1962 in spaceflight (April–June)

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

Launches

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

April

3 April
04:57
Trailblazer 1 Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test3 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
4 April
19:45:45
MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test4 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 April
15:47
Skylark-2 Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy5 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 238 kilometres (148 mi)
5 April Nike-Zeus 3 White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test5 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 April
17:16
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 2 (1MS #1) Low Earth Technology
Cosmic rays
Radiation
20 August 1963Successful
6 April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test6 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 April R-5A Pobeda Chelkar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Target8 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
9 April
15:04:48
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Point Arguello LC-1-2 US Air Force
MIDAS-5 US Air Force Medium Earth Missile defenceIn orbitSuccessful
Westford Drag Lincoln Medium Earth Communications
Technology
In orbitSuccessful
Samos RV recovery failed, Westford Drag deployed copper dipoles, several were tracked as having decayed in the 1970s, particularly on 7 November 1976 and 22 May 1977, whilst many are still in orbit
9 April
21:07:40
SM-65F Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-11 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test9 AprilLaunch failure
10 April
18:20
Skylark-2 Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy10 AprilLaunch failure
10 April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test10 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 April R-5A Pobeda Chelkar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Target11 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
11 April R-14 Usovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test11 AprilLaunch failure
12 April
01:57:26
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-2 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 April
16:00:25
RM-89 Blue Scout I Cape Canaveral LC-18B US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital REV Test12 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 30 kilometres (19 mi)
12 April R-5A Pobeda Chelkar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Target12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
12 April Nike-Zeus 3 Point Mugu US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test12 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
13 April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test13 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
14 April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test14 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 April
09:28
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy17 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
17 April
09:43
Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy17 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
17 April
17:20
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NRL
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy17 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 286 kilometres (178 mi)
18 April
00:54
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
Discoverer 39 (KH-4 9032) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging28 MaySuccessful
SRV-584 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return22 AprilSuccessful
Last spacecraft to receive a Discoverer designation
18 April
18:17:54
PGM-19 Jupiter Cape Canaveral LC-26A THK
THK Suborbital Missile test18 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), first Turkish spaceflight
18 April
19:32
Astrobee-200 Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric18 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 221 kilometres (137 mi)
18 April R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test18 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
19 April Nike-Zeus Point Mugu US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test19 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
20 April R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test20 AprilLaunch failure
23 April
20:50
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
Ranger 4 NASA Heliocentric Lunar impactor26 April
12:49:53
Spacecraft failure
Spacecraft timer malfunction, landed on wrong side of Moon, no data returned from impact
23 April R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test23 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
24 April
17:00:00
MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test24 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
25 April
01:59:45
LGM-30A Minuteman IA Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test25 AprilLaunch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
25 April
14:00:34
Saturn C-1 (Saturn I) Cape Canaveral LC-34 NASA
SA-2 NASA Suborbital Test flight+122.56 secondsSuccessful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi), destroyed after test completion to release water ballast as part of Project Highwater
25 April
16:50:26
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Sam Houston, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test25 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 April
04:00
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 3 (2MS #1) Low Earth Technology
Cosmic rays
Radiation
17 OctoberSuccessful
26 April
10:02
Vostok-K Baikonur Site 1/5
Kosmos 4 (Zenit-2 #2) Low Earth Optical imagery29 AprilPartial spacecraft failure
Orientation system malfunctioned
26 April
16:00
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA/RRL
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric26 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi)
26 April
18:00:16
Thor DM-19 Delta Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
Ariel 1 (UK-1/S-51) SERC Low Earth Ionospheric24 April 1976Successful
First British satellite
26 April
18:58:08
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Point Arguello LC-1-1 US Air Force
FTV-2401 (Samos 7/E-6 #1/AFP-201 PVP-851) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery27 AprilSuccessful
26 April Scout X-2 Point Arguello LC-D US Air Force
Solrad 4B (GRAB-4B) US Navy/NRL Intended: Low Earth Radiation
ELINT
26 AprilLaunch failure
Final flight of Scout X-2, failed to orbit
26 April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test26 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 April
17:24:45
MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
27 April
23:24
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-2 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
27 April Nike-Zeus 3 White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test27 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 April RT-1 Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test28 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
29 April
00:30:12
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
FTV-1125 (KH-4 9033) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging26 MaySuccessful
SRV-586 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnMaySpacecraft failure
SRV parachute failed to deploy
30 April
18:35
Astrobee-200 Eglin US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric30 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 255 kilometres (158 mi)
30 April Nike-Zeus 3 White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test30 AprilSuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile testAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
April Nike-Cajun White Sands US Army
US Air Force Suborbital AeronomyAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April Nike-Cajun White Sands US Army
US Air Force Suborbital AeronomyAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April Nike-Cajun White Sands US Army
US Air Force Suborbital AeronomyAprilSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

