPu-41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 138 (Zenit-2 #45) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 27 January 1967 Successful 25 January 13:55 USSRR-36ORB USSRPad 164/36, Baikonur USSRKosmos 139 (OGCh #7) Low Earth Orbit Weapon System Test 27 January 1967 Successful 26 January 17:31 US 1959Delta E USA 1959SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB USA ESSA-4 ESSA Sun-Synchronous Orbit Meteorology Successful 31 January 12:45 USA 1959Scout B USA 1959SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USAOV3-5 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Magnetosphere research satellite 31 January Failure |} February yes 15em February launches 2 February 20:00 USA 1959Atlas-Agena D USA 1959SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USAOPS 4399 KH-7 4036 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Optical Reconnaissance 12 February Successful 5 February 01:17 USA 1959Atlas-Agena D USA 1959LC-13, Cape Canaveral NASA USA Lunar Orbiter 3 NASA Low Lunar Orbit Lunar surface mapping 9 October Successful 7 February 03:20 USSRSoyuz USSRPad 1/5 (Gagarin's Start), Baikonur USSRKosmos 140 (Soyuz 7K-OK 1) MOM Low Earth Orbit Uncrewed Test Flight 9 February Successful 8 February 08:00 USA 1959Thor-Burner 2 USA 1959SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USADMSP-4A F2 US Air Force Sun-Synchronous Orbit Meteorology Successful 8 February 09:39 FranceDiamant-A AlgeriaHammaguir CNES The third stage underperformed, lower orbit than planned FRADiadème 1 CNES Low Earth Orbit Geodesy Partial Failure Orbit lower than planned 8 February 10:19 USSRVoskhod USSRPad 41/1, Baikonur USSRKosmos 141 (Zenit-4 #26) GRU Low Earth Orbit Optical reconnaissance 16 February Successful 14 February 10:04 USSRKosmos-2 USSRPad 86/1, Kapustin Yar USSRKosmos 142 (DS-U2-I #2) Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Low Earth Orbit Ionosphere Research 6 July Successful 15 February 10:06 FranceDiamant-A AlgeriaHammaguir CNES FRADiadème 2 CNES Low Earth Orbit Geodesy Successful 22 February 22:02 USA 1959Thor SLV-2A Agena-D USA 1959SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USAOPS 4750 KH-4A 1039 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Optical Reconnaissance 11 March Successful 24 February 19:59 USA 1959Titan IIIB Agena-D USA 1959SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USAOPS 4204 KH-8 4304 US Air Force Low Earth orbit Optical Reconnaissance 6 March Successful 27 February 08:45 USSRVostok-2 USSRPad 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 143 (Zenit-2 #46) GRU Low Earth Orbit Optical reconnaissance 7 March Partial Failure 28 February 14:34 USSRVostok-2M USSRPad 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #6) Low Earth Orbit Meteorology 14 September 1982 Successful |} March yes 15em March launches 3 March 06:44:58 USSRKosmos-2 USSRKapustin Yar LC-86/1 USSR USSRKosmos 145 (DS-U2 M #2) Low Earth Atomic clock test Successful 8 March 1968 8 March 16:12:00 USADelta C USACape Canaveral LC-17B USANASA The spacecraft performed normally until the second onboard tape recorder failed in July 1968. The spacecraft was put in standby condition on 10 November 1969, and became inoperable shortly thereafter. USAOSO-3 NASA Low Earth Solar research Successful 4 April 1982 10 March 11:30 USSRProton-K / Blok D USSRPad 81/23, Baikonur MOM Maiden flight of the Proton 8K82K (Proton-K). USSR Kosmos 146 (L1P 2) MOM Low Earth orbit Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P 18 March Successful 13 March 12:10:23 USSRVostok-2 USSRPu-41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 147 (Zenit-2 #47) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 21 March Successful 16 March 17:30 USSRKosmos-2 USSRSite 133/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 148 (DS-P1-1 #2) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 7 May Successful 21 March 10:07 USSRKosmos-2I 63SM USSRSite 86/1 Kapustin Yar Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Aerodynamic skirt stabiliser test USSRKosmos 149 (DS-MO #1 / Opticheski #1) Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Low Earth orbit Test, geophysical research 7 April Successful 22 March 12:44 USSR Voskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 150 (Zenit-4 #27) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 30 March Successful 22 March 14:05 USSR R-36-O USSRSite 161/35, Baikonur Second stage explosion at T+455 seconds USSR OGCh #8 Low Earth Orbit Weapon System Test 22 March Failure 23 March 01:30 USADelta E1 USALC-17B, Cape Canaveral UN Intelsat II F3 (Lani Bird) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful 24 March 11:50 USSRKosmos-3 USSRSite 41/15, Baikonur USSRKosmos 151 (Strela-2 #3) Low Earth Orbit Military communications 6 May 1991 Successful 25 March 06:59 USSRKosmos-2 USSRSite 133/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 152 (DS-P1-Yu #7) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 5 August Successful 30 March 18:54 USA Thor-SLV-2A Agena-D USASLC-2W, Vandenberg USA OPS 4779 (KH-4A 1040) Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 17 April Successful |} April yes 15em April launches 4 April 14:00 USSRVostok-2 USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 153 (Zenit-2 #48) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 12 April Successful 2 6 April 03:23 USAAtlas-SLV3 Agena-D USALC-12, Cape Canaveral Agena failed to restart, the satellite placed into unplanned highly elliptical orbit. Research Payload Module 481, attached to Agena, tested heat pipes in the space environment USA ATS-2 NASA Medium Earth orbit (planned)Highly elliptical low Earth orbit (achieved) Communications/ Meteorology 2 September 1969 Partial failure USA Research Payload Module 481 LANL Highly elliptical low Earth orbit Technology Demonstration 29 June 1968 Success 8 April 09:00 USSRProton-K / Blok D USSRPad 81/23, Baikonur MOM Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite USSRKosmos 154 (L1P 3) MOM Low Earth orbit Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P 10 April Partial failure 12 April 10:51 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 155 (Zenit-4 #28) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 20 April Successful 13 April 02:40 JPNLambda 4S JPN Kagoshima Third attempt to launch the first Japanese satellite. The fourth stage failed to ignite JPN Ohsumi ISAS Low Earth Orbit Technology demonstration 13 April Failure 14 April 03:25 USA 1914Scout A USA 1914SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OPS 0100 Transit 15 US Navy Low Earth Orbit Navigation Satellite Successful 17 April 07:05 USAAtlas-SLV3 Centaur-D AC-12 USACape Canaveral LC-36B USASurveyor 3 NASA Translunar injection Lunar lander 20 April (on the Moon) Successful 20 April USADelta E USAVandenberg SLC-2E USA ESSA-5 ESSA Low Earth Orbit Meteorology Successful 23 April 00:35 USSRSoyuz USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur MOM Solar panels jammed, bad weather prevented Soyuz 2 launch, parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew USSRSoyuz 1 MOM Low Earth Orbit Crewed test of Soyuz spacecraft 24 April 03:22:52 Spacecraft failure 26 April 10:06 USA 1914Scout B Italy 1914San Marco platform, Formosa Bay, Kenya CRS ITA San Marco 2 CRS Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Research 14 October Successful 26 April USATitan IIIB Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-4W USA OPS 4243 KH-8 4305 USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 26 April Failure 27 April 12:50 USSRVostok-2M USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #7) Low Earth Orbit Meteorology 23 October 1989 Successful 5 28 April 10:01 USATitan IIIC USA Cape Canaveral LC-41 USAOPS 6638 Vela 7 USAF Reconnaissance Successful USAOPS 6679 Vela 8 USAF Reconnaissance Successful USAERS-18 ORS-4 USAF Technology Demonstration Successful USAERS-20 OV5-3 USAF Technology Demonstration Successful USAERS-27 OV5-1 USAF Technology Demonstration Successful |} May yes 15em May launches 4 May 22:25 USA Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D USACape Canaveral LC-13 USALunar Orbiter 4 NASA Selenocentric Lunar orbiter 6 October Successful 5 May 16:00 USA 1914Scout A USA 1914SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force UKUSAAriel 3 UK Science Research Council, NASA Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Research 14 December 1970 