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none September 2014 May 2020 1969 Buzz salutes the U.S. Flag.jpg 280px Humanity's first crewed lunar landing (Apollo 11) West Germany Delta L N-1 Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D Tsyklon-2 Apollo LM ascent stage Delta C1 Molniya M/Blok VL Tsyklon-2A 9 22 Timeline of spaceflight 1968 1970 right on 1969 saw humanity step onto another world for the first time. On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the Moon's surface with two astronauts aboard. Days later the crew of three returned safely to Earth, satisfying U.S. President John F. Kennedy's challenge of 25 May 1961, that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."Howard E. McCurdy, et al. "Helpful Lessons From The Space Race." Issues in Science & Technology 27.4 (2011): 19–22. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 October 2013."Excerpt from the 'Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs'" NASA. 24 May 2004. 24 May 2015. <https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/jfk_speech_text.html#.VWIGJ0_tmkp https://web.archive.org/web/20190208110657/https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/jfk_speech_text.html#.VWIGJ0_tmkp 8 February 2019 >. There were four Apollo missions in total in 1969, three of which traveled to the Moon, with Apollo 12 also landing on the surface. The success of the Apollo program was a testament to the efforts of over 500,000 American engineers, scientists and technicians. In 1969, the Soviet Union's space program had success with the docking of two crewed spacecraft as well as the success of their Venus and Lunar probes. The Soviets, however, suffered severe blows to their crewed Lunar aspirations when their N1 rocket failed twice during two 1969 launches. 3 Orbital launches 1969 yes |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| January |- 1 5 January 06:28Venera http://www.astronautix.com/v/venera.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161211054357/http://www.astronautix.com/v/venera.html dead 11 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 URS Molniya-M / Blok VL URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS Lander operated for 53 minutes in the atmosphere of Venus. URS Venera 5 Heliocentric Venus lander 16 May 1969 Successful 1 10 January 05:51 URS Molniya-M / Blok-VL URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS Lander operated for 51 minutes in the atmosphere of Venus. URS Venera 6 Heliocentric Venus lander 17 May 1969 Successful 1 12 January 12:10Plesetsk http://www.astronautix.com/p/plesetsk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160820165221/http://www.astronautix.com/p/plesetsk.html dead 20 August 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 263 (Zenit-2) Low Earth Optical imaging 20 January 1969http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt Satellite Catalog Jonathan's Space Page Jonathan McDowell 19 October 2017 18 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181018141934/http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt live Successful 1 14 January 07:30 URS Soyuz URS Baikonur LC-31 URS RVSN First docking between two crewed spacecraft (with Soyuz 5) URS Soyuz 4 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 17 January 1969 Successful 1 15 January 07:04 URS Soyuz URS Baikonur LC-1/5 URS RVSN First docking between two crewed spacecraft (with Soyuz 4) URS Soyuz 5 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 18 January 1969 Successful 1 20 January 04:14Baikonur http://www.astronautix.com/b/baikonur.html https://archive.today/20161115064139/http://www.astronautix.com/b/baikonur.html dead 15 November 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 URS Proton-K/D URS Baikonur Site 81/23 URS One of the RD-0210 engines in the second stage failed, resulting in automatic shutdown of the vehicle. Capsule was successfully recovered after successful launch abort. URS Soyuz 7K-L1 (Zond-1969A) Selenocentric Test flight 20 January 1969 Failure 1 22 January 16:48Cape Canaveral http://www.astronautix.com/c/capecanaveral.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161003153938/http://www.astronautix.com/c/capecanaveral.html dead 3 October 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 USA Delta C1 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17 USA USA OSO 5 NASA Low Earth Astronomy 2 April 1984 Successful 1 22 January 19:10Vandenberg http://www.astronautix.com/v/vandenberg.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160820170153/http://www.astronautix.com/v/vandenberg.html dead 20 August 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 USA Titan IIIB USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA Apogee was too high as the Agena rocket stage failed to switch off at a correct time.KH-8 Gambit-3 (Block 1) http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kh-8_bl1.htm Gunter's Space Page Gunter Krebs 19 October 2017 5 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171005051749/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kh-8_bl1.htm live USA OPS 7585 (GAMBIT-3 4319) NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 3 February 1969 Partial failure 1 23 January 09:15 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS URS Kosmos 264 (Zenit-4M) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 February 1969 Successful 1 25 January 11:10 URS Tsyklon-2A URS Baikonur Site 90/19 URS URS Kosmos 265 (US-AO No.5) Low Earth Naval surveillance 23 January 1969 Failure 1 30 January 06:46 USA Delta E1 USA Vandenberg SLC-2E USA CAN ISIS 1 CSA Medium Earth Science Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| February |- 1 1 February 12:11 URS Vostok-2M URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 265 (Meteor-1) RVSN Low Earth Meteorology 1 February 1969 Failure 2 5 February 06:46 USA Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA KH-4B 6 (OPS 3890) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 24 February 1969 Successful USA P-801 2 (OPS 