This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 1962. For launches between July and December, see 1962 in spaceflight (July–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight.
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| ← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec → |
| Date/Time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
January |
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| 4 January |  R-16U |
Baikonur Site
41/4 |
RVSN |
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| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 5
January 15:00:02 |
 LGM-30A Minuteman
IA |
Cape Canaveral LC-31B |
US
Air Force |
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| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 11 January | R-14U Usovaya |
Kapustin Yar |
RVSN |
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| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 13
January 16:15 |
Aerobee-150A |
Wallops Island |
NASA |
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| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi) | ||||||
| 13
January 21:41 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B |
Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Discoverer
37 (KH-3
9030) |
NRO/CIA | Intended: Low Earth | Optical imaging | 13 January | Launch Failure | |
| SRV-571 |
NRO/CIA | Intended: Low Earth | Film return | |||
| Last KH-3 launch, failed to orbit | ||||||
| 13 January | R-14 Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 13 January | R-16U |
Baikonur
Site 41/4 |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 15
January 11:07:01 |
Thor DSV-2D |
Cape
Canaveral LC-17A |
US Air
Force |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 15 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | ||||||
| 16
January 18:59:59 |
MGM-31 Pershing
I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 16 January | Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White Sands LC-35 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Solar | 16 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 16 January | R-16U |
Baikonur
Site 41/4 |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 17
January 21:02:26 |
SM-65D Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-2 |
Strategic Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 17 January | R-16U |
Baikonur
Site 41/4 |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 18 January | Nike-Zeus |
White
Sands |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 21
January 00:57 |
HGM-25A Titan
I |
Vandenberg
LC-395A-3 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 22 January | R-14
Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 23
January 17:05:37 |
UGM-27 Polaris
A2 |
Cape
Canaveral LC-29A |
US
Navy |
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| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 January | Launch failure | ||
| 23
January 21:28:27 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-3 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 24
January 09:30 |
Thor DM-21
Ablestar |
Cape
Canaveral LC-17B |
US Air
Force |
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| LOFTI
2A |
US Navy/NRL | Intended: Low Earth | Technology Ionospheric |
24 January | Launch failure | |
| SECOR (ERGS) |
US Army | Intended: Low Earth | Geodesy | |||
| Solrad-4
(GRAB-4) |
US Navy/NRL | Intended: Low Earth | Radiation ELINT |
|||
| Injun
2 |
Iowa | Intended: Low Earth | Ionospheric | |||
| SURCAL
1 |
NRL | Intended: Low Earth | Calibration | |||
| Failed to orbit | ||||||
| 25
January 03:26 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 25
January 14:59:48 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-31B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 25
January 22:02 |
Nike-Zeus |
Point Mugu |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 25 January | R-16U |
Baikonur
Site 41/4 |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 26
January 20:30 |
Atlas LV-3A
Agena-B |
Cape
Canaveral LC-12 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Ranger 3 (P-34) |
NASA | Heliocentric | Lunar impactor | In orbit | Launch failure | |
| Upper stage guidance malfunction, missed Moon by 36,874 kilometres (22,912 mi) | ||||||
| 27 January | R-12 Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 27 January | R-14
Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 29
January 20:00 |
Astrobee-200 |
Eglin |
US Air
Force |
|||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 29
January 23:30:56 |
HGM-25A
Titan I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-19 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 30 January | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
February |
||||||
| 1 February | Nike-Zeus
3 |
White
Sands LC-38 |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 5
February 20:58 |
 Skylark-5C |
 Woomera LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| RAE/WRE | Suborbital | Test flight | 5 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi) | ||||||
| 7
February 04:38 |
Aerobee-150A |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 7 February | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) | ||||||
| 7
February 11:50 |
Javelin |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 7 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 960 kilometres (600 mi) | ||||||
| 7 February | Nike-Zeus |
White
Sands LC-38 |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 8
February 12:43:45 |
Thor DM-19
Delta |
Cape
Canaveral LC-17A |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Tiros-4
(Tiros-D) |
NASA | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |
| Last signal received on 30 June | ||||||
| 11 February | R-14U
Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 12 February | Nike-Zeus |
Point
Mugu |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 February | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 13
February 20:55 |
SM-65E Atlas |
Cape
Canaveral LC-13 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | ||||||
| 15
February 15:35:53 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-31B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 16
February 23:04 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-2 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 17
February 19:43 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 17 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi) | ||||||
| 17 February | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 17 February | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 20
February 01:00:01 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 20
February 13:28 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi) | ||||||
| 20
February 14:47:39 |
Atlas LV-3B |
Cape
Canaveral LC-14 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Mercury-Atlas
6 |
NASA | Low Earth | Test flight | 19:43:02 | Successful | |
| Carried astronaut John Glenn, first US manned orbital spaceflight | ||||||
| 21
February 18:44 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-5 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 2301
(Ferret/Samos-F2 1) |
US Air Force | Low Earth | ELINT | 9 March | Partial launch failure | |
| Upper stage failed to restart, placed in lower orbit than planned | ||||||
| 21
February 22:30 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-3 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 February | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 21 February | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 21 February | RAM-A |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 21 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 23 February | HGM-25A
Titan I |
Vandenberg
LC-395A-1 |
||||
| Suborbital | Missile test | 23 February | Launch failure | |||
| Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi) | ||||||
| 24 February | R-21 |
Project 658 Submarine, | RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi) | ||||||
| 27
February 19:39 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-4 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Discoverer
38 (KH-4
9031) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 21 March | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV-581 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 3 March | Successful | |
| First KH-4 launch, returned unfocused images | ||||||
March |
||||||
| 1
March 00:14:09 |
SM-65E
Atlas |
Vandenberg
OSTF-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | ||||||
| 1
March 05:07 |
Scout X-1A |
Wallops
Island LA-3 |
NASA |
|||
| P-21A |
NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 1 March | Successful | |
| Apogee: 214 kilometres (133 mi), only flight of Scout X-1A | ||||||
| 1
March 17:07 |
Nike-Cajun |
Eglin |
US Air
Force |
|||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi) | ||||||
| 1
March 19:45:01 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
Cape
Canaveral LC-29A |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 1
March 23:23 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi) | ||||||
| 1
March 23:30 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 March | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) | ||||||
| 2
March 00:05 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | ||||||
| 2
March 10:47 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | ||||||
| 2
March 10:54 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi) | ||||||
| 2
March 11:15 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi) | ||||||
| 3 March | R-16U |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 5
March 09:55 |
Skylark-2 |
Woomera
LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi) | ||||||
| 5 March | Nike-Zeus
3 |
Kwajalein |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 6
March 12:35 |
Skylark-2 |
Woomera
LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 173 kilometres (107 mi) | ||||||
| 6
March 13:30 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White
Sands LC-35 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 323 kilometres (201 mi) | ||||||
| 6 March | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 7
March 16:06:18 |
Thor DM-19
Delta |
Cape
Canaveral LC-17A |
US Air
Force |
|||
| OSO-1
(OSO-A) |
NASA | Low Earth | Solar | 8 October 1981 | Successful | |
| Last signal received in May 1964 | ||||||
| 7
March 22:10:31 |
Atlas
LV-3A Agena-B |
Point Arguello LC-1-2 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Samos
6 |
US Air Force | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 3 November | Successful | |
| Samos 6
RV |
US Air Force | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 7 June 1963 | Spacecraft failure | |
| RV recovery failed, resulting in termination of Samos film-return programme | ||||||
| 8
March 15:23:51 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-31B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 9
March 00:16 |
Nike-Zeus
3 |
Point
Mugu |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 March | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 13 March | Nike-Zeus
3 |
White
Sands LC-38 |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 13 March | Nike-Zeus
3 |
White
Sands LC-38 |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 14 March | Terrier-Asp IV |
Point
Arguello LC-B |
US
Navy |
|||
| NOTS | Suborbital | Test flight | 14 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 15
March 23:31:50 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 16
March 11:59 |
