1963 in spaceflight (April–June)

none January 2014 January 2014 September 2011 This is a list of spaceflights launched between March and June 1963. For launches between July and September, see 1963 in spaceflight (July-September). For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=msacpn523mpjgq0jlooh41eme4@group.calendar.google.com Worldwide Space Launches 8 August 2024 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau1963.htm Orbital Launches of 1963 8 August 2024 2 Orbital launches 1963 yes |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| April |- 2 1 April 23:01 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 USA US Air Force USA OPS 0720 (KH-4 20/9053) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging Successful 26 April USA SRV 609 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return Successful 5 April 1 2 April 08:16:37 USSR 1955 Molniya-L USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Spacecraft failed to perform course correction burn, resulting in failure to land. USSR 1955 Luna 4 Highly elliptical Lunar lander Spacecraft failure 1 3 April 02:00:02 USA Delta B D017 USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA US Air Force USA Explorer 17 (AE-A/S6) NASA Low Earth Atmospheric Successful 24 November 1966 1 5 April 23:01 USA Scout X-3 USA Vandenberg LC-D USA US Air Force USA Transit 5A-2 USN Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 6 April USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 First stage malfunction, failed to orbit. USSR 1955 DS-P1 №2 Intended: Low Earth Radar targetTechnology Launch failure 6 April 1 13 April 11:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955Kosmos 14 (Omega №1) Low Earth Technology Successful 29 August 1 22 April 08:30 USSR 1955 Vostok-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 USSR 1955Kosmos 15 (Zenit-2 №8) Low Earth Optical imaging Successful 27 April 2 26 April 20:13 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 USA US Air Force Attitude control sensor misalignment resulted in failure to reach orbit. USA OPS 1008 (KH-5 8/9055) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging Launch failure 26 April 2 2 USA SRV 605 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return inherit inherit 1 26 April USA Scout X-2M USA Point Arguello LC-D USA US Air Force Final flight of Scout X-2M, failed to orbit. USA OPS 1298 (DSAP-1 F4/P-35 4/AF-4) US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Weather Launch failure 26 April 1 28 April 08:50 USSR 1955 Vostok-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Attitude control system malfunctioned. USSR 1955Kosmos 16 (Zenit-2 №10) Low Earth Optical imaging Partial spacecraft failure 8 May |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1963 yes May |- 1 7 May 11:38:03 USA Delta B D018 USA Cape Canaveral LC-17B USA US Air Force USA Telstar 2 AT&T Medium Earth Communications 16 May 1965 14:03 Successful 5 9 May 20:06:16 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Point Arguello LC-1-2 USA US Air Force 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. USA MIDAS 7 US Air Force Medium Earth Missile defence Successful USA DASH 1 US Air Force Medium Earth Air density research Successful USA ERS-5 (TRS-2) US Air Force Medium Earth Technology Successful 11 November 2011 USA ERS-6 (TRS 3) US Air Force Medium Earth Technology Successful USA Westford-2 US Air Force Medium Earth CommunicationsTechnology Successful 3 15 May 13:04:13 USA Atlas LV-3B USA Cape Canaveral LC-14 USA US Air Force Crewed flight with astronaut Gordon Cooper, final flight of Atlas LV-3B and Mercury programme, Balloon Subsatellite failed to deploy.https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19630012071_1963012071.pdf Mercury Project Summary Including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight NASA 2009-07-26 USA Mercury-Atlas 9 NASA Low Earth BiologicalTechnology Successful 16 May 23:24:02 2 USA Balloon Subsatellite 2 NASA Low Earth Air density Spacecraft failure inherit USA Flashing Light Unit NASA Low Earth Technology Successful Unknown 2 18 May 22:21 USA Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 USA US Air Force Film failed to feed into camera, no images returned. USA OPS 0924 (KH-6 2/8002) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging Spacecraft failure 27 May USA SRV 613 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return Successful May 1 22 May 03:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 17 (DS-A1 №2) Low Earth TechnologyRadiation Successful 24 June 1 24 May 10:33 USSR 1955 Vostok-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 18 (Zenit-2 №11) Low Earth Optical imaging Successful 2 June |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1963 yes June |- 1 1 June 02:50 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 First stage malfunctioned four seconds after launch. USSR 1955DS-MT №1 Intended: Low Earth TechnologyRadiation Launch failure +4 seconds 2 12 June 23:58 USA Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 USA US Air Force Some images unusable due to corona effect. USA OPS 0954 (KH-4 21/9054) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging Partial spacecraft failure 12 July USA SRV 616 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return Successful June 3 12 June USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Point Arguello LC-1-2 USA US Air Force Failed to orbit. USA MIDAS 8 US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Missile defence Launch failure 12 June 3 3 USA TRS-7 US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Technology inherit inherit USA TRS-8 US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Technology inherit inherit 1 14 June 11:58:58 USSR 1955 Vostok-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Crewed flight with cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky. USSR 1955 Vostok 5 Low Earth BiologicalTechnology Successful 19 June 11:58:58 5 15 June 14:29 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 USA US Air Force NRL Composite 3. USA Solrad 6A US Navy/NRL Low Earth Radiation Successful 1 August USA LOFTI 2B US Navy/NRL Low Earth IonosphericTechnology Successful 18 July USA Surcal 3 Low Earth Calibration Successful 5 July USA Radose 112 US Navy/NRL Low Earth Radiation Successful 30 July USA FTV 1292 (Poppy 2) US Navy Low Earth ELINT Successful 27 July 1 16 June 01:49:52 USA Scout X-3 USA Point Arguello LC-D USA US Air Force Damaged during launch, preventing operational use. USA Transit 5A-3 US Navy Low Earth Navigation Partial launch failure 3 August 1990 