1965 in spaceflight
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Orbital and Suborbital launches
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Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February | Ranger 8 | Lunar impact | Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:57:37, returned 7,137 images |
| 24 March | Ranger 9 | Lunar impact | Impacted Alphonsus Crater at 14:08:20, returned 5,814 images |
| 12 May | Luna 5 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 19:10 |
| 11 June | Luna 6 | Lunar flyby | Failed lander, closest approach: Template:Convert |
| 15 July | Mariner 4 | Flyby of Mars | Returned 21 images |
| 20 July | Zond 2 | Flyby of Mars | Communications system failed before flyby |
| 6 August | Zond 3 | Lunar Flyby | Returned 25 images |
| 7 October | Luna 7 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 22:08 |
| 6 December | Luna 8 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 21:51:30 |
EVAs
| Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 08:34 |
12 minutes | 08:47 | Voskhod 2 | Template:Flagicon Alexei Leonov | First EVA in history.[1] Leonov had difficulty fitting back into the spacecraft due to spacesuit stiffness in vacuum. He vented air from his spacesuit to bend back into the capsule.[2] |
| 3 June 19:46 |
20 minutes | 20:06 | Gemini IV | Template:Flagicon Ed White | First US EVA.[3] White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted.[4] |
Orbital launch statistics
By country
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 53 | 46 | 7 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 70 | 61 | 8 | 1 | |
| World | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | |
By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas D | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Suborbital component of one failed launch was successful |
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Script error: No such module "flag". | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired |
| Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Delta C | Script error: No such module "flag". | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Delta D | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Delta E | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Diamant A | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Kosmos-1 63S3 | Template:Flagcountry | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Template:Flagcountry | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Kosmos-2M 63S1M | Template:Flagcountry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Molniya 8K78 | Template:Flagcountry | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Retired |
| Molniya-L 8K78L | Template:Flagcountry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired |
| Molniya-M 8K78M | Template:Flagcountry | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Saturn I | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Scout A | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Scout B | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Scout X-4 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 | Template:Flagcountry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Thor LV-2D Burner-1 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor LV-2D MG-18 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Only flights |
| Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Retired |
| Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Script error: No such module "flag". | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Titan II GLV | Script error: No such module "flag". | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Also made one suborbital launch |
| Titan IIIA | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Titan IIIC | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Maiden flight |
| Voskhod 11A57 | Template:Flagcountry | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vostok-2 8A92 | Template:Flagcountry | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vostok-2M 8A92M | Template:Flagcountry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| UR-500 (Proton) 8K72 | Template:Flagcountry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 96 | 85 | 9 | 2 | |
| Medium Earth | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical and Molniya orbits |
| Geosynchronous/transfer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1* | * - One launch to geosynchronous orbit reached geosynchronous transfer orbit |
| Heliocentric | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
References
Footnotes
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