1962 in spaceflight (October–December)

none January 2014 May 2020 September 2011 August 2022 This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (January–March), 1962 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1962 in spaceflight (July–September). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight. 2 Orbital launches 1962 yes |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| October |- 1 2 October 22:11:30 USA Delta A D013 USA Cape Canaveral LC-17B USA US Air Force Maiden flight of Delta A. USA Explorer 14 (EPE-B/S-3A) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric Successful 1 3 October 12:15:11 USA Atlas LV-3B USA Cape Canaveral LC-14 USA US Air Force Carried astronaut Wally Schirra. USA Mercury-Atlas 8 NASA Low Earth Test flight Successful 21:28:22 2 9 October 18:35 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 USA US Air Force Shutter malfunction, half of the film aboard the spacecraft was not used. USA FTV-1134 (KH-5 7/9046) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 16 November Partial spacecraft failure USA SRV-603 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 13 October Successful 1 17 October 09:00:00 USSR 1955 Vostok-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 10 (Zenit-2 №6) Low Earth Optical imagery 21 October Successful 1 18 October 16:59 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Cape Canaveral LC-12 USA US Air Force Power system malfunction, missed Moon by 725 km. USA Ranger 5 NASA Heliocentric Lunar impactor Spacecraft failure 1 20 October 04:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 11 (DS-A1 №1) Low Earth Technology 18 May 1964 Successful 1 24 October 17:55:04 USSR 1955 Molniya USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 RVSN Upper stage engine exploded 16 seconds after ignition due to lubricant leak jamming turbopump gearbox. USSR 1955 Mars-2MV-4 №1 (Sputnik 22) RVSN Intended: HeliocentricAchieved: Low Earth Mars flyby 29 October Launch failure 1 25 October USSR 1955 Kosmos 63S1 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 USSR 1955 Failed to orbit USSR 1955 1MS №2 Intended: Low Earth TechnologyRadiation 25 October Launch failure 1 26 October 16:14 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 USA US Air Force USA STARAD US Air Force Medium Earth Radiation 5 October 1967 Successful 1 27 October 23:15:01 USA Delta A D014 USA Cape Canaveral LC-17B USA US Air Force Final flight of Delta A. USA Explorer 15 (EPE-C/S-3B) NASA Medium Earth Radiation Successful 1 31 October 08:08 USA Thor DM-21 Ablestar USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA US Air Force Final flight of Thor DM-21 Ablestar. USA ANNA 1B US Military/NASA Low Earth Geodesy Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1962 yes November |- 1 1 November 16:14:16 USSR 1955 Molniya USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 RVSN Communications system failed on 21 March 1963, prior to flyby. USSR 1955 Mars 1 (2MV-4 №2/Sputnik 23) RVSN Heliocentric Mars flyby Spacecraft failure 1 4 November 15:35:15 USSR 1955 Molniya USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 RVSN Fuse shaken loose by vibrations, causing upper stage to fail to restart. USSR 1955 Mars 2MV-3 №1 (Sputnik 24) RVSN Intended: HeliocentricAchieved: Low Earth Mars flyby 5 November Launch failure 2 5 November 22:04 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 USA US Air Force Camera door malfunction, 15 per cent of film unusable. USA FTV-1136 (KH-4 14/9047) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 3 December Partial spacecraft failure USA SRV-599 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 10 November Successful 2 11 November 20:17:02 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Point Arguello LC-1-1 USA US Air Force TRS failed to separate from FTV-2405, recovery of FTV failed. USA Samos-E6 5 (Samos-11/FTV-2405/AFP-201 PVP-855) US Air Force Low Earth Optical imagery 12 November 2 Spacecraft failure USA ERS-1 US Air Force Low Earth Technology inherit Spacecraft failure 2 24 November 22:01 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-B USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 USA US Air Force Some film damaged by exposure through base of satellite. USA FTV-1135 (KH-4 15/9048) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 13 December Partial spacecraft failure USA SRV-601 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return November Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1962 yes December |- 2 4 December 21:30 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 USA US Air Force Parachute tore during SRV. recovery USA FTV-1155 (KH-4 15/9049) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 8 December Successful USA SRV-606 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return December Spacecraft failure 5 13 December 04:07 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 USA US Air Force USA Poppy 1A (NRL PL120) NRO Medium Earth ELINT 9 February 1967 Successful USA Poppy 1B (NRL PL121) NRO Medium Earth 1 July 1963 Successful USA Injun 3 Iowa Medium Earth Ionospheric 25 August 1968 Successful USA SURCAL 2 NRL Medium Earth Calibration 18 January 1966 Successful USA Calsphere 1 NRL Medium Earth Calibration 5 February 1967 Successful 1 13 December 23:30:01 USA Delta B D015 USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA US Air Force Maiden flight of Delta B. USA Relay 1 (A-15) NASA Medium Earth CommunicationsTechnology Successful 2 14 December 21:26 USA Thor DM-21 Agena-D USA Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 USA US Air Force USA FTV-1156 (KH-4 17/9050) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 8 January 1963 Successful USA SRV-606 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 18/19 December Successful 1 16 December 14:33:04 USA Scout X-3 USA Wallops Island LA-3 USA NASA Maiden flight of Scout X-3. USA Explorer 16 (S-55b) NASA Low Earth TechnologyMicrometeoroid Successful 3 17 December 20:36:33 USA Atlas LV-3A Agena-B USA Point Arguello LC-1-2 USA US Air Force Failed to