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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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Deep Space Rendezvous[edit]

EVAs[edit]

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]

Orbital launch summary[edit]

By country[edit]

		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[edit]

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[edit]

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