1965 in spaceflight (January–March)

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

Launches[]

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January[]
7 January 03:50	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 January	Successful
		Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
7 January				USNS Wheeling,		US Navy
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric Magnetospheric	7 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
8 January 18:59:54	SM-65F Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576G		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	8 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
8 January	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	8 January	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
11 January 09:36	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 31/6
		Kosmos 52 (Zenit-2 #26)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	19 January	Successful
11 January 17:13:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Von Steuben, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	11 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 January 14:32:26	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576B-1		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	12 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 January 05:02	R-36			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	13 January	Launch failure
13 January 15:49	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands		KPNO
			KPNO	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 January	Successful
		Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
13 January 17:12	Javelin			Wallops Island		NASA
			PSU	Suborbital	Ionospheric	13 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,006 kilometres (625 mi)
13 January 23:48	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 January	Successful
		Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi)
14 January 12:00	HGM-25A Titan I			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	14 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 January 15:00:03	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	15 January	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
15 January 21:00:44	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg		US Air Force
		(KH-4A #1016)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	9 February	Partial spacecraft failure
			US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	15 January[1]	Successful
			US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	20 January[1]	Successful
		Camera issues caused some images to appear smeared
15 January				Green River		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	15 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
19 January 05:03:42	Thor LV-2D MG-18			Vandenberg LC-4300B-6		US Air Force
		( F1/DAPP 10)	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Weather	13 July 1979	Partial spacecraft failure
		Thermal regulation problem due to heat shield deployment issues, maiden flight of Thor LV-2D MG-18
19 January 14:04:00	Titan II GLV			Cape Canaveral LC-19		NASA
		Gemini 2	NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	14:22:14	Successful
		Apogee: 169 kilometres (105 mi), test of the heat shield on the Gemini spacecraft
20 January	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	20 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 January				Tonopah		Sandia
			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 January	Successful
		Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
21 January 20:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL
			NRL	Suborbital	Solar	21 January	Successful
		Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi)
21 January 21:34:54	SM-65D Atlas D			Vandenberg LC-576B-3		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	28 May	Successful
		OV1-1	US Air Force	Intended: Low Earth	Radiation		Launch failure
		OV1 pod failed to separate from Atlas
22 January 05:14	Kappa-9M			Kagoshima		ISAS
			ISAS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	22 January	Successful
		Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
22 January 07:52:00	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		NASA
		(Tiros I/A-54)	NASA (1965) ESSA (1965–1968)	Sun-synchronous	Weather	In orbit	Successful
		Ceased operations on 12 June 1968
22 January 21:46	Black Brant IVA			Churchill		CARDE
			BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	22 January	Successful
		Apogee: 670 kilometres (420 mi)
23 January 16:30:08	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Sam Rayburn, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 January 18:15	Black Brant IVA			Churchill		CARDE
			BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 735 kilometres (457 mi)
23 January 20:09	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-3		US Air Force
		(KH-7 #15/AFP-206 SV-965)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 January	Successful
23 January	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
25 January 16:00	Black Brant IIB			Churchill		NRC
			BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	25 January	Successful
		Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)
25 January 20:53	Black Brant IIB			Churchill		NRC
			BAL	Suborbital	Test flight	25 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
26 January 09:40:26	Hydra-Iris			USNS Wheeling,		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Ionospheric Magnetospheric	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
27 January 20:30	Nike-Cajun			Point Barrow		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	27 January	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 January 21:32	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	27 January	Successful
		Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
27 January	Nike-Tomahawk 9A			Barking Sands		Sandia
			Sandia	Suborbital	Test flight	27 January	Successful
		Apogee: 302 kilometres (188 mi)
28 January 04:24	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
28 January 12:51:10	XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior			Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	28 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 January	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 January 01:21:15	LGM-30F Minuteman II			Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 January 05:15	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	30 January	Successful
		Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
30 January 07:45	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL
			NRL	Suborbital	IR Astronomy	30 January	Successful
		Apogee: 211 kilometres (131 mi)
30 January 08:04	R-36			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,493 kilometres (928 mi)
30 January 09:36	Kosmos-2I 63S1			Kapustin Yar
		Kosmos 53 ( #5)		Low Earth	Technology/Radiation	12 August 1966	Successful
31 January 05:01				Kagoshima		ISAS
			Osaka	Suborbital	Ionospheric	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,040 kilometres (650 mi)
January	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Aeronomy	January	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Aeronomy	January	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	January	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
February[]
1 February	Nike-Apache			Esrange		NTNF
			NTNF	Suborbital	Auroral	1 February	Launch failure
1 February						Dassault
			Dassault	Suborbital	Missile test	1 February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 February 06:30	Athena RTV			Green River Pad 2		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	2 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
2 February 09:57				Woomera		WRE
			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
2 February	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 February	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 February	Nike-Javelin			White Sands		DASA
			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 February	Tomahawk			Tonopah		Sandia
			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
3 February 16:36:00	Delta C			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		NASA
		OSO-2 (OSO-B2/S-17)	NASA	Low Earth	Solar	9 August 1989	Successful
