This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and September 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (January–March), 1962 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1962 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight.
| ← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec → |
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
July |
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| 1 July | Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 2 July | R-7A Semyorka | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) | ||||||
| 4 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 4 July | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 5 July 03:46 |
Skylark-5 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi) | ||||||
| 5 July | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 5 July | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 5 July | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 5 July | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 6 July | Berenice | CERES | ONERA | |||
| ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | 6 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
| 8 July | Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July 08:46:28 |
Thor DSV-2E | Johnston LE-1 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Nuclear test | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July 08:51:39 |
Strypi-Antares | Johnston | DASA | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 820 kilometres (510 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July 08:52:27 |
Strypi-Antares | Johnston | DASA | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July 08:55:43 |
Strypi-Antares | Johnston | DASA | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July 08:57:29 |
Strypi-Antares | Johnston | DASA | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,030 kilometres (640 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July 08:57:49 |
Strypi-Antares | Johnston | DASA | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July 08:59 |
Honest John-Nike | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 9 July | Launch failure | ||
| 9 July 09:08 |
Honest John-Nike | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Javelin | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Javelin | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Journeyman | Point Arguello LC-A | AEC | |||
| AEC | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 9 July | |||
| Apogee: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Astrobee-1500 | Point Arguello LC-B | Sandia | |||
| AEC | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 9 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 10 July 08:35:05 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | US Air Force | |||
| Telstar 1 | AT&T | Medium Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| First active communications satellite, damaged by radiation from Starfish Prime nuclear test, resulting in intermittent performance from November 1962 to 21 February 1963, when the satellite failed completely. | ||||||
| 10 July 15:00 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 10 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 11 July 18:51:54 |
LGM-25C Titan II | Cape Canaveral LC-15 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 12 July 16:57:57 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Target | 12 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 12 July 18:31:57 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 12 July 20:05:13 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 13 July 03:03:10 |
LGM-30A Minuteman IA | Cape Canaveral LC-31B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
| 13 July 21:11:33 |
SM-65E Atlas | Vandenberg OSTF-1 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 13 July | R-16U | Baikonur Site 60/8 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 July | Launch failure | ||
| 16 July | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 18 July 09:30:12 |
Thor DSV-2D | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | US Air Force | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,484 kilometres (922 mi) | ||||||
| 18 July 20:51:20 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | Point Arguello LC-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-2403 (Samos 9/E-6 #3/AFP-201 PVP-853) | US Air Force | Low Earth | Optical imagery | 27 July | Spacecraft failure | |
| Failed to deorbit, spacecraft separated from Agena whilst still in orbit, Agena decayed on 25 July | ||||||
| 19 July 08:40 |
Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 19 July 11:05:27 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 19 July 11:35 |
Nike-Zeus 3 | Kwajalein | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 21 July 00:56 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-1130 (KH-4 9039) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 14 August | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV-593 | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | July | Successful | |
| Aborted after six passes, photos severely affected by static | ||||||
| 21 July 20:49:54 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 21 July 22:19:15 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 21 July 23:49:14 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 21 July | R-16U | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 21 July | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 22 July 09:21:23 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | Cape Canaveral LC-12 | US Air Force | |||
| Mariner 1 | NASA | Intended: Heliocentric | Venus flyby | +293 seconds | Launch failure | |
| Guidance system failure, destroyed by range safety | ||||||
| 23 July | Nike-Cajun | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 23 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 23 July | Javelin | Johnston | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 23 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 24 July 12:09:00 |
Aerobee-150A | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 July | |||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 24 July 17:29:12 |
Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C | Point Arguello LC-A | US Air Force | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Communications | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24 July 21:41 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| UCO | Suborbital | Solar | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
| 24 July | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 25 July 15:41 |
NOTS-EV-2 Caleb | F4H Phantom II, Point Arguello | NOTS | |||
| NOTS/NRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,166 kilometres (725 mi) | ||||||
| 25 July 16:17:20 |
LGM-25C Titan II | Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 16LC-16 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 25 July | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 25 July | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 26 July 09:13:53 |
Thor DSV-2E | Johnston LE-1 | US Air Force | |||
| BLUEGILL PRIME | US Air Force | Suborbital | Nuclear test | 26 July | Launch failure | |
| 26 July 17:50:02 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS George Washington, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS George Washington, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS George Washington, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS George Washington, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 28 July 00:30 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-1131 (KH-4 9040) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 24 August | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV-594 | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 1 August | Successful | |
