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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|year=1968
|image=NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg
|caption=The crew of Apollo 8 were the first humans to witness ''[[Earthrise]]'', photographed by [[William Anders]] on 24 December 1968
|first=7 January
|last=26 December
|total=128
|success=119
|failed=9
|partial=3
|catalogued=
|firstflight=
|firstsat=
|firstlaunch=
|firsttrav=
|maidens=[[Delta M]]<br>[[Delta N]]
|retired=[[Delta J]]<br>[[Kosmos-3]]
|orbital=3
|suborbital=
|totalcrew=
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme          = [[Timeline of spaceflight]]
| previous_mission   = [[1967 in spaceflight|1967]]
| next_mission       = [[1969 in spaceflight|1969]]
}}
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The United States [[National Space Science Data Center]] catalogued 157 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches, which occurred in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spacecraft Query Results |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftSearch.do?launchDate=1968&discipline=All |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302233853/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftSearch.do?launchDate=1968&discipline=All |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 March 2012 |work=Master Catalog Search |publisher=NASA NSSDC |access-date=30 May 2010}}</ref>
The first crewed Apollo missions occurred in 1968. It was also the year in which Earth lifeforms first left low Earth orbit, during the successful [[Zond 5]] mission to the Moon and the [[Zond 6]] lunar mission which crashed upon return, and the year that humans first left low Earth orbit, during the successful [[Apollo 8]] mission to the Moon.

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== Deep space lunar missions ==
{| class=wikitable width="100%"
!Date (UTC)
!Spacecraft
!Event
!Remarks
|-
| 10 January || [[Surveyor 7]] || [[Moon|Lunar]] landing || in the debris from [[Tycho (crater)|Tycho crater]]
|-
| 31 January || [[Lunar Orbiter 5]] || Lunar impact ||
|-
| 10 April || [[Luna 14]] || [[Lunar orbit]] insertion ||
|-
| 18 September || [[Zond 5]] || Flyby of the Moon; first return to Earth after flight to Moon; first Earth life forms to travel around the Moon (two Russian tortoises) || Closest approach: {{convert|1950|km}}
|-
| 14 November || [[Zond 6]] || Flyby of the Moon, with turtles, flies, and bacteria || Closest approach: {{convert|2420|km}}
|-
| 24 December || [[Apollo 8]] || Lunar orbit insertion; first humans to travel around the Moon ||
|-
| 25 December || Apollo 8 || Leaves lunar orbit || Completed 10 orbits
|-
|}

==Orbital launches==
{{TLS-M|1968}}

:'''Key'''

