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 Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 January Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
5 January
15:00:02
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 5 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 January Soviet UnionR-14U Chusovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 January Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
13 January
16:15
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 13 January Successful
Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
13 January
21:41
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesDiscoverer 37 (KH-3 9030) NRO/CIA Intended: Low Earth Optical imaging 13 January Launch Failure
United StatesSRV-571 NRO/CIA Intended: Low Earth Film return
Last KH-3 launch, failed to orbit
13 January Soviet UnionR-14 Chusovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 January Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
13 January Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 January Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
15 January
11:07:01
United StatesThor DSV-2D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
NASA Suborbital Test flight 15 January Successful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
16 January
18:59:59
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 16 January Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
16 January United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 16 January Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 January Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 16 January Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
17 January
21:02:26
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-2 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 17 January Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
17 January Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 17 January Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
18 January United StatesNike-Zeus United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 18 January Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
21 January
00:57
United StatesHGM-25A Titan I United StatesVandenberg LC-395A-3 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 21 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 January Soviet UnionR-14 Chusovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 January Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
23 January
17:05:37
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-29A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 January Launch failure
23 January
21:28:27
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-3 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 23 January Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
24 January
09:30
United StatesThor DM-21 Ablestar United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesLOFTI 2A US Navy/NRL Intended: Low Earth Technology
Ionospheric
24 January Launch failure
United StatesSECOR (ERGS) US Army Intended: Low Earth Geodesy
United StatesSolrad 4 (GRAB-4) US Navy/NRL Intended: Low Earth Radiation
ELINT
United StatesInjun 2 Iowa Intended: Low Earth Ionospheric
United StatesSURCAL 1 NRL Intended: Low Earth Calibration
Failed to orbit
25 January
03:26
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 25 January Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
25 January
14:59:48
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 25 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 January
22:02
United StatesNike-Zeus United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 25 January Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
25 January Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 January Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
26 January
20:30
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesRanger 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 Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 27 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 January Soviet UnionR-14 Chusovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 27 January Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
29 January
20:00
United StatesAstrobee-200 United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 29 January Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 January
23:30:56
United StatesHGM-25A Titan I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-19 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 January Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 30 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
1 February United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 1 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 February
20:58
United KingdomSkylark-5C AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 5 February Successful
Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
7 February
04:38
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 7 February Launch failure
Apogee: 4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
7 February
11:50
United StatesJavelin United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 7 February Successful
Apogee: 960 kilometres (600 mi)
7 February United StatesNike-Zeus United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 7 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
8 February
12:43:45
United StatesThor DM-19 Delta United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesTiros-4 (Tiros-D) NASA Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
Last signal received on 30 June
11 February Soviet UnionR-14U Chusovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 February Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
12 February United StatesNike-Zeus United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 12 February Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
13 February
20:55
United StatesSM-65E Atlas United StatesCape Canaveral LC-13 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 13 February Successful
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
15 February
15:35:53
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 15 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 February
23:04
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-2 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 16 February Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
17 February
19:43
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Technology 17 February Successful
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
17 February Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 February Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
20 February
01:00:01
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 20 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
20 February
13:28
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 20 February Successful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
20 February
14:47:39
United StatesAtlas LV-3B United StatesCape Canaveral LC-14 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesMercury-Atlas 6 NASA Low Earth Test flight 19:43:02 Successful
Carried astronaut John Glenn, first US manned orbital spaceflight
21 February
18:44
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-5 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTV-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
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-3 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 21 February Launch failure
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
21 February Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 21 February Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
