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| 👁 Image The crew of Apollo 8 were the first humans to witness Earthrise, photographed by William Anders on 24 December 1968 | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 7 January |
| Last | 26 December |
| Total | 128 |
| Successes | 119 |
| Failures | 9 |
| Partial failures | 3 |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Delta M Delta N |
| Retirements | Delta J Kosmos-3 |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 3 |
The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 157 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches, which occurred in 1968.[1] It was the year in which Earth lifeforms first left low Earth orbit, during the successful Soviet Zond 5 mission around the Moon and the Zond 6 lunar mission which crashed upon return. It was also the year that humans first left low Earth orbit, during the successful Apollo 8 mission to the Moon.
Deep space lunar missions
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January | Surveyor 7 | Lunar landing | in the debris from Tycho crater |
| 31 January | Lunar Orbiter 5 | Lunar impact | |
| 10 April | Luna 14 | Lunar orbit insertion | |
| 18 September | Zond 5 | Lunar flyby; first return to Earth after deep-space flight; first Earth life forms to travel around the Moon (two Russian tortoises) | Closest approach: 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) |
| 14 November | Zond 6 | Lunar flyby with turtles, flies, and bacteria | Closest approach: 2,420 kilometres (1,500 mi) |
| 24 December | Apollo 8 | Lunar orbit insertion; first humans to orbit the Moon | |
| 25 December | Apollo 8 | Leaves lunar orbit | Completed 10 orbits |
Orbital launches
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January
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 7 January 06:30 |
👁 United States Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D |
AC-15 | 👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-36A |
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| 👁 United States Surveyor 7 |
NASA | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | 10 January (on Moon) | Successful | ||
| 11 January 16:16 |
👁 United States Delta E1 |
D-56 | 👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2E |
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| 👁 United States Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) |
NASA | Low Earth | Research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 January 12:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 199 (Zenit-2 #58) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 17 January 10:12 |
👁 United States Thor SLV-2A Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 1965 Multigroup 3&Setter 1B-2 |
USAF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 18 January 19:04 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5028 KH-8 4311 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 19 January 22:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 200 (Tselina O #2) |
Low Earth Orbit | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 22 January 22:48:09 |
👁 United States Saturn IB (C-1B) |
👁 United States Cape Canaveral LC-37B |
👁 United States NASA | ||||
| Apollo 5 | NASA | LEO | Test Lunar Module | 12 February 1968 09:59 |
successful | ||
| Minor malfunction of LM descent stage engine, otherwise successful | |||||||
| 24 January 22:26 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-1E |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5028 KH-4A 1045 |
CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States Tivoli 1 |
USAF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
February
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 6 February 08:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 201 (Zenit-4 #38) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 7 February 10:43 |
👁 Soviet Union Molniya-M / Blok L |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union (Ye-6LS No 112) |
Selenocentric | Lunar Orbiter | 7 February | Failure | |||
| 20 February 10:03 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 202 (DS-U2-V #4) |
Low Earth Orbit | Ionospheric research | 24 March | Successful | |||
| 20 February 16:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 203 (Sfera #1) |
Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful | |||
March
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 2 March 03:55 |
👁 United States Scout-A |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-5 |
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| 👁 United States OPS 7034 Transit-O 18 |
USN | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 2 March 18:29 |
👁 Soviet Union Proton K / Blok D |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 81/23 |
MOM | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union Zond 4 (L1 6) |
MOM | Lunar free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | 9 March | Successful | ||
| 4 March 13:06 |
👁 United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D |
👁 United States Cape Canaveral LC-13 |
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| 👁 United States OGO 5 (EGO 3) |
NASA | Low Earth | Research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 5 March 11:20 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 204 (DS-P1-I #3) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 2 March 1969 | Successful | |||
| 5 March 12:30 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 205 (Zenit-2 #59) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 5 March 18:28 |
👁 United States Scout-B |
👁 United States Wallops LA-3 |
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| 👁 United States Explorer 37 (Solrad 9) |
NASA | Low Earth | Research | 16 November 1990 | Successful | ||
| 6 March 11:02 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union (DS-U1-Ya #1) |
Low Earth Orbit | Magnetosphere research | 6 March | Failure | |||
| 13 March 19:51 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5057 KH-8 4312 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 14 March 09:34 |
👁 Soviet Union Vostok-2M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 206 (Meteor-1 #9) |
Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | 22 April 1989 | Successful | |||
| 14 March 22:00 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-1E |
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| 👁 United States OPS 4849 KH-4A 1046 |
CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 7076 Lampan 1 / Sampan 2 |
