1969 in spaceflight

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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."[1][2]

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.

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Orbital launches

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

January

5 January
06:28[3] 		Template:Flagicon Molniya-M / Blok VL Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Venera 5 Heliocentric Venus lander 16 May 1969 Successful
Lander operated for 53 minutes in the atmosphere of Venus.
10 January
05:51[3] 		Template:Flagicon Molniya-M / Blok-VL Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Venera 6 Heliocentric Venus lander 17 May 1969 Successful
Lander operated for 51 minutes in the atmosphere of Venus.
12 January
12:10[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 263 (Zenit-2) Low Earth Optical imaging 20 January 1969[5] Successful
14 January
07:30 		Template:Flagicon Soyuz Template:Flagicon Baikonur LC-31 Template:Flagicon RVSN
Template:Flagicon Soyuz 4 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 17 January 1969 Successful
First docking between two crewed spacecraft (with Soyuz 5)
15 January
07:04 		Template:Flagicon Soyuz Template:Flagicon Baikonur LC-1/5 Template:Flagicon RVSN
Template:Flagicon Soyuz 5 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 18 January 1969 Successful
First docking between two crewed spacecraft (with Soyuz 4)
20 January
04:14[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/23 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Soyuz 7K-L1 (Zond-1969A) Selenocentric Test flight 20 January 1969 Failure
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.
22 January
16:48[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta C1 Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral SLC-17 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon OSO 5 NASA Low Earth Astronomy 2 April 1984[5] Successful
22 January
19:10[9] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIB Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon OPS 7585 (GAMBIT-3 4319) NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 3 February 1969[5] Partial failure
Apogee was too high as the Agena rocket stage failed to switch off at a correct time.[8]
23 January
09:15[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 264 (Zenit-4M) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 February 1969[5] Successful
25 January
11:10[6] 		Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2A Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90/19 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 265 (US-AO No.5) Low Earth Naval surveillance 23 January 1969 Failure
30 January
06:46[9] 		Template:Flagicon Delta E1 Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-2E Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon ISIS 1 CSA Medium Earth Science In orbit Successful

February

1 February
12:11[4] 		Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 265 (Meteor-1) RVSN Low Earth Meteorology 1 February 1969 Failure
5 February
06:46[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-4B 6 (OPS 3890) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 24 February 1969[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon P-801 2 (OPS 2644) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
6 February
00:39[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta M Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral SLC-17A Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Intelsat III F-3 Intelsat Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
7 February
13:59[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 265 (DS-P1-Yu No.21) RVSN Low Earth Radar calibration 1 May 1969[5] Successful
9 February
21:09[7] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIC Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon TACSAT-1 (OPS 0757) USAF Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
19 February
06:48[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K / Blok D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/24 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Luna 15a + Lunokhod 1A (Ye-8 №201) Selenocentric Lunar lander and rover 19 February 1969 Failure
Engine failure in the first stage, rocket crashed 15 km from the pad.
21 February
09:18 		Template:Flagicon N1/L3 Template:Flagicon Baikonur LC-110/38 Template:Flagicon RVSN
Template:Flagicon Zond L1S-1 RVSN Selenocentric Test flight 21 February Failure
Template:Flagicon Dummy LK RVSN Selenocentric Mass simulator 21 February Failure
25 February
01:29[7] 		Template:Flagicon Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-36 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Mariner 6 NASA Heliocentric Mars flyby In orbit Successful
25 February
10:20[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 266 (Zenit-2) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 March 1969[5] Successful
26 February
07:47[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta E1 Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17B Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon ESSA-9 ESSA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology In orbit Successful
26 February
08:30[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 267 (Zenit-4) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 March 1969[5] Successful

