1964 in spaceflight

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For launches in the first quarter of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), for launches in the second quarter, see 1964 in spaceflight (April–June), for the third quarter see 1964 in spaceflight (July–September) and for the fourth quarter see 1964 in spaceflight (October–December).

The launch of Gemini 1, the first flight of the Titan II GLV rocket and the Gemini programme
Orbital launches
First 11 January
Last 21 December
Total 100
Successes 82
Failures 15
Partial failures 3
Catalogued 87
National firsts
Satellite  Italy
Rockets
Maiden flights Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C
Delta D
Kosmos-1 63S3
Molniya-M 8K78M
Titan II GLV
Titan IIIA
Vostok-2M 8A92M
Retirements Delta B
Scout X-3
Polyot 11A59
Vostok-K 8K72K
Manned flights
Orbital 1
Total travellers 3


  • ← Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec →

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
2 February Ranger 6 Lunar impact Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:24:32, failed to return images
14 July Zond 1 Flyby of Venus Closest approach: 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi), communications system failed before flyby
31 July Ranger 7 Lunar impact Impacted Mare Nubium at 13:25:48, returned 4,308 images

Orbital launch summary

By country

  Soviet Union
  United States
Orbital launch attempts by country in 1964
Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures		 Remarks
 Soviet Union 36 29 7 0
 United States 64 53 8 3


By rocket

Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B  United States 3 3 0 0
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D  United States 9 8 1 0
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D  United States 4 3 1 0 Maiden flight
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C  United States 2 0 1 1 Maiden flight
Delta B  United States 2 1 1 0 Retired
Delta C  United States 2 1 0 1
Delta D  United States 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight
Kosmos-1 63S3  Soviet Union 2 1 1 0 Maiden flight
Kosmos-2I 63S1  Soviet Union 8 7 1 0
Molniya 8K78  Soviet Union 3 2 1 0
Molniya-M 8K78M  Soviet Union 5 1 4 0 Maiden flight
Polyot 11A59  Soviet Union 1 1 0 0 Retired
Saturn I  United States 3 3 0 0 First orbital launch
Scout X-3  United States 1 1 0 0 Retired
Scout X-4  United States 7 6 1 0
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar  United States 3 2 1 0
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B  United States 2 1 0 1
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D  United States 2 2 0 0
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  United States 20 19 1 0
Titan II GLV  United States 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight
Titan IIIA  United States 2 1 1 0 Maiden flight
Voskhod 11A57  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0
Vostok-K 8K72K  Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 Retired
Vostok-2 8A92  Soviet Union 9 9 0 0
Vostok-2M 8A92M  Soviet Union 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight

By orbit

Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved Accidentally
Achieved		 Remarks
Low Earth 77 68 8 2
Medium Earth 4 3 1 0
High Earth 11 8 3 0 Including Highly elliptical orbits
Geosynchronous/transfer 2 1 1 0
Heliocentric 6 4 2 0

References
Generic references:

Footnotes


    Timeline of spaceflight
    1940s 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
    1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
    1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
    1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
    1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
    1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
    2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
    2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
    Preceded by
    1963    		 Timeline of spaceflight
    1964     		Succeeded by
    1965
    ← 1963  ·  Orbital launches in 1964  ·  1965 →
    NRL PL135 · GGSE-1 · Solrad 7A · SECOR 1 | OPS 3367A · OPS 3367B | Relay 2 | Echo 2 | Jupiter Nosecone | Elektron-1 · Elektron-2 | Ranger 6 | OPS 3444 | Zond 3MV-1 No.2 | Kosmos 25 | OPS 2423 | OPS 3722 | OPS 3435 | Kosmos 26 | BE-A | Luna E-6 No.6 | OPS 3467 | Kosmos 27 | Ariel 2 | Zond 1 | Kosmos 28 | Gemini 1 | Polyot 2 | Luna E-6 No.5 | Transit 5BN-3 · Transit 5E-4 | OPS 3743 | Kosmos 29 | OPS 2921 | Kosmos 30 | OPS 3592 | Apollo A-101 | OPS 4412 | OPS 3483 | Molniya-1 No.2 | Kosmos 31 | Kosmos 32 | OPS 3236 | OPS 4467A · OPS 4467B | OPS 3754 | Kosmos 33 | ESRS | Atlas-Centaur 3 | Kosmos 34 | OPS 3395 | OPS 3684 · OPS 4923 | Elektron-3 · Elektron-4 | OPS 3491 | Kosmos 35 | OPS 3662 · OPS 3674 · ERS-13 | Ranger 7 | Kosmos 36 | OPS 3042 | Kosmos 37 | OPS 3802 · OPS 3216 | Kosmos 38 · Kosmos 39 · Kosmos 40 | Syncom 3 | OPS 2739 | OPS 2739 | Kosmos 41 | Kosmos 42 · Kosmos 43 | Kosmos 44 | Titan 3A-2 | OGO-1 | Kosmos 45 | OPS 3497 | Apollo A-102 | OPS 4262 | Kosmos 46 | Explorer 21 | OPS 3333 | Kosmos 47 | OPS 5798 · Dragsphere 1 · Dragsphere 2 | OPS 4036 | Explorer 22 | Voskhod 1 | Kosmos 48 | OPS 3559 | Strela-1 No.6 · Strela-1 No.7 · Strela-1 No.8 | OPS 4384 · OPS 5063 | Kosmos 49 | Kosmos 50 | OPS 5434 | OPS 3062 | Mariner 3 | Explorer 23 | OPS 3360 | Explorer 24 · Explorer 25 | Mariner 4 | Zond 2 | DS-2 No.2 | OPS 4439 | Kosmos 26 | Titan 3A-1 | Surveyor Mass Model | OPS 6582 · Transit 5E-5 | San Marco 1 | OPS 3358 | Explorer 26 | OPS 3762
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