USAF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 March 12:30 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 207 (Zenit-4 #39) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 21 March 09:50 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 208 (Zenit-2M #1,Gektor #1) & Nauka-1KS 1L |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 22 March 09:30 |
👁 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2A |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/19 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 209 (US-AO #4) |
Low Earth Orbit | US-A prototype | In orbit | Successful | |||
April
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 3 April 11:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 210 (Zenit-2 #60) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 4 April 12:00:02 |
👁 United States Saturn V (C-5) |
👁 United States LC-39A, Kennedy |
👁 United States NASA | ||||
| 👁 United States Apollo 6 |
NASA | Low Earth (achieved) TLI to direct return abort (planned) |
Test CSM heat shield at Lunar return speeds. Test S-IVB re-ignition in LEO. | 4 April 1968 21:57:26 |
Partial failure | ||
| Experienced Pogo oscillation during S-IC first stage ascent. S-IVB failed restart test. | |||||||
| 6 April 09:59 |
👁 United States Atlas F OV1 |
👁 United States Vandenberg LC-576A2 |
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| 👁 United States OV1 13 |
USAF | Low Earth | Radiation belt research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States OV1 14 |
USAF | Low Earth | Radiation belt research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 7 April 10:09 |
👁 Soviet Union Molniya-M / Blok L |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Luna 14 |
Selenocentric | Lunar Orbiter | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 9 April 11:26 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 211 (DS-P1-Yu #12) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 14 April 10:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Soyuz |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 212 (Soyuz Test #5) |
Low Earth Orbit | Test spacecraft | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 15 April 09:34 |
👁 Soviet Union Soyuz |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 213 (Soyuz Test #6) |
Low Earth Orbit | Test spacecraft | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 17 April 17:00 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5105 KH-8 4313 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 18 April 10:30 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 214 (Zenit-4 #40) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 18 April 22:29 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 215 (DS-U1-A #1) |
Low Earth Orbit | Aeronomy | 30 June | Successful | |||
| 20 April 10:30 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 216 (Zenit-2 #61) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 21 April 04:20 |
👁 Soviet Union Molniya-M / Blok ML |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Molniya-1 08 |
Molniya orbit | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 22 April 23:01 |
👁 Soviet Union Proton K / Blok D |
👁 Soviet Union Pad 81/23, Baikonur |
MOM | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union Zond (L1 7) |
MOM | Lunar Free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | 22 April | Failure | ||
| 24 April 16:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2A |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/19 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 217 (I2M #1) |
Low Earth Orbit | ASAT target | 26 April | Partial failure | |||
| The satellite did not separate from the upper stage and was placed into lower than planned orbit | |||||||
| 25 April 00:45 |
👁 Soviet Union R-36-O |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 162/36 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 218 (OGCh #17) |
RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 25 April | Successful | ||
| 26 April 04:42 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 219 (DS-U2-D #2) |
Low Earth Orbit | Magnetosphere research | 2 March 1969 | Successful | |||
May
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 1 May 21:31 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-3W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 1413 KH-4B 1103 |
Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 7 May 13:57 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 3M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 220 (Zaliv #2) |
Low Earth Orbit | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 17 May 02:06 |
👁 United States Scout B |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-5 |
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| 👁 European Union ESRO 2B (Iris 2) |
ESRO | Low Earth Orbit | Research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 18 May 08:23 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2E |
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| 👁 United States Nimbus B |
NASA/NOAA | Low Earth | Meteorology | 18 May | Failure | ||
| 👁 United States SECOR 10 |
US Army | Low Earth | Geodesy | 18 May | Failure | ||
| 23 May 04:38 |
👁 United States Thor LV-2F Burner 2 |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-10W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 7869 DMSP-4B F1 |
USAF | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 24 May 07:04 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 221 (DS-P1-Yu #13) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 30 May 20:29 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 222 (DS-P1-Yu #14) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
June
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 1 June 10:50 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 223 (Zenit-2 #62) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 4 June 06:45 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 224 (Zenit-4 #41) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 4 June 18:45 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Sfera #2 |
Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | 4 June | Failure | |||
| 5 June 17:33 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5138 KH-8 4314 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 11 June 21:29 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 225 (DS-U1-Ya #2) |
Low Earth Orbit | Magnetosphere research | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 12 June 13:14 |
👁 Soviet Union Vostok-2M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 226 (Meteor-1 #10) |
Low Earth Orbit | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 13 June 14:03:00 |
👁 United States Titan IIIC |
