1954 in spaceflight

1954 in spaceflight
	Viking 10 was launched in May
National firsts
Spaceflight	France

This is a list of spaceflight related events which occurred in 1954.

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket	Flight number	Launch site		LSP
	Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
February
2 February 18:35	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
	Sunfollower	NRL	Suborbital	Solar	2 February	Successful
	Apogee: 101 kilometres (63 mi)
20 February	Véronique-NA		Hammaguir Bechar		LRBA
		LRBA	Suborbital	Test flight	20 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 29 kilometres (18 mi)
21 February	Véronique-NA		Hammaguir Bechar		LRBA
		LRBA	Suborbital	Test flight	21 February	Successful
	Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi), first French spaceflight
March
11 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
20 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	20 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April
9 April 21:12	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	Spectrometry	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
10 April 09:00	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	Spectrometry	10 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
20 April	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	20 April	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May
3 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	3 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	4 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	4 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 May 17:00	Viking		White Sands NLA-1		US Navy
	Viking 10	NRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	7 May	Successful
	Apogee: 219 kilometres (136 mi)
7 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	7 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 May	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	13 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
21 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 May 17:00	Viking		White Sands NLA-1		US Navy
	Viking 11	NRL	Suborbital	REV test	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
26 May 14:24	A-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		MVS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi), maiden flight of A-1
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
June
11 June	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	11 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 June	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
14 June	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	14 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 June 13:24	R-1D		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital		26 June	Successful
	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi), maiden flight of R-1D
June	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
July
2 July	R-1D		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital		2 July	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 July	R-1D		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital		7 July	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 July 12:13	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-1		US Navy
	SUI-24	SUI	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	16 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 90 kilometres (56 mi)
21 July 20:49	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-5		US Navy
	SUI-29	SUI	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	21 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
23 July 19:37	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-7		US Navy
	SUI-32	SUI	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	23 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 23 kilometres (14 mi)
26 July 00:29	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-18		US Navy
	NRL-11	NRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	26 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
August
2 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	2 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 August	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	12 August	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
27 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	27 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	27 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
August	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
August	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
September
26 September	R-11FM Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	26 September	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
September	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
September	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
September	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October
5 October 18:15	Aerobee RTV-N-10b		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	Remote sensing	5 October	Successful
	Returned first images of a complete hurricane from 161 kilometres (100 mi) altitude[1][2]
14 October 21:20	Nike-T40-T55		Wallops Island		NACA
		NACA	Suborbital	Hypersonic research	14 October	Successful
	Apogee: 352 kilometres (219 mi)
20 October	R-11FM Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October	R-11FM Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
November
30 November	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	30 November	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
November	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
November	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
November	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December
December	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)

References

Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
"ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
"NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
"Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"Space Information Center". JAXA.
"Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).

Footnotes

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[NASA-HO-1950-1] NASA History Office - Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1950-1954

[NOAA-2] NOAA Photo Library - View of tropical cyclone centred near Del Rio, Texas

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1954 in spaceflight

Launches

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

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References

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