		Ceased operations on 6 June 1966
3 February 18:08	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	3 February	Successful
		Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
3 February 22:55	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE
			Adelaide	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3 February	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	3 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 February	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	3 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 February	Tomahawk			Tonopah		Sandia
			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 February	Successful
		Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
4 February 04:45	Nike-Cajun			Point Barrow		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
4 February 05:10	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
4 February 17:34	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 February 05:01	Kappa-9M			Kagoshima		ISAS
			Osaka	Suborbital	Ionospheric	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 325 kilometres (202 mi)
6 February 10:02	Kappa-9M			Kagoshima		ISAS
				Suborbital	Solar	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
6 February 10:19	Nike-Cajun			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
6 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February 17:25:05	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Sam Rayburn, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February 22:15	Nike-Cajun			Point Barrow		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 February	Successful
		Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
8 February 22:53	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 February	Successful
		Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
8 February 22:58	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 February	Successful
		Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
8 February	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	8 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 February 15:19:05	Titan IIIA			Cape Canaveral LC-20		US Air Force
		LES-1	Lincoln	Intended: Highly elliptical Achieved: Medium Earth	Technology	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Intentionally launched into medium Earth orbit, spacecraft was to manoeuvre to final orbit by itself using a motor, but failed to do so
11 February 17:55	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Solar	11 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 February				Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 February 12:00:06	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 February	Kosmos-2I 63S1			Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
				Intended: Low Earth	Radar target	12 February	Launch failure
		Second stage malfunctioned, failed to achieve orbit
12 February	Athena RTV					US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	12 February	Launch failure
12 February	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 February 14:37:03	Saturn I			Cape Canaveral LC-37B		NASA
		Apollo BP-16	NASA	Low Earth	Technology	10 July 1985	Successful
		Pegasus 1	NASA	Low Earth	Micrometeoroids	17 September 1978	Successful
		Boilerplate test of Apollo spacecraft, Pegasus ceased operations on 29 August 1968
15 February 16:30:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS John C. Calhoun, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 February	Nike-Apache			Esrange		NTNF
			NTNF	Suborbital	Auroral	15 February	Launch failure
16 February 05:00	Athena RTV					US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	16 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
17 February 17:05:00	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B			Cape Canaveral LC-12		US Air Force
		Ranger 8	NASA	Highly elliptical	Lunar impactor	20 February 09:57:37	Successful
18 February 20:09	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 February	Successful
		Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
19 February 00:25	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
19 February 04:51:02	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Churchill		NASA
			Johns Hopkins	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 159 kilometres (99 mi)
19 February 04:51:42	Nike-Tomahawk			Churchill		Sandia
			LASL	Suborbital	Auroral	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
19 February 09:17:31	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
20 February 06:30:02	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Launch failure
20 February	Kosmos-2I 63S1			Kapustin Yar Site 86/1
				Intended: Low Earth	Technology/Radiation	+64 seconds	Launch failure
		First stage malfunctioned, failed to achieve orbit
21 February 11:00	Kosmos-1			Baikonur Site 41/15
		(Strela-1)		Low Earth	Communication	15 September 1968	Successful
		(Strela-1)		Low Earth	Communication	2 February 1968	Successful
		(Strela-1)		Low Earth	Communication	2 November 1967	Successful
22 February 07:40:47	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 31/6
		Kosmos 57 (Voskhod 3KD #1)		Low Earth	Test flight	22 February	Spacecraft failure
		Accidentally commanded to deorbit and self-destruct shortly after launch
23 February 17:15	Nike-Javelin			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 February 21:44:55	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-1-1		US Air Force
		(KH-4A #1017)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	18 March	Partial spacecraft failure
			US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	February/March	Successful
			US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	February/March	Successful
		Shutter failed towards end of mission
25 February	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 February 05:02	Vostok-2M			Baikonur Site 31/6
		(Meteor #2)		Low Earth	Weather	25 February 1990	Successful
26 February 11:10	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 February	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/3		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
27 February 11:11:16	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-1		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	REV Test	27 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
27 February 21:00	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	27 February	Successful
		Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
27 February 21:33	Nike-Cajun			USS Croatan,		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	27 February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 February 22:30	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	27 February	Successful
		Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
27 February	Emeraude VE121			Hammaguira Brigitte		CNES
			CNES	Suborbital	Missile test	27 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February 00:21	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
28 February 03:30	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
28 February 04:15	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
28 February 06:00	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
28 February 09:15	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February 09:15	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
28 February 11:30	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	28 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 28 kilometres (17 mi)
28 February 11:30	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
28 February 12:11	Nike-Apache			Churchill		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 55 kilometres (34 mi)
28 February 13:15	Nike-Apache			Eglin		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	28 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 28 kilometres (17 mi)
February	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Target	February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Target	February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February	Nike-Javelin			White Sands		DASA
			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March[]
1 March 17:18:06	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS John C. Calhoun, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
