1965 in spaceflight

For launches in the first quarter of the year, see 1965 in spaceflight (January–March), for launches in the second quarter, see 1965 in spaceflight (April–June), for the third quarter see 1965 in spaceflight (July–September) and for the fourth quarter see 1965 in spaceflight (October–December).

1965 in spaceflight

Launch of a Delta D rocket carrying the first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Intelsat I F1
Orbital launches
First	11 January
Last	28 December
Total	124
Successes	108
Failures	15
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	112
National firsts
Satellite	France
Orbital launch	France
Rockets
Maiden flights	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)
Retirements	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
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	13
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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: 160,000 kilometres (99,000 mi)
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	Alexei Leonov	First EVA in history.[1] 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.[2]
3 June 19:46	20 minutes	20:06	Gemini IV	Ed White	First US EVA.[3] White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted.[4]

Orbital launch summary

By country

		France   Soviet Union   United States
Orbital launch attempts by country in 1965

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
France	1	1	0	0	First orbital launch
Soviet Union	53	46	7	0
United States	70	61	8	1

By rocket

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

• 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]}
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• "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).

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Spaceflight portal

• U.S. Aeronautics and Space Report 1965

Footnotes

1. Alexander Anikeev (2008). "Spacecraft "Voskhod-2" web page". Manned Astronautics: Figures and Facts website. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
2. Mark Wade (2008). "Leonov web page". Encyclopedia Astronautica web site. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
3. David R. Williams (2004). "The First U.S. Spacewalk - Gemini 4". Lunar and Planetary Science. NASA. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
4. Cernan, Eugene; Don Davis (1999). The Last Man on the Moon. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-312-19906-6.