1964 in spaceflight (January–March)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (April–June), 1964 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1964 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.

Launches

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

January

4 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test4 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
6 January[1] Nike Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM test6 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 January
00:00:10[1]
UGM-27 Polaris A3 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test8 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 January
13:15[1]
Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy8 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
9 January
05:22
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
NRC Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research
9 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
9 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test9 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test9 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
10 January LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test10 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 January
20:07[2]
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
Poppy 3 (NRL-PL 135) US Navy/NRL Low Earth ELINTIn orbitSuccessful
GGSE-1 NRL Low Earth Gravity gradient stabilizationIn orbitSuccessful
Solrad 7A NRL Low Earth RadiationIn orbitSuccessful
SECOR-1 (EGRS-1) US Army Low Earth GeodesyIn orbitSuccessful
NRL Composite 4
12 January
00:26
Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy12 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
12 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test12 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
13 January
16:30:04
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test13 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 January
21:50:01
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test13 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
13 January
23:39:00
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test13 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
14 January
06:05
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
NRC Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research
14 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
14 January Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight14 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 292 kilometres (181 mi)
14 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test14 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 January
20:30:19
LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight15 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 January
22:34
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy15 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 45 kilometres (28 mi)
15 January
22:40
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy15 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
16 January
04:28:58
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test16 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 908 kilometres (564 mi)
16 January
05:00
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy16 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
16 January
11:34
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy16 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 January LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test16 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 January
00:29:59
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test17 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 January
05:01
Javelin Wallops Island NASA
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy17 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 925 kilometres (575 mi)
19 January
10:59:54
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 US Air Force
OPS 3367A (DMSP-3A F1/P-35 #6) US Air Force Low Earth WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
OPS 3367B (DMSP-3A F2/P-35 #7) US Air Force Low Earth WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
20 January
17:02:01
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test20 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 January
18:00
Black Brant II Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight20 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
20 January
21:15
Black Brant II Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight20 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
21 January
21:14:59
Delta B Cape Canaveral LC-17B US Air Force
Relay 2 (A-16) NASA Medium Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
22 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 JanuaryLaunch failure
22 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
22 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
23 January
18:25
Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy23 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
23 January
18:36
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy23 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 21 kilometres (13 mi)
23 January Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
NASA Suborbital Test flight23 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
23 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test23 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 January LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test23 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 January
00:16
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy24 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
24 January
01:30
UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-04 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test24 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 January
05:30
Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric25 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
25 January
13:59:04
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
Echo 2 NASA/Unknown Low Earth Communications7 June 1969Successful
25 January R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 JanuaryLaunch failure
25 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
26 January
16:47:03
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test26 JanuaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
26 January
19:59:03
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test26 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
27 January
04:30
Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric27 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
28 January
19:00
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight28 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
28 January
23:01:38
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test28 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 January Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy28 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
29 January
03:09
Aerobee-300A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy29 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 309 kilometres (192 mi)
29 January
04:11
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy29 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
29 January
04:18
Nike-Cajun Ascension NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy29 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
29 January
10:00
Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric29 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
29 January
16:25:01
Saturn I Cape Canaveral LC-37B NASA
Jupiter nosecone NASA Low Earth Test flight30 AprilSuccessful
First all-up test and orbital launch of the Saturn I
29 January
22:17
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy29 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
29 January LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test29 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 January
21:51:02
Vostok-K Baikonur Site 1/5
Elektron 1 Medium Earth RadiationIn orbitSuccessful
Elektron 2 Highly elliptical Radiation27 April 1997Successful
30 January
15:49:09
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
Ranger 6 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor2 February
09:24:32
Spacecraft failure
Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis, camera failed to return imagery
31 January
13:30
Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric31 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
31 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test31 JanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
January Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetJanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetJanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile testJanuarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)