:{{flag|USA|1912}}
:{{flag|USSR|1936}}

===January===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|January launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 January|time=06:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlas Centaur|Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D]]
|flight=AC-15
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[SLC-36A]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Surveyor 7]]
  |user = NASA
  |orbit = Selenocentric 
  |function = Lunar lander 
  |d-date = 10 January (on Moon)
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 11 January|time=16:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta E]]1
|flight=D-56
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Explorer 36]] (GEOS-B)
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 January |time=12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 199 (Zenit-2 #58)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 17 January |time=10:12
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thor Agena|Thor SLV-2A Agena-D]] 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 1965]] Multigroup 3&Setter 1B-2
  |user = USAF
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = ELINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 18 January |time=19:04
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5028]] [[KH-8]] 4311
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 January |time=22:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 132|Site 132/2]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 200 (Tselina O #2)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = SIGINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date =22 January
|time= 22:48:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Saturn IB]] (C-1B)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37|LC-37B]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|USA}}[[NASA]]
|remarks =Minor malfunction of LM descent stage engine, otherwise successful
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name =[[Apollo 5]]
  |user =[[NASA]]
  |orbit=[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
  |function = Test [[Apollo Lunar Module|Lunar Module]]
  |d-date =12 February 1968
  |d-time = 09:59
  |outcome =successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 24 January |time=22:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thorad-Agena|Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D]] 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-1E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5028]] KH-4A 1045
  |user = CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
}} {{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}Tivoli 1
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = ELINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===February===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|February launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 6 February |time=08:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 201 (Zenit-4 #38)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 February |time=10:43
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / Blok L
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} (Ye-6LS No 112)
  |orbit = Selenocentric 
  |function = Lunar Orbiter 
  |d-date = 7 February
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 February |time=10:03
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 202]] (DS-U2-V #4)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Ionospheric research 
  |d-date = 24 March
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 February |time=16:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] Site 132/2
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 203 (Sfera #1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===March===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|March launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 2 March|time=03:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scout (rocket)|Scout-A]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5|SLC-5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 7034]] [[Transit (satellite)|Transit-O]] 18
  |user = USN
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Navigation 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 2 March |time=18:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Proton K]] / [[Blok D]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP = MOM 
|remarks = 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Zond 4]] (L1 6)
  |user = MOM
  |orbit = Lunar [[free-return]]
  |function = Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond
  |d-date=9 March
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 4 March |time=13:06
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlas-Agena|Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D]] 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13|LC-13]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OGO 5]] (EGO 3)
  |user = NASA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 March |time=11:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 204]] (DS-P1-I #3)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 2 March 1969
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 March |time=12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 205 (Zenit-2 #59)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |user=GRU
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 March |time=18:28
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Scout-B 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Wallops Flight Facility|Wallops]] [[Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 3|LA-3]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Explorer 37]] (Solrad 9)
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 16 November 1990
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 6 March |time=11:02
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}(DS-U1-Ya #1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Magnetosphere research
  |d-date = 6 March
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 13 March |time=19:51
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5057]] [[KH-8]] 4312
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 14 March |time=09:34
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Vostok-2M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 206 ([[Meteor (satellite)|Meteor-1]] #9)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 22 April 1989
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 14 March |time=22:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-1E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 4849]] KH-4A 1046
  |user = CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 7076]] Lampan 1 / Sampan 2 
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = ELINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 March |time=12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 207 (Zenit-4 #39)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 21 March |time=09:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 208 (Zenit-2M #1,Gektor #1) & Nauka-1KS 1L
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 22 March |time=09:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Tsyklon-2A]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 90|Site 90/19]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 209 (US-AO #4)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = [[US-A]] prototype
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===April===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|April launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 3 April |time=11:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 210 (Zenit-2 #60)
  |user=GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date =4 April
|time= 12:00:02
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Saturn V]] (C-5)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39A]], [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|USA}}[[NASA]]
|remarks =Experienced [[Pogo oscillation]] during [[S-IC|S-IC first stage]] ascent. [[S-IVB]] failed restart test.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Apollo 6]]
  |user =[[NASA]]
  |orbit=Low Earth (achieved)<br>[[Trans-lunar injection|TLI]] to direct return abort (planned)
  |function =Test [[Apollo Command/Service Module|CSM]] heat shield at Lunar return speeds. Test [[S-IVB]] re-ignition in LEO.
  |d-date =4 April 1968
  |d-time =21:57:26
  |outcome= Partial failure
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 6 April|time=09:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlas E/F|Atlas F]] OV1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg Launch Complex 576|LC-576A2]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OV1]] 13
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = [[Radiation belt]] research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}OV1 14
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Radiation belt research
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 April |time=10:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / Blok L
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Luna 14]]
  |orbit = Selenocentric 
  |function = Lunar Orbiter 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 9 April |time=11:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 211]] ([[DS-P1-Yu]] #12)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 14 April |time=10:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 212]] (Soyuz Test #5)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Test spacecraft
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 15 April |time=09:34
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Soyuz
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 213]] (Soyuz Test #6)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Test spacecraft
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 17 April |time=17:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5105]] KH-8 4313
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 18 April |time=10:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 214 (Zenit-4 #40)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 18 April|time=22:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin  Yar Site 86/1
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 215]] (DS-U1-A #1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Aeronomy 
  |d-date = 30 June
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 April|time=10:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 216 (Zenit-2 #61)
  |user=GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 21 April|time=04:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / Blok ML
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya (satellite)|Molniya-1]] 08
  |orbit = [[Molniya orbit]] 
  |function = Communications 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 22 April |time=23:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Proton K]] / [[Blok D]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Pad 81/23, Baikonur
|LSP = MOM
|remarks = 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Zond (L1 7)
  |user = MOM
  |orbit = Lunar Free-return
  |d-date=22 April
  |function = Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond
  |outcome = Failure
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 24 April |time=16:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Tsyklon-2A]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 90|Site 90/19]]
|remarks=The satellite did not separate from the upper stage and was placed into lower than planned orbit
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 217]] (I2M #1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = ASAT target
  |d-date = 26 April
  |outcome = Partial failure
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 25 April |time=00:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[R-36 (missile)|R-36-O]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 162|Site 162/36]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 218 (OGCh #17)
  |user=RVSN
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = [[FOBS]] test
  |d-date = 25 April
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 26 April|time=04:42
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 219]] (DS-U2-D #2)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Magnetosphere research
  |d-date = 2 March 1969
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===May===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|May launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 1 May |time=21:31
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 1413]] KH-4B 1103
  |User= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 May |time=13:57
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] Site 132/2
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 220 ([[Zaliv]] #2)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Navigation
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =1
|date = 17 May |time=02:06
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Scout B
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5|SLC-5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|EU}} ESRO 2B (Iris 2)
  |user = ESRO 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 18 May |time=08:23
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Nimbus B]]
  |user= NASA/NOAA 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date =18 May
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}[[SECOR]] 10
  |user = US Army 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 18 May
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 May |time=04:38
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thor-Burner|Thor LV-2F Burner 2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 10|SLC-10W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 7869]] [[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP]]-4B F1
  |user=USAF
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 24 May |time=07:04
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 221]] ([[DS-P1-Yu]] #13)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 30 May |time=20:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 222]] (DS-P1-Yu #14)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