| Images severely affected by radiation and static | ||||||
| 28 July 02:50 |
Trailblazer 1 | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 28 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
| 28 July 09:18:31 |
Vostok-2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Kosmos 7 (Zenit-2 #4) | Low Earth | Optical imagery | 1 August | Successful | ||
| 28 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 July | Launch failure | ||
| 29 July | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 July | Launch failure | ||
| 30 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 31 July | R-16U | Baikonur Site 60/8 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| July | R-14 Usovaya | Kapustin Yar | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| July | R-14 Usovaya | Kapustin Yar | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| July | R-14 Usovaya | Kapustin Yar | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
August |
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| 1 August 18:40:40 |
PGM-19 Jupiter | Cape Canaveral LC-26A | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 1 August 21:07:10 |
SM-65F Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576E | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | ||||||
| 2 August 00:17 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-1152 (KH-4 9041) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 August | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV-595 | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 6 August | Successful | |
| Images severely affected by static | ||||||
| 3 August 17:46 |
Exos | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 3 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 365 kilometres (227 mi) | ||||||
| 4 August | R-14 Usovaya | Kapustin Yar | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 5 August 17:58:59 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | Point Arguello LC-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-2404 (Samos 10/E-6 #4/AFP-201 PVP-854) | US Air Force | Low Earth | Optical imagery | 6 August | Spacecraft failure | |
| Recovery failed | ||||||
| 5 August | Kiva-Hopi | Point Arguello LC-B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 August | |||
| Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | ||||||
| 7 August 00:47:08 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | AFCRL | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi) | ||||||
| 7 August 19:20:05 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-29A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 8 August 16:55 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 8 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 8 August | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 8 August | R-16U | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 9 August 15:05:02 |
LGM-30A Minuteman IA | Cape Canaveral LC-32B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
| 9 August 22:51:08 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-3 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 9 August 23:05:19 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 10 August 21:11:21 |
SM-65F Atlas | Vandenberg OSTF-2 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 10 August 21:27:00 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 10 August | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 10 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 10 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 10 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 10 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 11 August 01:48:11 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | AFCRL | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 11 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi) | ||||||
| 11 August 08:30 |
Vostok-K | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | |||
| Vostok 3 | RVSN | Low Earth | Biological | 15 August 06:52 |
Successful | |
| Carried cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev | ||||||
| 12 August 08:02:17 |
Vostok-K | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | |||
| Vostok 4 | RVSN | Low Earth | Biological | 15 August 06:59 |
Successful | |
| Carried cosmonaut Pavel Popovich, landed early after codeword requesting end of mission was accidentally used in conversation between crew and controllers | ||||||
| 13 August 22:00 |
SM-65F Atlas | Cape Canaveral LC-11 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | ||||||
| 14 August 15:20 |
Skylark-2 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| Sheffield UCL |
Suborbital | Ionospheric | 14 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi) | ||||||
| 15 August | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 17 August 16:34:10 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
| 18 August 07:09 |
Nike-Cajun | Andøya | NTNF | |||
| ILC | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 18 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 18 August 15:00 |
Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 | ||||
| Kosmos 8 (DS-K-8 #1) | Low Earth | Technology Radar target |
17 August 1963 | Successful | ||
| 19 August 00:57:39 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | AFCRL | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi) | ||||||
| 21 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 21 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 21 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 21 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 21 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 21 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 22 August 01:30:00 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Cape Canaveral LC-30A | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 22 August 15:30 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NRL | |||
| NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 22 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi) | ||||||
| 23 August 07:15 |
Kappa-8L | Kagoshima | ISAS | |||
| ISAS | Suborbital | Test flight | 23 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 173 kilometres (107 mi) | ||||||
| 23 August 11:44 |
Scout X-2M | Point Arguello LC-D | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-3502 (DMSP-1A F2/P-35 2/AF-2) | US Air Force | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |
| 23 August 17:10 |
Nike-Apache | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 23 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi) | ||||||
| 23 August | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 24 August 11:38 |
Black Knight 301 | Woomera LA-5 | RAE | |||
| UCL | Suborbital | REV test Ionospheric |
24 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 573 kilometres (356 mi) | ||||||
| 25 August 02:18:45 |
Molniya | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | |||
| Venera-2MV-1 #1 | RVSN | Intended: Heliocentric Achieved: Low Earth |
Venus lander | 28 August | Launch failure | |
| One of four upper stage ullage motors failed to ignite, resulting in loss of control | ||||||
| 25 August | Nike-Zeus 3 | Point Mugu | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 27 August 06:59:14 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | Cape Canaveral LC-12 | US Air Force | |||
| Mariner 2 | NASA | Heliocentric | Venus flyby | In orbit | Successful | |
| 27 August 09:08 |
HAD | Woomera LA-2 | WRE | |||
| WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 27 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi) | ||||||