Kosmos-2I 63S1 |
Kapustin
Yar Mayak-2 |
|
|||
| Kosmos 1 (DS-2 #1) |
Low Earth | Ionospheric Technology |
25 May | Successful | ||
| 16
March 18:08:58 |
LGM-25C Titan
II |
Cape
Canaveral LC-16 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 16 March | Nike-Cajun |
Eglin |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 19
March 11:04 |
Skylark-2 |
Woomera
LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | ||||||
| 19
March 15:30 |
Aerobee-150A |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 March | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 79 kilometres (49 mi) | ||||||
| 19
March 23:28 |
PGM-17 Thor DM-18A |
Vandenberg
LE-7 |
Royal Air
Force |
|||
| Royal Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi) | ||||||
| 21 March | R-9 Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 March | Launch failure | ||
| 21 March |  Dong Feng
2 |
Jiuquan LA-3 |
PLA |
|||
| PLA | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 March | Launch failure | ||
| 22 March | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 23
March 01:30:02 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-32B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 23
March 23:44 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 23 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi) | ||||||
| 23
March 23:54 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA/Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 23 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi) | ||||||
| 24
March 00:39:32 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-2 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 26
March 19:03 |
NOTS-EV-2
Caleb |
F4H Phantom II,
Point Arguello |
NOTS |
|||
| NOTS/NRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 March | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 21 kilometres (13 mi) | ||||||
| 27
March 23:48 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 27 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi) | ||||||
| 28
March 00:03 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi) | ||||||
| 28 March | R-5A Pobeda |
Chelkar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Target | 28 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 29
March 07:27 |
Scout X-2 |
Wallops
Island LA-3 |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research Aeronomy |
29 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 6,291 kilometres (3,909 mi), maiden flight of Scout X-2 | ||||||
| 29
March 09:28 |
HAD |
Woomera
LA-2 |
WRE |
|||
| WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
| 30 March | UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
Cape
Canaveral LC-25A |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 March | Launch failure | ||
| March | RT-1 |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | March | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
April |
||||||
| 3
April 04:57 |
Trailblazer 1 |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 3 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 4
April 19:45:45 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 5
April 15:47 |
Skylark-2 |
Woomera
LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 238 kilometres (148 mi) | ||||||
| 5 April | Nike-Zeus
3 |
White
Sands LC-38 |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 6
April 17:16 |
Kosmos-2I
63S1 |
Kapustin
Yar Mayak-2 |
|
|||
| Kosmos 2 (1MS #1) |
Low Earth | Technology Cosmic rays Radiation |
20 August 1963 | Successful | ||
| 6 April | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 8 April | R-5A
Pobeda |
Chelkar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Target | 8 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 9
April 15:04:48 |
Atlas
LV-3A Agena-B |
Point
Arguello LC-1-2 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| MIDAS-5 |
US Air Force | Medium Earth | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful | |
| Westford
Drag |
Lincoln | Medium Earth | Communications Technology |
In orbit | Successful | |
| Samos RV recovery failed, Westford Drag deployed copper dipoles, several were tracked as having decayed in the 1970s, particularly on 7 November 1976 and 22 May 1977, whilst many are still in orbit | ||||||
| 9
April 21:07:40 |
SM-65F Atlas |
Cape
Canaveral LC-11 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 April | Launch failure | ||
| 10
April 18:20 |
Skylark-2 |
Woomera
LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 April | Launch failure | ||
| 10 April | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 11 April | R-5A
Pobeda |
Chelkar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Target | 11 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 11 April | R-14
Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 April | Launch failure | ||
| 12
April 01:57:26 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-2 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 12
April 16:00:25 |
RM-89 Blue
Scout I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-18B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | REV Test | 12 April | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 30 kilometres (19 mi) | ||||||
| 12 April | R-5A
Pobeda |
Chelkar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Target | 12 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 12 April | Nike-Zeus
3 |
Point
Mugu |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 13 April | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 13 April | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 14 April | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 17
April 09:28 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi) | ||||||
| 17
April 09:43 |
Nike-Asp |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi) | ||||||