2644) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 1 6 February 00:39 USA Delta M USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17A USA NASA USA Intelsat III F-3 Intelsat Geostationary Communications Successful 1 7 February 13:59 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 265 (DS-P1-Yu No.21) RVSN Low Earth Radar calibration 1 May 1969 Successful 1 9 February 21:09 USA Titan IIIC USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA USA TACSAT-1 (OPS 0757) USAF Geostationary Communications Successful 1 19 February 06:48 URS Proton-K / Blok D URS Baikonur Site 81/24 URS Engine failure in the first stage, rocket crashed 15 km from the pad. URS Luna 15a + Lunokhod 1A (Ye-8 №201) Selenocentric Lunar lander and rover 19 February 1969 Failure 2 21 February 09:18 URS N1/L3 URS Baikonur LC-110/38 URS RVSN URS Zond L1S-1 RVSN Selenocentric Test flight 21 February Failure URS Dummy LK RVSN Selenocentric Mass simulator 21 February Failure 1 25 February 01:29 USA Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D USA Cape Canaveral LC-36 USA USA Mariner 6 NASA Heliocentric Mars flyby Successful 1 25 February 10:20 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 266 (Zenit-2) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 March 1969 Successful 1 26 February 07:47 USA Delta E1 USA Cape Canaveral LC-17B USA USA ESSA-9 ESSA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology Successful 1 26 February 08:30 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 267 (Zenit-4) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 March 1969 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| March |- 2 3 March 16:00 USA Saturn V USA KSC LC-39A USA NASA First crewed orbital test of lunar module USA Apollo 9 CSM Gumdrop NASA Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 13 March 1969 Successful USA Apollo 9 LM Spider NASA Low Earth Test flight 13 March 1969 Successful 1 4 March 16:48 USA Titan IIIB USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA Apogee was too high as the Agena rocket stage failed to switch off at a correct time. USA KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 4248) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 18 March 1969 Successful 1 5 March 13:04Kapustin Yar http://www.astronautix.com/k/kapustinyar.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161023140738/http://www.astronautix.com/k/kapustinyar.html dead 23 October 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 URS Kosmos-2I URS Kapustin Yar Site 86/4 URS URS Kosmos 268 (DS-P1-Yu No.18) Low Earth Radar calibration 9 May 1970 Successful 1 5 March 17:25 URS Kosmos-3M URS Plesetsk Site 132/2 URS URS Kosmos 269 (Tselina-O-4) Low Earth ELINT 21 October 1978 Successful 1 6 March 12:15 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 270 (Zenit-4 No.52) Low Earth Optical imaging 14 March 1969 Successful 1 15 March 12:15 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 271 (Zenit-4 No.53) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 March 1969 Successful 1 17 March 17:25 URS Kosmos-3M URS Plesetsk Site 132/2 URS URS Kosmos 272 (Sfera No.4) Low Earth Geodesy Successful 4 18 March 07:40 USA Atlas F-OV1 USA Vandenberg ABRES-A2 USA USA OV1-17 USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration 5 March 1970 Successful USA OV1-17A ORBISCAL USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration 24 March 1969 Successful USA OV1-18 USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration 28 August 1972 Successful USA OV1-19 USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration Successful 2 19 March 21:38 USA Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA KH-4A 50 (OPS 3722) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 24 March 1969 Successful USA P-11 (OPS 2285) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 December 1971 Successful 1 22 March 12:15 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 273 (Zenit-2 No.72) Low Earth Optical imaging 30 March 1969 Successful 1 24 March 10:10 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 274 (Zenit-4 No.54) Low Earth Optical imaging 1 April 1969 Successful 1 26 March 12:30 URS Vostok-2M URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Meteor-1 1 Low Earth Meteorology 26 March 2012 Successful 1 27 March 10:40 URS Proton-K/D URS Baikonur Site 81/23 URS Payload fairing failed at T+51. Third stage failed to ignite. URS Mars 2M No.521 Areocentric Mars orbiter 27 March 1969 Failure 1 27 March 22:22 USA Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D USA Cape Canaveral LC-36A USA USA Mariner 7 NASA Heliocentric Mars flyby Successful 1 28 March 16:00 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 275 (DS-P1-I No.5) RVSN Low Earth Radar calibration 7 February 1970 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| April |- 1 2 April 10:33 URS Proton-K/D URS Baikonur Site 81/24 URS Rocket crashed near pad after 1st stage engine failure. URS Mars 2M No.522 Areocentric Mars orbiter and lander 2 April 1969 Failure 1 4 April 10:20 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 276 (Zenit-4 No.55) Low Earth Optical imaging 11 April 1969 Successful 1 4 April 13:00 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 277 (DS-P1-Yu No.20) Low Earth Radar calibration 6 July 1969 Successful 1 9 April 13:00 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 278 (Zenit-2 No.73) Low Earth Optical imaging 17 April 1969 Successful 1 11 April 02:30 URS Molniya-M/Blok ML URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS URS Molniya-1 No.11 Molniya Communications 17 April 1974 Successful 1 13 April 02:24 USA Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D USA Cape Canaveral LC-13 USA USA Canyon 2 (OPS 3148) NRO Geostationary Reconnaissance Successful 2 14 April 07:54 USA Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-2E USA USA Nimbus 3 NASA, NOAA Low Earth Meteorology Successful USA SECOR-13 US Army Low Earth Geodesy Successful 1 15 April 08:14 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 279 (Zenit-4 