Successful 2 9 May 21:50 USA Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-1E Failure of the booster cut-off switch, the satellite went into a highly eccentric orbit USA OPS 4696 KH-4A 1041 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 July Partial failure USA OPS 1967 Fanion 3 USAF Low Earth SIGINT 14 March 1993 Successful 12 May 10:30 USSRVostok-2 USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 157 (Zenit-2 #49) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 20 May Successful 15 May 11:00 USSRKosmos-3M USSRSite 132/2, Plesetsk Maiden flight of Kosmos-3M USSRKosmos 158 (Zaliv-GVM #1) Low Earth Orbit Boilerplate Successful 16 May 21:44 USSRMolniya-M / Blok L USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur Blok L cut off too early, the spacecraft placed into much lower orbit than planned, planned mission was accomplished USSRKosmos 159 (Ye-6LS No 111) High Earth orbit (planned)Highly elliptical orbit (achieved) Test spacecraft 11 November Partial success 17 May 16:05 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 41/1, Baikonur USSRKosmos 160 (OGCh #9) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 18 May Successful 18 May 09:05 USA 1914Scout A USA 1914SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USA OPS 7218 Transit 16 US Navy Low Earth Orbit Navigation Successful 22 May 14:00 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 161 (Zenit-4 #29) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 30 May Successful 2 22 May 18:30 USA Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-4E USA OPS 4321 KH-7 4037 USAF Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 30 May Successful USA OPS 5557 LOGACS USAF Low Earth Orbit Technology Demonstration 27 May Successful 24 May 14:05 USA Delta E1 USAVandenberg SLC-2E USA Explorer 34 (IMP F) NASA Highly elliptical orbit Cislunar space research 3 May 1969 Successful 24 May 22:50 USSRMolniya-M USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRMolniya-1 05 Molniya Communications 26 November 1971 Successful 30 May 02:06 USA 1914Scout B USA 1914SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Third stage Failure EU ESRO 2A ESRO Low Earth Orbit X-Ray Astronomy and Radiation Measurements 30 May Failure 9 31 May 09:30 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-2W USA Poppy 5A US Navy ELINT Successful USA Poppy 5B US Navy ELINT Successful USA Poppy 5C US Navy ELINT Successful USA Poppy 5D US Navy ELINT Successful USA Timation 1 Naval Research Laboratory Navigation Successful USA Calsphere 3 Naval Research Laboratory Radar calibration Successful USA Calsphere 4 Naval Research Laboratory Radar calibration Successful USA NRL-PL 150B Naval Research Laboratory Radar calibration Successful USA ORS 5712 USAF Technology Demonstration Successful |} June yes 15em June launches 1 June 10:40 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 162 (Zenit-4 #30) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 9 June Successful 4 June 18:07 USA Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-4E USAOPS 4360 KH-7 4038 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 12 June Successful 5 June 05:03 USSRKosmos-2 USSRKapustin Yar USSRKosmos 163 (DS-U2-MP #2) Low Earth Orbit Micrometeoroid research 11 October Successful 8 June 13:00 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 164 (Zenit-2 #50) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 14 June Successful 12 June 02:39 USSRMolniya-M / Blok VL USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSR Venera 4 Heliocentric Venus lander Successful 12 June 18:06 USSRKosmos-2 USSRSite 133/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 165 (DS-P1-Yu #8) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 15 January 1968 Successful 14 June 06:01 USAAtlas-SLV3 Agena-D USACape Canaveral LC-12 USAMariner 5 NASA Heliocentric Venus flyby Successful 16 June 04:43 USSRKosmos-2 USSRKapustin Yar USSRKosmos 166 (DS-U3-S #1) Low Earth Orbit Solar astronomy 25 October Successful 2 16 June 21:35 USA Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-1W USAOPS 3559 KH-4A 1042 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 July Successful USAOPS 1873 Savant 1 USAF Low Earth Signal