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Orbital launches in 1968


Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites

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



Launches:

DateSiteRocketPayloadOutcome
1968-01-07Cape CanaveralAtlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3C / Centaur-DSurveyor 7success
1968-01-11VandenbergDelta E1 Explorer 36 (GEOS B)success
1968-01-16PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 199 (Zenit-2 #58)success
1968-01-17VandenbergThor-Agena Thor SLV-2A Agena DMultigroup 3 & Setter 1B-2success
1968-01-18VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 11success
1968-01-19PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MKosmos 200 (Tselina-O #2)success
1968-01-22Cape CanaveralSaturn IB Apollo 5success
1968-01-24VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4A 45 / Tivoli 1success
1968-02-06BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 201 (Zenit-4 #38)success
1968-02-07BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Luna Ye-6LS #112failure
1968-02-20Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 202 (DS-U2-V #4)success
1968-02-20PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MKosmos 203 (Sfera #1)success
1968-03-02BaikonurProton K/DZond-4 (L-1 6L)success
1968-03-02VandenbergScout A Transit-O 18success
1968-03-04Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3A / Agena DOGO 5success
1968-03-05PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 204 (DS-P1-I #3)success
1968-03-05Wallops IslandScout B Explorer 37 (SE B, Solrad 9)pfailure
1968-03-05PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 205 (Zenit-2 #59)success
1968-03-06Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63DS-U1-Ya #1failure
1968-03-13VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 12success
1968-03-14VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4A 46 / Lampan 1/Sampan 2success
1968-03-14PlesetskVostok-2M 8A92MKosmos 206 (Meteor-1 #9)success
1968-03-16PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 207 (Zenit-4 #39)success
1968-03-21BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 208 (Zenit-2M #1, Gektor #1) & Nauka-1KS 1Lsuccess
1968-03-22BaikonurTsyklon 2A 11K67Kosmos 209 (US-AO #4)success
1968-04-03PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 210 (Zenit-2 #60)success
1968-04-04Cape CanaveralSaturn V Apollo 6pfailure
1968-04-06VandenbergAtlas F OV1 13 / OV1 14success
1968-04-07BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Luna 14 (Luna Ye-6LS #113)success
1968-04-09PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 211 (DS-P1-Yu #12)success
1968-04-14BaikonurSoyuz 11A511Kosmos 212 (Soyuz-Test #5)success
1968-04-15BaikonurSoyuz 11A511Kosmos 213 (Soyuz-Test #6)success
1968-04-17VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 13success
1968-04-18Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 215 (DS-U1-A #1)success
1968-04-18PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 214 (Zenit-4 #40)success
1968-04-20BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 216 (Zenit-2 #61)success
1968-04-21BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Molniya-1 8 (Molniya-1 10L)success
1968-04-22BaikonurProton K/DZond (L-1 7L)failure
1968-04-24BaikonurTsyklon 2A 11K67Kosmos 217 (I2M #1)pfailure
1968-04-25BaikonurR-36-O 8K69Kosmos 218 (OGCh #17)success
1968-04-26Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 219 (DS-U2-D #2)success
1968-05-01VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4B 3success
1968-05-07PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MKosmos 220 (Zaliv #2)success
1968-05-17VandenbergScout B ESRO 2B (Iris 2)success
1968-05-18VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DNimbus B / SECOR 10failure
1968-05-23VandenbergThor-Burner Thor-LV2F Burner-2OPS 7869success
1968-05-24Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 221 (DS-P1-Yu #13)success
1968-05-30PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 222 (DS-P1-Yu #14)success
1968-06-01PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 223 (Zenit-2 #62)success
1968-06-04PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MSfera #2failure
1968-06-04BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 224 (Zenit-4 #41)success
1968-06-05VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 14success
1968-06-11Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 225 (DS-U1-Ya #2)success
1968-06-12PlesetskVostok-2M 8A92MKosmos 226 (Meteor-1 #10)success
1968-06-13Cape CanaveralTitan 3C IDCSP 19 ... IDCSP 26success
1968-06-15BaikonurKosmos-3 11K65Strela-2 #4failure
1968-06-18BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 227 (Zenit-4 #42)success
1968-06-20VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4A 47 / Tripos 3/Sousea 2success
1968-06-21BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 228 (Zenit-2M #2, Gektor #2) & Nauka-1KS 2Lsuccess
1968-06-26PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 229 (Zenit-4 #43)success
1968-07-04VandenbergDelta J Explorer 38 (RAE A)success
