1962 in spaceflight (January–March)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (April–June), 1962 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1962 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight.

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks

4 January	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
5 January 15:00:02	LGM-30A Minuteman IA		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 January	R-14U Chusovaya		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 January	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
13 January 16:15	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	13 January	Successful
	Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
13 January 21:41	Thor DM-21 Agena-B		Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force
	Discoverer 37 (KH-3 9030)	NRO/CIA	Intended: Low Earth	Optical imaging	13 January	Launch Failure
	SRV-571	NRO/CIA	Intended: Low Earth	Film return	13 January	Launch Failure
	Last KH-3 launch, failed to orbit
13 January	R-14 Chusovaya		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	13 January	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
13 January	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	13 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
15 January 11:07:01	Thor DSV-2D		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		US Air Force
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	15 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
16 January 18:59:59	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
16 January	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Solar	16 January	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 January	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
17 January 21:02:26	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-2		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	17 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
17 January	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	17 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
18 January	Nike-Zeus		White Sands		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	18 January	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
21 January 00:57	HGM-25A Titan I		Vandenberg LC-395A-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	21 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 January	R-14 Chusovaya		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 January	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
23 January 17:05:37	UGM-27 Polaris A2		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
23 January 17:05:37		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Launch failure
23 January 21:28:27	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
24 January 09:30	Thor DM-21 Ablestar		Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force
	LOFTI 2A	US Navy/NRL	Intended: Low Earth	Technology Ionospheric	24 January	Launch failure
	SECOR (ERGS)	US Army	Intended: Low Earth	Geodesy
	Solrad 4 (GRAB-4)	US Navy/NRL	Intended: Low Earth	Radiation ELINT
	Injun 2	Iowa	Intended: Low Earth	Ionospheric
	SURCAL 1	NRL	Intended: Low Earth	Calibration
	Failed to orbit
25 January 03:26	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 January 14:59:48	LGM-30A Minuteman IA		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 January 22:02	Nike-Zeus		Point Mugu		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 January	R-16U		Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
26 January 20:30	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B		Cape Canaveral LC-12		US Air Force
	Ranger 3 (P-34)	NASA	Heliocentric	Lunar impactor	In orbit	Launch failure
	Upper stage guidance malfunction, missed Moon by 36,874 kilometres (22,912 mi)
27 January	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	27 January	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 January	R-14 Chusovaya		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	27 January	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
29 January 20:00	Astrobee-200		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 January	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 January 23:30:56	HGM-25A Titan I		Cape Canaveral LC-19		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 January	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 January	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	30 January	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)

1 February	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	1 February	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 February 20:58	Skylark-5C		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		RAE/WRE	Suborbital	Test flight	5 February	Successful
	Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
7 February 04:38	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	7 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
7 February 11:50	Javelin		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	7 February	Successful
	Apogee: 960 kilometres (600 mi)
7 February	Nike-Zeus		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	7 February	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
8 February 12:43:45	Thor DM-19 Delta		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		US Air Force
	Tiros-4 (Tiros-D)	NASA	Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
	Last signal received on 30 June
11 February	R-14U Chusovaya		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
	Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
12 February	Nike-Zeus		Point Mugu		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	12 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
13 February 20:55	SM-65E Atlas		Cape Canaveral LC-13		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
15 February 15:35:53	LGM-30A Minuteman IA		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	15 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 February 23:04	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-2		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	16 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
17 February 19:43	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Technology	17 February	Successful
	Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
17 February	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	17 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 February	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	17 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
20 February 01:00:01	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
20 February 13:28	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 February	Successful
	Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
20 February 14:47:39	Atlas LV-3B		Cape Canaveral LC-14		US Air Force
	Mercury-Atlas 6	NASA	Low Earth	Test flight	19:43:02	Successful
	Carried astronaut John Glenn, first US manned orbital spaceflight
21 February 18:44	Thor DM-21 Agena-B		Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
	FTV-2301 (Ferret/Samos-F2 1)	US Air Force	Low Earth	ELINT	9 March	Partial launch failure
	Upper stage failed to restart, placed in lower orbit than planned
21 February 22:30	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-3		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	21 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
21 February	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	21 February	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
21 February	RAM-A		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	21 February	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 February	HGM-25A Titan I		Vandenberg LC-395A-1
			Suborbital	Missile test	23 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
24 February	R-21		Project 658 Submarine,		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 February	Successful
	Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi)
27 February 19:39	Thor DM-21 Agena-B		Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force
	Discoverer 38 (KH-4 9031)	NRO/CIA	Low Earth	Optical imaging	21 March	Partial spacecraft failure
	SRV-581	NRO/CIA	Low Earth	Film return	3 March	Successful
	First KH-4 launch, returned unfocused images