intelligence 22 October 1968 Successful 17 June 02:36 USSRMolniya-M / Blok VL USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur Blok VL failed to fire, leaving the spacecraft in the low Earth orbit USSRKosmos 167 (Venera 5a) Heliocentric (planned)Low Earth orbit (achieved) Venus lander 25 June Failure 20 June 11:00 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRZenit-4 #31 GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 20 June Failure 20 June 16:15 USA Titan IIIB Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-4W USAOPS 4282 KH-8 4306 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 30 June Successful 26 June 04:30 USSRKosmos-3M USSRSite 132/2, Plesetsk USSRTselina-O-GVM #1 Low Earth Orbit Dummy Satellite 26 June Failure 2 29 June 21:01 USA Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Star-13A USAVandenberg USAAurora 1 USAF Low Earth Auroral research Successful USASECOR 9 US Army Low Earth Geodesy Successful |} July yes 15em July launches 6 1 July 13:15 USA 1914Titan IIIC USA 1914SLC-41, Cape Canaveral US Air Force USADODGE US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Triaxial Gravity Gradient Stabilization, Magnetic Field Measurements, and Earth Imagery Successful USALES 5 USAF Geosynchronous Orbit Technology Demonstration Successful USAIDCSP 16 (OPS 9331) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications Successful USAIDCSP 17 (OPS 9332) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications Successful USAIDCSP 18 (OPS 9333) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications Successful USAIDCSP 19-DATS (OPS 9334) US Air Force Geosynchronous Orbit Communications Successful 4 July 05:59 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 31/6, Baikonur USSRKosmos 168 (Zenit-2 #51) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 12 July Successful 14 July 11:53:29 USA Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D AC-11 USACape Canaveral LC-36A Radio signals from the spacecraft ceased 2.5 minutes before landing on the Moon USASurveyor 4 NASA Translunar injection Lunar lander 17 July 1967 Spacecraft failure 17 July 16:45 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 162/36, Baikonur USSRKosmos 169 (OGCh #10) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 17 July Successful 19 July 14:19 USA Delta E1 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAExplorer 35 (IMP E) NASA Selenolentric Lunar orbiter Unknown Successful 21 July 06:00 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 31/6, Baikonur USSRZenit-4 #32 GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 21 July Failure 25 July 03:48 USA Thor SLV-2A Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-2W USAOPS 1879 (Multigroup 2&Setter 1B) USAF Low Earth Signal intelligence 12 June 1969 Successful 3 27 July 19:00 USA Atlas D OV1 USAVandenberg OV1-11 failed to separate from the launch vehicle USAOV1-11 USAF Low Earth Upper atmosphere research 27 July Failure USAOV1-12 USAF Low Earth Solar flare research 22 July 1980 Successful USAOV1-86 USAF Low Earth Geophysics, cosmic rays research 22 February 1972 Successful 28 July 14:21 USA Thor SLV-2A Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-2E USAOGO 4 (POGO 2) NASA Low Earth orbit Geophysics research 16 August 1972 Successful 31 July 16:45 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 161/35, Baikonur USSRKosmos 170 (OGCh #11) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 31 July Successful |} August yes 15em August launches 1 August 22:32 USA Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D USACape Canaveral LC-13 USALunar Orbiter 5 NASA Selenocentric Lunar orbiter 31 January 1968 Successful 7 August 21:44 USA Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-1E USAOPS 4827 KH-4A CIA Low Earth orbit Reconnaissance 1 September Successful 8 August 16:05 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 162/36, Baikonur USSRKosmos 171 (OGCh #12) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 8 August Successful 9 August 05:45 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 172 (Zenit-4 #33) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 17 August Successful 16 August 17:07 USA Titan