1968-07-05Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 230 (DS-U3-S #2)success
1968-07-05BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Molniya-1 9 (Molniya-1 13L)success
1968-07-10BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 231 (Zenit-2 #63)success
1968-07-11VandenbergAtlas F OV1 15 (SPADES) / LOADS 1 (OV1 16)success
1968-07-16PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 232 (Zenit-4 #44)success
1968-07-18PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 233 (DS-P1-Yu #15)success
1968-07-30BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 234 (Zenit-4 #45)success
1968-08-06Cape CanaveralAtlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3A / Agena DCanyon 1success
1968-08-06VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 15success
1968-08-07VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4B 4success
1968-08-08VandenbergScout B Explorer 39 (AD C) / Explorer 40 (IE C, Injun 5)success
1968-08-09BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 235 (Zenit-2 #64)success
1968-08-10Cape CanaveralAtlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3C / Centaur-DATS 4failure
1968-08-16VandenbergAtlas-Burner Atlas SLV-3 / Burner-2 Orbiscal 1 / OV5 8 / Gridsphere 1 / Gridsphere 2 / Mylar Balloon / Radcat / RM 18 & UVRfailure
1968-08-16VandenbergDelta N N3ESSA 7success
1968-08-27BaikonurKosmos-3 11K65Kosmos 236 (Strela-2 #5)success
1968-08-27PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 237 (Zenit-4 #46)success
1968-08-28BaikonurSoyuz 11A511Kosmos 238 (Soyuz-Test #7)success
1968-09-05BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 239 (Zenit-4 #47)success
1968-09-10VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 16success
1968-09-14BaikonurProton K/DZond-5 (L-1 9L)success
1968-09-14BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 240 (Zenit-2 #65)success
1968-09-16PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 241 (Zenit-4 #48)success
1968-09-18VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4A 48 / Vampan 1success
1968-09-19Cape CanaveralDelta M M3Intelsat-3 1failure
1968-09-20PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 242 (DS-P1-I #4)success
1968-09-23BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 243 (Zenit-2M #3, Gektor #3) & Nauka-2KS 1Lsuccess
1968-09-26Cape CanaveralTitan 3C LES 6 / OV2 5 / OV5 2 / OV5 4success
1968-10-02BaikonurR-36-O 8K69Kosmos 244 (OGCh #20)success
1968-10-03PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 245 (DS-P1-Yu #16)success
1968-10-03VandenbergScout B ESRO 1A (Aurorae)success
1968-10-05BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Molniya-1 10 (Molniya-1 14L)success
1968-10-05VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DStrawman 1success
1968-10-07PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 246 (Zenit-4 #49)success
1968-10-11Cape CanaveralSaturn IB Apollo 7success
1968-10-11PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 247 (Zenit-2 #66)success
1968-10-19BaikonurTsyklon 2A 11K67Kosmos 248 (I2M #2)success
1968-10-20BaikonurTsyklon 2A 11K67Kosmos 249 (I2P #1)success
1968-10-23VandenbergThor-Burner Thor-LV2F Burner-2OPS 4078success
1968-10-25BaikonurSoyuz 11A511Soyuz 2success
1968-10-26BaikonurSoyuz 11A511Soyuz 3success
1968-10-30PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MKosmos 250 (Tselina-O #3)success
1968-10-31BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 251 (Zenit-4M #1, Rotor #1)success
1968-11-01BaikonurTsyklon 2A 11K67Kosmos 252 (I2P #2)success
1968-11-03VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4B 5success
1968-11-06VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 17success
1968-11-08Cape CanaveralDelta E1 Pioneer 9 / TTS 2success
1968-11-10BaikonurProton K/DZond-6 (L-1 12L)success
1968-11-13PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 253 (Zenit-2 #67)success
1968-11-16BaikonurProton KProton-4 (N-6 1)success
1968-11-21PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 254 (Zenit-4 #50)success
1968-11-29WoomeraEuropa 1 STV 1failure
1968-11-29PlesetskVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 255 (Zenit-2 #68)success
1968-11-30PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MKosmos 256 (Sfera #3)success
1968-12-03PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 257 (DS-P1-Yu #17)success
1968-12-04VandenbergTitan 3B KH-8 18pfailure
1968-12-05Cape CanaveralDelta E1 HEOS 1success
1968-12-07Cape CanaveralAtlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3C / Centaur-DOAO 2success
1968-12-10BaikonurVoskhod 11A57Kosmos 258 (Zenit-2 #69)success
1968-12-12VandenbergThor-Agena Thorad SLV-2G Agena-DKH-4A 49 / P-801 1success
1968-12-14Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 259 (DS-U2-I #3)success
1968-12-15VandenbergDelta N N3ESSA 8success
1968-12-16BaikonurMolniya-M 8K78M Kosmos 260 (Molniya-1Yu 15L)success
1968-12-19Cape CanaveralDelta M M3Intelsat-3 2success
1968-12-19PlesetskKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 261 (DS-U2-GK #1)success
1968-12-21Cape CanaveralSaturn V Apollo 8success
1968-12-26Kapustin YarKosmos-2 11K63Kosmos 262 (DS-U2-GF #1)success