1963 in spaceflight (January–June)
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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 | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January[] | |||||||
4 January 08:48 |
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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 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 24 January | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | January | Successful | ||
Attitude control problems with spacecraft | |||||||
7 January 22:30:10 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 January | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
10 January 05:31:02 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 January | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
16 January 21:59 |
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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 | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
18 January 03:32:50 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
23 January 00:27:37 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
23 January 18:10:13 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
25 January 10:44:07 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | ABM test | 25 January | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
27 January 01:00 |
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FIAN | Suborbital | Test flight | 27 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
29 January 16:27 |
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Johns Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 January | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) | |||||||
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Suborbital | Missile test | 29 January | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
31 January 00:30:05 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
31 January 08:51:51 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | ABM test | 31 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | REV Test | January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | REV Test | January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | |||||||
February[] | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
2 February 06:56:29 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Communications | 2 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
3 February 09:29:14 |
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Intended: Highly elliptical | Lunar lander | 3 February | Launch failure | |||
Upper stage gyroscope malfunction, failed to orbit | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
6 February 17:58:24 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
7 February 15:59:59 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
11 February 15:30 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | |||||||
12 February 01:47 |
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Minnesota | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 12 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,675 kilometres (1,041 mi) | |||||||
13 February 11:55:05 |
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NRL | Suborbital | ABM test | 13 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
13 February 12:30 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | |||||||
14 February 00:30 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 14 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi) | |||||||
14 February 05:35:08 |
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NASA | Intended: Geosynchronous Achieved: Subsynchronous |
Communications | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
Contact with spacecraft lost following apogee motor firing | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 February | Launch failure | |||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
15 February 00:45:00 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
15 February 16:34 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 239 kilometres (149 mi) | |||||||
16 February 00:30 |
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US Army | Suborbital | ASAT test | 16 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi) | |||||||
16 February 21:45 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 February | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) | |||||||
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NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 16 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
18 February 14:00:02 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 February | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
18 February 17:43 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 18 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 306 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
18 February 23:14 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 February | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 25 kilometres (16 mi) | |||||||
19 February 16:33 |
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US Air Force | Low Earth | Weather | 26 December 1979 | Successful | ||
Only flight of Scout X-3M | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
20 February 23:18 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi) | |||||||
20 February 23:34 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | |||||||
20 February 23:47 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
21 February 01:00:04 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
21 February 17:56:07 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
21 February 23:16 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | |||||||
26 February 01:31:43 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 February | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
27 February 19:30:00 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 27 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi) | |||||||
28 February 09:02:48 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | ABM test | 28 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
28 February 09:30 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
28 February 21:48 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 February | Launch failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | ||||
Maiden flight of Thrust Augmented Thor-Agena, failed to orbit | |||||||
28 February 21:48 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | |||||||
28 February 22:11 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi) | |||||||
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 February | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | REV Test | February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
March[] | |||||||
1 March 01:20 |
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UCL Birmingham UCW |
Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
1 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi) | |||||||
1 March 21:00 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 1 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
5 March 01:00:01 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
6 March 22:30 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi) | |||||||
7 March 17:48:15 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 March | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
7 March 18:48:15 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
8 March 19:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 8 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi) | |||||||
9 March 00:01 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi) | |||||||
9 March 00:01 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi) | |||||||
10 March 02:42 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 March | Launch failure | |||
11 March 04:30 |
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UCL Birmingham UCW |
Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
11 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 March | Launch failure | |||
12 March 05:21 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
12 March 09:50 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
14 March 01:01:49 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Communications | 14 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
14 March 01:46:04 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | |||||||
15 March 11:38 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 March | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
16 March 02:05:40 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | |||||||
16 March 02:19 |
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NASA | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 16 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi) | |||||||
16 March 08:32:22 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target Aeronomy |
16 March | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
18 March 21:13 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 18 March | Launch failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | ||||
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US Air Force | Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
First KH-6 launch, failed to orbit | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
19 March 01:29:59 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
19 March 16:00:02 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
21 March 08:30 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 29 March | Successful | |||
21 March 11:40 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | REV Test | 21 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 405 kilometres (252 mi) | |||||||
21 March 15:22:48 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
21 March 21:10:08 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | ASAT test | 21 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi) | |||||||
22 March 01:15 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
24 March 00:29:14 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 March | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | |||||||
25 March 03:17 |
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CARDE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 27 March | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
28 March 00:15 |
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NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
28 March 01:30:00 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
28 March 07:54:59 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
28 March 09:30 |
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WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 133 kilometres (83 mi) | |||||||
28 March 19:06 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
28 March 20:06:00 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi) | |||||||
28 March 20:11:55 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 March | Launch failure | |||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
29 March 02:57 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi) | |||||||
30 March 08:45 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 30 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | REV Test | March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | REV Test | March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