IIIB Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-4W USAOPS 4886 KH-8 4307 CIA Low Earth orbit Reconnaissance 28 August Successful 23 August 04:41 USA Thor LV-2F Burner 2 USAVandenberg USAOPS 7202 DSMP-4A F3 USAF Low Earth orbit Meteorology Successful 24 August 04:59https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2161 Kosmos-2 - Kosmos 173 Next Spaceflight 1 March 2025 USSRKosmos-2 USSRSite 133/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 173 (DS-P1-Yu #9) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 17 December Successful 31 August 08:00 USSRMolniya (M) USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 174 (Molniya 1Yu 11L) Highly elliptical orbit Deep space tracking system test 30 December 1968 Successful |} September yes 15em September launches 1 September 10:30 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRZenit-2 #52 GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 1 September Failure 7 September 22:04:26 USA 1914Delta G USA 1914SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral NASA USA Biosatellite 2 (Bios 2) NASA Low Earth Orbit Biological experiments 9 September 1967 Successful 8 September 07:57 USA 1914Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D AC-13 USA 1914SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral NASA USASurveyor 5 NASA Translunar injection Lunar lander 11 September (on the Moon) Successful 11 September 10:30 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 175 (Zenit-4 #34) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 19 September Successful 12 September 17:00 USSRKosmos-2 USSRSite 133/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 176 (DS-P1-Yu #10) Low Earth Orbit Radar calibration 3 March 1968 Successful 15 September 19:41 USA Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-1W USAOPS 5089 KH-4B 1101 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 4 October Successful 16 September 06:06 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 177 (Zenit-2 #53) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 24 October Successful 19 September 14:45 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 161/35, Baikonur USSRKosmos 178 (OGCh #13) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 19 September Successful 19 September 18:37 USA Titan IIIB Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-4W USAOPS 4941 KH-8 4308 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 30 September Successful 22 September 14:05 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 162/36, Baikonur USSRKosmos 179 (OGCh #14) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 22 September Successful 25 September 08:25 USA 1914Scout A USA 1914SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USA OPS 4947 Transit 17 US Navy Low Earth Orbit Navigation Satellite Successful 26 September 10:20 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 180 (Zenit-2 #54) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 4 October Successful 27 September 11:00 USSRKosmos-3M USSRSite 132/2, Plesetsk USSR Zaliv-GVM #2 Low Earth Orbit Dummy payload 27 September Failure 27 September 22:11 USSRProton-K / Blok D 8K82K (11S824) USSRPad 81/23, Baikonur MOM First stage failure USSRZond 4a (L1 4) MOM Lunar free-return T+100 s Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond Failure 28 September 00:45 USA Delta E1 USACape Canaveral LC-17B UNIntelsat II F4 (Pacific-2) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful |} October yes 15em October launches 3 October 05:00 USSRMolniya (M) USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRMolniya-1 06 Molniya Communications 4 March 1969 Successful 11 October 07:57 USA Thor LV-2F Burner 2 USAVandenberg USAOPS 1264 DSAP-4A F4 USAF Sun-synchronous orbit Meteorology Successful 11 October 11:30 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 181 (Zenit-2 #55) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 19 October Successful 16 October 08:00 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 31/6, Baikonur USSRKosmos 182 (Zenit-4 #35) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 24 October Successful 18 October 13:30 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 