👁 United States Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-41 |
👁 United States USAF | ||||
| 👁 United States OPS 9341 IDCSP 20 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 9342 IDCSP 21 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 9343 IDCSP 22 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 9344 IDCSP 23 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 9345 IDCSP 24 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 9346 IDCSP 25 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 9347 IDCSP 26 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 9348 IDCSP 27 |
USAF | Sub-GSO | Military communications | In orbit | Success | ||
| 15 June 12:25 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/15 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union (Strela-2 #4) |
Low Earth Orbit | Military communications | 15 June | Failure | |||
| 18 June 06:15 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 227 (Zenit-4 #42) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 20 June 21:46 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-1E |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5343 KH-4A 1047 |
Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 👁 United States OPS 5259 Tripos 3/Sousea 2 |
USAF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 21 June 12:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 228 (Zenit-2M #2,Gektor #2&Nauka-1KS 2L) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 26 June 11:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 229 (Zenit-4 #43) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
July
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 4 July 17:26 |
👁 United States Delta J |
D-57 | 👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2E |
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| 👁 United States Explorer 38 (RAE A) |
NASA | Low Earth | Research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 5 July 06:59 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 230 (DS-U3-S #2) |
Low Earth Orbit | Solar research | 2 November | Successful | |||
| 5 July 15:25 |
👁 Soviet Union Molniya-M / Blok ML |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Molniya-1 09 |
Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 10 July 19:49 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 231 (Zenit-2 #63) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 11 July 19:30 |
👁 United States Atlas F OV1 |
👁 United States Vandenberg LC576A2 |
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| 👁 United States OV1 15 (SPADES) |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States OV1 16 (LOADS 1) |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 July 13:10 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 232 (Zenit-4 #44) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 18 July 19:59 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 233 (DS-P1-Yu #15) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 30 July 07:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 234 (Zenit-4 #45) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
August
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 6 August 11:08 |
👁 United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D |
👁 United States Cape Canaveral LC-13 |
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| 👁 United States OPS 2222 Canyon 1 |
USAF | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 6 August 16:30 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5187 KH-8 4315 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 7 August 21:36 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-3W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5955 KH-4B 1104 |
Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 8 August 20:12 |
👁 United States Scout B |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-5 |
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| 👁 United States Explorer 39 (AD C) |
NASA | Low Earth | Research | 22 June 1981 | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States Explorer 40 (Injun 5) |
NASA | Low Earth | Research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 9 August 07:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 235 (Zenit-2 #64) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 10 August 22:33 |
👁 United States Atlas-SLV3 Centaur-D |
AC-17 | 👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-36A |
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| 👁 United States ATS-4 |
NASA | Geosynchronous (planned) Low Earth orbit (achieved) |
Communications/Meteorology | 17 October | Partial failure | ||
| Centaur failed to restart, payload inserted into lower than planned orbit | |||||||
| 16 August 11:24 |
👁 United States Delta N |
D-58 | 👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2E |
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| 👁 United States ESSA-7 |
ESSA | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 August 20:57 |
👁 United States Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2 |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-3E |
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| 👁 United States Orbiscal 1 |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | 16 August | Failure | ||
| 👁 United States OV5 8 (ERS 19) |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | ||||
| 👁 United States Gridsphere 1 |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | ||||
| 👁 United States Gridsphere 2 |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | ||||
| 👁 United States MylarBalloon |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | ||||
| 👁 United States Rigidsphere |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | ||||
| 👁 United States LCS 3 |
MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Low Earth | Calibration | ||||
| 👁 United States LIDOS |
USAF | Low Earth | Geodesy | ||||
| 👁 United States SECOR 11 |
US Army | Low Earth | Geodesy | ||||
| 👁 United States SECOR 12 |
US Army | Low Earth | Geodesy | ||||
| 👁 United States Radcat |
Low Earth | Calibration | |||||
| 👁 United States RM 18 & UVR |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | ||||
| Payload fairing failed to separate | |||||||
| 27 August 11:29 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3 |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 41/15 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 236 (Strela-2 #5) |
Low Earth Orbit | Military communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 27 August 12:29 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 237 (Zenit-4 #46) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 28 August 10:04 |