=== June ===

{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|June launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 1 June |time=10:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 223 (Zenit-2 #62)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 4 June |time=06:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 224 (Zenit-4 #41)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 4 June|time=18:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 132|Site 132/2]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Sfera #2
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 4 June
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 June|time=17:33
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5138]] KH-8 4314
  |user= USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 11 June|time=21:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 225]] (DS-U1-Ya #2)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Magnetosphere research
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 12 June|time=13:14
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Vostok-2M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 226 (Meteor-1 #10)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8
|date =13 June
|time= 14:03:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Titan IIIC]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41|LC-41]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|USA}} [[USAF]]
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9341]] [[IDCSP]] 20
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9342]] IDCSP 21
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9343]] IDCSP 22
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9344]] IDCSP 23
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9345]] IDCSP 24
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }}  {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9346]] IDCSP 25
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9347]] IDCSP 26
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 9348]] IDCSP 27
  |user =[[USAF]]
  |orbit=[[Subsynchronous orbit|Sub-GSO]]
  |function =Military communications
  |d-date =
  |d-time =
  |outcome= Success
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 15 June|time=12:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/15]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Strela (satellite)|Strela-2]] #4)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military communications
  |d-date = 15 June
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 18 June|time=06:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 227 (Zenit-4 #42)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 20 June|time=21:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-1E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5343]] KH-4A 1047
  |User= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5259]] Tripos 3/Sousea 2
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = ELINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 21 June|time=12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 228 (Zenit-2M #2,Gektor #2&Nauka-1KS 2L)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 26 June|time=11:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 229 (Zenit-4 #43)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===July===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|July launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 4 July |time=17:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta J]]
|flight=D-57
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Explorer 38]] (RAE A)
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 July|time=06:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 230]] (DS-U3-S #2)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Solar research
  |d-date = 2 November
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 July|time=15:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / Blok ML
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Molniya-1 09
  |orbit = Molniya 
  |function = Communications 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 July|time=19:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 231 (Zenit-2 #63)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2 
|date = 11 July|time=19:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Atlas E/F|Atlas F]] OV1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg AFB Launch Complex 576|LC576A2]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}} OV1 15 (SPADES)
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} OV1 16 (LOADS 1)
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 July|time=13:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 232 (Zenit-4 #44)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 18 July |time=19:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 233]] (DS-P1-Yu #15)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 30 July|time=07:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 234 (Zenit-4 #45)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===August===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|August launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 6 August|time=11:08
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13|LC-13]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 2222]] [[Canyon (satellite)|Canyon]] 1
  |user = USAF
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = SIGINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 6 August |time=16:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5187]] KH-8 4315
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 August |time=21:36
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5955]] KH-4B 1104
  |User= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 2
|date = 8 August |time=20:12
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Scout B
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5|SLC-5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Explorer 39]] (AD C) 
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 22 June 1981
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}[[Explorer 40]] (Injun 5)
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 9 August|time=07:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 235 (Zenit-2 #64)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 August|time=22:33
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D
|flight=AC-17
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[SLC-36A]]
|remarks=[[Centaur (rocket stage)|Centaur]] failed to restart, payload inserted into lower than planned orbit
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[ATS-4]]
  |user = NASA
  |orbit = Geosynchronous (planned)<br>Low Earth orbit (achieved) 
  |function = Communications/Meteorology 
  |d-date = 17 October
  |outcome = Partial failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 August|time=11:24
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta N]] 
|flight=D-58
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}} [[ESSA-7]]
  |user= [[Environmental Science Services Administration|ESSA]]
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =12 
|date = 16 August|time=20:57
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Atlas SLV-3]] [[Burner (rocket stage)|Burner-2]] 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3E]]
|remarks=[[Payload fairing]] failed to separate
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbiscal 1
  |user =  USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 16 August
  |d-span=12
  |o-span=12
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} OV5 8 (ERS 19)
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} Gridsphere 1
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} Gridsphere 2
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} MylarBalloon
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}Rigidsphere
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}LCS 3
  |user = [[MIT Lincoln Laboratory]]
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}LIDOS
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}SECOR 11
  |user = US Army 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}SECOR 12
  |user = US Army 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}[[Radcat]]
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}RM 18 & UVR
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |d-span=inherit
  |o-span=inherit