161/35, Baikonur USSRKosmos 183 (OGCh #15) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 18 October Successful 18 October 15:58 USA Delta C USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAOSO 4 NASA Low Earth Solar astronomy 15 June 1982 Successful 22 October 08:40 USSRMolniya (M) USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRMolniya-1 07 Molniya Communications 31 December 1969 Successful 24 October 22:49 USSRVostok-2M USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #8) Low Earth Orbit Meteorology 2 April 1989 Successful 25 October 19:15 USA Titan IIIB Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-4W USAOPS 4995 KH-8 4309 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 5 November Successful 27 October 02:21 USSRTsyklon-2A USSRSite 90/19, Baikonur USSRKosmos 185 (I2-BM #1) Low Earth Orbit Test spacecraft 14 January 1969 Successful 27 October 09:29 USSRSoyuz USSRSite 31/6, Baikonur USSRKosmos 186 (Soyuz Test #3) Low Earth Orbit Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft 31 October Successful 28 October 13:15 USSRR-36-O USSRSite 162/36, Baikonur USSRKosmos 187 (OGCh #16) RVSN Low Earth Orbit FOBS test 28 October Successful 30 October 08:12 USSRSoyuz USSRSite 1/5, Baikonur USSRKosmos 188 (Soyuz Test #4) Low Earth Orbit Uncrewed test of Soyuz spacecraft 2 November Successful 30 October 17:59 USSRKosmos-3M USSRSite 132/2, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 189 (Tselina-O #1) Low Earth Orbit SIGINT 8 June 1978 Successful |} November yes 15em November launches 2 2 November 21:31 USA Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-1E USAOPS 0562 KH-4A 1044 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 2 December Successful USAFacade USAF Low Earth SIGINT 28 March 1969 Successful 3 November 11:20 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 190 (Zenit-4 #36) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 11 November Successful 5 November 23:37 USA Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D USACape Canaveral LC-12 USA ATS-3 NASA Geosynchronous Communications / Meteorology Successful 7 November 07:39:01 USA Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D AC-14 USACape Canaveral LC-36B USA Surveyor 6 NASA Translunar injection Lunar lander 10 November 01:01:06 Successful 2 9 November 12:00 US 1914Saturn V US 1914LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center NASA Maiden flight of the Saturn V. LTA-10R remained attached to the S-IVB upper stage USA Apollo 4 NASA Highly elliptical orbit Test Saturn V and Apollo Command Module reentry 9 November 20:37 Successful USALTA-10R NASA Highly elliptical orbit Instrumented dynamic Simulation payload 9 November Successful 10 November 17:53 USA Delta E1 USAVandenberg SLC-2E USAESSA-6 ESSA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology Successful 21 November 14:29 USSRKosmos-2 USSRPlesetsk Site 133/1 USSRKosmos 191 (DS-P1-Yu #11) Low Earth Orbit Radar Calibration 2 March 1968 Successful 22 November 19:07 USSRProton K / Blok D USSRPad 81/23, Baikonur MOM Second stage failure USSRZond 4b MOM Lunar Free-return Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond 22 November Failure 23 November 15:00 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/2 USSRKosmos 192 (Zaliv #1) Low Earth Orbit Navigation Successful 25 November 11:30 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 193 (Zenit-2 #56) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 3 December Successful 29 November 04:49 US 1914Redstone Sparta AustraliaLA-8, Woomera WRE First Australian satellite AUS WRESAT WRE Low Earth orbit Atmospheric experiments 10 January 1968 Successful |} December yes 15em December launches 3 December 12:00 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 194 (Zenit-4 #37) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 11 December Successful 5 December 01:03 USA 1914Scout B USA 1914SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OV3-6 US Air Force Low Earth Orbit Magnetospheric Research 9 March 1969 Successful 5 December 18:45 USA Titan IIIB Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-4W USAOPS 5000 KH-8 4310 USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 December