1962 in spaceflight
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For launches in the first quarter of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (January–March), for launches in the second quarter, see 1962 in spaceflight (April–June), for the third quarter see 1962 in spaceflight (July–September) and for the fourth quarter see 1962 in spaceflight (October–December).
.jpg) The launch of Ariel 1, the first satellite not to be operated by the Soviet Union or United States |
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| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 13 January |
| Last | 22 December |
| Total | 81 |
| Successes | 65 |
| Failures | 15 |
| Partial failures | 1 |
| Catalogued | 72 |
| National firsts | |
| Spaceflight |  Turkey Norway |
| Satellite |  United Kingdom Canada |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden Flights | Delta A Delta B Scout X-2 Scout X-2M Scout X-3 Thor DM-21 Agena-D Vostok-2 |
| Retirements | Scout X-2 Thor DM-19 Delta Thor DM-21 Ablestar |
| Manned flights | |
| Orbital | 5 |
| Total travellers | 5 |
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| ← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec → |
[edit] Deep space rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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| 28 January | Ranger 3 | Flyby of the Moon | Failed impactor, closest approach: 36,793 kilometres (22,862 mi) |
| 26 April | Ranger 4 | Lunar impact | Impacted far side, no data returned |
| 21 October | Ranger 5 | Flyby of the Moon | Failed impactor, closest approach: 724 kilometres (450 mi) |
| 14 December | Mariner 2 | Flyby of Venus | Closest approach: 34,773 kilometres (21,607 mi) |
[edit] Orbital launch summary
[edit] By country
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| Orbital launch attempts by country in 1962 | ||||||
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
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 Soviet Union |
22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |
 United States |
59 | 50 | 8 | 1 |
[edit] By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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| Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | United States |
13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Atlas LV-3B | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta A | United States |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Only flights |
| Delta B | United States |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Soviet Union |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Molniya 8K78 | Soviet Union |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Scout X-2 | United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Only flights |
| Scout X-2M | United States |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Scout X-3 | United States |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DM-21 Ablestar | United States |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Retired |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | United States |
18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-D | United States |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DM-19 Delta | United States |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Vostok-K 8K72K | Soviet Union |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vostok-2 8A92 | Soviet Union |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
[edit] By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
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| Low Earth | 62 | 55 | 7 | 5 | |
| Medium Earth | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical orbits |
| Heliocentric | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
| Timeline of spaceflight | |||||||||||||
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| 1940s | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | |||||||
| 1950s | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |||
| 1960s | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | |||
| 1970s | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | |||
| 1980s | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |||
| 1990s | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |||
| 2000s | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||
| 2010s | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||
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