April[] | |||||||
1 April 23:01 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 April | Successful | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | 5 April | Successful | ||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 1 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | |||||||
2 April 08:16:37 |
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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 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Atmospheric | 24 November 1966 | Successful | ||
3 April 16:46 |
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STAN | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 3 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 237 kilometres (147 mi) | |||||||
4 April 15:00 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 4 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi) | |||||||
4 April 19:45:45 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
5 April 03:01:43 |
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US Navy | Intended: Low Earth | Navigation | 5 April | Launch failure | ||
Replacement for , failed to orbit | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
6 April 00:44:55 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
6 April 04:03 |
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NRC | Suborbital | Auroral Aeronomy Ionospheric |
6 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi) | |||||||
6 April 07:25 |
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NRC | Suborbital | Auroral/Ionospheric/Fields | 6 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
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Intended: Low Earth | Radar target Technology |
6 April | Launch failure | |||
First stage malfunction, failed to orbit | |||||||
8 April 11:26 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 8 April | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 72 kilometres (45 mi) | |||||||
8 April 16:00:02 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
9 April 20:28 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 9 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 163 kilometres (101 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
10 April 20:33:07 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 April | Launch failure | |||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
11 April 02:08:59 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
11 April 20:30 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | |||||||
12 April 05:30 |
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CSIRO | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 12 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi) | |||||||
12 April 14:00 |
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KPNO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 April | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
12 April 19:29:21 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
13 April 11:00 |
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Low Earth | Technology | 29 August | Successful | |||
13 April | ![]() |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 13 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
17 April 09:23 |
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UCL/QUB | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 236 kilometres (147 mi) | |||||||
17 April 16:39 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
18 April 21:00:14 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 342 kilometres (213 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
19 April 20:00:11 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 April | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
20 April 10:01 |
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DFF/LPA | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
20 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi) | |||||||
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Suborbital | Technology | 20 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 426 kilometres (265 mi) | |||||||
22 April 08:30 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 27 April | Successful | |||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) | |||||||
23 April 20:48 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 23 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 199 kilometres (124 mi) | |||||||
23 April 22:07 |
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LPA | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
23 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
24 April 20:40:49 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
24 April 20:59:36 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 25 April | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
26 April 18:31:23 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
26 April 20:13 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 April | Launch failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | ||||
Attitude control sensor misalignment resulted in failure to reach orbit | |||||||
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US Air Force | Intended: Low Earth | Weather | 26 April | Launch failure | ||
Final flight of Scout X-2M, failed to orbit | |||||||
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Sud Aviation | Suborbital | Test flight | 26 April | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 58 kilometres (36 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
27 April 02:03 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | REV Test | 27 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
28 April 08:50 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 8 May | Partial spacecraft failure | |||
Attitude control system malfunctioned | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
30 April 04:00 |
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NRL | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 30 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | |||||||
May[] | |||||||
1 May 10:15 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 May | Launch failure | |||
1 May 16:59 |
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LPA/CEA | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
1 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | |||||||
2 May 15:03 |
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Seliger | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi) | |||||||
2 May 17:03 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Solar | 2 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 232 kilometres (144 mi) | |||||||
7 May 11:38:03 |
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AT&T | Medium Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Deactivated at 14:03 UTC on 16 May 1965 | |||||||
7 May 20:30 |
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DRTE | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 7 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi) | |||||||
7 May 21:11 |
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Johns Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi) | |||||||
8 May 17:23 |
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Lockheed | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
9 May 16:08:32 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 May | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
9 May 18:02 |
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CSIRO | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 9 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 203 kilometres (126 mi) | |||||||
9 May 20:06:16 |
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Air density | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Technology | 11 November 2011 | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Communications Technology |
In orbit | Successful | ||
First operational 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 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 10 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 214 kilometres (133 mi) | |||||||
10 May 17:44:04 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 May | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Solar | 10 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi) | |||||||
11 May | ![]() |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 11 May | ||||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
13 May | ![]() |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
14 May 15:45 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 14 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 14 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
15 May 13:04:13 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Biological Technology |
16 May 23:24:02 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Air density | Spacecraft failure | |||
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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 |
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi) | |||||||
16 May 04:00 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) | |||||||
16 May 14:38 |
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Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 May | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi) | |||||||
17 May 16:14:59 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
17 May 23:00:18 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Communications | 17 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
18 May 01:06 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi) | |||||||
18 May 05:14:00 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 May | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | |||||||
18 May 08:55 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi) | |||||||
18 May 10:06 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) | |||||||
18 May 22:21 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 27 May | Spacecraft failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | May | Successful | ||
Film failed to feed into camera, no images returned | |||||||
18 May | ![]() |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 May | Launch failure | |||
18 May | ![]() |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
18 May | ![]() |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
18 May | ![]() |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) | |||||||
20 May 02:09 |
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TAO | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 20 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 345 kilometres (214 mi) | |||||||
20 May | ![]() |
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Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 May | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
20 May | ![]() |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | |||||||
21 May 05:30 |
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NRL | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 21 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | |||||||
21 May 18:25 |
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | |||||||
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ROSAP | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
21 May | ![]() |