orbit. USA MIDAS-6 US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Missile defence Launch failure 17 December 3 3 USA ERS-3 US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Technology inherit inherit USA ERS-4 US Air Force Intended: Medium Earth Technology inherit inherit 1 19 December 01:25:45 USA Scout X-3 USA Point Arguello LC-D USA US Air Force Power system failed within a day of operations. USA Transit 5A-1 US Navy Low Earth TechnologyNavigation 25 September 1968 Spacecraft failure 1 22 December 09:32 USSR 1955 Vostok-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 12 (Zenit-2 №7) Low Earth Optical imagery 30 December Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1962 yes |- |} Suborbital launches 1962 yes |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| October |- 1 2 October 11:46:25 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576B-2 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 500 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 2 October Launch failure 1 5 October USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 5 October Successful 1 5 October USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 60/8 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 5 October Successful 1 6 October 15:30 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-29A USAUS Navy Apogee: 10 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 October Launch failure 1 6 October USAHGM-25A Titan I USAVandenberg LC-395A-1 Apogee: 1000 km Suborbital Missile test 6 October Successful 1 7 October USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 7 October Successful 1 11 October 00:30 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 11 October Successful 1 11 October USAHonest John-Nike USABarking Sands USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 11 October 1 11 October USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 October Successful 1 11 October USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 October Successful 1 12 October 16:24:03 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-16 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 12 October Successful 1 13 October 06:59 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 317 km ASE Suborbital XR astronomy 13 October Successful 1 14 October USAUGM-27 Polaris A1 USAUSNS Observation Island, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 500 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 14 October Successful 1 14 October USAUGM-27 Polaris A1 USAUSNS Observation Island, ETR USAUS Navy Apogee: 10 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 14 October Launch failure 1 15 October 08:39 FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 120 km, first launch from Algeria following independence from France CERMA Suborbital Biological research 15 October Successful 1 15 October 16:17 UKSkylark-2 AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 154 km CambridgeUCL Suborbital Ionospheric 15 October Successful 1 16 October 09:14:38 USAThor DSV-2E USAJohnston LE-2 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 10 km USABluegill Double Prime US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test 16 October Launch failure 1 16 October 15:06 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 166 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 16 October Successful 1 16 October USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 60/8 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 16 October Successful 1 17 October 15:52 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USAUS Air Force Apogee: 141 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 17 October Successful 1 17 October USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 17 October Successful 1 18 October 00:51:54 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-31B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 18 October Launch failure 1 18 October 01:00 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 86 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 October Launch failure 1 18 October 08:31 FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 110 km CERMA Suborbital Biological research 18 October Successful 1 18 October USSR 1955R-5B Pobeda USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955AN Apogee: 508 km AN Suborbital Ionospheric 18 October Successful 1 19 October 18:15 USASM-65F Atlas USACape Canaveral LC-11 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1400 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 October Successful 1 19 October FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 135 km LRBA Suborbital Test flight 19 October Successful 1 20 October 08:30 USACastor-Recruit USAJohnston USAAEC Apogee: 147 km USACHECKMATE AEC Suborbital Nuclear test 20 October Successful 1 20 October 08:31 USAFRAStrypi-Antares USAJohnston USADASA Apogee: 300 km US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 20 October Successful 1 20 October 08:32 USAFRAStrypi-Antares USAJohnston USADASA Apogee: 300 km US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 20 October Successful 1 20 October 09:00 USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 20 October Successful 1 21 October USAHonest John-Nike USABarking Sands USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 21 October 1 22 October USSR 1955R-5B Pobeda USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955AN Apogee: 500 km AN Suborbital Aeronomy 22 October Successful 1 22 October USSR 1955R-5M Pobeda USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 500 km USSR 1955K-3 RVSN Suborbital Nuclear test 22 October Successful 1 22 October FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 120 km LRBA Suborbital Test flight 22 October Successful 1 22 October USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 October Launch failure 1 23 October 03:44:24 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 23 October Successful 1 23 October 11:01 FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 175 km