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[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1965.

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Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
January 19 14:04 GMT	Titan II	LC-19, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Gemini 2	NASA	Sub-orbital	Test heatshield	January 19, 1965	Successful
February 16 14:37 GMT	Saturn I	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Pegasus 1	NASA	LEO	Micrometeoroid Detection Satellite	September 17, 1978	Successful
February 16 14:37 GMT	Saturn I	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Apollo CSM Boilerplate 16	NASA	LEO	Apollo Spacecraft Boilerplate test	July 10, 1985	Successful	Used as payload fairing
March 18 07:00 GMT	Voskhod (R-7 11A57)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RVSN	Voskhod 2, 2 cosmonauts	RVSN	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	March 19, 1965	Successful	Performed first EVA (Spacewalk)
March 23 14:24 GMT	Titan II	LC-19, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Gemini 3, 2 Astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	March 23, 1965	Successful	First American spaceflight with multiple crew members
May 25 07:35 GMT	Saturn I	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Pegasus 2	NASA	LEO	Micrometeoroid Detection Satellite	November 3, 1979	Successful
May 25 07:35 GMT	Saturn I	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Apollo CSM Boilerplate 26	NASA	LEO	Apollo Spacecraft Boilerplate test	July 8, 1989	Successful	Used as payload fairing
June 3 15:16 GMT	Titan II	LC-19, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Gemini 4, 2 Astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	June 7, 1965	Successful	First American EVA
July 30 13:00 GMT	Saturn I	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Pegasus 3	NASA	LEO	Micrometeoroid Detection Satellite	August 4, 1969	Successful	Final launch of Saturn I
July 30 13:00 GMT	Saturn I	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Apollo CSM Boilerplate 9A	NASA	LEO	Apollo Spacecraft Boilerplate test	November 22, 1975	Successful	Final launch of Saturn I Spacecraft used as payload fairing
August 21 14:00 GMT	Titan II	LC-19, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Gemini 5, 2 Astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	August 29, 1965	Successful
October 25 15:00 GMT	Atlas D	LC-14, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	GATV 5002	NASA	LEO	Gemini 6 docking target	T + 6 minutes	Failure	Exploded during ascent to orbit
November 26 GMT	A-1 Asterix		French space agency		France	Low Earth orbit	Technology	November 26, 1965	Successful	First French launched satellite
December 4 19:30 GMT	Titan II	LC-19, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Gemini 7, 2 Astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	December 18, 1965	Successful
December 15 13:37 GMT	Titan II	LC-19, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Gemini 6A, 2 Astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	December 16, 1965	Successful

[edit] Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1965

February 20 — Ranger 8, 7,137 pictures before deliberate impact at Mare Tranquillitatis
March 24 — Ranger 9, 5,814 pictures before deliberate impact at Alphonsus Crater
May 12 — Luna 5 impacted the Moon (lander mission)
June 11 — Luna 6 missed the Moon by 160,000 km (lander mission)
July 15 — Mariner 4 flyby of Mars, 21 pictures
July 20 — Zond 3 flyby of the Moon, 25 very good pictures
August 6 — Zond 2 flyby of Mars, communication lost en route
October 7 — Luna 7 impacted the Moon (lander mission)
December 6 — Luna 8 impacted the Moon (lander mission)

[edit] References

Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Repot". http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/.
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.
"Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
"Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.
"NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.
"Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.
"Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.
"Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.
"Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.
"U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.
"Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.

Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

Preceded by 1964	Timeline of spaceflight 1965	Succeeded by 1966