1969 in spaceflight
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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|year = 1969
|image = Buzz salutes the U.S. Flag.jpg
|imsize = 280px
|caption = Humanity's first crewed lunar landing (Apollo 11)
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|firstsat = {{flagcountry|West Germany}}
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|retired = {{plainlist|
- Delta C1
- Molniya M/Blok VL
- Tsyklon-2A
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|orbital = 9
|suborbital =
|totalcrew = 22
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1969 saw humanity step onto another world for the first time. On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the Moon's surface with two astronauts aboard. Days later the crew of three returned safely to Earth, satisfying U.S. President John F. Kennedy's challenge of 25 May 1961, that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."Howard E. McCurdy, et al. "Helpful Lessons From The Space Race." Issues in Science & Technology 27.4 (2011): 19–22. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 October 2013."Excerpt from the 'Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs'" NASA. 24 May 2004. 24 May 2015.
There were four Apollo missions in total in 1969, three of which traveled to the Moon, with Apollo 12 also landing on the surface. The success of the Apollo program was a testament to the efforts of over 500,000 American engineers, scientists and technicians.
In 1969, the Soviet Union's space program had success with the docking of two crewed spacecraft as well as the success of their Venus and Lunar probes. The Soviets, however, suffered severe blows to their crewed Lunar aspirations when their N1 rocket failed twice during two 1969 launches.
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Orbital launches
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= January =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 January |time = 06:28{{cite web |title=Venera |url=http://www.astronautix.com/v/venera.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211054357/http://www.astronautix.com/v/venera.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2016 |first=Mark |last=Wade |access-date=19 October 2017}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Molniya-M / Blok VL
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Lander operated for 53 minutes in the atmosphere of Venus.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Venera 5
|user =
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Venus lander
|d-date = 16 May 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 January |time = 05:51
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Molniya-M / Blok-VL
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Lander operated for 51 minutes in the atmosphere of Venus.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Venera 6
|user =
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Venus lander
|d-date = 17 May 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 January |time = 12:10{{cite web |title=Plesetsk |url=http://www.astronautix.com/p/plesetsk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820165221/http://www.astronautix.com/p/plesetsk.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2016 |first=Mark |last=Wade |access-date=19 October 2017}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 263 (Zenit-2)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 January |time = 07:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur LC-31
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}} RVSN
|remarks = First docking between two crewed spacecraft (with Soyuz 5)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz 4
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 17 January 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 January |time = 07:04
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur LC-1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}} RVSN
|remarks = First docking between two crewed spacecraft (with Soyuz 4)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz 5
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 18 January 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 January |time = 04:14{{cite web |title=Baikonur |url=http://www.astronautix.com/b/baikonur.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161115064139/http://www.astronautix.com/b/baikonur.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 November 2016 |first=Mark |last=Wade |access-date=19 October 2017}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = One of the RD-0210 engines in the second stage failed, resulting in automatic shutdown of the vehicle. Capsule was successfully recovered after successful launch abort.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz 7K-L1 (Zond-1969A)
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 20 January 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta C1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OSO 5
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 January |time = 19:10{{cite web |title=Vandenberg |url=http://www.astronautix.com/v/vandenberg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820170153/http://www.astronautix.com/v/vandenberg.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2016 |first=Mark |last=Wade |access-date=19 October 2017}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks = Apogee was too high as the Agena rocket stage failed to switch off at a correct time.{{cite web |title=KH-8 Gambit-3 (Block 1) |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kh-8_bl1.htm |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=19 October 2017 |archive-date=5 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005051749/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kh-8_bl1.htm |url-status=live }}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 7585 (GAMBIT-3 4319)
|user = NRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Partial failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 January |time = 09:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 264 (Zenit-4M)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 January |time = 11:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Tsyklon-2A
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 90/19
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 265 (US-AO No.5)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Naval surveillance
|d-date = 23 January 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 January |time = 06:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta E1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2E
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} ISIS 1
|user = CSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Science
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
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= February =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 February |time = 12:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Vostok-2M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 265 (Meteor-1)
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|d-date = 1 February 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 5 February |time = 06:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-4B 6 (OPS 3890)
|user = CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} P-801 2 (OPS 2644)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 February |time = 00:39
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta M
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Intelsat III F-3
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geostationary
|function = Communications
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 February |time = 13:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 265 (DS-P1-Yu No.21)
