1964 in spaceflight (January–March)

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

Launches


Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
4 January	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
6 January^[1]	Nike Zeus 3			Kwajalein		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	ABM test	6 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 January 00:00:10^[1]	UGM-27 Polaris A3			Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 January 13:15^[1]	Nike-Apache			Thumba		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 January	Successful
		Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
9 January 05:22	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC

			NRC	Suborbital	Auroral Ionospheric Micrometeoroid research	9 January	Successful
		Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
9 January	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	9 January	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 January	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	9 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
10 January	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-07		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 January 20:07^[2]	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force

		Poppy 3 (NRL-PL 135)	US Navy/NRL	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
		GGSE-1	NRL	Low Earth	Gravity gradient stabilization	In orbit	Successful
		Solrad 7A	NRL	Low Earth	Radiation	In orbit	Successful
		SECOR-1 (EGRS-1)	US Army	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
		NRL Composite 4
12 January 00:26	Nike-Apache			Thumba		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 January	Successful
		Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
12 January	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	12 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
13 January 16:30:04	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	13 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 January 21:50:01	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	13 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
13 January 23:39:00	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	13 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
14 January 06:05	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC

			NRC	Suborbital	Auroral Ionospheric Micrometeoroid research	14 January	Successful
		Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
14 January	Nike-Tomahawk 9A			Barking Sands		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Test flight	14 January	Successful
		Apogee: 292 kilometres (181 mi)
14 January	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 January	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 January 20:30:19	LGM-25C Titan II			Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Test flight	15 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 January 22:34	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 45 kilometres (28 mi)
15 January 22:40	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 January	Successful
		Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
16 January 04:28:58	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/21		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
		Apogee: 908 kilometres (564 mi)
16 January 05:00	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 January	Successful
		Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
16 January 11:34	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 January	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 January 00:29:59	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	17 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 January 05:01	Javelin			Wallops Island		NASA

			NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 January	Successful
		Apogee: 925 kilometres (575 mi)
19 January 10:59:54	Thor SLV-2 Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-1-2		US Air Force

		OPS 3367A (DMSP-3A F1/P-35 #6)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 3367B (DMSP-3A F2/P-35 #7)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
20 January 17:02:01	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USNS Observation Island, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 January 18:00	Black Brant II			Churchill		CARDE

			CARDE	Suborbital	Test flight	20 January	Successful
		Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
20 January 21:15	Black Brant II			Churchill		CARDE

			CARDE	Suborbital	Test flight	20 January	Successful
		Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
21 January 21:14:59	Delta B			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force

		Relay 2 (A-16)	NASA	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
22 January	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 January	Launch failure
22 January	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
22 January	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
23 January 18:25	Nike-Cajun			Kwajalein		US Navy

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
23 January 18:36	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 21 kilometres (13 mi)
23 January	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	23 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
23 January	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 January	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395C		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 January 00:16	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 January	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
24 January 01:30	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-04		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	24 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 January 05:30	Nike-Apache			Thumba		NASA

			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	25 January	Successful
		Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
25 January 13:59:04	Thor SLV-2 Agena-B			Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force

		Echo 2	NASA/Unknown	Low Earth	Communications	7 June 1969	Successful
25 January	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/21		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Launch failure
25 January	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
26 January 16:47:03	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	26 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
26 January 19:59:03	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
27 January 04:30	Nike-Apache			Thumba		NASA

			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	27 January	Successful
		Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
28 January 19:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
28 January 23:01:38	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 January	Nike-Tomahawk 9A			Barking Sands		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
29 January 03:09	Aerobee-300A			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 309 kilometres (192 mi)
29 January 04:11	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
29 January 04:18	Nike-Cajun			Ascension		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
29 January 10:00	Nike-Apache			Thumba		NASA

			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
29 January 16:25:01	Saturn I			Cape Canaveral LC-37B		NASA

		Jupiter nosecone	NASA	Low Earth	Test flight	30 April	Successful
		First all-up test and orbital launch of the Saturn I
29 January 22:17	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
29 January	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 January 21:51:02	Vostok-K			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Elektron 1		Medium Earth	Radiation	In orbit	Successful
		Elektron 2		Highly elliptical	Radiation	27 April 1997	Successful
30 January 15:49:09	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B			Cape Canaveral LC-12		US Air Force

		Ranger 6	NASA	Highly elliptical	Lunar impactor	2 February 09:24:32	Spacecraft failure
		Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis, camera failed to return imagery
31 January 13:30	Nike-Apache			Thumba		NASA

			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
31 January	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
January	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

