1962 in spaceflight

none June 2026 August 2021 January 2014 1962 Thor Delta with Ariel 1 (Apr. 26, 1962).jpg The launch of Ariel 1, the first satellite not to be operated by the Soviet Union or United States 13 January 22 December 81 65 15 1 72 CAN 1957 Delta ADelta BScout X-2Scout X-2MScout X-3Thor DM-21 Agena-DVostok-2 Delta AScout X-2Thor DM-19 DeltaThor DM-21 Ablestar 5 5 Orbital and Suborbital launches 1962 in spaceflight (January–March) 1962 in spaceflight (April-June) 1962 in spaceflight (July-September) 1962 in spaceflight (October-December) Deep space rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks 28 January Ranger 3 Flyby of the Moon Failed impactor, closest approach: 36793 km2017-12-21 Ranger 3 - NASA Science https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-3/ 2026-06-11 en-US 26 April Ranger 4 Lunar impact Impacted far side, no data returned 21 October Ranger 5 Flyby of the Moon Failed impactor, closest approach: 724 km 14 December Mariner 2 Flyby of Venus Closest approach: 34773 km Orbital launch statistics By country 120 false left [ {"value":590, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 59 (72.83%)"}, {"value":220, "color":"#A52A2A", "label": "Soviet Union: 22 (27.17%)"}, ] Country Launches Successes Failures Partialfailures 22 15 7 0 59 50 8 1 World 22 59 15 50 7 8 0 1 By rocket Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas LV-3A Agena-B 13 10 3 0 Atlas LV-3B 3 3 0 0 Delta A 2 2 0 0 Only flights Delta B 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Kosmos-2I 63S1 USSR 1955 8 7 1 0 Molniya 8K78 USSR 1955 6 1 5 0 Scout X-2 1 0 1 0 Only flights Scout X-2M 2 1 1 0 Maiden flight Scout X-3 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight Thor DM-21 Ablestar 3 1 2 0 Retired Thor DM-21 Agena-B 18 16 1 1 Thor DM-21 Agena-D 8 8 0 0 Maiden flight Thor DM-19 Delta 6 6 0 0 Retired Vostok-K 8K72K USSR 1955 3 3 0 0 Vostok-2 8A92 USSR 1955 5 4 1 0 Maiden flight By orbit Orbital regime Launches Successes Failures AccidentallyAchieved Remarks Low Earth 62 55 7 5 Medium Earth 7 6 1 0 High Earth 1 1 0 0 Including Highly elliptical orbits Heliocentric 11 5 6 0 Further reading References 2 Timeline of spaceflight 1961 1963 1962 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year