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 February |time = 21:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIC
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} TACSAT-1 (OPS 0757)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Geostationary
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 February |time = 06:48
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K / Blok D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Engine failure in the first stage, rocket crashed 15 km from the pad.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Luna 15a + Lunokhod 1A (Ye-8 №201)
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar lander and rover
|d-date = 19 February 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 21 February |time = 09:18
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} N1/L3
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur LC-110/38
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}} RVSN
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Zond L1S-1
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 21 February
|outcome = Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Dummy LK
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Mass simulator
|d-date = 21 February
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 February |time = 01:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-36
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Mariner 6
|user = NASA
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Mars flyby
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 February |time = 10:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 266 (Zenit-2)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 February |time = 07:47
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta E1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ESSA-9
|user = ESSA
|function = Meteorology
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 February |time = 08:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 267 (Zenit-4)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
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= March =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 3 March |time = 16:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn V
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} KSC LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = First crewed orbital test of lunar module
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 9 CSM Gumdrop
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 13 March 1969
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 9 LM Spider
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 13 March 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks = Apogee was too high as the Agena rocket stage failed to switch off at a correct time.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 4248)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Kapustin Yar Site 86/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 268 (DS-P1-Yu No.18)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 132/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 269 (Tselina-O-4)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 270 (Zenit-4 No.52)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 March |time = 12:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 271 (Zenit-4 No.53)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 March |time = 17:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 132/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 272 (Sfera No.4)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Geodesy
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 18 March |time = 07:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas F-OV1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg ABRES-A2
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OV1-17
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OV1-17A ORBISCAL
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OV1-18
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OV1-19
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 19 March |time = 21:38
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-4A 50 (OPS 3722)
|user = CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} P-11 (OPS 2285)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 March |time = 12:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 273 (Zenit-2 No.72)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 March |time = 10:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 274 (Zenit-4 No.54)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 March |time = 12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Vostok-2M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Meteor-1 1
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|d-date = 26 March 2012
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 March |time = 10:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Payload fairing failed at T+51. Third stage failed to ignite.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Mars 2M No.521
|user =
|orbit = Areocentric
|function = Mars orbiter
|d-date = 27 March 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-36A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Mariner 7
|user = NASA
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Mars flyby
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 March |time = 16:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 275 (DS-P1-I No.5)
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
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= April =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Rocket crashed near pad after 1st stage engine failure.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Mars 2M No.522
|user =
|orbit = Areocentric
|function = Mars orbiter and lander
|d-date = 2 April 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 276 (Zenit-4 No.55)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 277 (DS-P1-Yu No.20)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 278 (Zenit-2 No.73)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 April |time = 02:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Molniya-M/Blok ML
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Molniya-1 No.11
|user =
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communications
|d-date = 17 April 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 April |time = 02:24
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-13
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Canyon 2 (OPS 3148)
|user = NRO
|orbit = Geostationary
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 14 April |time = 07:54
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2E
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Nimbus 3
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} SECOR-13
|user = US Army
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Geodesy
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 April |time = 08:14
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 279 (Zenit-4 No.56)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 April |time = 17:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 5310)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 April |time = 09:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 280 (Zenit-4M No.3)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= May =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-4A 51 (OPS 1101)
|user = CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} P-11 (OPS 1721)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 281 (Zenit-2 No.74)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 18 May |time = 16:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn V