March

3 March
16:00 		Template:Flagicon Saturn V Template:Flagicon KSC LC-39A Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Apollo 9 CSM Gumdrop NASA Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 13 March 1969 Successful
Template:Flagicon Apollo 9 LM Spider NASA Low Earth Test flight 13 March 1969 Successful
First crewed orbital test of lunar module
4 March
16:48[9] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIB Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 4248) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 18 March 1969[5] Successful
Apogee was too high as the Agena rocket stage failed to switch off at a correct time.[8]
5 March
13:04[10] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 86/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 268 (DS-P1-Yu No.18) Low Earth Radar calibration 9 May 1970[5] Successful
5 March
17:25[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 269 (Tselina-O-4) Low Earth ELINT 21 October 1978[5] Successful
6 March
12:15[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 270 (Zenit-4 No.52) Low Earth Optical imaging 14 March 1969[5] Successful
15 March
12:15[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 271 (Zenit-4 No.53) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 March 1969[5] Successful
17 March
17:25[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 272 (Sfera No.4) Low Earth Geodesy In orbit Successful
18 March
07:40[9] 		Template:Flagicon Atlas F-OV1 Template:Flagicon Vandenberg ABRES-A2 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon OV1-17 USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration 5 March 1970[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon OV1-17A ORBISCAL USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration 24 March 1969[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon OV1-18 USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration 28 August 1972[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon OV1-19 USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration In orbit Successful
19 March
21:38[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-4A 50 (OPS 3722) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 24 March 1969[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon P-11 (OPS 2285) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 December 1971[5] Successful
22 March
12:15[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 273 (Zenit-2 No.72) Low Earth Optical imaging 30 March 1969[5] Successful
24 March
10:10[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 274 (Zenit-4 No.54) Low Earth Optical imaging 1 April 1969[5] Successful
26 March
12:30[4] 		Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Meteor-1 1 Low Earth Meteorology 26 March 2012 Successful
27 March
10:40[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/23 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Mars 2M No.521 Areocentric Mars orbiter 27 March 1969 Failure
Payload fairing failed at T+51. Third stage failed to ignite.
27 March
22:22[7] 		Template:Flagicon Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-36A Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Mariner 7 NASA Heliocentric Mars flyby In orbit Successful
28 March
16:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 275 (DS-P1-I No.5) RVSN Low Earth Radar calibration 7 February 1970[5] Successful

April

2 April
10:33[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/24 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Mars 2M No.522 Areocentric Mars orbiter and lander 2 April 1969 Failure
Rocket crashed near pad after 1st stage engine failure.
4 April
10:20[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 276 (Zenit-4 No.55) Low Earth Optical imaging 11 April 1969[5] Successful
4 April
13:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 277 (DS-P1-Yu No.20) Low Earth Radar calibration 6 July 1969[5] Successful
9 April
13:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 278 (Zenit-2 No.73) Low Earth Optical imaging 17 April 1969[5] Successful
11 April
02:30[6] 		Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/Blok ML Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Molniya-1 No.11 Molniya Communications 17 April 1974 Successful
13 April
02:24[7] 		Template:Flagicon Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-13 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Canyon 2 (OPS 3148) NRO Geostationary Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
14 April
07:54[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-2E Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Nimbus 3 NASA, NOAA Low Earth Meteorology In orbit Successful
Template:Flagicon SECOR-13 US Army Low Earth Geodesy In orbit Successful
15 April
08:14[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 279 (Zenit-4 No.56) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 April 1969[5] Successful
15 April
17:30[9] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIB Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 5310) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 30 April 1969[5] Successful
23 April
09:55[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 280 (Zenit-4M No.3) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 May 1969[5] Successful

May

2 May
01:46[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-4A 51 (OPS 1101) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 23 May 1969[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon P-11 (OPS 1721) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 February 1970[5] Successful
13 May
09:15[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 281 (Zenit-2 No.74) Low Earth Optical imaging 21 May 1969[5] Successful
18 May
16:49 		Template:Flagicon Saturn V Template:Flagicon KSC LC-39B Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar orbital flight 26 May 1969 Successful
Template:Flagicon Apollo 10 LM Snoopy NASA Selenocentric Test flight In orbit Successful
First test of lunar module in lunar orbit. "Dress rehearsal" of Apollo 11 landing.
20 May
08:40[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 282 (Zenit-4 No.57) Low Earth Optical imaging 28 May 1969[5] Successful
22 May
02:00[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta M Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Intelsat III F-4 Intelsat Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
23 May
07:57[7] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIC Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Vela 9, 10 USAF High Earth Nuclear detection In orbit Successful
Template:Flagicon OV5 5, 6, 9 USAF High Earth Technology demonstration In orbit Successful
27 May
12:59[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 283 (DS-P1-Yu No.21) Low Earth Radar calibration 10 December 1969[5] Successful
29 May
06:59[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 284 (Zenit-4 No.58) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 June 1969[5] Successful

