Orbital launches | |
---|---|
First | 11 January |
Last | 28 December |
Total | 124 |
Successes | 108 |
Failures | 15 |
Partial failures | 1 |
Catalogued | 112 |
National firsts | |
Satellite | France |
Orbital launch | France |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D Delta E Diamant-A Kosmos-2M Scout A Scout B Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 Thor LV-2D Burner-1 Thor LV-2D MG-18 Titan IIIC UR-500 (Proton) |
Retirements | Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C Delta D Kosmos-1 Molniya 8K78 Molniya-L 8K78L Saturn I Scout X-4 Thor DSV-2A Ablestar Thor LV-2D MG-18 Thor SLV-2 Agena-B Titan IIIA |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 6 |
Total travellers | 13 |
Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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20 February | Ranger 8 | Lunar impact | Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:57:37, returned 7,137 images |
24 March | Ranger 9 | Lunar impact | Impacted Alphonsus Crater at 14:08:20, returned 5,814 images |
12 May | Luna 5 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 19:10 |
11 June | Luna 6 | Lunar flyby | Failed lander, closest approach: 160,000 kilometres (99,000 mi) |
15 July | Mariner 4 | Flyby of Mars | Returned 21 images |
20 July | Zond 2 | Flyby of Mars | Communications system failed before flyby |
6 August | Zond 3 | Lunar Flyby | Returned 25 images |
7 October | Luna 7 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 22:08 |
6 December | Luna 8 | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 21:51:30 |
Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
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18 March 08:34 | 12 minutes | 08:47 | Voskhod 2 | Alexei Leonov | First EVA in history. [1] Leonov had difficulty fitting back into the spacecraft due to spacesuit stiffness in vacuum. He vented air from his spacesuit to bend back into the capsule. [2] |
3 June 19:46 | 20 minutes | 20:06 | Gemini IV | Ed White | First US EVA. [3] White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted. [4] |
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Orbital launch attempts by country in 1965 |
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First orbital launch |
Soviet Union | 53 | 46 | 7 | 0 | |
United States | 70 | 61 | 8 | 1 |
Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally Achieved | Remarks |
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Low Earth | 96 | 85 | 9 | 2 | |
Medium Earth | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
High Earth | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical and Molniya orbits |
Geosynchronous/transfer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1* | * - One launch to geosynchronous orbit reached geosynchronous transfer orbit |
Heliocentric | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
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The following is an outline of 1981 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1984 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1985 in spaceflight.
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The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight.
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The following is an outline of 1976 in spaceflight.
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