1964 in spaceflight (January–March)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (April–June), 1964 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1964 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

11 January
20:07[1] 		Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
Poppy 3A (Solrad 7A) NRL Low Earth Radiation In orbit Successful
Poppy 3B (NRL-PL 135) US Navy/NRL Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
Poppy 3C (GGSE-1) NRL Low Earth Gravity gradient stabilization In orbit Successful
SECOR-1 (EGRS-1) US Army Low Earth Geodesy In orbit Successful
NRL Composite 4
19 January
10:59:54 		Thor SLV-2 Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 US Air Force
OPS 3367A (DSAP-1 F6/P-35 6) US Air Force Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
OPS 3367B (DSAP-1 F7/P-35 7) US Air Force Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
21 January
21:14:59 		Delta B Cape Canaveral LC-17B US Air Force
Relay 2 (A-16) NASA Medium Earth Communications In orbit Successful
25 January
13:59:04 		Thor SLV-2 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
Echo 2 NASA/Unknown Low Earth Communications 7 June 1969 Successful
29 January
16:25:01 		Saturn I Cape Canaveral LC-37B NASA
Saturn I SA-5 (Jupiter nosecone) NASA Low Earth Test flight 30 April Successful
First all-up test and orbital launch of the Saturn I.
30 January
21:51:02 		Vostok-K Baikonur Site 1/5
Elektron 1 Medium Earth Radiation In orbit Successful
Elektron 2 Highly elliptical Radiation 27 April 1997 Successful
30 January
15:49:09 		Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
Ranger 6 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor 2 February
09:24:32		 Spacecraft failure
Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis, camera failed to return imagery.

February

15 February
21:38 		Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
OPS 3444 (KH-4A 3/1004) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 9 March Successful
SRV 629 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return February Successful
SRV 628 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return February Successful
19 February
05:47:40 		Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Venera 3MV-1 №2 Intended: Heliocentric Venus flyby In orbit Launch failure
Second stage malfunctioned.
25 February
13:26 		Kosmos 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 25 (DS-P1 №4) Low Earth Radar target
Technology		 21 November Successful
25 February
18:59:47 		Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 2423 (KH-7 5/4005/AFP-206 SV-955) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 1 March Successful
28 February
03:20 		Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
OPS 3722 (Ferret 5/Samos-F3 1) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth ELINT 19 February 1969 Successful

March

11 March
20:14:24 		Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 3435 (KH-7 6/4006/AFP-206 SV-956) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 16 March Successful
18 March
15:07 		Kosmos 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 26 (DS-MG №1) Low Earth Technology 28 September Successful
19 March
11:13:41 		Delta B Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
BE-A (S-66) NASA Intended: Low Earth Ionospheric 19 March Launch failure
Final flight of Delta B, third stage produced insufficient thrust, failed to orbit.
21 March
08:15:35 		Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Luna E-6 №6 Intended: Highly elliptical Lunar flyby 21 March Launch failure
Luna E-6 №6 SA Intended: Highly elliptical
Achieved: Low Earth 		Lunar lander
Failed to orbit.
24 March
22:22:48 		Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 3467 (KH-4A 4/1003) US Air Force/NRO Intended: Low Earth Optical imaging 24 March Launch failure
SRV 631 US Air Force/NRO Intended: Low Earth Film return
SRV 630 US Air Force/NRO Intended: Low Earth Film return
Failed to orbit.
27 March
03:24:42 		Molniya-M Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 27 (Venera 3MV-1 №3) Intended: Heliocentric
Achieved: Low Earth 		Venus flyby 29 March Launch failure
Kosmos 27 SA Intended: Heliocentric
Achieved: Low Earth 		Venus lander
Upper stage attitude control system failure.
27 March
17:25:23 		Scout X-3 Wallops Island LA-3 NASA
Ariel 2 (UK-C/UK-2/S-52) SERC Low Earth Galactic radiation 18 November 1967 Successful
Final flight of Scout X-3.
For flights after 31 March, see 1964 in spaceflight (April-June)

