1965 in spaceflight (January–March)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1965. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1965 in spaceflight (April–June), 1965 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1965 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1965 in spaceflight.

Launches

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

January

7 January
03:50
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy7 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
7 January Hydra-Iris USNS Wheeling, AO-5 US Navy
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric
Magnetospheric
7 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
8 January
18:59:54
SM-65F Atlas Vandenberg LC-576G Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test8 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
8 January R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test8 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
11 January
09:36
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 52 (Zenit-2 #26) Low Earth Optical imaging19 JanuarySuccessful
11 January
17:13:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Von Steuben, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test11 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 January
14:32:26
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-1 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target12 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 January
05:02
R-36 Baikonur Site 80/17 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test13 JanuaryLaunch failure
13 January
15:49
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 KPNO
KPNO Suborbital Aeronomy13 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
13 January
17:12
Javelin Wallops Island NASA
PSU Suborbital Ionospheric13 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,006 kilometres (625 mi)
13 January
23:48
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy13 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi)
14 January
12:00
HGM-25A Titan I Vandenberg LC-395A-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test14 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 January
15:00:03
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test15 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
15 January
21:00:44
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
OPS 3928 (KH-4A #1016) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging9 FebruaryPartial spacecraft failure
SRV 665 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return15 January[1]Successful
SRV 666 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return20 January[1]Successful
Camera issues caused some images to appear smeared
15 January Athena RTV Green River Pad 2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test15 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
19 January
05:03:42
Thor LV-2D MG-18 Vandenberg LC-4300B-6 US Air Force
OPS 7040 (DMSP-3B F1/DAPP 10) US Air Force Sun-synchronous Weather13 July 1979Partial spacecraft failure
Thermal regulation problem due to heat shield deployment issues, maiden flight of Thor LV-2D MG-18
19 January
14:04:00
Titan II GLV Cape Canaveral LC-19 NASA
Gemini 2 NASA Suborbital Test flight14:22:14Successful
Apogee: 169 kilometres (105 mi), test of the heat shield on the Gemini spacecraft
20 January LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test20 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 January Tomahawk Tonopah Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy20 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
21 January
20:30
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
NRL Suborbital Solar21 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi)
21 January
21:34:54
SM-65D Atlas D Vandenberg LC-576B-3 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV test28 MaySuccessful
OV1-1 US Air Force Intended: Low Earth RadiationLaunch failure
OV1 pod failed to separate from Atlas
22 January
05:14
Kappa-9M Kagoshima ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Ionospheric22 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
22 January
07:52:00
Delta C Cape Canaveral LC-17A NASA
Tiros 9 (Tiros I/A-54) NASA (1965)
ESSA (1965–1968)
Sun-synchronous WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
Ceased operations on 12 June 1968
22 January
21:46
Black Brant IVA Churchill CARDE
BAL Suborbital Test flight22 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 670 kilometres (420 mi)
23 January
16:30:08
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Sam Rayburn, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test23 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 January
18:15
Black Brant IVA Churchill CARDE
BAL Suborbital Test flight23 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 735 kilometres (457 mi)
23 January
20:09
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 4703 (KH-7 #15/AFP-206 SV-965) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging29 JanuarySuccessful
23 January R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test23 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
25 January
16:00
Black Brant IIB Churchill NRC
BAL Suborbital Test flight25 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)
25 January
20:53
Black Brant IIB Churchill NRC
BAL Suborbital Test flight25 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
26 January
09:40:26
Hydra-Iris USNS Wheeling, AO-6 US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Ionospheric
Magnetospheric
26 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
27 January
20:30
Nike-Cajun Point Barrow NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy27 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 January
21:32
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy27 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
27 January Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight27 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 302 kilometres (188 mi)
28 January
04:24
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy28 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
28 January
12:51:10
XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior Cape Canaveral LC-18A US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Magnetospheric28 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 January MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test28 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 January
01:21:15
LGM-30F Minuteman II Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test29 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 January
05:15
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test30 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
30 January
07:45
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
NRL Suborbital IR Astronomy30 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 211 kilometres (131 mi)
30 January
08:04
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/22 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test30 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,493 kilometres (928 mi)
30 January
09:36
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
Kosmos 53 (DS-A1 #5) Low Earth Technology/Radiation12 August 1966Successful
31 January
05:01
Lambda 3 Kagoshima LA-L ISAS
Osaka Suborbital Ionospheric31 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,040 kilometres (650 mi)
January Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital AeronomyJanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital AeronomyJanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testJanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)

