1962 in spaceflight (October–December)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (January–March), 1962 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1962 in spaceflight (July–September). 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
2 October
11:46:25
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-2 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target2 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
2 October
22:11:30
United StatesDelta A United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesExplorer 14 (EPE-B/S-3b) NASA Highly elliptical MagnetosphericIn orbitSuccessful
Maiden flight of Delta A
3 October
12:15:11
United StatesAtlas LV-3B United StatesCape Canaveral LC-14 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesMercury-Atlas 8 NASA Low Earth Test flight21:28:22Successful
Carried astronaut Wally Schirra
5 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test5 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
5 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 60/8 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test5 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
6 October
15:30
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-29A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test6 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
6 October United StatesHGM-25A Titan I United StatesVandenberg LC-395A-1
Suborbital Missile test6 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
7 October United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
7 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
9 October
18:35
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1134 (KH-5 9046) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging16 NovemberPartial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV-603 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return13 OctoberSuccessful
Shutter malfunction, half of the film aboard the spacecraft was not used
11 October
00:30
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
11 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 October United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Air Force
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy11 October
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test11 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
11 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test11 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
12 October
16:24:03
United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-16 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test12 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 October
06:59
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
ASE Suborbital XR astronomy13 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 317 kilometres (197 mi)
14 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A1 United StatesUSNS Observation Island, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test14 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
14 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A1 United StatesUSNS Observation Island, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test14 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
15 October
08:39
FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
CERMA Suborbital Biological research15 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi), first launch from Algeria following independence from France
15 October
16:17
United KingdomSkylark-2 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
Cambridge
UCL
Suborbital Ionospheric15 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
16 October
09:14:38
United StatesThor DSV-2E United StatesJohnston LE-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesBluegill Double Prime US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test16 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
16 October
15:06
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric16 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
16 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 60/8 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test16 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
17 October
09:00:00
Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 10 (Zenit-2 #5) Low Earth Optical imagery21 OctoberSuccessful
17 October
15:52
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric17 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
17 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test17 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
18 October
00:51:54
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test18 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
18 October
01:00
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy18 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 86 kilometres (53 mi)
18 October
08:31
FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
CERMA Suborbital Biological research18 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
18 October
16:59
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesRanger 5 NASA Heliocentric Lunar impactorIn orbitSpacecraft failure
Power system malfunction, missed Moon by 725 kilometres (450 mi)
18 October Soviet UnionR-5B Pobeda Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital Ionospheric18 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 508 kilometres (316 mi)
19 October
18:15
United StatesSM-65F Atlas United StatesCape Canaveral LC-11 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test19 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
19 October FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
LRBA Suborbital Test flight19 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
20 October
04:00
Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 11 (DS-A1 #1) Low Earth Technology18 May 1964Successful
20 October
08:30
United StatesCastor-Recruit United StatesJohnston United StatesAEC
United StatesCHECKMATE AEC Suborbital Nuclear test20 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 147 kilometres (91 mi)
20 October
08:31
United StatesFranceStrypi-Antares United StatesJohnston United StatesDASA
US Air Force Suborbital Test flight20 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
20 October
08:32
United StatesFranceStrypi-Antares United StatesJohnston United StatesDASA
US Air Force Suborbital Test flight20 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
20 October
09:00
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy20 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 October United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Air Force
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy21 October
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 October Soviet UnionR-5B Pobeda Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy22 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
22 October Soviet UnionR-5M Pobeda Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
Soviet UnionK-3 RVSN Suborbital Nuclear test22 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
22 October FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
LRBA Suborbital Test flight22 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
22 October Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 OctoberLaunch failure
23 October
03:44:24
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test23 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
23 October
11:01
FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
DFF
LPA
Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
23 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
23 October
19:10:00
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric23 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi)
24 October
09:46
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy24 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 133 kilometres (83 mi)
24 October
17:55:04
Soviet UnionMolniya Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet UnionRVSN
Soviet UnionMars-2MV-4 #1 RVSN Intended: Heliocentric
Achieved: Low Earth
Mars flyby29 OctoberLaunch failure
Upper stage engine exploded 16 seconds after ignition due to lubricant leak jamming turbopump gearbox
24 October
19:00
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test24 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
25 October
06:00
United StatesExos United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric25 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 669 kilometres (416 mi)
25 October
06:30
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy25 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi)
23 October
11:19
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy23 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
23 October
11:19
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy23 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 October
23:28
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar25 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi)
25 October United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric25 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 October Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union1MS #2 Intended: Low Earth Technology
Radiation
25 OctoberLaunch failure
Failed to orbit
26 October
09:44:05
United StatesThor DSV-2E United StatesJohnston LE-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesBLUEGILL TRIPLE PRIME US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 October
09:58
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 October
10:05
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 October
10:11