No.56) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 April 1969 Successful 1 15 April 17:30 USA Titan IIIB USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA USA KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 5310) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 30 April 1969 Successful 1 23 April 09:55 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS URS Kosmos 280 (Zenit-4M No.3) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 May 1969 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| May |- 2 2 May 01:46 USA Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA KH-4A 51 (OPS 1101) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 23 May 1969 Successful USA P-11 (OPS 1721) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 February 1970 Successful 1 13 May 09:15 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 281 (Zenit-2 No.74) Low Earth Optical imaging 21 May 1969 Successful 2 18 May 16:49 USA Saturn V USA KSC LC-39B USA NASA First test of lunar module in lunar orbit. "Dress rehearsal" of Apollo 11 landing. USA Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar orbital flight 26 May 1969 Successful USA Apollo 10 LM Snoopy NASA Selenocentric Test flight Successful 1 20 May 08:40 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 282 (Zenit-4 No.57) Low Earth Optical imaging 28 May 1969 Successful 1 22 May 02:00 USA Delta M USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA NASA USA Intelsat III F-4 Intelsat Geostationary Communications Successful 2 23 May 07:57 USA Titan IIIC USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA USA Vela 9, 10 USAF High Earth Nuclear detection Successful USA OV5 5, 6, 9 USAF High Earth Technology demonstration Successful 1 27 May 12:59 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 283 (DS-P1-Yu No.21) Low Earth Radar calibration 10 December 1969 Successful 1 29 May 06:59 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 284 (Zenit-4 No.58) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 June 1969 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| June |- 1 3 June 12:57 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 285 (DS-P1-Yu No.22) Low Earth Radar calibration 7 October 1969 Successful 1 3 June 16:49 USA Titan IIIB USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA USA KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 1077) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 14 June 1969 Successful 1 5 June 14:42 USA Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA OGO 6 NASA Low Earth Research 12 October 1979 Successful 1 14 June 04:00 URS Proton-K/Blok D URS Baikonur Site 81/24 URS Blok D upper stage failed to ignite, thus leaving the payload on a suborbital trajectory. URS Luna E-8-5 No. 402 Selenocentric Lunar sample return 14 June 1969 Failure 1 15 June 08:59 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 286 (Zenit-4 No.59) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 June 1969 Successful 1 21 June 08:47 USA Delta E1 USA Vandenberg SLC-2W USA USA Explorer 41 (IMP-G) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric research Successful 1 24 June 06:50 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 287 (Zenit-2 No.75) Low Earth Optical imaging 2 July 1969 Successful 1 27 June 06:59 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS URS Kosmos 288 (Zenit-4 No.60) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 July 1969 Successful 1 29 June 03:15 USA Delta N USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA USA Biosatellite 3 NASA Low Earth Life science 7 July 1969 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| July |- 1 2 July 07:04 EUR Europa-1 AUS Woomera LA-6A EUR ELDO EUR STV-2 ELDO Test flight 2 July 1969 Failure 2 3 July 20:18 URS N1/L3 URS Baikonur LC-110/38 URS Exploded due to faulty engines and a bolt that was sucked into a fuel pump. URS Zond L1S-2 Selenocentric Test flight 3 July 1969 Failure URS Dummy LK Selenocentric Mass simulator 3 July 1969 Failure 1 10 July 09:00 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 289 (Zenit-4 No.61) Low Earth Optical imaging 15 July 1969 Successful 1 13 July 02:54 URS Proton-K/D URS Baikonur Site 81/24 URS Lander crashed to the surface of the Moon in an attempted landing. URS Luna 15 (Ye-8-5 №401) Selenocentric Lunar sample return 20 July 1969 Success 2 16 July 13:32 USA Saturn V USA KSC LC-39A USA NASA First crewed Moon landing. USA Apollo 11 CSM Columbia NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar orbital flight 24 July 1969 Successful USA Apollo 11 LM Eagle NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar landing Successful 1 22 July 12:30 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 290 (Zenit-2 No.76) Low Earth Optical imaging 30 July 1969 Successful 1 22 July 12:55 URS Molniya-M/Blok ML URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS URS Molniya-1 No.12 Molniya Communications 18 June 1971 Successful 1 23 July 04:39 USA Thor-LV2F Burner-2 USA Vandenberg SLC-10W USA USA DSAP-4B F3 (OPS 1127) USAF, NRO Low Earth Meteorology Successful 1 23 July 09:00 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS Second stage failed at T+267 seconds. URS DS-P1-Yu No.23 Low Earth Radar calibration 23 July 1969 Failure 1 24 July 01:30 USA Thorad-SLV2H-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA KH-4B 7 (OPS 3654) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 23 August 1969 Successful 1 26 July 02:06 USA Delta M USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA Third stage failure left the spacecraft in an unusable orbit. USA Intelsat III F-5 Intelsat Geostationary Communications 14 October 1988 Failure 1 31 July 10:19 USA Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-1W USA USA Strawman-2 (OPS 8285) USAF Low Earth ELINT 4 January 1973 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| August |- 1 6 August 05:40 URS Tsyklon-2 URS Baikonur Site 90/19 URS First test flight of Tsyklon-2 booster. Flew with a dummy payload planned to be used as an ASAT target but the ASAT interceptor test