February

1 February Nike-Apache Esrange NTNF
NTNF Suborbital Auroral1 FebruaryLaunch failure
1 February Jericho CERES Dassault
Dassault Suborbital Missile test1 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 February
06:30
Athena RTV Green River Pad 2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test2 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
2 February
09:57
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
2 February LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-08 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 February LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 February Nike-Javelin White Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 February Tomahawk Tonopah Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
3 February
16:36:00
Delta C Cape Canaveral LC-17B NASA
OSO-2 (OSO-B2/S-17) NASA Low Earth Solar9 August 1989Successful
Ceased operations on 6 June 1966
3 February
18:08
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research3 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
3 February
22:55
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
Adelaide Suborbital Aeronomy3 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3 February MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test3 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 February MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test3 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 February Tomahawk Tonopah Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy3 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
4 February
04:45
Nike-Cajun Point Barrow NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy4 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
4 February
05:10
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy4 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
4 February
17:34
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy4 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 February
05:01
Kappa-9M Kagoshima ISAS
Osaka Suborbital Ionospheric6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 325 kilometres (202 mi)
6 February
10:02
Kappa-9M Kagoshima ISAS
TAO Suborbital Solar6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
6 February
10:19
Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
6 February UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February
17:25:05
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Sam Rayburn, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test8 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February
22:15
Nike-Cajun Point Barrow NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy8 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
8 February
22:53
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy8 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
8 February
22:58
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy8 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
8 February LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-09 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test8 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 February
15:19:05
Titan IIIA Cape Canaveral LC-20 US Air Force
LES-1 Lincoln Intended: Highly elliptical
Achieved: Medium Earth
TechnologyIn orbitSpacecraft failure
Intentionally launched into medium Earth orbit, spacecraft was to manoeuvre to final orbit by itself using a Star-13A motor, but failed to do so
11 February
17:55
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar11 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test11 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 February
12:00:06
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 February Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
DS-P1-Yu #2 Intended: Low Earth Radar target12 FebruaryLaunch failure
Second stage malfunctioned, failed to achieve orbit
12 February Athena RTV Green River Pad 3 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test12 FebruaryLaunch failure
12 February MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 February UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 February UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 February
14:37:03
Saturn I Cape Canaveral LC-37B NASA
Apollo BP-16 NASA Low Earth Technology10 July 1985Successful
Pegasus 1 NASA Low Earth Micrometeoroids17 September 1978Successful
Boilerplate test of Apollo spacecraft, Pegasus ceased operations on 29 August 1968
15 February
16:30:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS John C. Calhoun, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test15 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 February Nike-Apache Esrange NTNF
NTNF Suborbital Auroral15 FebruaryLaunch failure
16 February
05:00
Athena RTV Green River Pad 1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test16 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
17 February
17:05:00
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
Ranger 8 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor20 February
09:57:37
Successful
18 February
20:09
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy18 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
19 February
00:25
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy19 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
19 February
04:51:02
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy19 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 159 kilometres (99 mi)
19 February
04:51:42
Nike-Tomahawk Churchill Sandia
LASL Suborbital Auroral19 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
19 February
09:17:31
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy19 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
20 February
06:30:02
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test20 FebruaryLaunch failure
20 February Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
DS-A1 #6 Intended: Low Earth Technology/Radiation+64 secondsLaunch failure
First stage malfunctioned, failed to achieve orbit
21 February
11:00
Kosmos-1 Baikonur Site 41/15
Kosmos 54 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication15 September 1968Successful
Kosmos 55 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication2 February 1968Successful
Kosmos 56 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication2 November 1967Successful
22 February
07:40:47
Voskhod Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 57 (Voskhod 3KD #1) Low Earth Test flight22 FebruarySpacecraft failure
Accidentally commanded to deorbit and self-destruct shortly after launch
23 February
17:15
Nike-Javelin Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy23 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 February
21:44:55
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 4782 (KH-4A #1017) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging18 MarchPartial spacecraft failure
SRV 623 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnFebruary/MarchSuccessful
SRV 625 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnFebruary/MarchSuccessful
Shutter failed towards end of mission
25 February Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy25 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 February
05:02
Vostok-2M Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 58 (Meteor #2) Low Earth Weather25 February 1990Successful
26 February
11:10
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy26 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 February R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test26 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
27 February
11:11:16
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-1 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital REV Test27 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
27 February
21:00
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy27 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
27 February
21:33
Nike-Cajun USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-1 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy27 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 February
22:30
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric27 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
27 February Emeraude VE121 Hammaguira Brigitte CNES
CNES Suborbital Missile test27 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February
00:21
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
28 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
28 February
03:30
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy28 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
28 February
04:15
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy28 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
28 February
06:00
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy28 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
28 February
09:15
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy28 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February
09:15
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy28 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
28 February
11:30
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric28 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 28 kilometres (17 mi)
28 February
11:30
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy28 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
28 February
12:11
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy28 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 55 kilometres (34 mi)
28 February
13:15
Nike-Apache Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric28 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 28 kilometres (17 mi)
February Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetFebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetFebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February Nike-Javelin White Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital AeronomyFebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