DFFLPA Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 23 October Successful 1 23 October 19:10:00 USAHonest John-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 137 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 23 October Successful 1 24 October 09:46 USAHAD AUSWoomera LA-2 AUSWRE Apogee: 133 km WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 24 October Successful 1 24 October 19:00 USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 50 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 24 October Launch failure 1 25 October 06:00 USAExos USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 669 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 25 October Successful 1 25 October 06:30 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 137 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 25 October Successful 1 23 October 11:19 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 23 October Successful 1 23 October 11:19 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 23 October Successful 1 25 October 23:28 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 213 km US Air Force Suborbital Solar 25 October Successful 1 25 October USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 25 October Successful 1 26 October 09:44:05 USAThor DSV-2E USAJohnston LE-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km USABLUEGILL TRIPLE PRIME US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test 26 October Successful 1 26 October 09:58 USAHonest John-Nike USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 26 October Successful 1 26 October 10:05 USAHonest John-Nike USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 26 October Successful 1 26 October 10:11 USAHonest John-Nike USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 26 October Successful 1 26 October 10:15 USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 26 October Successful 1 26 October 10:22 USAHonest John-Nike USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 26 October Successful 1 26 October 10:59:25 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576A-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1800 km AFCRL Suborbital Target 26 October Successful 1 26 October 17:05:34 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-15 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 26 October Successful 1 26 October USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 26 October Successful 1 26 October USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 26 October Successful 1 26 October USAJavelin USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 26 October Successful 1 27 October USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 27 October Successful 1 28 October USSR 1955R-5M Pobeda USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 500 km USSR 1955K-4 RVSN Suborbital Nuclear test 28 October Successful 1 28 October USSR 1955R-9 Desna USSR 1955Baikonur Site 51 USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 28 October Launch failure 1 29 October 23:21 FRAVéronique ALGHammaguira Blandine FRACNES Apogee: 180 km LPA Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 29 October Successful 1 29 October USAHonest John-Nike USABarking Sands USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 29 October 1 30 October 01:50 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 188 km Wisconsin Suborbital UV Astronomy 30 October Successful 1 31 October 23:33 USAHonest John-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 31 October Launch failure 1 31 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 31 October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955MR-12 USSR 1955Sary Shagan USSR 1955AN Apogee: 150 km AN Suborbital October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test October Successful 1 October USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test October Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| November |- 1 1 November 11:25 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 1 November Successful 1 1 November 11:54:48 USAThor DSV-2E USAJohnston LE-2 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km USAKINGFISH US Air Force Suborbital Nuclear test 1 November Successful 1 1 November 12:16 USAHonest John-Nike USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 1 November Successful 1 1 November 12:20 USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 1 November Successful 1 1 November 12:24 USAHonest John-Nike USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 1 November Successful 1 1 November 12:40 USAHonest John-Nike USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 1 November Successful 1 2 November 04:25:00 USAHonest John-Nike-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 170 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 2 November Successful 1 2 November 07:34 USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 2 November Launch failure 1 2 November 11:25 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 10 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 2 November Launch failure 1 3 November USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 3 November Successful 1 3 November USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 3 November Successful 1 4 November USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 4 November Successful 1 4 November USANike-Cajun USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 4 November Successful 1 5 November 15:29:59 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-29A USAUS Navy Apogee: 10 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 5 November Launch failure 1 6 November 19:45 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 308 km US Air Force Suborbital Solar 6 November Successful 1 7 November 10:25 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 132 km GCA Suborbital Ionospheric 7 November Successful 1 7 November 10:53 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 165 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 