June

3 June
12:57[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 285 (DS-P1-Yu No.22) Low Earth Radar calibration 7 October 1969[5] Successful
3 June
16:49[9] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIB Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 1077) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 14 June 1969[5] Successful
5 June
14:42[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon OGO 6 NASA Low Earth Research 12 October 1979[5] Successful
14 June
04:00[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/Blok D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/24 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Luna E-8-5 No. 402 Selenocentric Lunar sample return 14 June 1969 Failure
Blok D upper stage failed to ignite, thus leaving the payload on a suborbital trajectory.
15 June
08:59[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 286 (Zenit-4 No.59) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 June 1969[5] Successful
21 June
08:47[9] 		Template:Flagicon Delta E1 Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-2W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Explorer 41 (IMP-G) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric research In orbit Successful
24 June
06:50[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 287 (Zenit-2 No.75) Low Earth Optical imaging 2 July 1969[5] Successful
27 June
06:59[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 288 (Zenit-4 No.60) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 July 1969[5] Successful
29 June
03:15[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta N Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Biosatellite 3 NASA Low Earth Life science 7 July 1969[5] Successful

July

2 July
07:04 		Template:Flagicon Europa-1 Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-6A Template:Flagicon ELDO
Template:Flagicon STV-2 ELDO Test flight 2 July 1969 Failure
3 July
20:18 		Template:Flagicon N1/L3 Template:Flagicon Baikonur LC-110/38 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Zond L1S-2 Selenocentric Test flight 3 July 1969 Failure
Template:Flagicon Dummy LK Selenocentric Mass simulator 3 July 1969 Failure
Exploded due to faulty engines and a bolt that was sucked into a fuel pump.
10 July
09:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 289 (Zenit-4 No.61) Low Earth Optical imaging 15 July 1969[5] Successful
13 July
02:54[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/24 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Luna 15 (Ye-8-5 №401) Selenocentric Lunar sample return 20 July 1969 Success
Lander crashed to the surface of the Moon in an attempted landing.
16 July
13:32 		Template:Flagicon Saturn V Template:Flagicon KSC LC-39A Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Apollo 11 CSM Columbia NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar orbital flight 24 July 1969 Successful
Template:Flagicon Apollo 11 LM Eagle NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar landing In orbit Successful
First crewed Moon landing.
22 July
12:30[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 290 (Zenit-2 No.76) Low Earth Optical imaging 30 July 1969[5] Successful
22 July
12:55[6] 		Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/Blok ML Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Molniya-1 No.12 Molniya Communications 18 June 1971[5] Successful
23 July
04:39[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-10W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon DSAP-4B F3 (OPS 1127) USAF, NRO Low Earth Meteorology In orbit Successful
23 July
09:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon DS-P1-Yu No.23 Low Earth Radar calibration 23 July 1969 Failure
Second stage failed at T+267 seconds.
24 July
01:30[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2H-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-4B 7 (OPS 3654) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 23 August 1969[5] Successful
26 July
02:06[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta M Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Intelsat III F-5 Intelsat Geostationary Communications 14 October 1988[5] Failure
Third stage failure left the spacecraft in an unusable orbit.
31 July
10:19[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-1W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Strawman-2 (OPS 8285) USAF Low Earth ELINT 4 January 1973[5] Successful

August

6 August
05:40[6] 		Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2 Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90/19 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 291 (IS-GVM) Low Earth Mass simulator 8 September 1969 Successful
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.
7 August
23:48[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/Blok D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/23 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Zond 7 High Earth Lunar flyby 13 August 1969 Successful
The only successful test flight of Soyuz 7K-L1 spacecraft. Circumlunar flight, perilune 1,984 km.
9 August
07:52[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta N Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon OSO 6 NASA Low Earth Solar observatory 7 March 1981[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon PAC 1 NASA Low Earth Technology demonstration 28 April 1977[5] Successful
12 August
11:01[7] 		Template:Flagicon Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-36A Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon ATS-5 NASA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
13 August
22:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 292 (Zaliv No.3) Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
16 August
11:59[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 293 (Zenit-2M No.4) / Nauka 5KS L.1 Low Earth Optical imaging 28 August 1969[5] Successful
19 August
13:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 294 (Zenit-4 No.62) Low Earth Optical imaging 27 August 1969[5] Successful
22 August
14:14[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 295 (DS-P1-Yu No.24) Low Earth Radar calibration 1 December 1969[5] Successful
23 August
16:00[9] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIB Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 7807) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 7 September 1969[5] Successful
27 August
21:59[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta L Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Pioneer E NASA Heliocentric Solar orbiter 27 August 1969 Failure
Template:Flagicon TETR 3 NASA Low Earth orbit Technology demonstration 27 August 1969 Failure
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.
29 August
09:05[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 296 (Zenit-4 No.63) Low Earth Optical imaging 6 September 1969[5] Successful

