1963 in spaceflight (January–June)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 1963. For launches between July and December, see 1963 in spaceflight (July–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight.

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks

4 January 08:48	Molniya-L		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Luna E-6 #2		Intended: Highly elliptical Achieved: Low Earth	Lunar lander	11 January	Launch failure
	Maiden flight of Molynia-L, upper stage ullage motor failed to ignite, leaving spacecraft in useless orbit
7 January 21:09:49	Thor DM-21 Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force
	OPS 0048 (KH-4 #9051)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	24 January	Partial spacecraft failure
	SRV	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	January	Successful
	Attitude control problems with spacecraft
7 January 22:30:10	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	7 January	Launch failure
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
10 January 05:31:02	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-16		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	10 January	Launch failure
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
16 January 21:59	Thor DM-21 Agena-B		Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
	OPS 0180 (Ferret/Samos-F2 #3)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	9 January 1969	Successful
	Final flight of carrier rocket as Thor DM-21 Agena-B before being redesignated SLV-2
16 January			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 January			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 January 03:32:50	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	18 January	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
22 January	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	22 January	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 January 00:27:37	PGM-19 Jupiter		Cape Canaveral LC-26A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
23 January 18:10:13	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 January 10:44:07	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-2		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	ABM test	25 January	Launch failure
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 January			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 January			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 January 01:00	R-11A-1		Plesetsk		RVSN
		FIAN	Suborbital	Test flight	27 January	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 January 16:27	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		Johns Hopkins	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 January	Launch failure
	Apogee: 4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
29 January	HGM-25A Titan I		Vandenberg LC-395A-1
			Suborbital	Missile test	29 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
31 January 00:30:05	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	31 January	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
31 January 08:51:51	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	ABM test	31 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
January	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	January	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	January	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January	R-14 Chusovaya		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	January	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)

1 February	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	1 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
2 February 06:56:29	Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C		Point Arguello LC-A		US Air Force
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Communications	2 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 February 09:29:14	Molniya-L		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Luna E-6 #3		Intended: Highly elliptical	Lunar lander	3 February	Launch failure
	Upper stage gyroscope malfunction, failed to orbit
4 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	5 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	5 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 February	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	5 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
6 February 17:58:24	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 February 15:59:59	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	8 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 February 15:30	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
11 February	R-9A Desna		Baikonur Site 70		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
12 February 01:47	Journeyman		Point Arguello LC-A		NASA
		Minnesota	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	12 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,675 kilometres (1,041 mi)
13 February 11:55:05	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576A-1		Strategic Air Command
		NRL	Suborbital	ABM test	13 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 February 12:30	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 February	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
13 February	R-14 Chusovaya		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
14 February 00:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		Eglin		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	14 February	Successful
	Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi)
14 February 05:35:08	Delta B		Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force
	Syncom 1	NASA	Intended: Geosynchronous Achieved: Subsynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Contact with spacecraft lost following apogee motor firing
14 February	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
14 February		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Launch failure
14 February	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
14 February	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 February 00:45:00	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	15 February	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
15 February 16:34	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 February	Successful
	Apogee: 239 kilometres (149 mi)
16 February 00:30	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	ASAT test	16 February	Successful
	Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi)
16 February 21:45	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395C		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	16 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
16 February	Trailblazer 1		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	16 February	Successful
	Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
18 February 14:00:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
18 February 17:43	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	Solar	18 February	Successful
	Apogee: 306 kilometres (190 mi)
18 February 23:14	Nike-Asp		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 25 kilometres (16 mi)
19 February 16:33	Scout X-3M		Point Arguello LC-D		US Air Force
	OPS 0240 (DMSP-2A F1/P-35 #3/AF-3)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Weather	26 December 1979	Successful
	Only flight of Scout X-3M
19 February			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February 23:18	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 February	Successful
	Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
20 February 23:34	Nike-Cajun		Churchill		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 February	Successful
	Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
20 February 23:47	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 February	Successful
	Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