November Successful 1 7 November 19:43 USASM-65F Atlas USACape Canaveral LC-11 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1400 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 7 November Successful 1 8 November USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 8 November Successful 1 9 November 03:12 USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 9 November Successful 1 11 November 01:03 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 260 km AFCRL Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 11 November Successful 1 13 November 10:10 UKSkylark-7C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 206 km UCL Suborbital AeronomySolarMeteorite research 13 November Successful 1 13 November 22:30 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 253 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 13 November Successful 1 14 November 22:36:02 USASM-65F Atlas USAVandenberg OSTF-2 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 14 November Launch failure 1 16 November 00:52:22 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 16 November Successful 1 16 November 01:26 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 234 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 16 November Successful 1 16 November 04:22 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 29 km CSIRO Suborbital Ionospheric 16 November Launch failure 1 16 November 05:59 USANike-Cajun CAN 1957Churchill USANASA Apogee: 16 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 November Launch failure 1 16 November 17:45:02 USASaturn C-1 (Saturn I) USACape Canaveral LC-34 USANASA Apogee: 167 km, destroyed after test completion to release water ballast as part of Project Highwater USASA-3 (Apollo) NASA Suborbital Test flight +293 seconds Successful 1 17 November 17:06:17 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-29A USAUS Navy Apogee: 50 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 17 November Launch failure 1 18 November 04:57 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 206 km NASA Suborbital Technology 18 November Successful 1 19 November 17:00:11 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-31B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 November Successful 1 19 November USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 19 November Successful 1 20 November 21:41:30 USAAerobee-300A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 345 km MichiganNASA Suborbital Aeronomy 20 November Successful 1 21 November 18:20:35 USABlue Scout Junior SLV-1C USAPoint Arguello LC-A USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1000 km Strategic Air Command Suborbital Communications 21 November Successful 1 21 November LBNCeadar-3Cedre 3 http://www.astronautix.com/c/cedre3.html dead 23 March 2021 astronautix https://web.archive.org/web/20161228020649/http://astronautix.com/c/cedre3.html 28 December 2016 LBNDbayeh LBNLebanese space program First Lebanese spaceflight Lebanese space program Suborbital 21 November Successful 1 22 November 01:11 UKSkylark-7 AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 114 km RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 22 November Successful 1 22 November USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 November Successful 1 24 November USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 24 November Successful 1 24 November USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 November Successful 1 25 November 02:01 JPN 1870Kappa-9M JPN 1870Kagoshima JPN 1870ISAS Apogee: 58 km ISAS Suborbital Ionospheric 25 November Launch failure 1 25 November USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 November Launch failure 1 26 November FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 26 November Successful 1 27 November 10:17 USAHAD AUSWoomera LA-2 AUSWRE Apogee: 113 km WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 27 November Successful 1 27 November 18:00 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USANASA Apogee: 203 km HCO Suborbital Solar 27 November Successful 1 27 November USAJavelin USAJohnston USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 27 November Successful 1 27 November FRACentaure ARGCELPA FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 27 November Successful 1 28 November 00:00 USAHonest John-Nike-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 121 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 28 November Successful 1 28 November 02:12:08 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 28 November Successful 1 28 November 10:17 UKSkylark-7C AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 230 km UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 28 November Successful 1 28 November 17:36 FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 160 km CNRSUCL Suborbital Ionospheric 28 November Successful 1 28 November 23:25 USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 28 November Successful 1 29 November 16:33 UKBlack Knight 301 AUSWoomera LA-5 UKRAE Apogee: 576 km RAE Suborbital REV test 29 November Successful 1 29 November USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 November Successful 1 29 November USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 29 November Successful 1 30 November 10:57 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 122 km GCA Suborbital Ionospheric 30 November Successful 1 30 November 11:15 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 170 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 30 November Successful 1 30 November 17:36 FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 170 km CNRSUCL Suborbital Ionospheric 30 November Successful 1 30 November USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 30 November Successful 1 30 November USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 30 November Successful 1 30 November USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 30 November Successful 1 30 November FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 30 November Successful 