1964 in spaceflight (July–September)

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

July

1 July
11:16
Voskhod Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 34 (Zenit-4 #3) Low Earth Optical imaging9 JulySuccessful
1 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test1 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
1 July R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test1 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
2 July
00:24:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test2 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 July
21:00
Black Brant IVA Churchill CARDE
CBAL Suborbital Test flight2 JulyLaunch failure
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
2 July
23:59:56
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
OPS 3395 (Ferret #6/Samos-F3 #2) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth ELINT7 August 1969Successful
2 July Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy2 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi)
2 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test2 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 July Nike-Apache White Sands US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy5 July
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
6 July
18:51:18
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 3684 (KH-7 #4009/AFP-206 SV-959) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging8 JulySuccessful
OPS 4923 (SSF-A #3/EHH A3) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth SIGINT3 January 1965Successful
6 July
19:23
Skylark-7C Salto di Quirra ESRO
CNES/Liège Suborbital Aeronomy6 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
6 July Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Solar6 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 288 kilometres (179 mi)
7 July
19:00
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test7 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 July
19:30
UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-05 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test7 JulyLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
7 July
22:43
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NRL
NRL Suborbital XR astronomy7 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi)
7 July
23:02
Martlet 2 Barbados DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy7 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi)
7 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test7 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 July
19:15:03
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS John Adams (SSBN-620), ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test8 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July
19:22
Skylark-7C Salto di Quirra ESRO
CNES/Liège Suborbital Aeronomy8 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi)
8 July
20:15:03
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS John Adams, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test8 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July
21:16:02
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS John Adams, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test8 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July
21:23
Athena RTV Green River Pad 1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test8 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
8 July Terrier-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy8 JulyLaunch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
8 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test8 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 July
04:13
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Rice Suborbital Aeronomy9 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
9 July
08:39
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy9 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
9 July
19:00
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test9 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 July Dong Feng 2 Jiuquan LA-3 PLA
PLA Suborbital Missile test9 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 July
21:51:02
Vostok-K Baikonur Site 1/5
Elektron 3 Medium Earth RadiationIn orbitSuccessful
Elektron 4 Highly elliptical Radiation12 October 1983Successful
Final flight of Vostok-K
10 July
23:15
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 3491 (KH-4A #1008) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging6 AugustSuccessful
SRV 640 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnJulySuccessful
SRV 641 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnJulySuccessful
Last launch from Point Arguello
10 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test10 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 July
02:02
Lambda 3 Kagoshima LA-L ISAS
Tokai Suborbital Ionospheric11 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 857 kilometres (533 mi)
11 July Dong Feng 2 Jiuquan LA-3 PLA
PLA Suborbital Missile test11 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 July
03:04
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy13 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
13 July LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test13 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 July
03:00
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy14 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
14 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test14 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 July
00:58
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July
02:19
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
15 July
04:09
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July
08:00
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
15 July
08:05
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
15 July
09:06
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July
09:20
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
15 July
10:25
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi)
15 July
11:31
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 35 (Zenit-2 #21) Low Earth Optical imaging23 JulySuccessful
15 July
17:30
Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
NASA Suborbital Technology15 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
16 July
02:13
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy16 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
