1965 in spaceflight (April–June)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between April and June 1965. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1965 in spaceflight (January–March), 1965 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1965 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1965 in spaceflight.

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks

1 April 02:07	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 April	Successful
	Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
2 April 13:22	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-31		NASA
		New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	2 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
3 April 12:54	Skylark-7		Salto di Quirra		ESRO
		UCL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 April	Successful
	Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
3 April 21:25	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D		Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force
	OPS 4682 (SNAPSHOT)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
	SECOR-4 (EGRS-4)	US Army	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
	SNAPSHOT carried prototype nuclear reactor and secondary experiment which failed within an hour of activation, spacecraft operated for 43 days
3 April 21:59	Nike-Apache		Fort Churchill		NASA
		Rice	Suborbital	Plasma research	3 April	Successful
	Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
4 April 16:06:35	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-32		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 April	Successful
	Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
5 April 07:20	Thor DSV-2J		Johnston LE-2		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM test	5 April	Successful
	Apogee: 826 kilometres (513 mi)
5 April 13:45:53	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-33		NASA
		Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	5 April	Successful
	Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
5 April 19:42	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-34		NASA
		New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	5 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
6 April 13:34:59	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-1		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	6 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
6 April 16:34:05	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-35		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 April	Successful
	Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi)
6 April 23:47:50	Delta D		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		NASA
	Intelsat I F1 (Early Bird)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	First commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, ceased operations on 31 March 1971, final flight of Delta D
9 April 01:01	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		CULH	Suborbital	Solar	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
9 April 18:10:37	XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr		Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 25,422 kilometres (15,796 mi)
9 April 19:18:15	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-36		NASA
		Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
9 April 20:26:10	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-37		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 147 kilometres (91 mi)
10 April 08:10	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-09		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 April	Molniya		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Luna E-6 #8		Intended: Highly elliptical	Lunar lander	10 April	Launch failure
	Third stage engine failure due to tank depressurisation, failed to orbit
12 April 14:47	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Solar	12 April	Successful
	Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
12 April 17:14:02	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-38		NASA
		Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	12 April	Successful
	Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
12 April 18:37	Nike-Iroquois		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Test flight	12 April	Successful
	Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
12 April	R-16U		Baikonur Site 60/6		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	12 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
13 April 04:05:06	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 April 16:00:09	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
13 April 17:10	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-39		NASA
		New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April 19:06	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-40		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April 21:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 April 21:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 April 06:09:19	UGM-27 Polaris A1		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
14 April 14:39	Journeyman		Wallops Island		NASA
		Minnesota	Suborbital	Plasma research	14 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,660 kilometres (1,030 mi)
15 April 10:45	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		Minnesota	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 April	Successful
	Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
15 April 16:00:04	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-41		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 April	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 April 18:02	Nike-Apache		USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-42		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 April 19:19:55	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395C		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	16 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 April	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 April	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 April 09:50	Voskhod		Baikonur Site 31/6
17 April 09:50	Kosmos 65 (Zenit-4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	25 April	Successful
19 April 02:20	UR-100		Baikonur Site 130		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	19 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 April 15:40	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	Solar	20 April	Successful
	Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
21 April 11:02	Black Knight 301		Woomera LA-5		RAE
		UCL	Suborbital	REV test Ionospheric	21 April	Successful
	Apogee: 651 kilometres (405 mi)
22 April 05:14	Black Brant III		Fort Churchill		NRCC
		NRCC	Suborbital	Auroral Ionospheric	22 April	Successful
	Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi)
22 April	R-5A Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 April	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
23 April 01:55	Molniya		Baikonur Site 1/5
23 April 01:55	Molniya 1-01		Molniya	Communications	16 August 1979	Successful
23 April 03:01	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi)
23 April 04:02	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
24 April 05:15	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	24 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 82 kilometres (51 mi)
24 April 10:00:25	R-17 Elbrus		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
24 April	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 April	R-5A Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 April 14:13	R-5A Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 April	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
27 April 05:00	R-36		Baikonur Site 140/18		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	27 April	Successful
	Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
27 April 06:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	XR astronomy	27 April	Successful
	Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
28 April 20:17	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D		Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force
	OPS 4983 (KH-7 #17/AFP-206)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 May	Successful
	OPS 6717 (EHH B1)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	ELINT^[1]	31 October 1969	Successful
28 April 22:27	Nike-Cajun		Point Barrow		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 April 23:57	Centaure 1		Thumba		ISRO
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	28 April	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
28 April	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
28 April		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 April	Launch failure
29 April 09:03	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL/QUB	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 April 11:09	Skylark-7		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi)
29 April 12:25	Skylark-7		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
29 April 13:56	Skylark-7		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
29 April 14:17:00	Scout X-4		Wallops Island LA-3A		NASA
29 April 14:17:00	Explorer 27 (BE-C)	NASA	Low Earth	Ionospheric/Geodesy	20 July 1973	Successful
29 April 16:19	Skylark-7		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 April 17:32	Nike-Cajun		Sonmiani		NASA
		SUPA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 April 17:56	Skylark-7		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
29 April 20:40	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
29 April 21:44:56	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg PALC-1-1		US Air Force
	OPS 5023 (KH-4A #1019)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 May	Successful
	SRV 626	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	May	Successful
	SRV 627	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	8 June	Spacecraft failure
	Second SRV failed to deorbit
30 April 19:05:07	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395D		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	30 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 April 22:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	30 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
April	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Target	April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

