// year 1969

Orbital launches in 1969

125 launch attempts in 1969: 107 succeeded and 18 failed. Together they carried 189 payloads, 9 of them crewed.

125 launches107 successful189 payloads

1968 All years 1970

By country

Soviet Union82

United States41

European Launcher Development Organisation1

Japan1

By rocket

Voskhod 11A5732 Kosmos 11K6315 Proton-K/D10 Thorad SLV-2G Agena D7 Kosmos 11K65M7 Soyuz 11A5115 Molniya 8K78M4 Titan IIIB4 Thor Delta M4 Saturn V4

By spaceport

Plesetsk40 Baikonur38 Vandenberg22 Cape Canaveral & Kennedy19 Kapustin Yar4 Woomera1 Uchinoura (Kagoshima)1

Launches by month

1111151089121181398

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

All launches of 1969

125 launches

#	Date	Mission	Rocket	Spaceport	Country	Payloads	Outcome
1	Jan 5, 1969	4V-1 No. 3301969-001	Molniya 8K78M	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Success
2	Jan 10, 1969	4V-1 No. 3311969-002	Molniya 8K78M	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Success
3	Jan 12, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 701969-003	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
4	Jan 14, 1969	Soyuz No. 121969-004	Soyuz 11A511	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
5	Jan 15, 1969	Soyuz No. 131969-005	Soyuz 11A511	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
6	Jan 20, 1969	L-1 No. 13L1969-F01	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Failure
7	Jan 22, 1969	OSO F1969-006	Thor Delta C1	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
8	Jan 22, 1969	GAMBIT-3 Mission 43191969-007	Titan IIIB	Vandenberg	United States	2	Success
9	Jan 23, 1969	Zenit-4M1969-008	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
10	Jan 25, 1969	US-A No. 5? reactor1969-U03	Tsiklon-2A	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Failure
11	Jan 30, 1969	Isis A1969-009	Thor Delta E1	Vandenberg	United States	1	Success
12	Feb 1, 1969	Meteor No. 111969-F03	Vostok 8A92M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Failure
13	Feb 5, 1969	CORONA CR-61969-010	Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	4	Success
14	Feb 6, 1969	INTELSAT III F-31969-011	Thor Delta M	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
15	Feb 7, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 211969-012	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
16	Feb 9, 1969	Tacsat1969-013	Titan IIIC	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
17	Feb 19, 1969	E-8 No. 2011969-F04	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Failure
18	Feb 21, 1969	L-1S No. 3 11F921969-F05	N-1 11A52	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Failure
19	Feb 25, 1969	Mariner 69-31969-014	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
20	Feb 25, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 711969-015	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
21	Feb 26, 1969	TOS G1969-016	Thor Delta E1	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
22	Feb 26, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 541969-017	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
23	Mar 3, 1969	Apollo CM-1041969-018	Saturn V	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	2	Success
24	Mar 4, 1969	GAMBIT-3 Mission 43201969-019	Titan IIIB	Vandenberg	United States	2	Success
25	Mar 5, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 181969-020	Kosmos 11K63	Kapustin Yar	Soviet Union	1	Success
26	Mar 5, 1969	Tselina-OM1969-021	Kosmos 11K65M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
27	Mar 6, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 531969-022	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
28	Mar 15, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 521969-023	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
29	Mar 17, 1969	Sfera1969-024	Kosmos 11K65M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
30	Mar 18, 1969	OV1-17S1969-025	Atlas F	Vandenberg	United States	4	Success
31	Mar 19, 1969	CORONA J-431969-026	Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	4	Success
32	Mar 22, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 771969-027	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
33	Mar 24, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 581969-028	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
34	Mar 26, 1969	Meteor 11F614M No. 121969-029	Vostok 8A92M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
35	Mar 27, 1969	2M No. 5211969-F06	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Failure
36	Mar 27, 1969	Mariner 69-21969-030	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
37	Mar 28, 1969	DS-P1-I No. 51969-031	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
38	Apr 2, 1969	2M No. 5221969-F07	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Failure
39	Apr 4, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 551969-032	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
40	Apr 4, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 201969-033	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
41	Apr 9, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 781969-034	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
42	Apr 11, 1969	Molniya-1 11F67 No. 161969-035	Molniya 8K78M	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
43	Apr 13, 1969	CANYON 21969-036	Atlas SLV-3A Agena D	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
44	Apr 14, 1969	Nimbus B21969-037	Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	2	Success
45	Apr 15, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 611969-038	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
46	Apr 15, 1969	GAMBIT-3 Mission 43211969-039	Titan IIIB	Vandenberg	United States	2	Success
47	Apr 23, 1969	Zenit-4M1969-040	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
48	May 2, 1969	CORONA J-441969-041	Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	5	Success
49	May 13, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 721969-042	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
50	May 18, 1969	Apollo CM-1061969-043	Saturn V	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	2	Success
51	May 20, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 571969-044	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
52	May 22, 1969	INTELSAT III F-41969-045	Thor Delta M	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
53	May 23, 1969	ERS 291969-046	Titan IIIC	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	5	Success
54	May 27, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 191969-047	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
55	May 29, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 621969-048	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
56	Jun 3, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 241969-049	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
57	Jun 3, 1969	GAMBIT-3 Mission 43221969-050	Titan IIIB	Vandenberg	United States	2	Success
58	Jun 5, 1969	OGO F1969-051	Thorad SLV-2H Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	1	Success
59	Jun 14, 1969	E-8-5 No. 4021969-F08	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Failure
