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1964 in spaceflight (October–December)

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This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), 1964 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1964 in spaceflight (July–September). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

October-December

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4 October
03:45:00
United StatesDelta C United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesExplorer 21 (IMP-2/IMP-B/S-74a) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric January 1966 Partial launch failure
Apogee lower than expected, returned data until 13 October 1965
5 October
21:50:14
United StatesThrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 3333 (KH-4A #1011) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 26 October Successful
United StatesSRV 653 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return October Successful
United StatesSRV 654 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return October Partial spacecraft failure
Aerial recovery of second SRV failed, necessitating recovery by ship
6 October
07:12:00
Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 47 (Voskhod 3KV #2) Low Earth Test flight 7 October
07:28
Successful
6 October
17:04:21
United StatesThor DSV-2A Ablestar United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 5798 (Transit O-1/NNS 30010) US Navy Low Earth Navigation In orbit Spacecraft failure
United StatesDragsphere 1 US Navy Low Earth In orbit Successful
United StatesDragsphere 2 US Navy Low Earth In orbit Successful
Transit satellite failed a few days after becoming operational
8 October United StatesAtlas SLV-3 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg PALC-2-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 4036 (KH-7 #4012/AFP-206 SV-961) US Air Force/NRO Intended: Low Earth Optical imaging 8 October Launch failure
Failed to orbit
10 October
03:01
United StatesScout X-4 United StatesVandenberg PALC-D United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesExplorer 22 (BE-B/S-66a) NASA Low Earth Geodesy
Ionospheric
In orbit Successful
12 October
07:30:01
Soviet UnionVoskhod Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionVoskhod 1 Low Earth Biological 13 October
07:47:04
Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts, first manned Voskhod flight, first spacecraft to carry more than one person
14 October
09:50
Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 48 (Zenit-2 #24) Low Earth Optical imaging 20 October Partial spacecraft failure
Spacecraft's thermal regulation system malfunctioned, necessitating early return to Earth
17 October
22:02:23
United StatesThrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg PALC-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 3559 (KH-4A #1012) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 4 November Partial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV 651 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return October Successful
United StatesSRV 645 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return October Successful
Attitude control problems during second imagery period
23 October
07:30
Soviet UnionKosmos-1 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/15 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionStrela-1 #6 Low Earth Communications
Technology
23 October Launch failure
Soviet UnionStrela-1 #7 Low Earth Communications
Technology
Soviet UnionStrela-1 #8 Low Earth Communications
Technology
Failed to orbit
23 October
18:30
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg PALC-2-3 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 4384 (KH-7 #4013/AFP-206 SV-963) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 28 October Successful
United StatesOPS 5063 (SSF-A #4/EHH A4) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth SIGINT 23 February 1965 Successful
24 October
05:16
Soviet UnionKosmos 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Mayak-2 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 49 (DS-MG #2) Low Earth Technology 21 August 1965 Successful
28 October
10:48
Soviet UnionVostok-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 50 (Zenit-2 #26) Low Earth Optical imaging 5 November Spacecraft failure
Failed to deorbit, commanded to self-destruct
2 November
21:30:20
United StatesThrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 5434 (KH-4A #1013) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 28 November Partial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV 656 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return November Successful
United StatesSRV 657 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return November Successful
Both cameras erroneously took images immediately after launch, and subsequently failed before first imagery period was complete, 65% of images returned were out of focus
4 November
02:12:11
United StatesThrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-5 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 3062 (Ferret #7/Samos-F3 #3) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth ELINT 5 November 1969 Successful
5 November
19:22:05
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-13 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesMariner 3 NASA Heliocentric Mars flyby 5 November Launch failure
Payload fairing failed to separate, resulting in spacecraft mass being too great to reach Mars
6 November
12:02:01
United StatesScout X-4 United StatesWallops Island LA-3 United StatesNASA
United StatesExplorer 23 (S-55C) NASA Low Earth Technology
Micrometeoroid research
29 June 1983 Successful
18 November
20:35:54
United StatesThrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 3360 (KH-4A #1014) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 6 December Successful
United StatesSRV 659 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return November Successful
United StatesSRV 660 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return November Successful
Carried ORBIS (KH-4A 1014) experiment
21 November
17:09:39
United StatesScout X-4 United StatesVandenberg PALC-D United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesExplorer 24 (AD-B/S-56c) NASA Medium Earth Geodesy
Ionospheric
18 October 1968 Successful
United StatesExplorer 25 (IE-B/Injun-4) NASA Medium Earth Atmospheric
Ionospheric
Particle research
In orbit Successful
28 November
14:22:01
United StatesAtlas LV-3A Agena-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-12 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesMariner 4 NASA Heliocentric Mars flyby In orbit Successful
First spacecraft to successfully fly past Mars, closest approach 9,846 kilometres (6,118 mi) at 01:00:57 UTC on 15 July 1965
30 November
13:12
Soviet UnionMolniya Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionZond 2 (Mars 3MV-4A #2) Heliocentric Mars flyby In orbit Spacecraft failure
Communications lost in April 1965, flew past Mars on 6 August 1965
1 December Soviet UnionKosmos 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Site 86/1 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionDS-2 #2 Low Earth Technology 1 December Launch failure
Payload fairing failed to separate, failed to orbit
4 December
18:57
United StatesAtlas SLV-3 Agena-D United StatesVandenberg PALC-2-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 4439 (KH-7 #4014/AFP-206 SV-964) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 6 December Successful
9 December
23:02
Soviet UnionKosmos 63S1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Site 86/1 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 51 (DS-MT #3) Low Earth Technology 14 November 1965 Successful
10 December
16:52:33
United StatesTitan IIIA United StatesCape Canaveral LC-20 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Low Earth Test flight 13 December Successful
11 December
14:25:02
United StatesAtlas LV-3C Centaur-C United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36A United StatesNASA
United StatesSurveyor Mass Model NASA Intended: Medium Earth
Achieved: Low Earth
Test flight 12 December Partial launch failure
Centaur failed to restart[1]
13 December
00:08:10
United StatesThor DSV-2A Ablestar United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-2 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 6582 (Transit O-2/NNS 30020) US Navy Low Earth Navigation In orbit Spacecraft failure
United StatesTransit 5E-5 US Navy Low Earth Radiation In orbit Successful
Transit O-2 failed a few days after becoming operational
15 December
20:20:04
United StatesScout X-4 United StatesWallops Island LA-3A ItalyCRA
ItalySan Marco 1 CRA Low Earth Technology
Air density
11 September 1965 Successful
First Italian satellite
19 December
21:10:16
United StatesThrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-3-4 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 3358 (KH-4A #1015) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 14 January 1965 Partial spacecraft failure
United StatesSRV 662 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return December Successful
United StatesSRV 663 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return December/January Successful
Telemetry problems early in the mission led to some errors in areas photographed
21 December
09:00:03
United StatesDelta C United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesExplorer 26 (EPE-D) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric 23 August 2021[2] Successful
21 December
19:08:56
United StatesThrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D United StatesVandenberg LC-75-1-1 United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesOPS 3762 (Quill #1/FTV 2355) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Radar imaging 11 January 1965 Successful
United StatesSRV US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return Unknown Successful
Only Quill satellite to be launched, operated successfully but images found to be useless

