1962 in spaceflight (April–June)

none January 2014 January 2014 This is a list of spaceflights launched between April and June 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (January–March), 1962 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1962 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight. 2 Orbital launches 1962 yes |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| April |- 1 6 April 17:16 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 2 (1MS №1/Sputnik 12) Low Earth TechnologyCosmic raysRadiation 20 August 1963 Successful 2 9 April 15:04:48 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Point Arguello LC-1-2 USA US Air Force Samos RV recovery failed, Westford Drag deployed copper dipoles, several were tracked as having decayed in the 1970s, particularly on 7 November 1976 and 22 May 1977, whilst many are still in orbit. USA MIDAS-5 US Air Force Medium Earth Missile defence Successful USA Westford Drag Lincoln Medium Earth CommunicationsTechnology Successful 2 18 April 00:54 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 USA US Air Force Last spacecraft to receive a Discoverer designation. USA Discoverer 39 (KH-4 2/9032) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 28 May Successful USA SRV-584 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 22 April Successful 1 23 April 20:50 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Cape Canaveral LC-12 USA US Air Force Spacecraft timer malfunction, landed on wrong side of Moon, no data returned from impact. USA Ranger 4 NASA Heliocentric Lunar impactor 26 April 12:49:53 Spacecraft failure 1 24 April 04:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 3 (2MS №1/Sputnik 13) Low Earth TechnologyCosmic raysRadiation 17 October Successful 1 26 April 10:02 USSR 1955 Vostok-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Orientation system malfunctioned. USSR 1955Kosmos 4 (Zenit-2 №2/Sputnik 14) Low Earth Optical imagery 29 April Partial spacecraft failure 1 26 April 18:00:16 USA Thor DM-19 Delta USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA US Air Force First British satellite. UK Ariel 1 (UK-1/S-51) SERC Low Earth Ionospheric 24 April 1976 Successful 1 26 April 18:58:08 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Point Arguello LC-1-1 USA US Air Force USA FTV-2401 (Samos-E6 1/Samos 7 7/E-6 1/AFP-201 PVP-851) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery 27 April Successful 1 26 April USA Scout X-2 USA Point Arguello LC-D USA US Air Force Final flight of Scout X-2, failed to orbit. USA Solrad 4B (GRAB-4B) US Navy/NRL Intended: Low Earth RadiationELINT 26 April Launch failure 2 29 April 00:30:12 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 USA US Air Force SRV parachute failed to deploy. USA FTV-1125 (KH-4 3/9033) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 26 May Successful USA SRV-586 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return May Spacecraft failure |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1962 yes May |- 1 10 May 12:06 USA Thor DM-21 Ablestar USA Cape Canaveral LC-17B USA US Air Force Second stage failed to ignite. USA ANNA 1A US Military/NASA Intended: Low Earth Geodesy Launch failure 10 May 2 15 May 19:36 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 USA US Air Force USA FTV-1126 (KH-5 5/9034A) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 20 June Successful USA SRV-582 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 19 May Successful 2 24 May 12:45:16 USA Atlas LV-3B USA Cape Canaveral LC-14 USA US Air Force Carried astronaut Scott Carpenter, Balloon Subsatellite failed to inflate, and subsequently failed to separate from Mercury spacecraft, resulting in the subsatellite's destruction during the Mercury spacecraft's re-entry.https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19620004691_1962004691.pdf Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight NASA 2009-07-26 USA Mercury-Atlas 7 NASA Low Earth MicrogravityEarth observation Successful 17:41:21 2 USA Balloon Subsatellite 1 NASA Low Earth Air density Spacecraft failure inherit 1 24 May USA Scout X-2M USA Point Arguello LC-D USA US Air Force Maiden flight of Scout X-2M, failed to orbit. USA FTV-3501 (DSAP-1 F1 (DMSP-1A/P-35 1/AF-1) US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Weather 24 May Launch failure 1 28 May 03:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 5 (2MS №2) Low Earth TechnologyRadiation 2 May 1963 Successful 2 30 May 01:00:04 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 USA US Air Force USA FTV-1128 (KH-4 4/9035) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 11 June Successful USA SRV-585 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 2 June Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1962 yes June |- 1 1 June 09:38 USSR 1955 Vostok-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Maiden flight of Vostok-2, Block B engine failed 1.8 seconds after launch, rocket fell 300 m from the launch pad, damaging it. USSR 1955 Zenit-2 №3 Intended: Low Earth Optical imagery 1 June Launch failure 3 2 June 00:31 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 USA US Air Force Parachute torn from SRV during recovery resulting in loss of capsule, Oscar 2 ceased operations on 20 June. USA FTV-1127 (KH-4 5/9036) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 11 June Successful USA SRV-583 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return June Spacecraft failure USA Oscar 2 Project OSCAR Low Earth Amateur radio 21 June Successful 1 17 June 18:14:18 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Point Arguello LC-1-1 USA US Air Force Failed to separate from Agena after deorbit. USA FTV-2402 (Samos 8/E-6 #2/AFP-201 PVP-852) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery 18 June Spacecraft failure 1 18 June 20:20 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 USA US Air Force USA FTV-2312 (Ferret/Samos-F2 2) US Air Force Low Earth ELINT 30 October 1963 Successful 1 19 June 12:19:01 USA Thor DM-19 Delta USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA US Air Force USA TIROS-5 (Tiros-E) NASA Low Earth Weather Successful 2 23 June 00:30 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 USA US Air Force USA FTV-1129 (KH-4 6/9037) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 7 July Successful USA SRV-591 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return June Successful 2 28 June 01:09 USAThor DM-21 Agena-D USAVandenberg LC-75-1-1 USAUS Air Force Maiden flight of Thor DM-21 Agena-D, images severely affected by static. USAFTV-1151 (KH-4 7/9038) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 14 September Partial spacecraft failure USASRV-592 