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 October
10:15
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 October
10:22
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 October
10:59:25
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576A-1 United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Target26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 October
16:14
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesSTARAD US Air Force Medium Earth Radiation5 October 1967Successful
26 October
17:05:34
United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-15 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 October United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 October United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 October United StatesJavelin United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric26 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
27 October
23:15:01
United StatesDelta A United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesExplorer 15 (EPE-C) NASA Medium Earth RadiationIn orbitSuccessful
Final flight of Delta A
27 October United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy27 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 October Soviet UnionR-5M Pobeda Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
Soviet UnionK-4 RVSN Suborbital Nuclear test28 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
28 October Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 51 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test28 OctoberLaunch failure
29 October
23:21
FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
LPA Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
29 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
29 October United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Air Force
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy29 October
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
30 October
01:50
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Wisconsin Suborbital UV Astronomy30 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 188 kilometres (117 mi)
31 October
08:08
United StatesThor DM-21 Ablestar United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesANNA 1B US Military/NASA Low Earth GeodesyIn orbitSuccessful
Final flight of Thor DM-21 Ablestar
31 October
23:33
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy31 OctoberLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
31 October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test31 OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionSary Shagan Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital OctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
October Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testOctoberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
1 November
11:25
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy1 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November
11:54:48
United StatesThor DSV-2E United StatesJohnston LE-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesKINGFISH US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test1 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
1 November
12:16
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric1 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November
12:20
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy1 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November
12:24
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric1 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November
12:40
United StatesHonest John-Nike United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric1 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November
16:14:16
Soviet UnionMolniya Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet UnionRVSN
Soviet UnionMars 1 (2MV-4 #2) RVSN Heliocentric Mars flybyIn orbitSpacecraft failure
Communications system failed on 21 March 1963, prior to flyby
2 November
04:25:00
United StatesHonest John-Nike-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy2 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
2 November
07:34
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy2 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 November
11:25
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy2 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
3 November Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test3 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
3 November United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy3 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 November
15:35:15
Soviet UnionMolniya Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet UnionRVSN
Soviet UnionMars-2MV-3 #1 RVSN Intended: Heliocentric
Achieved: Low Earth
Mars flyby5 NovemberLaunch failure
Fuse shaken loose by vibrations, causing upper stage to fail to restart
4 November United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy4 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 November United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy4 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
5 November
15:29:59
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-29A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test5 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
5 November
22:04
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1136 (KH-4 9047) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging3 DecemberPartial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV-599 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return10 NovemberSuccessful
Camera door malfunction, 15 percent of film unusable
6 November
19:45
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar6 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi)
7 November
10:25
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Ionospheric7 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
7 November
10:53
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy7 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
7 November
19:43
United StatesSM-65F Atlas United StatesCape Canaveral LC-11 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test7 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
8 November United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test8 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
9 November
03:12
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test9 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 November
01:03
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
11 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
11 November
20:17:02
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesPoint Arguello LC-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-2405 (Samos 11/E-6 #5/AFP-201 PVP-855) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery12 NovemberSpacecraft failure
United StatesERS-1 (TRS-1) US Air Force Low Earth TechnologySpacecraft failure
TRS failed to separate from FTV-2405, recovery of FTV failed
13 November
10:10
United KingdomSkylark-7C AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy
Solar
Meteorite research
13 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
13 November
22:30
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy13 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi)
14 November
22:36:02
United StatesSM-65F Atlas United StatesVandenberg OSTF-2 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test14 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
16 November
00:52:22
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test16 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
16 November
01:26
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy16 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi)
16 November
04:22
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
CSIRO Suborbital Ionospheric16 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 29 kilometres (18 mi)
16 November
05:59
United StatesNike-Cajun CanadaChurchill United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy16 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)
16 November
17:45:02
United StatesSaturn C-1 (Saturn I) United StatesCape Canaveral LC-34 United StatesNASA
United StatesSA-3 NASA Suborbital Test flight+293 secondsSuccessful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi), destroyed after test completion to release water ballast as part of Project Highwater
17 November
17:06:17
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-29A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test17 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
18 November
04:57
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Technology18 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
19 November
17:00:11
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test19 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
19 November Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test19 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
20 November
21:41:30
United StatesAerobee-300A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Michigan
NASA
Suborbital Aeronomy20 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 345 kilometres (214 mi)
21 November
18:20:35
United StatesBlue Scout Junior SLV-1C United StatesPoint Arguello LC-A United StatesUS Air Force
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Communications21 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 November
01:11
United KingdomSkylark-7 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight22 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