February

1 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test1 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
2 February R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
2 February R-16U Baikonur Site 60/8 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
2 February R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test2 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
3 February
16:41:07
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS James Monroe, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test3 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 February
01:05
Skylark-5C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Aeronomy4 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
4 February
01:35:00
Nike-Apache Ascension NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy4 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
4 February
01:46
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy4 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
4 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test4 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
5 February
00:39
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy5 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
5 February
03:20
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy5 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
5 February
06:00
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test5 FebruaryLaunch failure
6 February Honest John-Nike-Nike Point Arguello LC-A NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar6 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
6 February R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test6 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
8 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test8 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 February
04:12
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill US Air Force
Utah Suborbital Ionospheric
Auroral
9 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
9 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy9 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
10 February Athena RTV Green River Pad 2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test10 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
10 February Dragon Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
DMA Suborbital Test flight10 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 470 kilometres (290 mi)
11 February
18:06
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test11 FebruaryLaunch failure
11 February UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-06 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test11 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 February
19:59:40
SM-65E Atlas Vandenberg LC-576F Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test12 FebruaryLaunch failure
12 February
20:30
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
12 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
12 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
12 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy12 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 February
01:36:22
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test13 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 February
04:29
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy13 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February
04:30
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy13 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February
04:55
Nike-Cajun Ascension NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy13 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February
05:00
Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy13 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test13 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
13 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy13 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
14 February
04:37
Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNES Suborbital Aeronomy14 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
14 February
07:47
Thor DSV-2J Johnston LE-1 US Air Force
Douglas Suborbital ABM test14 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test14 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 February
04:37
Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNES Suborbital Aeronomy15 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
15 February
21:38
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
OPS 3444 (KH-4A #1004) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging9 MarchSuccessful
SRV 629 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnFebruarySuccessful
SRV 628 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnFebruarySuccessful
17 February
10:00
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NRL
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy17 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 268 kilometres (167 mi)
17 February
16:15
LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test17 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 February
17:03:04
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS James Monroe, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test17 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 February
21:50
Nike-Apache White Sands US Air Force/ERDA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy18 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
18 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test18 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
19 February
05:47:40
Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Venera 3MV-1 #2 Intended: Heliocentric Venus flybyIn orbitLaunch failure
Second stage malfunctioned
19 February
15:15:07
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test19 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 906 kilometres (563 mi)
19 February
21:30
Nike-Cajun White Sands US Air Force/ERDA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy19 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
20 February
03:00
Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight20 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
20 February
07:23
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral20 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test20 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test20 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test20 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test20 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 February
14:57
MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test24 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 February
00:17
MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test25 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 February
02:00
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test25 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 February
02:45
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test25 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 February
13:26
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 25 (DS-P1 #4) Low Earth Radar target
Technology
21 NovemberSuccessful
25 February
18:59:47
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 2423 (KH-7 #4005/AFP-206 SV-955) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging1 MarchSuccessful
25 February
20:22
SM-65E Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-11 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test25 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
25 February MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test25 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
26 February
01:29:58
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test26 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 February
20:14:44
LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test26 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 February
21:18
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy26 FebruaryLaunch failure
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
26 February R-16U Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test26 FebruaryLaunch failure
27 February
02:30:28
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test27 FebruaryLaunch failure
28 February
02:04:14
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test28 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 February
03:20
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
OPS 3722 (Ferret #5/Samos-F3 #1) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth ELINT19 February 1969Successful
28 February MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test28 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 February
05:32
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral29 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
29 February UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-04 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test29 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 February UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-05 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test29 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 February R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test29 FebruarySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)

