1967 in spaceflight
The year 1967 in spaceflight saw the most orbital launches of the 20th century and more than any other year until 2021, including that of the first Australian satellite, WRESAT, which was launched from the Woomera Test Range atop an American Sparta rocket. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 172 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1967.[1]
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | Intelsat II F-2 |
| Last | CRL AF17.750D |
| National firsts | |
| Satellite | Australia |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Proton-K Saturn V |
The year saw both setbacks and advances for the United States Apollo programme. Three astronauts; Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee, were killed in a fire aboard the AS-204 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 on 27 January whilst rehearsing the launch. On 20 October the Saturn V rocket made its maiden flight.
Orbital Launches
January
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 11 January 10:55[2] |
Delta E1 | LC-17, Cape Canaveral | |||||
| Intelsat II F-2 (Canary Bird) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 14 January 21:28[2] |
Thor-Agena D | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | |||||
| OPS 1664 KH-4A 1038 | CIA | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 2 February 1967 | Successful | ||
| 18 January 14:19[2] |
Titan IIIC | SLC-41, Cape Canaveral | |||||
| IDCSP 8 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 9 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 10 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 11 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 12 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 13 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 14 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 15 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 19 January 12:39[2] |
Vostok-2 | Pu-41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 138 (Zenit-2 #45) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 27 January 1967 | Successful | ||
| 25 January 13:55[2] |
R-36ORB | Pad 164/36, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 139 (OGCh #7) | Low Earth Orbit | Weapon System Test | 27 January 1967 | Successful | |||
| 26 January 17:31[2] |
Delta E | SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB | |||||
| ESSA-4 | ESSA | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 31 January 12:45[2] |
Scout B | SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OV3-5 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Magnetosphere research satellite | 31 January | Failure | ||
February
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 2 February | Atlas-Agena D | SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OPS 4399 KH-7 4036 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | TBA | Successful | ||
| 5 February | Atlas-Agena D | LC-13, Cape Canaveral | NASA | ||||
| Lunar Orbiter 3 | NASA | Low Lunar Orbit | Surface Mapping | TBA | Successful | ||
| 7 February | Soyuz | Pad 1/5 (Gagarin's Start), Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 140 (Soyuz 7K-OK 1) | MOM | Low Earth Orbit | Uncrewed Test Flight | TBA | Successful | ||
| 8 February | Thor-Burner 2 | SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| DSMP-4A F2 | US Air Force | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Meteorology | TBA | Successful | ||
| 8 February | Diamant-A | Hammaguir | CNES | ||||
| Diadème 1 | CNES | Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | TBA | Partial Failure | ||
| 8 February | Voskhod | Pad 41/1, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 141 (Zenit-4 #26) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Optical reconnaissance | TBA | Successful | ||
| 14 February | Kosmos-2 | Pad 86/1, Kapustin Yar | |||||
| Kosmos 142 DS-U2-I #2) | Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Low Earth Orbit | Ionosphere Research | TBA | Successful | ||
| 15 February | Diamant-A | Hammaguir | CNES | ||||
| Diadème 2 | CNES | Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | TBA | Successful | ||
| 22 February | Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OPS 4750 KH-4A 1039 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | TBA | Successful | ||
| 24 February | Titan IIIB Agena-D | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OPS 4204 KH-8 4304 | US Air Force | Low Earth orbit | Optical Reconnaissance | TBA | Successful | ||
| 27 February | Vostok-2 | Gagarin's Start (Pad 1/5), Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 143 (Zenit-2 #46) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Optical reconnaissance | TBA | Partial Failure | ||
| 28 February | Vostok-2M | Pad 41/1, Plestsk | |||||
| Kosmos 144 (Meteor-1 #6) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | TBA | Successful | ||
March
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 3 March 06:44:58 |
Kosmos-2I | Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 | |||||
| Kosmos 145 (DS-U2 M #2) | Planned: Low Earth | Atomic clock test | 8 March 1968 | Successful | |||
| 5 March 23:05 |
Atlas SLV-3 | Cape Canaveral Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3E | |||||
| SV-5D FV-2 | US Air Force | Low Earth | Lifting body reentry test | 5 March | Successful | ||
| Second test of PRIME | |||||||
| 8 March 16:12:00 |
Delta C | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | NASA | ||||
| OSO-3 | NASA | Low Earth | Solar | 4 April 1982 | Successful | ||
| The spacecraft performed normally until the second onboard tape recorder failed in July 1968. The spacecraft was put in standby condition on November 10, 1969, and became inoperable shortly thereafter. | |||||||
| 10 March 11:30 |
Proton K / Blok D | Pad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | ||||
| Kosmos 146 (L1P 2) | MOM | Low Earth orbit | Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P | 18 March 1967 | Successful | ||