22 November Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test22 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
24 November
22:01
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1135 (KH-4 9048) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging13 DecemberPartial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV-601 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnNovemberSuccessful
Some film damaged by exposure through base of satellite
24 November Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test24 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 November Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test24 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
25 November
02:01
JapanKappa-9M JapanKagoshima JapanISAS
ISAS Suborbital Ionospheric25 NovemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 58 kilometres (36 mi)
25 November Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 NovemberLaunch failure
26 November FranceCentaure AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy26 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
27 November
10:17
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy27 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
27 November
18:00
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
HCO Suborbital Solar27 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 203 kilometres (126 mi)
27 November United StatesJavelin United StatesJohnston United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric27 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
27 November FranceCentaure ArgentinaCELPA FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy27 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
28 November
00:00
United StatesHonest John-Nike-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy28 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
28 November
02:12:08
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test28 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
28 November
10:17
United KingdomSkylark-7C AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy28 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)
28 November
17:36
FranceCentaure AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS
UCL
Suborbital Ionospheric28 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
28 November
23:25
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test28 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
29 November
16:33
United KingdomBlack Knight 301 AustraliaWoomera LA-5 United KingdomRAE
RAE Suborbital REV test29 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 576 kilometres (358 mi)
29 November Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test29 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
29 November United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test29 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 November
10:57
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Ionospheric30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
30 November
11:15
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
30 November
17:36
FranceCentaure AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS
UCL
Suborbital Ionospheric30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
30 November Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 November Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 November Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 November FranceCentaure AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
30 November FranceCentaure ArgentinaCELPA FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
30 November FranceCentaure FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy30 NovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
November Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
November FranceBerenice FranceCERES FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital REV TestNovemberSuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
1 December
18:06
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric1 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 169 kilometres (105 mi)
1 December
20:34:00
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy1 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 131 kilometres (81 mi)
1 December
21:25
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy1 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
1 December
21:34
United StatesNike-Cajun CanadaChurchill United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy1 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 108 kilometres (67 mi)
1 December
23:20
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesNASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy1 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 222 kilometres (138 mi)
1 December FranceCentaure AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy1 DecemberLaunch failure
3 December
23:20
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesNASA
AFCRL
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy3 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 222 kilometres (138 mi)
4 December
00:01
United StatesHonest John-Nike-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
4 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
4 December
03:45
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy4 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
4 December
04:45
United StatesHonest John-Nike-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy4 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
4 December
07:06
United StatesNike-Cajun CanadaChurchill United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy4 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
4 December
07:56
United KingdomSkylark-5 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy4 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
4 December
10:28
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy4 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
4 December
21:30
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1155 (KH-4 9049) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging8 DecemberSuccessful
United StatesSRV-606 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnDecemberSpacecraft failure
Parachute tore during SRV recovery
4 December FranceCentaure AlgeriaHammaguira FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy4 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 December
01:51
United StatesHonest John-Nike-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy5 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 December
21:25
United StatesSM-65F Atlas United StatesCape Canaveral LC-11 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test5 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
5 December FranceDragon AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
DMA Suborbital Test flight5 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 80 kilometres (50 mi)
5 December United StatesHGM-25A Titan I United StatesVandenberg LC-395A-1
Suborbital Missile test5 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 December
00:00
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Ionospheric6 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi)
6 December
00:16
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy6 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
6 December
05:32
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy6 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
6 December
05:43
United StatesNike-Cajun CanadaChurchill United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy6 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
6 December
14:19:04
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-29A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test6 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
6 December
20:31:37
United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-16 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test6 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
6 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionMakat Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test6 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 December
15:00:01
United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test7 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test7 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 December Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test7 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
7 December Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test7 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 December
01:08
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy8 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 220 kilometres (140 mi)
8 December FranceCentaure ArgentinaCELPA FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy8 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
9 December FranceCentaure ArgentinaCELPA FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy9 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
10 December
02:55:29
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test10 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
10 December
20:00
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesVandenberg LC-394A-4 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test10 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
11 December
01:30
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy11 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 108 kilometres (67 mi)
11 December
03:27
United StatesNike-Cajun NorwayAndøya NorwayNTNF
