This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and December 1963. For launches between January and June, see 1963 in spaceflight (January–June). For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight.
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| ← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec → |
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | LSP | |||
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| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
| Remarks | ||||||
July |
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| 1 July 21:43:55 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-32B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 1 July | Black Brant III | Point Arguello LC-A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 1 July | Nike-Tomahawk 9A | Barking Sands | Sandia | |||
| Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 1 July | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 1 July | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 2 July 14:18 |
Javelin | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 2 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 934 kilometres (580 mi) | ||||||
| 2 July 16:00:04 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Lafayette, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 2 July 16:30:03 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Lafayette, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 3 July 09:00 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 3 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 199 kilometres (124 mi) | ||||||
| 3 July 17:48:03 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 3 July 21:13:57 |
SM-65E Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576C | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | ||||||
| 3 July | Nike-Tomahawk 9A | Barking Sands | Sandia | |||
| Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 3 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi) | ||||||
| 3 July | Nike-Zeus 3 | Kwajalein | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 3 July | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 3 July | Berenice | CERES | ONERA | |||
| ONERA | Suborbital | REV Test | 3 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | ||||||
| 5 July 21:00 |
UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-4 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 5 July | R-12 Dvina | Makat | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 6 July 00:36 |
R-5 Pobeda | Plesetsk | AN | |||
| AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 8 July | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/15 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 9 July | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/15 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 10 July 02:46 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| STAN | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 10 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi) | ||||||
| 10 July 17:02 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Solar | 10 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 225 kilometres (140 mi) | ||||||
| 10 July | Vostok-2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Zenit-2 #12 | Intended: Low Earth | Optical imaging | +2 seconds | Launch failure | ||
| Block B booster failed 1.9 seconds after launch | ||||||
| 11 July 23:00 |
UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 11 July | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 12 July 20:45:59 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | Point Arguello LC-2-3 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1467 (KH-7 #4001/AFP-206 SV-951) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 18 July | Successful | |
| Maiden flight of Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | ||||||
| 12 July | Nike-Zeus 3 | Kwajalein | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 14 July 21:03:28 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 14 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi) | ||||||
| 16 July | HGM-25A Titan I | Vandenberg LC-395A-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 July 02:30:02 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-32B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 19 July 00:00:10 |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1266 (KH-4 #9057) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 13 August | Successful | |
| SRV 624 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | July | Successful | |
| Last flight of carrier rocket as Thor DM-21 Agena-D before being redesignated SLV-2 | ||||||
| 19 July 01:00 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 19 July 03:51:18 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | Point Arguello LC-1-2 | US Air Force | |||
| Midas 9 | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful | |
| Dash 2 | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Air density | 12 April 1971 | Successful | |
| TRS-9 | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | |
| TRS-10 | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Technology | In orbit | Partial launch failure | |
| TRS-10 failed to separate | ||||||
| 19 July 05:30 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 19 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi) | ||||||
| 19 July 18:20:05 |
X-15 | Balls 8, Edwards | US Air Force/NASA | |||
| Flight 90 | US Air Force/NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 18:31:29 | Successful | |
| Manned flight with astronaut Joseph Walker, apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi), first X-15 flight to reach space | ||||||
| 19 July | R-12 Dvina | Makat | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 05:44:08 |
Scout X-3A | Wallops Island LA-3 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | 20 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 15:18 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 20 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 20:00:02 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 20:30:00 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 21:03:00 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 21:05 |
Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | US Air Force | |||
| Utah AFCRL |
Suborbital | Solar | 20 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 21:06 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| Johns Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy Solar |