1 30 November FRACentaure ARGCELPA FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 30 November Successful 1 30 November FRACentaure FRACERES FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 30 November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test November Successful 1 November FRABerenice FRACERES FRAONERA Apogee: 270 km ONERA Suborbital REV Test November Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| December |- 1 1 December 18:06 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 169 km NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 1 December Successful 1 1 December 20:34:00 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 131 km Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 1 December Successful 1 1 December 21:25 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 126 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 1 December Successful 1 1 December 21:34 USANike-Cajun CAN 1957Churchill USANASA Apogee: 108 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 1 December Successful 1 1 December 23:20 USANike-Apache USAEglin USANASA Apogee: 222 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 1 December Successful 1 1 December FRACentaure ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 1 December Launch failure 1 3 December 23:20 USANike-Apache USAEglin USANASAAFCRL Apogee: 222 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 3 December Successful 1 4 December 00:01 USAHonest John-Nike-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 140 km AFCRL Suborbital AeronomyIonospheric 4 December Successful 1 4 December 03:45 USANike-Apache USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 135 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 4 December Successful 1 4 December 04:45 USAHonest John-Nike-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 115 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 4 December Successful 1 4 December 07:06 USANike-Cajun CAN 1957Churchill USANASA Apogee: 114 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 4 December Successful 1 4 December 07:56 UKSkylark-5 AUSWoomera LA-2 UKRAE Apogee: 105 km UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 4 December Successful 1 4 December 10:28 USAHAD AUSWoomera LA-2 AUSWRE Apogee: 113 km WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 4 December Successful 1 4 December FRACentaure ALGHammaguira FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 4 December Successful 1 5 December 01:51 USAHonest John-Nike-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 150 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 5 December Successful 1 5 December 21:25 USASM-65F Atlas USACape Canaveral LC-11 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1400 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 5 December Successful 1 5 December FRADragon ALGHammaguira Bacchus FRACNES Apogee: 80 km DMA Suborbital Test flight 5 December Launch failure 1 5 December USAHGM-25A Titan I USAVandenberg LC-395A-1 Apogee: 1000 km Suborbital Missile test 5 December Successful 1 6 December 00:00 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 128 km GCA Suborbital Ionospheric 6 December Successful 1 6 December 00:16 USANike-Apache USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 100 km GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 6 December Successful 1 6 December 05:32 USANike-Cajun USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 119 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 6 December Successful 1 6 December 05:43 USANike-Cajun CAN 1957Churchill USANASA Apogee: 122 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 6 December Successful 1 6 December 14:19:04 USAUGM-27 Polaris A3 USACape Canaveral LC-29A USAUS Navy Apogee: 50 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 December Launch failure 1 6 December 20:31:37 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-16 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 500 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 6 December Launch failure 1 6 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 6 December Successful 1 7 December 15:00:01 USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 7 December Successful 1 7 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 7 December Successful 1 7 December USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 7 December Successful 1 7 December USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 200 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 7 December Successful 1 8 December 01:08 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 220 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 8 December Successful 1 8 December FRACentaure ARGCELPA FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 8 December Successful 1 9 December FRACentaure ARGCELPA FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 9 December Successful 1 10 December 02:55:29 USAMGM-31 Pershing I USACape Canaveral LC-30A USAUS Army Apogee: 250 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 10 December Successful 1 10 December 20:00 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USAVandenberg LC-394A-4 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 20 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 10 December Launch failure 1 11 December 01:30 USANike-Cajun USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 108 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 11 December Successful 1 11 December 03:27 USANike-Cajun NORAndøya NORNTNF Apogee: 121 km ILC Suborbital Ionospheric 11 December Successful 1 11 December 04:22 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 52 km CSIRO Suborbital Ionospheric 11 December Launch failure 1 11 December USANike-Cajun ITASalto di Quirra ITACRA Apogee: 100 km ROSAP Suborbital Aeronomy 11 December Successful 1 11 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 11 December Successful 1 12 December 11:38:03 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576A-3 