| Maiden Flight of the Proton 8K82K (Proton K). | |||||||
| 13 March 12:10:23 |
Vostok-2 | Pu-41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 148 (Zenit-2 #44) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 21 March 1967 | Successful | ||
| 16 March | Kosmos 2 | Site 133/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 148 (DS-P1-1 #2) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | 21 March 1967 | Successful | |||
| 21 March 10:07 |
Kosmos-2I 63SM | Site 86/1 Kapustin Yar | Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | ||||
| Kosmos 149 (DS-MO #1 / Opticheski #1) | Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Low Earth orbit | Test and optical | 7 April | Successful | ||
| Aerodynamic skirt stabiliser test | |||||||
| 22 March | Voskhod | Pu-41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 150 (Zenit-4 #27) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 22 March | R-36-0 | Site 161/35, Baikonur | |||||
| OGCh #8 | Low Earth Orbit | Weapon System Test | In orbit | Failure | |||
| 23 March | Delta E1 | LC-17B, Cape Canaveral | |||||
| Intelsat II F3 (Lani Bird) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| 24 March | Kosmos-3 | Site 41/15, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 151 (Strela-2 #3) | Low Earth Orbit | Military communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 25 March | Kosmos 2 | Site 133/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 152 (DS-P1-Yu #7) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 30 March | Thor-SLV-2A Agena-D | SLC-2W, Vandenberg | |||||
| OPS 4779 (KH-4A 1040) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
April
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 4 April | Vostok-2 | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 153 (Zenit-2 #48) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 6 April | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | LC-12, Cape Canaveral | |||||
| ATS 2 | NASA | Low Earth Orbit | Communications/ Meteorology | In orbit | Failure | ||
| Research payload Module 481 | Low Earth Orbit | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Failure | |||
| 8 April 09:00 |
Proton K / Blok D | Pad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | ||||
| Kosmos 154 (L1P 3) | MOM | Low Earth orbit | Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P | 10 April | Failure | ||
| Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite | |||||||
| 12 April | Voskhod | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 155 (Zenit-4 #28) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 13 April | Lambda 4S | Kagoshima | |||||
| Ohsumi | ISAS | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Failure | ||
| 14 April 03:25 |
Scout A | SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OPS 0100 Transit 15 | US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation Satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 17 April | Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | |||||
| Surveyor 3 | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 20 April | Delta E | Vandenberg SLC-2E | |||||
| ESSA 5 | ESSA | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 23 April 00:35 |
Soyuz (A-10) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | MOM | ||||
| Soyuz 1 | MOM | Low Earth Orbit | Test Soyuz spacecraft | 24 April | Failure | ||
| Solar panels jammed, bad weather prevented Soyuz 2 launch, parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew | |||||||
| 26 April 10:06 |
Scout B | San Marco platform, Formosa Bay, Kenya | CRS | ||||
| San Marco 2 | CRS | Low Earth Orbit | Atmospheric Research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 26 April | Titan IIIB Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4W | |||||
| OPS 4243 KH-8 4305 | USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Failure | ||
| 27 April | Vostok-2M | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 156 (Meteor-1 #7) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 4 April | Titan IIIC | Cape Canaveral LC-41 | |||||
| OPS 6638 Vela 7 | USAF | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| OPS 6679 Vela 8 | USAF | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| ERS-18 ORS-4 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| ERS-20 OV5 3 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| ERS-27 OV5 1 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
May
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 4 May | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-13 | |||||
| Lunar Orbiter 4 | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 5 May 16:00 |
Scout A | SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| Ariel 3 | UK Science Research Council, NASA | Low Earth Orbit | Atmospheric Research | 14 December 1970 | Successful | ||
| 9 May | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-1E | |||||
| OPS 4696 KH-4A 1041 | CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| OPS 1967 Fanion 3 | USAF | Low Earth | SIGNIT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 12 May | Vostok-2 | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 157 (Zenit-2 #49) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 15 May | Kosmos 3M | Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 158 (Zaliv-GVM #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 16 May | Molniya-M / Blok L | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 159 (Ye-6LS No 111) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 17 May | R-36-0 | Site 41/1, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 160 (OGCh #9) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 18 May 09:05 |
Scout A | SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OPS 7218 Transit 16 | US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 22 May | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 161 (Zenit-4 #29) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 22 May | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4E | |||||