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} KSC LC-39B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = First test of lunar module in lunar orbit. "Dress rehearsal" of Apollo 11 landing.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Crewed Lunar orbital flight
|d-date = 26 May 1969
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 10 LM Snoopy
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Test flight
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 282 (Zenit-4 No.57)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta M
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Intelsat III F-4
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geostationary
|function = Communications
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIC
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Vela 9, 10
|user = USAF
|orbit = High Earth
|function = Nuclear detection
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OV5 5, 6, 9
|user = USAF
|orbit = High Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 283 (DS-P1-Yu No.21)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 284 (Zenit-4 No.58)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= June =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 285 (DS-P1-Yu No.22)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 1077)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OGO 6
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Research
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/Blok D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Blok D upper stage failed to ignite, thus leaving the payload on a suborbital trajectory.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Luna E-8-5 No. 402
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar sample return
|d-date = 14 June 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 286 (Zenit-4 No.59)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta E1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Explorer 41 (IMP-G)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Highly elliptical
|function = Magnetospheric research
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 287 (Zenit-2 No.75)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 288 (Zenit-4 No.60)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta N
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Biosatellite 3
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Life science
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= July =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 July |time = 07:04
|rocket = {{flagicon|EUR}} Europa-1
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-6A
|LSP = {{flagicon|EUR}} ELDO
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} STV-2
|user = ELDO
|orbit =
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 2 July 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 3 July |time = 20:18
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} N1/L3
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur LC-110/38
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Exploded due to faulty engines and a bolt that was sucked into a fuel pump.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Zond L1S-2
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 3 July 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Dummy LK
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Mass simulator
|d-date = 3 July 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 289 (Zenit-4 No.61)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Lander crashed to the surface of the Moon in an attempted landing.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Luna 15 (Ye-8-5 №401)
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar sample return
|d-date = 20 July 1969
|outcome = Success
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 16 July |time = 13:32
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn V
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} KSC LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = First crewed Moon landing.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Crewed Lunar orbital flight
|d-date = 24 July 1969
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 11 LM Eagle
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Crewed Lunar landing
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 290 (Zenit-2 No.76)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Molniya-M/Blok ML
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Molniya-1 No.12
|user =
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thor-LV2F Burner-2
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-10W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DSAP-4B F3 (OPS 1127)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Second stage failed at T+267 seconds.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} DS-P1-Yu No.23
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|d-date = 23 July 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2H-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-4B 7 (OPS 3654)
|user = CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta M
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks = Third stage failure left the spacecraft in an unusable orbit.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Intelsat III F-5
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geostationary
|function = Communications
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-1W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Strawman-2 (OPS 8285)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= August =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 August |time = 05:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Tsyklon-2
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 90/19
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = First test flight of Tsyklon-2 booster. Flew with a dummy payload planned to be used as an ASAT target but the ASAT interceptor test flight was later cancelled.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 291 (IS-GVM)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Mass simulator
|d-date = 8 September 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 August |time = 23:48
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/Blok D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = The only successful test flight of Soyuz 7K-L1 spacecraft. Circumlunar flight, perilune 1,984 km.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Zond 7
|user =
|orbit = High Earth
|function = Lunar flyby
|d-date = 13 August 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 9 August |time = 07:52
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta N
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OSO 6
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Solar observatory
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} PAC 1
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 August |time = 11:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-36A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ATS-5
|user = NASA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 August |time = 22:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 132/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 292 (Zaliv No.3)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 August |time = 11:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 293 (Zenit-2M No.4) / Nauka 5KS L.1
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 August |time = 13:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 294 (Zenit-4 No.62)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 August |time = 14:14
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 295 (DS-P1-Yu No.24)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 August |time = 16:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 7807)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 27 August |time = 21:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta L