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ROSAP | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
22 May 01:10 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 22 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi) | |||||||
22 May 03:00 |
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Low Earth | Technology Radiation |
24 June | Successful | |||
22 May 04:38 |
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NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 22 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | |||||||
22 May 05:10 |
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GCA/CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 22 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi) | |||||||
22 May 08:51 |
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GCA/CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 22 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi) | |||||||
23 May 05:13 |
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GCA/CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 23 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
23 May 08:46 |
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Met Office Jodrell Bank |
Suborbital | Solar Aeronomy |
23 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | ASAT test | 23 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
24 May 00:45 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi) | |||||||
24 May 09:00 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi) | |||||||
24 May 10:33 |
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 2 June | Successful | |||
24 May 17:33:05 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
25 May 00:47 |
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GCA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi) | |||||||
26 May 05:34:00 |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 May | ||||
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi) | |||||||
29 May 04:35 |
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UCL/RSRS | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
29 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi) | |||||||
29 May 04:48:14 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
29 May 16:56:24 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 May | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) | |||||||
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AGPC | Suborbital | Test flight | 29 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 131 kilometres (81 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
June[] | |||||||
1 June 02:50 |
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Intended: Low Earth | Technology Radiation |
+4 seconds | Launch failure | |||
First stage malfunctioned four seconds after launch | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 June | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
4 June 20:12:18 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
6 June 00:30 |
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AN | Suborbital | Ionospheric Plasma |
6 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
6 June 04:14:59 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
6 June 14:30 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi) | |||||||
6 June 16:16:59 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
11 June 05:06 |
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DRTE | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 11 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi) | |||||||
11 June 05:15 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Solar | 11 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 302 kilometres (188 mi) | |||||||
12 June 09:03:01 |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 12 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | |||||||
12 June 09:30 |
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US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
12 June 18:39 |
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CNRS UCL |
Suborbital | Ionospheric | 12 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | |||||||
12 June 23:58 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 12 July | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | June | Successful | ||
Some images unusable due to corona effect | |||||||
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US Air Force | Intended: Medium Earth | Missile defence | 12 June | Launch failure | ||
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US Air Force | Intended: Medium Earth | Technology | ||||
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US Air Force | Intended: Medium Earth | Technology | ||||
Failed to orbit | |||||||
12 June | ![]() |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 12 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi) | |||||||
13 June 16:30:02 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 June | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
13 June 17:05:34 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 June | Launch failure | |||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 13 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
14 June 11:58:58 |
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Low Earth | Biological Technology |
19 June 11:58:58 |
Successful | |||
Manned flight with cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky | |||||||
14 June | ![]() |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 14 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
15 June 14:29 |
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US Navy/NRL | Low Earth | Radiation | 1 August | Successful | ||
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US Navy/NRL | Low Earth | Ionospheric Technology |
18 July | Successful | ||
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Low Earth | Calibration | 5 July | Successful | |||
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US Navy/NRL | Low Earth | Radiation | 30 July | Successful | ||
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US Navy | Low Earth | ELINT | 27 July | Successful | ||
NRL Composite 3 | |||||||
16 June 01:49:52 |
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US Navy | Low Earth | Navigation | 3 August 1990 | Partial launch failure | ||
Damaged during launch, preventing operational use | |||||||
16 June 09:29:52 |
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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 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
17 June 18:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi) | |||||||
18 June 00:30 |
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AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
18 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
18 June 03:28 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi) | |||||||
18 June 04:30 |
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UCL/RSRS | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
18 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi) | |||||||
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
18 June | ![]() |
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CNRS | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 18 June | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) | |||||||
19 June 09:50:01 |
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ESSA | Low Earth | Weather | 3 June 1994 | Successful | ||
19 June 17:33 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 19 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi) | |||||||
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CNRS | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 19 June | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 38 kilometres (24 mi) | |||||||
20 June 03:00 |
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Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) | |||||||
20 June 05:20 |
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UCL | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 227 kilometres (141 mi) | |||||||
20 June 14:25 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Test flight | 20 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi) | |||||||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
21 June 15:44:03 |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 June | Launch failure | |||
24 June 19:00 |
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CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi) | |||||||
24 June 23:00 |
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CARDE | Suborbital | Test flight | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 162 kilometres (101 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
25 June 13:20 |
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KPNO | Suborbital | Aeronomy Auroral |
25 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi) | |||||||
25 June | ![]() |
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Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 25 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
26 June | ![]() |
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MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
27 June 00:37 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 July | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | June/July | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
Light leaks damaged film | |||||||
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ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | 27 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
28 June 02:34:12 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
28 June 14:30 |
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NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 28 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi) | |||||||
28 June 21:19:22 |
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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 | ![]() |
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Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
29 June 16:46 |
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AFCRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 29 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) | |||||||
29 June 23:30 |
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US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | ELINT | 26 October 1969 | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of the Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-B | |||||||
29 June | ![]() |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | |||||||
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Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 30 June | Launch failure | |||
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | |||||||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | REV Test | June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | June | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | June | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
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US Army | Suborbital | June | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) |
References[]
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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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