20 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 78 kilometres (48 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 21:13:00 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 199 kilometres (124 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 21:40:00 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 21:54:45 |
Aerobee-300A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy Solar |
20 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi) | ||||||
| 20 July 22:10:00 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| GCA | Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
20 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | ||||||
| 23 July 06:00 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 23 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi) | ||||||
| 24 July | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 July | Launch failure | ||
| 25 July 03:30:13 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-31B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 25 July 04:59 |
Skylark-7 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| RAE | Suborbital | Test flight | 25 July | Launch failure | ||
| 25 July 14:15 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NRL | |||
| NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 25 July 22:38 |
Exos | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 623 kilometres (387 mi) | ||||||
| 25 July | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 26 July 14:33:00 |
Delta B | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | US Air Force | |||
| Syncom 2 | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |
| First spacecraft to be placed into geosynchronous orbit, positioned at 55° West | ||||||
| 26 July 19:19:00 |
SM-65E Atlas | Vandenberg OSTF-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 July | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | ||||||
| 26 July 21:19 |
Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | US Air Force | |||
| Utah AFCRL |
Suborbital | Auroral Ionospheric |
26 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi) | ||||||
| 26 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 26 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 26 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 26 July | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July 00:10 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | RTG | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July 04:55:01 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-29A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-5 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 27 July | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/15 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 29 July 23:28 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | RTG | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi) | ||||||
| 30 July 16:16:08 |
XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior | Cape Canaveral LC-18A | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Plasma research Astronomy |
30 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 11,100 kilometres (6,900 mi) | ||||||
| 30 July 18:36:49 |
SM-65E Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576C | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | ||||||
| 31 July 00:00:17 |
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1370 (KH-6 #8003) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 12 August | Successful | |
| SRV 614 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | August | Successful | |
| Final, and only successful KH-6 flight | ||||||
| 31 July 20:52 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| July | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | July | Successful | |||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| July | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | July | Successful | |||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
August |
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| 1 August 08:06 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands | NRL | |||
| NRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 232 kilometres (144 mi) | ||||||
| 1 August 23:27 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | RTG | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi) | ||||||
| 2 August 02:30 |
Skylark-5C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| RAE | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 August | Launch failure | ||
| 2 August 08:00 |
Sparoair I | F3H Demon, Point Mugu | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 2 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi) | ||||||
| 2 August 21:43 |
Shotput | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| San Marco Test 2 | CRA | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 August | Successful | |
| Apogee: 294 kilometres (183 mi) | ||||||
| 2 August 23:33 |
Nike-Cajun | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi) | ||||||
| 5 August 17:30:15 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-32B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 6 August 06:00 |
Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 | ||||
| Kosmos 19 (DS-P1 #3) | Low Earth | Radar target Technology |
30 March 1964 | Successful | ||
| 7 August 22:29 |
Nike-Cajun | Kronogard | RTG | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) | ||||||
| 8 August | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 8 August | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 9 August 17:14:03 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Alexander Hamilton, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 9 August 18:19:43 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Alexander Hamilton, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 9 August | R-12 Dvina | Sovetskaya Gavan | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 13 August 04:59:47 |
R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/15 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 757 kilometres (470 mi) | ||||||
| 14 August 03:56:05 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 15 August | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 15 August | HGM-25A Titan I | Vandenberg LC-395A-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 August | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 August | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 August | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 August | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 August | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 August | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS John Marshall, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 20 August 04:00:03 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-29A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 20 August | MGM-31 Pershing I | Hueco | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 20 August | R-16U | Baikonur Site 60/8 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 21 August 21:23:55 |
