1965 in spaceflight

1965 in spaceflight
	Launch of a Delta D rocket carrying the first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Intelsat I F1
Orbital launches
First	11 January
Last	28 December
Total	124
Successes	108
Failures	15
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	112
National firsts
Satellite	France
Orbital launch	France
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D; Delta E; Diamant-A; Kosmos-2M; Scout A; Scout B; Soyuz/Vostok 11A510; Thor LV-2D Burner-1; Thor LV-2D MG-18; Titan IIIC; UR-500 (Proton)
Retirements	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B; Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C; Delta D; Kosmos-1; Molniya 8K78; Molniya-L 8K78L; Saturn I; Scout X-4; Thor DSV-2A Ablestar; Thor LV-2D MG-18; Thor SLV-2 Agena-B; Titan IIIA
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	13
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Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
20 February	Ranger 8	Lunar impact	Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:57:37, returned 7,137 images
24 March	Ranger 9	Lunar impact	Impacted Alphonsus Crater at 14:08:20, returned 5,814 images
12 May	Luna 5	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted at 19:10
11 June	Luna 6	Lunar flyby	Failed lander, closest approach: 160,000 kilometres (99,000 mi)
15 July	Mariner 4	Flyby of Mars	Returned 21 images
20 July	Zond 2	Flyby of Mars	Communications system failed before flyby
6 August	Zond 3	Lunar Flyby	Returned 25 images
7 October	Luna 7	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted at 22:08
6 December	Luna 8	Lunar impact	Failed lander, impacted at 21:51:30

Start date/time	Duration	End time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
18 March 08:34	12 minutes	08:47	Voskhod 2	Alexei Leonov	First EVA in history.^[1] Leonov had difficulty fitting back into the spacecraft due to spacesuit stiffness in vacuum. He vented air from his spacesuit to bend back into the capsule.^[2]
3 June 19:46	20 minutes	20:06	Gemini IV	Ed White	First US EVA.^[3] White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted.^[4]

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
	France	1	1	0	0
	Soviet Union	53	46	7	0
	United States	70	61	8	1
World		124	108	15	1

Rocket	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Atlas D	United States	3	1	2	0	Suborbital component of one failed launch was successful
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B	United States	2	2	0	0	Retired
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D	United States	1	1	0	0
Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D	United States	11	9	2	0
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C	United States	1	0	1	0	Retired
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D	United States	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Delta C	United States	5	4	1	0
Delta D	United States	1	1	0	0	Retired
Delta E	United States	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Diamant A	France	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos-1 63S3	Soviet Union	6	6	0	0	Retired
Kosmos-2I 63S1	Soviet Union	7	4	3	0
Kosmos-2M 63S1M	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	Maiden flight
Molniya 8K78	Soviet Union	6	5	1	0	Retired
Molniya-L 8K78L	Soviet Union	1	0	1	0	Retired
Molniya-M 8K78M	Soviet Union	5	4	1	0
Saturn I	United States	3	3	0	0	Retired
Scout A	United States	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Scout B	United States	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Scout X-4	United States	3	3	0	0	Retired
Soyuz/Vostok 11A510	Soviet Union	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar	United States	3	3	0	0	Retired
Thor LV-2D Burner-1	United States	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Thor LV-2D MG-18	United States	2	2	0	0	Only flights
Thor SLV-2 Agena-B	United States	1	1	0	1	Retired
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D	United States	2	1	1	0
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D	United States	15	15	0	0
Titan II GLV	United States	5	5	0	0	Also made one suborbital launch
Titan IIIA	United States	2	2	0	0	Retired
Titan IIIC	United States	3	1	1	1	Maiden flight
Voskhod 11A57	Soviet Union	12	12	0	0
Vostok-2 8A92	Soviet Union	8	7	1	0
Vostok-2M 8A92M	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0
UR-500 (Proton) 8K72	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not Achieved	Accidentally Achieved	Remarks
Low Earth	96	85	9	2
Medium Earth	7	6	1	0
High Earth	13	11	2	0	Including Highly elliptical and Molniya orbits
Geosynchronous/transfer	3	1	2	1*	* - One launch to geosynchronous orbit reached geosynchronous transfer orbit
Heliocentric	5	4	1	0

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