20 February	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
21 February 01:00:04	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 February 17:56:07	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	21 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 February 23:16	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 February	Successful
	Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
22 February	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
26 February 01:31:43	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 February	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 February 19:30:00	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	27 February	Successful
	Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
28 February 09:02:48	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	ABM test	28 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
28 February 09:30	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	28 February	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February 21:48	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
	OPS 0583 (KH-4 #9052)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 February	Launch failure
	SRV 610	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	28 February	Launch failure
	Maiden flight of Thrust Augmented Thor-Agena, failed to orbit
28 February 21:48	Nike-Cajun		Churchill		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
	Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
28 February 22:11	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
	Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
28 February	Hopi-Dart		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	28 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
February	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	February	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

1 March 01:20	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL Birmingham UCW	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
1 March 21:00	SM-65F Atlas		Cape Canaveral LC-11		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
1 March	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
4 March	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
5 March 01:00:01	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30D		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
6 March 22:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 March	Successful
	Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
7 March 17:48:15	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
7 March 18:48:15	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
7 March	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 March 19:30	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	8 March	Successful
	Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
9 March 00:01	Nike-Cajun		Churchill		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 March	Successful
	Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
9 March 00:01	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 March	Successful
	Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
10 March 02:42	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-3		Strategic Air Command
10 March 02:42		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 March	Launch failure
11 March 04:30	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL Birmingham UCW	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	11 March	Successful
	Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
11 March	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
11 March		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Launch failure
12 March 05:21	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-2		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	12 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 March 09:50	HAD		Woomera LA-2		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 March	Successful
	Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
12 March	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	12 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
14 March 01:01:49	Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C		Point Arguello LC-A		US Air Force
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Communications	14 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March 01:46:04	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
14 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Theodore Roosevelt, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Theodore Roosevelt, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Theodore Roosevelt, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
15 March 11:38	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-1		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
15 March	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
16 March 02:05:40	SM-65F Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576D		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
16 March 02:19	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	XR astronomy	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
16 March 08:32:22	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576A-1		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target Aeronomy	16 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
16 March	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 March 21:13	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force
	OPS 0627 (KH-6 #8001)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	18 March	Launch failure
	SRV 612	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return
	P-11 #1 (Hitchhiker)	US Air Force	Low Earth	ELINT
	First KH-6 launch, failed to orbit
18 March	RT-1		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 March	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
19 March 01:29:59	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
19 March 16:00:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 March	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
21 March 08:30	Vostok-2		Baikonur Site 1/5
21 March 08:30	Kosmos 13 (Zenit-2 #9)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 March	Successful
21 March 11:40	R-12 Dvina		Vladimirovka PL-1		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	REV Test	21 March	Successful
	Apogee: 405 kilometres (252 mi)
21 March 15:22:48	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 March 21:10:08	SM-65F Atlas		Vandenberg OSTF-2		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
21 March	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	ASAT test	21 March	Successful
	Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
22 March 01:15	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	22 March	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
24 March 00:29:14	SM-65F Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576E		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	24 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
25 March 03:17	Black Brant I		Churchill		CARDE
		CARDE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 March	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	25 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 March	Hopi-Dart		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	27 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
28 March 00:15	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
28 March 01:30:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 March 07:54:59	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
28 March 09:30	HAD		Woomera LA-2		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 133 kilometres (83 mi)
28 March 19:06	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
28 March 20:06:00	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
28 March 20:11:55	Saturn I (C-1)		Cape Canaveral LC-34		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi)
