1964 in spaceflight
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 | |
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First | 11 January |
Last | 21 December |
Total | 100 |
Successes | 82 |
Failures | 15 |
Partial failures | 3 |
Catalogued | 87 |
National firsts | |
Satellite |
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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 |
Deep Space Rendezvous
Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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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
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Orbital launch attempts by country in 1964 |
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
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![]() | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | |
![]() | 64 | 53 | 8 | 3 |
By rocket
By orbit
Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
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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
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Generic references:
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Footnotes
Timeline of spaceflight | ||||||||||
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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 | 2016 |
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