May

1 May
13:13
Black Knight 201 Woomera LA-5 RAE
UCL Suborbital REV test
Ionospheric
1 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 795 kilometres (494 mi)
2 May
22:53
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy2 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 275 kilometres (171 mi)
2 May
23:44:53
Thor DSV-2E Johnston LE-1 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test2 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
3 May
18:03
Iris Wallops Island LA-1 NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy3 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
3 May
20:00
Javelin Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric3 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 845 kilometres (525 mi)
4 May
01:41:02
UGM-27 Polaris A2 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 May
21:43
HGM-25A Titan I Vandenberg LC-395A-1
Suborbital Missile test4 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 May
05:41:00
Trailblazer-2M Wallops Island US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test6 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
6 May
23:17:49
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Ethan Allen, Pacific Ocean US Navy
FRIGATE BIRD US Navy Suborbital Nuclear test6 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
8 May
15:05
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NASA
NASA Suborbital Technology8 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi)
8 May
19:49
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-A Cape Canaveral LC-36A NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight8 MayLaunch failure
Maiden flight of Atlas-Centaur, exploded due to insulation problem, apogee: 6 kilometres (3.7 mi)
9 May
13:29:59
MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test9 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
9 May
22:08
Nike-Zeus 3 Point Mugu US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test9 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
9 May
22:15:24
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Sam Houston, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test9 MayLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
10 May
12:06
Thor DM-21 Ablestar Cape Canaveral LC-17B US Air Force
ANNA 1A US Military/NASA Intended: Low Earth Geodesy10 MayLaunch failure
Second stage failed to ignite
11 May
15:00:02
LGM-30A Minuteman IA Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 May
18:26:04
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Sam Houston, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test11 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 May
00:31:48
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test12 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
15 May
19:36
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
FTV-1126 (KH-5 9034A) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging20 JuneSuccessful
SRV-582 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return19 MaySuccessful
16 May
17:03
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA/RRL
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric16 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
17 May
02:04
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA/RRL
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric17 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi)
17 May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test17 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 May
18:01
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy18 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
18 May Centaure CERES CNES
CNET Suborbital Test flight18 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
19 May
01:59:59
LGM-30A Minuteman IA Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test19 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 May R-2A Kapustin Yar SP-2 NII-88
NII-88 Suborbital Target21 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test22 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 May
18:01:36
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test23 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 May
19:48:00
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test23 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 May
10:50
Kappa-8 Akita ISAS
RRL Suborbital Ionospheric24 MayLaunch failure
24 May
12:45:16
Atlas LV-3B Cape Canaveral LC-14 US Air Force
Mercury-Atlas 7 NASA Low Earth Microgravity
Earth observation
17:41:21Successful
Balloon Subsatellite 1 NASA Low Earth Air densitySpacecraft failure
Carried astronaut Scott Carpenter, Balloon Subsatellite failed to inflate, and subsequently failed to separate from Mercury spacecraft, resulting in the subsatellite's destruction during the Mercury spacecraft's re-entry.[1]
24 May Scout X-2M Point Arguello LC-D US Air Force
FTV-3501 (DMSP-1A F1/P-35 1/AF-1) US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Weather24 MayLaunch failure
Maiden flight of Scout X-2M, failed to orbit
24 May Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy24 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
25 May
12:43
Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric25 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 May
18:04
Nike-Zeus 3 Point Mugu US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test26 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test27 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
28 May
03:00
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 5 (2MS #2) Low Earth Technology
Radiation
2 May 1963Successful
29 May Centaure CERES CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy29 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
29 May Centaure Reggane CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy29 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
29 May Centaure Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy29 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
30 May
01:00:04
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
FTV-1128 (KH-4 9035) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging11 JuneSuccessful
SRV-585 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return2 JuneSuccessful
30 May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test30 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 May
03:01
Long Tom Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
31 May
17:08:44
Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C Point Arguello LC-A US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Communications31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 830 kilometres (520 mi)
31 May Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy31 MaySuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May MR-12 Kapustin Yar AN
AN Suborbital AeronomyMaySuccessful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)