LGM-25C Titan II | Cape Canaveral LC-15 | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Test flight | 21 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 22 August 18:05:57 |
X-15 | NB-52, Edwards | US Air Force/NASA | |||
| Flight 91 | US Air Force/NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 18:17:05 | Successful | |
| Manned flight with astronaut Joseph Walker, apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi), second and last X-15 flight to reach space, first person to make two spaceflights, first spacecraft to make two spaceflights | ||||||
| 22 August | Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 | ||||
| DS-A1 #3 | Intended: Low Earth | Technology Radiation |
22 August | Launch failure | ||
| First stage malfunctioned | ||||||
| 22 August | Hopi-Dart | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
| 23 August 17:01:06 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Alexander Hamilton, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 23 August 17:41:04 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Alexander Hamilton, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 23 August | R-12 Dvina | Sovetskaya Gavan | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 24 August 02:00 |
Lambda 2 | Kagoshima LA-L | ISAS | |||
| ISAS | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 24 August | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 51 kilometres (32 mi) | ||||||
| 24 August 09:50:57 |
SM-65E Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576F | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) | ||||||
| 24 August | Nike-Zeus 3 | Kwajalein | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 25 August 00:30 |
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1419 (KH-4A #1001) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 12 September | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV 615 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | August | Successful | |
| SRV 617 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | 12 September | Spacecraft failure | |
| First KH-4A mission, some film affected by fog, second SRV not returned | ||||||
| 27 August 17:02:23 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-31B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 27 August | MGM-31 Pershing I | Hueco | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 28 August 23:10 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-3 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 29 August 20:31 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1561 (KH-5 #9058A) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 7 November | Successful | |
| SRV 604 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | September | Successful | |
| LAMPO | US Air Force | Low Earth | Tracking target | 29 September | Successful | |
| First flight of Thor SLV-2 Agena-D following redesignation | ||||||
| 29 August | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Vandenberg LC-394A-6 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 30 August 06:30:26 |
R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 754 kilometres (469 mi) | ||||||
| 30 August | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 30 August | R-14 Usovaya | Plesetsk | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 30 August | HGM-25A Titan I | Vandenberg LC-395A-3 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 31 August 01:35:04 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 31 August | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| August | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Target | August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| August | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Target | August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
September |
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| 1 September 08:03 |
Nike-Cajun | Andøya | NDRE | |||
| ILC/NDRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric Solar |
1 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 3 September 22:36 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 3 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 288 kilometres (179 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September 13:11 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Cosmic ray research | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS Abraham Lincoln, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS Abraham Lincoln, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS Abraham Lincoln, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS Abraham Lincoln, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS Abraham Lincoln, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | UGM-27 Polaris A1 | USS Abraham Lincoln, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 4 September | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 5 September 03:41 |
Skylark-5C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| RAE | Suborbital | Test flight | 5 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 214 kilometres (133 mi) | ||||||
| 5 September | Martlet 3 | Barbados | DND/DoD | |||
| DND/DoD | Suborbital | Test flight | 5 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 6 September 19:30:18 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | Point Arguello LC-2-3 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1947 (KH-7 #4002/AFP-206 SV-952) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 8 September | Successful | |
| 6 September 21:30 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NASA | |||
| HCO | Suborbital | Solar | 6 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 222 kilometres (138 mi) | ||||||
| 6 September 21:59 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 September | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 6 September | R-12 Dvina | Kapustin Yar | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 9 September 16:02 |
Nike-Apache | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| New Hampshire | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 9 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 169 kilometres (105 mi) | ||||||