March

1 March
17:18:06
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS John C. Calhoun, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test1 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
1 March
20:43
Nike-Apache Andøya NASA/?
UPP Suborbital Aeronomy1 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi)
2 March
01:10
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-08 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test2 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 March
09:52:31
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target2 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
2 March
13:25
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C Canaveral LC-36A NASA
Surveyor SD-1 NASA Intended: Geosynchronous transfer Technology+2 secondsLaunch failure
Fuel valves closed after launch causing engines to shut down, rocket fell back and exploded on launch pad, final flight of Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C
2 March Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
LASL Suborbital Technology2 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
2 March Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy2 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
3 March
00:09
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar3 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 241 kilometres (150 mi)
3 March
04:42
Skylark 3 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight3 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi)
3 March
14:15:00
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar3 March
Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
3 March
22:28
Nike-Apache Andøya NASA/NTNF
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy3 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 22 kilometres (14 mi)
4 March
18:32
Honest John-Nike-Nike Barking Sands Sandia
NASA Suborbital Test flight4 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
4 March R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test4 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
4 March Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Solar4 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
5 March
00:11
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar5 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
5 March
01:12:59
UGM-27 Polaris A2E Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test5 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 March
11:00:21
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test5 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 March
20:57:50
Nike-Apache Andøya NASA/?
UPP Suborbital Aeronomy5 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
5 March HGM-25A Titan I Vandenberg LC-395A-2 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test5 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 March
03:41
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
Princeton Suborbital UV Astronomy6 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi)
6 March
07:32
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill US Air Force
AFCRL/Utah Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
6 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
6 March Nike-Tomahawk Churchill Sandia
LASL Suborbital Auroral6 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
6 March R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test6 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
7 March
09:07
Voskhod Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 59 (Zenit-4) Low Earth Optical imaging15 MarchSuccessful
Carried prototype Voskhod 3KD airlock
8 March
15:35
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-2 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research8 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
8 March
17:48:08
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-2 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy8 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
8 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test8 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 March
06:26:26
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-3 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy9 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
9 March
16:25
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-4 NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research9 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
9 March
18:29:47
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 US Air Force
GRAB-6 (NRL-PL 142/Poppy 4) NRL Low Earth ELINTIn orbitSuccessful
GGSE-2 NRL Low Earth TechnologyIn orbitSuccessful
GGSE-3 NRL Low Earth TechnologyIn orbitSuccessful
Secor-3 (EGRS-3) US Army Low Earth GeodesyIn orbitSuccessful
SOLRAD 7B NRL Low Earth RadiationIn orbitSuccessful
Surcal 4 (2B) NRL Low Earth Calibration27 March 1981Successful
Dodecapole 1 NRL Low Earth CalibrationIn orbitSuccessful
OSCAR 3 Low Earth Amateur radioIn orbitSuccessful
NRL Composite 5
10 March
16:00
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-5 NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research10 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 March R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test10 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
11 March
09:35:14
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-6 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy11 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi)
11 March
10:38
Nike-Cajun USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-7 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy11 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March
13:39:59
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 7087 (Transit O-3/NNS 30030) US Navy Low Earth Navigation14 JuneSpacecraft failure
Secor-2 (EGRS-2) US Army Low Earth Geodesy26 February 1968Successful
Transit O-3 failed a few weeks after launch
11 March
20:07
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-8 NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy11 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 March
09:30
Molniya-L Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 60 (Luna E-6 #9) Intended: Highly elliptical
Achieved: Low Earth
Lunar lander17 MarchLaunch failure
Escape stage engine failed to ignite due to power system malfunction
12 March
13:30