| 27 August 15:02:03 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 28 August 19:34 |
Nike-Cajun | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 28 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 148 kilometres (92 mi) | ||||||
| 28 August | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 29 August 01:00 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-1153 (KH-4 9044) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 10 September | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV-596 | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 2 September | Successful | |
| Attitude control system malfunctioned | ||||||
| 29 August 01:01 |
Skylark-2 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| RAE/WRE | Suborbital | Test flight | 29 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi) | ||||||
| 29 August 19:00 |
Nike-Cajun | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 29 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 31 August 00:56:07 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | AFCRL | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 31 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi) | ||||||
| 31 August 16:25 |
Scout X-3A | Wallops Island LA-3 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 31 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi), third stage ignition occurred late | ||||||
September |
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| 1 September 02:18:45 |
Molniya | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | |||
| Venera-2MV-1 #2 | RVSN | Intended: Heliocentric Achieved: Low Earth |
Venus lander | 6 September | Launch failure | |
| Valve failed to open, preventing upper stage restart | ||||||
| 1 September 20:39 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-1132 (KH-5 9042) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 October | Successful | |
| SRV-600 | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | September | Spacecraft failure | |
| Parachute torn from SRV during recovery resulting in loss of capsule | ||||||
| 4 September | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 6 September 16:00 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-29A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 7 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 7 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 11 September 13:30 |
Skylark-2C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| UCL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 11 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 232 kilometres (144 mi) | ||||||
| 11 September 23:24 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 11 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 306 kilometres (190 mi) | ||||||
| 12 September 00:59:13 |
Molniya | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | |||
| Venera-2MV-2 #1 | RVSN | Intended: Heliocentric Achieved: Low Earth |
Venus lander | 14 September | Launch failure | |
| Vernier engine exploded due to failure of oxidiser valve to close | ||||||
| 12 September 15:50:00 |
LGM-25C Titan II | Cape Canaveral LC-15 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 14 September 08:09:06 |
UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USNS Observation Island, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 15 September 20:37:10 |
UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USNS Observation Island, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 15 September | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 17 September 23:46 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-1133 (KH-4 9043) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 19 November | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| ERS-2 (TRS-2) | US Air Force | Low Earth | Technology | Spacecraft failure | ||
| SRV-597 | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | 19 September | Successful | |
| Capping shutter malfunctioned, ERS-2 failed to separate from FTV-1133 | ||||||
| 18 September 08:53:08 |
Thor DM-19 Delta | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | US Air Force | |||
| Tiros-6 (Tiros-F2) | NASA | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |
| Final flight of Thor-Delta, last signal from satellite received on 21 October 1963 | ||||||
| 19 September 03:06:22 |
LGM-30A Minuteman IA | Cape Canaveral LC-31B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 19 September 19:30 |
SM-65F Atlas | Cape Canaveral LC-11 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 19 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | ||||||
| 19 September | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 20 September 03:45:41 |
LGM-30A Minuteman IA | Cape Canaveral LC-31B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 20 September 04:21 |
Skylark-2 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| Sheffield | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 20 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) | ||||||
| 20 September | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 20 September | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 September | Launch failure | ||
| 21 September | RAM-B | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 21 September | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi) | ||||||
| 22 September 02:24 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 22 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) | ||||||
| 22 September 06:45 |
Journeyman | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Radio astronomy | 22 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,691 kilometres (1,051 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September 02:14:56 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Cape Canaveral LC-30 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September 09:39:51 |
Vostok-2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Kosmos 9 (Zenit-2 #7) | Low Earth | Optical imagery | 1 October | Successful | ||
| 29 September 06:05 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| Alouette 1 | DRTE | Low Earth | Ionospheric | In orbit | Successful | |
| TAVE | NASA | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | |
| Alouette 1 became the first Canadian satellite, TAVE intentionally remained attached to the carrier rocket's upper stage | ||||||
| 27 September 18:00 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September | R-16U | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 28 September 21:01 |
LGM-30A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-3 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 September | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi) | ||||||
| 28 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 29 September 23:34:50 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 | US Air Force | |||
| FTV-1154 (KH-4 9045) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 8 October | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV-598 | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Film return | October | Successful | |
| Attitude control system malfunctioned | ||||||
| 30 September 06:02 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | XR astronomy | 30 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi) | ||||||
| September | R-14 Usovaya | Kapustin Yar | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| September | R-14 Usovaya | Kapustin Yar | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 3rd Quarter | Berenice | CERES | ONERA | |||
| ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | 3rd Quarter | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
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