Suborbital launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

October

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2 October
02:35
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital XR astronomy 2 October Successful
Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi)
2 October
03:35:14
Soviet UnionUR-200 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90/20 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 2 October Successful
Apogee: 681 kilometres (423 mi)
2 October United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesVandenberg LC-395C United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 2 October Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
4 October
06:00
United StatesAthena RTV United StatesGreen River Pad 2 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 4 October Launch failure
5 October FranceCentaure 1 AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNET Suborbital Test flight 5 October Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 October
20:20
CanadaBlack Brant IIB CanadaFort Churchill CanadaCARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight 6 October Successful
Apogee: 211 kilometres (131 mi)
6 October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 6 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 October
18:35
CanadaBlack Brant IIB CanadaFort Churchill CanadaCARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight 7 October Successful
Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi)
7 October
23:04
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 October Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
7 October
23:19
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 7 October Launch failure
Apogee: 14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
7 October FranceCentaure 1 AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNET Suborbital Test flight 7 October Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
8 October
05:32
United StatesJavelin United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Lockheed Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
8 October Successful
Apogee: 1,004 kilometres (624 mi)
8 October
10:23
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 8 October Successful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
8 October
10:34:00
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 8 October Successful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
9 October
04:04:56
United StatesScout X-3C United StatesWallops Island LA-3A United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test 9 October Successful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
9 October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 9 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
10 October
02:00
Soviet UnionR-36 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 67/22 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 10 October Successful
Apogee: 865 kilometres (537 mi)
10 October
07:00:04
Soviet UnionR-17 Elbrus Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 10 October Successful
Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
11 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 October Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
11 October Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/4 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 October Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
12 October FranceRubis AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight 12 October Launch failure
Apogee: 60 kilometres (37 mi)
13 October
16:50:04
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesUSS James Madison, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 October
09:36
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 14 October Successful
Apogee: 102 kilometres (63 mi)
14 October United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNOTS
NOTS Suborbital Radiation 14 October Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 October
12:10
Soviet UnionR-17 Elbrus Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 16 October Successful
Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
16 October United StatesTerrier-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 16 October Launch failure
16 October Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 16 October Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 October
10:43
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 17 October Successful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
17 October
10:45
United StatesNike Javelin United StatesEglin
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 17 October Successful
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
19 October
15:42
United StatesJavelin United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 19 October Successful
Apogee: 840 kilometres (520 mi)
19 October
23:00
United KingdomBlue Streak AustraliaWoomera LA-6A EuropeELDO
ELDO Suborbital 19 October Successful
Apogee: 243 kilometres (151 mi)
19 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Alexander Hamilton, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 19 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Alexander Hamilton, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 19 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Alexander Hamilton, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 19 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Alexander Hamilton, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 19 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 October
02:29
Soviet UnionUR-200 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90/20 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 20 October Successful
Apogee: 1,129 kilometres (702 mi)
20 October FranceEmeraude VE121 AlgeriaHammaguira Brigitte FranceCNES
CNES Suborbital Missile test 20 October Launch failure
20 October United StatesTomahawk United StatesTonopah United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 20 October Launch failure
21 October
19:44
United StatesAstrobee-1500 United StatesWallops Island LA-2A United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 21 October Successful
Apogee: 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi)
21 October
21:12
United StatesHAD AustraliaCarnarvon AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 21 October Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 October
11:03
United StatesHAD AustraliaCarnarvon AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 22 October Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
23 October
16:00
United StatesJavelin United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Radio astronomy 23 October Successful
Apogee: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi)
24 October
17:33
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 24 October Successful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
27 October
00:58
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
ASE/MIT Suborbital XR astronomy 27 October Successful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
27 October
10:50
United KingdomSkylark-7C AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomAustraliaRAE/WRE
UCL Suborbital UV Astronomy
X-ray astronomy
27 October Successful
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
27 October
16:57
CanadaBlack Brant II CanadaFort Churchill United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 27 October Successful
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi)
27 October
16:57
United StatesNike-Cajun CanadaFort Churchill United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
27 October Successful
Apogee: 136 kilometres (85 mi)
27 October
20:25
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 27 October Successful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
28 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Lafayette, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 28 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Lafayette, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 28 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Lafayette, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 28 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 October United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A2 United StatesUSS Lafayette, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 28 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 October
01:59
Soviet UnionR-36 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 67/22 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 October Successful
Apogee: 868 kilometres (539 mi)
29 October
12:15:02
Soviet UnionR-17 Elbrus Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 29 October Successful
Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi)
29 October
16:28:13
United StatesLGM-30F Minuteman II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 October Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 October
23:18
FranceCentaure 1 FranceCERES EuropeESRO
LPA Suborbital Aeronomy 29 October Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
30 October
19:30
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 30 October Successful
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi)
31 October
18:04:03
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesUSS Casimir Pulaski, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 31 October Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
October Soviet UnionA-350Zh Soviet UnionSary Shagan Site 6 Soviet UnionPRO
PRO Suborbital Missile test October Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
October United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Target October Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
October FranceBerenice FranceCERES FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital REV Test October Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
October FranceBerenice FranceCERES FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital REV Test October Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)