| 9 September | Kapustin Yar | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 10 September | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 11 September 14:24 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Technology | 11 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi) | ||||||
| 11 September 21:00 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 September | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 12 September 06:20 |
Nike-Apache | Andøya | ||||
| ILC/NDRE | Suborbital | Ionospheric Plasma Solar |
12 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi) | ||||||
| 12 September | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 17 September | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 17 September | HGM-25A Titan I | Vandenberg LC-395A-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 19 September | R-12 Dvina | Makat | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 20 September 15:45 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NRL | |||
| NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 20 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
| 20 September | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 21 September | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 23 September 23:00 |
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1353 (KH-4A #1002) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 12 October | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV 619 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | September | Successful | |
| SRV 620 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | 12 October | Spacecraft failure | |
| Film severely affected by light leaks, second SRV not recovered | ||||||
| 23 September | LGM-25C Titan II | Vandenberg LC-395D | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 24 September 04:15 |
Nike-Apache | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric |
24 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi) | ||||||
| 24 September 17:06 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Black Mesa | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 25 September 03:57 |
Nike-Cajun | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi) | ||||||
| 25 September 04:34 |
Nike-Cajun | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi) | ||||||
| 25 September 07:09 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 25 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi) | ||||||
| 25 September 11:04:41 |
SM-65E Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576C | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 September | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 25 September 13:40 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Black Mesa | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 25 September 21:40 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Black Mesa | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 26 September 04:37 |
Nike-Apache | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi) | ||||||
| 26 September 05:30 |
Nike-Apache | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi) | ||||||
| 26 September | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Vandenberg LC-394A-7 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 26 September | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September 03:25:00 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | USNS Observation Island, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September 11:17:49 |
Scout X-2B | Point Arguello LC-D | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1610 (DMSP-1A F3/P-35 #5/AF-5) | US Air Force | Intended: Low Earth | Weather | 27 September | Launch failure | |
| Only flight of Scout X-2B, failed to orbit | ||||||
| 27 September 13:40 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Black Mesa | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 27 September 20:40 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Black Mesa | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 28 September 14:43 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 28 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi) | ||||||
| 28 September 20:22 |
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| Transit 5BN-1 | US Navy | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| Transit 5E-1 | US Navy | Low Earth | Radiation | In orbit | Successful | |
| Maiden flight of Thor DSV-2A Ablestar, Transit 5BN-1 carried a SNAP-9A nuclear power system, gravity gradient stabilisation system left spacecraft in an inverted orientation, preventing operataional use | ||||||
| 28 September | R-36 | Baikonur Site 67/21 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 September | Launch failure | ||
| 29 September 02:37 |
Javelin | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 29 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,037 kilometres (644 mi) | ||||||
| September | A-350Zh | Sary Shagan LC-6 | PRO | |||
| PRO | Suborbital | Missile test | September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| September | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Target | September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| September | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Target | September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
October |
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| 1 October 10:47 |
Nike-Apache | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi) | ||||||
| 1 October 17:00 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 1 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 219 kilometres (136 mi) | ||||||
| 1 October 19:39:05 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Andrew Jackson, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 1 October | R-12 Dvina | Makat | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 1 October | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 2 October 15:10 |
Skylark-7 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| Cambridge UCL |
Suborbital | Ionospheric | 2 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 148 kilometres (92 mi) | ||||||
| 2 October | Nike-Tomahawk 9A | Barking Sands | Sandia | |||
| Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 October | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 4 October 05:17:49 |
SM-65F Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576G | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 October | Launch failure | ||