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

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	January	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	January	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
February
1 February	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	1 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
2 February	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
2 February	R-16U			Baikonur Site 60/8		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
2 February	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
3 February 16:41:07	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS James Monroe, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	3 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 February 01:05	Skylark-5C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			RAE/WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
4 February 01:35:00	Nike-Apache			Ascension		NASA

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
4 February 01:46	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
4 February				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
5 February 00:39	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	5 February	Successful
		Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
5 February 03:20	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	5 February	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
5 February 06:00	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	5 February	Launch failure
6 February	Honest John-Nike-Nike			Point Arguello LC-A		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Solar	6 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
6 February	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/3		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
8 February	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	8 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 February 04:12	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Churchill		US Air Force

			Utah	Suborbital	Ionospheric Auroral	9 February	Successful
		Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
9 February	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 February	Successful
		Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
10 February	Athena RTV			Green River Pad 2		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	10 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
10 February	Dragon			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			DMA	Suborbital	Test flight	10 February	Successful
		Apogee: 470 kilometres (290 mi)
11 February 18:06	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Launch failure
11 February	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-06		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 February 19:59:40	SM-65E Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576F		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	12 February	Launch failure
12 February 20:30	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
12 February	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
12 February	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
12 February	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 February 01:36:22	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 February 04:29	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February 04:30	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February 04:55	Nike-Cajun			Ascension		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February 05:00	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 February	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
13 February	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
14 February 04:37	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNES	Suborbital	Aeronomy	14 February	Successful
		Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
14 February 07:47	Thor DSV-2J			Johnston LE-1		US Air Force

			Douglas	Suborbital	ABM test	14 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 February				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 February 04:37	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES

			CNES	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
15 February 21:38	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force

		OPS 3444 (KH-4A #1004)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	9 March	Successful
		SRV 629	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	February	Successful
		SRV 628	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	February	Successful
17 February 10:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands		NRL

			NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 February	Successful
		Apogee: 268 kilometres (167 mi)
17 February 16:15	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	17 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 February 17:03:04	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS James Monroe, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	17 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 February 21:50	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Air Force/ERDA

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 February	Successful
		Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
18 February	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	18 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
19 February 05:47:40	Molniya-M			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Venera 3MV-1 #2		Intended: Heliocentric	Venus flyby	In orbit	Launch failure
		Second stage malfunctioned
19 February 15:15:07	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/21		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 906 kilometres (563 mi)
19 February 21:30	Nike-Cajun			White Sands		US Air Force/ERDA

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
20 February 03:00	Skylark-7			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			RAE/WRE	Suborbital	Test flight	20 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
20 February 07:23	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Auroral	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
20 February				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 February 14:57	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	24 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 February 00:17	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	25 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 February 02:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	25 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 February 02:45	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	25 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 February 13:26	Kosmos-2I 63S1			Kapustin Yar Mayak-2

		Kosmos 25 (DS-P1 #4)		Low Earth	Radar target Technology	21 November	Successful
25 February 18:59:47	Atlas LV-3A Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-2-3		US Air Force

		OPS 2423 (KH-7 #4005/AFP-206 SV-955)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	1 March	Successful
25 February 20:22	SM-65E Atlas			Cape Canaveral LC-11		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	25 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
25 February	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	25 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
26 February 01:29:58	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 February 20:14:44	LGM-25C Titan II			Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 February 21:18	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Churchill		NASA

			Johns Hopkins	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
26 February	R-16U			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Launch failure
27 February 02:30:28	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/21		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	27 February	Launch failure
28 February 02:04:14	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 February 03:20	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force

		OPS 3722 (Ferret #5/Samos-F3 #1)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	19 February 1969	Successful
28 February	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 February 05:32	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Auroral	29 February	Successful
		Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
29 February	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-04		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	29 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 February	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-05		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	29 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 February	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	29 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
March
1 March 06:40	Thor DSV-2J			Johnston LE-1		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM test	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 674 kilometres (419 mi)
2 March 16:30:03	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 March	R-16U			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
4 March 09:53	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
4 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
4 March	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
6 March	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-07		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	6 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 March 02:45	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 March	Successful
		Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
10 March 02:06	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			Southampton ICST UCL	Suborbital	GR astronomy Solar	10 March	Successful
		Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
10 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	10 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
10 March	Tomahawk			Tonopah		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 March	Successful
		Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
11 March 12:30:05	UGM-27 Polaris A3			Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March 18:00	Nike-Cajun			Eglin		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March 20:14:24	Atlas LV-3A Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-2-3		US Air Force