21 February United StatesRAM-A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test 21 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 February United StatesHGM-25A Titan I United StatesVandenberg LC-395A-1
Suborbital Missile test 23 February Launch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
24 February Soviet UnionR-21 Project 658 Submarine, Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 February Successful
Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi)
27 February
19:39
United StatesThor DM-21 Agena-B United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesDiscoverer 38 (KH-4 9031) NRO/CIA Low Earth Optical imaging 21 March Partial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV-581 NRO/CIA Low Earth Film return 3 March Successful
First KH-4 launch, returned unfocused images
1 March
00:14:09
United StatesSM-65E Atlas United StatesVandenberg OSTF-1 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 1 March Successful
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
1 March
05:07
United StatesScout X-1A United StatesWallops Island LA-3 United StatesNASA
United StatesP-21A NASA Suborbital REV Test 1 March Successful
Apogee: 214 kilometres (133 mi), only flight of Scout X-1A
1 March
17:07
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 1 March Successful
Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi)
1 March
19:45:01
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-29A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 1 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
1 March
23:23
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 1 March Successful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
1 March
23:30
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 1 March Launch failure
Apogee: 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)
2 March
00:05
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 2 March Successful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
2 March
10:47
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 2 March Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
2 March
10:54
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 2 March Successful
Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi)
2 March
11:15
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 2 March Successful
Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi)
3 March Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 3 March Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
5 March
09:55
United KingdomSkylark-2 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 5 March Successful
Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
5 March United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesKwajalein United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 5 March Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 March
12:35
United KingdomSkylark-2 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 6 March Successful
Apogee: 173 kilometres (107 mi)
6 March
13:30
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 6 March Successful
Apogee: 323 kilometres (201 mi)
6 March Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 6 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 March
16:06:18
United StatesThor DM-19 Delta United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOSO-1 (OSO-A) NASA Low Earth Solar 8 October 1981 Successful
Last signal received in May 1964
7 March
22:10:31
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-B United StatesPoint Arguello LC-1-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesSamos 6 US Air Force Low Earth Optical imaging 3 November Successful
United StatesSamos 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
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 8 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 March
00:16
United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 9 March Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
13 March United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 13 March Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
13 March United StatesNike-Zeus 3 United StatesWhite Sands LC-38 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 13 March Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
14 March United StatesTerrier-Asp IV United StatesPoint Arguello LC-B United StatesUS Navy
NOTS Suborbital Test flight 14 March Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
15 March
23:31:50
United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesCape Canaveral LC-30A United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 15 March Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
16 March
11:59
Soviet UnionKosmos-2I 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1 (DS-2 #1) Low Earth Ionospheric
Technology
25 May Successful
16 March
18:08:58
United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-16 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 16 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 March United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 16 March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 March
11:04
United KingdomSkylark-2 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 19 March Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
19 March
15:30
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 19 March Launch failure
Apogee: 79 kilometres (49 mi)
19 March
23:28
United StatesPGM-17 Thor DM-18A United StatesVandenberg LE-7 United KingdomRoyal Air Force
Royal Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 March Successful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
21 March Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 21 March Launch failure
21 March ChinaDong Feng 2 ChinaJiuquan LA-3 ChinaPLA
PLA Suborbital Missile test 21 March Launch failure
22 March Soviet UnionR-9 Desna Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 March Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
23 March
01:30:02
United StatesLGM-30A Minuteman IA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 23 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 March
23:44
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 23 March Successful
Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi)
23 March
23:54
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA/Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 23 March Successful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
24 March
00:39:32
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576B-2 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 24 March Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 March
19:03
United StatesNOTS-EV-2 Caleb United StatesF4H Phantom II, Point Arguello United StatesNOTS
NOTS/NRL Suborbital Aeronomy 26 March Launch failure
Apogee: 21 kilometres (13 mi)
27 March
23:48
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 27 March Successful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
28 March
00:03
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 28 March Successful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
28 March Soviet UnionR-5A Pobeda Soviet UnionChelkar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Target 28 March Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
29 March
07:27
United StatesScout X-2 United StatesWallops Island LA-3 United StatesNASA
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
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 29 March Successful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
30 March United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-25A United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 30 March Launch failure
March Soviet UnionRT-1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test March Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)

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