1964 in spaceflight (July–September)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and September 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), 1964 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1964 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.

Launches


Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
July
1 July 11:16	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 34 (Zenit-4 #3)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	9 July	Successful
1 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	1 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
1 July	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	1 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
2 July 00:24:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	2 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 July 21:00	Black Brant IVA			Churchill		CARDE

			CBAL	Suborbital	Test flight	2 July	Launch failure
		Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
2 July 23:59:56	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force

		OPS 3395 (Ferret #6/Samos-F3 #2)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	7 August 1969	Successful
2 July	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 July	Successful
		Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi)
2 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	2 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 July	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	5 July
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
6 July 18:51:18	Atlas LV-3A Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-2-3		US Air Force

		OPS 3684 (KH-7 #4009/AFP-206 SV-959)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	8 July	Successful
		OPS 4923 (SSF-A #3/EHH A3)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	SIGINT	3 January 1965	Successful
6 July 19:23	Skylark-7C			Salto di Quirra		ESRO

			CNES/Liège	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 July	Successful
		Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
6 July	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Solar	6 July	Successful
		Apogee: 288 kilometres (179 mi)
7 July 19:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	7 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 July 19:30	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-05		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	7 July	Launch failure
		Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
7 July 22:43	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands		NRL

			NRL	Suborbital	XR astronomy	7 July	Successful
		Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi)
7 July 23:02	Martlet 2			Barbados		DND/DoD

			DND/DoD	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 July	Successful
		Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi)
7 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	7 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 July 19:15:03	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS John Adams (SSBN-620), ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July 19:22	Skylark-7C			Salto di Quirra		ESRO

			CNES/Liège	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 July	Successful
		Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi)
8 July 20:15:03	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS John Adams, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July 21:16:02	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS John Adams, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July 21:23	Athena RTV			Green River Pad 1		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	8 July	Successful
		Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
8 July	Terrier-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 July	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
8 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	8 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 July 04:13	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			Rice	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 July	Successful
		Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
9 July 08:39	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 July	Successful
		Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
9 July 19:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-07		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	9 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 July	Dong Feng 2			Jiuquan LA-3		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	Missile test	9 July	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 July 21:51:02	Vostok-K			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Elektron 3		Medium Earth	Radiation	In orbit	Successful
		Elektron 4		Highly elliptical	Radiation	12 October 1983	Successful
		Final flight of Vostok-K
10 July 23:15	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Point Arguello LC-1-1		US Air Force

		OPS 3491 (KH-4A #1008)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	6 August	Successful
		SRV 640	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	July	Successful
		SRV 641	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	July	Successful
		Last launch from Point Arguello
10 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	10 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 July 02:02	Lambda 3			Kagoshima LA-L		ISAS

			Tokai	Suborbital	Ionospheric	11 July	Successful
		Apogee: 857 kilometres (533 mi)
11 July	Dong Feng 2			Jiuquan LA-3		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	Missile test	11 July	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 July 03:04	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 July	Successful
		Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
13 July	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	13 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 July 03:00	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	14 July	Successful
		Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
14 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 July 00:58	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July 02:19	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
15 July 04:09	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July 08:00	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
15 July 08:05	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
15 July 09:06	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July 09:20	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
15 July 10:25	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			Urbana-Champaign	Suborbital	Ionospheric	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi)
15 July 11:31	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 35 (Zenit-2 #21)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	23 July	Successful
15 July 17:30	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			NASA	Suborbital	Technology	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
16 July 02:13	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 July	Successful
		Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
16 July 05:30	HAD			Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 July	Successful
		Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
16 July 16:22	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	16 July	Successful
		Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi)
16 July 16:54:04	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Daniel Boone, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 July 17:24:07	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Daniel Boone, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 July	Launch failure
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
17 July 05:15	HAD			Carnarvon		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 July	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
17 July 08:22	Atlas LV-3A Agena-D			Cape Canaveral LC-13		US Air Force

		OPS 3662 (Vela 2A)	US Air Force	High Earth	Nuclear test detection Radiation research	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 3674 (Vela 2B)	US Air Force	High Earth	Nuclear test detection Radiation research	In orbit	Successful
		ERS-13	US Air Force	Highly elliptical	Particle research	5 February 1966	Successful
17 July 08:24	Nike-Apache			Cape Canaveral		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 July	Successful
		Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
17 July	MGM-31 Pershing I			Black Mesa		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	17 July	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 July	R-12 Dvina			Sovetskaya Gavan		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	17 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	17 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 July 04:30	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	18 July	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
18 July 12:22	Astrobee-200			Churchill		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 July	Successful
		Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
20 July 10:53	Scout X-4			Wallops Island LA-3A		NASA