Successful 9 December 22:25 USA Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D USAVandenberg SLC-1W USAOPS 1001 KH-4A 1102 CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 25 December Successful 2 13 December 14:08 USA Delta E1 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAPioneer 8 NASA Heliocentric Solar orbiter Successful USATTR NASA Heliocentric Technology Demonstration Successful 16 December 12:00 USSRVoskhod USSRSite 41/1, Plesetsk USSRKosmos 195 (Zenit-2 #57) GRU Low Earth Orbit Reconnaissance 24 December Successful 19 December 06:30 USSRKosmos USSRKapustin Yar, Site 86/1 Final flight of the original Kosmos (63S1) USSRKosmos 196 (DS-U1-G #2) Low Earth Orbit Solar research 7 July 1968 Successful 26 December 09:01 USSRKosmos-2 USSRKapustin Yar, Site 86/1 USSRKosmos 197 (DS-U2-V #3) Low Earth Orbit Ionosphere research 30 January 1968 Successful 27 December 11:28 USSRTsyklon-2A USSRSite 90/19, Baikonur USSRKosmos 198 (US-AO #3) Low Earth Orbit Prototype of US-A satellite Successful |} 1967 Suborbital launches 1967 yes |colspan=8| January-December |- 1 25 January 23:16 FRADragon Adélie LandDumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie Apogee: 340 km FRA CNES Suborbital Ionosphere research 25 January Successful 1 31 January 23:05 USSRMR-12 USSRKheysa Apogee: 172 km USSR AN SSSR Suborbital Thermosphere research 31 January Successful 1 6 February 02:10 JPNL-3H JPNKagoshima Space Center LP-L Apogee: 2150 km JPN ISAS Suborbital Ionosphere research, X-ray astronomy 6 February Successful 1 9 February USSRRT-15 USSRKapustin Yar, Site 84 USSRRVSN USSR RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 December Successful 5 March 23:05 USAAtlas SLV-3 USAVandenberg AFB, SLC-3E USAUS Air Force Second test of PRIME USASV-5D FV-2 US Air Force Suborbital Lifting body reentry test Successful 5 March 4 August 03:53 EUEuropa F6/1 AustraliaLA-6A, Woomera ELDO Second stage failed to ignite. Apogee: 180 km Suborbital Test launcher with dummy third stage N/A Failure 1 11 October 16:22 USASparta SV-8 AUSLA-8, Woomera USAUS Army Apogee: 137 km USARe-entry vehicle US Army Suborbital Re-entry vehicle test 11 October Successful 1 12 October 14:15 USSRKosmos-3 USSRBaikonur Site 41/15 Launched on the strictly vertical trajectory. Apogee: 4,400 km USSRVKZ 1 Suborbital Aeronomy, ionosphere and radiation belt research T+52 min Successful 19 October 17:33 USA 1914Scout B USA 1914LA-3A, Wallops Island US Air Force USARAM C-1 NASA Suborbital Technology Demonstration 19 October Successful 1 31 October 13:14 USASparta SV-9 AUSLA-8, Woomera USAUS Army Apogee: 111 km USARe-entry vehicle US Army Suborbital Re-entry vehicle test 31 October Successful 1 November FRA LEX 02B/1 FRA CERES Ile du Levant FRA ONERA Apogee: 115 km FRA ONERA Suborbital Test flight November Successful 1 November FRA LEX 02B/2 FRA CERES Ile du Levant FRA ONERA Apogee: 115 km FRA ONERA Suborbital Test flight November Successful 1 November FRA LEX 02B/4 FRA CERES Ile du Levant FRA ONERA Apogee: 101 km FRA SECT Meteo ONERA Suborbital Meteorology November Successful 4 December 21:01 EUEuropa F6/2 AustraliaLA-6A, Woomera ELDO Second stage failed to separate. Apogee: 200 km N/A ELDO Suborbital Test launcher with dummy third stage and boilerplate spacecraft N/A Failure |} 1967 Deep Space Rendezvous Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks 8 February Lunar Orbiter 3 Selenocentric orbit insertion Returned 182 images 20 April Surveyor 3 Lunar landing in Oceanus Procellarum 8 May Lunar Orbiter 4 Selenocentric orbit insertion Returned 163 images 17 July Surveyor 4 Lunar impact Failed lander, impacted Sinus Medii 22 July Explorer 35 Selenocentric orbit insertion 5 August Lunar Orbiter 5 Selenocentric orbit insertion Returned 213 images 11 September Surveyor 5 Lunar landing in Mare Tranquillitatis 1 October Lunar Orbiter 2 Lunar impact 10 October Lunar Orbiter 3 Lunar impact 18 October Venera 4 Venus probe Atmospheric probe functioned for 94 minutes in the Venerian atmosphere 19 October Mariner 5 Flyby of Venus Closest approach 3990 km 31 October Lunar Orbiter 4 Lunar impact 10 November Surveyor 6 Lunar landing in Sinus Medii Footnotes References 1967 on Category:Spaceflight by year