16 July
05:30
HAD Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy16 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
16 July
16:22
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric16 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi)
16 July
16:54:04
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Daniel Boone, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test16 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 July
17:24:07
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Daniel Boone, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test16 JulyLaunch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
17 July
05:15
HAD Carnarvon WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy17 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
17 July
08:22
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Cape Canaveral LC-13 US Air Force
OPS 3662 (Vela 2A) US Air Force High Earth Nuclear test detection
Radiation research
In orbitSuccessful
OPS 3674 (Vela 2B) US Air Force High Earth Nuclear test detection
Radiation research
In orbitSuccessful
ERS-13 US Air Force Highly elliptical Particle research5 February 1966Successful
17 July
08:24
Nike-Apache Cape Canaveral US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy17 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
17 July MGM-31 Pershing I Black Mesa US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test17 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 July R-12 Dvina Sovetskaya Gavan MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test17 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test17 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 July
04:30
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test18 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
18 July
12:22
Astrobee-200 Churchill US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy18 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
20 July
10:53
Scout X-4 Wallops Island LA-3A NASA
SERT-1 NASA Suborbital Technology20 JulyPartial spacecraft failure
Apogee: 4,002 kilometres (2,487 mi), first launch from LA-3A at the Wallops Flight Facility, carried caesium and mercury ion engines, caesium engine failed to start
20 July
17:30
Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
NASA Suborbital Technology20 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 287 kilometres (178 mi)
21 July R-12 Dvina Sovetskaya Gavan MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test21 JulyLaunch failure
21 July Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar21 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
21 July R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test21 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
22 July
02:50
LS-A Niijima STA
STA Suborbital Test flight22 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
22 July
08:55
LS-A Niijima STA
STA Suborbital Test flight22 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
22 July Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar22 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 321 kilometres (199 mi)
22 July MGM-31 Pershing I Black Mesa US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test22 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
23 July
18:43
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Cosmic ray research23 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
25 July
17:35
Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Cosmic ray research25 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
26 July
09:07
Kappa-8L Kagoshima ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Aeronomy26 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
26 July
10:51
Kappa-8L Kagoshima ISAS
TAO Suborbital Aeronomy26 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
27 July UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-06 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test27 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
27 July R-7A Semyorka Baikonur Site 31/6 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test27 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
28 July
16:50:07
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
Ranger 7 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor31 July
13:25:48
Successful
Impacted Mare Nubium
28 July
20:06
Nike-Apache White Sands LC-33 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy28 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 July
21:14
Aerobee-300 Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy28 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 322 kilometres (200 mi)
29 July
09:22:56
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target29 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
29 July
09:30
Nike-Apache White Sands US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy29 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
29 July
10:07
Kappa-9M Kagoshima ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Cosmic ray research29 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
30 July
03:36
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 36 (DS-P1-Yu #1) Low Earth Radar target28 February 1965Successful
30 July
16:30:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Daniel Boone, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test30 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 July
17:00:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Daniel Boone, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test30 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 July Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy30 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 311 kilometres (193 mi)
30 July LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395D Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test30 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
31 July R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test31 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 July R-16U Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test31 JulySuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
July MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile testJulySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
July MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile testJulySuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)