November

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1 November
06:00
United StatesNike-Apache CanadaFort Churchill United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 1 November Successful
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
1 November
06:15
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 1 November Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
1 November
06:18
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 1 November Successful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
2 November
09:03
JapanKappa-8L JapanKagoshima JapanISAS
TAO Suborbital Aeronomy 2 November Successful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
3 November
00:00
United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-08 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 3 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
3 November
00:35
United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-03 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 3 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
3 November
07:57
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
Princeton Suborbital UV Astronomy 3 November Successful
Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi)
3 November
10:02
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric
3 November Successful
Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
3 November
17:32
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 3 November Successful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
3 November
17:38
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 3 November Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
4 November
08:31
FranceCentaure 1 ArgentinaCELPA FranceCNIE
ONUSJ Suborbital Aeronomy 4 November Successful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
4 November
16:35
FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Solar 4 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
4 November
17:00
United StatesLGM-25C Titan II United StatesVandenberg LC-395D United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 4 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
4 November United StatesUGM-133A Minuteman IA United StatesVandenberg LF-06 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 4 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
5 November
03:01
JapanKappa-9M JapanKagoshima JapanISAS
ISAS Suborbital Ionospheric 5 November Successful
Apogee: 356 kilometres (221 mi)
5 November
17:00
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
5 November
19:03
United StatesJavelin United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 867 kilometres (539 mi)
5 November
20:38
United StatesNike-Apache CanadaFort Churchill United StatesNASA
BRL Suborbital Fields
Ionospheric
5 November Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
5 November
20:39
United StatesJavelin CanadaFort Churchill United StatesNASA
BRL Suborbital Ionospheric 5 November Successful
Apogee: 840 kilometres (520 mi)
5 November
23:16
FranceCentaure 1 ArgentinaCELPA FranceCNIE
ONUSJ Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 176 kilometres (109 mi)
5 November United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-09 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 5 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
5 November FranceCentaure 1 AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 November FranceCentaure 1 AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 November FranceCentaure 1 FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 November FranceCentaure 1 FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 November FranceCentaure 1 FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 November
00:02
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
6 November
00:08
United StatesNike-Apache IndiaThumba United StatesNASA
ISRO Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
6 November
05:20
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
6 November
08:31
FranceCentaure 1 ArgentinaCELPA FranceCINE
ONUSJ Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
6 November
10:00
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
6 November
13:45
United KingdomBlack Knight 301 AustraliaWoomera LA-5 United KingdomRAE
UCL Suborbital REV Test
Aeronomy
6 November Successful
Apogee: 629 kilometres (391 mi)
6 November United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-02 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 6 November Launch failure
6 November United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-07 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 6 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
6 November United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
6 November FranceCentaure 1 FranceReggane FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 November FranceCentaure 1 FranceCERES FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 6 November Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
7 November
01:38
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 7 November Successful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
7 November
03:21
United StatesAthena RTV United StatesGreen River Pad 1 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 7 November Successful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
7 November
05:13
United StatesNike-Apache CanadaFort Churchill United StatesNASA
BRL Suborbital Ionospheric 7 November Successful
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi)
7 November
05:14
United StatesJavelin CanadaFort Churchill United StatesNASA
BRL/Michigan Suborbital Ionospheric 7 November Successful
Apogee: 714 kilometres (444 mi)
7 November
10:31
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 7 November Successful
Apogee: 213 kilometres (132 mi)
8 November
08:22
FranceVéronique AlgeriaHammaguira Blandine FranceCNES
CNRS Suborbital Solar 8 November Launch failure
Apogee: 98 kilometres (61 mi)
9 November
12:54
United StatesNike-Apache IndiaThumba United StatesNASA
ISRO Suborbital Aeronomy 9 November Successful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
9 November United StatesUGM-133A Minuteman IA United StatesVandenberg LF-05 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 9 November Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 November United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 9 November Successful
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
10 November
00:05
United StatesNike-Apache IndiaThumba United StatesNASA
ISRO Suborbital Aeronomy 10 November Successful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
10 November
02:05
JapanKappa-8L JapanKagoshima JapanISAS
Osaka Suborbital Ionospheric 10 November Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
10 November
11:07
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 10 November Successful
Apogee: 251 kilometres (156 mi)
10 November
22:25
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesAO-4 LP-1 United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 10 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 November
22:28
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 10 November Successful
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
10 November United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 10 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 November United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 10 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 November
09:59
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 11 November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 November
22:24
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesUSS Croatan, AO-4 LP-2 United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 11 November Successful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
