1965 in spaceflight (April–June)

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

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
April
1 April 02:07	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 April	Successful
		Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
2 April 13:22	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-31		NASA

			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	2 April	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
3 April 12:54	Skylark-7			Salto di Quirra		ESRO

			UCL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 April	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
3 April 21:25	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force

		OPS 4682 (SNAPSHOT)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		SECOR-4 (EGRS-4)	US Army	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
		SNAPSHOT carried prototype nuclear reactor and secondary experiment which failed within an hour of activation, spacecraft operated for 43 days
3 April 21:59	Nike-Apache			Fort Churchill		NASA

			Rice	Suborbital	Plasma research	3 April	Successful
		Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
4 April 16:06:35	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-32		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 April	Successful
		Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
5 April 07:20	Thor DSV-2J			Johnston LE-2		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM test	5 April	Successful
		Apogee: 826 kilometres (513 mi)
5 April 13:45:53	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-33		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	5 April	Successful
		Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
5 April 19:42	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-34		NASA

			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	5 April	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
6 April 13:34:59	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576B-1		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	6 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
6 April 16:34:05	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-35		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 April	Successful
		Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi)
6 April 23:47:50	Delta D			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		NASA

		Intelsat I F1 (Early Bird)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		First commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, ceased operations on 31 March 1971, final flight of Delta D
9 April 01:01	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			CULH	Suborbital	Solar	9 April	Successful
		Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
9 April 18:10:37	XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr			Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	9 April	Successful
		Apogee: 25,422 kilometres (15,796 mi)
9 April 19:18:15	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-36		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	9 April	Successful
		Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
9 April 20:26:10	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-37		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 April	Successful
		Apogee: 147 kilometres (91 mi)
10 April 08:10	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-09		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 April	Molniya			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Luna E-6 #8		Intended: Highly elliptical	Lunar lander	10 April	Launch failure
		Third stage engine failure due to tank depressurisation, failed to orbit
12 April 14:47	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Solar	12 April	Successful
		Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
12 April 17:14:02	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-38		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	12 April	Successful
		Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
12 April 18:37	Nike-Iroquois			Eglin		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Test flight	12 April	Successful
		Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
12 April	R-16U			Baikonur Site 60/6		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	12 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
13 April 04:05:06	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 April	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 April 16:00:09	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 April	Successful
		Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
13 April 17:10	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39		NASA

			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	13 April	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April 19:06	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-40		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 April	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April 21:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	13 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 April 21:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	13 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 April 06:09:19	UGM-27 Polaris A1			Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 April	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
14 April 14:39	Journeyman			Wallops Island		NASA

			Minnesota	Suborbital	Plasma research	14 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,660 kilometres (1,030 mi)
15 April 10:45	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			Minnesota	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 April	Successful
		Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
15 April 16:00:04	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-41		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 April	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 April 18:02	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-42		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 April	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 April 19:19:55	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395C		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	16 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 April	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 April	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 April 09:50	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 65 (Zenit-4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	25 April	Successful
19 April 02:20	UR-100			Baikonur Site 130		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	19 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 April 15:40	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL

			NRL	Suborbital	Solar	20 April	Successful
		Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
21 April 11:02	Black Knight 301			Woomera LA-5		RAE

			UCL	Suborbital	REV test Ionospheric	21 April	Successful
		Apogee: 651 kilometres (405 mi)
22 April 05:14	Black Brant III			Fort Churchill		NRCC

			NRCC	Suborbital	Auroral Ionospheric	22 April	Successful
		Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi)
22 April	R-5A Pobeda			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 April	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
23 April 01:55	Molniya			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Molniya 1-01		Molniya	Communications	16 August 1979	Successful
23 April 03:01	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 April	Successful
		Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi)
23 April 04:02	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 April	Successful
		Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
24 April 05:15	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	24 April	Launch failure
		Apogee: 82 kilometres (51 mi)
24 April 10:00:25	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
24 April	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 April	R-5A Pobeda			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 April 14:13	R-5A Pobeda			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 April	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
27 April 05:00	R-36			Baikonur Site 140/18		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	27 April	Successful
		Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
27 April 06:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL

			NRL	Suborbital	XR astronomy	27 April	Successful
		Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
28 April 20:17	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force

		OPS 4983 (KH-7 #17/AFP-206)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 May	Successful
		OPS 6717 (EHH B1)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	ELINT[1]	31 October 1969	Successful
28 April 22:27	Nike-Cajun			Point Barrow		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 April	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 April 23:57	Centaure 1			Thumba		ISRO