1 16 June 09:29:52 USSR 1955 Vostok-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Crewed flight with cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, first woman to fly in space, final flight of Vostok programme. USSR 1955 Vostok 6 Low Earth BiologicalTechnology Successful 19 June 08:20 1 19 June 09:50:01 USA Delta B USA Cape Canaveral LC-17B USA US Air Force USA TIROS-7 (Tiros-G/A-52) ESSA Low Earth Weather Successful 3 June 1994 3 27 June 00:37 USA Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 USA US Air Force Light leaks damaged film. USA OPS 0999 (KH-4 22/9056) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging Partial spacecraft failure 26 July USA SRV 611 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return Successful June/July USAHitchhiker 2 (P-11 4201) US Air Force Low Earth ELINT Successful 1 28 June 21:19:22 USA Scout X-4 USA Wallops Island LA-3 USA NASA Maiden flight of Scout X-4, spacecraft power supply failed after 13th orbit. USA GRS (PL-19/CRL-1/AFCRL-A) US Air Force Low Earth IonosphericRadiation Spacecraft failure 14 December 1983 1 29 June 23:30 USA Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 USA US Air Force Maiden flight of the Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-B. USA OPS 1440 (Ferret/Samos-F2 4) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth ELINT Successful 26 October 1969 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1963 yes |- |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| For flights after 30 June, see 1963 in spaceflight (July–September) |} Suborbital flights collapsed 1 1 April USACentaure FRAKerguelen FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Ionospheric 1 April Successful 1 3 April 16:46 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 237 km STAN Suborbital Ionospheric 3 April Successful 1 4 April 15:00 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANRL Apogee: 205 km NRL Suborbital Solar 4 April Successful 1 4 April 19:45:45 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30 USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 4 April Successful 1 5 April 03:01:43 USAScout X-3 USAPoint Arguello LC-D USAUS Air Force Replacement for Transit 5A-1, failed to orbit USATransit 5A-2 US Navy Intended: Low Earth Navigation Launch failure 5 April 1 5 April USAHGM-25A Titan I USAVandenberg LC-395A-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1000 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 5 April Successful 1 6 April 00:44:55 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30 USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 6 April Successful 1 6 April 04:03 CAN 1957Black Brant I CAN 1957Churchill CAN 1957NRC Apogee: 144 km NRC Suborbital AuroralAeronomyIonospheric 6 April Successful 1 6 April 07:25 CAN 1957Black Brant I CAN 1957Churchill CAN 1957NRC Apogee: 140 km NRC Suborbital Auroral/Ionospheric/Fields 6 April Successful 1 8 April 11:26 USAAstrobee-1500 USAWallops Island LA-2A USANASA Apogee: 72 km NASA Suborbital Test flight 8 April Launch failure 1 8 April 16:00:02 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-29A USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 April Successful 1 9 April 20:28 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 163 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 9 April Successful 1 9 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 9 April Successful 1 10 April 20:33:07 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USAObservation Island T-AGM-23 6, ETR USAUS Navy US Navy Suborbital Missile test 10 April Launch failure 1 10 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 10 April Successful 1 11 April 02:08:59 USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USACape Canaveral LC-31B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 11 April Successful 1 11 April 20:30 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-5 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 11 April Successful 1 11 April USSR 1955R-14 Chusovaya USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 April Successful 1 12 April 05:30 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 198 km CSIRO Suborbital Ionospheric 12 April Successful 1 12 April 14:00 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAKPNO Apogee: 200 km KPNO Suborbital Aeronomy 12 April Launch failure 1 12 April 19:29:21 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30 USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 12 April Successful 1 12 April USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 12 April Successful 1 13 April USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 13 April Successful 1 13 April USAHGM-25A Titan I USAVandenberg LC-395A-3 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1000 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 13 April Successful 1 17 April 09:23 UKSkylark-7C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 236 km UCL/QUB Suborbital Aeronomy 17 April Successful 1 17 April 16:39 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30E USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 17 April Successful 1 17 April USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAEthan Allen SSBN-608 6, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 17 April Successful 1 17 April USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 17 April Successful 1 17 April USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 17 April Successful 1 17 April USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 April Successful 1 17 April USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 April Successful 1 17 April USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 April Successful 1 18 April 21:00:14 USAAerobee-300A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 342 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 April Successful 1 18 April USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 18 April Successful 1 18 April USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 18 April Successful 1 18 April USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 18 April Successful 1 18 April USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 18 April Successful 1 19 April 20:00:11 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-15 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 April Launch failure 1 20 April 10:01 FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 175 km DFF/LPA Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 20 April Successful 1 20 April USAShotput USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 426 km ITASan Marco Test 1 CRA Suborbital Technology 20 April Successful 1 22 April USSR 1955R-7A Semyorka USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1350 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 April Successful 1 23 April 20:48 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 199 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 23 April Successful 1 23 April 22:07 FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 140 km LPA Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 23 April Successful 1 23 April USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-4 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 23 April Successful 1 24 April 20:40:49 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30 USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 24 April Successful 1 24 April 20:59:36 USASM-65E Atlas USAVandenberg OSTF-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1600 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 24 April Successful 1 24 April USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 24 April Successful 1 24 April USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 24 April Successful 1 25 April USAHopi-Dart USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 1 km NASA Suborbital Test flight 25 April Launch failure 1 25 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 25 April Successful 1 26 April 18:31:23 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USAUSNS Observation Island, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 26 April Successful 1 26 April FRADragon ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 58 km Sud Aviation Suborbital Test flight 26 April Launch failure 1 26 April USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 April Successful 1 27 April 02:03 USASM-65F Atlas USACape Canaveral LC-11 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1400 km US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 27 April Successful 1 27 April USALGM-25C Titan II USAVandenberg LC-395C USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 27 April Successful 1 28 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 28 April Successful 1 30 April 04:00 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANRL Apogee: 197 km NRL Suborbital UV Astronomy 30 April Successful 1 30 April USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-2 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 30 April Successful 1 April USSR 1955R-14 Chusovaya USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test April Successful 1 1 May 10:15 USAHGM-25A Titan I USAVandenberg LC-395A-1 USAUS Air Force US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 1 May Launch failure 1 1 May 16:59 FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 160 km LPA/CEA Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 1 May Successful 1 2 May 15:03 FRGSeliger 3 FRGCuxhaven FRGDRG Apogee: 120 km BSFEGmbH Suborbital Test flight 2 May Successful 1 2 May 17:03 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 232 km US Air Force Suborbital Solar 2 May Successful 1 7 May 20:30 CAN 1957Black Brant II CAN 1957Churchill CAN 1957NRC Apogee: 139 km DRTE Suborbital Ionospheric 7 May Successful 1 7 May 21:11 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 223 km Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 7 May Successful 1 8 May 17:23 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 166 km Lockheed Suborbital Aeronomy 8 May Successful 1 8 May USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-5 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 8 May Successful 1 9 May 16:08:32 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-16 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1000 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 9 May Launch failure 1 9 May 18:02 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 203 km CSIRO Suborbital Ionospheric 9 May Successful 1 10 May 14:45 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANRL Apogee: 214 km NRL Suborbital Solar 10 May Successful 1 10 May 17:44:04 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-25A USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 10 May Successful 1 10 May USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 20 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 10 May Launch failure 1 10 May FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 135 km CNRS Suborbital Solar 10 May Successful 1 11 May USAKiva-Hopi USAPoint Arguello LC-B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 300 km US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 11 May 1 13 May USALGM-25C Titan II USAVandenberg LC-395D USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 13 May Successful 1 14 May 15:45 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANASA Apogee: 185 km NASA Suborbital Technology 14 May Successful 1 14 May FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 14 May Successful 1 15 May 18:22 FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 155 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 15 May Successful 1 16 May 04:00 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 156 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 16 May Successful 1 16 May 14:38 USANike-Cajun PAKSonmiani USANASA Apogee: 146 km SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 May Successful 1 17 May 16:14:59 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-25A USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 17 May Successful 1 17 May 23:00:18 USABlue Scout Junior SLV-1C USAPoint Arguello LC-A USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1000 km US Air Force Suborbital Communications 17 May Successful 1 18 May 01:06 USANike-Apache USAEglin USANASA Apogee: 185 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 May Successful 1 18 May 05:14:00 USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 10 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 18 May Launch failure 1 18 May 08:55 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 167 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 May Successful 1 18 May 10:06 USANike-Apache USAEglin USANASA Apogee: 187 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 May Successful 1 18 May USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 60/7 USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 May Launch failure 1 18 May USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 60/6 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 