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks = First flight of Delta L rocket. First stage hydraulics failure threw the second stage far off course and the vehicle was destroyed by range safety at T+383 seconds.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Pioneer E
|user = NASA
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Solar orbiter
|d-date = 27 August 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} TETR 3
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth orbit
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 27 August 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 August |time = 09:05
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 296 (Zenit-4 No.63)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= September =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 September |time = 11:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 297 (Zenit-4 No.64)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 September |time = 08:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} R-36O
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 191/66
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 298 (OGCh No.21)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Weapon test
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 September |time = 08:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 299 (Zenit-4 No.65)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 September |time = 02:10{{cite web |title=Lambda 4S |url=http://www.astronautix.com/l/lambda4s.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821084648/http://www.astronautix.com/l/lambda4s.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 August 2016 |first=Mark |last=Wade |access-date=19 October 2017}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} Lambda 4S
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kagoshima L
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} ISAS
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} Ōsumi-4
|user = ISAS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 22 September 1969
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 22 September |time = 21:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-4A 52 (OPS 3531)
|user = CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} P-11 (OPS 4710)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 September |time = 14:07
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/Blok D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Blok D stage failed due to valve defect and the probe failed to leave Earth orbit.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 300 (Luna 16a, Ye-8-5 №403)
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar sample return
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 September |time = 12:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 301 (Zenit-2 No.77)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 30 September |time = 13:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Poppy 8A-D (NRL-PL 161-164)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} NRL-PL 165
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Timation-2
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Tempsat 2
|user = NRL
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} SOICAL Cone & Cylinder
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Calibration
|d-date = Cone: In orbit
Cylinder: 14 February 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=4166 |title=SOICAL (CYLINDER) |work=N2YO.com |date=14 February 2023 |access-date=4 March 2023}}
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} P-11 (OPS 7613)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= October =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 October |time = 22:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Scout-B
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-5
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks = Orbit was lower than planned.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO 1B
|user = ESRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Research
|outcome = Partial failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 October |time = 01:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Vostok-2M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Meteor-1 2
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October |time =11:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur LC-31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}} RVSN
|remarks = Rendezvous with Soyuz 7 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz 6
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 16 October 1969
|outcome = Partial failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 October |time = 10:44
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur LC-1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}} RVSN
|remarks = Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz 7
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 16 October 1969
|outcome = Partial failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 October |time = 10:19
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur LC-31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}} RVSN
|remarks = Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 7 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz 8
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 16 October 1969
|outcome = Partial failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 October{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/interkosmos-1.htm |title=Interkosmos 1, 4, 7, 11, (14) 16 (DS-U3-IK) |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=29 October 2017}} |time = 13:19
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Interkosmos 1 (DS-U3-IK No.1)
|user = Interkosmos
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Solar research
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 October |time = 11:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 302 (Zenit-4 No.66)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 October |time = 10:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 303 (DS-P1-Yu No.25)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 October |time = 12:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 304 (Zaliv No.4)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 October |time = 14:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/Blok D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = Control system of the Blok D stage failed and the probe failed to leave Earth orbit.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 305 (Luna 16b, Ye-8-5 №404)
|user =
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar sample return
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 October |time = 09:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 306 (Zenit-2M No.5)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 October |time = 13:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Kapustin Yar Site 86/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 307 (DS-P1-Yu No.26)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 October |time = 18:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-8 Gambit 3 (OPS 8455)
|user = USAF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= November =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 4 November |time = 11:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 308 (DS-P1-I No.6)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 November |time = 01:52
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Scout-B
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-5
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =First West German satellite
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRG}} Azur