		SERT-1	NASA	Suborbital	Technology	20 July	Partial spacecraft failure
		Apogee: 4,002 kilometres (2,487 mi), first launch from LA-3A at the Wallops Flight Facility, carried caesium and mercury ion engines, caesium engine failed to start
20 July 17:30	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			NASA	Suborbital	Technology	20 July	Successful
		Apogee: 287 kilometres (178 mi)
21 July	R-12 Dvina			Sovetskaya Gavan		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	21 July	Launch failure
21 July	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	21 July	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
21 July	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	21 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
22 July 02:50	LS-A			Niijima		STA

			STA	Suborbital	Test flight	22 July	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
22 July 08:55	LS-A			Niijima		STA

			STA	Suborbital	Test flight	22 July	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
22 July	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	22 July	Successful
		Apogee: 321 kilometres (199 mi)
22 July	MGM-31 Pershing I			Black Mesa		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	22 July	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
23 July 18:43	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Cosmic ray research	23 July	Successful
		Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
25 July 17:35	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Cosmic ray research	25 July	Successful
		Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
26 July 09:07	Kappa-8L			Kagoshima		ISAS

			ISAS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 July	Successful
		Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
26 July 10:51	Kappa-8L			Kagoshima		ISAS

			TAO	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 July	Successful
		Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
27 July	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-06		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	27 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
27 July	R-7A Semyorka			Baikonur Site 31/6		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	27 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
28 July 16:50:07	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B			Cape Canaveral LC-12		US Air Force

		Ranger 7	NASA	Highly elliptical	Lunar impactor	31 July 13:25:48	Successful
		Impacted Mare Nubium
28 July 20:06	Nike-Apache			White Sands LC-33		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 July	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 July 21:14	Aerobee-300			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 July	Successful
		Apogee: 322 kilometres (200 mi)
29 July 09:22:56	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	29 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
29 July 09:30	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 July	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
29 July 10:07	Kappa-9M			Kagoshima		ISAS

			ISAS	Suborbital	Cosmic ray research	29 July	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
30 July 03:36	Kosmos-2I 63S1			Kapustin Yar Mayak-2

		Kosmos 36 (DS-P1-Yu #1)		Low Earth	Radar target	28 February 1965	Successful
30 July 16:30:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Daniel Boone, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	30 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 July 17:00:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Daniel Boone, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	30 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 July	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	30 July	Successful
		Apogee: 311 kilometres (193 mi)
30 July	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395D		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	30 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
31 July	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	31 July	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 July	R-16U			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	31 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
July	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	July	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
July	MGM-31 Pershing I			Fort Wingate		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	July	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
August
1 August 05:54:49	UR-200			Baikonur Site 90/19		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	1 August	Successful
		Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi)
1 August	Dragon			Myrdalsandir		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	1 August	Successful
		Apogee: 440 kilometres (270 mi)
4 August	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	4 August	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 August 02:00:29	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/22		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	5 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,493 kilometres (928 mi)
5 August 17:15	Black Knight 301			Woomera LA-5		RAE

			RAE	Suborbital	REV Test	5 August	Successful
		Apogee: 602 kilometres (374 mi)
5 August 23:15:35	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force

		OPS 3042 (KH-4A #1009)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	1 September	Successful
		SRV 646	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	August	Successful
		SRV 647	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	August	Successful
5 August	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	5 August	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
6 August 16:30	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Tecumseh, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 August 23:29	Nike-Apache			Kronogard		NASA

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 August	Successful
		Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
6 August	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	6 August	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
6 August	R-12 Dvina			Sovetskaya Gavan		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	6 August	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 August 00:16	Nike-Cajun			Kronogard		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 August	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
7 August 01:00	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 August	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
7 August 20:12	SM-65F Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576E		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	7 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
7 August	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	7 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 August	Dragon			Myrdalsandir		CNES

			CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	7 August	Successful
		Apogee: 420 kilometres (260 mi)
8 August 04:00	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 August	Successful
		Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
8 August	Nike-Tomahawk			Barking Sands		Sandia

			LASL	Suborbital	Solar	8 August	Successful
		Apogee: 307 kilometres (191 mi)
9 August	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	9 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
10 August	Hydra-Iris			USNS Wheeling, PO-6		US Navy

			NASA	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	10 August	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 August 02:00:05	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/22		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 August	Launch failure
11 August 05:10	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			CULH	Suborbital	Solar	11 August	Successful
		Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
11 August 10:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	11 August	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
11 August	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395C		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	11 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 August 00:43	Nike-Apache			Kronogard		NASA