September

2 September
11:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 297 (Zenit-4 No.64) Low Earth Optical imaging 10 September 1969[5] Successful
15 September
08:40[6] 		Template:Flagicon R-36O Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 191/66 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 298 (OGCh No.21) Low Earth Weapon test 15 September 1969[5] Successful
18 September
08:40[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 299 (Zenit-4 No.65) Low Earth Optical imaging 22 September 1969[5] Successful
22 September
02:10[11] 		Template:Flagicon Lambda 4S Template:Flagicon Kagoshima L Template:Flagicon ISAS
Template:Flagicon Ōsumi-4 ISAS Low Earth Test flight 22 September 1969 Failure
22 September
21:11[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-4A 52 (OPS 3531) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 13 October 1969[5] Successful
Template:Flagicon P-11 (OPS 4710) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 May 1971[5] Successful
23 September
14:07[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/Blok D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/24 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 300 (Luna 16a, Ye-8-5 №403) Selenocentric Lunar sample return 27 September 1969[5] Failure
Blok D stage failed due to valve defect and the probe failed to leave Earth orbit.
24 September
12:15[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 301 (Zenit-2 No.77) Low Earth Optical imaging 2 October 1969[5] Successful
30 September
13:40[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Poppy 8A-D (NRL-PL 161-164) NRL/US Navy Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
Template:Flagicon NRL-PL 165 NRL/US Navy Low Earth Technology demonstration In orbit Successful
Template:Flagicon Timation-2 NRL/US Navy Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
Template:Flagicon Tempsat 2 NRL Low Earth Calibration In orbit Successful
Template:Flagicon SOICAL Cone & Cylinder USAF Low Earth Calibration Cone: In orbit
Cylinder: 14 February 2023[12]		 Successful
Template:Flagicon P-11 (OPS 7613) USAF Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Successful

October

1 October
22:29[9] 		Template:Flagicon Scout-B Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon ESRO 1B ESRO Low Earth Research In orbit Partial failure
Orbit was lower than planned.
6 October
01:45[4] 		Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Meteor-1 2 Low Earth Meteorology 20 August 2002[5] Successful
11 October
11:10 		Template:Flagicon Soyuz Template:Flagicon Baikonur LC-31/6 Template:Flagicon RVSN
Template:Flagicon Soyuz 6 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 16 October 1969 Partial failure
Rendezvous with Soyuz 7 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
12 October
10:44 		Template:Flagicon Soyuz Template:Flagicon Baikonur LC-1/5 Template:Flagicon RVSN
Template:Flagicon Soyuz 7 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 16 October 1969 Partial failure
Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
13 October
10:19 		Template:Flagicon Soyuz Template:Flagicon Baikonur LC-31/6 Template:Flagicon RVSN
Template:Flagicon Soyuz 8 RVSN Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 16 October 1969 Partial failure
Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 7 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
14 October[13]
13:19 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Interkosmos 1 (DS-U3-IK No.1) Interkosmos Low Earth Solar research 2 January 1970[5] Successful
17 October
11:45[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 302 (Zenit-4 No.66) Low Earth Optical imaging 25 October 1969[5] Successful
18 October
10:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 303 (DS-P1-Yu No.25) Low Earth Radar calibration 23 January 1970[5] Successful
21 October
12:49[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 304 (Zaliv No.4) Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
22 October
14:09[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/Blok D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/24 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 305 (Luna 16b, Ye-8-5 №404) Selenocentric Lunar sample return In orbit Failure
Control system of the Blok D stage failed and the probe failed to leave Earth orbit.
24 October
09:40[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 306 (Zenit-2M No.5) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 November 1969[5] Successful
24 October
13:01[10] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 86/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 307 (DS-P1-Yu No.26) Low Earth Radar calibration 30 December 1970[5] Successful
24 October
18:10[9] 		Template:Flagicon Titan IIIB Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 8455) USAF Low Earth Optical imaging 8 November 1969[5] Successful