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Ionospheric research
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 November |time = 11:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 309 (Zenit-2 No.78) / Nauka 3KS L.1
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 14 November |time = 16:22
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn V
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} KSC LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Second crewed Moon landing.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 12 CSM Yankee Clipper
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Crewed Lunar orbital flight
|d-date = 24 November 1969
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 12 LM Intrepid
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Crewed Lunar landing
|d-date = 20 November 1969
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 November |time = 08:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 310 (Zenit-4 No.67)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 November |time = 02:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta M
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skynet 1A
|user = MoD
|orbit = Geostationary
|function = Communications (military)
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 November |time = 11:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 311 (DS-P1-Yu No.27)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 November |time = 16:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 312 (Sfera No.5)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Geodesy
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 November |time = 09:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Proton-K/Blok D
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks = First stage failure
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Soyuz 7K-L1E
|user =
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Flight test
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
= December =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 December |time = 13:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 313 (Zenit-2M No.6) / Gektor No.6
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 4 December |time = 21:37
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2H-Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-4B 8 (OPS 6617)
|user = CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 December |time = 12:58
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 133/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 314 (DS-P1-Yu No.28)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 December |time = 03:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 315 (Tselina-O No.5)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 December |time = 09:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Tsyklon-2
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Baikonur Site 90/19
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 316 (I2P No.3)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Dummy ASAT warhead
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 December |time = 13:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Voskhod
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos 317 (Zenit-4MK No.1 / Germes No.1)
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 December |time = 09:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-2I
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Kapustin Yar Site 86/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Interkosmos 2 (DS-U1-IK No.1)
|user = Interkosmos
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|URS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|URS}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP = {{flagicon|URS}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|URS}} Ionosfernaya No.1
|user =
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|1969}}
Suborbital flights
{{TLS-H2|collapsed}}
|colspan=8|
=January-March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Cajun
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|117|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SWE}} / {{flagicon|USA}} RTG SNC 2A / 1 Aeronomy mission
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 6
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} UK SL781 Solar x-ray mission
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Failure
|d-date = 21 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|149|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} / Ion / Te Ionosphere mission
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Cajun
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|116|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SWE}} / {{flagicon|USA}} RTG SNC 2A / 3 Aeronomy mission
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Cajun
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|118|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SWE}} / {{flagicon|USA}} RTG SNC 2A / 4 Aeronomy mission
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|157|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Electrons Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 3 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|157|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Electrons Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|149|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Small scale structure Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|153|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Small scale structure Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Véronique
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ALFS
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} LRBA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|107|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = FU-170 CIRCE
|user = CNES
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 20 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|136|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C49 / 1 (R3) Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Sidewinder Arcas
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP =
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO A40 / 4 Ionosphere / plasma / field mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Failure
|d-date = 25 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|128|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C49 / 2 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Apache
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|226|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRG}} DLR K-NA-11
|user = DFVLR
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research, Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 2
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|211|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S43 / 2 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|211|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C52 / 1 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Apache
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|233|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRG}} DLR K-NA-17
|user = DFVLR
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research, Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 16 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|151|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Particles Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Apache
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|231|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRG}} DLR K-NA-18
|user = DFVLR