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 1 July Successful 1 30 June 16:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 6 (DS-P1 №1/Sputnik 16) Low Earth TechnologyRadar target 8 September Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1962 yes |- |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| For flights after 30 June, see 1962 in spaceflight (July-September) |} Suborbital launches 1962 yes |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| April |- 1 3 April 04:57 USATrailblazer 1 USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 260 km NASA Suborbital REV Test 3 April Successful 1 4 April 19:45:45 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 4 April Successful 1 5 April 15:47 UKSkylark-2 AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 238 km UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 5 April Successful 1 5 April USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 150 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 5 April Successful 1 6 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 6 April Successful 1 8 April USSR 1955R-5A Pobeda USSR 1955Chelkar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 500 km RVSN Suborbital Target 8 April Successful 1 9 April 21:07:40 USASM-65F Atlas USACape Canaveral LC-11 USAUS Air Force US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 9 April Launch failure 1 10 April 18:20 UKSkylark-2 AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 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 USSR 1955R-5A Pobeda USSR 1955Chelkar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 500 km RVSN Suborbital Target 11 April Successful 1 11 April USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 April Launch failure 1 12 April 01:57:26 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576B-2 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1800 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 12 April Successful 1 12 April 16:00:25 USARM-89 Blue Scout I USACape Canaveral LC-18B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 30 km AFCRL Suborbital REV Test 12 April Launch failure 1 12 April USSR 1955R-5A Pobeda USSR 1955Chelkar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 500 km RVSN Suborbital Target 12 April Successful 1 12 April USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 12 April Successful 1 13 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 13 April Successful 1 13 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 13 April Successful 1 14 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 14 April Successful 1 17 April 09:28 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 119 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 17 April Successful 1 17 April 09:43 USANike-Asp USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 201 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 17 April Successful 1 17 April 17:20 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands USANRL Apogee: 286 km NRL Suborbital Aeronomy 17 April Successful 1 18 April 18:17:54 USAPGM-19 Jupiter USACape Canaveral LC-26A TURTHK Apogee: 500 km, first Turkish spaceflight THK Suborbital Missile test 18 April Successful 1 18 April 19:32 USAAstrobee-200 USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 221 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 18 April Successful 1 18 April USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1160 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 April Successful 1 19 April USANike-Zeus USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 10 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 19 April Launch failure 1 20 April USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 20 April Launch failure 1 23 April USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1160 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 23 April Successful 1 24 April 17:00:00 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 10 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 24 April Launch failure 1 25 April 01:59:45 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 20 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 25 April Launch failure 1 25 April 14:00:34 USASaturn C-1 (Saturn I) USACape Canaveral LC-34 USANASA Apogee: 145 km, destroyed after test completion to release water ballast as part of Project Highwater USASA-2 NASA Suborbital Test flight +122.56 seconds Successful 1 25 April 16:50:26 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USASam Houston SSBN-609 6, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 25 April Successful 1 26 April 16:00 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USAJPN 1870NASA/RRL Apogee: 128 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 26 April Successful 1 26 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 April Successful 1 27 April 17:24:45 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 27 April Successful 1 27 April 23:24 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576B-2 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1800 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 27 April Successful 1 27 April USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 27 April Successful 1 28 April USSR 1955RT-1 USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 500 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 28 April Successful 1 30 April 18:35 USAAstrobee-200 USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 255 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 30 April Successful 1 30 April USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 30 April Successful 1 April USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test April Successful 1 April USANike-Cajun USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy April Successful 1 April USANike-Cajun USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy April Successful 1 April USANike-Cajun USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy April Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| May |- 1 1 May 13:13 UKBlack Knight 201 AUSWoomera LA-5 UKRAE Apogee: 795 km UCL Suborbital REV testIonospheric 1 May Successful 1 2 May 22:53 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 275 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 2 May Successful 1 2 May 23:44:53 USAThor DSV-2E USAJohnston LE-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 2 May Successful 1 3 May 18:03 USAIris USAWallops Island LA-1 USANASA Apogee: 113 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 3 May Successful 1 3 May 20:00 USAJavelin USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 845 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 