| 17
April 17:20 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White
Sands |
NRL |
|||
| NRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 286 kilometres (178 mi) | ||||||
| 18
April 00:54 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-5 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Discoverer
39 (KH-4 9032) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 May | Successful | |
| SRV-584 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 22 April | Successful | |
| Last spacecraft to receive a Discoverer designation | ||||||
| 18
April 18:17:54 |
PGM-19
Jupiter |
Cape
Canaveral LC-26A |
 THK |
|||
| THK | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), first Turkish spaceflight | ||||||
| 18
April 19:32 |
Astrobee-200 |
Eglin |
US Air
Force |
|||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 18 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 221 kilometres (137 mi) | ||||||
| 18 April | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 19 April | Nike-Zeus |
Point
Mugu |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 April | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 20 April | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 April | Launch failure | ||
| 23
April 20:50 |
Atlas
LV-3A Agena-B |
Cape
Canaveral LC-12 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Ranger 4 |
NASA | Heliocentric | Lunar impactor | 26
April 12:49:53 |
Spacecraft failure | |
| Spacecraft timer malfunction, landed on wrong side of Moon, no data returned from impact | ||||||
| 23 April | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 24
April 17:00:00 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 April | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 25
April 01:59:45 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-32B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 April | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi) | ||||||
| 25
April 14:00:34 |
Saturn C-1 (Saturn I) |
Cape
Canaveral LC-34 |
NASA |
|||
| SA-2 |
NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | +122.56 seconds | Successful | |
| Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi), destroyed after test completion to release water ballast as part of Project Highwater | ||||||
| 25
April 16:50:26 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS Sam
Houston, ETR |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24
April 04:00 |
Kosmos-2I
63S1 |
Kapustin
Yar Mayak-2 |
|
|||
| Kosmos 3 (2MS #1) |
Low Earth | Technology Cosmic rays Radiation |
17 October | Successful | ||
| 26
April 10:02 |
Vostok-K |
Baikonur
Site
1/5 |
|
|||
| Kosmos 4 (Zenit-2
#2) |
Low Earth | Optical imagery | 29 April | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
| Orientation system malfunctioned | ||||||
| 26
April 16:00 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
 NASA/RRL |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 26 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi) | ||||||
| 26
April 18:00:16 |
Thor DM-19
Delta |
Cape
Canaveral LC-17A |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Ariel 1 (UK-1/S-51) |
SERC | Low Earth | Ionospheric | 24 April 1976 | Successful | |
| First British satellite | ||||||
| 26
April 18:58:08 |
Atlas
LV-3A Agena-B |
Point
Arguello LC-1-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV-2401
(Samos
7/E-6 #1/AFP-201 PVP-851) |
US Air Force | Low Earth | Optical imagery | 27 April | Successful | |
| 26 April | Scout
X-2 |
Point
Arguello LC-D |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Solrad-4B
(GRAB-4B) |
US Navy/NRL | Intended: Low Earth | Radiation ELINT |
26 April | Launch failure | |
| Final flight of Scout X-2, failed to orbit | ||||||
| 26 April | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 27
April 17:24:45 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 27
April 23:24 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-2 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 27 April | Nike-Zeus
3 |
White
Sands LC-38 |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 28 April | RT-1 |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 29
April 00:30:12 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-4 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 1125
(KH-4 9033) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 May | Successful | |
| SRV-586 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | May | Spacecraft failure | |
| SRV parachute failed to deploy | ||||||
| 30
April 18:35 |
Astrobee-200 |
Eglin |
US Air
Force |
|||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 30 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 255 kilometres (158 mi) | ||||||
| 30 April | Nike-Zeus
3 |
White
Sands LC-38 |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| April | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| April | Nike-Cajun |
White
Sands |
US
Army |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| April | Nike-Cajun |
White
Sands |
US
Army |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| April | Nike-Cajun |
White
Sands |
US
Army |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
May |
||||||
| 1
May 13:13 |
Black
Knight 201 |
Woomera LA-5 |
RAE |
|||
| UCL | Suborbital | REV test Ionospheric |
1 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 795 kilometres (494 mi) | ||||||
| 2
May 22:53 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White
Sands LC-35 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 275 kilometres (171 mi) | ||||||
| 2
May 23:44:53 |
Thor DSV-2E |
Johnston
LE-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 3
May 18:03 |
Iris |
Wallops
Island LA-1 |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 3 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | ||||||
