1962 in spaceflight (April–June)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between April and June 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (January–March), 1962 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1962 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight.

Launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
3 April
04:57
United StatesTrailblazer 1 United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test3 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
4 April
19:45:45
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test4 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 April
15:47
United KingdomSkylark-2 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy5 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 238 kilometres (148 mi)
5 April United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test5 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 April
17:16
Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 2 (1MS #1) Low Earth Technology
Cosmic rays
Radiation
20 August 1963Successful
6 April Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test6 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 April Soviet UnionR-5A Pobeda Soviet UnionChelkar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Target8 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
9 April
15:04:48
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesPoint Arguello LC-1-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesMIDAS-5 US Air Force Medium Earth Missile defenceIn orbitSuccessful
United StatesWestford Drag Lincoln Medium Earth Communications
Technology
In orbitSuccessful
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
United StatesSM-65F Atlas United StatesCape Canaveral LC-11 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test9 AprilLaunch failure
10 April
18:20
United KingdomSkylark-2 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy10 AprilLaunch failure
10 April Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test10 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 April Soviet UnionR-5A Pobeda Soviet UnionChelkar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Target11 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
11 April Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test11 AprilLaunch failure
12 April
01:57:26
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-2 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 April
16:00:25
United StatesRM-89 Blue Scout I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-18B United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital REV Test12 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 30 kilometres (19 mi)
12 April Soviet UnionR-5A Pobeda Soviet UnionChelkar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Target12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
12 April United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
13 April Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
14 April Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test14 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 April
09:28
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy17 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
17 April
09:43
United StatesNike-Asp United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy17 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
17 April
17:20
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands United StatesNRL
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy17 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 286 kilometres (178 mi)
18 April
00:54
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-5 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesDiscoverer 39 (KH-4 9032) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging28 MaySuccessful
United StatesSRV-584 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return22 AprilSuccessful
Last spacecraft to receive a Discoverer designation
18 April
18:17:54
United StatesPGM-19 Jupiter United StatesCape Canaveral LC-26A TurkeyTHK
THK Suborbital Missile test18 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), first Turkish spaceflight
18 April
19:32
United StatesAstrobee-200 United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric18 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 221 kilometres (137 mi)
18 April Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test18 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
19 April United StatesNike-Zeus United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test19 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
20 April Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test20 AprilLaunch failure
23 April
20:50
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesRanger 4 NASA Heliocentric Lunar impactor26 April
12:49:53
Spacecraft failure
Spacecraft timer malfunction, landed on wrong side of Moon, no data returned from impact
23 April Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test23 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
24 April
17:00:00
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test24 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
25 April
01:59:45
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test25 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
25 April
14:00:34
United StatesSaturn C-1 (Saturn I) United StatesCape Canaveral LC-34 United StatesNASA
United StatesSA-2 NASA Suborbital Test flight+122.56 secondsSuccessful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi), destroyed after test completion to release water ballast as part of Project Highwater
25 April
16:50:26
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Sam Houston, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test25 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 April
04:00
Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 3 (2MS #1) Low Earth Technology
Cosmic rays
Radiation
17 OctoberSuccessful
26 April
10:02
Soviet UnionVostok-K Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 4 (Zenit-2 #2) Low Earth Optical imagery29 AprilPartial spacecraft failure
Orientation system malfunctioned
26 April
16:00
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesJapanNASA/RRL
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric26 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi)
26 April
18:00:16
United StatesThor DM-19 Delta United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United KingdomAriel 1 (UK-1/S-51) SERC Low Earth Ionospheric24 April 1976Successful
First British satellite
26 April
18:58:08
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesPoint Arguello LC-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-2401 (Samos 7/E-6 #1/AFP-201 PVP-851) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery27 AprilSuccessful
26 April United StatesScout X-2 United StatesPoint Arguello LC-D United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesSolrad 4B (GRAB-4B) US Navy/NRL Intended: Low Earth Radiation
ELINT
26 AprilLaunch failure
Final flight of Scout X-2, failed to orbit
26 April Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test26 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 April
17:24:45
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
27 April
23:24
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-2 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
27 April United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 April Soviet UnionRT-1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test28 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
29 April
00:30:12
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1125 (KH-4 9033) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging26 MaySuccessful
United StatesSRV-586 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnMaySpacecraft failure
SRV parachute failed to deploy
30 April
18:35
United StatesAstrobee-200 United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric30 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 255 kilometres (158 mi)
30 April United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test30 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
April Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
April United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Air Force Suborbital AeronomyAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Air Force Suborbital AeronomyAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Air Force Suborbital AeronomyAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 May