August

1 August
05:54:49
UR-200 Baikonur Site 90/19 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test1 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi)
1 August Dragon Myrdalsandir CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
1 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 440 kilometres (270 mi)
4 August R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test4 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 August
02:00:29
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/22 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test5 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,493 kilometres (928 mi)
5 August
17:15
Black Knight 301 Woomera LA-5 RAE
RAE Suborbital REV Test5 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 602 kilometres (374 mi)
5 August
23:15:35
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
OPS 3042 (KH-4A #1009) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging1 SeptemberSuccessful
SRV 646 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnAugustSuccessful
SRV 647 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnAugustSuccessful
5 August Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar5 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
6 August
16:30
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Tecumseh, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test6 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 August
23:29
Nike-Apache Kronogard NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy6 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
6 August R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test6 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
6 August R-12 Dvina Sovetskaya Gavan MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test6 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 August
00:16
Nike-Cajun Kronogard NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy7 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
7 August
01:00
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy7 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
7 August
20:12
SM-65F Atlas Vandenberg LC-576E Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test7 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
7 August LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test7 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 August Dragon Myrdalsandir CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
7 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 420 kilometres (260 mi)
8 August
04:00
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy8 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
8 August Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar8 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 307 kilometres (191 mi)
9 August R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test9 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
10 August Hydra-Iris USNS Wheeling, PO-6 US Navy
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric10 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 August
02:00:05
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/22 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test11 AugustLaunch failure
11 August
05:10
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
CULH Suborbital Solar11 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
11 August
10:30
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy11 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
11 August LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test11 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 August
00:43
Nike-Apache Kronogard NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy12 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
12 August
01:11
Nike-Cajun Kronogard NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy12 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
12 August
01:49
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy12 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
12 August
02:15
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy12 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
12 August
03:00:12
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test12 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
13 August LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395B Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test13 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 August
09:36
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 37 (Zenit-2 #22) Low Earth Optical imaging22 AugustPartial spacecraft failure
Film in SA-10 camera broke
14 August
22:00:13
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-4 US Air Force
OPS 3802 (KH-7 #4010/AFP-206 SV-960) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging23 AugustSuccessful
OPS 3216 (Hitchhiker 2/P-11 #3) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth SIGINT8 March 1979Successful
Maiden flight of Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D, first Atlas-Agena launch from Vandenberg
16 August
00:53
Nike-Apache Kronogard NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy16 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
16 August
01:13
Nike-Cajun Kronogard NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy16 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
16 August
03:15
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy16 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
16 August
05:53
Nike-Cajun Ascension NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy16 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
17 August
00:29
Nike-Apache Kronogard NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy17 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
17 August
00:49
Nike-Cajun Kronogard NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy17 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
17 August
12:55
Nike-Cajun Ascension NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy17 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
17 August UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-05 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test17 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 August
01:15
Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy18 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
18 August
01:25
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy18 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
18 August
06:05
Scout X-4A Wallops Island LA-3 NASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test18 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi)
18 August
09:15
Kosmos-1 Baikonur Site 41/15
Kosmos 38 (Strela-1 #1) Low Earth Communications
Technology
8 NovemberSuccessful
Kosmos 39 (Strela-1 #2) Low Earth Communications
Technology
17 NovemberSuccessful
Kosmos 40 (Strela-1 #3) Low Earth Communications
Technology
18 NovemberSuccessful
Maiden flight of Kosmos-1
19 August
12:15:02
Delta D Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
Syncom 3 (Syncom C) NASA Geosynchronous CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Maiden flight of Delta D, satellite positioned at 64° West and 180° East in 1964, moved to 25° West in 1965, and 165° East in 1966.
20 August
05:36
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
Wales Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar
20 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
20 August
09:02
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy20 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
20 August
16:30:02
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Tecumseh, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test20 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 August R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test20 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
21 August
15:45
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 US Air Force
OPS 2739 (KH-5 #9064A) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging31 March 1965Partial spacecraft failure
SRV 667 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnAugustSuccessful
Final KH-5 flight, film affected by image smearing and a flare, carried Starflash 1B experiment
21 August LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-08 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test21 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
22 August
07:12
Molniya Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 41 (Molniya-1) Molniya Communications
Technology
9 April 2004Spacecraft failure
Communications antenna failed to deploy
22 August
10:15
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy22 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
22 August
11:02
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 42 (Strela-1 #4) Low Earth Communications
Technology
19 December 1965Successful
Kosmos 43 (Strela-1 #5) Low Earth Communications
Technology
27 December 1965Successful
25 August
13:43
Scout X-4 Vandenberg PALC-D US Air Force
Explorer 20 (IE-A/TOPSI/Top Side Explorer/S-48) NASA Low Earth IonosphericIn orbitSuccessful
25 August LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test25 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 August
17:01
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric26 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
26 August Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy26 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 August R-12 Dvina Sovetskaya Gavan MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test26 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 August
09:54:00
SM-65E Atlas Vandenberg LC-576F Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target27 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
28 August
07:56:57
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
Nimbus 1 (Nimbus A) NASA Low Earth Weather
Technology
16 May 1974Partial launch failure
Placed in lower than planned orbit due to premature second stage cutoff during second burn
28 August
16:19
Vostok-2M Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 44 (Meteor #1) Low Earth WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
Maiden flight of Vostok-2M
29 August
05:30
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
ASE/MIT Suborbital XR astronomy29 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
29 August
09:36:53
Blue Scout Junior SLV-1B Vandenberg PALC-A US Air Force
EOS
WPAT
Suborbital Technology29 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
31 August
15:46:17
SM-65F Atlas Vandenberg LC-576D Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test31 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
August Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetAugustSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
August Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetAugustSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

