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1964 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1964 |
| image | Gemini 1.jpg |
| caption | 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 | 101 |
| success | 83 |
| failed | 15 |
| partial | 3 |
| catalogued | 87 |
| maidens | 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 | |
| retired | Delta B |
| Scout X-3 | |
| Polyot 11A59 | |
| Vostok-K 8K72K | |
| firstsat | |
| orbital | 1 |
| totalcrew | 3 |
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C Delta D Kosmos-1 63S3 Molniya-M 8K78M Titan II GLV Titan IIIA Vostok-2M 8A92M Scout X-3 Polyot 11A59 Vostok-K 8K72K
Orbital and Suborbital launches
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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: 100000 km, communications system failed before flyby |
| 31 July | Ranger 7 | Lunar impact | Impacted Mare Nubium at 13:25:48, returned 4,308 images |
Orbital launch statistics
By country
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| failures | style="text-align:left;" | style="text-align:left;" | World | ||||||
| 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 64 | 53 | 8 | 3 |
By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
| Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Maiden flight | |
| Delta B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Retired | |
| Delta C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Delta D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
| Kosmos-1 63S3 | USSR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Kosmos-2I 63S1 | USSR | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Molniya 8K78 | USSR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Molniya-M 8K78M | USSR | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Polyot 11A59 | USSR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Saturn I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | First orbital launch | |
| Scout X-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired | |
| Scout X-4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scout X-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First Italian satellite launch | |
| Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Titan II GLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
| Titan IIIA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
| Voskhod 11A57 | USSR | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vostok-K 8K72K | USSR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Vostok-2 8A92 | USSR | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vostok-2M 8A92M | USSR | 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
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