flight was later cancelled. URS Kosmos 291 (IS-GVM) Low Earth Mass simulator 8 September 1969 Successful 1 7 August 23:48 URS Proton-K/Blok D URS Baikonur Site 81/23 URS The only successful test flight of Soyuz 7K-L1 spacecraft. Circumlunar flight, perilune 1,984 km. URS Zond 7 High Earth Lunar flyby 13 August 1969 Successful 2 9 August 07:52 USA Delta N USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA USA OSO 6 NASA Low Earth Solar observatory 7 March 1981 Successful USA PAC 1 NASA Low Earth Technology demonstration 28 April 1977 Successful 1 12 August 11:01 USA Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D USA Cape Canaveral LC-36A USA USA ATS-5 NASA Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 13 August 22:00 URS Kosmos-3M URS Plesetsk Site 132/2 URS URS Kosmos 292 (Zaliv No.3) Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 16 August 11:59 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 293 (Zenit-2M No.4) / Nauka 5KS L.1 Low Earth Optical imaging 28 August 1969 Successful 1 19 August 13:00 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 294 (Zenit-4 No.62) Low Earth Optical imaging 27 August 1969 Successful 1 22 August 14:14 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 295 (DS-P1-Yu No.24) Low Earth Radar calibration 1 December 1969 Successful 1 23 August 16:00 USA Titan IIIB USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA USA KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 7807) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 7 September 1969 Successful 2 27 August 21:59 USA Delta L USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA First flight of Delta L rocket. First stage hydraulics failure threw the second stage far off course and the vehicle was destroyed by range safety at T+383 seconds. USA Pioneer E NASA Heliocentric Solar orbiter 27 August 1969 Failure USA TETR 3 NASA Low Earth orbit Technology demonstration 27 August 1969 Failure 1 29 August 09:05 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 296 (Zenit-4 No.63) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 September 1969 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| September |- 1 2 September 11:00 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 297 (Zenit-4 No.64) Low Earth Optical imaging 10 September 1969 Successful 1 15 September 08:40 URS R-36O URS Baikonur Site 191/66 URS URS Kosmos 298 (OGCh No.21) Low Earth Weapon test 15 September 1969 Successful 1 18 September 08:40 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 299 (Zenit-4 No.65) Low Earth Optical imaging 22 September 1969 Successful 1 22 September 02:10Lambda 4S http://www.astronautix.com/l/lambda4s.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160821084648/http://www.astronautix.com/l/lambda4s.html dead 21 August 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 JPN Lambda 4S JPN Kagoshima L JPN ISAS JPN Ōsumi-4 ISAS Low Earth Test flight 22 September 1969 Failure 2 22 September 21:11 USA Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA KH-4A 52 (OPS 3531) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 13 October 1969 Successful USA P-11 (OPS 4710) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 May 1971 Successful 1 23 September 14:07 URS Proton-K/Blok D URS Baikonur Site 81/24 URS Blok D stage failed due to valve defect and the probe failed to leave Earth orbit. URS Kosmos 300 (Luna 16a, Ye-8-5 №403) Selenocentric Lunar sample return 27 September 1969 Failure 1 24 September 12:15 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 301 (Zenit-2 No.77) Low Earth Optical imaging 2 October 1969 Successful 6 30 September 13:40 USA Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA Poppy 8A-D (NRL-PL 161-164) NRL/US Navy Low Earth ELINT Successful USA NRL-PL 165 NRL/US Navy Low Earth Technology demonstration Successful USA Timation-2 NRL/US Navy Low Earth Navigation Successful USA Tempsat 2 NRL Low Earth Calibration Successful USA SOICAL Cone & Cylinder USAF Low Earth Calibration Cone: In orbitCylinder: 14 February 2023https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=4166 SOICAL (CYLINDER) N2YO.com 14 February 2023 4 March 2023 Successful USA P-11 (OPS 7613) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| October |- 1 1 October 22:29 USA Scout-B USA Vandenberg SLC-5 USA Orbit was lower than planned. EUR ESRO 1B ESRO Low Earth Research Partial failure 1 6 October 01:45 URS Vostok-2M URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Meteor-1 2 Low Earth Meteorology 20 August 2002 Successful 1 11 October 11:10 URS Soyuz URS Baikonur LC-31/6 URS RVSN Rendezvous with Soyuz 7 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure. URS Soyuz 6 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 16 October 1969 Partial failure 1 12 October 10:44 URS Soyuz URS Baikonur LC-1/5 URS RVSN Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure. URS Soyuz 7 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 16 October 1969 Partial failure 1 13 October 10:19 URS Soyuz URS Baikonur LC-31/6 URS RVSN Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 7 unsuccessful due to electronic failure. URS Soyuz 8 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 16 October 1969 Partial failure 1 14 Octoberhttp://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/interkosmos-1.htm Interkosmos 1, 4, 7, 11, (14) 16 (DS-U3-IK) Gunter's Space Page Gunter Krebs 29 October 2017 13:19 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Interkosmos 1 (DS-U3-IK No.1) Interkosmos Low Earth Solar research 2 January 1970 Successful 1 17 October 11:45 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 302 (Zenit-4 No.66) Low Earth Optical imaging 25 October 1969 Successful 1 18 October 10:00 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 303 (DS-P1-Yu No.25) Low Earth Radar calibration 23 January 1970 Successful 1 21 October 12:49 URS Kosmos-3M URS Plesetsk Site 132 URS URS Kosmos 304 (Zaliv No.4) Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 22 October 14:09 URS Proton-K/Blok D URS Baikonur Site 81/24 URS