May Successful 1 18 May USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 60/8 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 May Successful 1 18 May USSR 1955R-7A Semyorka USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1350 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 May Successful 1 20 May 02:09 JPN 1870Kappa-9M JPN 1870Kagoshima JPN 1870ISAS Apogee: 345 km TAO Suborbital Ionospheric 20 May Successful 1 20 May USANike-Apache ITASalto di Quirra USANASA Apogee: 200 km ROSAP Suborbital Aeronomy 20 May Successful 1 20 May USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1160 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 20 May Successful 1 21 May 05:30 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANRL Apogee: 192 km NRL Suborbital UV Astronomy 21 May Successful 1 21 May 18:25 FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 125 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 21 May Successful 1 21 May USANike-Apache ITASalto di Quirra USANASA Apogee: 200 km ROSAP Suborbital Aeronomy 21 May Successful 1 21 May USANike-Apache ITASalto di Quirra USANASA Apogee: 200 km ROSAP Suborbital Aeronomy 21 May Successful 1 21 May FRACentaure FRAReggane FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 21 May Successful 1 21 May FRACentaure FRACERES FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 21 May Successful 1 22 May 01:10 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USANASA Apogee: 135 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 22 May Successful 1 22 May 04:38 USAScout X-3 USAWallops Island LA-3 USANASA Apogee: 145 km NASA Suborbital REV Test 22 May Successful 1 22 May 05:10 USANike-Apache CAN 1957Churchill USANASA Apogee: 186 km GCA/CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 22 May Successful 1 22 May 08:51 USANike-Apache CAN 1957Churchill USANASA Apogee: 184 km GCA/CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 22 May Successful 1 23 May 05:13 USANike-Apache CAN 1957Churchill USANASA Apogee: 200 km GCA/CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 23 May Successful 1 23 May 08:46 UKSkylark-7C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 201 km Met OfficeJodrell Bank Suborbital SolarAeronomy 23 May Successful 1 23 May USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital ASAT test 23 May Successful 1 24 May 00:45 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 205 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 24 May Successful 1 24 May 09:00 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 204 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 24 May Successful 1 24 May 17:33:05 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-15 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 24 May Successful 1 24 May USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USAVandenberg LC-394A-6 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 24 May Successful 1 24 May FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 24 May Successful 1 25 May 00:47 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 197 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 25 May Successful 1 25 May USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/15 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 May Successful 1 25 May FRACentaure ARGCELPA FRACNES Apogee: 189 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 25 May Successful 1 26 May 05:34:00 USAHonest John-Nike USABarking Sands USAUS Air Force Apogee: 103 km Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 26 May 1 29 May 04:35 UKSkylark-7C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 209 km UCL/RSRS Suborbital IonosphericSolar 29 May Successful 1 29 May 04:48:14 USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USACape Canaveral LC-31B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 May Successful 1 29 May 16:56:24 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-16 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 6 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 May Launch failure 1 29 May USANike Javelin USAEglin USAAir Force Air Proving Ground Command (AGPC) Apogee: 131 km AGPC Suborbital Test flight 29 May Successful 1 30 May FRACentaure ARGCELPA FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 30 May Successful 1 30 May FRACentaure ARGCELPA FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 30 May Successful 1 1 June USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/15 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 1 June Launch failure 1 4 June 20:12:18 USASM-65E Atlas USAVandenberg OSTF-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1600 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 4 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USARobert E. Lee SSBN-601 6, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 4 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Robert E. Lee, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 4 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Robert E. Lee, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 4 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Robert E. Lee, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 4 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Robert E. Lee, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 4 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Robert E. Lee, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 5 June USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 5 June Successful 1 6 June 00:30 USSR 1955R-5B Pobeda USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955AN Apogee: 500 km AN Suborbital IonosphericPlasma 6 June Successful 1 6 June 04:14:59 USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 6 June Successful 1 6 June 14:30 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANRL Apogee: 208 km NRL Suborbital Aeronomy 6 June Successful 1 6 June 16:16:59 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-25A USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 June Successful 1 6 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 6 June Successful 1 8 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 8 June Successful 1 8 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 8 June Successful 1 11 June 05:06 CAN 1957Black Brant II CAN 1957Churchill CAN 1957NRC Apogee: 135 km DRTE Suborbital Ionospheric 11 June Successful 1 11 June 05:15 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 302 km AFCRL Suborbital Solar 11 June Successful 1 12 June 09:03:01 