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
12 August 01:11	Nike-Cajun			Kronogard		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
12 August 01:49	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
12 August 02:15	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
12 August 03:00:12	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
13 August	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395B		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	13 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 August 09:36	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 37 (Zenit-2 #22)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 August	Partial spacecraft failure
		Film in SA-10 camera broke
14 August 22:00:13	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force

		OPS 3802 (KH-7 #4010/AFP-206 SV-960)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	23 August	Successful
		OPS 3216 (Hitchhiker 2/P-11 #3)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	SIGINT	8 March 1979	Successful
		Maiden flight of Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D, first Atlas-Agena launch from Vandenberg
16 August 00:53	Nike-Apache			Kronogard		NASA

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 August	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
16 August 01:13	Nike-Cajun			Kronogard		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 August	Successful
		Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
16 August 03:15	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 August	Successful
		Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
16 August 05:53	Nike-Cajun			Ascension		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 August	Successful
		Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
17 August 00:29	Nike-Apache			Kronogard		NASA

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 August	Successful
		Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
17 August 00:49	Nike-Cajun			Kronogard		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 August	Successful
		Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
17 August 12:55	Nike-Cajun			Ascension		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 August	Successful
		Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
17 August	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-05		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	17 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 August 01:15	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 August	Successful
		Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
18 August 01:25	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 August	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
18 August 06:05	Scout X-4A			Wallops Island LA-3		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	18 August	Successful
		Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi)
18 August 09:15	Kosmos-1			Baikonur Site 41/15

		Kosmos 38 (Strela-1 #1)		Low Earth	Communications Technology	8 November	Successful
		Kosmos 39 (Strela-1 #2)		Low Earth	Communications Technology	17 November	Successful
		Kosmos 40 (Strela-1 #3)		Low Earth	Communications Technology	18 November	Successful
		Maiden flight of Kosmos-1
19 August 12:15:02	Delta D			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		US Air Force

		Syncom 3 (Syncom C)	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Delta D, satellite positioned at 64° West and 180° East in 1964, moved to 25° West in 1965, and 165° East in 1966.
20 August 05:36	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			Wales	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	20 August	Successful
		Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
20 August 09:02	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 August	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
20 August 16:30:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Tecumseh, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 August	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	20 August	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
21 August 15:45	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-1-2		US Air Force

		OPS 2739 (KH-5 #9064A)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	31 March 1965	Partial spacecraft failure
		SRV 667	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	August	Successful
		Final KH-5 flight, film affected by image smearing and a flare, carried Starflash 1B experiment
21 August	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	21 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
22 August 07:12	Molniya			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 41 (Molniya-1)		Molniya	Communications Technology	9 April 2004	Spacecraft failure
		Communications antenna failed to deploy
22 August 10:15	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	22 August	Successful
		Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
22 August 11:02	Kosmos-2I 63S1			Kapustin Yar Mayak-2

		Kosmos 42 (Strela-1 #4)		Low Earth	Communications Technology	19 December 1965	Successful
		Kosmos 43 (Strela-1 #5)		Low Earth	Communications Technology	27 December 1965	Successful
25 August 13:43	Scout X-4			Vandenberg PALC-D		US Air Force

		Explorer 20 (IE-A/TOPSI/Top Side Explorer/S-48)	NASA	Low Earth	Ionospheric	In orbit	Successful
25 August	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-07		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	25 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 August 17:01	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 August	Successful
		Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
26 August	Nike-Cajun			Eglin		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 August	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 August	R-12 Dvina			Sovetskaya Gavan		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	26 August	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 August 09:54:00	SM-65E Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576F		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	27 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
28 August 07:56:57	Thor SLV-2 Agena-B			Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force

		Nimbus 1 (Nimbus A)	NASA	Low Earth	Weather Technology	16 May 1974	Partial launch failure
		Placed in lower than planned orbit due to premature second stage cutoff during second burn
28 August 16:19	Vostok-2M			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 44 (Meteor #1)		Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Vostok-2M
29 August 05:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA

			ASE/MIT	Suborbital	XR astronomy	29 August	Successful
		Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
29 August 09:36:53	Blue Scout Junior SLV-1B			Vandenberg PALC-A		US Air Force

			EOS WPAT	Suborbital	Technology	29 August	Successful
		Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
31 August 15:46:17	SM-65F Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576D		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	31 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
August	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	August	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
August	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	August	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September
1 September 09:19	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			Met Office	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 September	Successful
		Apogee: 212 kilometres (132 mi)
1 September 15:00:06	Titan IIIA			Cape Canaveral LC-20		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Intended: Low Earth	Test flight	1 September	Launch failure
		Maiden flight of Titan IIIA, upper stage pressurisation system failed
1 September	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-04		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	1 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 September 03:08	Aerobee-150A			Wallops Island		NASA