28 March	R-14 Chusovaya		Plesetsk		RVSN
28 March		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Launch failure
28 March	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
29 March 02:57	Nike-Cajun		Kwajalein		US Navy
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 March	Successful
	Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
30 March 08:45	HGM-25A Titan I		Vandenberg LC-395A-2		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	30 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 March	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
30 March	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	30 March	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
March	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

1 April 23:01	Thor DM-21 Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
	OPS 0720 (KH-4 #9053)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 April	Successful
	SRV 609	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	5 April	Successful
1 April	Centaure		Kerguelen		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	1 April	Successful
	Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
2 April 08:16:37	Molniya-L		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Luna 4		Highly elliptical	Lunar lander	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Spacecraft failed to perform course correction burn, resulting in failure to land
3 April 02:00:02	Delta B		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		US Air Force
3 April 02:00:02	Explorer 17 (AE-A/S6)	NASA	Low Earth	Atmospheric	24 November 1966	Successful
3 April 16:46	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		STAN	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 April	Successful
	Apogee: 237 kilometres (147 mi)
4 April 15:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	Solar	4 April	Successful
	Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
4 April 19:45:45	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	4 April	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 April 03:01:43	Scout X-3		Point Arguello LC-D		US Air Force
	Transit 5A-2	US Navy	Intended: Low Earth	Navigation	5 April	Launch failure
	Replacement for Transit 5A-1, failed to orbit
5 April	HGM-25A Titan I		Vandenberg LC-395A-1		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 April 00:44:55	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	6 April	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
6 April 04:03	Black Brant I		Churchill		NRC
		NRC	Suborbital	Auroral Aeronomy Ionospheric	6 April	Successful
	Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi)
6 April 07:25	Black Brant I		Churchill		NRC
		NRC	Suborbital	Auroral/Ionospheric/Fields	6 April	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
6 April	Kosmos-2I 63S1		Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
	DS-P1 #2		Intended: Low Earth	Radar target Technology	6 April	Launch failure
	First stage malfunction, failed to orbit
8 April 11:26	Astrobee-1500		Wallops Island LA-2A		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	8 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 72 kilometres (45 mi)
8 April 16:00:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 April 20:28	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 163 kilometres (101 mi)
9 April	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
10 April 20:33:07	UGM-27 Polaris A3		USNS Observation Island, ETR		US Navy
10 April 20:33:07		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	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 02:08:59	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	11 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 April 20:30	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Vandenberg LC-394A-5		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	11 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 April	R-14 Chusovaya		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 April	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
12 April 05:30	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		CSIRO	Suborbital	Ionospheric	12 April	Successful
	Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
12 April 14:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		KPNO
		KPNO	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 April 19:29:21	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	12 April	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 April	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Vandenberg LC-394A-1		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	12 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 April 11:00	Kosmos-2I 63S1		Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
13 April 11:00	Kosmos 14 (Omega-1 #1)		Low Earth	Technology	29 August	Successful
13 April	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April	HGM-25A Titan I		Vandenberg LC-395A-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	13 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
17 April 09:23	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL/QUB	Suborbital	Aeronomy	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 236 kilometres (147 mi)
17 April 16:39	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30E		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 April	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Ethan Allen, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
17 April	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Ethan Allen, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
17 April	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Ethan Allen, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
17 April			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
17 April			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
17 April			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 April 21:00:14	Aerobee-300A		Wallops Island		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 April	Successful
	Apogee: 342 kilometres (213 mi)
18 April	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Ethan Allen, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 April	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Ethan Allen, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 April	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Ethan Allen, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 April	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	18 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
19 April 20:00:11	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	19 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
20 April 10:01	Véronique		Hammaguira Blandine		CNES
		DFF/LPA	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	20 April	Successful
	Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
20 April	Shotput		Wallops Island		NASA
	San Marco Test 1	CRA	Suborbital	Technology	20 April	Successful
	Apogee: 426 kilometres (265 mi)
22 April 08:30	Vostok-2		Baikonur Site 1/5
22 April 08:30	Kosmos 15 (Zenit-2 #8)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	27 April	Successful
22 April	R-7A Semyorka		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
23 April 20:48	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 199 kilometres (124 mi)
23 April 22:07	Véronique		Hammaguira Blandine		CNES
		LPA	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
23 April	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Vandenberg LC-394A-4		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 April 20:40:49	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
24 April 20:59:36	SM-65E Atlas		Vandenberg OSTF-1		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
24 April	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 April			Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 April	Hopi-Dart		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	25 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