1 March 00:14:09	SM-65E Atlas		Vandenberg OSTF-1		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
1 March 05:07	Scout X-1A		Wallops Island LA-3		NASA
	P-21A	NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 214 kilometres (133 mi), only flight of Scout X-1A
1 March 17:07	Nike-Cajun		Eglin		US Air Force
		AFCRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi)
1 March 19:45:01	UGM-27 Polaris A2		Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
1 March 23:23	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
1 March 23:30	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	1 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)
2 March 00:05	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 March	Successful
	Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
2 March 10:47	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	2 March	Successful
	Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
2 March 10:54	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 March	Successful
	Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi)
2 March 11:15	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	2 March	Successful
	Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
3 March	R-16U		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	3 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
5 March 09:55	Skylark-2		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	5 March	Successful
	Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
5 March	Nike-Zeus 3		Kwajalein		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 March 12:35	Skylark-2		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 March	Successful
	Apogee: 173 kilometres (107 mi)
6 March 13:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)		White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 March	Successful
	Apogee: 323 kilometres (201 mi)
6 March	R-12 Dvina		Kapustin Yar		MVS
		MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	6 March	Successful
	Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 March 16:06:18	Thor DM-19 Delta		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		US Air Force
	OSO-1 (OSO-A)	NASA	Low Earth	Solar	8 October 1981	Successful
	Last signal received in May 1964
7 March 22:10:31	Atlas LV-3A Agena-B		Point Arguello LC-1-2		US Air Force
	Samos 6	US Air Force	Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 November	Successful
	Samos 6 RV	US Air Force	Low Earth	Optical imaging	7 June 1963	Spacecraft failure
	RV recovery failed, resulting in termination of Samos film-return programme
8 March 15:23:51	LGM-30A Minuteman IA		Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	8 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 March 00:16	Nike-Zeus 3		Point Mugu		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	9 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
13 March	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	13 March	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 March	Nike-Zeus 3		White Sands LC-38		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	13 March	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
14 March	Terrier-Asp IV		Point Arguello LC-B		US Navy
		NOTS	Suborbital	Test flight	14 March	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
15 March 23:31:50	MGM-31 Pershing I		Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
16 March 11:59	Kosmos-2I 63S1		Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
16 March 11:59	Kosmos 1 (DS-2 #1)		Low Earth	Ionospheric Technology	25 May	Successful
16 March 18:08:58	LGM-25C Titan II		Cape Canaveral LC-16		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 March	Nike-Cajun		Eglin		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 March 11:04	Skylark-2		Woomera LA-2		RAE
		UCL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 March	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
19 March 15:30	Aerobee-150A		Wallops Island		NASA
		Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 79 kilometres (49 mi)
19 March 23:28	PGM-17 Thor DM-18A		Vandenberg LE-7		Royal Air Force
		Royal Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
	Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
21 March	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
21 March		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	21 March	Launch failure
21 March	Dong Feng 2		Jiuquan LA-3		PLA
21 March		PLA	Suborbital	Missile test	21 March	Launch failure
22 March	R-9 Desna		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
23 March 01:30:02	LGM-30A Minuteman IA		Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	23 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 March 23:44	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 March	Successful
	Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi)
23 March 23:54	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA/Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 March	Successful
	Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
24 March 00:39:32	SM-65D Atlas		Vandenberg LC-576B-2		Strategic Air Command
		Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	24 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 March 19:03	NOTS-EV-2 Caleb		F4H Phantom II, Point Arguello		NOTS
		NOTS/NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 21 kilometres (13 mi)
27 March 23:48	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	27 March	Successful
	Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
28 March 00:03	Nike-Cajun		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
28 March	R-5A Pobeda		Chelkar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Target	28 March	Successful
	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
29 March 07:27	Scout X-2		Wallops Island LA-3		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research Aeronomy	29 March	Successful
	Apogee: 6,291 kilometres (3,909 mi), maiden flight of Scout X-2
29 March 09:28	HAD		Woomera LA-2		WRE
		WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 March	Successful
	Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
30 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2		Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy
30 March		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	30 March	Launch failure
March	RT-1		Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	March	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)

References

Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
"NASASpaceFlight.com".
"Spaceflight Now".
"Space Information Center". JAXA.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL.
"ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
"Launch Forecast". Space.com.
Clark, Stephen. "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now.
"U.S. Space Objects Registry".
"Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. Cosmoworld.ru (in Russian).

Generic references:

Footnotes

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.