👁 Soviet Union Soyuz |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 238 (Soyuz Test #7) |
Low Earth Orbit | Test spacecraft | 1 September 09:03 |
Successful | |||
September
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 5 September 07:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 239 (Zenit-4 #47) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 10 September 18:30 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5247 KH-8 4316 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 14 September 06:50 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 240 (Zenit-2 #65) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 14 September 21:42 |
👁 Soviet Union Proton K / Blok D |
👁 Soviet Union Pad 81/23, Baikonur |
MOM | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union Zond 5 (L1 9) |
MOM | Lunar Free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | 21 September 16:08 |
Successful | ||
| 16 September 12:30 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Site 41/1, Plesetsk |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 241 (Zenit-4 #48) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 18 September 21:32 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-1E |
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| 👁 United States OPS 0165 KH-4A 1048 |
Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 👁 United States OPS 8595 Vampan 1 |
USAF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 19 September 00:09 |
👁 United States Delta M |
D-59 | 👁 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
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| 👁 United Nations Intelsat III F1 |
Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | 19 September | Failure | ||
| 20 September 14:39 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 242 (DS-P1-I #4) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 23 September 07:39 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 243 (Zenit-2M #3,Gektor #3 & Nauka-2KS 1L) |
Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 26 September 07:37 |
👁 United States Titan IIIC |
👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 |
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| 👁 United States LES 6 |
USAF | Geosynchronous | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States OV2 5 |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States OV5 2 (ERS 21) |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States OV5 4 (ERS 28) |
USAF | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
October
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 2 October 13:35 |
👁 Soviet Union R-36-O |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 161/35 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 244 (OGCh #20) |
RVSN | Low Earth Orbit | FOBS test | 2 October | Successful | ||
| 3 October 12:58 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 245 (DS-P1-Yu #16) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 3 October 20:49 |
👁 United States Scout-B |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-5 |
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| 👁 European Union ESRO 1A (Aurorae) |
ESRO | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 5 October 00:32 |
👁 Soviet Union Molniya-M / Blok ML |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Molniya-1 10 |
Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 5 October 11:16 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-1W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 0964 Strawman 1 |
USAF | Low Earth | ELINT, SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 7 October 12:05 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 246 (Zenit-4 #49) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 11 October 12:05 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 247 (Zenit-2 #66) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 11 October 1968 15:02 |
👁 United States Saturn IB (C-1B) |
👁 United States LC-34, Cape Canaveral |
👁 United States NASA | ||||
| 👁 United States Apollo 7 |
NASA | LEO | Crewed orbital flight | 22 October 1968 11:11:48 |
Successful | ||
| First crewed Apollo flight | |||||||
| 19 October 04:20 |
👁 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2A |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/19 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 248 (I2M #2) |
Low Earth Orbit | ASAT target | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 20 October 04:02 |
👁 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2A |
👁 Soviet Union Site 90/20, Baikonur |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 249 (I2P #1) |
Low Earth Orbit | ASAT test | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 23 October 04:34 |
👁 United States Thor LV-2F Burner 2 |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-10W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 4078 DSMP-4B F2 |
Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 25 October 09:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Soyuz |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
👁 Soviet Union RVSN | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union Soyuz 2 |
Low Earth orbit | Docking target for Soyuz 3 | 28 October 1968 07:21 |
Successful | |||
| Soyuz 3 failed to dock | |||||||
| 26 October 08:34 |
👁 Soviet Union Soyuz |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
👁 Soviet Union RVSN | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union Soyuz 3 |
Low Earth orbit | Crewed orbital flight | 30 October 1968 07:25:03 |
Partial Failure | |||
| Failed to dock with Soyuz 2 | |||||||
| 30 October 22:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 250 (Tselina-O #3) |
Low Earth Orbit | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 31 October 09:14 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 251 (Zenit-4M #1,Rotor #1) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
November
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 1 November 00:27 |
👁 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2A |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/20 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 252 (I2P #2) |
Low Earth Orbit | ASAT | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 3 November 21:30 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-3W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 1315 KH-4B 1105 |
Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 6 November 19:10 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 5296 KH-8 4317 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 8 November 09:46 |