| 3
May 20:00 |
Javelin |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 3 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 845 kilometres (525 mi) | ||||||
| 4
May 01:41:02 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
Cape
Canaveral LC-25A |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 4
May 21:43 |
HGM-25A
Titan I |
Vandenberg
LC-395A-1 |
||||
| Suborbital | Missile test | 4 May | Successful | |||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 6
May 05:41:00 |
Trailblazer-2M |
Wallops
Island |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 6 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
| 6
May 23:17:49 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS Ethan
Allen, Pacific Ocean |
US
Navy |
|||
| FRIGATE
BIRD |
US Navy | Suborbital | Nuclear test | 6 May | Successful | |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 8
May 15:05 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White
Sands LC-35 |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 8 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi) | ||||||
| 8
May 19:49 |
Atlas LV-3C
Centaur-A |
Cape
Canaveral LC-36A |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 8 May | Launch failure | ||
| Maiden flight of Atlas-Centaur, exploded due to insulation problem, apogee: 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) | ||||||
| 9
May 13:29:59 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 May | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 9
May 22:08 |
Nike-Zeus
3 |
Point
Mugu |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 May | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi) | ||||||
| 9
May 22:15:24 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS
Sam Houston, ETR |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 May | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 10
May 12:06 |
Thor DM-21
Ablestar |
Cape
Canaveral LC-17B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| ANNA
1A |
US Military/NASA | Intended: Low Earth | Geodesy | 10 May | Launch failure | |
| Second stage failed to ignite | ||||||
| 11
May 15:00:02 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-32B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 11
May 18:26:04 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS
Sam Houston, ETR |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 12
May 00:31:48 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-3 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 15
May 19:36 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-5 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 1132
(KH-4
9034A) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 20 June | Successful | |
| SRV-582 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 19 May | Successful | |
| 16
May 17:03 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA/RRL |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 16 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi) | ||||||
| 17
May 02:04 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA/RRL |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 17 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi) | ||||||
| 17 May | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 18
May 18:01 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi) | ||||||
| 18 May |  Centaure |
CERES |
CNES |
|||
| CNET | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 19
May 01:59:59 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-32B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 21 May |  R-2A |
Kapustin
Yar SP-2 |
NII-88 |
|||
| NII-88 | Suborbital | Target | 21 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 22 May | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 23
May 18:01:36 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS Thomas A.
Edison, ETR |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 23
May 19:48:00 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS
Thomas A. Edison, ETR |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24
May 10:50 |
Kappa-8 |
Akita |
ISAS |
|||
| RRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 24 May | Launch failure | ||
| 24
May 12:45:16 |
Atlas
LV-3B |
Cape
Canaveral LC-14 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Mercury-Atlas
7 |
NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity Earth observation |
17:41:21 | Successful | |
| Balloon
Subsatellite 1 |
NASA | Low Earth | Air density | Spacecraft failure | ||
| Carried astronaut Scott Carpenter, Balloon Subsatellite failed to inflate, and subsequently failed to separate from Mercury spacecraft, resulting in the subsatellite's destruction during the Mercury spacecraft's re-entry.[1] | ||||||
| 24 May | Scout X-2M |
Point
Arguello LC-D |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 3501
(DMSP-1A F1/P-35 1/AF-1) |
US Air Force | Intended: Low Earth | Weather | 24 May | Launch failure | |
| Maiden flight of Scout X-2M, failed to orbit | ||||||
| 24 May | Véronique |
Hammaguira
Blandine |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi) | ||||||
| 25
May 12:43 |
Aerobee-150A |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 25 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 26
May 18:04 |
Nike-Zeus
3 |
Point
Mugu |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 27 May | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 28
May 03:00 |
Kosmos-2I
63S1 |
Kapustin
Yar Mayak-2 |
|
|||
| Kosmos 5 (2MS #2) |
Low Earth | Technology Radiation |
2 May 1963 | Successful | ||
| 29 May | Centaure |
CERES |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 29 May | Centaure |
Reggane |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 29 May | Centaure |
Hammaguira
