1964 in spaceflight

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Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1964.


Date/Time
(GMT)
Rocket Site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay
(GMT)
Outcome Remarks
6 January[1] Nike-Zeus Kwajalein US Army US Army Sub-orbital Test missile 6 January Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 January
00:00[1]
Polaris A3 LC-29A, Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital Test missile 8 January Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 January
13:15[1]
Nike-Apache Thumba NASA ISRO Sub-orbital Aeronomy 8 January Successful Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
11 January
20:07[2]
Thor-Agena SLV-2A SLC-1E, Vandenberg US Air Force Ferret US Air Force LEO ELINT In orbit Successful
GGSE-1 NRL LEO Technology In orbit Successful
SECOR-1 US Army LEO Geodetics In orbit Successful
Solrad-7A NRL LEO SIGINT In orbit Successful
NRL-135 NRL LEO ELINT In orbit Successful
29 January
16:25
Saturn I LC-37B, Canaveral NASA SA-5 NASA LEO Test rocket 30 April 1966 Successful First all-up test of Saturn I, first flight of S-IV stage
8 April
16:00
Titan II LC-19, Canaveral NASA Gemini 1 NASA LEO Test Gemini spacecraft 12 April Successful First Gemini flight, first orbital Titan II launch
28 May
17:07
Saturn I LC-37B, Canaveral NASA A-101 NASA LEO Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft 2 June Successful First Apollo boilerplate test
Apollo BP-13
18 September
16:22
Saturn I LC-37B, Canaveral NASA A-102 NASA LEO Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft 22 September Successful Apollo BP-15
12 October
07:30
Voskhod 11A57 LC-1/5, Baikonur RVSN Voskhod 1 MOM LEO Manned orbital flight 13 October
07:47
Successful First multi-person spaceflight
3 cosmonauts
Unknown Sidewinder-Raven White Sands ERDL ERDL Suborbital Test flight 10-15 minutes after launch Successful Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)


Deep Space Rendezvous in 1964

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Wade, Mark. "Chronology - Quarter 1 1964". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved on 2008-11-17.
  2. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved on 2008-11-17.