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-9 NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research12 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi)
12 March
16:00
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-9 NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research12 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
12 March
19:25
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 4920 (KH-7 #16/AFP-206 SV-966) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging17 MarchSuccessful
12 March
23:21:52
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital REV Test12 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 March Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy12 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
13 March
03:38
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy13 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
13 March
03:55
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Astronomy13 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
13 March
07:42
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill US Air Force
AFCRL/Utah Suborbital Meteoroid research
Auroral
13 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
13 March
08:20:31
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test13 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
15 March
11:00
Kosmos-1 Baikonur Site 41/15
Kosmos 61 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication15 January 1968Successful
Kosmos 62 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication24 September 1968Successful
Kosmos 63 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication4 November 1967Successful
15 March
18:22:02
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Nathanael Greene, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test15 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 March
19:09:01
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Nathanael Greene, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test15 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 March
20:41
Nike-Apache Andøya NASA/NTNF
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric
Auroral
15 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 35 kilometres (22 mi)
16 March
16:15
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-10 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
16 March
16:51
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-11 NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 March
15:10
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
ASE Suborbital Solar17 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
17 March
18:08
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL/ROE/Sheffield Suborbital UV astronomy17 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 19 kilometres (12 mi)
17 March
21:30
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
U of Toronto Suborbital Aeronomy17 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 153 kilometres (95 mi)
18 March
04:43:46
Thor LV-2D MG-18 Vandenberg LC-4300B-6 US Air Force
OPS 7353 (DMSP-3B F2/DAPP 11) US Air Force Sun-synchronous Weather31 December 1989Successful
Final flight of Thor LV-2D MG-18
18 March
06:04
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-12 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
18 March
06:41
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-13 NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 March
07:00:00
Voskhod Baikonur Site 1/5
Voskhod 2 Low Earth Technology19 March
09:02:17
Successful
Manned flight with two cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov became the first man to perform an extra-vehicular activity
18 March
10:07
Lambda 3 Kagoshima LA-L ISAS
Nagasaki/Tokyo Suborbital XR astronomy18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,085 kilometres (674 mi)
18 March
16:01
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-14 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi)
18 March
16:38
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-15 NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 March
20:43
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
UT Dallas Suborbital Aeronomy18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
19 March
03:00
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy19 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
19 March
06:24
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
SASK Suborbital Fields research19 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
19 March
18:09
Nike-Tomahawk Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy19 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 315 kilometres (196 mi)
20 March
05:42
Aerobee-300 Wallops Island NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy20 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 326 kilometres (203 mi)
20 March
13:20:09
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-16 NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric20 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
20 March
16:28
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-17 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric20 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
20 March
17:04:13
Nike-Cajun USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-18 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric20 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
21 March
21:37:02
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
Ranger 9 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor24 March
14:08:20
Successful
Final flight of Atlas LV-3A Agena-B
21 March
23:08
Blue Streak Woomera LA-6A ELDO
ELDO Suborbital 21 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 263 kilometres (163 mi)
22 March
07:44
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-19 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric22 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
22 March
08:49:10
Nike-Cajun USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-20 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric22 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
22 March
22:19
Nike-Apache Andøya NASA/NTNF
NICP/KGO Suborbital Aeronomy22 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
22 March R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
23 March
09:31:09
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-18 NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric23 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