1 March 20:43	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NASA/?
			UPP	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi)
2 March 01:10	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 March 09:52:31	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
2 March 13:25	Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C			Canaveral LC-36A		NASA
			NASA	Intended: Geosynchronous transfer	Technology	+2 seconds	Launch failure
		Fuel valves closed after launch causing engines to shut down, rocket fell back and exploded on launch pad, final flight of Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C
2 March	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia
			LASL	Suborbital	Technology	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
2 March	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia
			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
3 March 00:09	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Solar	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 241 kilometres (150 mi)
3 March 04:42	Skylark 3			Woomera		RAE/WRE
			RAE/WRE	Suborbital	Test flight	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi)
3 March 14:15:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Solar	3 March
		Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
3 March 22:28	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NASA/NTNF
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 22 kilometres (14 mi)
4 March 18:32				Barking Sands		Sandia
			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
4 March	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
4 March	Centaure 1			Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
			CNRS	Suborbital	Solar	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
5 March 00:11	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Solar	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
5 March 01:12:59	UGM-27 Polaris A2E			Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 March 11:00:21	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 March 20:57:50	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NASA/?
			UPP	Suborbital	Aeronomy	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
5 March	HGM-25A Titan I			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 March 03:41	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA
			Princeton	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	6 March	Successful
		Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi)
6 March 07:32	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Churchill		US Air Force
			AFCRL/Utah	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	6 March	Successful
		Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
6 March	Nike-Tomahawk			Churchill		Sandia
			LASL	Suborbital	Auroral	6 March	Successful
		Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
6 March	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	6 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
7 March 09:07	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 31/6
		(Zenit-4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 March	Successful
		Carried prototype Voskhod 3KD airlock
8 March 15:35	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	8 March	Successful
		Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
8 March 17:48:08	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-2		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 March	Successful
		Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
8 March	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	8 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 March 06:26:26	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 March	Successful
		Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
9 March 16:25	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	9 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
9 March 18:29:47	Thor SLV-2 Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-1-2		US Air Force
		(NRL-PL 142/Poppy 4)	NRL	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
			NRL	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
			NRL	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		Secor-3 (EGRS-3)	US Army	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
		SOLRAD 7B	NRL	Low Earth	Radiation	In orbit	Successful
			NRL	Low Earth	Calibration	27 March 1981	Successful
			NRL	Low Earth	Calibration	In orbit	Successful
		OSCAR 3		Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
		NRL Composite 5
10 March 16:00	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	10 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 March	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
11 March 09:35:14	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi)
11 March 10:38	Nike-Cajun			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March 13:39:59	Thor DSV-2A Ablestar			Vandenberg		US Air Force
		(Transit O-3/NNS 30030)	US Navy	Low Earth	Navigation	14 June	Spacecraft failure
		Secor-2 (EGRS-2)	US Army	Low Earth	Geodesy	26 February 1968	Successful
		Transit O-3 failed a few weeks after launch
11 March 20:07	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 March 09:30	Molniya-L			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Kosmos 60 ( #9)		Intended: Highly elliptical Achieved: Low Earth	Lunar lander	17 March	Launch failure
		Escape stage engine failed to ignite due to power system malfunction
12 March 13:30	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi)
12 March 16:00	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-9		NASA
			New Hampshire	Suborbital	Plasma research	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
12 March 19:25	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-3		US Air Force
		(KH-7 #16/AFP-206 SV-966)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	17 March	Successful
12 March 23:21:52	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576B-3		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	REV Test	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 March	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia
			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
13 March 03:38	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
13 March 03:55	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Astronomy	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
13 March 07:42	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Churchill		US Air Force
			AFCRL/Utah	Suborbital	Meteoroid research Auroral	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
13 March 08:20:31	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
15 March 11:00	Kosmos-1			Baikonur Site 41/15
		(Strela-1)		Low Earth	Communication	15 January 1968	Successful
		(Strela-1)		Low Earth	Communication	24 September 1968	Successful
		(Strela-1)		Low Earth	Communication	4 November 1967	Successful
15 March 18:22:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Nathanael Greene, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 March 19:09:01	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Nathanael Greene, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 March 20:41	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NASA/NTNF
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric Auroral	15 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 35 kilometres (22 mi)
16 March 16:15	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
16 March 16:51	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 March	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 March 15:10	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA
			ASE	Suborbital	Solar	17 March	Successful
		Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
17 March 18:08	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
			UCL/ROE/Sheffield	Suborbital	UV astronomy	17 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 19 kilometres (12 mi)
17 March 21:30	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC
			U of Toronto	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 March	Successful
		Apogee: 153 kilometres (95 mi)