13:13
United KingdomBlack Knight 201 AustraliaWoomera LA-5 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital REV test
Ionospheric
1 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 795 kilometres (494 mi)
2 May
22:53
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy2 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 275 kilometres (171 mi)
2 May
23:44:53
United StatesThor DSV-2E United StatesJohnston LE-1 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test2 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
3 May
18:03
United StatesIris United StatesWallops Island LA-1 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy3 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
3 May
20:00
United StatesJavelin United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric3 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 845 kilometres (525 mi)
4 May
01:41:02
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-25A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 May
21:43
United StatesHGM-25A Titan I United StatesVandenberg LC-395A-1
Suborbital Missile test4 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 May
05:41:00
United StatesTrailblazer-2M United StatesWallops Island United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test6 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
6 May
23:17:49
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Ethan Allen, Pacific Ocean United StatesUS Navy
United StatesFRIGATE BIRD US Navy Suborbital Nuclear test6 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
8 May
15:05
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Technology8 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi)
8 May
19:49
United StatesAtlas LV-3C Centaur-A United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36A United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight8 MayLaunch failure
Maiden flight of Atlas-Centaur, exploded due to insulation problem, apogee: 6 kilometres (3.7 mi)
9 May
13:29:59
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test9 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
9 May
22:08
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test9 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
9 May
22:15:24
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Sam Houston, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test9 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
10 May
12:06
United StatesThor DM-21 Ablestar United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesANNA 1A US Military/NASA Intended: Low Earth Geodesy10 MayLaunch failure
Second stage failed to ignite
11 May
15:00:02
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 May
18:26:04
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Sam Houston, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 May
00:31:48
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-3 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test12 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
15 May
19:36
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-5 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1126 (KH-5 9034A) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging20 JuneSuccessful
United StatesSRV-582 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return19 MaySuccessful
16 May
17:03
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesJapanNASA/RRL
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric16 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
17 May
02:04
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesJapanNASA/RRL
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric17 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi)
17 May Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test17 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 May
18:01
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy18 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
18 May FranceCentaure FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNET Suborbital Test flight18 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
19 May
01:59:59
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test19 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 May East GermanySoviet UnionR-2A Soviet UnionKapustin Yar SP-2 Soviet UnionNII-88
NII-88 Suborbital Target21 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 May Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test22 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 May
18:01:36
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test23 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 May
19:48:00
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test23 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 May
10:50
JapanKappa-8 JapanAkita JapanISAS
RRL Suborbital Ionospheric24 MayLaunch failure
24 May
12:45:16
United StatesAtlas LV-3B United StatesCape Canaveral LC-14 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesMercury-Atlas 7 NASA Low Earth Microgravity
Earth observation
17:41:21Successful
United StatesBalloon Subsatellite 1 NASA Low Earth Air densitySpacecraft 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 United StatesScout X-2M United StatesPoint Arguello LC-D United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-3501 (DMSP-1A F1/P-35 1/AF-1) US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Weather24 MayLaunch failure
Maiden flight of Scout X-2M, failed to orbit
24 May FranceVéronique FranceHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy24 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
25 May
12:43
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric25 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 May
18:04
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 May Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test27 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
28 May
03:00
Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 5 (2MS #2) Low Earth Technology
Radiation
2 May 1963Successful
29 May FranceCentaure FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy29 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
29 May FranceCentaure FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy29 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
29 May FranceCentaure FranceHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy29 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
30 May
01:00:04
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1128 (KH-4 9035) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging11 JuneSuccessful
United StatesSRV-585 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return2 JuneSuccessful
30 May Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test30 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 May
03:01
AustraliaLong Tom AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
31 May
17:08:44
United StatesBlue Scout Junior SLV-1C United StatesPoint Arguello LC-A United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Communications31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 830 kilometres (520 mi)
31 May FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital AeronomyMaySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
1 June
09:38
Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionZenit-2 #3 Intended: Low Earth Optical imagery1 JuneLaunch 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 Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test1 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
1 June United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy1 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 June FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy1 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 June
00:31
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1127 (KH-5 9036) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging11 JuneSuccessful
United StatesSRV-583 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnJuneSpacecraft failure
United StatesOscar 2 Project OSCAR Low Earth Amateur radio21 JuneSuccessful
Parachute torn from SRV during recovery resulting in loss of capsule, Oscar 2 ceased operations on 20 June
2 June
19:16:01
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 June
22:34:57
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 June
09:44:17