23 March
14:24:00
Titan II GLV Cape Canaveral LC-19 US Air Force
Gemini III NASA Low Earth Test flight19:16:31Successful
Carried two astronauts, first manned Gemini mission
24 March
01:24
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
24 March
05:03
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
24 March
06:40
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
NRC Suborbital Fields research24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
24 March
16:34
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-22 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 March
17:07
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-23 NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 March
00:06
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
UCL/ROE/Sheffield Suborbital UV Astronomy
Ionospheric
25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
25 March
02:15:16
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395B Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 March
05:34
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
NRC Suborbital Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research
25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
25 March
10:04
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 64 (Zenit-2 #17) Low Earth Optical imaging2 AprilSuccessful
25 March
11:21
Kappa-9M Kagoshima ISAS
TAO Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
25 March
16:00
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-24 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 March
21:11:17
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
OPS 4803 (KH-4A #1018) US Air Force/NRO Sun-synchronous Optical imaging5 AprilSuccessful
SRV 668 US Air Force/NRO Sun-synchronous Film returnMarchSuccessful
SRV 669 US Air Force/NRO Sun-synchronous Film returnMarch/AprilSuccessful
25 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 March
09:01:11
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test26 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 March
15:41
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-25 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research26 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
26 March
16:13
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-26 NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric26 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test26 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 March
03:00
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-27 NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric27 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 March
05:01
Kappa-9M Kagoshima ISAS
Tokyo Suborbital Ionospheric27 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
27 March
06:20
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy27 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
27 March
18:08
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-28 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research27 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 March
07:01
Kappa-9M Kagoshima ISAS
Kyoto Suborbital Ionospheric
Plasma
28 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 349 kilometres (217 mi)
28 March
15:50
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-29 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric28 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi)
29 March
00:02
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy29 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
29 March
02:20
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy29 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
29 March
15:47
Nike-Apache USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-30 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research29 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
29 March
15:47
Nike-Cajun USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-30 NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research29 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
29 March
18:30:07
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Nathanael Greene, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test29 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 March
05:50
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy
UV astronomy
30 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)
30 March
09:30
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy30 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
30 March
16:09:31
XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr Cape Canaveral LC-18A US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Magnetospheric30 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 12,067 kilometres (7,498 mi)
30 March R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test30 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
31 March
14:34
Skylark-7 Salto di Quirra ESRO
UCL Suborbital Ionospheric31 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 45 kilometres (28 mi)
March Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetMarchSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetMarchSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March Nike-Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM testMarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
March Nike-Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM testMarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)

References

Generic references:
 Spaceflight portal
  • Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
  • Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
  • Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
  • Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
  • Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
  • McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
  • Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
  • Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
  • Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
  • Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
  • "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
  • "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Footnotes

  1. "Satellite Operations for January 1965" (PDF). NRO. 8 February 1965. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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