| 4 October 05:18:07 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | USNS Observation Island, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 4 October | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Vandenberg LC-394A-6 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 4 October | R-12 Dvina | Makat | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 7 October 20:00 |
Nike-Apache | Fort Churchill | NASA | |||
| BRL | Suborbital | Magnetospheric | 7 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi) | ||||||
| 7 October 21:31 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-3 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 October | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) | ||||||
| 9 October 23:14 |
Nike-Apache | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi) | ||||||
| 10 October 10:33 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 10 October | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) | ||||||
| 10 October 23:13 |
Nike-Apache | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi) | ||||||
| 10 October | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 11 October | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 12 October | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 14 October 05:34 |
Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | DRTE | |||
| DRTE | Suborbital | Ionospheric Auroral |
14 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | ||||||
| 14 October | MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 14 October | R-7A Semyorka | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) | ||||||
| 15 October 09:51 |
Skylark-7C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| UCL/QUB | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 210 kilometres (130 mi) | ||||||
| 15 October 11:48 |
Skylark-7 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi) | ||||||
| 15 October 15:09 |
Skylark-7 | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| UCL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | ||||||
| 15 October 16:05 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 15 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi) | ||||||
| 15 October 19:22 |
Skylark-7C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| UCL/QUB | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) | ||||||
| 15 October | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 16 October 16:30:02 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Andrew Jackson, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 16 October | MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 17 October 02:37 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | Cape Canaveral LC-13 | US Air Force | |||
| Vela 1A | US Air Force | High Earth | Nuclear test detection Radiation research |
In orbit | Successful | |
| Vela 1B | US Air Force | High Earth | Nuclear test detection Radiation research |
In orbit | Successful | |
| ERS-12 | US Air Force | Highly elliptical | Particle research | 5 February 1966 | Successful | |
| Vela spacecraft deactivated after five years | ||||||
| 17 October 10:52 |
Black Knight 201 | Woomera LA-5 | ELDO/RAE | |||
| ELDO/RAE | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 527 kilometres (327 mi) | ||||||
| 17 October 16:50 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| CNES | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 17 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) | ||||||
| 17 October | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-3 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 18 October 07:09 |
Véronique | Hammaguira Blandine | CNES | |||
| CERMA | Suborbital | Biological research | 18 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi) | ||||||
| 18 October 09:20 |
Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | CARDE | |||
| CARDE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | ||||||
| 18 October 09:29:58 |
Vostok-2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Kosmos 20 (Zenit-2 #13) | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 26 October | Successful | ||
| 18 October | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 October | Launch failure | ||
| 18 October | MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 21 October | MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 22 October | R-16U | Plesetsk PU-11 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 22 October | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 23 October | MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 October | Launch failure | ||
| 23 October | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 23 October | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 23 October | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 24 October 05:30 |
Véronique | Hammaguira Blandine | CNES | |||
| CERMA | Suborbital | Biological research | 24 October | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 88 kilometres (55 mi) | ||||||
| 24 October | Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 | ||||
| DS-A1 #4 | Intended: Low Earth | Technology Radiation |
24 October | Launch failure | ||
| Second stage malfunctioned 353 seconds into the launch | ||||||
| 24 October | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Sam Houston, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24 October | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Sam Houston, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24 October | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Sam Houston, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24 October | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Sam Houston, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24 October | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Sam Houston, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 24 October | UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Sam Houston, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 25 October 18:59:27 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | Point Arguello LC-2-3 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 2196 (KH-7 #4003/AFP-206 SV-953) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 29 October | Successful | |
| 25 October | R-5B Pobeda | Plesetsk | AN | |||
| AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 26 October 02:00 |
Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | DRTE | |||
| DRTE | Suborbital | Ionospheric Auroral |
26 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) | ||||||
| 26 October 16:14:04 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | USS Andrew Jackson, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 26 October | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 28 October 03:15 |