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576A-3 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1800 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 12 June Successful 1 12 June 09:30 USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 12 June Successful 1 12 June 18:39 FRACentaure 1 ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 145 km CNRSUCL Suborbital Ionospheric 12 June Successful 1 12 June USATomahawk USATonopah USASandia Apogee: 105 km Sandia Suborbital Test flight 12 June Successful 1 13 June 16:30:02 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USALafayette SSBN-616 6, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 100 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 June Launch failure 1 13 June 17:05:34 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Lafayette, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 June Successful 1 13 June USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 June Launch failure 1 13 June FRACentaure 1 ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 13 June Successful 1 14 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 14 June Successful 1 14 June FRACentaure 1 ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 150 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 14 June Successful 1 17 June 16:14:02 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USAUSNS Observation Island, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 17 June Successful 1 17 June 18:00 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANASA Apogee: 182 km NASA Suborbital Test flight 17 June Successful 1 18 June 00:30 USSR 1955R-5B Pobeda USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955AN Apogee: 500 km AN Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 18 June Successful 1 18 June 03:28 USANike-Cajun USAKwajalein USAUS Navy Apogee: 177 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 June Successful 1 18 June 04:30 UKSkylark-7C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 196 km UCL/RSRS Suborbital IonosphericSolar 18 June Successful 1 18 June USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-3 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1300 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 18 June Successful 1 18 June FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 160 km CNRS Suborbital Ionospheric 18 June Launch failure 1 19 June 17:33 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 189 km NASA Suborbital Technology 19 June Successful 1 19 June FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 38 km CNRS Suborbital Ionospheric 19 June Launch failure 1 20 June 03:00 USANike-Cajun USAKwajalein USAUS Navy Apogee: 180 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 20 June Successful 1 20 June 05:20 UKSkylark-7C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 227 km UCL Suborbital IonosphericSolar 20 June Successful 1 20 June 14:25 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANASA Apogee: 195 km NRL Suborbital Test flight 20 June Successful 1 20 June USALGM-25C Titan II USAVandenberg LC-395C USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 20 June Successful 1 21 June 15:44:03 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USAUSNS Observation Island, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 21 June Successful 1 21 June USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/15 USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 21 June Launch failure 1 24 June 19:00 CAN 1957Black Brant II CAN 1957Churchill CAN 1957CARDE Apogee: 171 km CARDE Suborbital Test flight 24 June Successful 1 24 June 23:00 CAN 1957Black Brant II CAN 1957Churchill CAN 1957CARDE Apogee: 162 km CARDE Suborbital Test flight 24 June Successful 1 24 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAThomas A. Edison SSBN-610 6, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful 1 24 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful 1 24 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful 1 24 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful 1 24 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful 1 24 June USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful 1 25 June 13:20 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAKPNO Apogee: 213 km KPNO Suborbital AeronomyAuroral 25 June Successful 1 25 June USANike-Tomahawk 9A USABarking Sands USASandia Apogee: 250 km Sandia Suborbital Test flight 25 June Successful 1 26 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 June Successful 1 27 June FRABerenice FRACERES FRAONERA Apogee: 270 km ONERA Suborbital REV Test 27 June Successful 1 28 June 02:34:12 USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USACape Canaveral LC-31B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 28 June Successful 1 28 June 14:30 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANASA Apogee: 204 km NRL Suborbital Solar 28 June Successful 1 28 June USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-1 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1300 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 28 June Successful 1 28 June USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/15 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 28 June Successful 1 29 June 16:46 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 156 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 29 June Successful 1 29 June USSR 1955R-14 Chusovaya USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful 1 29 June USSR 1955R-14 Chusovaya USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful 1 30 June USATomahawk USAPoint Mugu Apogee: 10 km Sandia Suborbital Test flight 30 June Launch failure 1 30 June USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 60/7 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 June Successful 1 June USSR 1955RT-1 USSR 1955Plesetsk USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 500 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test June Successful 1 June USANike-Apache USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Army Suborbital REV Test June Successful 1 June USANike-Apache USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Army Suborbital June Successful 1 June USANike-Apache USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Army Suborbital June Successful 1 June USANike-Apache USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Army Suborbital June Successful |} References External links 1963 on Spaceflight Category:1963 in spaceflight Category:Spaceflight by year Spaceflight