Control system of the Blok D stage failed and the probe failed to leave Earth orbit. URS Kosmos 305 (Luna 16b, Ye-8-5 №404) Selenocentric Lunar sample return Failure 1 24 October 09:40 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 1/5 URS URS Kosmos 306 (Zenit-2M No.5) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 November 1969 Successful 1 24 October 13:01 URS Kosmos-2I URS Kapustin Yar Site 86/4 URS URS Kosmos 307 (DS-P1-Yu No.26) Low Earth Radar calibration 30 December 1970 Successful 1 24 October 18:10 USA Titan IIIB USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA USA KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 8455) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 8 November 1969 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| November |- 1 4 November 11:59 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 308 (DS-P1-I No.6) Low Earth Radar calibration 4 January 1970 Successful 1 8 November 01:52 USA Scout-B USA Vandenberg SLC-5 USA First West German satellite FRG Azur BMWF/DLR Medium Earth Ionospheric research Successful 1 12 November 11:30 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 309 (Zenit-2 No.78) / Nauka 3KS L.1 Low Earth Optical imaging 20 November 1969 Successful 2 14 November 16:22 USA Saturn V USA KSC LC-39A USA NASA Second crewed Moon landing. USA Apollo 12 CSM Yankee Clipper NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar orbital flight 24 November 1969 Successful USA Apollo 12 LM Intrepid NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar landing 20 November 1969 Successful 1 15 November 08:30 URS Voskhod URS Baikonur Site 31/6 URS URS Kosmos 310 (Zenit-4 No.67) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 November 1969 Successful 1 22 November 02:00 USA Delta M USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA GBR Skynet 1A MoD Geostationary Communications (military) Successful 1 24 November 11:00 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 311 (DS-P1-Yu No.27) Low Earth Radar calibration 10 March 1970 Successful 1 24 November 16:49 URS Kosmos-3M URS Plesetsk Site 132 URS URS Kosmos 312 (Sfera No.5) Low Earth Geodesy Successful 1 28 November 09:00 URS Proton-K/Blok D URS Baikonur Site 81/23 URS First stage failure URS Soyuz 7K-L1E Medium Earth Flight test Failure |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| December |- 1 3 December 13:20 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 313 (Zenit-2M No.6) / Gektor No.6 Low Earth Optical imaging 15 December 1969 Successful 1 4 December 21:37 USA Thorad-SLV2H-Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA KH-4B 8 (OPS 6617) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 10 January 1970 Successful 1 11 December 12:58 URS Kosmos-2I URS Plesetsk Site 133/1 URS URS Kosmos 314 (DS-P1-Yu No.28) Low Earth Radar calibration 22 March 1970 Successful 1 20 December 03:26 URS Kosmos-3M URS Plesetsk Site 132 URS URS Kosmos 315 (Tselina-O No.5) Low Earth ELINT 25 March 1979 Successful 1 23 December 09:25 URS Tsyklon-2 URS Baikonur Site 90/19 URS URS Kosmos 316 (I2P No.3) Low Earth Dummy ASAT warhead 28 August 1970 Successful 1 23 December 13:50 URS Voskhod URS Plesetsk Site 41/1 URS URS Kosmos 317 (Zenit-4MK No.1 / Germes No.1) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 January 1970 Successful 1 25 December 09:59 URS Kosmos-2I URS Kapustin Yar Site 86/4 URS URS Interkosmos 2 (DS-U1-IK No.1) Interkosmos Low Earth Ionosphere research 7 June 1970 Successful 1 27 December URS Kosmos-3M URS Plesetsk Site 132 URS URS Ionosfernaya No.1 Low Earth Ionosphere research Failure |} 1969 Suborbital flights collapsed |colspan=8| January-March |- 1 17 JanuaryKiruna http://www.astronautix.com/k/kiruna.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228032356/http://astronautix.com/k/kiruna.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 29 October 2017 USA Nike-Cajun SWE Esrange USA NASA Apogee: 117 km. SWE / USA RTG SNC 2A / 1 Aeronomy mission NASA/RTG Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 17 January 1 21 JanuaryWoomera http://www.astronautix.com/w/woomera.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161220010408/http://www.astronautix.com/w/woomera.html dead 20 December 2016 Mark Wade 29 October 2017 GBR Skylark 6 AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace GBR UK SL781 Solar x-ray mission RAE/WRE Suborbital Astronomy Failure 21 January 1 23 January20:00 GBR Skylark AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 149 km. GBR / Ion / Te Ionosphere mission RAE/WRE Suborbital Astronomy Successful 23 January 1 23 January23:00 USA Nike-Cajun SWE Esrange USA NASA Apogee: 116 km. SWE / USA RTG SNC 2A / 3 Aeronomy mission NASA/RTG Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 23 January 1 25 January21:00 USA Nike-Cajun SWE Esrange USA NASA Apogee: 118 km. SWE / USA RTG SNC 2A / 4 Aeronomy mission NASA/RTG Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 25 January 1 3 February21:05 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 157 km. GBR Electrons Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 3 February 1 11 February21:09 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 157 km. GBR Electrons Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 11 February 1 14 February22:15 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 149 km. GBR Small scale structure Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 14 February 1 15 February21:20 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 153 km. GBR Small scale structure Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 15 February 1 20 February11:48Veronique http://www.astronautix.com/v/veronique.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161107051429/http://www.astronautix.com/v/veronique.html dead 7 November 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 FRA Véronique FRA Kourou ALFS FRA LRBA Apogee: 107 km FU-170 CIRCE CNES Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 20 February 1 25 February16:33Andoya http://www.astronautix.com/a/andoya.