SM-65F Atlas | Cape Canaveral LC-11 | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | REV test | 28 October | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 28 October | MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 28 October | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 29 October 02:53 |
Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | CARDE | |||
| CARDE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | ||||||
| 29 October 21:19 |
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 2437 (KH-5 #9059A) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 21 January 1964 | Successful | |
| SRV 602 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | September | Successful | |
| Hitchhiker 2 (P-11 #3) | US Air Force | Low Earth | ELINT | 23 May 1965 | Successful | |
| 29 October | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 30 October 14:26 |
Skylark-7C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| RAE | Suborbital | Test flight | 30 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi) | ||||||
| 30 October | Dragon | Hammaguira Bacchus | CNES | |||
| DMA | Suborbital | Test flight | 30 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 470 kilometres (290 mi) | ||||||
| 31 October 16:50 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island LA-1 | NASA | |||
| CNES | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 31 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) | ||||||
| 31 October 18:00 |
Nike-Cajun | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 31 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi) | ||||||
| 31 October 21:17 |
Nike-Apache | Wallops Island LA-2 | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 31 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi) | ||||||
| 31 October | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-5 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| October | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Target | October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
November |
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| 1 November 08:56 |
Polyot | Baikonur Site 31/6 | ||||
| Polyot 1 (I-150/I-2B #1) | Low Earth | ASAT test Technology |
16 October 1982 | Successful | ||
| Maiden flight of Polyot rocket, non-intercept flight test of I-2B antisatellite weapon | ||||||
| 1 November 20:14:54 |
LGM-25C Titan II | Cape Canaveral LC-15 | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 1 November | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 1 November | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 1 November | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 2 November | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 4 November 09:34 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576A-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | REV Test | 4 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 4 November 10:00 |
Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 4 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi) | ||||||
| 4 November 10:31 |
Nike-Cajun | Kwajalein | US Navy | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 4 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 4 November 12:26 |
Nike-Cajun | Kwajalein | US Navy | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 4 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | ||||||
| 4 November 15:10 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | KPNO | |||
| KPNO | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 4 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 5 November 00:00 |
Nike-Cajun | White Sands | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 5 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi) | ||||||
| 5 November | UR-200 | Baikonur Site 90/19 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 November | Launch failure | ||
| 5 November | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 5 November | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 6 November | Nike-Cajun | Eglin | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 7 November 17:00:02 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-32B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 November | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
| 7 November | Black Brant III | Point Arguello LC-A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi) | ||||||
| 9 November 16:26 |
Nike-Cajun | Kwajalein | US Navy | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi) | ||||||
| 9 November 20:27:54 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 2268 (KH-4 #9060) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 9 November | Launch failure | |
| SRV 632 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | |||
| Failed to orbit | ||||||
| 9 November | LGM-25C Titan II | Vandenberg LC-395C | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 11 November 18:48:05 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | USS Andrew Jackson, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 11 November 06:23:35 |
Molniya | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Kosmos 21 (Venera 3MV-1A #1) | Intended: Heliocentric Achieved: Low Earth |
Venus flyby | 14 November | Launch failure | ||
| Loss of control during coast phase, upper stage fired at incorrect orientation, spacecraft deployed into useless orbit | ||||||
| 12 November 18:58 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| Johns Hopkins | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi) | ||||||
| 13 November 16:27:57 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-31B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 13 November 22:35:39 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576B-2 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 November | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 13 November 23:00 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 13 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 262 kilometres (163 mi) | ||||||
| 14 November 14:30 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 14 November 14:58 |
Nike-Cajun | Kwajalein | US Navy | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 14 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi) | ||||||
| 14 November | Nike-Zeus 3 | Kwajalein | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | ABM test | 14 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 14 November | HGM-25A Titan I | Vandenberg LC-395A-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 16 November 10:34 |