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research, Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|148|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} E field gradient Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|170|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} E-region E field Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 18 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Terrier Sandhawk
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Poker Flat Research Range
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|176|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = HEMLOCK
|user = DARPA
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 20 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Petrel
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|CAN}} Bristol Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Small scale structure Ionosphere mission
|user = SRC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 29 March
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=April-June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|192|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} X-ray Survey X-ray astronomy mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 6 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|192|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} UK SL502 Ionosphere / solar x-rays mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 3 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Apache
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|139|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ferdinand 20 Aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission
|user = NTNF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research, Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Dragon 2B
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|139|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} FU-182 Ions / Electric field Ionosphere mission
|user = CNES
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C39 / 1 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Failure
|d-date = 14 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|134|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C39 / 2 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|ARG}} Canopus 2
|site = {{flagicon|ARG}} CELPA
|LSP = {{flagicon|ARG}} CONAE
|remarks = First flight of Canopus 2 sounding rocket. Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = CONAE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 16 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|202|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} UK SL606 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Dragon 2B
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|329|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} FU-190 E field / Barium release / Ionosphere mission
|user = CNES
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|181|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} UK SL604 Solar ultraviolet mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandhawk Tomahawk
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Pacific Missile Range Facility
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks = First flight of the Sandhawk Tomahawk configuration. Apogee: {{convert|528|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Sandia National Laboratories
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|178|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} UK SL404 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Terrier Tomahawk
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Pacific Missile Range Facility
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|159|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = LRL BOX-16 TT-9
|user = Sandia National Laboratories
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 24 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|130|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C35 / 2 X-ray astronomy mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Black Arrow
|flight=R0
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-5B
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} RAE
|remarks = Test flight with inert third stage. Lost control 50 seconds into the flight, destroyed by range safety.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = RAE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Failure
|d-date = 27 June
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=July-September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|ITA}} Salto di Quirra
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|200|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S38 / 1 Ionosphere mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3
|site = {{flagicon|ITA}} Salto di Quirra
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|275|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S64 / 1 Aeronomy mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 6 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|ITA}} Salto di Quirra
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|203|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S38 / 2 Ionosphere mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3
|site = {{flagicon|ITA}} Salto di Quirra
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|280|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S64 / 2 Aeronomy mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|216|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Electron profile Ionosphere mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =15 July{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=K63D |url=http://www.astronautix.com/k/k63d.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.astronautix.com}}{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=BOR-1 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-1.htm |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}
|time =
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}} K63D
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimirovka near Kapustin Yar
|LSP =
|remarks =Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane, transmitted data until burning up as planned at 60-70 km altitude. Apogee: 100 km{{Cite web |last=Petrovitch |first=Vassili |title=BOR Description |url=https://www.buran-energia.com/bor/bor-desc.php |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.buran-energia.com}}
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name ={{flagicon|USSR}}BOR-1
|cubesat =
|user =
|orbit =Suborbital
|function =Re-entry test for the Spiral program
|d-date =15 July
|d-time =
|outcome =Successful
|d-span =
|o-span =
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|244|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Dayglow / electrons Ionosphere mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 16 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|AUS}} HAD
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|AUS}} WRE
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|115|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = WRE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 24 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|244|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Electron profile Ionosphere mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|262|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Dayglow / electrons Ionosphere mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 29 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|AUS}} Aero High
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|AUS}} WRE
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|208|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = WRE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|112|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C51 / 1 Aeronomy mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|112|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C58 / 1 Meteorites mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|197|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} HRCS / PHC Solar x-ray mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 29 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|ARG}} Rigel