United StatesThor DSV-2E United StatesJohnston LE-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesBLUEGILL US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test4 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
4 June
14:00
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-25A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
4 June Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test4 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
4 June FranceVéronique FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy4 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
5 June
04:06:21
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 June
12:45
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy
Solar
5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi)
5 June FranceCentaure FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June FranceCentaure FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June FranceCentaure FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June FranceCentaure FranceHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June FranceCentaure FranceHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
6 June
03:00
United KingdomSkylark-5C AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi)
6 June
23:40:00
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
6 June Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
6 June FranceVéronique FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 June
00:10
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA/Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
7 June
00:56
United StatesNike-Asp United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 162 kilometres (101 mi)
7 June
08:52
United StatesNike-Asp United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 34 kilometres (21 mi)
7 June
14:45
United StatesNike-Cajun PakistanSonmiani PakistanSUPA
SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
7 June
18:21:37
United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-15 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 June Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
8 June
00:53
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
8 June
17:35:01
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 June Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
9 June Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test9 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
11 June
14:50
United StatesNike-Cajun PakistanSonmiani PakistanSUPA
SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy11 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
12 June
21:30
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar12 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 299 kilometres (186 mi)
14 June Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test14 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
15 June
02:00:01
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test15 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
15 June
16:48
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric15 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
15 June CanadaBlack Brant III United StatesWallops Island CanadaCARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight15 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 98 kilometres (61 mi)
15 June CanadaBlack Brant III United StatesWallops Island CanadaCARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight15 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 92 kilometres (57 mi)
15 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test15 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 June
18:14:18
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesPoint Arguello LC-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-2402 (Samos 8/E-6 #2/AFP-201 PVP-852) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery18 JuneSpacecraft failure
Failed to separate from Agena after deorbit
18 June
20:20
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-5 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-2312 (Ferret/Samos-F2 2) US Air Force Low Earth ELINT30 October 1963Successful
19 June
00:30
United StatesPGM-17 Thor DM-18A United StatesVandenberg LE-8 United KingdomRoyal Air Force
Royal Air Force Suborbital Missile test19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
19 June
06:59
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
ASE Suborbital XR astronomy19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)
19 June
12:19:01
United StatesThor DM-19 Delta United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesTiros-5 (Tiros-E) NASA Low Earth WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
19 June CanadaBlack Brant III United StatesWallops Island CanadaCARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight19 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 June United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
19 June Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
20 June
05:20
United KingdomSkylark-5C AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy
Solar
20 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 227 kilometres (141 mi)
20 June
08:46:16
United StatesThor DSV-2E United StatesJohnston LE-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesSTARFISH US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test20 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
20 June
13:29
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Technology20 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
21 June Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test21 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
22 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test22 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 June
00:30
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1129 (KH-4 9037) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging7 JulySuccessful
United StatesSRV-591 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnJuneSuccessful
26 June
08:38
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy26 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
26 June
10:57:42
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-3 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target26 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 June
11:30
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesKwajalein United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test26 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
26 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test26 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 June
14:10:00
United StatesNike-Asp United StatesWallops Island United StatesUS Navy
NRL Suborbital Ionospheric27 June
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test27 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 June FranceBerenice FranceCERES FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital REV Test27 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
28 June
00:10:00
United StatesNike-Asp United StatesWallops Island United StatesUS Navy
NRL Suborbital Ionospheric28 June
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 June
01:09
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1151 (KH-4 9038) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging14 SeptemberPartial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV-592 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return1 JulySuccessful
Maiden flight of Thor DM-21 Agena-D, images severely affected by static
28 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test28 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
28 June CanadaBlack Brant III United StatesWallops Island CanadaCARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight28 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
29 June
05:40:00
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 June
14:05:58
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-25A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 June
21:00
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 210 kilometres (130 mi)
29 June Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
30 June
04:55
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy30 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi)
30 June
16:00
Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 6 (DS-P1 #1) Low Earth Technology
Radar target
8 SeptemberSuccessful

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