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228041522/http://astronautix.com/a/andoya.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 29 October 2017 FRA Centaure 2B NOR Andøya Rocket Range Apogee: 136 km. EUR ESRO C49 / 1 (R3) Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 25 February 1 25 February21:37 USA Sidewinder Arcas NOR Andøya Rocket Range EUR ESRO A40 / 4 Ionosphere / plasma / field mission ESRO Suborbital Failure 25 February 1 25 February23:50 FRA Centaure 2B NOR Andøya Rocket Range Apogee: 128 km. EUR ESRO C49 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 25 February 1 15 March17:55 USA Nike-Apache SWE Esrange USA Sandia Apogee: 226 km. FRG DLR K-NA-11 DFVLR Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy Successful 15 March 1 15 March20:54 GBR Skylark 2 SWE Esrange GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 211 km. EUR ESRO S43 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 15 March 1 15 March22:31 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange Apogee: 211 km. EUR ESRO C52 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 15 March 1 16 March18:05 USA Nike-Apache SWE Esrange USA Sandia Apogee: 233 km. FRG DLR K-NA-17 DFVLR Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy Successful 16 March 1 17 March00:04 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 151 km. GBR Particles Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 17 March 1 17 March18:10 USA Nike-Apache SWE Esrange USA Sandia Apogee: 231 km. FRG DLR K-NA-18 DFVLR Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy Successful 17 March 1 17 March18:23 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 148 km. GBR E field gradient Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 17 March 1 18 March18:16 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 170 km. GBR E-region E field Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 18 March 1 20 March05:37Terrier Sandhawk http://www.astronautix.com/t/terriersandhawk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228145617/http://astronautix.com/t/terriersandhawk.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 USA Terrier Sandhawk USA Poker Flat Research Range USA Sandia Apogee: 176 km HEMLOCK DARPA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 20 March 1 29 March20:00 GBR Petrel SWE Esrange CAN Bristol Aerospace Apogee: 150 km. GBR Small scale structure Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 29 March |colspan=8| April-June |- 1 1 April09:54 GBR Skylark AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 192 km. GBR X-ray Survey X-ray astronomy mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 1 April 1 3 April00:35 GBR Skylark 6 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 192 km. GBR UK SL502 Ionosphere / solar x-rays mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 3 April 1 9 April20:38 USA Nike-Apache NOR Andøya Rocket Range USA Sandia Apogee: 139 km. NOR Ferdinand 20 Aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission NTNF Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy Successful 9 April 1 13 April00:33 FRA Dragon 2B NOR Andøya Rocket Range Apogee: 139 km. FRA FU-182 Ions / Electric field Ionosphere mission CNES Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 13 April 1 14 April18:15 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C EUR ESRO C39 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Failure 14 April 1 15 April11:03 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C Apogee: 134 km. EUR ESRO C39 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 15 April 1 16 AprilRigel http://www.astronautix.com/r/rigel.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161221091851/http://www.astronautix.com/r/rigel.html dead 21 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 ARG Canopus 2 ARG CELPA ARG CONAE First flight of Canopus 2 sounding rocket. Apogee: 150 km. CONAE Suborbital Test flight Successful 16 April 1 17 April05:05 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 202 km. GBR UK SL606 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 17 April 1 17 April21:48 FRA Dragon 2B NOR Andøya Rocket Range Apogee: 329 km. FRA FU-190 E field / Barium release / Ionosphere mission CNES Suborbital Successful 17 April 1 22 April03:31 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 181 km. GBR UK SL604 Solar ultraviolet mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 22 April 1 1 MaySandhawk Tomahawk http://www.astronautix.com/s/sandhawktomahawk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228060051/http://astronautix.com/s/sandhawktomahawk.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 USA Sandhawk Tomahawk USA Pacific Missile Range Facility USA Sandia First flight of the Sandhawk Tomahawk configuration. Apogee: 528 km. Sandia National Laboratories Suborbital Test flight Successful 1 May 1 14 May02:44 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 178 km. GBR UK SL404 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 14 May 1 24 May05:52Terrier Tomahawk http://www.astronautix.com/t/terriertomahawk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228033720/http://astronautix.com/t/terriertomahawk.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 USA Terrier Tomahawk USA Pacific Missile Range Facility USA Sandia Apogee: 159 km LRL BOX-16 TT-9 Sandia National Laboratories Suborbital Astronomy Successful 24 May 1 5 June19:28 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C Apogee: 130 km. EUR ESRO C35 / 2 X-ray astronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 5 June 1 27 June22:58Black Arrow http://www.astronautix.com/b/blackarrow.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160906181619/http://www.astronautix.com/b/blackarrow.html dead 6 September 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 GBR Black Arrow R0 AUS Woomera LA-5B GBR RAE Test flight with inert third stage. Lost control 50 seconds into the flight, destroyed by range safety. RAE Suborbital Test flight Failure 27 June |colspan=8| July-September |- 1 5 July 19:45Salto di Quirra http://www.astronautix.com/s/saltodiquirra.