60	Jun 15, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 601969-052	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
61	Jun 21, 1969	IMP G1969-053	Thor Delta E1	Vandenberg	United States	1	Partial · 0.75
62	Jun 24, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 761969-054	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
63	Jun 27, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 591969-055	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
64	Jun 29, 1969	Biosatellite D Adapter1969-056	Thor Delta N	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	2	Success
65	Jul 2, 1969	STV 6/Adapter1969-F09	Europa I	Woomera	European Launcher Development Organisation	2	Failure
66	Jul 3, 1969	L-1S No. 51969-F10	N-1 11A52	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Failure
67	Jul 10, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 561969-057	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
68	Jul 13, 1969	E-8-5 No. 4011969-058	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Success
69	Jul 16, 1969	Apollo CM-1071969-059	Saturn V	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	4	Success
70	Jul 22, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 751969-060	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
71	Jul 22, 1969	Molniya-1 11F67 No. 181969-061	Molniya 8K78M	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
72	Jul 23, 1969	DAPP 74211969-062	Thor Burner 2	Vandenberg	United States	1	Success
73	Jul 23, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 231969-F11	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Failure
74	Jul 24, 1969	CORONA CR-71969-063	Thorad SLV-2H Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	3	Success
75	Jul 26, 1969	INTELSAT III F-51969-064	Thor Delta M	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Failure · 0.4
76	Jul 31, 1969	STRAWMAN 21969-065	Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	3	Success
77	Aug 6, 1969	IS-M GVM1969-066	Tsiklon-2	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
78	Aug 7, 1969	L-1 No. 111969-067	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
79	Aug 9, 1969	OSO G1969-068	Thor Delta N	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	2	Success
80	Aug 12, 1969	ATS E1969-069	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
81	Aug 13, 1969	Tsiklon1969-070	Kosmos 11K65M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
82	Aug 16, 1969	Zenit-2M1969-071	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Success
83	Aug 19, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 631969-072	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
84	Aug 22, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 291969-073	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
85	Aug 23, 1969	GAMBIT-3 Mission 43231969-074	Titan 23B	Vandenberg	United States	3	Success
86	Aug 27, 1969	TETR C1969-F12	Thor Delta L	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	2	Failure
87	Aug 29, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 681969-075	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
88	Sep 2, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 641969-076	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
89	Sep 15, 1969	OGCh No. 21?1969-077	R-36O 8K69	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
90	Sep 18, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 651969-078	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
91	Sep 22, 1969	L-4S-41969-F13	Lambda 4S	Uchinoura (Kagoshima)	Japan	1	Failure
92	Sep 22, 1969	CORONA J-461969-079	Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	4	Success
93	Sep 23, 1969	E-8-5 No. 4031969-080	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Failure · 0.4
94	Sep 24, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 791969-081	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
95	Sep 30, 1969	P-11 No. 44071969-082	Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	10	Success
96	Oct 1, 1969	ESRO 1B1969-083	Scout B	Vandenberg	United States	1	Success
97	Oct 6, 1969	Meteor 11F614M No. 151969-084	Vostok 8A92M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
98	Oct 11, 1969	Soyuz No. 141969-085	Soyuz 11A511	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
99	Oct 12, 1969	Soyuz No. 151969-086	Soyuz 11A511	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
100	Oct 13, 1969	Soyuz No. 161969-087	Soyuz 11A511	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
101	Oct 14, 1969	DS-U3-IK No. 11969-088	Kosmos 11K63	Kapustin Yar	Soviet Union	1	Success
102	Oct 17, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 671969-089	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
103	Oct 18, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 281969-090	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
104	Oct 21, 1969	Tsiklon1969-091	Kosmos 11K65M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
105	Oct 22, 1969	VA1969-092	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	2	Failure · 0.4
106	Oct 24, 1969	Zenit-2M1969-093	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
107	Oct 24, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 221969-094	Kosmos 11K63	Kapustin Yar	Soviet Union	1	Success
108	Oct 24, 1969	GAMBIT-3 Mission 43241969-095	Titan 23B	Vandenberg	United States	3	Success
109	Nov 4, 1969	DS-P1-I No. 71969-096	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
110	Nov 8, 1969	GRS-A1969-097	Scout B	Vandenberg	United States	1	Success
111	Nov 12, 1969	Zenit-2 No. 801969-098	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	2	Success
112	Nov 14, 1969	Apollo CM-1081969-099	Saturn V	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	3	Success
113	Nov 15, 1969	Zenit-4 No. 691969-100	Voskhod 11A57	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
114	Nov 22, 1969	Skynet IA1969-101	Thor Delta M	Cape Canaveral & Kennedy	United States	1	Success
115	Nov 24, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 271969-102	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
116	Nov 24, 1969	Sfera1969-103	Kosmos 11K65M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
117	Nov 28, 1969	L-1e No 11969-F14	Proton-K/D	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Failure
118	Dec 3, 1969	Zenit-2M1969-104	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
119	Dec 4, 1969	CORONA CR-91969-105	Thorad SLV-2H Agena D	Vandenberg	United States	3	Success
120	Dec 11, 1969	DS-P1-Yu No. 301969-106	Kosmos 11K63	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
121	Dec 20, 1969	Tselina-OM1969-107	Kosmos 11K65M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
122	Dec 23, 1969	IM IS (I2P?)1969-108	Tsiklon-2	Baikonur	Soviet Union	1	Success
123	Dec 23, 1969	Zenit-4MK1969-109	Voskhod 11A57	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Success
124	Dec 25, 1969	DS-U1-IK No. 11969-110	Kosmos 11K63	Kapustin Yar	Soviet Union	1	Success
125	Dec 27, 1969	Ionosfernaya Stantsiya N1969-F15	Kosmos 11K65M	Plesetsk	Soviet Union	1	Failure

Source: GCAT launch list, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Dates are UTC.