25 April	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	25 April	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
26 April 18:31:23	UGM-27 Polaris A3		USNS Observation Island, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
26 April 20:13	Thor DM-21 Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force
	OPS 1008 (KH-5 #9055)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 April	Launch failure
	SRV 605	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	26 April	Launch failure
	Attitude control sensor misalignment resulted in failure to reach orbit
26 April	Scout X-2M		Point Arguello LC-D		US Air Force
	OPS 1298 (DMSP-2A F2/P-35 #4/AF-4)	US Air Force	Intended: Low Earth	Weather	26 April	Launch failure
	Final flight of Scout X-2M, failed to orbit
26 April	Dragon		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		Sud Aviation	Suborbital	Test flight	26 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 58 kilometres (36 mi)
26 April	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
27 April 02:03	SM-65F Atlas		Cape Canaveral LC-11		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	27 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
27 April	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395C		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	27 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 April 08:50	Vostok-2		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Kosmos 16 (Zenit-2 #10)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	8 May	Partial spacecraft failure
	Attitude control system malfunctioned
28 April	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	28 April	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
30 April 04:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	30 April	Successful
	Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi)
30 April	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Vandenberg LC-394A-2		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	30 April	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
April	R-14 Chusovaya		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	April	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)

1 May 10:15	HGM-25A Titan I		Vandenberg LC-395A-1		US Air Force
1 May 10:15		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	1 May	Launch failure
1 May 16:59	Véronique		Hammaguira Blandine		CNES
		LPA/CEA	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	1 May	Successful
	Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
2 May 15:03	Seliger 3		Cuxhaven		DRG
		Seliger	Suborbital	Test flight	2 May	Successful
	Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
2 May 17:03	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Solar	2 May	Successful
	Apogee: 232 kilometres (144 mi)
7 May 11:38:03	Delta B		Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force
	Telstar 2	AT&T	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Deactivated at 14:03 UTC on 16 May 1965
7 May 20:30	Black Brant II		Churchill		NRC
		DRTE	Suborbital	Ionospheric	7 May	Successful
	Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
7 May 21:11	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		Johns Hopkins	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 May	Successful
	Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi)
8 May 17:23	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		Lockheed	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 May	Successful
	Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
8 May	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Vandenberg LC-394A-5		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	8 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 May 16:08:32	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-16		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	9 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 May 18:02	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		CSIRO	Suborbital	Ionospheric	9 May	Successful
	Apogee: 203 kilometres (126 mi)
9 May 20:06:16	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B		Point Arguello LC-1-2		US Air Force
	Midas 7	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
	Dash 1	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Air density	In orbit	Successful
	ERS-5	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Technology	11 November 2011	Successful
	ERS-6	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
	Westford-2	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Communications Technology	In orbit	Successful
	First operational Midas satellite, first satellite to detect a missile launch from space, operated for six weeks. The Westford Needles project resulted in the first large collection of space debris.
10 May 14:45	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	Solar	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 214 kilometres (133 mi)
10 May 17:44:04	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 May	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	10 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
10 May	Véronique		Hammaguira Blandine		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Solar	10 May	Successful
	Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
11 May	Kiva-Hopi		Point Arguello LC-B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 May
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
13 May	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395D		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	13 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 May 15:45	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Technology	14 May	Successful
	Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi)
14 May	Centaure		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	14 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
15 May 13:04:13	Atlas LV-3B		Cape Canaveral LC-14		US Air Force
	Mercury-Atlas 9	NASA	Low Earth	Biological Technology	16 May 23:24:02	Successful
	Balloon Subsatellite 2	NASA	Low Earth	Air density	16 May 23:24:02	Spacecraft failure
	Flashing Light Unit	NASA	Low Earth	Technology	Unknown	Successful
	Manned flight with astronaut Gordon Cooper, final flight of Atlas LV-3B and Mercury programme, Balloon Subsatellite failed to deploy.^[1]
15 May 18:22	Centaure		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 May	Successful
	Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
16 May 04:00	Nike-Cajun		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 May	Successful
	Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
16 May 14:38	Nike-Cajun		Sonmiani		NASA
		SUPA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 May	Successful
	Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
17 May 16:14:59	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	17 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
17 May 23:00:18	Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C		Point Arguello LC-A		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Communications	17 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 May 01:06	Nike-Apache		Eglin		NASA
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi)
18 May 05:14:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
18 May 08:55	Nike-Cajun		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
18 May 10:06	Nike-Apache		Eglin		NASA
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
18 May 22:21	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
	OPS 0924 (KH-6 #8002)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	27 May	Spacecraft failure
	SRV 613	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	May	Successful
	Film failed to feed into camera, no images returned
18 May	R-16U		Baikonur Site 60/7		RVSN
18 May		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Launch failure
