1964 in spaceflight (July–September)
Appearance
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 | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
July | |||||||
1 July 11:16 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 9 July | Successful | |||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
2 July 00:24:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
2 July 21:00 |
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CBAL | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 July | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
2 July 23:59:56 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | ELINT | 7 August 1969 | Successful | ||
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 July | ||||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
6 July 18:51:18 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 8 July | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | 3 January 1965 | Successful | ||
6 July 19:23 |
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CNES/Liège | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi) | |||||||
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Sandia | Suborbital | Solar | 6 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 288 kilometres (179 mi) | |||||||
7 July 19:00 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
7 July 19:30 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 July | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | |||||||
7 July 22:43 |
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NRL | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 7 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi) | |||||||
7 July 23:02 |
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DND/DoD | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
8 July 19:15:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
8 July 19:22 |
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CNES/Liège | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi) | |||||||
8 July 20:15:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
8 July 21:16:02 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
8 July 21:23 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 8 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 July | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
9 July 04:13 |
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Rice | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi) | |||||||
9 July 08:39 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi) | |||||||
9 July 19:00 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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PLA | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
10 July 21:51:02 |
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Medium Earth | Radiation | In orbit | Successful | |||
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Highly elliptical | Radiation | 12 October 1983 | Successful | |||
Final flight of Vostok-K | |||||||
10 July 23:15 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 6 August | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | July | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | July | Successful | ||
Last launch from Point Arguello | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
11 July 02:02 |
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Tokai | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 11 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 857 kilometres (533 mi) | |||||||
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PLA | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
13 July 03:04 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 13 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
14 July 03:00 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 14 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
15 July 00:58 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi) | |||||||
15 July 02:19 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi) | |||||||
15 July 04:09 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | |||||||
15 July 08:00 |
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Urbana-Champaign | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi) | |||||||
15 July 08:05 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
15 July 09:06 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi) | |||||||
15 July 09:20 |
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Urbana-Champaign | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi) | |||||||
15 July 10:25 |
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Urbana-Champaign | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi) | |||||||
15 July 11:31 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 23 July | Successful | |||
15 July 17:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 15 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
16 July 02:13 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi) | |||||||
16 July 05:30 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi) | |||||||
16 July 16:22 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 16 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi) | |||||||
16 July 16:54:04 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
16 July 17:24:07 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 July | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
17 July 05:15 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi) | |||||||
17 July 08:22 |
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US Air Force | High Earth | Nuclear test detection Radiation research |
In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | High Earth | Nuclear test detection Radiation research |
In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Highly elliptical | Particle research | 5 February 1966 | Successful | ||
17 July 08:24 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
18 July 04:30 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
18 July 12:22 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi) | |||||||
20 July 10:53 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 20 July | Partial 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 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 20 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 287 kilometres (178 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 July | Launch failure | |||
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LASL | Suborbital | Solar | 21 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
22 July 02:50 |
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STA | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
22 July 08:55 |
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STA | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
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LASL | Suborbital | Solar | 22 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 321 kilometres (199 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
23 July 18:43 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Cosmic ray research | 23 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi) | |||||||
25 July 17:35 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Cosmic ray research | 25 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi) | |||||||
26 July 09:07 |
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ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi) | |||||||
26 July 10:51 |
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TAO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) | |||||||
28 July 16:50:07 |
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NASA | Highly elliptical | Lunar impactor | 31 July 13:25:48 |
Successful | ||
Impacted Mare Nubium | |||||||
28 July 20:06 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
28 July 21:14 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 322 kilometres (200 mi) | |||||||
29 July 09:22:56 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 29 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
29 July 09:30 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
29 July 10:07 |
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ISAS | Suborbital | Cosmic ray research | 29 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
30 July 03:36 |
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Low Earth | Radar target | 28 February 1965 | Successful | |||
30 July 16:30:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
30 July 17:00:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 311 kilometres (193 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
August | |||||||
1 August 05:54:49 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
1 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 440 kilometres (270 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
5 August 02:00:29 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,493 kilometres (928 mi) | |||||||
5 August 17:15 |
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RAE | Suborbital | REV Test | 5 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 602 kilometres (374 mi) | |||||||
5 August 23:15:35 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 1 September | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | August | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | August | Successful | ||
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LASL | Suborbital | Solar | 5 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
6 August 16:30 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
6 August 23:29 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
7 August 00:16 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | |||||||
7 August 01:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi) | |||||||
7 August 20:12 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
7 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 420 kilometres (260 mi) | |||||||
8 August 04:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi) | |||||||
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LASL | Suborbital | Solar | 8 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 307 kilometres (191 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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NASA | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 10 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
11 August 02:00:05 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 August | Launch failure | |||
11 August 05:10 |
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CULH | Suborbital | Solar | 11 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | |||||||
11 August 10:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 11 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
12 August 00:43 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi) | |||||||
12 August 01:11 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | |||||||
12 August 01:49 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi) | |||||||