November

4 November
11:59[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 308 (DS-P1-I No.6) Low Earth Radar calibration 4 January 1970[5] Successful
8 November
01:52[9] 		Template:Flagicon Scout-B Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-5 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Azur BMWF/DLR Medium Earth Ionospheric research In orbit Successful
First West German satellite
12 November
11:30[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 309 (Zenit-2 No.78) / Nauka 3KS L.1 Low Earth Optical imaging 20 November 1969[5] Successful
14 November
16:22 		Template:Flagicon Saturn V Template:Flagicon KSC LC-39A Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Apollo 12 CSM Yankee Clipper NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar orbital flight 24 November 1969 Successful
Template:Flagicon Apollo 12 LM Intrepid NASA Selenocentric Crewed Lunar landing 20 November 1969 Successful
Second crewed Moon landing.
15 November
08:30[6] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 310 (Zenit-4 No.67) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 November 1969[5] Successful
22 November
02:00[7] 		Template:Flagicon Delta M Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Skynet 1A MoD Geostationary Communications (military) In orbit Successful
24 November
11:00[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 311 (DS-P1-Yu No.27) Low Earth Radar calibration 10 March 1970[5] Successful
24 November
16:49[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 312 (Sfera No.5) Low Earth Geodesy In orbit Successful
28 November
09:00[6] 		Template:Flagicon Proton-K/Blok D Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 81/23 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Soyuz 7K-L1E Medium Earth Flight test In orbit Failure
First stage failure

December

3 December
13:20[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 313 (Zenit-2M No.6) / Gektor No.6 Low Earth Optical imaging 15 December 1969[5] Successful
4 December
21:37[9] 		Template:Flagicon Thorad-SLV2H-Agena-D Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon KH-4B 8 (OPS 6617) CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 10 January 1970[5] Successful
11 December
12:58[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 133/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 314 (DS-P1-Yu No.28) Low Earth Radar calibration 22 March 1970[5] Successful
20 December
03:26[4] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 315 (Tselina-O No.5) Low Earth ELINT 25 March 1979[5] Successful
23 December
09:25[6] 		Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2 Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90/19 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 316 (I2P No.3) Low Earth Dummy ASAT warhead 28 August 1970[5] Successful
23 December
13:50[4] 		Template:Flagicon Voskhod Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Kosmos 317 (Zenit-4MK No.1 / Germes No.1) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 January 1970[5] Successful
25 December
09:59[10] 		Template:Flagicon Kosmos-2I Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 86/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Interkosmos 2 (DS-U1-IK No.1) Interkosmos Low Earth Ionosphere research 7 June 1970[5] Successful
27 December[4] Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagicon Ionosfernaya No.1 Low Earth Ionosphere research In orbit Failure
Template:Flatlist

Suborbital flights

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

January-March

17 January[14] Template:Flagicon Nike-Cajun Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon / Template:Flagicon RTG SNC 2A / 1 Aeronomy mission NASA/RTG Suborbital Aeronomy 17 January Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
21 January[15] Template:Flagicon Skylark 6 Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon UK SL781 Solar x-ray mission RAE/WRE Suborbital Astronomy 21 January Failure
23 January
20:00[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon / Ion / Te Ionosphere mission RAE/WRE Suborbital Astronomy 23 January Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
23 January
23:00[14] 		Template:Flagicon Nike-Cajun Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon / Template:Flagicon RTG SNC 2A / 3 Aeronomy mission NASA/RTG Suborbital Aeronomy 23 January Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
25 January
21:00[14] 		Template:Flagicon Nike-Cajun Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon / Template:Flagicon RTG SNC 2A / 4 Aeronomy mission NASA/RTG Suborbital Aeronomy 25 January Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
3 February
21:05[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Electrons Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 3 February Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
11 February
21:09[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Electrons Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 11 February Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
14 February
22:15[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Small scale structure Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 14 February Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
15 February
21:20[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Small scale structure Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 15 February Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
20 February
11:48[16] 		Template:Flagicon Véronique Template:Flagicon Kourou ALFS Template:Flagicon LRBA
FU-170 CIRCE CNES Suborbital Ionosphere research 20 February Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".
25 February
16:33[17] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range
Template:Flagicon ESRO C49 / 1 (R3) Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 25 February Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
25 February
21:37[17] 		Template:Flagicon Sidewinder Arcas Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range
Template:Flagicon ESRO A40 / 4 Ionosphere / plasma / field mission ESRO Suborbital 25 February Failure
25 February
23:50[17] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range
Template:Flagicon ESRO C49 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 25 February Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
15 March
17:55[14] 		Template:Flagicon Nike-Apache Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Sandia
Template:Flagicon DLR K-NA-11 DFVLR Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy 15 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
15 March
20:54[14] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 2 Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S43 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 15 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
15 March
22:31[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange
Template:Flagicon ESRO C52 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 15 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
16 March
18:05[14] 		Template:Flagicon Nike-Apache Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Sandia
Template:Flagicon DLR K-NA-17 DFVLR Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy 16 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
17 March
00:04[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Particles Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 17 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
17 March
18:10[14] 		Template:Flagicon Nike-Apache Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Sandia
Template:Flagicon DLR K-NA-18 DFVLR Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy 17 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
17 March
18:23[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon E field gradient Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 17 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
18 March
18:16[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon E-region E field Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 18 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
20 March
05:37[18] 		Template:Flagicon Terrier Sandhawk Template:Flagicon Poker Flat Research Range Template:Flagicon Sandia
HEMLOCK DARPA Suborbital Aeronomy 20 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".
29 March
20:00[14] 		Template:Flagicon Petrel Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon Bristol Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Small scale structure Ionosphere mission SRC Suborbital Ionosphere research 29 March Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..