Voskhod | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Kosmos 22 (Zenit-4 #1) | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 22 November | Successful | ||
| Maiden flight of Voskhod rocket | ||||||
| 16 November 16:54:42 |
UGM-27 Polaris A2 | USS Andrew Jackson, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 16 November | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 17 November 18:15 |
Aerobee-150A | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 17 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 370 kilometres (230 mi) | ||||||
| 18 November | Honest John-Nike-Nike | Point Arguello LC-A | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 163 kilometres (101 mi) | ||||||
| 19 November 00:05 |
Skylark-7C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| Birmingham UCW UCL |
Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
19 November | Launch failure | ||
| 19 November | R-14 Usovaya | Plesetsk | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 November | Launch failure | ||
| 20 November 17:31 |
MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 21 November 12:55 |
Nike-Apache | Thumba | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi) | ||||||
| 21 November | Nike-Tomahawk 9A | Barking Sands | Sandia | |||
| Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 21 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 292 kilometres (181 mi) | ||||||
| 22 November 21:00 |
Nike-Tomahawk 9A | Barking Sands | Sandia | |||
| Sandia | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 292 kilometres (181 mi) | ||||||
| 22 November | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 23 November | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 23 November | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/4 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 26 November 18:16 |
Nike-Apache | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi) | ||||||
| 26 November 18:44 |
Nike-Cajun | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi) | ||||||
| 27 November 02:30:01 |
Delta C | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | US Air Force | |||
| Explorer 18 (IMP-A/IMP-1/S-74) | NASA | Highly elliptical | Magnetospheric | 30 November 1965 | Successful | |
| Maiden flight of Delta C, spacecraft ceased operations on 10 May 1965 | ||||||
| 27 November 06:10:59 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | USNS Observation Island, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 27 November 17:50 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | NRL | |||
| NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 27 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi) | ||||||
| 27 November 19:03:23 |
Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | NASA | |||
| NASA | Low Earth | Test flight | 30 July 1989 | Successful | ||
| Only flight of Atlas LV-3C Centaur-B, first successful Atlas-Centaur launch, first firing of a rocket engine fuelled by liquid hydrogen in space | ||||||
| 27 November 21:15:40 |
Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Point Arguello LC-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 2260 (KH-4 #9061) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 15 December | Successful | |
| SRV 637 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | Unknown | Spacecraft failure | |
| First Thor launch from Point Arguello, SRV failed to deorbit | ||||||
| 27 November | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Vandenberg LC-394A-6 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 27 November | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 28 November | Vostok-2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Zenit-2 #14 | Intended: Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 November | Launch failure | ||
| Upper stage failure, spacecraft commanded to self-destruct | ||||||
| 28 November | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 28 November | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 29 November | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-5 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 29 November | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
December |
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| 2 December 04:15 |
Skylark-7C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| RAE | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi) | ||||||
| 3 December 04:59 |
Skylark-7C | Woomera LA-2 | RAE | |||
| Birmingham UCW UCL |
Suborbital | Ionospheric Solar |
3 December | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi) | ||||||
| 3 December 08:00:29 |
R-36 | Baikonur Site 67/21 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 903 kilometres (561 mi) | ||||||
| 3 December | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 3 December | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 4 December | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 December | Launch failure | ||
| 4 December | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 5 December 21:51 |
Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 | US Air Force | |||
| Transit 5BN-2 | US Navy | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |
| Transit 5E-3 | US Navy | Low Earth | Radiation | In orbit | Successful | |
| Transit 5BN-2 carried a SNAP-9A nuclear power system, and became the first operational navigation satellite | ||||||
| 5 December | Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Solar | 5 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 5 December | MGM-31 Pershing I | Fort Wingate | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | ||||||
| 7 December 13:11 |
Nike-Cajun | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi) | ||||||
| 7 December 13:43:00 |
Nike-Apache | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi) | ||||||
| 8 December | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 December | Launch failure | ||
| 9 December 05:24 |
Astrobee-200 | Fort Churchill | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy Auroral |
9 December | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 242 kilometres (150 mi) | ||||||
| 9 December | R-14 Usovaya | Plesetsk | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| 10 December 03:11:17 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | Cape Canaveral LC-25A | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 10 December | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 11 December 01:00:06 |