		OPS 3435 (KH-7 #4006/AFP-206 SV-956)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	16 March	Successful
11 March				Hammaguira Bacchus		ONERA

			ONERA	Suborbital	Test flight	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
11 March	Black Knight 201			Woomera LA-5		RAE

			RAE	Suborbital	REV Test	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
11 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 March 02:07	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			Southampton ICST UCL	Suborbital	GR astronomy Solar	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 176 kilometres (109 mi)
12 March 02:58:40	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NDRE

			NASA	Suborbital	Auroral Plasma Solar	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
12 March 04:20	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
13 March 11:40:56	XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior			Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	13 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 600 kilometres (370 mi)
13 March 17:04:47	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 March 18:20	Nike-Cajun			Kwajalein		US Navy

			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
13 March	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	13 March	Launch failure
13 March	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395C		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 March	Honest John-Nike-Nike			Point Arguello LC-A		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Solar	14 March	Successful
		Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
15 March 02:44	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NDRE

			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric Plasma	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi)
15 March 14:12:54	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 278 kilometres (173 mi)
15 March				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March 16:30:14	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 March 19:29	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands		NOTS

			US Navy	Suborbital	Radiation	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March				Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Henry Clay, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 March 06:11	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			Rice	Suborbital	Auroral	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
18 March 15:07	Kosmos-2I 63S1			Kapustin Yar Mayak-2

		Kosmos 26 (DS-MG #1)		Low Earth	Technology	28 September	Successful
18 March	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 315 kilometres (196 mi)
19 March 11:13:41	Delta B			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		US Air Force

		BE-A (S-66)	NASA	Intended: Low Earth	Ionospheric	19 March	Launch failure
		Final flight of Delta B, third stage produced insufficient thrust, failed to orbit
19 March 15:42	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NDRE

			NDRE/BERG	Suborbital	Ionospheric Plasma Solar	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
20 March 05:23	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			Rice	Suborbital	Auroral	20 March	Successful
		Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
20 March 17:20:11	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	20 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Henry Clay, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 March 08:15:35	Molniya-M			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Luna E-6 #6		Intended: Highly elliptical	Lunar flyby	21 March	Launch failure
		Luna E-6 #6 SA		Intended: Highly elliptical Achieved: Low Earth	Lunar lander	21 March	Launch failure
		Failed to orbit
23 March 10:37	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			Rice	Suborbital	Auroral	23 March	Successful
		Apogee: 153 kilometres (95 mi)
23 March 20:41:57	LGM-25C Titan II			Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Test flight	23 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 March	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
23 March	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	23 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 March 04:22:54	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Auroral	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
24 March 22:22:48	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-1-1		US Air Force

		OPS 3467 (KH-4A #1003)	US Air Force/NRO	Intended: Low Earth	Optical imaging	24 March	Launch failure
		SRV 631	US Air Force/NRO	Intended: Low Earth	Film return
		SRV 630	US Air Force/NRO	Intended: Low Earth	Film return
		Failed to orbit
24 March	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 March	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
25 March 03:25	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Auroral	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
25 March	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	25 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
25 March	Nike-Apache			Santa Rita		CRA

			CRA	Suborbital	Test flight	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 March	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 March 03:30	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Auroral	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
26 March	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-05		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 March	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
27 March 03:24:42	Molniya-M			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 27 (Venera 3MV-1 #3)		Intended: Heliocentric Achieved: Low Earth	Venus flyby	29 March	Launch failure
		Kosmos 27 SA		Intended: Heliocentric Achieved: Low Earth	Venus lander	29 March	Launch failure
		Upper stage attitude control system failure
27 March 17:25:23	Scout X-3			Wallops Island LA-3		NASA

		Ariel 2 (UK-C/UK-2/S-52)	SERC	Low Earth	Galactic radiation	18 November 1967	Successful
		Final flight of Scout X-3
27 March	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	27 March	Launch failure
28 March	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
30 March 19:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Solar	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi)
30 March	Nike-Apache			Santa Rita		CRA

			CRA	Suborbital	Test flight	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
31 March 02:33:11	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	31 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
31 March 02:33:30	Nike Javelin			Cape Canaveral		AGPC

			AGPC	Suborbital	Test flight	31 March	Successful
		Apogee: 131 kilometres (81 mi)
31 March	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-04		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	31 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
March	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

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Footnotes

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

[EA1-1] Wade, Mark. "Chronology - Quarter 1 1964". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.

[LL-2] McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.

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