1964 Rocket Launch Statistics

In 1964, there were 100 orbital launch attempts worldwide, and 86 of them reached orbit. That is 31 more than in 1963, and the most of any year until then. By country, the United States launched 64 and the Soviet Union 36. Together they put 146 tonnes of payload in orbit.

Statistics summary

Rockets launched

1964

100

vs 69 in 1963

Per week

1.9

vs 1.3 in 1963

Payload to orbit

1964

146 t

vs 73 t in 1963

Per week

3 t

vs 1 t in 1963

Reached orbit

1964

86%

86 of 100; 13 failures, 1 partial

1963

75%

52 of 69; 15 failures, 2 partial

Who flew

Companies

vs 5 in 1963

Countries

vs 2 in 1963

Who flew in 1964

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1964 against 1963. Drawings at one true scale.

Every company, as a table

Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by company, 1964.
Company	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
McDonnell Douglas	32	32%	13 t	9%
RKK Energia	26	26%	82 t	56%
Convair	18	18%	24 t	16%
Yuzhmash	10	10%	2 t	1%
Vought	8	8%	479 kg	<1%
Chrysler	3	3%	21 t	15%
Lockheed Martin	2	2%	1 t	1%
Martin	1	1%	2 t	2%

Launches and payload by week

Orbital launch attempts per week, 1964

SpaceX, and the rest of the world by region.

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Orbital launch attempts per week by region, and payload delivered to orbit, 1964, newest week first.
Week of	SpaceX	Rest of US	Europe	China	Russia	India	Rest of World	All	Payload to orbit
20 Dec 1964	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	2 t
13 Dec 1964	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	832 kg
6 Dec 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	3 t
29 Nov 1964	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	5 t
22 Nov 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	261 kg
15 Nov 1964	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	724 kg
1 Nov 1964	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	2 t
25 Oct 1964	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	5 t
18 Oct 1964	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	3 t
11 Oct 1964	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	11 t
4 Oct 1964	–	5	–	–	1	–	–	6	6 t
20 Sep 1964	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	7 t
13 Sep 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	13 t
30 Aug 1964	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	487 kg
23 Aug 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	2 t
16 Aug 1964	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	5	3 t
9 Aug 1964	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	7 t
2 Aug 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	641 kg
26 Jul 1964	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	565 kg
12 Jul 1964	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
5 Jul 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	4 t
28 Jun 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	6 t
21 Jun 1964	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
14 Jun 1964	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	672 kg
7 Jun 1964	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
31 May 1964	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	889 kg
24 May 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	7 t
17 May 1964	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	8 t
26 Apr 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	593 kg
19 Apr 1964	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	7 t
12 Apr 1964	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2 t
5 Apr 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2 t
29 Mar 1964	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	6 t
22 Mar 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	1 t
15 Mar 1964	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	285 kg
8 Mar 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2 t
23 Feb 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	3 t
16 Feb 1964	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–
9 Feb 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	598 kg
26 Jan 1964	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	9 t
19 Jan 1964	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	731 kg
5 Jan 1964	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	225 kg

Year against year

Orbital launch attempts, year against year, 1961 to 1964

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Orbital launch attempts · payload delivered to orbit, added up by the end of each month, 1961 to 1964.
By the end of	1961	1962	1963	1964
January	1 · 1 t	3 · 336 kg	3 · 2 t	7 · 10 t
February	8 · 4 t	7 · 2 t	7 · 3 t	12 · 14 t
March	12 · 14 t	10 · 6 t	9 · 7 t	19 · 17 t
April	16 · 19 t	20 · 15 t	19 · 19 t	28 · 35 t
May	17 · 19 t	26 · 17 t	25 · 27 t	31 · 50 t
June	21 · 19 t	34 · 20 t	36 · 39 t	42 · 62 t
July	25 · 21 t	40 · 27 t	41 · 44 t	51 · 77 t
August	31 · 27 t	49 · 40 t	45 · 45 t	62 · 90 t
September	35 · 29 t	57 · 48 t	49 · 48 t	69 · 110 t
October	39 · 31 t	68 · 57 t	54 · 56 t	82 · 134 t
November	46 · 33 t	73 · 62 t	62 · 65 t	90 · 139 t
December	50 · 35 t	81 · 68 t	69 · 73 t	100 · 146 t

Busiest rockets in 1964

Launches and payload by country in 1964

Orbital launch attempts by country, 1964

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Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by the country of the rocket, 1964.
Country	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
United States	64	64%	62 t	43%
Soviet Union	36	36%	84 t	57%