Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1969.
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| Launch Date/Time | Rocket | Launch Site |
Launch Contractor | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Mission/ Function |
Re-Entry/ Destruction |
Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 14 07:30 GMT |
Soyuz (R-7/A-2) | LC-31 Baikonur | RVSN | Soyuz 4, 1 Cosmonaut (Vladimir Shatalov) | RVSN | LEO | Manned Orbital Flight | January 17, 1969 | Successful | First docking between two manned spacecraft (with Soyuz 5) |
| January 15 07:04 GMT |
Soyuz (R-7/A-2) | LC-1/5 Baikonur | RVSN | Soyuz 5, 2 Cosmonauts | RVSN | LEO | Manned Orbital Flight | January 18, 1969 | Successful | First docking between two manned spacecraft (with Soyuz 4) |
| March 3 16:00 GMT |
Saturn V (C-5) | LC-39A Kennedy | NASA | Apollo 9 CSM Gumdrop 3 astronauts |
NASA | LEO | Manned Orbital Flight | March 13, 1969 | Successful | |
| Apollo 9 LM Spider | NASA | LEO | Test spacecraft | March 13, 1969 | Successful | First manned test of Lunar Module | ||||
| May 18 16:49 GMT |
Saturn V (C-5) | LC-39B Kennedy | NASA | Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown 3 astronauts |
NASA | Lunar orbit | Manned Lunar Orbital Flight | May 26, 1969 | Successful | "Dress rehearsal" of Apollo Moon Landings |
| Apollo 10 LM Snoopy | NASA | Lunar orbit, then Heliocentric orbit | Test spacecraft | N/A | Successful | First manned test of Lunar Module in lunar orbit | ||||
| June 27 22:58 GMT |
Black Arrow | Woomera | RAE | (none) | N/A | N/A | Test launch vehicle | N/A | Failure | Self-destruct activated by RSO after loss of control |
| July 3 | N-1 | Soviet Union | Soviet space program | (unknown) | N/A | N/A | Test launch vehicle | N/A | Failure | Exploded due to faulty engines and a bolt that was sucked into a fuel pump. |
| July 16 13:32 GMT |
Saturn V (C-5) | LC-39A Kennedy | NASA | Apollo 11 CSM Columbia 3 astronauts |
NASA | Lunar orbit | Manned Lunar Orbital Flight | July 24, 1969 | Successful | |
| Apollo 11 LM Eagle | NASA | Lunar orbit | Manned Lunar Landing | July 20, 1969 | Successful | First manned Moon landing | ||||
| July 20 21:54 GMT |
Apollo LM Ascent Stage | Apollo 11 LM Descent Stage Mare Tranquillitatis The Moon |
NASA | Apollo 11 LM Ascent Stage Eagle 2 Astronauts |
NASA | Lunar Orbit | Return Apollo 11 astronauts to CSM for journey back to Earth | Successful | First spacecraft to launch from the Moon | |
| October 11 11:10 GMT |
Soyuz (R-7/A-2) | LC-31/6, Baikonur | RVSN | Soyuz 6, 2 Cosmonauts | RVSN | LEO | Manned Orbital Flight | October 16, 1969 | Partial Failure | Rendezvous with Soyuz 7 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure. |
| October 12 10:44 GMT |
Soyuz (R-7/A-2) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | RVSN | Soyuz 7, 3 Cosmonauts | RVSN | LEO | Manned Orbital Flight | October 16, 1969 | Partial Failure | Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure. |
| October 13 10:19 GMT |
Soyuz (R-7/A-2) | LC-31/6, Baikonur | RVSN | Soyuz 8, 2 Cosmonauts | RVSN | LEO | Manned Orbital Flight | October 16, 1969 | Partial Failure | Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 7 unsuccessful due to electronic failure. |
| November 14 16:22 GMT |
Saturn V (C-5) | LC-39A Kennedy | NASA | Apollo 12 CSM Yankee Clipper 3 astronauts |
NASA | Lunar orbit | Manned Lunar Orbital Flight | November 24, 1969 | Successful | |
| Apollo 12 LM Intrepid | NASA | Lunar orbit | Manned Lunar Landing | November 18, 1969 GMT |
Successful | Recovered parts of Surveyor 3 | ||||
| November 20 04:26 GMT |
Apollo LM Ascent Stage | Apollo 12 LM Descent Stage Oceanus Procellarum The Moon |
NASA | Apollo 12 LM Ascent Stage Intrepid 2 Astronauts |
NASA | Lunar Orbit | Return Apollo 12 astronauts to CSM for journey back to Earth | November 20, 1969 12:17 GMT at Moon |
Successful |
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