|site = {{flagicon|ARG}} CELPA
|LSP = {{flagicon|ARG}} CONAE
|remarks = First test flight of Rigel sounding rocket. Apogee: {{convert|250|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = CONAE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 September
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=October-December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 2
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|225|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S29 / 1 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|135|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C52 / 2 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 10 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|318|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Grenades / TMA/Barium release Aeronomy / ionosphere mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|318|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Grenades / TMA/Barium release Aeronomy / ionosphere mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 2
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|225|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S29 / 2 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|223|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} UK SL586 test
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 20 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|216|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} X-ray survey / Solar X X-ray astronomy mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|ARG}} Canopus 2
|site = {{flagicon|ARG}} CELPA
|LSP = {{flagicon|ARG}} CONAE
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = CONAE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark
|site = {{flagicon|ITA}} Salto di Quirra
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|184|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S68 / 1 X-ray astronomy mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Vesta
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ALFS
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} LRBA
|remarks = Last flight of the Vesta sounding rocket. Apogee: {{convert|204|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = FU-189 Star pointing test
|user = CNES
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 2
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|214|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO S46 / 1 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 10 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|208|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Fresnel shadowgraph X-ray astronomy mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Failure
|d-date = 18 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|242|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Solar ultraviolet Spectrum / PHC Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 20 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Cajun
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|107|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ferdinand 21 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission
|user = NTNF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research, Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|GBR}} Skylark 3 AC
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 SL
|LSP = {{flagicon|GBR}} British Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|180|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Solar ultraviolet FP / PHC Solar ultraviolet mission
|user = BAC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|160|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C62 / 1 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 27 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Centaure 2B
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange C
|LSP =
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|164|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|EUR}} ESRO C62 / 2 Aurora mission
|user = ESRO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function =
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 27 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Sparrow-Arcas
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya Rocket Range
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} Arcas VII Aeronomy / ionosphere / plasma mission
|user = NTNF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research, Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 30 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =6 December
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}} K63D
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimirovka near Kapustin Yar
|LSP =
|remarks =Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane.{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=BOR-2 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-2.htm |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Gunter's Space Page}} Apogee: 100 km
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name ={{flagicon|USSR}} BOR-2 No.101
|cubesat =
|user =
|orbit =Suborbital
|function =Re-entry test for the Spiral program
|d-date =6 December
|d-time =
|outcome =Successful
|d-span =
|o-span =
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|AUS}} HAD
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|AUS}} WRE
|remarks = Last flight of HAD rocket. Apogee: {{convert|115|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = WRE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|ARG}} Rigel
|site = {{flagicon|ARG}} CELPA
|LSP = {{flagicon|ARG}} CONAE
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|250|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = CONAE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|ARG}} Canopus 2
|site = {{flagicon|ARG}} CELPA
|LSP = {{flagicon|ARG}} CONAE
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = CONAE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 December
}}
}}
|}
Launches from the Moon
{{TLS-H2}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 July |time= 17:54
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Lunar Module Ascent Stage
|site = Tranquility Base, Mare Tranquillitatis (Luna)
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Carrying two astronauts back to CSM after lunar landing
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 11 LM
|user = NASA
|orbit= Selenocentric (CSM)
|function = Crewed
|d-date =
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 November |time= 14:25:47
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Lunar Module Ascent Stage
|site = Ocean of Storms (Luna)
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Carrying two astronauts back to CSM after lunar landing
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo 12 LM
|user = NASA
|orbit= Selenocentric (CSM)
|function = Crewed
|d-date = 20 November
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|}
Deep-space rendezvous
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |
| Date (GMT)
!Spacecraft !Event !Remarks |
|---|
| 16 May
|Atmospheric entry in Venus |Atmospheric probe worked for 53 min in the Venerian atmosphere |
| 17 May
|Atmospheric entry in Venus |Atmospheric probe worked for 51 min in the Venerian atmosphere |
| 21 May
|31 orbits around the Moon |Altitude ~15,4 km |
| 20 July
|Moon landing |22 kg from Mare Tranquillitatis (sample return mission) |
| 21 July
|Moon impact |Impacted at Mare Crisium (sample return mission). Primary mission failed. |
| 5 August
|Flyby of Mars |Periapsis: 3,412 km. 25 close-up pictures. |
| 5 August
|Flyby of Mars |Periapsis: 3,543 km. 33 close-up pictures. |
| 11 August
