1951 in spaceflight
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Launches
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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1951.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Launch Date/Time | Rocket | Launch Site |
Launch Contractor | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Mission/ Function |
Re-Entry/ Destruction |
Outcome | Remarks |
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7 August 1951, 18:00 GMT | Viking | LC-33, White Sands | Martin | Viking 7 | NRL | Sub-orbital | Ionospheric and solar research | 7 August 1951 | Successful | Reached 219 km (136 mi)[1] |
[edit] References
Generic references:
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
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