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 27 August |time=11:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/15]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 236 (Strela-2 #5)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military communications 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 27 August |time=12:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 237 (Zenit-4 #46)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 28 August |time=10:04
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 238]] (Soyuz Test #7)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Test spacecraft
  |d-date = 1 September
  |d-time=09:03
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===September===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|September launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 September|time=07:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 239 (Zenit-4 #47)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 September|time=18:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5247]] [[KH-8]] 4316
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 14 September |time=06:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 240 (Zenit-2 #65)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 14 September |time=21:42
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Proton K]] / [[Blok D]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Pad 81/23, Baikonur
|LSP = MOM
|remarks = 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Zond 5]] (L1 9)
  |user = MOM
  |orbit = Lunar Free-return
  |function = Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond
  |d-date=21 September |d-time=16:08
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 September |time=12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 241 (Zenit-4 #48)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 18 September|time=21:32
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-1E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 0165]] [[KH-4A]] 1048
  |User= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 8595]] Vampan 1
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = ELINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 September|time=00:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta M]]
|flight=D-59
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17A]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|UN}}[[Intelsat III|Intelsat III F1]] 
  |user = Intelsat 
  |orbit = Geosynchronous 
  |function = Communications 
  |d-date = 19 September
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 September|time=14:39
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 242]] (DS-P1-I #4)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function =Radar calibration
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 September |time=07:39
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 243 (Zenit-2M #3,Gektor #3 & Nauka-2KS 1L)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =4
|date = 26 September |time=07:37
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIC]]  
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[SLC-41]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Lincoln Experimental Satellite|LES]] 6
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Geosynchronous
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}OV2 5
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit =  Low Earth
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}OV5 2 (ERS 21)
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit =   Low Earth
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}OV5 4 (ERS 28)
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit =  Low Earth
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===October===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|October launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 2 October |time=13:35
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}R-36-O
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 161|Site 161/35]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 244 (OGCh #20)
  |user=RVSN
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = FOBS test
  |d-date = 2 October
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 3 October|time=12:58
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 245]] (DS-P1-Yu #16)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =1
|date = 3 October|time=20:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Scout-B
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5|SLC-5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|EU}}ESRO 1A (Aurorae)
  |user = ESRO
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 October |time=00:32
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / Blok ML
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Molniya-1 10
  |orbit = Molniya 
  |function = Communications 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 October |time=11:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-1W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 0964]] Strawman 1
  |user= USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = [[ELINT]], SIGINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 October|time=12:05
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 246 (Zenit-4 #49)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 11 October|time=12:05
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 247 (Zenit-2 #66)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 11 October 1968
|time=  15:02
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Saturn IB]] (C-1B)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34|LC-34]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|USA}}[[NASA]]
|remarks =First crewed [[Project Apollo|Apollo flight]]
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[Apollo 7]]
  |user =[[NASA]]
  |orbit=[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
  |function =Crewed orbital flight
  |d-date =22 October 1968
  |d-time =11:11:48
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 October |time=04:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Tsyklon-2A]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 90|Site 90/19]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 248 (I2M #2)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function =ASAT target
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 October |time=04:02
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Tsyklon-2A]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 90|Site 90/20]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 249 (I2P #1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = ASAT test
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 October |time=04:34
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thor LV-2F Burner 2
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 10|SLC-10W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 4078]] DSMP-4B F2
  |orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =25 October
|time= 09:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Gagarin's Start|Site 1/5]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[RVSN]]
|remarks =[[Soyuz 3]] failed to dock
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[Soyuz 2 (1968 mission)|Soyuz 2]]
  |user =
  |orbit=Low Earth orbit
  |function =Docking target for [[Soyuz 3]]
  |d-date =28 October 1968
  |d-time =07:21
  |outcome= Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =26 October
|time= 08:34
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]]
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]] 
|LSP ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[RVSN]]
|remarks =Failed to dock with [[Soyuz 2]]
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[Soyuz 3]]
  |user =
  |orbit=Low Earth orbit
  |function =Crewed orbital flight
  |d-date =30 October 1968
  |d-time = 07:25:03
  |outcome= Partial Failure
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 30 October |time=22:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] Site 132/2
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 250 ([[Tselina (satellite)|Tselina]]-O #3)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = SIGINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 31 October|time=09:14
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 251 (Zenit-4M #1,Rotor #1)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