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	28 April	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
28 April	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 April	Launch failure
29 April 09:03	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL/QUB	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Launch failure
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 April 11:09	Skylark-7			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
		Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi)
29 April 12:25	Skylark-7			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
		Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
29 April 13:56	Skylark-7			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
		Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
29 April 14:17:00	Scout X-4			Wallops Island LA-3A		NASA

		Explorer 27 (BE-C)	NASA	Low Earth	Ionospheric/Geodesy	20 July 1973	Successful
29 April 16:19	Skylark-7			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 April 17:32	Nike-Cajun			Sonmiani		NASA

			SUPA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 April 17:56	Skylark-7			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
		Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
29 April 20:40	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
		Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
29 April 21:44:56	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-1-1		US Air Force

		OPS 5023 (KH-4A #1019)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 May	Successful
		SRV 626	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	May	Successful
		SRV 627	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	8 June	Spacecraft failure
		Second SRV failed to deorbit
30 April 19:05:07	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395D		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	30 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 April 22:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	30 April	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
April	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	April	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May
1 May 23:43	Centaure 1			Thumba		ISRO

			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	1 May	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
3 May 18:23	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 May	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 May 05:54	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	4 May	Successful
		Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
4 May 07:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL

			NRL	Suborbital	IR Astronomy	4 May	Launch failure
		Apogee: 17 kilometres (11 mi)
5 May 03:23	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	5 May	Successful
		Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
6 May 15:00:03	Titan IIIA			Cape Canaveral LC-20		US Air Force

		LES-2	Lincoln	Highly elliptical	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		LCS-1	Lincoln	Medium Earth	Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
		LES-2 used Star-13A motor used raise orbit from MEO. Final flight of Titan IIIA
7 May 09:50	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 66 (Zenit-2 #27)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 May	Spacecraft failure
		Parachute failed to deploy
8 May 01:59:59	LGM-30F Minuteman II			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	8 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 May 07:49:37	Molniya-M			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Luna 5		Highly elliptical	Lunar lander	12 May 19:10	Spacecraft failure
		Retrorockets malfunctioned, spacecraft crashed on landing
10 May 07:30	HAD			North Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
		Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
10 May 10:20	HAD			North Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
		Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
10 May 13:20	HAD			North Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
		Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
10 May 16:20	HAD			North Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
		Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi)
10 May 19:20	HAD			North Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
		Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
10 May	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-09		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 May 00:45	HAD			North Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
		Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
11 May 03:10	HAD			North Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
		Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
11 May 08:39	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
		Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
11 May 20:40	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			UCL/QUB	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
		Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
12 May 12:30	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	12 May	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 May 16:02:35	XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr			Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	12 May	Successful
		Apogee: 13,586 kilometres (8,442 mi)
13 May 16:05	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	13 May	Successful
		Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
13 May	Emeraude VE121			Hammaguira Brigitte		CNES

			CNES	Suborbital	Missile test	13 May	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 May 05:00	R-36			Baikonur Site 140/18		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Successful
		Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
18 May 18:02:18	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force

		OPS 8431 (KH-4A #1021)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 June	Successful
		SRV 674	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	May	Successful
		SRV 670	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	May/June	Successful
		Aft camera shut down prematurely
18 May	Topaze VE111L			Hammaguira Brigitte		ONERA

			ONERA	Suborbital	Test flight	18 May	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 May	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-07		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
19 May 05:25	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	19 May	Successful
		Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
19 May 13:00	R-13			K-170, Barents Sea		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	19 May	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
19 May 20:11:00	Javelin			Wallops Island		NASA

			PSU	Suborbital	Ionospheric	19 May	Successful
		Apogee: 947 kilometres (588 mi)
20 May 03:45	UR-100			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	20 May	Launch failure
20 May 16:30:53	Thor LV-2D Burner-1			Vandenberg LC-4300B-6		US Air Force

		OPS 8386 (DMSP-3B F3/DAPP 12)	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Weather	9 March 2012	Successful
		Maiden flight of Thor LV-2D Burner-1
21 May 23:53:25	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395B		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	21 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 May	Topaze VE111L			Hammaguira Brigitte		ONERA

			ONERA	Suborbital	Test flight	21 May	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 May 02:02:01	Nike-Apache			Ascension		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 May	Successful
		Apogee: 147 kilometres (91 mi)
22 May 06:29	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/3		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 May	Successful
		Apogee: 920 kilometres (570 mi)
22 May 14:00:00	Nike-Apache			Ascension		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 May	Successful
		Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
22 May 21:55:00	SM-65D Atlas			Cape Canaveral LC-12		NASA