Bacchus |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 30
May 01:00:04 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-1-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 1128
(KH-5 9035) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 11 June | Successful | |
| SRV-585 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 2 June | Successful | |
| 30 May | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 31
May 03:01 |
Long
Tom |
Woomera
LA-2 |
WRE |
|||
| WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 31 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
| 31
May 17:08:44 |
Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C |
Point
Arguello LC-A |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Communications | 31 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 830 kilometres (520 mi) | ||||||
| 31 May | Véronique |
 Hammaguira
Blandine |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 31 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| May | MR-12 |
Kapustin
Yar |
AN |
|||
| AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
June |
||||||
| 1
June 09:38 |
Vostok-2 |
Baikonur
Site 1/5 |
|
|||
| Zenit-2
#3 |
Intended: Low Earth | Optical imagery | 1 June | Launch failure | ||
| Maiden flight of Vostok-2, Block B engine failed 1.8 seconds after launch, rocket fell 300 metres (980 ft) from the launch pad, damaging it | ||||||
| 1 June | R-16U |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 1 June | Nike-Cajun |
Johnston |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 1 June | Véronique |
Hammaguira
Blandine |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 2
June 00:31 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-4 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 1127
(KH-5 9036) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 11 June | Successful | |
| SRV-583 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | June | Spacecraft failure | |
| Oscar
2 |
Project OSCAR | Low Earth | Amateur radio | 21 June | Successful | |
| Parachute torn from SRV during recovery resulting in loss of capsule, Oscar 2 ceased operations on 20 June | ||||||
| 2
June 19:16:01 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS
Thomas A. Edison, ETR |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 2
June 22:34:57 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
USS
Thomas A. Edison, ETR |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 4
June 09:44:17 |
Thor
DSV-2E |
Johnston
LE-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| BLUEGILL |
US Air Force | Suborbital | Nuclear test | 4 June | Successful | |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 4
June 14:00 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
Cape
Canaveral LC-25A |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 4 June | R-14
Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 4 June | Véronique |
Reggane |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 4 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 5
June 04:06:21 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 5
June 12:45 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White
Sands LC-35 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy Solar |
5 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi) | ||||||
| 5 June | Centaure |
CERES |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 5 June | Centaure |
Reggane |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 5 June | Centaure |
Reggane |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 5 June | Centaure |
Hammaguira
Bacchus |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 5 June | Centaure |
Hammaguira
Bacchus |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 6
June 03:00 |
Skylark-5C |
Woomera
LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| RAE/WRE | Suborbital | Test flight | 6 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi) | ||||||
| 6
June 23:40:00 |
Nike-Apache |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
| 6 June | R-14
Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 6 June | Véronique |
Reggane |
CNES |
|||
| CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 7
June 00:10 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA/Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi) | ||||||
| 7
June 00:56 |
Nike-Asp |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 162 kilometres (101 mi) | ||||||
| 7
June 08:52 |
Nike-Asp |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 34 kilometres (21 mi) | ||||||
| 7
June 14:45 |
Nike-Cajun |
 Sonmiani |
SUPA |
|||
| SUPA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
| 7
June 18:21:37 |
LGM-25C
Titan II |
Cape
Canaveral LC-15 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 7 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 7 June | R-16U |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 8
June 00:53 |
Nike-Cajun |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi) | ||||||
| 8
June 17:35:01 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-32B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 8 June | R-14
Usovaya |
Kapustin
Yar |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 9 June | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 11
June 14:50 |
Nike-Cajun |
Sonmiani |
SUPA |
|||
| SUPA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 11 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi) | ||||||
| 12
June 21:30 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White
Sands LC-35 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Solar | 12 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 299 kilometres (186 mi) | ||||||
| 14 June | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 15
June 02:00:01 |
MGM-31
Pershing I |
Cape