Suborbital launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

4 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 January Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
6 January[2] Nike Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM test 6 January Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 January
00:00:10[2] 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 January
13:15[2] 		Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 8 January Successful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
9 January
05:22 		Black Brant II Churchill NRC
NRC Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research		 9 January Successful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
9 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 9 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 9 January Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
10 January LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 10 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 January
00:26 		Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 12 January Successful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
12 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 12 January Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
13 January
16:30:04 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 January Launch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 January
21:50:01 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
13 January
23:39:00 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 January Launch failure
Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
14 January
06:05 		Black Brant II Churchill NRC
NRC Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research		 14 January Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
14 January Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 14 January Successful
Apogee: 292 kilometres (181 mi)
14 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 14 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 January
20:30:19 		LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 15 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 January
22:34 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 15 January Launch failure
Apogee: 45 kilometres (28 mi)
15 January
22:40 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 15 January Successful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
16 January
04:28:58 		R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 16 January Successful
Apogee: 908 kilometres (564 mi)
16 January
05:00 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 January Successful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
16 January
11:34 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 January Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 January LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 16 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 January
00:29:59 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 17 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 January
05:01 		Javelin Wallops Island NASA
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy 17 January Successful
Apogee: 925 kilometres (575 mi)
20 January
17:02:01 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 20 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 January
18:00 		Black Brant II Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight 20 January Successful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
20 January
21:15 		Black Brant II Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight 20 January Successful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
22 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 January Launch failure
22 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 January Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
22 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 January Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
23 January
18:25 		Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 23 January Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
23 January
18:36 		Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 23 January Launch failure
Apogee: 21 kilometres (13 mi)
23 January Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
NASA Suborbital Test flight 23 January Launch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
23 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 23 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 January LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 23 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 January
00:16 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 24 January Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
24 January
01:30 		UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-04 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 24 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 January
05:30 		Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric 25 January Successful
Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
25 January R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 January Launch failure
25 January R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 January Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
26 January
16:47:03 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 26 January Launch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
26 January
19:59:03 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Nathan Hale, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 26 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
27 January
04:30 		Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric 27 January Successful
Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
28 January
19:00 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 28 January Successful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
28 January
23:01:38 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 28 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 January Nike-Tomahawk 9A Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 28 January Successful
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
29 January
03:09 		Aerobee-300A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 29 January Successful
Apogee: 309 kilometres (192 mi)
29 January
04:11 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 29 January Successful
Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
29 January
04:18 		Nike-Cajun Ascension NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 29 January Successful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
29 January
10:00 		Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric 29 January Successful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
29 January
22:17 		Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 29 January Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
29 January LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 29 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
31 January
13:30 		Nike-Apache Thumba NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric 31 January Successful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
31 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 31 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
January Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital Target January Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital Target January Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test January Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)

February

1 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 1 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
2 February R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 2 February Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
2 February R-16U Baikonur Site 60/8 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 2 February Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
2 February R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 2 February Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
3 February
16:41:07 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS James Monroe, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 3 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 February
01:05 		Skylark-5C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 4 February Successful
Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
4 February
01:35:00 		Nike-Apache Ascension NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 4 February Successful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
4 February
01:46 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 4 February Successful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
4 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 4 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
5 February
00:39 		Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 5 February Successful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
5 February
03:20 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 5 February Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
5 February
06:00 		R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 5 February Launch failure
6 February Honest John-Nike-Nike Point Arguello LC-A NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 6 February Launch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
6 February R-16U Baikonur Site 41/3 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 6 February Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
8 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 8 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 February
04:12 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill US Air Force
Utah Suborbital Ionospheric
Auroral		 9 February Successful
Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
9 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 9 February Successful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
10 February Athena RTV Green River Pad 2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 10 February Launch failure
Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
10 February Dragon Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
DMA Suborbital Test flight 10 February Successful
Apogee: 470 kilometres (290 mi)
11 February
18:06 		R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 11 February Launch failure
11 February UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-06 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 11 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 February
19:59:40 		SM-65E Atlas Vandenberg LC-576F Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 12 February Launch failure
12 February
20:30 		Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 12 February Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
12 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 12 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
12 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 12 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
12 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 12 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 February
01:36:22 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 13 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 February
04:29 		Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 13 February Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February
04:30 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 13 February Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February
04:55 		Nike-Cajun Ascension NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 13 February Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
13 February
05:00 		Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 13 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 13 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
13 February Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 13 February Successful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
14 February
04:37 		Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNES Suborbital Aeronomy 14 February Successful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
14 February
07:47 		Thor DSV-2J Johnston LE-1 US Air Force
Douglas Suborbital ABM test 14 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 14 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 February
04:37 		Centaure 1 Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNES Suborbital Aeronomy 15 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
17 February
10:00 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NRL
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy 17 February Successful
Apogee: 268 kilometres (167 mi)
17 February
16:15 		LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 17 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
17 February
17:03:04 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS James Monroe, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 17 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 February
21:50 		Nike-Apache White Sands US Air Force/ERDA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 February Successful
Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
18 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 18 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
19 February
15:15:07 		R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 19 February Successful
Apogee: 906 kilometres (563 mi)
19 February
21:30 		Nike-Cajun White Sands US Air Force/ERDA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 19 February Successful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
20 February
03:00 		Skylark-7 Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 20 February Launch failure
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
20 February
07:23 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral 20 February Successful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 February
14:57 		MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 24 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 February
00:17 		MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 25 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 February
02:00 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 25 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 February
02:45 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 25 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 February
20:22 		SM-65E Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-11 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 25 February Successful
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
25 February MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 25 February Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
26 February
01:29:58 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 26 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 February
20:14:44 		LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 26 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 February
21:18 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 26 February Launch failure
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
26 February R-16U Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 February Launch failure
27 February
02:30:28 		R-36 Baikonur Site 67/21 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 27 February Launch failure
28 February
02:04:14 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 28 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 February MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 28 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 February
05:32 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral 29 February Successful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
29 February UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-04 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 29 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 February UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-05 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 29 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 February R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)

