1965 in spaceflight
Launch of a Delta D rocket carrying the first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Intelsat I F1
Orbital launches
First11 January
Last28 December
Total124
Successes108
Failures15
Partial failures1
Catalogued112
National firsts
Satellite France
Orbital launch France
Rockets
Maiden flightsAtlas 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)
RetirementsAtlas 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
Orbital6
Total travellers13
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s

Deep Space Rendezvous

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

EVAs

Start date/time Duration End time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
18 March
08:34 		12 minutes 08:47 Voskhod 2 Soviet Union 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 United States Ed White First US EVA.[3] White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted.[4]

Orbital launch summary

By country

  France
  Soviet Union
  United States
Orbital launch attempts by country in 1965
Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures 		Remarks
 France 1 1 0 0 First orbital launch
 Soviet Union 53 46 7 0
 United States 70 61 8 1

By rocket

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

By orbit

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

References

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Generic references:

 Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

  1. ^ Alexander Anikeev (2008). "Spacecraft "Voskhod-2" web page". Manned Astronautics: Figures and Facts website. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  2. ^ Mark Wade (2008). "Leonov web page". Encyclopedia Astronautica web site. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  3. ^ David R. Williams (2004). "The First U.S. Spacewalk - Gemini 4". Lunar and Planetary Science. NASA. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  4. ^ Cernan, Eugene; Don Davis (1999). The Last Man on the Moon. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-312-19906-6.


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