| OPS 4321 KH-7 4037 | USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| OPS 5557 LOGACS | USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| May | Delta E1 | Vandenberg SLC-2E | |||||
| Explorer 34 (IMP F) | NASA | Low Earth | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 24 May | Molniya-M | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Molniya-1 05 | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 30 May 02:06 |
Scout B | SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| ESRO 2A | ESRO | Low Earth Orbit | X-Ray Astronomy and Radiation Measurements | 30 May 1967 | Failure | ||
| Third Stage Failure | |||||||
| 31 May | Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-2W | |||||
| Poppy 5A | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Poppy 5B | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Poppy 5C | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Poppy 5D | US Navy | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Timation 1 | Naval Research Laboratory | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Calsphere 3 | Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Calsphere 4 | Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| NRL-PL 150B | Naval Research Laboratory | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| ORS 5712 | USAF | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
June
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 1 June | Voskhod | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 162 (Zenit-4 #30) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 4 June | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4E | |||||
| OPS 4360 KH-7 4038 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 5 June | Kosmos 2 | Kapustin Yar | |||||
| Kosmos 163 (DS-U2-MP #2) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 8 June | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 164 (Zenit-2 #50) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 12 June | Molniya-M / Blok VL | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Venera 4 | Heliocentric | Venus lander | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 12 June | Kosmos 2 | Site 133/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 165 (DS-P1-Yu #8) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 14 June | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-12 | |||||
| Mariner 5 | Heliocentric | Venus flyby | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 16 June | Kosmos 2 | Kapustin Yar | |||||
| Kosmos 166 (DS-U3-S #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 16 June | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-1W | |||||
| OPS 3559 KH-4A 1042 | CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| OPS 1873 Savant 1 | USAF | Low Earth | Signal intelligence | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 17 June | Molniya-M (Blok VL) | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 167 (Venera 5a) | Heliocentric | Venus lander | In orbit | Failure | |||
| 20 June | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 168a (Zenit-4 #31) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Failure | ||
| 20 June | Titan IIIB Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4W | |||||
| OPS 4282 KH-8 4306 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 26 June | Kosmos 3M | Site 132/2, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 168b (Tselina-O-GVM #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Dummy Satellite | In orbit | Failure | |||
| 29 June | Thor-LV2F Burner-2 Star-13A | Vandenberg | |||||
| Aurora 1 | USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| SECOR 9 | US Army | Low Earth | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful | ||
July
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 1 July | Titan IIIC | SLC-41, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | ||||
| DODGE | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Triaxial Gravity Gradient Stabilization, Magnetic Field Measurements, and Earth Imagery | In orbit | Successful | ||
| LES 5 | USAF | Geosynchronous Orbit | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 16 (OPS 9331) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 17 (OPS 9332) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 18 (OPS 9333) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| IDCSP 19-DATS (OPS 9334) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous Orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 4 July | Voskhod | Site 31/6, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 168 (Zenit-2 #51) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Failure | ||
| 14 July | Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | |||||
| Surveyor 4 | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 17 July | R-36-0 | Site 162/36, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 169 (OGCh #10) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 19 July | Delta E1 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | |||||
| Explorer 35 (IMP E) | Low Earth | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 21 July | Voskhod | Site 31/6, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 170 (Zenit-4 #32) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Failure | ||
| 25 July | Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-2W | |||||
| OPS 1879 (Multigroup 2&Setter 1B) | USAF | Low Earth | Signal intelligence | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 27 July | Atlas D | Vandenberg | |||||
| OV1 11 | USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| OV1 12 | USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| OV1 86 | USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 28 July | Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-2E | |||||
