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Orbital launches in 1966


Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites

* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered



Launches:

DateSiteRocketPayloadOutcome
1966-01-07BaikonurVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 104 (Zenit-2 #33)pfailure
1966-01-08VandenbergThor-Burner Thor-LV2D Burner-1 Altair-3OPS 2394failure
1966-01-19VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 24 / OPS 3179success
1966-01-22BaikonurVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 105 (Zenit-2 #34)success
1966-01-25Kapustin YarKosmos-2M 63S1MKosmos 106 (DS-P1-I #1)success
1966-01-28VandenbergScout A Transit-O 7success
1966-01-31BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Luna 9 (Luna Ye-6 #13)success
1966-02-02VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DKH-4A 29success
1966-02-03Cape CanaveralDelta C ESSA 1success
1966-02-09VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DP-770 Group 3-D 2 & Setter 1success
1966-02-10BaikonurVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 107 (Zenit-2 #35)success
1966-02-11Kapustin YarKosmos 63S1Kosmos 108 (DS-U1-G #1)success
1966-02-15VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 25 / Bluebell 2C / Bluebell 2Ssuccess
1966-02-17HammaguirDiamant A Diapason (D 1A)success
1966-02-19BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 109 (Zenit-4 #15)success
1966-02-21Kapustin YarKosmos 63S1DS-K-40 #2failure
1966-02-22BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 110 (Voskhod-3KV #3)success
1966-02-28Cape CanaveralDelta E ESSA 2success
1966-03-01BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Kosmos 111 (Luna Ye-6S #204)pfailure
1966-03-09VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DKH-4A 30success
1966-03-16Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DGATV 8success
1966-03-16Cape CanaveralTitan 2 GLVGemini 8success
1966-03-17PlesetskVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 112 (Zenit-2 #36)success
1966-03-18VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 26 / NRL-PL 137success
1966-03-21BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 113 (Zenit-4 #16)success
1966-03-24BaikonurProton 8K82Proton (N-4 3)failure
1966-03-26VandenbergScout A Transit-O 8success
1966-03-27BaikonurMolniya Molniya-1 (3) (Molniya-1 5L)failure
1966-03-30VandenbergAtlas D OV1 4 / OV1 5 (BORE) / SSP 28 *success
1966-03-31BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Luna 10 (Luna Ye-6S #206)success
1966-03-31VandenbergThor-Burner Thor-LV2D Burner-1 Altair-3OPS 0340success
1966-04-06PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 114 (Zenit-4 #17)success
1966-04-07VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DKH-4A 31success
1966-04-08Cape CanaveralAtlas-Centaur Atlas LV-3C / Centaur-DSurveyor-Model 2success
1966-04-08Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DOAO 1success
1966-04-19VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 27success
1966-04-20BaikonurVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 115 (Zenit-2 #37)success
1966-04-22VandenbergScout B OV3 1success
1966-04-25BaikonurMolniya Molniya-1 3 (Molniya-1 6L)success
1966-04-26Kapustin YarKosmos-2M 63S1MKosmos 116 (DS-P1-Yu #5)success
1966-05-03VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DKH-4A 32failure
1966-05-06BaikonurVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 117 (Zenit-2 #38)success
1966-05-11BaikonurVostok-2M 8A92MKosmos 118 (Meteor-1 #4)success
1966-05-14VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 28 / Leige/Plicatsuccess
1966-05-15VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena-BNimbus 2success
1966-05-17Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DGATV 9failure
1966-05-17PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Zenit-4 #18failure
1966-05-19VandenbergScout A Transit-O 9success
1966-05-24Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 119 (DS-U2-I #1)success
1966-05-24VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DKH-4A 33success
1966-05-25Cape CanaveralDelta C1 Explorer 32 (AE-B)success
1966-05-30Cape CanaveralAtlas-Centaur Atlas LV-3C / Centaur-DSurveyor 1success
1966-06-01Cape CanaveralAtlas SLV-3 ATDApfailure
1966-06-03VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 29 / OPS 1856success
1966-06-03Cape CanaveralTitan 2 GLVGemini 9Asuccess
1966-06-07Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena BOGO 3success
1966-06-08BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 120 (Zenit-2 #39)success
1966-06-09VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DRTS-1 1 / SECOR 6 (EGRS 6) / ORS 2success
1966-06-10Wallops IslandScout B OV3 4 (PHASR)success
1966-06-16Cape CanaveralTitan 3C IDCSP 1 ... IDCSP 7 / GGTS 1success
1966-06-17PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 121 (Zenit-4 #19)success
1966-06-21VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DKH-4A 34success