April-June

1 April
09:54[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon X-ray Survey X-ray astronomy mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 1 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
3 April
00:35[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 6 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon UK SL502 Ionosphere / solar x-rays mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 3 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
9 April
20:38[17] 		Template:Flagicon Nike-Apache Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range Template:Flagicon Sandia
Template:Flagicon Ferdinand 20 Aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission NTNF Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy 9 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
13 April
00:33[17] 		Template:Flagicon Dragon 2B Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range
Template:Flagicon FU-182 Ions / Electric field Ionosphere mission CNES Suborbital Ionosphere research 13 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
14 April
18:15[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C39 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 14 April Failure
15 April
11:03[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C39 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 15 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
16 April[19] Template:Flagicon Canopus 2 Template:Flagicon CELPA Template:Flagicon CONAE
CONAE Suborbital Test flight 16 April Successful
First flight of Canopus 2 sounding rocket. Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
17 April
05:05[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon UK SL606 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 17 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
17 April
21:48[17] 		Template:Flagicon Dragon 2B Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range
Template:Flagicon FU-190 E field / Barium release / Ionosphere mission CNES Suborbital 17 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
22 April
03:31[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon UK SL604 Solar ultraviolet mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 22 April Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
1 May[20] Template:Flagicon Sandhawk Tomahawk Template:Flagicon Pacific Missile Range Facility Template:Flagicon Sandia
Sandia National Laboratories Suborbital Test flight 1 May Successful
First flight of the Sandhawk Tomahawk configuration. Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
14 May
02:44[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon UK SL404 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 14 May Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
24 May
05:52[21] 		Template:Flagicon Terrier Tomahawk Template:Flagicon Pacific Missile Range Facility Template:Flagicon Sandia
LRL BOX-16 TT-9 Sandia National Laboratories Suborbital Astronomy 24 May Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".
5 June
19:28[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C35 / 2 X-ray astronomy mission ESRO Suborbital 5 June Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
27 June
22:58[22] 		Template:Flagicon Black Arrow R0 Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-5B Template:Flagicon RAE
RAE Suborbital Test flight 27 June Failure
Test flight with inert third stage. Lost control 50 seconds into the flight, destroyed by range safety.

