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Field	Value
year	1965
image	Delta D Intelsat1.jpg
caption	Launch of a Delta D rocket carrying the first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Intelsat I F1
first	11 January
last	28 December
total	124
success	108
failed	15
partial	1
catalogued	112
maidens	Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D
Delta E
Diamant-A
Kosmos-2M
Scout A
Scout B
Soyuz/Vostok 11A510
Thor LV-2D Burner-1
Thor LV-2D MG-18
Titan IIIC
UR-500 (Proton)
retired	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C
Delta D
Kosmos-1
Molniya 8K78
Molniya-L 8K78L
Saturn I
Scout X-4
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar
Thor LV-2D MG-18
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B
Titan IIIA
firstlaunch
firstsat
orbital	6
totalcrew	13

Delta E Diamant-A Kosmos-2M Scout A Scout B Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 Thor LV-2D Burner-1 Thor LV-2D MG-18 Titan IIIC UR-500 (Proton) Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C Delta D Kosmos-1 Molniya 8K78 Molniya-L 8K78L Saturn I Scout X-4 Thor DSV-2A Ablestar Thor LV-2D MG-18 Thor SLV-2 Agena-B Titan IIIA

Orbital and Suborbital launches

Main article: 1965 in spaceflight (January–March), 1965 in spaceflight (April-June), 1965 in spaceflight (July-September), 1965 in spaceflight (October-December)

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
20 February	Ranger 8	Lunar impact	Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:57:37, returned 7,137 images
24 March	Ranger 9	Lunar impact	Impacted Alphonsus Crater at 14:08:20, returned 5,814 images
12 May	Luna 5	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted at 19:10
11 June	Luna 6	Lunar flyby	Failed lander, closest approach: 160000 km
15 July	Mariner 4	Flyby of Mars	Returned 21 images
20 July	Zond 2	Flyby of Mars	Communications system failed before flyby
6 August	Zond 3	Lunar Flyby	Returned 25 images
7 October	Luna 7	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted at 22:08
6 December	Luna 8	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted at 21:51:30

EVAs

Start date/time	Duration	End time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
18 March
08:34	12 minutes	08:47	Voskhod 2	USSR Alexei Leonov	First EVA in history. Leonov had difficulty fitting back into the spacecraft due to spacesuit stiffness in vacuum. He vented air from his spacesuit to bend back into the capsule.
3 June
19:46	20 minutes	20:06	Gemini IV	USA Ed White	First US EVA.{{cite web	url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/gemini_4_eva.html	title=The First U.S. Spacewalk - Gemini 4	access-date=2009-12-28	author=David R. Williams	year=2004	work= Lunar and Planetary Science

Orbital launch statistics

By country

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
failures			style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	World
1	1	0	0
53	46	7	0
70	61	8	1

By rocket

Rocket	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Atlas D		3	1	2	0	Suborbital component of one failed launch was successful
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B		2	2	0	0	Retired
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D		1	1	0	0
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D		11	9	2	0
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C		1	0	1	0	Retired
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D		1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Delta C		5	4	1	0
Delta D		1	1	0	0	Retired
Delta E		2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Diamant A		1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos-1 63S3	USSR	6	6	0	0	Retired
Kosmos-2I 63S1	USSR	7	4	3	0
Kosmos-2M 63S1M	USSR	3	3	0	0	Maiden flight
Molniya 8K78	USSR	6	5	1	0	Retired
Molniya-L 8K78L	USSR	1	0	1	0	Retired
Molniya-M 8K78M	USSR	5	4	1	0
Saturn I		3	3	0	0	Retired
Scout A		1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Scout B		1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Scout X-4		3	3	0	0	Retired
Soyuz/Vostok 11A510	USSR	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar		3	3	0	0	Retired
Thor LV-2D Burner-1		2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Thor LV-2D MG-18		2	2	0	0	Only flights
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B		1	1	0	1	Retired
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D		2	1	1	0
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		15	15	0	0
Titan II GLV		5	5	0	0	Also made one suborbital launch
Titan IIIA		2	2	0	0	Retired
Titan IIIC		3	1	1	1	Maiden flight
Voskhod 11A57	USSR	12	12	0	0
Vostok-2 8A92	USSR	8	7	1	0
Vostok-2M 8A92M	USSR	2	2	0	0
UR-500 (Proton) 8K72	USSR	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not Achieved	Accidentally
Achieved	Remarks
Low Earth	96	85	9	2
Medium Earth	7	6	1	0
High Earth	13	11	2	0	Including Highly elliptical and Molniya orbits
Geosynchronous/transfer	3	1	2	1*	* - One launch to geosynchronous orbit reached geosynchronous transfer orbit
Heliocentric	5	4	1	0

References

U.S. Aeronautics and Space Report 1965

Footnotes

References

Alexander Anikeev. (2008). "Spacecraft "Voskhod-2" web page". Manned Astronautics: Figures and Facts website.
Mark Wade. (2008). "Leonov web page".
Cernan, Eugene. (1999). "The Last Man on the Moon". St. Martin's Press.

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