1967 in spaceflight

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[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1967.

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Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site		 Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function		 Re-Entry/
Destruction		 Outcome Remarks
Jan 11
10:55 GMT		 Delta E1 Cape Canaveral
LC 17		 Intelsat 2 F-2 Intelsat Geostationary Comsat Still in orbit Successful
January 21
06:38 GMT		 Black Brant II-AA2 Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Plasma N/A Successful
January 31
12:45 GMT		 Scout B SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OV3-05 US Air Force Intended: LEO Magnetosphere research satellite January 31, 1967 Failure
February 4
05:21 GMT		 Black Brant II-AA2 Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Meteorites N/A Successful
March 10
11:30 GMT		 Proton 8K82K (11S824) LC-81, Baikonur RVSN Cosmos 146 RVSN LEO Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P March 18, 1967 Successful Maiden Flight of the Proton
March 14
06:00 GMT		 Skylark AC LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Solar X-ray and Ultraviolet observation N/A Successful
April 4
00:32 GMT		 Skylark 3 LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Ionosphere research N/A Successful
April 8
09:00 GMT		 Proton 8K82K (11S824) LC-81, Baikonur RVSN Cosmos 154 RVSN Actual: LEO Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P April 10, 1967 Failure Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite
April 10
10:51 GMT		 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A X-ray astronomy N/A Successful
April 12
12:32 GMT		 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A X-ray astronomy N/A Successful
April 14
03:25 GMT		 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Transit 15 US Navy LEO Navigation Satellite Still in Orbit Successful
April 21 Skylark 3 LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Ionosphere research N/A Successful
April 23
00:35 GMT		 Soyuz (A-10) LC-1, Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 1
1 Cosmonaut (Vladimir Komarov)		 RVSN LEO Test Soyuz spacecraft April 24, 1967 Failure Solar panels jammed, bad weather prevented Soyuz 2 launch, parachute failure during decent resulted in loss of crew
April 26
04:15 GMT		 Black Brant VB-AFF Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Meteorites N/A Successful
April 26
10:06 GMT		 Scout B San Marco mobile range
Formosa Bay, Kenya		 CRS San Marco 2 CRS LEO Atmospheric research satellite October 14, 1967 Successful
April 27
04:10 GMT		 Black Brant VB-AFF Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Research into Ionosphere, and plasma N/A Successful
April 27
04:31 GMT		 Skylark 3 AC LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Test Sounding rocket N/A Successful
May 5
07:26 GMT		 Black Brant VB-AAD Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and aeronomy N/A Successful
May 5
16:00 GMT		 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Ariel 3 UK SRC LEO Atmospheric research December 14, 1970 Successful
May 18
09:05 GMT		 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Transit 16 US Navy LEO Ionosphere and Aurora research Still in orbit Successful
May 22
00:12 GMT		 Skylark 3 Salto di Quirra ESRO ESRO S11/1 ESRO Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy May 22, 1967 Successful
May 30
02:06 GMT		 Scout B SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force ESRO 2A ESRO Intended: LEO Technology demonstration mission May 30, 1967 Failure Third Stage malfunction
May 25
23:24 GMT		 Skylark 3 Salto di Quirra ESRO ESRO S05/2 ESRO Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy May 25, 1967 Successful
August 3
07:36 GMT		 Black Brant VB Fort Churchill MPI (none) N/A N/A Aeronomy and Ionosphere research N/A Successful
August 4
03:53 GMT		 Europa LA-6A, Woomera ELDO (none) N/A N/A Test launch vehicle with battleship third stage N/A Failure Second stage failed to ignite
August 6
04:04 GMT		 Black Brant VB Fort Churchill MPI (none) N/A N/A Aeronomy and Ionosphere research N/A Successful
August 8
03:38 GMT		 Skylark 3 AC LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Solar X-ray and Ultraviolet observation N/A Successful
August 16
06:36 GMT		 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Test Sounding rocket N/A Successful
August 24
10:05 GMT		 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Ultraviolet Astronomy N/A Successful
August 29
10:01 GMT		 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE/WRE (none) N/A N/A Ultraviolet Astronomy N/A Successful
September 25
08:25 GMT		 Scout A SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Transit 17 US Navy LEO Navigation satellite Still in orbit Successful
September 27
13:32 GMT		 Skylark 7C Salto di Quirra ESRO ESRO S26/1 ESRO Sub-orbital Ionosphere and Solar research September 27, 1967 Successful
September 27
22:11 GMT		 Proton 8K82K (11S824) LC-81, Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 7K-L1 4L RVSN Intended: Lunar free-return Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P T+67 seconds Failure First stage failure
September 28
16:35 GMT		 Black Brant VA-AFF Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Ionosphere research N/A Successful
October 19
17:33 GMT		 Scout B LA-3A, Wallops Island US Air Force RAM C-1 NASA Sub-orbital Technology demonstration mission October 19, 1967 Successful
October 4
13:23 GMT		 Skylark 7C Salto di Quirra ESRO ESRO S19/1 ESRO Sub-orbital Ionosphere research October 4, 1967 Successful
October 5
04:11 GMT		 Black Brant VA-AFF Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Ionosphere research N/A Successful
October 7
14:50 GMT		 Skylark 7C Salto di Quirra ESRO ESRO S26/2 ESRO Sub-orbital Ionosphere and Solar research October 7, 1967 Successful
October 10
14:33 GMT		 Skylark 7C Salto di Quirra ESRO ESRO S19/2 ESRO Sub-orbital Ionosphere research October 10, 1967 Successful
November 9
12:00 GMT		 Saturn V LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center NASA Apollo 4 NASA Test LV Successful First flight of Saturn V rocket
October 20
10:49 GMT		 Black Brant III-AKF3 Resolute Bay NRCC (none) N/A N/A Ionosphere research and X-ray astronomy N/A Successful
November 14
05:27 GMT		 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE (none) N/A N/A Solar X-ray and Ultraviolet observation N/A Successful
November 17 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE (none) N/A N/A Ionosphere research N/A Successful
November 22
19:07 GMT		 Proton 8K82K (11S824) LC-81, Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 7K-L1 5L RVSN Intended: Lunar free-return Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P November 22, 1967 Failure Second stage failure
December 1
06:08 GMT		 Skylark 7C LA-2-SL, Woomera RAE (none) N/A N/A Test Sounding rocket N/A Successful
December 4
21:01 GMT		 Europa LA-6A, Woomera ELDO (none) N/A N/A Test launch vehicle with battleship third stage and boilerplate payload N/A Failure Second stage failed to separate
December 5
01:03 GMT		 Scout B SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force OV3-06 US Air Force LEO Magnetosphere research satellite March 9, 1969 Successful
December 6
16:30 GMT		 Black Brant VA-CRL-AF17.750D Fort Churchill NRCC (none) N/A N/A Ionosphere research N/A Successful

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1966		 Timeline of spaceflight
1967		 Succeeded by
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