12 August 02:15 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi) | |||||||
12 August 03:00:12 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
14 August 09:36 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 22 August | Partial spacecraft failure | |||
Film in SA-10 camera broke | |||||||
14 August 22:00:13 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 23 August | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | 8 March 1979 | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D, first Atlas-Agena launch from Vandenberg | |||||||
16 August 00:53 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi) | |||||||
16 August 01:13 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi) | |||||||
16 August 03:15 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi) | |||||||
16 August 05:53 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi) | |||||||
17 August 00:29 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi) | |||||||
17 August 00:49 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi) | |||||||
17 August 12:55 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
18 August 01:15 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi) | |||||||
18 August 01:25 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi) | |||||||
18 August 06:05 |
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NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 18 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi) | |||||||
18 August 09:15 |
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Low Earth | Communications Technology |
8 November | Successful | |||
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Low Earth | Communications Technology |
17 November | Successful | |||
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Low Earth | Communications Technology |
18 November | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Kosmos-1 | |||||||
19 August 12:15:02 |
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NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
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 |
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Wales | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | |||||||
20 August 09:02 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi) | |||||||
20 August 16:30:02 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
21 August 15:45 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 31 March 1965 | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | August | Successful | ||
Final KH-5 flight, film affected by image smearing and a flare, carried Starflash 1B experiment | |||||||
21 August | ![]() |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
22 August 07:12 |
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Molniya | Communications Technology |
9 April 2004 | Spacecraft failure | |||
Communications antenna failed to deploy | |||||||
22 August 10:15 |
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NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 22 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi) | |||||||
22 August 11:02 |
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Low Earth | Communications Technology |
19 December 1965 | Successful | |||
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Low Earth | Communications Technology |
27 December 1965 | Successful | |||
25 August 13:43 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Ionospheric | In orbit | Successful | ||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
26 August 17:01 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 26 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
27 August 09:54:00 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 27 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | |||||||
28 August 07:56:57 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Weather Technology |
16 May 1974 | Partial launch failure | ||
Placed in lower than planned orbit due to premature second stage cutoff during second burn | |||||||
28 August 16:19 |
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Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Vostok-2M | |||||||
29 August 05:30 |
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ASE/MIT | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 29 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi) | |||||||
29 August 09:36:53 |
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EOS WPAT |
Suborbital | Technology | 29 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) | |||||||
31 August 15:46:17 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Target | August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Target | August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
September | |||||||
1 September 09:19 |
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Met Office | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 212 kilometres (132 mi) | |||||||
1 September 15:00:06 |
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US Air Force | Intended: Low Earth | Test flight | 1 September | Launch failure | |||
Maiden flight of Titan IIIA, upper stage pressurisation system failed | |||||||
1 September | ![]() |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
2 September 03:08 |
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Wisconsin | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 2 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) | |||||||
2 September 16:45 |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 September | Launch failure | |||
4 September 01:20 |
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RAE/WRE | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 September | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi) | |||||||
5 September 01:23 |
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NASA | High Earth | Magnetospheric | In orbit | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
Two booms failed to deploy, one blocked a horizon sensor, disabling attitude control system, deactivated on 25 November 1969 | |||||||
5 September 16:30:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
8 September 03:43 |
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ALB | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 8 September | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
9 September 02:13:03 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,495 kilometres (929 mi) | |||||||
10 September | ![]() |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | |||||||
13 September 02:57 |
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FIAN | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
13 September 09:50 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 18 September | Successful | |||
14 September 22:53 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 6 October | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | September | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | September | Successful | ||
15 September 06:59 |
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SASK | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 15 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi) | |||||||
15 September 09:35 |
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KPNO | Suborbital | IR Astronomy | 15 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
15 September 15:27 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 15 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
15 September | ![]() |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
16 September | ![]() |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
17 September 05:56 |
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Wales | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
17 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | |||||||
18 September 16:22:43 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Test flight | 22 September 07:20 |
Successful | ||
Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft | |||||||
18 September 17:17 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi) | |||||||
18 September 17:25 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
18 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi) | |||||||
21 September 16:30:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
22 September 13:10 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 22 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
23 September 22:06 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 September | Successful | ||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
24 September 04:42 |
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RSRS | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
24 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) | |||||||
24 September 05:56:15 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi) | |||||||
24 September 12:00 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 2 October | Successful | |||
24 September 16:04:15 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | |||||||
25 September 04:03:33 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 25 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
26 September 02:15 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 26 September | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
26 September 03:50 |
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AN | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 26 September | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
26 September 12:04 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 26 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
28 September 16:30:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
29 September 04:31 |
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RSRS | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
29 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi) | |||||||
29 September 21:22:49 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 September | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
29 September | ![]() |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Target | September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
September | ![]() |
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US Army | Suborbital | Target | September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
September | ![]() |
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DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
September | ![]() |
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DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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DASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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WRE | Suborbital | Test flight | 3rd Quarter | Launch failure | |||
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WRE | Suborbital | Test flight | 3rd Quarter | Launch failure |
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