1966-06-24VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DPAGEOS 1success
1966-06-25BaikonurVostok-2M 8A92MKosmos 122 (Meteor-1 #5)success
1966-07-01Cape CanaveralDelta E1 Explorer 33 (IMP D, AIMP 1)success
1966-07-05Cape CanaveralSaturn IB Apollo 203success
1966-07-06BaikonurProton 8K82Proton 3 (N-4 4)success
1966-07-08Kapustin YarKosmos 63S1Kosmos 123 (DS-P1-Yu #6)success
1966-07-12VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 30success
1966-07-14VandenbergAtlas D OV1 7 / PASCOMSAT (OV1 8) / NC20.189 *pfailure
1966-07-14BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 124 (Zenit-2 #40)success
1966-07-18Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DGATV 10success
1966-07-18Cape CanaveralTitan 2 GLVGemini 10success
1966-07-20BaikonurSoyuz 11A510Kosmos 125 (US-AO #2)success
1966-07-28BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 126 (Zenit-4 #20)success
1966-07-29VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 1success
1966-08-04VandenbergScout B OV3 2success
1966-08-08BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 127 (Zenit-4 #21)success
1966-08-09VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4A 35success
1966-08-10Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DLunar Orbiter 1success
1966-08-16VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 31 / Sampan 1/Sousea 1success
1966-08-17Cape CanaveralDelta E1 Pioneer 7success
1966-08-18VandenbergScout A Transit-O 10success
1966-08-19VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DRTS-1 2 / SECOR 7 (EGRS 7) / ORS 1success
1966-08-24BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Luna 11 (Luna Ye-6LF #101)success
1966-08-26Cape CanaveralTitan 3C IDCSP (8) - (14) / GGTS 1failure
1966-08-27BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 128 (Zenit-4 #22)success
1966-09-12Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DGATV 11success
1966-09-12Cape CanaveralTitan 2 GLVGemini 11success
1966-09-16VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 32 / Fanion 2/Tripos 2success
1966-09-16VandenbergThor-Burner Thor-LV2F Burner-2OPS 6026success
1966-09-16BaikonurVostok-2 8A92Zenit-2 #41failure
1966-09-17BaikonurR-36-O 8K69OGCh #5failure
1966-09-20Cape CanaveralAtlas-Centaur Atlas LV-3C / Centaur-DSurveyor 2success
1966-09-20VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DKH-4A 36success
1966-09-26KagoshimaLambda 4S Ohsumi-1failure
1966-09-28VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 2success
1966-10-02VandenbergDelta E ESSA 3success
1966-10-05VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DRTS-1 3 / SECOR 8 (EGRS 8)success
1966-10-12VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 33 / SGLS 1success
1966-10-14PlesetskVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 129 (Zenit-2 #42)success
1966-10-20BaikonurMolniya Molniya-1 4 (Molniya-1 7L)success
1966-10-20BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 130 (Zenit-4 #23)success
1966-10-22BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Luna 12 (Luna Ye-6LF #102)success
1966-10-26Cape CanaveralAtlas-Centaur Atlas LV-3C / Centaur-DSurveyor-Model 3success
1966-10-26Cape CanaveralDelta E1 Intelsat-2 1 (Blue Bird)pfailure
1966-10-28VandenbergScout B OV3 2success
1966-11-02BaikonurR-36-O 8K69OGCh #6failure
1966-11-02VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 34 / OPS 5424success
1966-11-03Cape CanaveralTitan 3C OV4 3 / OV4 1R / OV4 1T / OV1 6 / Gemini B*success
1966-11-06Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DLunar Orbiter 2success
1966-11-08VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4A 37success
1966-11-11Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DGATV 12success
1966-11-11Cape CanaveralTitan 2 GLVGemini 12success
1966-11-12PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 131 (Zenit-4 #24)success
1966-11-16BaikonurKosmos-3 11K65Strela-2 #2failure
1966-11-19BaikonurVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 132 (Zenit-2 #43)success
1966-11-28BaikonurSoyuz 11A511Kosmos 133 (Soyuz-Test #1)success
1966-12-03BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 134 (Zenit-4 #25)success
1966-12-05VandenbergAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DKH-7 35success
1966-12-07Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3 / Agena DATS 1success
1966-12-11VandenbergAtlas D OV1 9 / OV1 10success
1966-12-12Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 135 (DS-U2-MP #1)success
1966-12-14Cape CanaveralDelta G Bios 1 Adaptersuccess
1966-12-14BaikonurSoyuz 11A511Soyuz 7K-OK #2failure
1966-12-14VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 3success
1966-12-19PlesetskVostok-2 8A92Kosmos 136 (Zenit-2 #44)success
1966-12-20KagoshimaLambda 4S Ohsumi-2failure
1966-12-21Kapustin YarKosmos 63S1Kosmos 137 (DS-U2-D #1)success
1966-12-21BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Luna 13 (Luna Ye-6M #205)success
1966-12-21VandenbergAtlas SLV-3 PRIME 1success
1966-12-29VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DMultigroup 1 & Setter 1Asuccess