		FIRE 2	NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	22 May	Successful
		Apogee: 817 kilometres (508 mi)
24 May 10:00	R-13			Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 May	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 May 07:35:01	Saturn I			Cape Canaveral LC-37B		NASA

		Apollo BP-26	NASA	Low Earth	Technology	8 July 1989	Successful
		Pegasus 2	NASA	Low Earth	Micrometeoroids	3 November 1979	Successful
		Boilerplate test of Apollo spacecraft, Pegasus ceased operations on 29 August 1968
25 May 10:48	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 67 (Zenit-4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	2 June	Successful
25 May 13:00	R-13			Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 May	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 May 23:20	Exos			Eglin		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Ionospheric	25 May	Successful
		Apogee: 488 kilometres (303 mi)
25 May	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 May	Successful
		Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
25 May	R-5A Pobeda			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 May	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 May 02:00:00	LGM-30F Minuteman II			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 May 13:36	R-13			K-170, Barents Sea		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 May 17:30	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
		Apogee: 231 kilometres (144 mi)
26 May 19:01	Javelin			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 May	Launch failure
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
26 May 23:20	Exos			Eglin		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 May	Successful
		Apogee: 488 kilometres (303 mi)
26 May	MGM-31 Pershing I			Gilson Butte		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 May	R-5A Pobeda			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
27 May 19:30	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force

		OPS 5236 (KH-7 #18/AFP-206)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	1 June	Successful
27 May 23:56	Black Brant II			Fort Churchill		NRCC

			DRTE	Suborbital	Ionospheric	27 May	Launch failure
		Apogee: 27 kilometres (17 mi)
27 May	Veronique 61			Hammaguira Blandine		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Solar	27 May	Launch failure
		Apogee: 70 kilometres (43 mi)
27 May	MGM-31 Pershing I			Gilson Butte		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	27 May	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
28 May 02:23	R-16U			Baikonur Site 60/6		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 May	Successful
		Apogee: 743 kilometres (462 mi)
28 May 02:54:56	SM-65D Atlas D			Vandenberg ABRES-B-3		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	28 May	Launch failure
		OV1-3	US Air Force	Intended: Low Earth	Radiation	28 May	Launch failure
		Rocket exploded two minutes after launch
29 May 12:00:00	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		NASA

		Explorer 28 (IMP-3/IMP-C)	NASA	Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric	5 July 1968	Successful
		Ceased operations on 11 May 1967
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk			Rarotonga		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk			Rarotonga		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk			Rarotonga		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk			Rarotonga		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk			Rarotonga		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
31 May 13:30	R-13			Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	31 May	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
31 May	Rubis			Hammaguira Bacchus		ONERA

			ONERA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	31 May	Successful
		Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
31 May	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	31 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
31 May	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	31 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
May	Nike-Javelin			White Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	May	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May	Trailblazer 2			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	May	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
June
2 June 06:22	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			Princeton	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	2 June	Successful
		Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
2 June 10:19	Nike-Cajun			Eglin		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 June	Successful
		Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
2 June 10:30	Nike-Cajun			Eglin		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 June	Successful
		Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
2 June 10:40	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	2 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 June 14:19	Black Brant II			Fort Churchill		NRCC

			DRTE	Suborbital	Auroral Ionospheric	2 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
2 June	MGM-31 Pershing I			Gilson Butte		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	2 June	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 June 10:38:09	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg ABRES-B-2		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	3 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
3 June 15:15:59	Titan II GLV			Cape Canaveral LC-19		US Air Force

		Gemini IV	NASA	Low Earth	Technology	7 June 17:12:11	Successful
		Carried two astronauts, Ed White became the first American to perform an EVA
3 June 20:54	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			US Army	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 June	Successful
		Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
3 June 23:57	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 June	Successful
		Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
3 June	Rubis			Hammaguira Bacchus		ONERA

			ONERA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 June	Successful
		Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
4 June 05:35	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 June	Successful
		Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
4 June 07:17	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 June	Successful
		Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
5 June 05:40	Rubis			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNES	Suborbital	Test flight	5 June	Successful
		Apogee: 2,020 kilometres (1,260 mi)
5 June 20:20	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			US Army	Suborbital	Ionospheric	5 June	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
5 June 22:43	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			US Army	Suborbital	Ionospheric	5 June	Successful
		Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
6 June 17:45	Honest John-Nike			Eglin		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	6 June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 June	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	7 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 June 07:40	Molniya-M			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Luna 6		Highly elliptical Later: Heliocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Engine failed to cut off after course correction; spacecraft ended up in heliocentric orbit
8 June 08:31	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 June	Successful
		Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
8 June 15:17:03	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg ABRES-A-1		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	8 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
9 June 08:32	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 June	Successful
		Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
9 June 16:26:15	XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr			Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	9 June	Successful
		Apogee: 17,533 kilometres (10,895 mi)
9 June 21:58:16	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force