===November===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|November launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 1 November |time=00:27
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Tsyklon-2A]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 90|Site 90/20]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 252 (I2P #2)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = ASAT
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 3 November|time=21:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 1315]] KH-4B 1105
  |User= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 6 November|time=19:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 5296]] KH-8 4317
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 8 November|time=09:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta E]]1
|flight=D-60
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[SLC-17B]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Pioneer 9]]
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Heliocentric 
  |function = Solar Orbiter 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} TTS 2
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 November|time=19:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Proton K]] / [[Blok D]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP = MOM
|remarks = 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Zond 6]] (L1 12)
  |user = MOM
  |orbit = Lunar Free-return
  |function = Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond 
  |d-date=17 November |d-time=14:10
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 13 November|time=12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 253 (Zenit-2 #67)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 November |time=11:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Proton K]] 
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = MOM
|remarks = 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Proton 4]]
  |user = MOM
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Cosmic ray research 
  |d-date=24 July 1969
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 21 November|time=12:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 254 (Zenit-4 #50)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 29 November|time=12:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 255 (Zenit-2 #68)
  |user=GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 29 November|time=23:12
|rocket = {{flagicon|EU}}[[Europa (rocket)|Europa 1]]
|flight=F7
|remarks=Third stage failure after separation
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}}[[Woomera Test Range]] LA-6A 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|EU}} STV 1
  |user = [[ELDO]]
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Dummy Payload 
  |d-date = 29 November
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 30 November|time=12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] Site 132/2
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 256 (Sfera #3)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