18 March 04:43:46	Thor LV-2D MG-18			Vandenberg LC-4300B-6		US Air Force
		(DMSP-3B F2/DAPP 11)	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Weather	31 December 1989	Successful
		Final flight of Thor LV-2D MG-18
18 March 06:04	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
18 March 06:41	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 March 07:00:00	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Voskhod 2		Low Earth	Technology	19 March 09:02:17	Successful
		Manned flight with two cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov became the first man to perform an extra-vehicular activity
18 March 10:07	Lambda 3			Kagoshima LA-L		ISAS
			Nagasaki/Tokyo	Suborbital	XR astronomy	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,085 kilometres (674 mi)
18 March 16:01	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi)
18 March 16:38	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 March 20:43	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			UT Dallas	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
19 March 03:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
19 March 06:24	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC
			SASK	Suborbital	Fields research	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
19 March 18:09	Nike-Tomahawk			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 315 kilometres (196 mi)
20 March 05:42	Aerobee-300			Wallops Island		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 March	Successful
		Apogee: 326 kilometres (203 mi)
20 March 13:20:09	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	20 March	Successful
		Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
20 March 16:28	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	20 March	Successful
		Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
20 March 17:04:13	Nike-Cajun			USS Croatan, PO-11		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	20 March	Successful
		Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
21 March 21:37:02	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B			Cape Canaveral LC-12		US Air Force
		Ranger 9	NASA	Highly elliptical	Lunar impactor	24 March 14:08:20	Successful
		Final flight of Atlas LV-3A Agena-B
21 March 23:08	Blue Streak			Woomera		ELDO
			ELDO	Suborbital		21 March	Successful
		Apogee: 263 kilometres (163 mi)
22 March 07:44	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	22 March	Successful
		Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
22 March 08:49:10	Nike-Cajun			USS Croatan, PO-11		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	22 March	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
22 March 22:19	Nike-Apache			Andøya		NASA/NTNF
			NICP/KGO	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
22 March	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 March	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
23 March 09:31:09	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-18		NASA
			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	23 March	Successful
		Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
23 March 14:24:00	Titan II GLV			Cape Canaveral LC-19		US Air Force
		Gemini III	NASA	Low Earth	Test flight	19:16:31	Successful
		Carried two astronauts, first manned Gemini mission
24 March 01:24	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD
			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
24 March 05:03	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD
			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
24 March 06:40	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC
			NRC	Suborbital	Fields research	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
24 March 16:34	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 March 17:07	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	24 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 March 00:06	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE
			UCL/ROE/Sheffield	Suborbital	UV Astronomy Ionospheric	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
25 March 02:15:16	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 March 05:34	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC
			NRC	Suborbital	Ionospheric Micrometeoroid research	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
25 March 10:04	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 31/6
		Kosmos 64 (Zenit-2 #17)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	2 April	Successful
25 March 11:21	Kappa-9M			Kagoshima		ISAS
			TAO	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
25 March 16:00	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 March 21:11:17	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg		US Air Force
		(KH-4A #1018)	US Air Force/NRO	Sun-synchronous	Optical imaging	5 April	Successful
			US Air Force/NRO	Sun-synchronous	Film return	March	Successful
			US Air Force/NRO	Sun-synchronous	Film return	March/April	Successful
25 March	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 March 09:01:11	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-1		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 March 15:41	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
26 March 16:13	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 March	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 March 03:00	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	27 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 March 05:01	Kappa-9M			Kagoshima		ISAS
			Tokyo	Suborbital	Ionospheric	27 March	Successful
		Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
27 March 06:20	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD
			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	27 March	Successful
		Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
27 March 18:08	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	27 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 March 07:01	Kappa-9M			Kagoshima		ISAS
			Kyoto	Suborbital	Ionospheric Plasma	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 349 kilometres (217 mi)
28 March 15:50	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi)
29 March 00:02	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD
			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
29 March 02:20	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD
			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
29 March 15:47	Nike-Apache			USS Croatan, PO-11		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
29 March 15:47	Nike-Cajun			USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-30		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
29 March 18:30:07	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Nathanael Greene, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 March 05:50	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL
			NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy UV astronomy	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)
30 March 09:30	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE
			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
30 March 16:09:31	XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr			Cape Canaveral LC-18A		US Air Force
			AFCRL	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 12,067 kilometres (7,498 mi)
30 March	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
31 March 14:34	Skylark-7			Salto di Quirra		ESRO
			UCL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	31 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 45 kilometres (28 mi)
March	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Target	March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Target	March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March	3			Kwajalein		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	ABM test	March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
March	Nike-Zeus 3			Kwajalein		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	ABM test	March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)

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