Rocket Launches in 1969
Spaceflight in 1969: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon on 20 July. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first people to walk on another world while Michael Collins waits in lunar orbit. Apollo 12 follows in November with a precise landing beside the Surveyor 3 probe. Both test flights of the Soviet N1 Moon rocket fail, the second exploding back onto its launch pad.
125 launches in 1969 · 15 failures · 4 partial
Launch list for 1969
| Date (UTC) | Rocket | Mission | Provider | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-01-05 | Molniya-M 2BL | Venera-5 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-01-10 | Molniya-M 2BL | Venera-6 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-01-12 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 70 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-01-14 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soyuz 4 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-01-15 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soyuz 5 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-01-20 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Soyuz 7K-L1 No.13L | Khrunichev | Failure |
| 1969-01-22 | Thor Delta C1 | OSO 5 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-01-22 | Titan IIIB | KH-8 19 | LM | Success |
| 1969-01-23 | Voskhod | Zenit-4M 2 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-01-25 | Tsiklon-2A | US-AO 5 | Yuzhmash | Failure |
| 1969-01-30 | Thor Delta E1 | Isis 1 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-02-01 | Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 11 | RKK Energia | Failure |
| 1969-02-05 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4B 6 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-02-06 | Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-3 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-02-07 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 18 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-02-09 | Titan IIIC | TACSAT 1 | LM | Success |
| 1969-02-19 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Luna-15a | Khrunichev | Failure |
| 1969-02-21 | N1 | Zond-M 1 | RKK Energia | Failure |
| 1969-02-25 | Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 6 | Convair | Success |
| 1969-02-25 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 71 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-02-26 | Thor Delta E1 | ESSA 9 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-02-26 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 51 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-03-03 | Saturn V | Apollo 9 | Boeing / North American / Douglas | Success |
| 1969-03-04 | Titan IIIB | KH-8 20 | LM | Success |
| 1969-03-05 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 19 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-03-05 | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | Tselina-O 4 | Polyot | Success |
| 1969-03-06 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 52 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-03-15 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 53 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-03-17 | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | Sfera 4 | Polyot | Success |
| 1969-03-18 | SM-65F Atlas | OV1-17,18,19 | Convair | Success |
| 1969-03-19 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 50 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-03-22 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 72 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-03-24 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 54 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-03-26 | Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 1 (12L) | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-03-27 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Mars-2b | Khrunichev | Failure |
| 1969-03-27 | Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 7 | Convair | Success |
| 1969-03-28 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 5 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-04-02 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Mars-2c | Khrunichev | Failure |
| 1969-04-04 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 55 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-04-04 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 20 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-04-09 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 73 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-04-11 | Molniya-M 2BL | Molniya-1 11 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-04-13 | Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 2 | Convair | Success |
| 1969-04-14 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 3 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-04-15 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 56 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-04-15 | Titan IIIB | KH-8 21 | LM | Success |
| 1969-04-23 | Voskhod | Zenit-4M 3 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-05-02 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 51 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-05-13 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 74 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-05-18 | Saturn V | Apollo 10 | Boeing / North American / Douglas | Success |
| 1969-05-20 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 57 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-05-22 | Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-4 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-05-23 | Titan IIIC | Vela 5A & 5B | LM | Success |
| 1969-05-27 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 21 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-05-29 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 58 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-06-03 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 22 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-06-03 | Titan IIIB | KH-8 22 | LM | Success |
| 1969-06-05 | Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | OGO 6 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-06-14 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Luna-15b | Khrunichev | Failure |
| 1969-06-15 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 59 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-06-21 | Thor Delta E1 | IMP G | McDonnell Douglas | Partial Failure |
| 1969-06-24 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 75 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-06-27 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 60 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-06-29 | Thor Delta N | Biosat 3 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-07-02 | Europa I | STV 2 | ELDO | Failure |
| 1969-07-03 | N1 | Zond-M 2 | RKK Energia | Failure |
| 1969-07-10 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 61 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-07-13 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Luna-15 | Khrunichev | Success |
| 1969-07-16 | Saturn V | Apollo 11 | Boeing / North American / Douglas | Success |
| 1969-07-22 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 76 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-07-22 | Molniya-M 2BL | Molniya-1 12 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-07-23 | Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F3 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-07-23 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 23 | Yuzhmash | Failure |
| 1969-07-24 | Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 7 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-07-26 | Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-5 | McDonnell Douglas | Partial Failure |
| 1969-07-31 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Strawman 2 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-08-06 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-GVM 1 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-08-07 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Zond 7 | Khrunichev | Success |
| 1969-08-09 | Thor Delta N | OSO 6 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-08-12 | Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 5 | Convair | Success |
| 1969-08-13 | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | Zaliv 3 | Polyot | Success |
| 1969-08-16 | Voskhod | Zenit-2M 4 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-08-19 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 62 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-08-22 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 24 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-08-23 | Titan 23B | KH-8 23 | LM | Success |
| 1969-08-27 | Thor Delta L | Pioneer E | McDonnell Douglas | Failure |
| 1969-08-29 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 63 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-09-02 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 64 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-09-15 | R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 21 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-09-18 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 65 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-09-22 | Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 4 | Nissan | Failure |
| 1969-09-22 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 52 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-09-23 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Luna-16a | Khrunichev | Partial Failure |
| 1969-09-24 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 77 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-09-30 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Poppy 8A,B,C,D | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-10-01 | Scout B | ESRO 1B (Boreas) | Vought | Success |
| 1969-10-06 | Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 2 (15L) | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-10-11 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soyuz 6 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-10-12 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soyuz 7 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-10-13 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soyuz 8 | Progress RSC | Success |
| 1969-10-14 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U3-IK 1 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-10-17 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 66 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-10-18 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 25 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-10-21 | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | Zaliv 4 | Polyot | Success |
| 1969-10-22 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Luna-16b | Khrunichev | Partial Failure |
| 1969-10-24 | Voskhod | Zenit-2M 5 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-10-24 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 26 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-10-24 | Titan 23B | KH-8 24 | LM | Success |
| 1969-11-04 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 6 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-11-08 | Scout B | Azur | Vought | Success |
| 1969-11-12 | Voskhod | Zenit-2 78 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-11-14 | Saturn V | Apollo 12 | Boeing / North American / Douglas | Success |
| 1969-11-15 | Voskhod | Zenit-4 67 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-11-22 | Thor Delta M | Skynet IA | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-11-24 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 27 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-11-24 | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | Sfera 5 | Polyot | Success |
| 1969-11-28 | Proton / UR-500 K/D | Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1 | Khrunichev | Failure |
| 1969-12-03 | Voskhod | Zenit-2M 6 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-12-04 | Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 8 | McDonnell Douglas | Success |
| 1969-12-11 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 28 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-12-20 | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | Tselina-O 5 | Polyot | Success |
| 1969-12-23 | Tsiklon-2 | I2P 3 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-12-23 | Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 1 | RKK Energia | Success |
| 1969-12-25 | Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-IK 1 | Yuzhmash | Success |
| 1969-12-27 | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | Ionosfernaya Stantsiya 1 | Polyot | Failure |