1967 in spaceflight

The year 1967 in spaceflight saw more orbital launches than any other year before or after, including that of the first Australian satellite, WRESAT, which was launched from the Woomera Test Range atop an American Sparta rocket. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 172 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1967.^[1]

The year saw both setbacks and advances for the United States Apollo programme. Three astronauts; Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee, were killed in a fire aboard the AS-204 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 on 27 January whilst rehearsing the launch. On 20 October the Saturn V rocket made its maiden flight.

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
11 January 10:55 GMT	Delta E1	LC-17, Cape Canaveral		Intelsat 2 F-2	Intelsat	Geostationary	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
21 January 06:38 GMT	Black Brant II-AA2	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Plasma	N/A	Successful
31 January 12:45 GMT	Scout B	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	OV3-05	US Air Force	Intended: LEO	Magnetosphere research satellite	31 January 1967	Failure
4 February 05:21 GMT	Black Brant II-AA2	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Meteorites	N/A	Successful
10 March 11:30 GMT	Proton 8K82K (11S824)	LC-81, Baikonur	RVSN	Kosmos 146	RVSN	LEO	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	18 March 1967	Successful	Maiden Flight of the Proton
14 March 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
4 April 00:32 GMT	Skylark 3	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
8 April 09:00 GMT	Proton 8K82K (11S824)	LC-81, Baikonur	RVSN	Kosmos 154	RVSN	Actual: LEO	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	10 April 1967	Failure	Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite
10 April 10:51 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	X-ray astronomy	N/A	Successful
12 April 12:32 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	X-ray astronomy	N/A	Successful
14 April 03:25 GMT	Scout A	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Transit 15	US Navy	LEO	Navigation Satellite	Still in Orbit	Successful
21 April	Skylark 3	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
23 April 00:35 GMT	Soyuz (A-10)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 1 1 Cosmonaut (Vladimir Komarov)	RVSN	LEO	Test Soyuz spacecraft	24 April 1967	Failure	Solar panels jammed, bad weather prevented Soyuz 2 launch, parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew
26 April 04:15 GMT	Black Brant VB-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Meteorites	N/A	Successful
26 April 10:06 GMT	Scout B	San Marco mobile range Formosa Bay, Kenya	CRS	San Marco 2	CRS	LEO	Atmospheric research satellite	14 October 1967	Successful
27 April 04:10 GMT	Black Brant VB-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Ionosphere, and plasma	N/A	Successful
27 April 04:31 GMT	Skylark 3 AC	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test Sounding rocket	N/A	Successful
5 May 07:26 GMT	Black Brant VB-AAD	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and aeronomy	N/A	Successful
5 May 16:00 GMT	Scout A	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Ariel 3	UK SRC	LEO	Atmospheric research	14 December 1970	Successful
18 May 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
22 May 00:12 GMT	Skylark 3	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S11/1	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet Astronomy	22 May 1967	Successful
30 May 02:06 GMT	Scout B	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	ESRO 2A	ESRO	Intended: LEO	Technology demonstration mission	30 May 1967	Failure	Third Stage malfunction
25 May 23:24 GMT	Skylark 3	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S05/2	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet Astronomy	25 May 1967	Successful
1 July GMT	Titan IIIC	Cape Canaveral	DODGE	(none)	Department of Defense	LEO	N/A	N/A	Successful
3 August 07:36 GMT	Black Brant VB	Fort Churchill	MPI	(none)	N/A	N/A	Aeronomy and Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
4 August 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
6 August 04:04 GMT	Black Brant VB	Fort Churchill	MPI	(none)	N/A	N/A	Aeronomy and Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
8 August 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
16 August 06:36 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test Sounding rocket	N/A	Successful
24 August 10:05 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ultraviolet Astronomy	N/A	Successful
29 August 10:01 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ultraviolet Astronomy	N/A	Successful
25 September 08:25 GMT	Scout A	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Transit 17	US Navy	LEO	Navigation satellite	Still in orbit	Successful
27 September 13:32 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S26/1	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere and Solar research	27 September 1967	Successful
27 September 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
28 September 16:35 GMT	Black Brant VA-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
19 October 17:33 GMT	Scout B	LA-3A, Wallops Island	US Air Force	RAM C-1	NASA	Sub-orbital	Technology demonstration mission	19 October 1967	Successful
4 October 13:23 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S19/1	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	4 October 1967	Successful
5 October 04:11 GMT	Black Brant VA-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
7 October 14:50 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S26/2	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere and Solar research	7 October 1967	Successful
10 October 14:33 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S19/2	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	10 October 1967	Successful
9 November 12:00 GMT	Saturn V	LC-39A, Kennedy	NASA	Apollo 4	NASA		Test LV		Successful	First flight of Saturn V rocket
20 October 10:49 GMT	Black Brant III-AKF3	Resolute Bay	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research and X-ray astronomy	N/A	Successful
14 November 05:27 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Solar X-ray and Ultraviolet observation	N/A	Successful
17 November	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
22 November 19:07 GMT	Proton 8K82K (11S824)	LC-81, Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 7K-L1 5L	RVSN	Intended: Lunar free-return	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	22 November 1967	Failure	Second stage failure
29 November GMT	Redstone rocket	Woomera	WRE	WRESAT	Technology	LEO	Atmospheric experiments	10 January 1968	Successful	First Australian Launched Satellite
1 December 06:08 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test Sounding rocket	N/A	Successful
4 December 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
5 December 01:03 GMT	Scout B	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	OV3-06	US Air Force	LEO	Magnetosphere research satellite	9 March 1969	Successful
6 December 16:30 GMT	Black Brant VA-CRL-AF17.750D	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
8 February	Lunar Orbiter 3	Selenocentric orbit insertion	Returned 182 images
20 April	Surveyor 3	Lunar landing	in Oceanus Procellarum
8 May	Lunar Orbiter 4	Selenocentric orbit insertion	Returned 163 images
17 July	Surveyor 4	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted Sinus Medii
22 July	Explorer 35	Selenocentric orbit insertion
5 August	Lunar Orbiter 5	Selenocentric orbit insertion	Returned 213 images
11 September	Surveyor 5	Lunar landing	in Mare Tranquillitatis
1 October	Lunar Orbiter 2	Lunar impact
10 October	Lunar Orbiter 3	Lunar impact
18 October	Venera 4	Venus probe	Atmospheric probe functioned for 94 minutes in the Venerian atmosphere
19 October	Mariner 5	Flyby of Venus	Closest approach 3,990 kilometres (2,480 mi)
31 October	Lunar Orbiter 4	Lunar impact
10 November	Surveyor 6	Lunar landing	in Sinus Medii

