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The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 157 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1968.[1] 1968 saw the first manned Apollo missions first to Low earth orbit in which was a success. Humanity for the first time left LEO with Apollo 8 to circumnavigate the moon which was a success.
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| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | LSP | ||||
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| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
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January |
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| 22 January 23:45 |
Saturn IB (C-1B) | LC-37B, Cape Canaveral | NASA | ||||
| Apollo 5 | NASA | LEO | Test Lunar Module | 12 February 1968 09:59 |
successful | ||
| Minor malfunction of LM descent stage engine, otherwise successful | |||||||
April |
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| 4 April 12:00:02 |
Saturn V (C-5) | LC-39A, Kennedy | NASA | ||||
| Apollo 6 | NASA | LEO | Test CSM heat shield at Lunar return speeds. Test S-IVB re-ignition in LEO. | 4 April 1968 21:57:26 |
Partial failure | ||
| Experienced Pogo oscillation during S-IC first stage assent. S-IVB failed restart test. | |||||||
October |
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| 11 October 1968 15:02 |
Saturn IB (C-1B) | LC-34, Cape Canaveral | NASA | ||||
| Apollo 7 | NASA | LEO | Manned orbital flight | 22 October 1968 11:11:48 |
Successful | ||
| First manned Apollo flight | |||||||
| 25 October 1968 09:00 |
Soyuz (R-7/A-2) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | RVSN | ||||
| Soyuz 2 | RVSN | LEO | Docking target for Soyuz 3 | 28 October 1968 07:21 |
Successful | ||
| Soyuz 3 failed to dock | |||||||
| 26 October 08:34 |
Soyuz (R-7/A-2) | LC-31/6 Baikonur | RVSN | ||||
| Soyuz 3 | RVSN | LEO | Manned orbital flight | 30 October 1968 07:25:03 |
Partial Failure | ||
| Failed to dock with Soyuz 2 | |||||||
December |
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| 21 December 12:51 |
Saturn V (C-5) | LC-39A, Kennedy | NASA | ||||
| Apollo 8 | NASA | Selenocentric | Manned lunar orbiter | 27 December 1968 15:51:42 |
Successful | ||
| First manned mission to the Moon | |||||||
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Deep space rendezvous
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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| 10 January | Surveyor 7 | Lunar landing | in the debris from Tycho crater |
| 31 January | Lunar Orbiter 5 | Lunar impact | |
| 10 April | Luna 14 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | |
| 18 September | Zond 5 | Flyby of the Moon | Closest approach: 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) |
| 14 November | Zond 6 | Flyby of the Moon | Closest approach: 2,420 kilometres (1,500 mi) |
| 24 December | Apollo 8 | Selenocentric orbit insertion | |
| 25 December | Apollo 8 | Leaves selenocentric orbit | Completed 10 orbits |
Orbital Launch Summary
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Footnotes
- ^ "Spacecraft Query Results". Master Catalog Search. NASA NSSDC. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftSearch.do?launchDate=1968&discipline=All. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
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