Canaveral LC-30A |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi) | ||||||
| 15
June 16:48 |
Nike-Apache |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 15 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi) | ||||||
| 15 June |  Black
Brant III |
Wallops
Island |
CARDE |
|||
| CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 15 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 98 kilometres (61 mi) | ||||||
| 15 June | Black
Brant III |
Wallops
Island |
CARDE |
|||
| CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 15 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 92 kilometres (57 mi) | ||||||
| 15 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 17
June 18:14:18 |
Atlas
LV-3A Agena-B |
Point
Arguello LC-1-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV-2402
(Samos 8/E-6 #2/AFP-201 PVP-852) |
US Air Force | Low Earth | Optical imagery | 18 June | Spacecraft failure | |
| Failed to separate from Agena after deorbit | ||||||
| 18
June 20:20 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-5 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 2312
(Ferret/Samos-F2 2) |
US Air Force | Low Earth | ELINT | 30 October 1963 | Successful | |
| 19
June 00:30 |
PGM-17
Thor DM-18A |
Vandenberg
LE-8 |
Royal Air
Force |
|||
| Royal Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi) | ||||||
| 19
June 06:59 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) |
White
Sands LC-35 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| ASE | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 19 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi) | ||||||
| 19
June 12:19:01 |
Thor DM-19
Delta |
Cape
Canaveral LC-17A |
US Air
Force |
|||
| Tiros-5
(Tiros-E) |
NASA | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |
| 19 June | Black
Brant III |
Wallops
Island |
CARDE |
|||
| CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 19 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 19 June | Nike-Cajun |
Johnston |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 19 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 19 June | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 20
June 05:20 |
Skylark-5C |
Woomera
LA-2 |
RAE |
|||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy Solar |
20 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 227 kilometres (141 mi) | ||||||
| 20
June 08:46:16 |
Thor
DSV-2E |
Johnston
LE-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| STARFISH |
US Air Force | Suborbital | Nuclear test | 20 June | Launch failure | |
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 20
June 13:29 |
Aerobee-150A |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 20 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi) | ||||||
| 21 June | R-9
Desna |
Baikonur |
RVSN |
|||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 22 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 23
June 00:30 |
Thor DM-21
Agena-B |
Vandenberg
LC-75-3-4 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 1129
(KH-4 9037) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 7 July | Successful | |
| SRV-591 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | June | Successful | |
| 26
June 08:38 |
HAD |
Woomera
LA-2 |
WRE |
|||
| WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi) | ||||||
| 26
June 10:57:42 |
SM-65D
Atlas |
Vandenberg
LC-576B-3 |
Strategic
Air Command |
|||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 26 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 26
June 11:30 |
Nike-Zeus
3 |
Kwajalein |
US
Army |
|||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 26 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 27
June 14:10:00 |
Nike-Asp |
Wallops
Island |
US
Navy |
|||
| NRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 27 June | |||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 27 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 27 June | Berenice |
CERES |
ONERA |
|||
| ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | 27 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
| 28
June 00:10:00 |
Nike-Asp |
Wallops
Island |
US
Navy |
|||
| NRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 28 June | |||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 28
June 01:09 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D |
Vandenberg
LC-75-1-1 |
US Air
Force |
|||
| FTV 1151
(KH-4 9038) |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 14 September | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV-592 |
NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 1 July | Successful | |
| Maiden flight of Thor DM-21 Agena-D, images severely affected by static | ||||||
| 28 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 28 June | Black
Brant III |
Wallops
Island |
CARDE |
|||
| CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 June | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) | ||||||
| 29
June 05:40:00 |
LGM-30A
Minuteman IA |
Cape
Canaveral LC-32B |
US Air
Force |
|||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 29
June 14:05:58 |
UGM-27
Polaris A2 |
Cape
Canaveral LC-25A |
US
Navy |
|||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 29
June 21:00 |
Aerobee-150A |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| John Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 210 kilometres (130 mi) | ||||||
| 29 June | R-12
Dvina |
Kapustin
Yar |
MVS |
|||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 30
June 04:55 |
Aerobee-150A |
Wallops
Island |
NASA |
|||
| John Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
| 30
June 16:00 |
Kosmos-2I
63S1 |
Kapustin
Yar Mayak-2 |
|
|||
| Kosmos 6 (DS-P1 #1) |
Low Earth | Technology Radar target |
8 September | Successful | ||
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