July-September

5 July
19:45[23] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Salto di Quirra Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S38 / 1 Ionosphere mission ESRO Suborbital Ionosphere research 5 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
6 July
19:50[23] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 Template:Flagicon Salto di Quirra Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S64 / 1 Aeronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Aeronomy 6 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
11 July
19:42[23] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Salto di Quirra Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S38 / 2 Ionosphere mission ESRO Suborbital Ionosphere research 11 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
13 July
19:41[23] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 Template:Flagicon Salto di Quirra Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S64 / 2 Aeronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Aeronomy 13 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
14 July
23:53[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Electron profile Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research 14 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
15 July[25][26] Template:Flagicon K63D Template:Flagicon Vladimirovka near Kapustin Yar
Template:FlagiconBOR-1 Suborbital Re-entry test for the Spiral program 15 July Successful
Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane, transmitted data until burning up as planned at 60-70 km altitude. Apogee: 100 km[24]
16 July
22:33[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Dayglow / electrons Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research 16 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
24 July[27] Template:Flagicon HAD Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-1 Template:Flagicon WRE
WRE Suborbital Test flight 24 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".
25 July
04:10[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Electron profile Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research 25 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
29 July
22:57[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Dayglow / electrons Ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research 29 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
5 August
09:08[28] 		Template:Flagicon Aero High Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-1 Template:Flagicon WRE
WRE Suborbital 5 August Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".
11 August
01:30[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C51 / 1 Aeronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Aeronomy 11 August Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
14 August
02:01[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C58 / 1 Meteorites mission ESRO Suborbital 11 August Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
21 August
01:57[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon HRCS / PHC Solar x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 29 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
12 September[19] Template:Flagicon Rigel Template:Flagicon CELPA Template:Flagicon CONAE
CONAE Suborbital Test flight 12 September Successful
First test flight of Rigel sounding rocket. Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".

October-December

5 October
22:28[14] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 2 Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S29 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 5 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
10 October
20:01[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C52 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 10 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
15 October
18:46[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Grenades / TMA/Barium release Aeronomy / ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research 15 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
17 October
09:15[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Grenades / TMA/Barium release Aeronomy / ionosphere mission BAC Suborbital Ionosphere research 17 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
17 October
22:27[14] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 2 Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S29 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 17 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
20 October
07:28[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon UK SL586 test BAC Suborbital Technology demonstration 20 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
22 October
06:10[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon X-ray survey / Solar X X-ray astronomy mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 22 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
23 October[19] Template:Flagicon Canopus 2 Template:Flagicon CELPA Template:Flagicon CONAE
CONAE Suborbital Test flight 23 October Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
24 October
05:44[23] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark Template:Flagicon Salto di Quirra Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S68 / 1 X-ray astronomy mission ESRO Suborbital Astronomy 13 July Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
8 November[29] Template:Flagicon Vesta Template:Flagicon Kourou ALFS Template:Flagicon LRBA
FU-189 Star pointing test CNES Suborbital Technology demonstration 8 November Successful
Last flight of the Vesta sounding rocket. Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
10 November
21:00[14] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 2 Template:Flagicon Esrange Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon ESRO S46 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 10 November Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
18 November
02:17[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Fresnel shadowgraph X-ray astronomy mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 18 November Failure
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
20 November
00:30[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Solar ultraviolet Spectrum / PHC Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 20 November Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
26 November
00:38[17] 		Template:Flagicon Nike-Cajun Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Ferdinand 21 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission NTNF Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy 26 November Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
26 November
23:32[15] 		Template:Flagicon Skylark 3 AC Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-2 SL Template:Flagicon British Aerospace
Template:Flagicon Solar ultraviolet FP / PHC Solar ultraviolet mission BAC Suborbital Astronomy 26 November Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
27 November
05:29[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C62 / 1 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 27 November Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
27 November
06:31[14] 		Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B Template:Flagicon Esrange C
Template:Flagicon ESRO C62 / 2 Aurora mission ESRO Suborbital 27 November Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
30 November
02:58[17] 		Template:Flagicon Sparrow-Arcas Template:Flagicon Andøya Rocket Range Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Arcas VII Aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission NTNF Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy 30 November Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
6 December
06:00[25] 		Template:Flagicon K63D Template:Flagicon Vladimirovka near Kapustin Yar
Template:Flagicon BOR-2 No.101 Suborbital Re-entry test for the Spiral program 6 December Successful
Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane.[30] Apogee: 100 km
9 December[27] Template:Flagicon HAD Template:Flagicon Woomera LA-1 Template:Flagicon WRE
WRE Suborbital Test flight 9 December Successful
Last flight of HAD rocket. Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..
22 December[19] Template:Flagicon Rigel Template:Flagicon CELPA Template:Flagicon CONAE
CONAE Suborbital Test flight 22 December Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".
23 December[19] Template:Flagicon Canopus 2 Template:Flagicon CELPA Template:Flagicon CONAE
CONAE Suborbital Test flight 23 December Successful
Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert"..