UGM-27 Polaris A3 | USNS Observation Island, ETR | US Navy | |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 December | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | ||||||
| 11 December 05:00 |
Lambda 2 | Kagoshima LA-L | ISAS | |||
| Tokyo Kyoto |
Suborbital | Ionospheric | 11 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 410 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 11 December | Nike-Zeus 3 | White Sands LC-38 | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 12 December 08:50 |
Kappa-8L | Kagoshima | ISAS | |||
| ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy Fields |
12 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi) | ||||||
| 12 December 16:50 |
Aerobee-150 (Hi) | White Sands LC-35 | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Solar | 12 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 325 kilometres (202 mi) | ||||||
| 12 December 19:06 |
HAD | Woomera LA-2 | WRE | |||
| WRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 12 December 20:00:01 |
LGM-25C Titan II | Cape Canaveral LC-15 | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Test flight | 12 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 12 December | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 December | Launch failure | ||
| 12 December | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 13 December 14:15 |
Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 | ||||
| Kosmos 23 (Omega-1 #2) | Low Earth | Technology | 27 March 1964 | Successful | ||
| 13 December 22:32 |
Nike-Apache | White Sands | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | Solar Ionospheric |
13 December | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 73 kilometres (45 mi) | ||||||
| 13 December | R-36 | Baikonur Site 67/21 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 December | Launch failure | ||
| 13 December | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Vandenberg LC-394A-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 13 December | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-3 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 17 December 17:17:34 |
Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C | Vandenberg LC-4300C | US Air Force | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Communications | 17 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | ||||||
| 17 December | LGM-25C Titan II | Vandenberg LC-395D | US Air Force | |||
| AFCRL | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 17 December | R-12 Dvina | Plesetsk | MVS | |||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) | ||||||
| 18 December 03:00 |
LGM-30B Minuteman IB | Cape Canaveral LC-32B | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 18 December 09:52:27 |
SM-65D Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576A-1 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | REV Test | 18 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) | ||||||
| 18 December 21:45:30 |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | Point Arguello LC-2-3 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 2372 (KH-7 #4004/AFP-206 SV-954) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 20 December | Successful | |
| 18 December 22:56:22 |
SM-65F Atlas | Vandenberg LC-576G | US Air Force | |||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 18 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) | ||||||
| 18 December | Nike-Cajun | Kwajalein | US Navy | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 18 December | Nike-Cajun | Kwajalein | US Navy | |||
| Michigan | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| 19 December 09:28:58 |
Vostok-2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
| Kosmos 24 (Zenit-2 #15) | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 December | Successful | ||
| 19 December 18:49:25 |
Scout X-4 | Point Arguello LC-D | US Air Force | |||
| Explorer 19 (AD-A/S-56b) | NASA | Medium Earth | Air density | 10 May 1981 | Partial launch failure Partial spacecraft failure |
|
| Achieved lower than planned orbit, tracking beacon did not have enough power to communicate with ground stations, but spacecraft could still be tracked by visual observation | ||||||
| 20 December | UGM-133A Minuteman IA | Vandenberg LC-394A-5 | Strategic Air Command | |||
| Strategic Air Command | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | ||||||
| 20 December | R-16U | Baikonur Site 41/3 | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) | ||||||
| 21 December 09:30:00 |
Delta B | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | US Air Force | |||
| Tiros-8 (Tiros-H/A-53) | ESSA | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |
| 21 December 21:45 |
Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D | Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 | US Air Force | |||
| OPS 1388 (KH-4 #9062) | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 8 January 1964 | Partial spacecraft failure | |
| SRV 642 | US Air Force/NRO | Low Earth | Film return | December | Successful | |
| Hitchhiker 3 (P-11 #4) | US Air Force | Low Earth | ELINT | 7 November 1964 | Successful | |
| Final KH-4 flight, large amount of damage to film due to corona effect | ||||||
| 21 December | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 24 December | R-5B Pobeda | Plesetsk | AN | |||
| AN | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | ||||||
| 25 December | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| 29 December | Plesetsk | MVS | ||||
| MVS | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||||
| 30 December | R-14 Usovaya | Plesetsk | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) | ||||||
| December | Nike-Apache | White Sands | US Army | |||
| US Army | Suborbital | Target | December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| December | T-7A | Shijiedu | SIED | |||
| SIED | Suborbital | Test flight | December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi) | ||||||
| Unknown | A-350Zh | Sary Shagan LC-6 | PRO | |||
| PRO | Suborbital | Missile test | Unknown | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | ||||||
| Unknown | R-21 | Project 658 Submarine, | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | Unknown | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi) | ||||||
| Unknown | R-9 Desna | Baikonur | RVSN | |||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | Unknown | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) | ||||||
| Unknown | Trailblazer-2M | Wallops Island | NASA | |||
| NASA | Suborbital | REV Test | Unknown | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | ||||||
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