3 May Successful 1 4 May 01:41:02 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USACape Canaveral LC-25A USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 May Successful 1 4 May 21:43 USAHGM-25A Titan I USAVandenberg LC-395A-1 Apogee: 1000 km Suborbital Missile test 4 May Successful 1 6 May 05:41:00 USATrailblazer-2M USAWallops Island USAUS Air Force Apogee: 280 km US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 6 May Successful 1 6 May 23:17:49 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAEthan Allen SSBN-608 6, Pacific Ocean USAUS Navy Apogee: 500 km USAFRIGATE BIRD US Navy Suborbital Nuclear test 6 May Successful 1 8 May 15:05 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANASA Apogee: 196 km NASA Suborbital Technology 8 May Successful 1 8 May 19:49 USAAtlas LV-3C Centaur-A USACape Canaveral LC-36A USANASA Maiden flight of Atlas-Centaur, exploded due to insulation problem, apogee: 6 km NASA Suborbital Test flight 8 May Launch failure 1 9 May 13:29:59 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 10 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 9 May Launch failure 1 9 May 22:08 USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 50 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 9 May Launch failure 1 9 May 22:15:24 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Sam Houston, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 10 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 9 May Launch failure 1 11 May 15:00:02 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 11 May Successful 1 11 May 18:26:04 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Sam Houston, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 11 May Successful 1 12 May 00:31:48 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576B-3 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1800 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 12 May Successful 1 16 May 17:03 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USAJPN 1870NASA/RRL Apogee: 121 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 16 May Successful 1 17 May 02:04 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USAJPN 1870NASA/RRL Apogee: 127 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 17 May Successful 1 17 May USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 May Successful 1 18 May 18:01 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 135 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 May Successful 1 18 May FRACentaure FRACERES FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNET Suborbital Test flight 18 May Successful 1 19 May 01:59:59 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 May Successful 1 21 May GDRUSSR 1955R-2A USSR 1955Kapustin Yar SP-2 USSR 1955NII-88 Apogee: 100 km NII-88 Suborbital Target 21 May Successful 1 22 May USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 22 May Successful 1 23 May 18:01:36 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAThomas A. Edison SSBN-610 6, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 May Successful 1 23 May 19:48:00 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 May Successful 1 24 May 10:50 JPN 1870Kappa-8 JPN 1870Akita JPN 1870ISAS RRL Suborbital Ionospheric 24 May Launch failure 1 24 May FRAVéronique FRAHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 168 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 24 May Successful 1 25 May 12:43 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 200 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 25 May Successful 1 26 May 18:04 USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 26 May Successful 1 27 May USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 27 May Successful 1 29 May FRACentaure FRACERES FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 29 May Successful 1 29 May FRACentaure FRAReggane FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 29 May Successful 1 29 May FRACentaure FRAHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 29 May Successful 1 30 May USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 30 May Successful 1 31 May 03:01 AUSLong Tom AUSWoomera LA-2 AUSWRE Apogee: 125 km WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 31 May Successful 1 31 May 17:08:44 USABlue Scout Junior SLV-1C USAPoint Arguello LC-A USAUS Air Force Apogee: 830 km US Air Force Suborbital Communications 31 May Successful 1 31 May FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 100 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 31 May Successful 1 May USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital Aeronomy May Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| June |- 1 1 June USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 1 June Successful 1 1 June USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 1 June Successful 1 1 June FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 100 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 1 June Successful 1 2 June 19:16:01 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 2 June Successful 1 2 June 22:34:57 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Thomas A. Edison, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 2 June Successful 1 4 June 09:44:17 USAThor DSV-2E USAJohnston LE-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km USABLUEGILL US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test 4 June Successful 1 4 June 14:00 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USACape Canaveral LC-25A USAUS Navy Apogee: 10 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 June Launch failure 1 4 June USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful 1 4 June FRAVéronique FRAReggane FRACNES Apogee: 100 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 4 June Launch failure 1 5 June 04:06:21 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 5 June Successful 1 5 June 12:45 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 216 km US Air Force Suborbital AeronomySolar 5 June Successful 1 5 June FRACentaure FRACERES FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 June Successful 1 5 June FRACentaure FRAReggane FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 June Successful 1 5 June FRACentaure FRAReggane FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 June Successful 1 5 June FRACentaure FRAHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 June Successful 1 5 June FRACentaure FRAHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 June Successful 1 6 June 03:00 UKSkylark-5C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 240 km RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 6 June Successful 1 6 June 