Launches from the Moon

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
21 July
17:54 		Template:Flagicon Lunar Module Ascent Stage Tranquility Base, Mare Tranquillitatis (Luna) Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Apollo 11 LM NASA Selenocentric (CSM) Crewed In orbit Successful
Carrying two astronauts back to CSM after lunar landing
20 November
14:25:47 		Template:Flagicon Lunar Module Ascent Stage Ocean of Storms (Luna) Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:Flagicon Apollo 12 LM NASA Selenocentric (CSM) Crewed 20 November Successful
Carrying two astronauts back to CSM after lunar landing

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
16 May Venera 5 Atmospheric entry in Venus Atmospheric probe worked for 53 min in the Venerian atmosphere
17 May Venera 6 Atmospheric entry in Venus Atmospheric probe worked for 51 min in the Venerian atmosphere
21 May Apollo 10 31 orbits around the Moon Altitude ~15,4 km
20 July Apollo 11 Moon landing 22 kg from Mare Tranquillitatis (sample return mission)
21 July Luna 15 Moon impact Impacted at Mare Crisium (sample return mission). Primary mission failed.
5 August Mariner 6 Flyby of Mars Periapsis: 3,412 km. 25 close-up pictures.
5 August Mariner 7 Flyby of Mars Periapsis: 3,543 km. 33 close-up pictures.
11 August Zond 7 Circumlunar flight Periapsis: 1,984 km.
19 November Apollo 12 Moon landing 34 kg from Oceanus Procellarum (sample return mission)

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks


Orbital launch statistics

By country

Template:Pie chart

Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures
Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
Script error: No such module "flag". 82 68 14 0
Script error: No such module "flag". 41 37 2 2
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

By family

Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Atlas Script error: No such module "flag". 5 5 0 0
Blue Streak Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
Kosmos Script error: No such module "flag". 22 20 2 0
Lambda Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
N-1 Script error: No such module "flag". 2 0 2 0 First flight
R-7 Script error: No such module "flag". 44 43 1 0
R-36 Script error: No such module "flag". 4 3 1 0
Saturn Script error: No such module "flag". 4 4 0 0
Scout Script error: No such module "flag". 2 1 0 1
Thor Script error: No such module "flag". 22 20 2 0
Titan Script error: No such module "flag". 8 7 0 1
Universal Rocket Script error: No such module "flag". 10 2 8 0

By type

Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Atlas-Agena Script error: No such module "flag". Atlas 1 1 0 0
Atlas-Centaur Script error: No such module "flag". Atlas 3 3 0 0
Atlas E/F Script error: No such module "flag". Atlas 1 1 0 0
Delta Script error: No such module "flag". Thor 11 9 2 0
Europa Script error: No such module "flag". Blue Streak 1 0 1 0
Kosmos-2 Script error: No such module "flag". Kosmos 15 14 1 0
Kosmos-3 Script error: No such module "flag". Kosmos 7 6 1 0
Lambda 4 Script error: No such module "flag". Lambda 1 0 1 0
Molniya Script error: No such module "flag". R-7 4 4 0 0
N-1 Script error: No such module "flag". N-1 2 0 2 0 First flight
Proton Script error: No such module "flag". Universal Rocket 10 2 8 0
R-36 Script error: No such module "flag". R-36 1 1 0 0
Saturn V Script error: No such module "flag". Saturn 4 4 0 0
Scout Script error: No such module "flag". Scout 2 1 0 1
Soyuz Script error: No such module "flag". R-7 37 37 0 0
Thor-Burner Script error: No such module "flag". Thor 1 1 0 0
Thorad-Agena Script error: No such module "flag". Thor 10 10 0 0
Titan III Script error: No such module "flag". Titan 8 7 0 1
Tsyklon Script error: No such module "flag". R-36 3 2 1 0
Vostok Script error: No such module "flag". R-7 3 2 1 0

By configuration

By spaceport

Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Baikonur Script error: No such module "flag". 38 27 11 0
Cape Canaveral Script error: No such module "flag". 15 13 2 0
Kapustin Yar Script error: No such module "flag". 3 3 0 0
Kennedy Script error: No such module "flag". 4 4 0 0
Plesetsk Script error: No such module "flag". 41 38 3 0
Kagoshima Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
Vandenberg Script error: No such module "flag". 22 20 0 2
Woomera Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0

By orbit

Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved Accidentally
Achieved 		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

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  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "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 Script error: No such module "webarchive".>.
  3. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ a b c d e f g h Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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Generic references: Script error: No such module "navbar".
Script error: No such module "portal-inline".
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Timeline of spaceflight
1969 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Orbital launches in 1969

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