11 November
22:27
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 11 November Successful
Apogee: 202 kilometres (126 mi)
12 November
03:05
JapanKappa-8L JapanKagoshima JapanISAS
Osaka Suborbital Aeronomy 12 November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 November
10:00
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 12 November Successful
Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
12 November
10:53
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesUSS Croatan, AO-4 LP-3 United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 12 November Successful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
12 November
10:56
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 12 November Successful
Apogee: 204 kilometres (127 mi)
12 November
19:30
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNRL
NRL Suborbital Solar 12 November Successful
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi)
13 November
16:57:03
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesUSS Casimir Pulaski, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
13 November United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 13 November Successful
Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi)
14 November
10:23
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 14 November Successful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
16 November
06:57
United StatesThor DSV-2J United StatesJohnston LE-1 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital ABM test 16 November Successful
Apogee: 1,148 kilometres (713 mi)
16 November
18:18
United StatesAerobee-150A United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 November Successful
Apogee: 188 kilometres (117 mi)
16 November
18:31
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Meteorite research 16 November Successful
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
17 November
17:49
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesUSS Croatan, AO-4 LP-4 United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 17 November Successful
Apogee: 194 kilometres (121 mi)
17 November
21:10
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesUSS Croatan, AO-4 LP-5 United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 17 November Successful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
17 November Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 November
11:23:00
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 November Launch failure
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
18 November United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 18 November Successful
Apogee: 309 kilometres (192 mi)
18 November United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesHueco United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 18 November Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
18 November United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesHueco United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 18 November Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
19 November
05:34
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 19 November Successful
Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi)
19 November
17:15
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNRL
NRL Suborbital Solar 19 November Successful
Apogee: 219 kilometres (136 mi)
19 November
18:34
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesUSS Croatan, AO-4 LP-6 United StatesNASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 19 November Launch failure
Apogee: 14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
19 November
19:02
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 19 November Successful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
19 November
20:20
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 19 November Successful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
19 November
22:02
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesUSS Croatan, AO-4 LP-7 United StatesNASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 19 November Successful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
19 November
23:43
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 19 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
19 November United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesHueco United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 19 November Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
19 November United StatesMGM-31 Pershing I United StatesHueco United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 19 November Launch failure
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
19 November Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 19 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
21 November United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 21 November Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
22 November
16:30
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 22 November Successful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
23 November
17:07
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 23 November Successful
Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi)
24 November United StatesNike Javelin United StatesEglin United StatesAir Force Air Proving Ground Command (AGPC)
AGPC Suborbital Aeronomy 24 November Launch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
24 November United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 24 November Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
25 November
11:34
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNRL
NRL Suborbital XR astronomy 25 November Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 November
08:02
CanadaBlack Brant II CanadaFort Churchill CanadaNRCC
NRCC Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research
27 November Successful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
27 November
13:31
United StatesNike-Iroquois United StatesEglin United StatesUS Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 27 November Successful
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
27 November
17:38
FranceCentaure 1 AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
MPE Suborbital Aeronomy 27 November Successful
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
28 November
11:14:26
Soviet UnionR-17 Elbrus Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 28 November Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
28 November United StatesAthena RTV United StatesGreen River Pad 3 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 28 November Launch failure
30 November
13:11
United StatesNike-Apache PakistanSonmiani United StatesNASA
SUPARCO Suborbital Aeronomy 30 November Successful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
30 November
17:37
FranceCentaure 1 AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
MPE Suborbital Aeronomy 30 November Successful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
30 November United StatesHonest John-Nike-Nike United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
NASA Suborbital Test flight 30 November Successful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
30 November United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 30 November Successful
Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi)
November United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
November United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
November United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
November United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
November United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
November United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy November Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