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228033340/http://astronautix.com/s/saltodiquirra.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 29 October 2017 GBR Skylark ITA Salto di Quirra GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 200 km. EUR ESRO S38 / 1 Ionosphere mission ESRO Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 5 July 1 6 July 19:50 GBR Skylark 3 ITA Salto di Quirra GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 275 km. EUR ESRO S64 / 1 Aeronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 6 July 1 11 July 19:42 GBR Skylark ITA Salto di Quirra GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 203 km. EUR ESRO S38 / 2 Ionosphere mission ESRO Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 11 July 1 13 July 19:41 GBR Skylark 3 ITA Salto di Quirra GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 280 km. EUR ESRO S64 / 2 Aeronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 13 July 1 14 July 23:53 GBR Skylark AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 216 km. GBR Electron profile Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 14 July 1 15 JulyWade Mark K63D http://www.astronautix.com/k/k63d.html 2024-08-12 www.astronautix.comKrebs Gunter Dirk BOR-1 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-1.htm 2024-08-12 Gunter's Space Page USSR K63D USSR Vladimirovka near Kapustin Yar Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane, transmitted data until burning up as planned at 60-70 km altitude. Apogee: 100 kmPetrovitch Vassili BOR Description https://www.buran-energia.com/bor/bor-desc.php 2024-08-12 www.buran-energia.com USSRBOR-1 Suborbital Re-entry test for the Spiral program 15 July Successful 1 16 July 22:33 GBR Skylark AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 244 km. GBR Dayglow / electrons Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 16 July 1 24 JulyHAD http://www.astronautix.com/h/had.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228002955/http://astronautix.com/h/had.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 AUS HAD AUS Woomera LA-1 AUS WRE Apogee: 115 km WRE Suborbital Test flight Successful 24 July 1 25 July 04:10 GBR Skylark AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 244 km. GBR Electron profile Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 25 July 1 29 July 22:57 GBR Skylark 3 AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 262 km. GBR Dayglow / electrons Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 29 July 1 5 August 09:08Aero High http://www.astronautix.com/a/aerohigh.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144642/http://astronautix.com/a/aerohigh.html dead 28 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 AUS Aero High AUS Woomera LA-1 AUS WRE Apogee: 208 km WRE Suborbital Successful 5 August 1 11 August 01:30 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C Apogee: 112 km. EUR ESRO C51 / 1 Aeronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 11 August 1 14 August 02:01 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C Apogee: 112 km. EUR ESRO C58 / 1 Meteorites mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 11 August 1 21 August 01:57 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 197 km. GBR HRCS / PHC Solar x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 29 July 1 12 September ARG Rigel ARG CELPA ARG CONAE First test flight of Rigel sounding rocket. Apogee: 250 km CONAE Suborbital Test flight Successful 12 September |colspan=8| October-December |- 1 5 October22:28 GBR Skylark 2 SWE Esrange GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 225 km. EUR ESRO S29 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 5 October 1 10 October20:01 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C Apogee: 135 km. EUR ESRO C52 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 10 October 1 15 October18:46 GBR Skylark 3 AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 318 km. GBR Grenades / TMA/Barium release Aeronomy / ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 15 October 1 17 October09:15 GBR Skylark 3 AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 318 km. GBR Grenades / TMA/Barium release Aeronomy / ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research Successful 17 October 1 17 October22:27 GBR Skylark 2 SWE Esrange GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 225 km. EUR ESRO S29 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 17 October 1 20 October07:28 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 223 km. GBR UK SL586 test BAC Suborbital Technology demonstration Successful 20 October 1 22 October06:10 GBR Skylark 3 AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 216 km. GBR X-ray survey / Solar X X-ray astronomy mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 22 October 1 23 October ARG Canopus 2 ARG CELPA ARG CONAE Apogee: 150 km. CONAE Suborbital Test flight Successful 23 October 1 24 October05:44 GBR Skylark ITA Salto di Quirra GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 184 km. EUR ESRO S68 / 1 X-ray astronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Astronomy Successful 13 July 1 8 NovemberVesta http://www.astronautix.com/v/vesta.