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1800 km US Air Force Suborbital Target 12 December Successful 1 12 December 12:10 USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 12 December Successful 1 12 December 12:10 USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 10 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 12 December Launch failure 1 12 December 23:46 USAHonest John-Nike-Nike USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 101 km AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 12 December Successful 1 12 December USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 12 December Successful 1 12 December FRACentaure FRACERES FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 12 December Successful 1 12 December FRACentaure FRACERES FRACNES Apogee: 130 km CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 12 December Successful 1 13 December 17:23 USAAerobee-150A USAWallops Island USANASA Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 13 December Launch failure 1 13 December USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 December Successful 1 13 December USATerrier-Asp IV USAPoint Arguello LC-B USAUS Navy Apogee: 150 km NOTS Suborbital Test flight 13 December 1 14 December 20:52 USANike-Cajun NORAndøya NORNTNF Apogee: 123 km, first Norwegian spaceflight ILC Suborbital Ionospheric 14 December Successful 1 14 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 14 December Successful 1 15 December 03:00:10 USALGM-30B Minuteman IB USACape Canaveral LC-31B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 15 December Successful 1 15 December 17:30 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAEglin USAUS Air Force Apogee: 222 km AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 15 December Successful 1 17 December USANike-Zeus 3 USAWhite Sands LC-38 USAUS Army Apogee: 180 km US Army Suborbital ASAT test 17 December Successful 1 17 December USSR 1955R-16U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 41/4 USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 1210 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 17 December Successful 1 18 December 05:03 JPN 1870Kappa-8 JPN 1870Kagoshima JPN 1870ISAS Apogee: 202 km TAO Suborbital Cosmic ray research 18 December Successful 1 18 December 17:26:55 USASM-65E Atlas USAVandenberg OSTF-1 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 10 km US Air Force Suborbital ABM test 18 December Launch failure 1 18 December 19:45 USAAerobee-150 (Hi) USAWhite Sands LC-35 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 224 km US Air Force Suborbital Solar 18 December Successful 1 19 December 07:33:44 USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USACape Canaveral LC-25A USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 19 December Successful 1 19 December 20:08:28 USALGM-25C Titan II USACape Canaveral LC-15 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 December Successful 1 19 December 21:51 USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 19 December Successful 1 19 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 19 December Successful 1 19 December USABlue Scout Junior SLV-1B USAPoint Arguello LC-A USAUS Air Force Apogee: 2000 km, maiden flight of Blue Scout Junior SLV-1B, spacecraft power supply failed USAIon Engine Test A EOSWPAT Suborbital Technology 19 December Spacecraft failure 1 21 December 00:35:15 USALGM-30A Minuteman IA USACape Canaveral LC-32B USAUS Air Force Apogee: 50 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 21 December Launch failure 1 21 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 21 December Successful 1 22 December 09:29:26 USASM-65D Atlas USAVandenberg LC-576A-1 USAStrategic Air Command Apogee: 2259 km AFCRL Suborbital ABM Test 22 December Successful 1 22 December 10:00 USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 200 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 22 December Successful 1 22 December 10:00 USANike-Zeus 3 USAKwajalein USAUS Army Apogee: 10 km US Army Suborbital Missile test 22 December Launch failure 1 22 December 14:15 USAGAM-87A Skybolt USAB-52, AMR USAUS Air Force Apogee: 580 km US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 22 December 1 25 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Makat USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 25 December Successful 1 25 December USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 December Successful 1 27 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 27 December Successful 1 29 December USSR 1955R-12 Dvina USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955MVS Apogee: 402 km MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 December Successful 1 December USSR 1955R-14 Usovaya USSR 1955Kapustin Yar USSR 1955RVSN Apogee: 675 km RVSN Suborbital Missile test December Successful 1 December USANike-Apache USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Army Suborbital REV Test December Successful 1 December USANike-Apache USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Army Suborbital REV Test December Successful 1 December USANike-Apache USAWhite Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 100 km US Army Suborbital REV Test December Successful 1 4th Quarter USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, WTR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4th Quarter Successful 1 4th Quarter USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, WTR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4th Quarter Successful 1 4th Quarter USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, WTR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4th Quarter Successful 1 4th Quarter USAUGM-27 Polaris A2 USAUSS Ethan Allen, WTR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4th Quarter Successful 1 Unknown USANike-Zeus 3 USAPoint Mugu USAUS Army Apogee: 150 km US Army Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful |} 1962 yes References External links 1962 on Spaceflight Category:1962 in spaceflight Category:Spaceflight by year Spaceflight