1 May 23:43	Centaure 1		Thumba		ISRO
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	1 May	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
3 May 18:23	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 May 05:54	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	4 May	Successful
	Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
4 May 07:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	IR Astronomy	4 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 17 kilometres (11 mi)
5 May 03:23	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	5 May	Successful
	Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
6 May 15:00:03	Titan IIIA		Cape Canaveral LC-20		US Air Force
	LES-2	Lincoln	Highly elliptical	Technology	In orbit	Successful
	LCS-1	Lincoln	Medium Earth	Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
	LES-2 used Star-13A motor used raise orbit from MEO. Final flight of Titan IIIA
7 May 09:50	Vostok-2		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Kosmos 66 (Zenit-2 #27)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 May	Spacecraft failure
	Parachute failed to deploy
8 May 01:59:59	LGM-30F Minuteman II		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	8 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 May 07:49:37	Molniya-M		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Luna 5		Highly elliptical	Lunar lander	12 May 19:10	Spacecraft failure
	Retrorockets malfunctioned, spacecraft crashed on landing
10 May 07:30	HAD		North Carnarvon		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
10 May 10:20	HAD		North Carnarvon		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
10 May 13:20	HAD		North Carnarvon		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
10 May 16:20	HAD		North Carnarvon		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi)
10 May 19:20	HAD		North Carnarvon		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
10 May	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-09		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 May 00:45	HAD		North Carnarvon		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
	Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
11 May 03:10	HAD		North Carnarvon		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
	Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
11 May 08:39	HAD		Woomera LA-2		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
	Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
11 May 20:40	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		UCL/QUB	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May	Successful
	Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
12 May 12:30	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	12 May	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 May 16:02:35	XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr		Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	12 May	Successful
	Apogee: 13,586 kilometres (8,442 mi)
13 May 16:05	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	13 May	Successful
	Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
13 May	Emeraude VE121		Hammaguira Brigitte		CNES
		CNES	Suborbital	Missile test	13 May	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 May 05:00	R-36		Baikonur Site 140/18		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
18 May 18:02:18	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force
	OPS 8431 (KH-4A #1021)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 June	Successful
	SRV 674	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	May	Successful
	SRV 670	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	May/June	Successful
	Aft camera shut down prematurely
18 May	Topaze VE111L		Hammaguira Brigitte		ONERA
		ONERA	Suborbital	Test flight	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 May	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-07		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
19 May 05:25	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
		RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	19 May	Successful
	Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
19 May 13:00	R-13		K-170, Barents Sea		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	19 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
19 May 20:11:00	Javelin		Wallops Island		NASA
		PSU	Suborbital	Ionospheric	19 May	Successful
	Apogee: 947 kilometres (588 mi)
20 May 03:45	UR-100		Baikonur		RVSN
20 May 03:45		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	20 May	Launch failure
20 May 16:30:53	Thor LV-2D Burner-1		Vandenberg LC-4300B-6		US Air Force
	OPS 8386 (DMSP-3B F3/DAPP 12)	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Weather	9 March 2012	Successful
	Maiden flight of Thor LV-2D Burner-1
21 May 23:53:25	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395B		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 May	Topaze VE111L		Hammaguira Brigitte		ONERA