| OGO 4 (POGO 2) | NASA | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 31 July | R-36-0 | Site 161/35, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 170 (OGCh #11) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
August
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 1 August | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-13 | |||||
| Lunar Orbiter 5 | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar Orbiter | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 4 August 03:53 |
Europa | LA-6A, Woomera | ELDO | ||||
| N/A | Low Earth Orbit | Test launcher with dummy third stage | N/A | Failure | |||
| Second Stage failed to ignite | |||||||
| 7 August | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-1E | |||||
| OPS 4827 KH-4A | CIA | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 8 August | R-36-0 | Site 162/36, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 171 (OGCh #12) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 9 August | Voskhod | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 172 (Zenit-4 #33) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 August | Titan IIIB Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4W | |||||
| OPS 4886 KH-8 4307 | CIA | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 23 August | Thor LV-2F Burner 2 | Vandenberg | |||||
| OPS 7202 DSMP-4A F3 | CIA | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 24 August | Kosmos 2 | Site 133/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 173 (DS-P1-Yu #9) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 31 August | Molniya-M | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 174 (Molniya 1Yu 11L) | Low Earth Orbit | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
September
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 1 September | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 175 (Zenit-2 #52) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Failure | ||
| 7 September 22:04:26 |
Delta G | SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral | NASA | ||||
| Biosatellite 2 (Bios 2) | NASA | Low Earth Orbit | Biological experiments | 9 September 1967 | Successful | ||
| 8 September | Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral | NASA | ||||
| Surveyor 5 | NASA | Lunar Orbit, Lunar Landing | Unmanned lunar surface exploration | 11 September 1967 | Successful | ||
| 11 September | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 175 (Zenit-4 #34) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 12 September | Kosmos 2 | Site 133/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 176 (DS-P1-Yu #10) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 15 September | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-1W | |||||
| OPS 5089 KH-4B 1101 | USAF | Low Earth | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 16 September | Voskhod | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 177 (Zenit-2 #53) | USAF | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 19 September | R-36-0 | Site 161/35, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 178 (OGCh #13) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 19 September | Titan IIIB Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4W | |||||
| OPS 4941 KH-8 4308 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 22 September | R-36-0 | Site 162/36, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 179 (OGCh #14) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 25 September | Scout A | SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OPS 4947 Transit 17 | US Navy | Low Earth Orbit | Navigation Satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 26 September | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 180 (Zenit-2 #54) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 27 September | Kosmos 3M | Site 132/2, Plesetsk | |||||
| Zaliv-GVM #2 | Low Earth Orbit | Dummy payload | In orbit | Failure | |||
| 27 September 22:11 |
Proton 8K82K (11S824) | Pad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | ||||
| Zond 4a (L1 4) | MOM | Lunar Free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | In orbit | Failure | ||
| First stage failure | |||||||
| 28 September | Delta E1 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | |||||
| Intelsat II F4 (Pacific-2) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
October
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 3 October | Molniya-M | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Molniya-1 06 | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 11 October | Thor LV-2F Burner 2 | Vandenberg | |||||
| OPS 1264 DSAP-4A F4 | In orbit | Successful | |||||
| 11 October | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 181 (Zenit-2 #55) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 October | Voskhod | Site 31/6, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 183 (Zenit-4 #35) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 18 October | R-36-0 | Site 161/35, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 184 (OGCh #15) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 18 October | Delta C | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | |||||
| OSO 4 | NASA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 19 October 17:33 |
Scout B | LA-3A, Wallops Island | US Air Force | ||||
| RAM C-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Technology Demonstration | no | Successful | ||
| 22 October | Molniya-M | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Molniya-1 07 | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 24 October | Vostok-2 | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 184 (Meteor-1 #8) | Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 25 October | Titan IIIB Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4W | |||||