18 May	R-16U		Baikonur Site 60/6		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
18 May	R-16U		Baikonur Site 60/8		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
18 May	R-7A Semyorka		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
20 May 02:09	Kappa-9M		Kagoshima		ISAS
		TAO	Suborbital	Ionospheric	20 May	Successful
	Apogee: 345 kilometres (214 mi)
20 May	Nike-Apache		Salto di Quirra		NASA
		ROSAP	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 May	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 May	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	20 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
21 May 05:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
21 May 18:25	Centaure		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
21 May	Nike-Apache		Salto di Quirra		NASA
		ROSAP	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
21 May	Nike-Apache		Salto di Quirra		NASA
		ROSAP	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
21 May	Centaure		Reggane		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
21 May	Centaure		CERES		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
22 May 01:10	Nike-Cajun		Eglin		NASA
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
22 May 03:00	Kosmos-2I 63S1		Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
22 May 03:00	Kosmos 17 (DS-A1 #2)		Low Earth	Technology Radiation	24 June	Successful
22 May 04:38	Scout X-3		Wallops Island LA-3		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
22 May 05:10	Nike-Apache		Churchill		NASA
		GCA/CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi)
22 May 08:51	Nike-Apache		Churchill		NASA
		GCA/CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	22 May	Successful
	Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
23 May 05:13	Nike-Apache		Churchill		NASA
		GCA/CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 May	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 May 08:46	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		Met Office Jodrell Bank	Suborbital	Solar Aeronomy	23 May	Successful
	Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
23 May	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	ASAT test	23 May	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 May 00:45	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi)
24 May 09:00	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
24 May 10:33	Vostok-2		Baikonur Site 1/5
24 May 10:33	Kosmos 18 (Zenit-2 #11)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	2 June	Successful
24 May 17:33:05	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 May	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Vandenberg LC-394A-6		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 May	Centaure		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 May 00:47	Nike-Apache		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 May	Successful
	Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi)
25 May	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/15		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
25 May	Centaure		CELPA		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 May	Successful
	Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi)
26 May 05:34:00	Honest John-Nike		Barking Sands		US Air Force
		Sandia	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 May
	Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
29 May 04:35	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL/RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	29 May	Successful
	Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
29 May 04:48:14	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 May 16:56:24	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-16		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 May	Launch failure
	Apogee: 6 kilometres (3.7 mi)
29 May	Nike Javelin		Eglin		AGPC
		AGPC	Suborbital	Test flight	29 May	Successful
	Apogee: 131 kilometres (81 mi)
30 May	Centaure		CELPA		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	30 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
30 May	Centaure		CELPA		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	30 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)

1 June 02:50	Kosmos-2I 63S1		Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
	DS-MT #1		Intended: Low Earth	Technology Radiation	+4 seconds	Launch failure
	First stage malfunctioned four seconds after launch
1 June	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/15		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	1 June	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
4 June 20:12:18	SM-65E Atlas		Vandenberg OSTF-1		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
4 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Robert E. Lee, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Robert E. Lee, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Robert E. Lee, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Robert E. Lee, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Robert E. Lee, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Robert E. Lee, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 June	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	5 June	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
6 June 00:30	R-5B Pobeda		Plesetsk		AN
		AN	Suborbital	Ionospheric Plasma	6 June	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
6 June 04:14:59	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	6 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
6 June 14:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NRL
		NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 June	Successful
	Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi)
6 June 16:16:59	UGM-27 Polaris A3		Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 June	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	6 June	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 June	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	8 June	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 June	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	8 June	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 June 05:06	Black Brant II		Churchill		NRC
		DRTE	Suborbital	Ionospheric	11 June	Successful
	Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
11 June 05:15	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Solar	11 June	Successful
	Apogee: 302 kilometres (188 mi)
12 June 09:03:01	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 June 09:30	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 June 18:39	Centaure 1		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS UCL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
12 June 23:58	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force
	OPS 0954 (KH-4 #9054)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	12 July	Partial spacecraft failure
	SRV 616	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	June	Successful
	Some images unusable due to corona effect
12 June	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B		Point Arguello LC-1-2		US Air Force
	Midas 8	US Air Force	Intended: Medium Earth	Missile defence	12 June	Launch failure
	TRS-7	US Air Force	Intended: Medium Earth	Technology
	TRS-8	US Air Force	Intended: Medium Earth	Technology
	Failed to orbit
12 June	Tomahawk		Tonopah		Sandia
		Sandia	Suborbital	Test flight	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
13 June 16:30:02	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Lafayette, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	13 June	Launch failure
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 June 17:05:34	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Lafayette, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	13 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
13 June	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
