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1967 in spaceflight

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Field	Value
image	First Launch of Saturn V - S67-50903.jpg
caption	Apollo 4, the first flight of the Saturn V rocket lifts off.
first	Intelsat II F-2
last	CRL AF17.750D
firstsat	AustraliaAustralia
maidens	USSRProton-K
USSaturn V
retired	USSRKosmos (63S1)
USRedstone Sparta

USSaturn V USRedstone Sparta

The year 1967 in spaceflight saw the most orbital launches of the 20th century and more than any other year until 2021, including that of the first Australian satellite, WRESAT, which was launched from the Woomera Test Range atop an American Sparta rocket. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 172 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1967.

The year saw both setbacks and advances for the United States Apollo programme. Three astronauts; Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee, were killed in a fire aboard the AS-204 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 on 27 January whilst rehearsing the launch. On 20 October the Saturn V rocket made its maiden flight.

Orbital Launches

January

|d-date = 2 February 1967 |d-date = 27 January 1967 |d-date = 27 January 1967 |d-date = 31 January |}

February

|d-date = 12 February |d-date = 9 October |d-date = 9 February |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = 16 February |d-date = 6 July |d-date = |d-date = 11 March |d-date = 6 March |d-date = 7 March |d-date = 14 September 1982 |}

March

|d-date = 8 March 1968 |d-date = 4 April 1982 |d-date = 18 March |d-date = 21 March |d-date = 7 May |d-date = 7 April |d-date = 30 March |d-date = 22 March |d-date = |d-date = 6 May 1991 |d-date = 5 August |d-date = 17 April |}

April

|d-date = 12 April Highly elliptical low Earth orbit (achieved) |d-date = 2 September 1969 |d-date = 29 June 1968 |d-date = 10 April |d-date = 20 April |d-date = 13 April |d-date = 20 April (on the Moon) |d-date = |d-date = 24 April |d-time=03:22:52 |d-date = 14 October |d-date = 26 April |d-date = 23 October 1989 |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |}

May

|d-date = 6 October |d-date= 14 December 1970 |d-date = 13 July |d-date = 14 March 1993 |d-date = 20 May |d-date = Highly elliptical orbit (achieved) |d-date = 11 November |d-date = 18 May |d-date = 30 May |d-date = 30 May |d-date = 27 May |d-date = 3 May 1969 |d-date = 26 November 1971 |d-date = 30 May |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = |}

June

|d-date = 9 June |d-date = 12 June |d-date = 11 October |d-date = 14 June |d-date = |d-date = 15 January 1968 |d-date = |d-date = 25 October |d-date = 20 July |d-date = 22 October 1968 Low Earth orbit (achieved) |d-date = 25 June |d-date = 20 June |d-date = 30 June |d-date = 26 June |d-date = |d-date = |}

July

|d-date = 12 July |d-date = 17 July 1967 |d-tiem= |d-date = 17 July |d-date = Unknown |d-date = 21 July |d-date = 12 June 1969 |d-date = 27 July |d-date = 22 July 1980 |d-date = 22 February 1972 |d-date = 16 August 1972 |d-date = 31 July |}

August

|d-date = 31 January 1968 |d-date = 1 September |d-date = 8 August |d-date = 17 August |d-date = 28 August |d-date = |d-date = 17 December |d-date = 30 December 1968 |}

September

|d-date = 1 September |d-date = 9 September 1967 |d-date = 11 September (on the Moon) |d-date = 19 September |d-date = 3 March 1968 |d-date = 4 October |d-date = 24 October |d-date = 19 September |d-date = 30 September |d-date = 22 September |d-date = 4 October |d-date = 27 September |d-time=T+100 s |d-date = |}

October

|d-date = 4 March 1969 |d-date = |d-date = 19 October |d-date = 24 October |d-date = 18 October |d-date = 15 June 1982 |d-date = 31 December 1969 |d-date = 2 April 1989 |d-date = 5 November |d-date = 14 January 1969 |d-date = 31 October |d-date = 28 October |d-date = 2 November |d-date = 8 June 1978 |}

November

|d-date = 2 December |d-date = 28 March 1969 |d-date = 11 November |d-date = |d-date = 10 November |d-time=01:01:06 |d-date = 9 November |d-time=20:37 |d-date = 9 November |d-date = |d-date =2 March 1968 |d-date=22 November |d-date = |d-date = 3 December |d-date = 10 January 1968 |}

December

|d-date = 11 December |d-date = 9 March 1969 |d-date = 16 December |d-date = 25 December |d-date = |d-date = |d-date = 24 December |d-date = 7 July 1968 |d-date = 30 January 1968 |d-date = |}

Suborbital launches

January-December

|- |d-date = |d-time =25 January |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =31 January |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =6 February |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =4 December |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = 5 March |d-date = N/A |d-date = |d-time =11 October |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time =T+52 min |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = 19 October |d-date = |d-time =31 October |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =November |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =November |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =November |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = N/A |}

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
8 February	Lunar Orbiter 3	Selenocentric orbit insertion	Returned 182 images
20 April	Surveyor 3	Lunar landing	in Oceanus Procellarum
8 May	Lunar Orbiter 4	Selenocentric orbit insertion	Returned 163 images
17 July	Surveyor 4	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted Sinus Medii
22 July	Explorer 35	Selenocentric orbit insertion
5 August	Lunar Orbiter 5	Selenocentric orbit insertion	Returned 213 images
11 September	Surveyor 5	Lunar landing	in Mare Tranquillitatis
1 October	Lunar Orbiter 2	Lunar impact
10 October	Lunar Orbiter 3	Lunar impact
18 October	Venera 4	Venus probe	Atmospheric probe functioned for 94 minutes in the Venerian atmosphere
19 October	Mariner 5	Flyby of Venus	Closest approach 3990 km
31 October	Lunar Orbiter 4	Lunar impact
10 November	Surveyor 6	Lunar landing	in Sinus Medii

Footnotes

References

"Spacecraft Query Results". NASA NSSDC.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathon's Space Report.
"Kosmos-2 - Kosmos 173". Next Spaceflight.

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