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161221095257/http://www.astronautix.com/v/vesta.html dead 21 December 2016 Mark Wade 19 October 2017 FRA Vesta FRA Kourou ALFS FRA LRBA Last flight of the Vesta sounding rocket. Apogee: 204 km. FU-189 Star pointing test CNES Suborbital Technology demonstration Successful 8 November 1 10 November21:00 GBR Skylark 2 SWE Esrange GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 214 km. EUR ESRO S46 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 10 November 1 18 November02:17 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 208 km. GBR Fresnel shadowgraph X-ray astronomy mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Failure 18 November 1 20 November00:30 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 242 km. GBR Solar ultraviolet Spectrum / PHC Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 20 November 1 26 November00:38 USA Nike-Cajun NOR Andøya Rocket Range USA NASA Apogee: 107 km. NOR Ferdinand 21 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission NTNF Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy Successful 26 November 1 26 November23:32 GBR Skylark 3 AC AUS Woomera LA-2 SL GBR British Aerospace Apogee: 180 km. GBR Solar ultraviolet FP / PHC Solar ultraviolet mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy Successful 26 November 1 27 November05:29 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C Apogee: 160 km. EUR ESRO C62 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 27 November 1 27 November06:31 FRA Centaure 2B SWE Esrange C Apogee: 164 km. EUR ESRO C62 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital Successful 27 November 1 30 November02:58 USA Sparrow-Arcas NOR Andøya Rocket Range USA NASA Apogee: 100 km. NOR Arcas VII Aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission NTNF Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy Successful 30 November 1 6 December 06:00 USSR K63D USSR Vladimirovka near Kapustin Yar Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane.Krebs Gunter Dirk BOR-2 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-2.htm 2024-08-12 Gunter's Space Page Apogee: 100 km USSR BOR-2 No.101 Suborbital Re-entry test for the Spiral program 6 December Successful 1 9 December AUS HAD AUS Woomera LA-1 AUS WRE Last flight of HAD rocket. Apogee: 115 km. WRE Suborbital Test flight Successful 9 December 1 22 December ARG Rigel ARG CELPA ARG CONAE Apogee: 250 km CONAE Suborbital Test flight Successful 22 December 1 23 December ARG Canopus 2 ARG CELPA ARG CONAE Apogee: 150 km. CONAE Suborbital Test flight Successful 23 December |} Launches from the Moon 1 21 July 17:54 USA Lunar Module Ascent Stage Tranquility Base, Mare Tranquillitatis (Luna) USA NASA Carrying two astronauts back to CSM after lunar landing USA Apollo 11 LM NASA Selenocentric (CSM) Crewed Successful 1 20 November 14:25:47 USA Lunar Module Ascent Stage Ocean of Storms (Luna) USA NASA Carrying two astronauts back to CSM after lunar landing USA Apollo 12 LM NASA Selenocentric (CSM) Crewed 20 November Successful |} Deep-space rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks16 MayVenera 5Atmospheric entry in VenusAtmospheric probe worked for 53 min in the Venerian atmosphere17 MayVenera 6Atmospheric entry in VenusAtmospheric probe worked for 51 min in the Venerian atmosphere21 MayApollo 1031 orbits around the MoonAltitude ~15,4 km20 JulyApollo 11Moon landing22 kg from Mare Tranquillitatis (sample return mission)21 JulyLuna 15Moon impactImpacted at Mare Crisium (sample return mission). Primary mission failed.5 AugustMariner 6Flyby of MarsPeriapsis: 3,412 km. 25 close-up pictures.5 AugustMariner 7Flyby of MarsPeriapsis: 3,543 km. 33 close-up pictures.11 AugustZond 7Circumlunar flightPeriapsis: 1,984 km.19 NovemberApollo 12Moon landing34 kg from Oceanus Procellarum (sample return mission) Extravehicular activities (EVAs) Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks Orbital launch statistics By country 120 false left Soviet Union 82 #a52a2a United States 41 #484785 Japan 1 #ffffff Europe 1 #0e2180 Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures 1 0 1 0 1870 1 0 1 0 82 68 14 0 41 37 2 2 World 1 1 82 41 0 0 68 37 1 1 14 2 0 0 0 2 By rocket By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas 5 5 0 0 Blue Streak 1 0 1 0 Kosmos 22 20 2 0 Lambda 1 0 1 0 N-1 2 0 2 0 First flight R-7 44 43 1 0 R-36 4 3 1 0 Saturn 4 4 0 0 Scout 2 1 0 1 Thor 22 20 2 0 Titan 8 7 0 1 Universal Rocket 10 2 8 0 By type Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas-Agena Atlas 1 1 0 0 Atlas-Centaur Atlas 3 3 0 0 Atlas E/F Atlas 1 1 0 0 Delta Thor 11 9 2 0 Europa Blue Streak 1 0 1 0 Kosmos-2 Kosmos 15 14 1 0 Kosmos-3 Kosmos 7 6 1 0 Lambda 4 Lambda 1 0 1 0 Molniya R-7 4 4 0 0 N-1 N-1 2 0 2 0 First flight Proton Universal Rocket 10 2 8 0 R-36 R-36 1 1 0 0 Saturn V Saturn 4 4 0 0 Scout Scout 2 1 0 1 Soyuz R-7 37 37 0 0 Thor-Burner Thor 1 1 0 0 Thorad-Agena Thor 10 10 0 0 Titan III Titan 8 7 0 1 Tsyklon R-36 3 2 1 0 Vostok R-7 3 2 1 0 By configuration Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D Atlas-Agena 1 1 0 0 Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D Atlas-Centaur 3 3 0 0 Atlas F-OV1 Atlas E/F 1 1 0 0 Delta C1 Delta 1 1 0 0 Last flight Delta E1 Delta 3 3 0 0 Delta L Delta 1 0 1 0 First flight Delta M Delta 4 3 1 0 Delta N Delta 2 2 0 0 Europa-1 Europa 1 0 1 0 Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2 15 14 1 0 Kosmos-3M Kosmos-3 7 6 1 0 Lambda 4S Lambda 4 1 0 1 0 Molniya-M/Blok VL Molniya 2 2 0 0 Last flight Molniya-M/Blok ML Molniya 2 2 0 0 N1/L3 N-1 2 0 2 0 First flight Proton-K/D Proton 10 2 8 0 R-36O R-36 1 1 0 0 Saturn V Saturn V 4 4 0 0 Scout B Scout 2 1 0 1 Soyuz (11A511) Soyuz 5 5 0 0 Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Thor-Burner 1 1 0 0 Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D Thorad-Agena 7 7 0 0 Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D Thorad-Agena 3 3 0 0 First flight Titan IIIB Titan III 6 5 0 1 Titan IIIC Titan III 2 2 0 0 Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon 2 2 0 0 First flight Tsyklon-2A Tsyklon 1 0 1 0 Last flight Voskhod (11A57) Soyuz 32 32 0 0 Vostok-2M Vostok 3 2 1 0 By spaceport Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Baikonur 38 27 11 0 Cape Canaveral 15 13 2 0 Kapustin Yar 3 3 0 0 Kennedy 4 4 0 0 Plesetsk 41 38 3 0 Kagoshima 1 0 1 0 Vandenberg 22 20 0 2 Woomera 1 0 1 0 By orbit Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved AccidentallyAchieved Remarks Low Earth 85 81 3 1 Geosynchronous / transfer 7 6 1 0 Medium Earth 3 2 1 0 High Earth 14 7 7 0 including highly elliptical and Molniya orbits and Trans Lunar trajectories Heliocentric 7 4 3 0 References External links Timeline of spaceflight 1969 1968 1970 1969 on Category:Spaceflight by year