		OPS 8425 (KH-4A #1020)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 June	Partial spacecraft failure
		SRV 672	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	June	Successful
		SRV 672	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	June	Successful
		Attitude control problems resulted in second SRV being returned early
10 June 01:57	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 June	Successful
		Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
10 June 03:58	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 June	Successful
		Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
10 June 12:26:40	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg ABRES-A-3		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	10 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
10 June	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 June	Launch failure
		Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
10 June	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	10 June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 June 01:07	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 June	Successful
		Apogee: 108 kilometres (67 mi)
12 June 15:15	Honest John-Nike-Nike			Barking Sands		Sandia

			LRL	Suborbital	XR astronomy	12 June	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
12 June 19:14	Black Brant VB			Fort Churchill		BAL

			BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	12 June	Successful
		Apogee: 378 kilometres (235 mi)
14 June 09:13:30	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	14 June	Successful
		Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
14 June 13:31:30	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395C		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	14 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 June 00:00	Tacite			CEL		ONERA

			ONERA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 June	Successful
		Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
15 June 10:04	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 68 (Zenit-2 #29)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	23 June	Successful
15 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS John Adams (SSBN-620), ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS John Adams, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 June 13:56:04	UGM-27 Polaris A1			Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 June	Successful
		Apogee: 650 kilometres (400 mi)
16 June	MGM-31 Pershing I			Gilson Butte		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	16 June	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 June 21:07	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Fort Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	17 June	Successful
		Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
17 June 21:41:00	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	17 June	Successful
		Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
18 June 08:06:00	Honest John-Nike			Barking Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 June
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 June 14:00:04	Titan IIIC			Cape Canaveral LC-40		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Low Earth	Test flight	21 June	Successful
		Maiden flight of Titan IIIC
18 June 16:12	Black Brant VB			Fort Churchill		BAL

			BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
		Apogee: 364 kilometres (226 mi)
18 June 17:56	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			ESSA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	18 June	Successful
		Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
18 June 23:11	Aerobee 350			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
		Apogee: 374 kilometres (232 mi)
19 June	UR-100			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	19 June	Launch failure
22 June 04:15	Athena RTV			Green River Pad 3		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	22 June	Launch failure
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
22 June 06:00:00	Honest John-Nike			Barking Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 June
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 June 07:37	Athena RTV			Green River Pad 2		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	22 June	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
22 June	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June 01:03	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
23 June 01:59	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
23 June 04:00	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
23 June 08:47	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi)
23 June 08:52	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
23 June 14:32	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		KPNO

			KPNO	Suborbital	Solar	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
23 June 15:47	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Fort Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
23 June	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-09		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1			CERES		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1			CERES		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June 06:07:00	Honest John-Nike			Barking Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 June 22:35:29	Thor DSV-2A Ablestar			Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force

		OPS 8480 (Transit O-4/NNS 30040)	US Navy	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure
		Failed within eleven months due to poorly manufactured components
24 June	Centaure 1			CERES		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June	Centaure 1			Reggane		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June	Centaure 1			CERES		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 June 09:50	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 69 (Zenit-4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 July	Successful
25 June 19:30	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force

		OPS 5501 (KH-7 #19/AFP-206)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	30 June	Successful
		OPS 6749 (EHH B2)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 August 1968	Successful
29 June 12:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 June 17:45	Honest John-Nike-Javelin			Eglin		US Air Force

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 June	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
29 June 19:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 June	Successful
		Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
29 June	R-16U			Baikonur Site 60/7		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Launch failure
29 June	Nike-Javelin			Eglin		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 June	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
30 June 05:33	Journeyman			Wallops Island LA-4		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Radio astronomy	30 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
30 June 14:29:30	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395D		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	30 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 June 14:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Technology	30 June	Successful
		Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
June	Nike-Javelin			White Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Aeronomy	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Aeronomy	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Zeus 3			Kwajalein		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	ABM test	June	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June	Nike-Zeus 3			Kwajalein		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	ABM test	June	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 3			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 3			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

References

Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

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

Низкоорбитальные спутники РТР США (in Russian). SPYSAT. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2010.

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1965 in spaceflight (April–June)

Launches

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May

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References

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