23:40:00 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 125 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 6 June Successful 1 6 June USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 6 June Successful 1 6 June FRAVéronique FRAReggane FRACNES Apogee: 100 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 6 June Successful 1 7 June 00:10 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 120 km NASA/Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 7 June Successful 1 7 June 00:56 USANike-Asp USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 162 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 June Successful 1 7 June 08:52 USANike-Asp USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 34 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 June Launch failure 1 7 June 14:45 USANike-Cajun PAKSonmiani PAKSUPA Apogee: 126 km SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 June Successful 1 7 June 18:21:37 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-15 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 7 June Successful 1 7 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 7 June Successful 1 7 June USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 7 June Successful 1 8 June 00:53 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 117 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 8 June Successful 1 8 June 17:35:01 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 8 June Successful 1 8 June USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 8 June Successful 1 9 June USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1160 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 9 June Successful 1 11 June 14:50 USANike-Cajun PAKSonmiani PAKSUPA Apogee: 116 km SUPA Suborbital Aeronomy 11 June Successful 1 12 June 21:30 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 299 km US Air Force Suborbital Solar 12 June Successful 1 14 June USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1160 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 14 June Successful 1 15 June 02:00:01 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 40 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 15 June Launch failure 1 15 June 16:48 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 143 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 15 June Successful 1 15 June CAN 1957Black Brant III USAWallops Island CAN 1957CARDE Apogee: 98 km CARDE Suborbital Test flight 15 June Launch failure 1 15 June CAN 1957Black Brant III USAWallops Island CAN 1957CARDE Apogee: 92 km CARDE Suborbital Test flight 15 June Launch failure 1 15 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 15 June Successful 1 19 June 00:30 USAPGM-17 Thor DM-18A USAVandenberg LE-8 UKRoyal Air Force Apogee: 520 km Royal Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 June Successful 1 19 June 06:59 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 224 km;http://www.astronautix.com/a/aerobee.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160820134110/http://www.astronautix.com/a/aerobee.html dead 20 August 2016 Aerobee Wade Mark 7 February 2021 first detection of X-rays emitted from outside the solar systemhttps://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.9.439 Physical Review Letters 9 11 EVIDENCE FOR X RAYS FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM Riccardo Giacconi Herbert Gursky Frank R. Paolini Bruno B. Rossi 1 December 1962 439–443 10.1103/PhysRevLett.9.439 7 February 2021https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19660025496/downloads/19660025496.pdf 1966 Significant Achievements in Space Astronomy 1958–1964 NASA 988751617 ASE Suborbital XR astronomy 19 June Successful 1 19 June CAN 1957Black Brant III USAWallops Island CAN 1957CARDE Apogee: 100 km CARDE Suborbital Test flight 19 June Launch failure 1 19 June USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 19 June Successful 1 19 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 19 June Successful 1 19 June USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1160 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 19 June Successful 1 20 June 05:20 UKSkylark-5C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 227 km UCL Suborbital AeronomySolar 20 June Successful 1 20 June 08:46:16 USAThor DSV-2E USAJohnston LE-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 10 km USASTARFISH US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test 20 June Launch failure 1 20 June 13:29 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 158 km NASA Suborbital Technology 20 June Successful 1 21 June USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1160 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 21 June Successful 1 22 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 22 June Successful 1 26 June 08:38 USAHAD AUSWoomera LA-2 AUSWRE Apogee: 116 km WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 26 June Successful 1 26 June 10:57:42 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576B-3 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 1800 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 26 June Successful 1 26 June 11:30 USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 10 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 26 June Launch failure 1 26 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 June Successful 1 27 June 14:10:00 USANike-Asp USAWallops Island USAUS Navy Apogee: 200 km NRL Suborbital Ionospheric 27 June 1 27 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 27 June Successful 1 27 June FRABerenice FRACERES FRAONERA Apogee: 270 km ONERA Suborbital REV Test 27 June Successful 1 28 June 00:10:00 USANike-Asp USAWallops Island USAUS Navy Apogee: 200 km NRL Suborbital Ionospheric 28 June 1 28 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 28 June Successful 1 28 June CAN 1957Black Brant III USAWallops Island CAN 1957CARDE Apogee: 13 km CARDE Suborbital Test flight 28 June Launch failure 1 29 June 05:40:00 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful 1 29 June 14:05:58 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USACape Canaveral LC-25A USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful 1 29 June 21:00 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 210 km Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 29 June Successful 1 29 June USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful 1 30 June 04:55 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 208 km Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 30 June Successful |} 1962 yes References External links 1962 on Spaceflight Category:1962 in spaceflight Category:Spaceflight by year Spaceflight