			Wisconsin	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	2 September	Successful
		Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
2 September 16:45	R-17 Elbrus			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	2 September	Launch failure
4 September 01:20	Skylark-5C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			RAE/WRE	Suborbital	Test flight	4 September	Launch failure
		Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
5 September 01:23	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B			Cape Canaveral LC-12		U.S Air Force

		OGO-1 (OGO-A)	NASA	Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric research	29 August 2020 20:44[1]	Partial spacecraft failure; Successful
		Two booms failed to deploy; one blocked a horizon sensor, disabling attitude control system. OGO-1 was put in stand-by mode on 25 November 1969, and the mission was officially terminated on 1 November 1971.
5 September 16:30:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Ulysses S. Grant, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	5 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 September 03:43	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC

			ALB	Suborbital	Ionospheric	8 September	Launch failure
		Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
8 September	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Vandenberg LF-06		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	8 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 September 02:13:03	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/22		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	9 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,495 kilometres (929 mi)
10 September	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-02		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 September	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/3		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
11 September	R-14 Chusovaya			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 September	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
13 September 02:57	R-11A-1			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			FIAN	Suborbital	Test flight	13 September	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 September 09:50	Voskhod			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 45 (Zenit-4 #4)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	18 September	Successful
14 September 22:53	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-1-1		US Air Force

		OPS 3497 (KH-4A #1010)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	6 October	Successful
		SRV 644	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	September	Successful
		SRV 652	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	September	Successful
15 September 06:59	Black Brant II			Churchill		NRC

			SASK	Suborbital	Ionospheric	15 September	Successful
		Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
15 September 09:35	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		KPNO

			KPNO	Suborbital	IR Astronomy	15 September	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 September 15:27	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-1		Strategic Air Command

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	15 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
15 September	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-08		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	15 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 September	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 September	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 September 05:56	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			Wales	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	17 September	Successful
		Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
18 September 16:22:43	Saturn I			Cape Canaveral LC-37B		NASA

		Apollo A-102 (BP-15)	NASA	Low Earth	Test flight	22 September 07:20	Successful
		Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft
18 September 17:17	Aerobee-150A			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 September	Successful
		Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
18 September 17:25	Nike-Apache			Cape Canaveral		US Air Force

			AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	18 September	Successful
		Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
21 September 16:30:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS Ulysses S. Grant, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	21 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 September	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-09		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	21 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
22 September 13:10	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	22 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
23 September 22:06	Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D			Vandenberg PALC-2-4		US Air Force

		OPS 4262 (KH-7 #4011/AFP-206 SV-962)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 September	Successful
23 September	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-03		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	23 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 September 04:42	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	24 September	Successful
		Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
24 September 05:56:15	UR-200			Baikonur Site 90/20		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 September	Successful
		Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi)
24 September 12:00	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 46 (Zenit-2 #23)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	2 October	Successful
24 September 16:04:15	LGM-30F Minuteman II			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	24 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 September	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
25 September 04:03:33	R-36			Baikonur Site 67/22		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 September	R-16U			Baikonur Site 60/8		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
25 September	Tomahawk			Wallops Island

			Sandia	Suborbital	Test flight	25 September	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 September 02:15	Athena RTV			Green River Pad 2		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	26 September	Launch failure
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 September 03:50	R-5 VAO			Kapustin Yar Site 84		RVSN

			AN	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 September	Launch failure
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 September 12:04	Aerobee-150A			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	26 September	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
27 September	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	27 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
28 September 16:30:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3			USS James Madison, ETR		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	28 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 September 04:31	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE/WRE

			RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	29 September	Successful
		Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
29 September 21:22:49	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 September	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
29 September	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Vandenberg LF-07		Strategic Air Command

			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	29 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 September	R-16U			Baikonur Site 60/6		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	29 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
30 September	R-12 Dvina			Kapustin Yar		MVS

			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	30 September	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
September	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	September	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	September	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September	Nike-Javelin			White Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	September	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September	Nike-Javelin			White Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	September	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September	Nike-Javelin			White Sands		DASA

			DASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	September	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3rd Quarter	Aero High			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Test flight	3rd Quarter	Launch failure
3rd Quarter	Aero High			Woomera LA-2		WRE

			WRE	Suborbital	Test flight	3rd Quarter	Launch failure

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Footnotes

Talbert, Tricia (27 August 2020). "NASA's OGO-1 Spacecraft to Return Home over the Weekend". NASA.

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[1] Talbert, Tricia (27 August 2020). "NASA's OGO-1 Spacecraft to Return Home over the Weekend". NASA.

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