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[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1967.

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Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
January 11 10:55 GMT	Delta E1	LC-17, Cape Canaveral		Intelsat 2 F-2	Intelsat	Geostationary	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
January 21 06:38 GMT	Black Brant II-AA2	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Plasma	N/A	Successful
January 31 12:45 GMT	Scout B	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	OV3-05	US Air Force	Intended: LEO	Magnetosphere research satellite	January 31, 1967	Failure
February 4 05:21 GMT	Black Brant II-AA2	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Meteorites	N/A	Successful
March 10 11:30 GMT	Proton 8K82K (11S824)	LC-81, Baikonur	RVSN	Kosmos 146	RVSN	LEO	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	March 18, 1967	Successful	Maiden Flight of the Proton
March 14 06:00 GMT	Skylark AC	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Solar X-ray and Ultraviolet observation	N/A	Successful
April 4 00:32 GMT	Skylark 3	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
April 8 09:00 GMT	Proton 8K82K (11S824)	LC-81, Baikonur	RVSN	Kosmos 154	RVSN	Actual: LEO	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	April 10, 1967	Failure	Block D (4th stage) failed to re-ignite
April 10 10:51 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	X-ray astronomy	N/A	Successful
April 12 12:32 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	X-ray astronomy	N/A	Successful
April 14 03:25 GMT	Scout A	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Transit 15	US Navy	LEO	Navigation Satellite	Still in Orbit	Successful
April 21	Skylark 3	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
April 23 00:35 GMT	Soyuz (A-10)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 1 1 Cosmonaut (Vladimir Komarov)	RVSN	LEO	Test Soyuz spacecraft	April 24, 1967	Failure	Solar panels jammed, bad weather prevented Soyuz 2 launch, parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew
April 26 04:15 GMT	Black Brant VB-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and Meteorites	N/A	Successful
April 26 10:06 GMT	Scout B	San Marco mobile range Formosa Bay, Kenya	CRS	San Marco 2	CRS	LEO	Atmospheric research satellite	October 14, 1967	Successful
April 27 04:10 GMT	Black Brant VB-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Ionosphere, and plasma	N/A	Successful
April 27 04:31 GMT	Skylark 3 AC	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test Sounding rocket	N/A	Successful
May 5 07:26 GMT	Black Brant VB-AAD	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Research into Aurora, Ionosphere, and aeronomy	N/A	Successful
May 5 16:00 GMT	Scout A	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Ariel 3	UK SRC	LEO	Atmospheric research	December 14, 1970	Successful
May 18 09:05 GMT	Scout A	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Transit 16	US Navy	LEO	Ionosphere and Aurora research	Still in orbit	Successful
May 22 00:12 GMT	Skylark 3	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S11/1	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet Astronomy	May 22, 1967	Successful
May 30 02:06 GMT	Scout B	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	ESRO 2A	ESRO	Intended: LEO	Technology demonstration mission	May 30, 1967	Failure	Third Stage malfunction
May 25 23:24 GMT	Skylark 3	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S05/2	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet Astronomy	May 25, 1967	Successful
August 3 07:36 GMT	Black Brant VB	Fort Churchill	MPI	(none)	N/A	N/A	Aeronomy and Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
August 4 03:53 GMT	Europa	LA-6A, Woomera	ELDO	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test launch vehicle with battleship third stage	N/A	Failure	Second stage failed to ignite
August 6 04:04 GMT	Black Brant VB	Fort Churchill	MPI	(none)	N/A	N/A	Aeronomy and Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
August 8 03:38 GMT	Skylark 3 AC	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Solar X-ray and Ultraviolet observation	N/A	Successful
August 16 06:36 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test Sounding rocket	N/A	Successful
August 24 10:05 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ultraviolet Astronomy	N/A	Successful
August 29 10:01 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE/WRE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ultraviolet Astronomy	N/A	Successful
September 25 08:25 GMT	Scout A	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Transit 17	US Navy	LEO	Navigation satellite	Still in orbit	Successful
September 27 13:32 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S26/1	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere and Solar research	September 27, 1967	Successful
September 27 22:11 GMT	Proton 8K82K (11S824)	LC-81, Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 7K-L1 4L	RVSN	Intended: Lunar free-return	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	T+67 seconds	Failure	First stage failure
September 28 16:35 GMT	Black Brant VA-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
October 19 17:33 GMT	Scout B	LA-3A, Wallops Island	US Air Force	RAM C-1	NASA	Sub-orbital	Technology demonstration mission	October 19, 1967	Successful
October 4 13:23 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S19/1	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	October 4, 1967	Successful
October 5 04:11 GMT	Black Brant VA-AFF	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
October 7 14:50 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S26/2	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere and Solar research	October 7, 1967	Successful
October 10 14:33 GMT	Skylark 7C	Salto di Quirra	ESRO	ESRO S19/2	ESRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	October 10, 1967	Successful
November 9 12:00 GMT	Saturn V	LC-39A, Kennedy	NASA	Apollo 4	NASA		Test LV		Successful	First flight of Saturn V rocket
October 20 10:49 GMT	Black Brant III-AKF3	Resolute Bay	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research and X-ray astronomy	N/A	Successful
November 14 05:27 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Solar X-ray and Ultraviolet observation	N/A	Successful
November 17	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful
November 22 19:07 GMT	Proton 8K82K (11S824)	LC-81, Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 7K-L1 5L	RVSN	Intended: Lunar free-return	Test prototype Soyuz 7K-L1P	November 22, 1967	Failure	Second stage failure
November 29 GMT	Redstone rocket	Woomera	WRE	WRESAT	Technology	LEO	Atmospheric experiments	January 10 , 1968	Successful	First Australian Launched Satellite
December 1 06:08 GMT	Skylark 7C	LA-2-SL, Woomera	RAE	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test Sounding rocket	N/A	Successful
December 4 21:01 GMT	Europa	LA-6A, Woomera	ELDO	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test launch vehicle with battleship third stage and boilerplate payload	N/A	Failure	Second stage failed to separate
December 5 01:03 GMT	Scout B	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	OV3-06	US Air Force	LEO	Magnetosphere research satellite	March 9, 1969	Successful
December 6 16:30 GMT	Black Brant VA-CRL-AF17.750D	Fort Churchill	NRCC	(none)	N/A	N/A	Ionosphere research	N/A	Successful

[edit] Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1967

February 8 — Lunar Orbiter 3 entered selenocentric orbit, 182 very good pictures
April 20 — Surveyor 3 landed in Oceanus Procellarum
May 8 — Lunar Orbiter 4 entered selenocentric orbit, 163 very good pictures
July 17 — Surveyor 4 impact at Sinus Medii
July 22 — Explorer 35 entered selenocentric orbit
August 5 — Lunar Orbiter 5 entered selenocentric orbit, 213 very good pictures
September 11 — Surveyor 5 landed in Mare Tranquillitatis
October 1 — Lunar Orbiter 2 deliberate lunar impact
October 10 — Lunar Orbiter 3 deliberate lunar impact
October 18 — Venera 4 atmospheric probe worked for 94 min in the Venerian atmosphere
October 19 — Mariner 5 flyby of Venus (3,990 km)
October 31 — Lunar Orbiter 4 deliberate lunar impact
November 10 — Surveyor 6 landed in Sinus Medii

[edit] References

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Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

Preceded by 1966	Timeline of spaceflight 1967	Succeeded by 1968

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