👁 United States Delta E1 |
D-60 | 👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-17B |
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| 👁 United States Pioneer 9 |
NASA | Heliocentric | Solar Orbiter | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States TTS 2 |
NASA | Low Earth | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 10 November 19:11 |
👁 Soviet Union Proton K / Blok D |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 81/23 |
MOM | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union Zond 6 (L1 12) |
MOM | Lunar Free-return | Prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P/Zond | 17 November 14:10 |
Successful | ||
| 13 November 12:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 253 (Zenit-2 #67) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 November 11:40 |
👁 Soviet Union Proton K |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 81/24 |
MOM | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union Proton 4 |
MOM | Low Earth | Cosmic ray research | 24 July 1969 | Successful | ||
| 21 November 12:10 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 254 (Zenit-4 #50) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 29 November 12:40 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 255 (Zenit-2 #68) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 29 November 23:12 |
👁 European Union Europa 1 |
F7 | 👁 Australia Woomera Test Range LA-6A |
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| 👁 European Union STV 1 |
ELDO | Low Earth Orbit | Dummy Payload | 29 November | Failure | ||
| Third stage failure after separation | |||||||
| 30 November 12:00 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 256 (Sfera #3) |
Low Earth Orbit | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful | |||
December
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 3 December 14:52 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 257 (DS-P1-Yu #17) |
Low Earth Orbit | Radar calibration | 5 March 1969 | Successful | |||
| 4 December 19:23 |
👁 United States Titan IIIB Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-4W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 6518 KH-8 4318 |
USAF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Failure | ||
| 5 December 18:55 |
👁 United States Delta E1 |
D-61 | 👁 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17B |
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| 👁 European Union HEOS 1 |
ESRO | Low Earth | Research | 28 October 1975 | Successful | ||
| 7 December 08:40 |
👁 United States Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D |
AC-16 | 👁 United States Cape Canaveral LC-36B |
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| 👁 United States OAO 2 |
NASA | Low Earth | UV astronomy | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 10 December 08:25 |
👁 Soviet Union Voskhod |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 258 (Zenit-2 #69) |
GRU | Low Earth Orbit | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 12 December 22:22 |
👁 United States Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-3W |
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| 👁 United States OPS 4740 KH-4A 1049 |
CIA | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 👁 United States OPS 7684 P-801 1 |
USAF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 14 December 05:09 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 259 (DS-U2-I #3) |
Low Earth Orbit | Ionosphere research | 5 May 1969 | Successful | |||
| 15 December 17:21 |
👁 United States Delta N |
👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2E |
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| 👁 United States ESSA-8 |
ESSA | SSO | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 16 December 09:15 |
👁 Soviet Union Molniya-M / Blok ML |
👁 Soviet Union Site 1/5, Baikonur |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 260 (Molniya-1 Yu 15L) |
Molniya | Technology Demonstration | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 19 December 00:32 |
👁 United States Delta M |
D-63 | 👁 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
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| 👁 United Nations Intelsat III F2 |
Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 19 December 23:55 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 261 (DS-U2-GK #1) |
Low Earth Orbit | Aeronomy, auroral research | 12 February 1969 | Successful | |||
| 21 December 12:51 |
👁 United States Saturn V (C-5) |
👁 United States LC-39A, Kennedy |
👁 United States NASA | ||||
| 👁 United States Apollo 8 |
NASA | Selenocentric | Crewed lunar orbiter | 27 December 1968 15:51:42 |
Successful | ||
| 👁 United States LTA B |
NASA | Selenocentric | Mass Model | In orbit | Successful | ||
| First crewed mission to the Moon | |||||||
| 26 December 09:45 |
👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-2 |
👁 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos 262 (DS-U2-GF #1) |
Low Earth Orbit | Solar research | 18 July 1969 | Successful | |||
Suborbital Launches
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[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 28 March | 👁 Soviet Union Kosmos-3 |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 41/15 |
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| 👁 Soviet Union VKZ #2 |
Suborbital | Aeronomy, ionosphere and radiation belt research | 28 March | Successful | |||
| Launched on the strictly vertical trajectory. Apogee: about 4,000 km | |||||||
| 20 May 22:05 |
👁 Soviet Union R-36-O |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 162/36 |
👁 Soviet Union RVSN | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union OGCh #18 |
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 May | Successful | ||
| 27 May 23:15 |
👁 Soviet Union R-36-O |
👁 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 161/35 |
👁 Soviet Union RVSN | ||||
| 👁 Soviet Union OGCh #19 |
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 May | Successful | ||
| 8 August[2] | 👁 China T-7/GF-01A |
👁 China Jiuquan |
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| 👁 China |
CAST | Suborbital | Test flight | 8 August | Successful | ||
| Test of high-altitude ignition of the FG-02 solid rocket motor. Apogee: 311 km | |||||||
| 20 August[2] | 👁 China T-7/GF-01A |
👁 China Jiuquan |
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| 👁 China |
CAST | Suborbital | Test flight | 20 August | Successful | ||
| Test of high-altitude ignition of the FG-02 solid rocket motor. Apogee: 311 km | |||||||
Orbital launch summary
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