13 June		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	13 June	Launch failure
13 June	Centaure 1		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
14 June 11:58:58	Vostok-K		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Vostok 5		Low Earth	Biological Technology	19 June 11:58:58	Successful
	Manned flight with cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky
14 June	R-12 Dvina		Plesetsk		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 June	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
14 June	Centaure 1		Hammaguira Bacchus		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	14 June	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
15 June 14:29	Thor DM-21 Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force
	Solrad 6A	US Navy/NRL	Low Earth	Radiation	1 August	Successful
	LOFTI 2B	US Navy/NRL	Low Earth	Ionospheric Technology	18 July	Successful
	Surcal 3		Low Earth	Calibration	5 July	Successful
	Radose 112	US Navy/NRL	Low Earth	Radiation	30 July	Successful
	FTV 1292 (Poppy 2)	US Navy	Low Earth	ELINT	27 July	Successful
	NRL Composite 3
16 June 01:49:52	Scout X-3		Point Arguello LC-D		US Air Force
	Transit 5A-3	US Navy	Low Earth	Navigation	3 August 1990	Partial launch failure
	Damaged during launch, preventing operational use
16 June 09:29:52	Vostok-K		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Vostok 6		Low Earth	Biological Technology	19 June 08:20	Successful
	Manned flight with cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, first woman to fly in space, final flight of Vostok programme
17 June 16:14:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3		USNS Observation Island, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	17 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
17 June 18:00	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	17 June	Successful
	Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
18 June 00:30	R-5B Pobeda		Plesetsk		AN
		AN	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric	18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
18 June 03:28	Nike-Cajun		Kwajalein		US Navy
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
18 June 04:30	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL/RSRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi)
18 June	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Vandenberg LC-394A-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 June	Véronique		Hammaguira Blandine		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	18 June	Launch failure
	Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
19 June 09:50:01	Delta B		Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force
19 June 09:50:01	Tiros-7 (Tiros-G/A-52)	ESSA	Low Earth	Weather	3 June 1994	Successful
19 June 17:33	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Technology	19 June	Successful
	Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi)
19 June	Véronique		Hammaguira Blandine		CNES
		CNRS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	19 June	Launch failure
	Apogee: 38 kilometres (24 mi)
20 June 03:00	Nike-Cajun		Kwajalein		US Navy
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 June	Successful
	Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
20 June 05:20	Skylark-7C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	20 June	Successful
	Apogee: 227 kilometres (141 mi)
20 June 14:25	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NRL	Suborbital	Test flight	20 June	Successful
	Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
20 June	LGM-25C Titan II		Vandenberg LC-395C		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	20 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 June 15:44:03	UGM-27 Polaris A3		USNS Observation Island, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	21 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 June	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/15		RVSN
21 June		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	21 June	Launch failure
24 June 19:00	Black Brant II		Churchill		CARDE
		CARDE	Suborbital	Test flight	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi)
24 June 23:00	Black Brant II		Churchill		CARDE
		CARDE	Suborbital	Test flight	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 162 kilometres (101 mi)
24 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 June	UGM-27 Polaris A2		USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	24 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 June 13:20	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		KPNO
		KPNO	Suborbital	Aeronomy Auroral	25 June	Successful
	Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi)
25 June	Nike-Tomahawk 9A		Barking Sands		Sandia
		Sandia	Suborbital	Test flight	25 June	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 June	R-12 Dvina		Makat		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	26 June	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 June 00:37	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D		Vandenberg LC-75-1-2		US Air Force
	OPS 0999 (KH-4 #9056)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 July	Partial spacecraft failure
	SRV 611	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	June/July	Successful
	Hitchhiker 1 (P-11 #2)	US Air Force	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
	Light leaks damaged film
27 June	Berenice		CERES		ONERA
		ONERA	Suborbital	REV Test	27 June	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
28 June 02:34:12	LGM-30B Minuteman IB		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	28 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 June 14:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		NASA
		NRL	Suborbital	Solar	28 June	Successful
	Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
28 June 21:19:22	Scout X-4		Wallops Island LA-3		NASA
	GRS (PL-19/CRL-1/AFCRL-A)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Ionospheric Radiation	14 December 1983	Spacecraft failure
	Maiden flight of Scout X-4, spacecraft power supply failed after 13th orbit
28 June	UGM-133A Minuteman IA		Vandenberg LC-394A-1		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	28 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 June	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/15		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
29 June 16:46	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	29 June	Successful
	Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
29 June 23:30	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-B		Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
	OPS 1440 (Ferret/Samos-F2 #4)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	26 October 1969	Successful
	Maiden flight of the Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-B
29 June	R-14 Chusovaya		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
29 June	R-14 Chusovaya		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
30 June	Tomahawk		Point Mugu
		Sandia	Suborbital	Test flight	30 June	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
30 June	R-16U		Baikonur Site 60/7		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
June	RT-1		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	June	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
June	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital		June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital		June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June	Nike-Apache		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital		June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

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Footnotes

↑ "Mercury Project Summary Including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

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[1] "Mercury Project Summary Including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2009-07-26.