1964 in spaceflight

The launch of Gemini 1, the first flight of the Titan II GLV rocket and the Gemini programme

Orbital launches
First| 11 January
Last| 21 December
Total| 101
Successes| 83
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
Crewed flights
Orbital| 1
Total travellers| 3

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* 1958 (H1, H2)
* 1959 (H1, H2)

1960s|

* 1960 (T1, T2, T3)
* 1961 (H1, H2)
* 1962 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 1963 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 1964 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 1965 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

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2010s|

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* 2014
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* 2016
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* 2018 (H1, H2)
* 2019 (H1, H2)

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* 2020
* 2021 (H1, H2)
* 2022 (H1, H2)
* 2023 (H1, H2)
* 2024 (H1, H2)
* 2025 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 2026
* 2027
* 2028
* 2029

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## Orbital and Suborbital launches

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Main articles: 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), 1964 in spaceflight (April-June), 1964 in spaceflight (July-September), and 1964 in spaceflight (October-December)

## Deep Space Rendezvous

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Date (UTC)  | Spacecraft  | Event  | Remarks

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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 statistics

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### By country

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Country  | Launches  | Successes  | Failures  | Partial
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|  Soviet Union | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0
|  United States | 64 | 53 | 8 | 3
World  | 100 | 82 | 15 | 3

### By rocket

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Rocket  | Country  | Launches  | Successes  | Failures  | Partial failures  | Remarks

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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 |
Scout X-4 |  Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First Italian satellite launch
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

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Orbital regime  | Launches  | Achieved  | Not Achieved  | Accidentally
Achieved  | Remarks

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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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* Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
* Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
* Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
* Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
* Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
* McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
* Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
* Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
* Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
* Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
* "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
* "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
* "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
* "Rocket Launch Manifest". Next Spaceflight.
* "Space Launch Plans". Novosti Kosmonavtiki.

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* Spaceflight before 1951

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958 (H1, H2)
* 1959 (H1, H2)

1960s|

* 1960 (T1, T2, T3)
* 1961 (H1, H2)
* 1962 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 1963 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 1964 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 1965 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 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 (H1, H2)
* 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 (H1, H2)
* 2019 (H1, H2)

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021 (H1, H2)
* 2022 (H1, H2)
* 2023 (H1, H2)
* 2024 (H1, H2)
* 2025 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
* 2026
* 2027
* 2028
* 2029

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Orbital launches in 1964

1965 →

* Poppy 3
* 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
* Vela 2A
* Vela 2B
* ERS-13
* Ranger 7
* Kosmos 36
* OPS 3042
* Kosmos 37
* OPS 3802
* OPS 3216
* Kosmos 38
* Kosmos 39
* Kosmos 40
* Syncom 3
* 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 51
* Titan 3A-1
* Surveyor Mass Model
* OPS 6582
* Transit 5E-5
* San Marco 1
* OPS 3358
* Explorer 26
* OPS 3762

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