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		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
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)
February
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

			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)
March
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

			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

			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

		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

			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)
April
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

		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

			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

		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

		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)
May
1 May 10:15	HGM-25A Titan I			Vandenberg LC-395A-1		US Air Force

			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

			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

		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

		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)
June
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

			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

		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

			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)

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".
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Footnotes

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

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

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