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Footnotes

↑ "Spacecraft Query Results". Master Catalog Search. NASA NSSDC. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

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Intelsat II F-2 \| OPS 1664 \| OPS 9321 · OPS 9322 · OPS 9323 · OPS 9324 · OPS 9325 · OPS 9326 · OPS 9327 · OPS 9328 \| Kosmos 138 \| Kosmos 139 \| ESSA-4 \| OV3-5 \| OPS 4399 \| Lunar Orbiter 3 \| Kosmos 140 \| OPS 6073 \| Diadème 1 \| Kosmos 141 \| Kosmos 142 \| Diadème 2 \| OPS 4750 \| OPS 4204 \| Kosmos 143 \| Kosmos 144 \| Kosmos 145 \| OSO 3 \| Kosmos 146 \| Kosmos 147 \| Kosmos 148 \| Kosmos 149 \| Kosmos 150 · OGCh No.8 \| Intelsat II F-3 \| Kosmos 151 \| Kosmos 152 \| OPS 4779 \| Kosmos 153 \| ATS-2 · RPM-481 \| Kosmos 154 \| Kosmos 155 \| Unnamed \| OPS 0100 \| Surveyor 3 \| ESSA-5 \| Soyuz 1 \| San Marco 2 \| OPS 4243 \| Kosmos 156 \| OPS 6638 · OPS 6679 · ERS-18 · ERS-20 · ERS-27 \| Lunar Orbiter 4 \| Ariel 3 \| OPS 4696 · OPS 1967 \| Kosmos 157 \| Kosmos 158 \| Kosmos 159 \| Kosmos 160 \| OPS 7218 \| Kosmos 161 \| OPS 4321 · OPS 5557 \| Explorer 34 \| Molniya-1 No.8 \| ESRO-2A \| NRL PL-151 · NRL PL-152 · NRL PL-153 · NRL PL-154 · NRL-PL 159 · Timation 1 · Calsphere 3 · Calsphere 4 · OPS 5712 \| Kosmos 162 \| OPS 4360 \| Kosmos 163 \| Kosmos 164 \| Venera 4 \| Kosmos 165 \| Mariner 5 \| Kosmos 166 \| OPS 3559 · OPS 1873 \| Kosmos 167 \| Zenit-4 No.32 \| OPS 4286 \| Unnamed \| SECOR-9 · Aurora \| OPS 9331 · OPS 9332 · OPS 9333 · OPS 9334 · LES-5 · DODGE \| Kosmos 168 \| Surveyor 4 \| Kosmos 169 \| Explorer 35 \| Zenit-4 No.33 \| OPS 1879 \| OV1-11 · OV1-12 · OV1-86 \| OGO-4 \| Kosmos 170 \| Lunar Orbiter 5 \| OPS 4827 \| Kosmos 171 \| Kosmos 172 \| OPS 4886 \| OPS 7202 \| Kosmos 173 \| Kosmos 174 \| Zenit-2 No.51 \| Biosatellite 2 \| Surveyor 5 \| Kosmos 175 \| Kosmos 176 \| OPS 5089 \| Kosmos 177 \| Kosmos 178 \| OPS 4941 \| Kosmos 179 \| OPS 4947 \| Kosmos 180 \| Unnamed \| 7K-L1 No.4L \| Intelsat II F-4 \| Molniya-1 No.9 \| OPS 1264 \| Kosmos 181 \| Kosmos 182 \| Kosmos 183 \| OSO 4 \| Molniya-1 No.12 \| Kosmos 184 \| OPS 4995 \| Kosmos 185 \| Kosmos 186 \| Kosmos 187 \| Kosmos 188 \| Kosmos 189 \| OPS 0562 · OPS 1587 \| Kosmos 190 \| ATS-3 \| Surveyor 6 \| Apollo 4 \| ESSA-6 \| Kosmos 191 \| 7K-L1 No.5L \| Kosmos 192 \| Kosmos 193 \| WRESAT \| Kosmos 194 \| OV3-6 \| OPS 5000 \| OPS 1001 \| Pioneer 8 · ERS-30 \| Kosmos 195 \| Kosmos 196 \| Kosmos 197 \| Kosmos 198

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

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