		ONERA	Suborbital	Test flight	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 May 02:02:01	Nike-Apache		Ascension		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 147 kilometres (91 mi)
22 May 06:29	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/3		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 920 kilometres (570 mi)
22 May 14:00:00	Nike-Apache		Ascension		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
22 May 21:55:00	SM-65D Atlas		Cape Canaveral LC-12		NASA
	FIRE 2	NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 817 kilometres (508 mi)
24 May 10:00	R-13		Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 May 07:35:01	Saturn I		Cape Canaveral LC-37B		NASA
	Apollo BP-26	NASA	Low Earth	Technology	8 July 1989	Successful
	Pegasus 2	NASA	Low Earth	Micrometeoroids	3 November 1979	Successful
	Boilerplate test of Apollo spacecraft, Pegasus ceased operations on 29 August 1968
25 May 10:48	Voskhod		Baikonur Site 31/6
25 May 10:48	Kosmos 67 (Zenit-4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	2 June	Successful
25 May 13:00	R-13		Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 May 23:20	Exos		Eglin		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Ionospheric	25 May	Successful
	Apogee: 488 kilometres (303 mi)
25 May	HAD		Woomera LA-2		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 May	Successful
	Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
25 May	R-5A Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 May	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 May 02:00:00	LGM-30F Minuteman II		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 May 13:36	R-13		K-170, Barents Sea		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 May 17:30	R-17 Elbrus		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 231 kilometres (144 mi)
26 May 19:01	Javelin		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
26 May 23:20	Exos		Eglin		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 488 kilometres (303 mi)
26 May	MGM-31 Pershing I		Gilson Butte		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 May	R-5A Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
27 May 19:30	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D		Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force
27 May 19:30	OPS 5236 (KH-7 #18/AFP-206)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	1 June	Successful
27 May 23:56	Black Brant II		Fort Churchill		NRCC
		DRTE	Suborbital	Ionospheric	27 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 27 kilometres (17 mi)
27 May	Veronique 61		Hammaguira Blandine		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Solar	27 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 70 kilometres (43 mi)
27 May	MGM-31 Pershing I		Gilson Butte		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	27 May	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
28 May 02:23	R-16U		Baikonur Site 60/6		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 May	Successful
	Apogee: 743 kilometres (462 mi)
28 May 02:54:56	SM-65D Atlas D		Vandenberg ABRES-B-3		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	28 May	Launch failure
	OV1-3	US Air Force	Intended: Low Earth	Radiation	28 May	Launch failure
	Rocket exploded two minutes after launch
29 May 12:00:00	Delta C		Cape Canaveral LC-17B		NASA
	Explorer 28 (IMP-3/IMP-C)	NASA	Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric	5 July 1968	Successful
	Ceased operations on 11 May 1967
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk		Rarotonga		Sandia
		LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk		Rarotonga		Sandia
		LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk		Rarotonga		Sandia
		LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk		Rarotonga		Sandia
		LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
30 May 20:00	Nike-Tomahawk		Rarotonga		Sandia
		LASL	Suborbital	Solar	30 May	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
31 May 13:30	R-13		Project 629 Submarine, Barents Sea		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	31 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
31 May	Rubis		Hammaguira Bacchus		ONERA
		ONERA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	31 May	Successful
	Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
31 May	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	31 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
31 May	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Nathan Hale, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	31 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
May	Nike-Javelin		White Sands		DASA
		DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May	Trailblazer 2		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	May	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)

