1964 in spaceflight
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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: 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
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| 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 | |
| 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
| 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
- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.[dead link]
- 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.
- "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[dead link]
- "Space Information Center". JAXA.[dead link]
- "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
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