|Circumlunar flight |Periapsis: 1,984 km. |
| 19 November
|Moon landing |34 kg from Oceanus Procellarum (sample return mission) |
Extravehicular activities (EVAs)
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |
| Start Date/Time
!Duration !End Time !Spacecraft !Crew !Remarks |
|---|
Orbital launch statistics
= By country =
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| radius = 100
| slices =
( 1 : Europe : mediumblue )
( 1 : Japan : white )
( 82 : Soviet Union : brown )
( 41 : USA : blue )
| units suffix =
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}}
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| colspan=2 | Country
! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial ! Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:mediumblue;" | | {{EUR}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| style="background:white;" | | {{JPN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| style="background:brown;" | | {{USSR}} | 82 | 68 | 14 | 0 | |
| style="background:blue;" | | {{USA}} | 41 | 37 | 2 | 2 | |
| class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | World | 125 | 105 | 18 | 2 |
{{clear}}
= By rocket =
== By family ==
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| Family
! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas | {{USA}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blue Streak | {{EUR}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kosmos | {{URS}} | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lambda | {{JPN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| N-1 | {{URS}} | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | First flight |
| R-7 | {{URS}} | 44 | 43 | 1 | 0 | |
| R-36 | {{URS}} | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Saturn | {{USA}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scout | {{USA}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thor | {{USA}} | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | |
| Titan | {{USA}} | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Universal Rocket | {{URS}} | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
== By type ==
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| Rocket
! Country ! Family ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas-Agena | {{USA}} | Atlas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas-Centaur | {{USA}} | Atlas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas E/F | {{USA}} | Atlas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta | {{USA}} | Thor | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Europa | {{EUR}} | Blue Streak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kosmos-2 | {{URS}} | Kosmos | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kosmos-3 | {{URS}} | Kosmos | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lambda 4 | {{JPN}} | Lambda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Molniya | {{URS}} | R-7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| N-1 | {{URS}} | N-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | First flight |
| Proton | {{URS}} | Universal Rocket | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| R-36 | {{URS}} | R-36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saturn V | {{USA}} | Saturn | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scout | {{USA}} | Scout | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soyuz | {{URS}} | R-7 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thor-Burner | {{USA}} | Thor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thorad-Agena | {{USA}} | Thor | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Titan III | {{USA}} | Titan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tsyklon | {{URS}} | R-36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vostok | {{URS}} | R-7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
== By configuration ==
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" | |||||||
| Rocket
! Country ! Type ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D | {{USA}} | Atlas-Agena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D | {{USA}} | Atlas-Centaur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas F-OV1 | {{USA}} | Atlas E/F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta C1 | {{USA}} | Delta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Last flight |
| Delta E1 | {{USA}} | Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta L | {{USA}} | Delta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | First flight |
| Delta M | {{USA}} | Delta | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Delta N | {{USA}} | Delta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Europa-1 | {{EUR}} | Europa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kosmos-2I | {{URS}} | Kosmos-2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kosmos-3M | {{URS}} | Kosmos-3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lambda 4S | {{JPN}} | Lambda 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Molniya-M/Blok VL | {{URS}} | Molniya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Last flight |
| Molniya-M/Blok ML | {{URS}} | Molniya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| N1/L3 | {{URS}} | N-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | First flight |
| Proton-K/D | {{URS}} | Proton | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| R-36O | {{URS}} | R-36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saturn V | {{USA}} | Saturn V | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scout B | {{USA}} | Scout | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soyuz (11A511) | {{URS}} | Soyuz | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thor-LV2F Burner-2 | {{USA}} | Thor-Burner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D | {{USA}} | Thorad-Agena | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D | {{USA}} | Thorad-Agena | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | First flight |
| Titan IIIB | {{USA}} | Titan III | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Titan IIIC | {{USA}} | Titan III | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tsyklon-2 | {{URS}} | Tsyklon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | First flight |
| Tsyklon-2A | {{URS}} | Tsyklon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Last flight |
| Voskhod (11A57) | {{URS}} | Soyuz | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vostok-2M | {{URS}} | Vostok | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
= By spaceport =
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| Site
! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baikonur | {{URS}} | 38 | 27 | 11 | 0 | |
| Cape Canaveral | {{USA}} | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kapustin Yar | {{URS}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kennedy | {{USA}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plesetsk | {{URS}} | 41 | 38 | 3 | 0 | |
| Kagoshima | {{JPN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vandenberg | {{USA}} | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | |
| Woomera | {{AUS}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
= By orbit =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||
| Orbital regime
! Launches ! Achieved ! Not Achieved ! Accidentally ! Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 85 | 81 | 3 | 1 | |
| Geosynchronous / transfer | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Medium Earth | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | including highly elliptical and Molniya orbits and Trans Lunar trajectories |
| Heliocentric | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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| title=Timeline of spaceflight
| years= 1969
| before=1968
| after=1970}}
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{{Orbital launches in 1969}}
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