=== December ===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes|date-width=15em|caption={{sronly|December launches}}}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 3 December|time=14:52
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2I|Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 257]] (DS-P1-Yu #17)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 5 March 1969
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 4 December |time=19:23
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 6518]] KH-8 4318
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 5 December|time=18:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta E]]1
|flight=D-61
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17B]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|EU}}[[HEOS 1]]
  |user = ESRO 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 28 October 1975
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 December|time=08:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D 
|flight=AC-16
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-36B]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2|OAO 2]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = UV astronomy 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 December|time=08:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 258 (Zenit-2 #69)
  |user=GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 12 December|time=22:22
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 4740]] KH-4A 1049
  |user = CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 7684]] P-801 1
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = ELINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 14 December|time=05:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 259]] (DS-U2-I #3)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Ionosphere research
  |d-date = 5 May 1969
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 15 December|time=17:21
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta N]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[ESSA-8]]
  |user = ESSA 
  |orbit = SSO 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 December|time=09:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / Blok ML
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1|Site 1/5]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 260 (Molniya-1 Yu 15L)
  |orbit = Molniya 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 December|time=00:32
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta M]]
|flight=D-63
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17A]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|UN}}[[Intelsat III|Intelsat III F2]] 
  |user=Intelsat
  |orbit = Geosynchronous
  |function = Communications
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 December|time=23:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 261]] (DS-U2-GK #1)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = [[Aeronomy]], auroral research
  |d-date = 12 February 1969
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date =21 December
|time= 12:51
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Saturn V]] (C-5)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39A]], [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|USA}}[[NASA]]
|remarks =First crewed mission to the [[Moon]]
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}}[[Apollo 8]]
  |user =[[NASA]]
  |orbit=[[Selenocentric orbit|Selenocentric]]
  |function =Crewed lunar orbiter
  |d-date =27 December 1968
  |d-time =15:51:42
  |outcome= Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} LTA B
  |user = NASA 
  |orbit = Selenocentric 
  |function =  Mass Model 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 26 December|time=09:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 262]] (DS-U2-GF #1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Solar research
  |d-date = 18 July 1969
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|}

{{TLS-M|1968}}

==Suborbital Launches==
{{TLS-M|1968}}
===January-December===
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =28 March
|time =
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3]]
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 41/15
|LSP =
|remarks =Launched on the strictly vertical trajectory. Apogee: about 4,000 km
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|USSR}}VKZ #2
  |cubesat =
  |user =
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function = [[Aeronomy]], [[ionosphere]] and [[radiation belt]] research
  |d-date =28 March
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 	
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =20 May
|time =22:05
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}}R-36-O
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 162/36
|LSP ={{flagicon|USSR}}RVSN
|remarks =
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|USSR}}OGCh #18
  |cubesat =
  |user =RVSN
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Missile test
  |d-date =20 May
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =27 May
|time =23:15
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}}R-36-O
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 161/35
|LSP ={{flagicon|USSR}}RVSN
|remarks =
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|USSR}}OGCh #19
  |cubesat =
  |user =RVSN
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Missile test
  |d-date =27 May
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =8 August<ref name="T-7">{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=T-7 |url=http://astronautix.com/t/t-7.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref>
|time =
|rocket ={{flagicon|PRC}}[[T-7 (rocket)|T-7]]/GF-01A
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]]
|LSP =
|remarks =Test of high-altitude ignition of the [[FG-02]] solid rocket motor. Apogee: 311 km
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|PRC}}
  |cubesat =
  |user =[[China Academy of Space Technology|CAST]]
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Test flight
  |d-date =8 August
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =20 August<ref name="T-7">{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=T-7 |url=http://astronautix.com/t/t-7.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=astronautix.com}}</ref>
|time =
|rocket ={{flagicon|PRC}}T-7/GF-01A
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|PRC}}Jiuquan
|LSP =
|remarks =Test of high-altitude ignition of the FG-02 solid rocket motor. Apogee: 311 km
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|PRC}}
  |cubesat =
  |user =CAST
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Test flight
  |d-date =20 August
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|1968}}

== Orbital launch summary ==
{{Expand section|date=April 2011}}

==References==
{{TLS-R}}

===Footnotes===
{{Reflist|30em}}
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{{TLS-L|year=1968|nav=on}}
{{Orbital launches in 1968}}
[[Category:1968 in science]]
[[Category:1960s in transport]]
[[Category:Spaceflight by year|1968]]