| OPS 4995 KH-8 4309 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 27 October | Tsiklon-2A | Site 90/19, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 185 (I2-BM #1) | Low Earth Orbit | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 27 October | Soyuz | Site 31/6, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 186 (Soyuz Test #3) | Low Earth Orbit | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 28 October | R-36-0 | Site 162/36, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 187 (OGCh #16) | Low Earth Orbit | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 30 October | Soyuz | Site 1/5, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 188 (Soyuz Test #4) | Low Earth Orbit | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 30 October | Kosmos 3M | Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 189 (Tselina O #1) | Low Earth Orbit | SIGNIT | In orbit | Successful | |||
November
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 2 November | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-1E | |||||
| OPS 0562 KH-4A 1044 | CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| Facade | USAF | Low Earth | SIGNIT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 3 November | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 190 (Zenit-4 #36) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 5 November | Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-12 | |||||
| ATS-3 | NASA | Communications / Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 7 November | Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | |||||
| Surveyor 6 | NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 9 November 12:00 |
Saturn V | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | NASA | ||||
| Apollo 4 | NASA | High Earth Orbit | Test Saturn V and Apollo Command Module reentry | 9 November 1967 | Successful | ||
| LTA-10R | NASA | High Earth Orbit | Instrumented dynamic Simulation payload | In orbit | Successful | ||
| Maiden flight of the Saturn V | |||||||
| 10 November | Delta E1 | Vandenberg SLC-2E | |||||
| ESSA 6 | ESSA | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 21 November | Kosmos 2 | Plesetsk Site 133/1 | |||||
| Kosmos 191 (DS-P1-Yu #11) | Low Earth Orbit | Radar Calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 22 November 19:07 |
Proton K / Blok D | Pad 81/23, Baikonur | MOM | ||||
| Zond 4b | MOM | Lunar Free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | In orbit | Failure | ||
| Second stage failure | |||||||
| 23 November | Kosmos 3M | Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 192 (Zaliv #1) | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 25 November | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 193 (Zenit-2 #56) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 29 November | Redstone Sparta | LA-8, Woomera | WRE | ||||
| WRESAT | WRE | Low Earth orbit | Atmospheric experiments | 10 January 1968 | Successful | ||
| First Australian orbital launch | |||||||
December
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 3 December | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 194 (Zenit-4 #37) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 4 December 21:01 |
Europa | LA-6A, Woomera | ELDO | ||||
| N/A | ELDO | Low Earth Orbit | Test launcher with dummy third stage and boilerplate spacecraft | N/A | Failure | ||
| Second Stage failed to separate | |||||||
| 5 December 01:03 |
Scout B | SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ||||
| OV3-06 | US Air Force | Low Earth Orbit | Magnetospheric Research | 9 March 1969 | Successful | ||
| 5 December | Titan IIIB Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-4W | |||||
| OPS 5000 KH-8 4310 | USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 9 December | Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | Vandenberg SLC-1W | |||||
| OPS 1001 KH-4A 1102 | CIA | Low Earth | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 13 December | Delta E1 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | |||||
| Pioneer 8 | NASA | Heliocentric | Solar Orbiter | In orbit | Successful | ||
| TTR | NASA | Heliocentric | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 December | Voskhod | Site 41/1, Plesetsk | |||||
| Kosmos 195 (Zenit-2 #57) | GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 19 December | Kosmos | Kapustin Yar | |||||
| Kosmos 196 (DS-U1-G #2) | Low Earth Orbit | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 26 December | Kosmos 2 | Kapustin Yar | |||||
| Kosmos 197 (DS-U2-V #3) | Low Earth Orbit | In orbit | Successful | ||||
| 27 December | Tsyklon-2A | Site 90/19, Baikonur | |||||
| Kosmos 198 (US-AO #3) | Low Earth Orbit | In orbit | Successful | ||||
Suborbital launches
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
January-December | |||||||
Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 February | Lunar Orbiter 3 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | Returned 182 images |
| 20 April | Surveyor 3 | Lunar landing | in Oceanus Procellarum |
| 8 May | Lunar Orbiter 4 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | Returned 163 images |
| 17 July | Surveyor 4 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted Sinus Medii |
| 22 July | Explorer 35 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | |
| 5 August | Lunar Orbiter 5 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | Returned 213 images |
| 11 September | Surveyor 5 | Lunar landing | in Mare Tranquillitatis |
| 1 October | Lunar Orbiter 2 | Lunar impact | |
| 10 October | Lunar Orbiter 3 | Lunar impact | |
| 18 October | Venera 4 | Venus probe | Atmospheric probe functioned for 94 minutes in the Venerian atmosphere |
| 19 October | Mariner 5 | Flyby of Venus | Closest approach 3,990 kilometres (2,480 mi) |
| 31 October | Lunar Orbiter 4 | Lunar impact | |
| 10 November | Surveyor 6 | Lunar landing | in Sinus Medii |
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