2 June 06:22	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		Princeton	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	2 June	Successful
	Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
2 June 10:19	Nike-Cajun		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 June	Successful
	Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
2 June 10:30	Nike-Cajun		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 June	Successful
	Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
2 June 10:40	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	2 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 June 14:19	Black Brant II		Fort Churchill		NRCC
		DRTE	Suborbital	Auroral Ionospheric	2 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
2 June	MGM-31 Pershing I		Gilson Butte		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	2 June	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 June 10:38:09	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg ABRES-B-2		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	3 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
3 June 15:15:59	Titan II GLV		Cape Canaveral LC-19		US Air Force
	Gemini IV	NASA	Low Earth	Technology	7 June 17:12:11	Successful
	Carried two astronauts, Edward White became the first American to perform an EVA
3 June 20:54	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		US Army	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 June	Successful
	Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
3 June 23:57	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 June	Successful
	Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
3 June	Rubis		Hammaguira Bacchus		ONERA
		ONERA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 June	Successful
	Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
4 June 05:35	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
4 June 07:17	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
5 June 05:40	Rubis		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNES	Suborbital	Test flight	5 June	Successful
	Apogee: 2,020 kilometres (1,260 mi)
5 June 20:20	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		US Army	Suborbital	Ionospheric	5 June	Successful
	Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
5 June 22:43	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		US Army	Suborbital	Ionospheric	5 June	Successful
	Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
6 June 17:45	Honest John-Nike		Eglin		DASA
		DASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	6 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 June	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	7 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 June 07:40	Molniya-M		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Luna 6		Highly elliptical Later: Heliocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Engine failed to cutoff after course correction, spacecraft ended up in Heliocentric orbit
8 June 08:31	HAD		Woomera LA-2		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 June	Successful
	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
8 June 15:17:03	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg ABRES-A-1		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	8 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
9 June 08:32	HAD		Woomera LA-2		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 June	Successful
	Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
9 June 16:26:15	XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr		Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	9 June	Successful
	Apogee: 17,533 kilometres (10,895 mi)
9 June 21:58:16	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
	OPS 8425 (KH-4A #1020)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 June	Partial spacecraft failure
	SRV 672	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	June	Successful
	SRV 672	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	June	Successful
	Attitude control problems resulted in second SRV being returned early
10 June 01:57	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 June	Successful
	Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
10 June 03:58	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	10 June	Successful
	Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
10 June 12:26:40	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg ABRES-A-3		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	10 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
10 June	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 June	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
10 June	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	10 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 June 01:07	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 June	Successful
	Apogee: 108 kilometres (67 mi)
12 June 15:15	Honest John-Nike-Nike		Barking Sands		Sandia
		LRL	Suborbital	XR astronomy	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
12 June 19:14	Black Brant VB		Fort Churchill		BAL
		BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 378 kilometres (235 mi)
14 June 09:13:30	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	14 June	Successful
	Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
14 June 13:31:30	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395C		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	14 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 June 00:00	Tacite		CEL		ONERA
		ONERA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 June	Successful
	Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
15 June 10:04	Vostok-2		Baikonur Site 31/6
15 June 10:04	Kosmos 68 (Zenit-2 #29)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	23 June	Successful
15 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS John Adams (SSBN-620), ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS John Adams, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 June 13:56:04	UGM-27 Polaris A1		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 June	Successful
	Apogee: 650 kilometres (400 mi)
16 June	MGM-31 Pershing I		Gilson Butte		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	16 June	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 June 21:07	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		Fort Churchill		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	17 June	Successful
	Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
17 June 21:41:00	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	17 June	Successful
	Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
18 June 08:06:00	Honest John-Nike		Barking Sands		DASA
		DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 June
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 June 14:00:04	Titan IIIC		Cape Canaveral LC-40		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Low Earth	Test flight	21 June	Successful
	Maiden flight of Titan IIIC
18 June 16:12	Black Brant VB		Fort Churchill		BAL
		BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 364 kilometres (226 mi)
18 June 17:56	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		ESSA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
18 June 23:11	Aerobee 350		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 374 kilometres (232 mi)
19 June	UR-100		Baikonur		RVSN
19 June		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	19 June	Launch failure
22 June 04:15	Athena RTV		Green River Pad 3		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	22 June	Launch failure
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
22 June 06:00:00	Honest John-Nike		Barking Sands		DASA
		DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 June
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 June 07:37	Athena RTV		Green River Pad 2		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	22 June	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
22 June	Centaure 1		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June 01:03	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
23 June 01:59	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
23 June 04:00	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
23 June 08:47	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi)
23 June 08:52	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
23 June 14:32	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		KPNO
		KPNO	Suborbital	Solar	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
23 June 15:47	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		Fort Churchill		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
23 June	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-09		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1		CERES		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 June	Centaure 1		CERES		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June 06:07:00	Honest John-Nike		Barking Sands		DASA
		DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 June 22:35:29	Thor DSV-2A Ablestar		Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force
	OPS 8480 (Transit O-4/NNS 30040)	US Navy	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure
	Failed within eleven months due to poorly manufactured components
24 June	Centaure 1		CERES		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June	Centaure 1		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June	Centaure 1		Reggane		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
24 June	Centaure 1		CERES		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 June 09:50	Voskhod		Baikonur Site 1/5
25 June 09:50	Kosmos 69 (Zenit-4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 July	Successful
25 June 19:30	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D		Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force
	OPS 5501 (KH-7 #19/AFP-206)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	30 June	Successful
	OPS 6749 (EHH B2)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 August 1968	Successful
29 June 12:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 June 17:45	Honest John-Nike-Javelin		Eglin		US Air Force
		DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 June	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
29 June 19:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 June	Successful
	Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
29 June	R-16U		Baikonur Site 60/7		RVSN
29 June		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Launch failure
29 June	Nike-Javelin		Eglin		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 June	Successful
	Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
30 June 05:33	Journeyman		Wallops Island LA-4		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Radio astronomy	30 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
30 June 14:29:30	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395D		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	30 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 June 14:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Technology	30 June	Successful
	Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
June	Nike-Javelin		White Sands		DASA
		DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Aeronomy	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Aeronomy	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	ABM test	June	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	ABM test	June	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 2		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 3		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Martlet 3		Barbados		DND/DoD
		DND/DoD	Suborbital	Ionospheric	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

References

Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
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Footnotes

↑ Низкоорбитальные спутники РТР США (in Russian). SPYSAT. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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