March

1 March
06:40 		Thor DSV-2J Johnston LE-1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital ABM test 1 March Successful
Apogee: 674 kilometres (419 mi)
2 March
16:30:03 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 2 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 March R-16U Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 3 March Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
4 March
09:53 		HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 4 March Successful
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
4 March R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 4 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
4 March R-16U Baikonur Site 41/4 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 March Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
6 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-07 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 6 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 March
02:45 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 March Successful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
10 March
02:06 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
Southampton
ICST
UCL 		Suborbital GR astronomy
Solar		 10 March Successful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
10 March R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 10 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
10 March Tomahawk Tonopah Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 10 March Successful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
11 March
12:30:05 		UGM-27 Polaris A3 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 11 March Launch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March
18:00 		Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 11 March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March Hammaguira Bacchus ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight 11 March Successful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
11 March Black Knight 201 Woomera LA-5 RAE
RAE Suborbital REV Test 11 March Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
11 March R-12 Dvina Makat MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 11 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 March
02:07 		Skylark-7C Woomera LA-2 RAE/WRE
Southampton
ICST
UCL 		Suborbital GR astronomy
Solar		 12 March Successful
Apogee: 176 kilometres (109 mi)
12 March
02:58:40 		Nike-Apache Andøya NDRE
NASA Suborbital Auroral
Plasma
Solar		 12 March Successful
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
12 March
04:20 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 12 March Successful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
13 March
11:40:56 		XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior Cape Canaveral LC-18A US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Magnetospheric 13 March Launch failure
Apogee: 600 kilometres (370 mi)
13 March
17:04:47 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 13 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 March
18:20 		Nike-Cajun Kwajalein US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 13 March Successful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
13 March R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 March Launch failure
13 March LGM-25C Titan II Vandenberg LC-395C US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 13 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 March Honest John-Nike-Nike Point Arguello LC-A NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 14 March Successful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
15 March
02:44 		Nike-Apache Andøya NDRE
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric
Plasma		 15 March Successful
Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi)
15 March
14:12:54 		R-17 Elbrus Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 15 March Successful
Apogee: 278 kilometres (173 mi)
15 March Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 15 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March
16:30:14 		UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 16 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 March
19:29 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NOTS
US Navy Suborbital Radiation 16 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 16 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Henry Clay, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 16 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 March
06:11 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Rice Suborbital Auroral 18 March Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
18 March Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 18 March Successful
Apogee: 315 kilometres (196 mi)
19 March
15:42 		Nike-Apache Andøya NDRE
NDRE/BERG Suborbital Ionospheric
Plasma
Solar		 19 March Successful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
20 March
05:23 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Rice Suborbital Auroral 20 March Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
20 March
17:20:11 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-31B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 20 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 March UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Henry Clay, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 20 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 March
10:37 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
Rice Suborbital Auroral 23 March Successful
Apogee: 153 kilometres (95 mi)
23 March
20:41:57 		LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 23 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 March Nike-Tomahawk Barking Sands Sandia
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 23 March Launch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
23 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 23 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 March
04:22:54 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral 24 March Successful
Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
24 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-02 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 24 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 24 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
25 March
03:25 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral 25 March Successful
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
25 March LGM-30B Minuteman IB Vandenberg LF-03 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 25 March Launch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
25 March Nike-Apache Santa Rita CRA
CRA Suborbital Test flight 25 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 March MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 25 March Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 March
03:30 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Auroral 26 March Successful
Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
26 March UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-05 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 26 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 March R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 March Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
27 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 27 March Launch failure
28 March MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 28 March Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
30 March
19:00 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 30 March Successful
Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi)
30 March Nike-Apache Santa Rita CRA
CRA Suborbital Test flight 30 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
31 March
02:33:11 		LGM-30B Minuteman IB Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 31 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
31 March
02:33:30 		Nike Javelin Cape Canaveral Air Force Air Proving Ground Command (AGPC)
AGPC Suborbital Test flight 31 March Successful
Apogee: 131 kilometres (81 mi)
31 March UGM-133A Minuteman IA Vandenberg LF-04 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 31 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
March Nike-Apache White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital Target March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

Reference

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Wade, Mark. "Chronology - Quarter 1 1964". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
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