Rocket Launches in 1965
Spaceflight in 1965: Alexei Leonov makes the first spacewalk on 18 March, from Voskhod 2. The United States answers with Gemini: Ed White walks in space in June, and in December Gemini 6A and Gemini 7 make the first rendezvous of two crewed spacecraft. Mariner 4 returns the first close-up pictures of Mars, and France becomes the third country to launch a satellite on its own rocket.
124 launches in 1965 · 12 failures · 3 partial
Launch list for 1965
| Date (UTC) | Rocket | Mission | Provider | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-01-11 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 25 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-01-15 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 16 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-01-19 | Thor MG-18 | DSAP-1 F10 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-01-21 | SM-65D Atlas | OV1-1 | Convair | Failure |
| 1965-01-22 | Thor Delta C | Tiros 9 | McDonnell Douglas | Partial Failure |
| 1965-01-23 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 15 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-01-30 | Kosmos-2I | DS-A1 5 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-02-03 | Thor Delta C | OSO 2 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-02-11 | Titan IIIA | LES 1 | LM | Success |
| 1965-02-12 | Kosmos-2I | DS-P1-Yu 2 | Yuzhmash | Failure |
| 1965-02-16 | Saturn I | Pegasus 1 | Chrysler | Success |
| 1965-02-17 | Atlas LV-3 Agena B | Ranger 8 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-02-20 | Kosmos-2I | DS-A1 6 | Yuzhmash | Failure |
| 1965-02-21 | Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 9,10,11 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-02-22 | Voskhod | Voskhod-3KD 1 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-02-25 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 17 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-02-26 | Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 2 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-03-02 | Atlas LV-3C Centaur | Surveyor-SD 1 | Convair | Failure |
| 1965-03-07 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 5 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-03-09 | Thor SLV-2 Agena D | Poppy 6A,B,C,D | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-03-11 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 3 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-03-12 | Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5c | RKK Energia | Partial Failure |
| 1965-03-12 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 16 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-03-15 | Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 12,13,14 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-03-18 | Thor MG-18 | DSAP-1 F11 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-03-18 | Voskhod | Voskhod 2 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-03-21 | Atlas LV-3 Agena B | Ranger 9 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-03-23 | Titan II GLV | Gemini III (Gemini 3) | Martin | Success |
| 1965-03-25 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 26 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-03-25 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 18 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-04-03 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | SNAPSHOT-1 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-04-06 | Thor Delta D | Early Bird | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-04-10 | Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5d | RKK Energia | Failure |
| 1965-04-17 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 6 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-04-23 | Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 1 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-04-28 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 17 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-04-29 | Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer C | Vought | Success |
| 1965-04-29 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 19 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-05-06 | Titan IIIA | LES 2 | LM | Success |
| 1965-05-07 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 27 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-05-09 | Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-05-18 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 20 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-05-20 | Thor Burner 1 | OPS 8386 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-05-25 | Saturn I | Pegasus 2 | Chrysler | Success |
| 1965-05-25 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 7 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-05-27 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 18 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-05-28 | SM-65D Atlas | OV1-3 | Convair | Failure |
| 1965-05-29 | Thor Delta C | Explorer 28 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-06-03 | Titan II GLV | Gemini IV (Gemini 4) | Martin | Success |
| 1965-06-08 | Molniya 8K78 | Luna-6 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-06-09 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 21 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-06-15 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 28 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-06-18 | Titan IIIC | Transtage 5 | LM | Success |
| 1965-06-24 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 4 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-06-25 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 8 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-06-25 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 19 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-07-02 | Thor Delta C | Tiros 10 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-07-02 | Kosmos-2I | DS-A1 7 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-07-12 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 20 | Convair | Failure |
| 1965-07-13 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 29 | RKK Energia | Failure |
| 1965-07-16 | Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 15 to 19 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-07-16 | UR-500 | Proton 1 | Khrunichev | Success |
| 1965-07-17 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-770 Group 3-A 1 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-07-18 | Molniya 8K78 | Zond-3 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-07-19 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 22 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-07-20 | Atlas LV-3 Agena D | Vela 3A & 3B | Convair | Success |
| 1965-07-23 | Kosmos-2I | DS-P1-Yu 3 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-07-30 | Saturn I | Pegasus 3 | Chrysler | Success |
| 1965-08-03 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 9 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-08-03 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 21 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-08-10 | Scout B | SEV | Vought | Success |
| 1965-08-11 | Atlas LV-3C Centaur D | Surveyor-SD 2 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-08-13 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 5 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-08-14 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 30 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-08-17 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 23 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-08-21 | Titan II GLV | Gemini V (Gemini 5) | Martin | Success |
| 1965-08-25 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 10 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-08-25 | Thor Delta C | OSO C | McDonnell Douglas | Failure |
| 1965-09-02 | Thor SLV-2 Agena D | MRPV | McDonnell Douglas | Failure |
| 1965-09-03 | Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 20 to 24 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-09-09 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 11 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-09-10 | Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F1 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-09-18 | Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 25 to 29 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-09-22 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 24 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-09-23 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 12 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-09-30 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 22 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-10-04 | Molniya-M 2BL | Luna-7 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1965-10-05 | SM-65D Atlas | OV1-2 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-10-05 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 25 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-10-14 | Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 2 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-10-14 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | OGO 2 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-10-15 | Titan IIIC | OV2-1 | LM | Success |
| 1965-10-16 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 13 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-10-19 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-V 1 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-10-25 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 6 | Convair | Failure |
| 1965-10-28 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 14 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-10-28 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 26 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-11-02 | UR-500 | Proton 2 | Khrunichev | Success |
| 1965-11-04 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-V 2 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-11-06 | Thor Delta E | GEOS A | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-11-08 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 23 | Convair | Success |
| 1965-11-12 | Molniya 8K78 | Venera-2 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-11-16 | Molniya 8K78 | Venera-3 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-11-19 | Scout X-4 | Solrad 8 | Vought | Success |
| 1965-11-23 | Molniya 8K78 | Venera-4a | RKK Energia | Partial Failure |
| 1965-11-26 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-M 1 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-11-26 | Diamant A | Asterix | SEREB | Success |
| 1965-11-27 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 31 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-11-29 | Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-12-03 | Molniya 8K78 | Luna-8 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-12-04 | Titan II GLV | Gemini VII (Gemini 7) | Martin | Success |
| 1965-12-06 | Scout X-4 | FR-1 | Vought | Success |
| 1965-12-09 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 27 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-12-10 | Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 32 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-12-15 | Titan II GLV | Gemini VI-A (Gemini 6A) | Martin | Success |
| 1965-12-16 | Thor Delta E | Pioneer 6 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-12-17 | Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 3 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-12-21 | Kosmos-2I | DS-P1-Yu 4 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1965-12-21 | Titan IIIC | OV2-3 | LM | Success |
| 1965-12-22 | Scout A | Transit-O 6 | Vought | Success |
| 1965-12-24 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 28 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1965-12-27 | Soyuz 11A510 | US-AO 1 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1965-12-28 | Kosmos-2I | DS-K-40 1 | Yuzhmash | Failure |
| 1965-12-28 | Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-2 1 | Yuzhmash | Success |