1967 Rocket Launch Statistics

In 1967, there were 139 orbital launch attempts worldwide, and 124 of them reached orbit. That is 8 more than in 1966, and the most of any year until then. By country, the Soviet Union launched 62 and the United States 62. Together they put 281 tonnes of payload in orbit.

Statistics summary

Rockets launched

1967

139

vs 131 in 1966

Per week

2.7

vs 2.5 in 1966

Payload to orbit

1967

281 t

vs 250 t in 1966

Per week

5 t

vs 5 t in 1966

Reached orbit

1967

89%

124 of 139; 12 failures, 3 partial

1966

88%

115 of 131; 13 failures, 3 partial

Who flew

Companies

vs 12 in 1966

Countries

vs 5 in 1966

Who flew in 1967

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1967 against 1966. Drawings at one true scale.

Every company, as a table

Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by company, 1967.
Company	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
RKK Energia	32	23%	126 t	45%
McDonnell Douglas	28	20%	10 t	3%
Yuzhmash	26	19%	44 t	16%
Convair	14	10%	14 t	5%
Lockheed Martin	10	7%	16 t	6%
Vought	8	6%	468 kg	<1%
Progress RSC	7	5%	31 t	11%
Polyot	5	4%	2 t	1%
Khrunichev	4	3%	14 t	5%
SEREB	2	1%	46 kg	<1%
Boeing / North American / Douglas	1	1%	24 t	8%
Chrysler	1	1%	45 kg	<1%
Nissan	1	1%	–

Launches and payload by week

Orbital launch attempts per week, 1967

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Orbital launch attempts per week by region, and payload delivered to orbit, 1967, newest week first.
Week of	SpaceX	Rest of US	Europe	China	Russia	India	Rest of World	All	Payload to orbit
24 Dec 1967	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	4 t
17 Dec 1967	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	291 kg
10 Dec 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
3 Dec 1967	–	3	–	–	1	–	–	4	9 t
26 Nov 1967	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	45 kg
19 Nov 1967	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	4	6 t
5 Nov 1967	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	25 t
29 Oct 1967	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	13 t
22 Oct 1967	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	6	18 t
15 Oct 1967	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	10 t
8 Oct 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
1 Oct 1967	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2 t
24 Sep 1967	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	5	5 t
17 Sep 1967	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	10 t
10 Sep 1967	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	11 t
3 Sep 1967	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	1 t
27 Aug 1967	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	2 t
20 Aug 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	279 kg
13 Aug 1967	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2 t
6 Aug 1967	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	10 t
30 Jul 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	4 t
23 Jul 1967	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	2 t
16 Jul 1967	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	4 t
9 Jul 1967	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1 t
2 Jul 1967	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	5 t
25 Jun 1967	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	597 kg
18 Jun 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	2 t
11 Jun 1967	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	6	5 t
4 Jun 1967	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	7 t
28 May 1967	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	6 t
21 May 1967	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	10 t
14 May 1967	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	7 t
7 May 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
30 Apr 1967	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	479 kg
23 Apr 1967	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	5	9 t
16 Apr 1967	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	1 t
9 Apr 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	3	6 t
2 Apr 1967	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	13 t
26 Mar 1967	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	565 kg
19 Mar 1967	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	6	7 t
12 Mar 1967	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	5 t
5 Mar 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	6 t
26 Feb 1967	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	6 t
19 Feb 1967	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	3 t
12 Feb 1967	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	309 kg
5 Feb 1967	–	2	1	–	2	–	–	5	12 t
29 Jan 1967	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	2 t
22 Jan 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	4 t
15 Jan 1967	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	5 t
8 Jan 1967	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	753 kg

Year against year

Orbital launch attempts, year against year, 1964 to 1967

Added up through each year.

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Orbital launch attempts · payload delivered to orbit, added up by the end of each month, 1964 to 1967.
By the end of	1964	1965	1966	1967
January	7 · 10 t	7 · 8 t	7 · 14 t	7 · 10 t
February	12 · 14 t	17 · 23 t	18 · 34 t	19 · 34 t
March	19 · 17 t	30 · 48 t	31 · 54 t	31 · 53 t
April	28 · 35 t	38 · 60 t	40 · 73 t	44 · 81 t
May	31 · 50 t	48 · 83 t	52 · 83 t	58 · 104 t
June	42 · 62 t	56 · 111 t	64 · 105 t	72 · 124 t
July	51 · 77 t	68 · 140 t	76 · 142 t	82 · 140 t
August	62 · 90 t	78 · 163 t	87 · 160 t	90 · 156 t
September	69 · 110 t	86 · 178 t	97 · 173 t	105 · 184 t
October	82 · 134 t	97 · 196 t	107 · 193 t	119 · 225 t
November	90 · 139 t	109 · 218 t	118 · 230 t	130 · 263 t
December	100 · 146 t	124 · 240 t	131 · 250 t	139 · 281 t

Busiest rockets in 1967

Launches and payload by country in 1967

Orbital launch attempts by country, 1967

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Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by the country of the rocket, 1967.
Country	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
Soviet Union	62	45%	177 t	63%
United States	62	45%	64 t	23%
Ukraine	12	9%	40 t	14%
France	2	1%	46 kg	<1%
Japan	1	1%	–