September

1 September
09:19
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
Met Office Suborbital Aeronomy1 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 212 kilometres (132 mi)
1 September
15:00:06
Titan IIIA Cape Canaveral LC-20 US Air Force
US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Test flight1 SeptemberLaunch failure
Maiden flight of Titan IIIA, upper stage pressurisation system failed
1 September UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-04 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test1 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 September
03:08
Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
Wisconsin Suborbital UV Astronomy2 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
2 September
16:45
R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test2 SeptemberLaunch failure
4 September
01:20
Skylark-5C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight4 SeptemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
5 September
01:23
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Cape Canaveral LC-12 U.S Air Force
OGO-1 (OGO-A) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric research29 August 2020
20:44[1]
Partial spacecraft failure; Successful
Two booms failed to deploy; one blocked a horizon sensor, disabling attitude control system. OGO-1 was put in stand-by mode on 25 November 1969, and the mission was officially terminated on 1 November 1971.
5 September
16:30:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Ulysses S. Grant, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test5 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 September
03:43
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
ALB Suborbital Ionospheric8 SeptemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
8 September UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-06 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test8 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 September
02:13:03
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/22 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test9 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,495 kilometres (929 mi)
10 September LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test10 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 September R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test10 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
11 September R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test11 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
13 September
02:57
R-11A-1 Kapustin Yar RVSN
FIAN Suborbital Test flight13 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 September
09:50
Voskhod Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 45 (Zenit-4 #4) Low Earth Optical imaging18 SeptemberSuccessful
14 September
22:53
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 3497 (KH-4A #1010) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging6 OctoberSuccessful
SRV 644 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnSeptemberSuccessful
SRV 652 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film returnSeptemberSuccessful
15 September
06:59
Black Brant II Churchill NRC
SASK Suborbital Ionospheric15 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
15 September
09:35
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 KPNO
KPNO Suborbital IR Astronomy15 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 September
15:27
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-1 Strategic Air Command
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test15 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
15 September LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-08 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test15 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 September R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test16 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 September
05:56
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
Wales Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar
17 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
18 September
16:22:43
Saturn I Cape Canaveral LC-37B NASA
Apollo A-102 (BP-15) NASA Low Earth Test flight22 September
07:20
Successful
Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft
18 September
17:17
Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy18 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
18 September
17:25
Nike-Apache Cape Canaveral US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
18 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
21 September
16:30:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS Ulysses S. Grant, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test21 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 September LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-09 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test21 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
22 September
13:10
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target22 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
23 September
22:06
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Vandenberg PALC-2-4 US Air Force
OPS 4262 (KH-7 #4011/AFP-206 SV-962) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging28 SeptemberSuccessful
23 September LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test23 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 September
04:42
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RSRS Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar
24 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
24 September
05:56:15
UR-200 Baikonur Site 90/20 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test24 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi)
24 September
12:00
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Kosmos 46 (Zenit-2 #23) Low Earth Optical imaging2 OctoberSuccessful
24 September
16:04:15
LGM-30F Minuteman II Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test24 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 September R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test24 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
25 September
04:03:33
R-36 Baikonur Site 67/22 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 September R-16U Baikonur Site 60/8 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
25 September Tomahawk Wallops Island
Sandia Suborbital Test flight25 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 September
02:15
Athena RTV Green River Pad 2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test26 SeptemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 September
03:50
R-5 VAO Kapustin Yar Site 84 RVSN
AN Suborbital Ionospheric26 SeptemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 September
12:04
Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight26 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
27 September R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test27 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
28 September
16:30:03
UGM-27 Polaris A3 USS James Madison, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test28 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 September
04:31
Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RSRS Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar
29 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
29 September
21:22:49
LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test29 SeptemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
29 September LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test29 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 September R-16U Baikonur Site 60/6 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test29 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
30 September R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test30 SeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
September Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetSeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital TargetSeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September Nike-Javelin White Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital AeronomySeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September Nike-Javelin White Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital AeronomySeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September Nike-Javelin White Sands DASA
DASA Suborbital AeronomySeptemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3rd Quarter Aero High Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Test flight3rd QuarterLaunch failure
3rd Quarter Aero High Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Test flight3rd QuarterLaunch failure

References

Generic references:
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  • Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
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  • Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
  • McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
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Footnotes

  1. Talbert, Tricia (27 August 2020). "NASA's OGO-1 Spacecraft to Return Home over the Weekend". NASA. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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