March

1 March
06:40
Thor DSV-2J Johnston LE-1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital ABM test1 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 674 kilometres (419 mi)
2 March
16:30:03
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test2 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 March R-16U Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test3 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
4 March
09:53
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy4 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
4 March R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test4 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
4 March R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test4 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
6 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test6 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 March
02:45
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy7 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
10 March
02:06
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
Southampton
ICST
UCL
Suborbital GR astronomy
Solar
10 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
10 March R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test10 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
10 March Tomahawk Tonopah Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy10 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
11 March
12:30:05
UGM-27 Polaris A3 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test11 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March
18:00
Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric11 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March
20:14:24
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 3435 (KH-7 #4006/AFP-206 SV-956) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging16 MarchSuccessful
11 March Hammaguira Bacchus ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight11 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
11 March Black Knight 201 Woomera LA-5 RAE
RAE Suborbital REV Test11 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
11 March R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test11 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 March
02:07
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
Southampton
ICST
UCL
Suborbital GR astronomy
Solar
12 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 176 kilometres (109 mi)
12 March
02:58:40
Nike-Apache Andøya NDRE
NASA Suborbital Auroral
Plasma
Solar
12 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
12 March
04:20
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight12 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
13 March
11:40:56
XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior Cape Canaveral LC-18A US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Magnetospheric13 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 600 kilometres (370 mi)
13 March
17:04:47
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test13 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 March
18:20
Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy13 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
13 March R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test13 MarchLaunch failure
13 March LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test13 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 March Honest John-Nike-Nike Point Arguello LC-A NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar14 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
15 March
02:44
Nike-Apache Andøya NDRE
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric
Plasma
15 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi)
15 March
14:12:54
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test15 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 278 kilometres (173 mi)
15 March Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test15 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March
16:30:14
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 March
19:29
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NOTS
US Navy Suborbital Radiation16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Henry Clay, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test16 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 March
06:11
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Rice Suborbital Auroral18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
18 March
15:07
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 26 (DS-MG #1) Low Earth Technology28 SeptemberSuccessful
18 March Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy18 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 315 kilometres (196 mi)
19 March
11:13:41
Delta B Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
BE-A (S-66) NASA Intended: Low Earth Ionospheric19 MarchLaunch failure
Final flight of Delta B, third stage produced insufficient thrust, failed to orbit
19 March
15:42
Nike-Apache Andøya NDRE
NDRE/BERG Suborbital Ionospheric
Plasma
Solar
19 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
20 March
05:23
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Rice Suborbital Auroral20 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
20 March
17:20:11
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test20 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 March UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Henry Clay, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test20 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 March
08:15:35
Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Luna E-6 #6 Intended: Highly elliptical Lunar flyby21 MarchLaunch failure
Luna E-6 #6 SA Intended: Highly elliptical
Achieved: Low Earth
Lunar lander
Failed to orbit
23 March
10:37
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Rice Suborbital Auroral23 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 153 kilometres (95 mi)
23 March
20:41:57
LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight23 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 March Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy23 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
23 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test23 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 March
04:22:54
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
24 March
22:22:48
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 3467 (KH-4A #1003) US Air Force/NRO Intended: Low Earth Optical imaging24 MarchLaunch failure
SRV 631 US Air Force/NRO Intended: Low Earth Film return
SRV 630 US Air Force/NRO Intended: Low Earth Film return
Failed to orbit
24 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test24 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
25 March
03:25
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
25 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test25 MarchLaunch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
25 March Nike-Apache Santa Rita CRA
CRA Suborbital Test flight25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 March MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test25 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 March
03:30
Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral26 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
26 March UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-05 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test26 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 March R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test26 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
27 March
03:24:42
Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 27 (Venera 3MV-1 #3) Intended: Heliocentric
Achieved: Low Earth
Venus flyby29 MarchLaunch failure
Kosmos 27 SA Intended: Heliocentric
Achieved: Low Earth
Venus lander
Upper stage attitude control system failure
27 March
17:25:23
Scout X-3 Wallops Island LA-3 NASA
Ariel 2 (UK-C/UK-2/S-52) SERC Low Earth Galactic radiation18 November 1967Successful
Final flight of Scout X-3
27 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test27 MarchLaunch failure
28 March MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test28 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
30 March
19:00
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar30 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi)
30 March Nike-Apache Santa Rita CRA
CRA Suborbital Test flight30 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
31 March
02:33:11
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test31 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
31 March
02:33:30
Nike Javelin Cape Canaveral AGPC
AGPC Suborbital Test flight31 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 131 kilometres (81 mi)
31 March UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-04 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test31 MarchSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
March Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetMarchSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

References

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 Spaceflight portal
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Footnotes

  1. Wade, Mark. "Chronology - Quarter 1 1964". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
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