ILC Suborbital Ionospheric11 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
11 December
04:22
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
CSIRO Suborbital Ionospheric11 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 52 kilometres (32 mi)
11 December United StatesNike-Cajun ItalySalto di Quirra ItalyCRA
ROSAP Suborbital Aeronomy11 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionMakat Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test11 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 December
11:38:03
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576A-3 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Target12 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 December
12:10
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesKwajalein United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test12 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 December
12:10
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesKwajalein United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test12 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
12 December
23:46
United StatesHonest John-Nike-Nike United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy12 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 101 kilometres (63 mi)
12 December Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test12 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
12 December FranceCentaure FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy12 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
12 December FranceCentaure FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy12 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
13 December
04:07
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesNRL PL120 (Poppy 1) NRO Medium Earth ELINT9 February 1967Successful
United StatesInjun 3 Iowa Medium Earth Ionospheric25 August 1968Successful
United StatesNRL PL121 NRO Medium Earth 1 July 1963Successful
United StatesSURCAL 2 NRL Medium Earth Calibration18 January 1966Successful
United StatesCalsphere 1 NRL Medium Earth Calibration5 February 1967Successful
13 December
17:23
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy13 DecemberLaunch failure
13 December
23:30:01
United StatesDelta B United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesRelay 1 (A-15) NASA Medium Earth Communications
Technology
In orbitSuccessful
Maiden flight of Delta B
13 December Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test13 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
13 December United StatesTerrier-Asp IV United StatesPoint Arguello LC-B United StatesUS Navy
NOTS Suborbital Test flight13 December
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
14 December
20:52
United StatesNike-Cajun NorwayAndøya NorwayNTNF
ILC Suborbital Ionospheric14 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi), first Norwegian spaceflight
14 December
21:26
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-5 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-1156 (KH-4 9050) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging8 January 1963Successful
United StatesSRV-606 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return18/19 DecemberSuccessful
14 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionMakat Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test14 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 December
03:00:10
United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test15 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 December
17:30
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric15 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 222 kilometres (138 mi)
16 December
14:33:04
United StatesScout X-3 United StatesWallops Island LA-3 United StatesNASA
United StatesExplorer 16 (S-55b) NASA Low Earth Technology
Micrometeoroid
In orbitSuccessful
Maiden flight of Scout X-3
17 December
20:36:33
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesPoint Arguello LC-1-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesMIDAS-6 US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Missile defence17 DecemberLaunch failure
United StatesERS-3 (TRS-3) US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Technology
United StatesERS-4 (TRS-4) US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Technology
Failed to orbit
17 December United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital ASAT test17 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
17 December Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test17 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
18 December
05:03
JapanKappa-8 JapanKagoshima JapanISAS
TAO Suborbital Cosmic ray research18 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 202 kilometres (126 mi)
18 December
17:26:55
United StatesSM-65E Atlas United StatesVandenberg OSTF-1 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital ABM test18 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
18 December
19:45
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar18 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)
19 December
01:25:45
United StatesScout X-3 United StatesPoint Arguello LC-D United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesTransit 5A-1 US Navy Low Earth Technology
Navigation
25 September 1968Spacecraft failure
Power system failed within a day of operations
19 December
07:33:44
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-25A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test19 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 December
20:08:28
United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-15 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test19 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
19 December
21:51
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test19 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
19 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionMakat Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test19 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
19 December United StatesBlue Scout Junior SLV-1B United StatesPoint Arguello LC-A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesIon Engine Test A EOS
WPAT
Suborbital Technology19 DecemberSpacecraft failure
Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi), maiden flight of Blue Scout Junior SLV-1B, spacecraft power supply failed
21 December
00:35:15
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test21 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
21 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionMakat Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test21 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
22 December
09:29:26
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576A-1 United StatesStrategic Air Command
AFCRL Suborbital ABM Test22 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 2,259 kilometres (1,404 mi)
22 December
09:32
Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 12 (Zenit-2 #6) Low Earth Optical imagery30 DecemberSuccessful
22 December
10:00
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesKwajalein United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test22 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
22 December
10:00
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesKwajalein United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test22 DecemberLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
22 December
14:15
United StatesGAM-87A Skybolt United StatesB-52, AMR United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test22 December
Apogee: 580 kilometres (360 mi)
25 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionMakat Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test25 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
25 December Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test25 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
27 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test27 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
29 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test29 DecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
December Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile testDecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
December United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital REV TestDecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
December United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital REV TestDecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
December United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital REV TestDecemberSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4th Quarter United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Ethan Allen, WTR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4th QuarterSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4th Quarter United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Ethan Allen, WTR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4th QuarterSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4th Quarter United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Ethan Allen, WTR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4th QuarterSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4th Quarter United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Ethan Allen, WTR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4th QuarterSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
Unknown United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile testUnknownSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)

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