1964 in spaceflight

For launches in the first quarter of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), for launches in the second quarter, see 1964 in spaceflight (April–June), for the third quarter see 1964 in spaceflight (July–September) and for the fourth quarter see 1964 in spaceflight (October–December).

1964 in spaceflight
Orbital launches
The launch of Gemini 1, the first flight of the Titan II GLV rocket and the Gemini programme
First	11 January
Last	21 December
Total	100
Successes	82
Failures	15
Partial failures	3
Catalogued	87
National firsts
Satellite	Italy
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C Delta D Kosmos-1 63S3 Molniya-M 8K78M Titan II GLV Titan IIIA Vostok-2M 8A92M
Retirements	Delta B Scout X-3 Polyot 11A59 Vostok-K 8K72K
Manned flights
Orbital	1
Total travellers	3

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
2 February	Ranger 6	Lunar impact	Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:24:32, failed to return images
14 July	Zond 1	Flyby of Venus	Closest approach: 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi), communications system failed before flyby
31 July	Ranger 7	Lunar impact	Impacted Mare Nubium at 13:25:48, returned 4,308 images

Orbital launch summary

By country

	Soviet Union
	United States

Orbital launch attempts by country in 1964

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Soviet Union	36	29	7	0
United States	64	53	8	3

By rocket

Rocket	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B	United States	3	3	0	0
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D	United States	9	8	1	0
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D	United States	4	3	1	0	Maiden flight
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C	United States	2	0	1	1	Maiden flight
Delta B	United States	2	1	1	0	Retired
Delta C	United States	2	1	0	1
Delta D	United States	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos-1 63S3	Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos-2I 63S1	Soviet Union	8	7	1	0
Molniya 8K78	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0
Molniya-M 8K78M	Soviet Union	5	1	4	0	Maiden flight
Polyot 11A59	Soviet Union	1	1	0	0	Retired
Saturn I	United States	3	3	0	0	First orbital launch
Scout X-3	United States	1	1	0	0	Retired
Scout X-4	United States	7	6	1	0
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar	United States	3	2	1	0
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B	United States	2	1	0	1
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D	United States	2	2	0	0
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D	United States	20	19	1	0
Titan II GLV	United States	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Titan IIIA	United States	2	1	1	0	Maiden flight
Voskhod 11A57	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0
Vostok-K 8K72K	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	Retired
Vostok-2 8A92	Soviet Union	9	9	0	0
Vostok-2M 8A92M	Soviet Union	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not Achieved	Accidentally Achieved	Remarks
Low Earth	77	68	8	2
Medium Earth	4	3	1	0
High Earth	11	8	3	0	Including Highly elliptical orbits
Geosynchronous/transfer	2	1	1	0
Heliocentric	6	4	2	0

References

Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
"NASASpaceFlight.com".
"Spaceflight Now".
"Space Information Center". JAXA.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL.
"ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
"Launch Forecast". Space.com.
Clark, Stephen. "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now.
"U.S. Space Objects Registry".
"Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. Cosmoworld.ru (in Russian).

Generic references:

Footnotes

Timeline of spaceflight
1940s					1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
1950s	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960s	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970s	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980s	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990s	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000s	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
2010s	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019

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NRL PL135 · GGSE-1 · Solrad 7A · SECOR 1 \| OPS 3367A · OPS 3367B \| Relay 2 \| Echo 2 \| Jupiter Nosecone \| Elektron-1 · Elektron-2 \| Ranger 6 \| OPS 3444 \| Zond 3MV-1 No.2 \| Kosmos 25 \| OPS 2423 \| OPS 3722 \| OPS 3435 \| Kosmos 26 \| BE-A \| Luna E-6 No.6 \| OPS 3467 \| Kosmos 27 \| Ariel 2 \| Zond 1 \| Kosmos 28 \| Gemini 1 \| Polyot 2 \| Luna E-6 No.5 \| Transit 5BN-3 · Transit 5E-4 \| OPS 3743 \| Kosmos 29 \| OPS 2921 \| Kosmos 30 \| OPS 3592 \| Apollo AS-101 \| OPS 4412 \| OPS 3483 \| Molniya-1 No.2 \| Kosmos 31 \| Kosmos 32 \| OPS 3236 \| OPS 4467A · OPS 4467B \| OPS 3754 \| Kosmos 33 \| ESRS \| Atlas-Centaur 3 \| Kosmos 34 \| OPS 3395 \| OPS 3684 · OPS 4923 \| Elektron-3 · Elektron-4 \| OPS 3491 \| Kosmos 35 \| OPS 3662 · OPS 3674 · ERS-13 \| Ranger 7 \| Kosmos 36 \| OPS 3042 \| Kosmos 37 \| OPS 3802 · OPS 3216 \| Kosmos 38 · Kosmos 39 · Kosmos 40 \| Syncom 3 \| OPS 2739 \| OPS 2739 \| Kosmos 41 \| Kosmos 42 · Kosmos 43 \| Kosmos 44 \| Titan 3A-2 \| OGO-1 \| Kosmos 45 \| OPS 3497 \| Apollo AS-102 \| OPS 4262 \| Kosmos 46 \| Explorer 21 \| OPS 3333 \| Kosmos 47 \| OPS 5798 · Dragsphere 1 · Dragsphere 2 \| OPS 4036 \| Explorer 22 \| Voskhod 1 \| Kosmos 48 \| OPS 3559 \| Strela-1 No.6 · Strela-1 No.7 · Strela-1 No.8 \| OPS 4384 · OPS 5063 \| Kosmos 49 \| Kosmos 50 \| OPS 5434 \| OPS 3062 \| Mariner 3 \| Explorer 23 \| OPS 3360 \| Explorer 24 · Explorer 25 \| Mariner 4 \| Zond 2 \| DS-2 No.2 \| OPS 4439 \| Kosmos 26 \| Titan 3A-1 \| Surveyor Mass Model \| OPS 6582 · Transit 5E-5 \| San Marco 1 \| OPS 3358 \| Explorer 26 \| OPS 3762

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

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