December

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1 December
01:20
United StatesNike-Apache PakistanSonmiani United StatesNASA
SUPARCO Suborbital Aeronomy 1 December Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
1 December
04:20
United StatesNike-Cajun ArgentinaCELPA United StatesNASA
TUC Suborbital Ionospheric 1 December Successful
Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi)
1 December
06:15
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 1 December Successful
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
1 December
08:45:04
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576A-1 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital REV Test 1 December Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
1 December United StatesNike-Tomahawk United StatesBarking Sands United StatesSandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 1 December Launch failure
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
2 December
16:30:04
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesUSS Stonewall Jackson, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 2 December Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 December
17:40
FranceDragon AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceCNES
CNES Suborbital Aeronomy 3 December Successful
Apogee: 390 kilometres (240 mi)
4 December
11:09:17
United StatesSM-65D Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576A-3 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 4 December Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
4 December
18:06
United StatesNike-Cajun ArgentinaCELPA United StatesNASA
TUC Suborbital Ionospheric 4 December Successful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
5 December
04:30
United StatesAthena RTV United StatesGreen River Pad 2 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 5 December Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
7 December
17:56
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Magnetospheric 7 December Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
8 December
10:26
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 8 December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
8 December
22:55
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 8 December Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 December United StatesHGM-25A Titan I United StatesVandenberg LC-395A-1 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 8 December Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 December
08:00
United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-08 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 9 December Launch failure
9 December
20:00
United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-02 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 9 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 December
10:26
United StatesHAD AustraliaWoomera LA-2 AustraliaWRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 10 December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 December United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United KingdomWalker Cay United StatesNOTS
NOTS Suborbital Radiation 11 December Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 December
00:00
Soviet UnionR-36 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 67/22 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 15 December Successful
Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
15 December
17:59:59
United StatesLGM-30F Minuteman II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-32B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 15 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 15 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
16 December
02:02
United KingdomSkylark 3 AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomAustraliaRAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 16 December Successful
Apogee: 220 kilometres (140 mi)
16 December
14:30
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Meteorite research 16 December Successful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
16 December
14:57
United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWhite Sands United StatesNASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 16 December Successful
Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
16 December
16:34:03
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesUSS Stonewall Jackson, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 16 December Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 December United StatesSparrow-Arcas United StatesSan Nicolas United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Weather 16 December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
17 December
03:05
United KingdomSkylark-7C AustraliaWoomera LA-2 United KingdomAustraliaRAE/WRE
CULH Suborbital Solar 17 December Successful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
17 December
06:55
United StatesAerobee-150 (Hi) United StatesWhite Sands LC-35 United StatesNASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 17 December Successful
Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi)
17 December
19:54:00
United StatesNike-Cajun United StatesPoint Mugu United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Aeronomy 17 December
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
17 December United StatesSparrow-Arcas United StatesSan Nicolas United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Weather 17 December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 December FranceRubis AlgeriaHammaguira Bacchus FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight 18 December Launch failure
Apogee: 60 kilometres (37 mi)
18 December United StatesLGM-30B Minuteman IB United StatesVandenberg LF-07 United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 18 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 December Soviet UnionR-14 Usovaya Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 December Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
18 December Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/3 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 December Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
19 December
01:06:12
United StatesLGM-30F Minuteman II United StatesCape Canaveral LC-31B United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 December Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 December
09:44:59
Soviet UnionR-17 Elbrus Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 21 December Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
22 December
04:00
United StatesBlue Scout Junior SLV-1B United StatesVandenberg PALC-A United StatesUS Air Force
EOS
WPAT
Suborbital Technology 22 December Launch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
22 December
16:30:04
United StatesUGM-27 Polaris A3 United StatesUSS Von Steuben, ETR United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 22 December Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 December
19:15:20
United StatesSM-65F Atlas United StatesVandenberg LC-576E United StatesStrategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 22 December Successful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
22 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 22 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 23 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
26 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
26 December Soviet UnionR-12 Dvina Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionMVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 December Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
26 December Soviet UnionR-16U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 41/3 Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 December Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
December United StatesNike-Apache United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Target December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
December United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
December United StatesNike-Javelin United StatesWhite Sands United StatesDASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy December Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionA-350Zh Soviet UnionSary Shagan Site 6 Soviet UnionPRO
PRO Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionA-350Zh Soviet UnionSary Shagan Site 6 Soviet UnionPRO
PRO Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy Unknown Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy Unknown Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy Unknown Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionMR-12 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionAN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy Unknown Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionRT-1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
Unknown Soviet UnionRT-1 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Soviet UnionRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
Unknown FranceBerenice FranceCERES FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital REV Test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
Unknown FranceBerenice FranceCERES FranceONERA
ONERA Suborbital REV Test Unknown Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
Unknown United StatesSidewinder-Raven United StatesWhite Sands United StatesERDL
ERDL Suborbital Test flight Unknown Successful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
Unknown United StatesSidewinder-Raven United StatesWhite Sands United StatesERDL
ERDL Suborbital Test flight Unknown Successful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)

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Footnotes

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