June

1 June
09:38
Vostok-2 Baikonur Site 1/5
Zenit-2 #3 Intended: Low Earth Optical imagery1 JuneLaunch failure
Maiden flight of Vostok-2, Block B engine failed 1.8 seconds after launch, rocket fell 300 metres (980 ft) from the launch pad, damaging it
1 June R-16U Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test1 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
1 June Nike-Cajun Johnston US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy1 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 June Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy1 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 June
00:31
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
FTV-1127 (KH-5 9036) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging11 JuneSuccessful
SRV-583 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnJuneSpacecraft failure
Oscar 2 Project OSCAR Low Earth Amateur radio21 JuneSuccessful
Parachute torn from SRV during recovery resulting in loss of capsule, Oscar 2 ceased operations on 20 June
2 June
19:16:01
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 June
22:34:57
UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Thomas A. Edison, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test2 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 June
09:44:17
Thor DSV-2E Johnston LE-1 US Air Force
BLUEGILL US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test4 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
4 June
14:00
UGM-27 Polaris A2 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test4 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
4 June R-14 Usovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test4 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
4 June Véronique Reggane CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy4 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
5 June
04:06:21
MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 June
12:45
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy
Solar
5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi)
5 June Centaure CERES CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June Centaure Reggane CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June Centaure Reggane CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June Centaure Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
5 June Centaure Hammaguira Bacchus CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy5 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
6 June
03:00
Skylark-5C Woomera LA-2 RAE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi)
6 June
23:40:00
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
6 June R-14 Usovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
6 June Véronique Reggane CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy6 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 June
00:10
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA/Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
7 June
00:56
Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 162 kilometres (101 mi)
7 June
08:52
Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 34 kilometres (21 mi)
7 June
14:45
Nike-Cajun Sonmiani SUPA
SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
7 June
18:21:37
LGM-25C Titan II Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 June R-16U Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test7 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
8 June
00:53
Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
8 June
17:35:01
LGM-30A Minuteman IA Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 June R-14 Usovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test8 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
9 June R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test9 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
11 June
14:50
Nike-Cajun Sonmiani SUPA
SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy11 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
12 June
21:30
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar12 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 299 kilometres (186 mi)
14 June R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test14 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
15 June
02:00:01
MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test15 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
15 June
16:48
Nike-Apache Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric15 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
15 June Black Brant III Wallops Island CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight15 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 98 kilometres (61 mi)
15 June Black Brant III Wallops Island CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight15 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 92 kilometres (57 mi)
15 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test15 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 June
18:14:18
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Point Arguello LC-1-1 US Air Force
FTV-2402 (Samos 8/E-6 #2/AFP-201 PVP-852) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery18 JuneSpacecraft failure
Failed to separate from Agena after deorbit
18 June
20:20
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
FTV-2312 (Ferret/Samos-F2 2) US Air Force Low Earth ELINT30 October 1963Successful
19 June
00:30
PGM-17 Thor DM-18A Vandenberg LE-8 Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Suborbital Missile test19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
19 June
06:59
Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
ASE Suborbital XR astronomy19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)
19 June
12:19:01
Thor DM-19 Delta Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
Tiros-5 (Tiros-E) NASA Low Earth WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
19 June Black Brant III Wallops Island CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight19 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 June Nike-Cajun Johnston US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
19 June R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test19 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
20 June
05:20
Skylark-5C Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy
Solar
20 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 227 kilometres (141 mi)
20 June
08:46:16
Thor DSV-2E Johnston LE-1 US Air Force
STARFISH US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test20 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
20 June
13:29
Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Technology20 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
21 June R-9 Desna Baikonur RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test21 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
22 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test22 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 June
00:30
Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
FTV-1129 (KH-4 9037) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging7 JulySuccessful
SRV-591 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film returnJuneSuccessful
26 June
08:38
HAD Woomera LA-2 WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy26 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
26 June
10:57:42
SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-3 Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target26 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 June
11:30
Nike-Zeus 3 Kwajalein US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test26 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
26 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test26 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 June
14:10:00
Nike-Asp Wallops Island US Navy
NRL Suborbital Ionospheric27 June
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test27 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 June Berenice CERES ONERA
ONERA Suborbital REV Test27 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
28 June
00:10:00
Nike-Asp Wallops Island US Navy
NRL Suborbital Ionospheric28 June
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 June
01:09
Thor DM-21 Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
FTV-1151 (KH-4 9038) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging14 SeptemberPartial spacecraft failure
SRV-592 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return1 JulySuccessful
Maiden flight of Thor DM-21 Agena-D, images severely affected by static
28 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test28 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
28 June Black Brant III Wallops Island CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight28 JuneLaunch failure
Apogee: 13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
29 June
05:40:00
LGM-30A Minuteman IA Cape Canaveral LC-32B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 June
14:05:58
UGM-27 Polaris A2 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 June
21:00
Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 210 kilometres (130 mi)
29 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test29 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
30 June
04:55
Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy30 JuneSuccessful
Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi)
30 June
16:00
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 6 (DS-P1 #1) Low Earth Technology
Radar target
8 SeptemberSuccessful

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