1960 in spaceflight (January–April)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and April 1960. For launches between May and August, see 1960 in spaceflight (May–August), for launches between September and December, see 1960 in spaceflight (September–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1960 in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

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

February

4 February
18:51:45[1] 		Thor DM-18 Agena-A Vandenberg LC 75-3-4 US Air Force
Discoverer 9 (KH-1 6/9006) CIA DST Intended: Low Earth (Polar) Optical imaging 4 February Launch failure
SRV 113 CIA DST Intended: Low Earth (Polar) Film return
Failed to reach orbit after premature cutoff of first stage. It Carried TOD-1 Navigation Payload.
19 February
20:15:14[2] 		Thor DM-18 Agena-A Vandenberg LC 75-3-5 US Air Force
Discoverer 10 (KH-1 7/9007) CIA DST Intended: Low Earth (Polar) Optical imaging 19 February Launch failure
SRV 110 CIA DST Intended: Low Earth (Polar) Film return
Destroyed by range safety during ascent to orbit. It Carried TOD-2 Navigation Payload.
26 February
17:25[3] 		Atlas LV-3A Agena-A Cape Canaveral LC-14 US Air Force
MIDAS-1 US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Missile defence 26 February Launch failure
Maiden flight of Atlas-Agena, upper stage failed to separate.

March

11 March
13:00[4] 		Thor DM-18 Able-IV Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
Pioneer 5 NASA Heliocentric Scientific In orbit Successful
Only flight of Thor-Able IV.
23 March
13:35:11[5] 		Juno II AM-19C Cape Canaveral LC-26B ABMA
S-46 NASA Intended: Highly elliptical Radiation research 23 March Launch failure
Third stage failed to ignite.

April

1 April
11:40:09[6] 		Thor DM-18 Able-II Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
TIROS-1 (Tiros-A) NASA/NOAA Low Earth Weather In orbit Partial spacecraft failure
Final flight of Thor-Able. Spacecraft ceased operations due to electrical system malfunction fifteen days short of planned end of mission.
13 April
12:02:36[7] 		Thor DM-21 Ablestar Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force
Transit 1B US Navy Low Earth Navigation
Technology		 5 October 1967 Successful
Solrad prototype US Navy Low Earth Technology 17 July Successful
Maiden flight of Thor-Ablestar, first restart of an upper stage.
15 April
15:06:45[8] 		Luna (8K72) L1-9/I-19AMS Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
Luna E-3 №1 RVSN Intended: Heliocentric Lunar probe 15 April Launch failure
Second stage engine malfunctioned.
15 April
20:30:37[9] 		Thor DM-18 Agena-A Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
Discoverer 11 (KH-1 8/9008) CIA DST Low Earth (Polar) Optical imaging 26 April Spacecraft failure
SRV 103 CIA DST Low Earth (Polar) Film return
Spacecraft attitude control system malfunctioned, image recovery not attempted. It Carried TOD-3 Navigation Payload.
16 April
16:07:41[10] 		Luna (8K72) L1-9A Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
Luna E-3 №2 RVSN Intended: Heliocentric Lunar probe 16 April Launch failure
Blok-B booster separated less than a second after launch.
For flights after 30 April, see 1960 in spaceflight (May–September)

Suborbital launches

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

January

7 January[11]
01:40 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-13 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 7 January Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
8 January[12] UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 January Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
13 January[13]
21:07 		UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 January Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
14 January[14]
16:35 		PGM-17 Thor DM-18C Cape Canaveral LC-18B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 14 January Successful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
14 January[15] Aerobee-300 Eglin US Air Force
Tattletale PCC-1 NSA Suborbital SIGNIT
Technology		 14 January Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
15 January
04:52[16] 		Javelin Wallops Island[16] US Air Force
NRL Suborbital Test flight 15 January Successful[16]
Apogee: 670 miles (1,080 km)[16]
16 January[17]
22:35 		Shotput[17] Wallops Island[17] NASA
NASA Suborbital Technology 16 January Successful
Apogee: 413 kilometres (257 mi), test of systems for Echo satellites
18 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
19 January
18:18 		Aerobee-150 (Hi)[18] White Sands[18] LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar research[18] 19 January Successful
Apogee: 210 kilometres (130 mi)
20 January[19]
16:35 		R-7A Semyorka Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 20 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 January[20] UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy[20]
US Navy Suborbital Missile test[20] 20 January Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
21 January
20:10 (GMT)[21] 		PGM-17 Thor DM-18A Vandenberg[21] LC-75-1-2 Royal Air Force[21]
Royal Air Force Suborbital Missile test 21 January Successful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
24 January
16:15 		R-7A Semyorka Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 January Launch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
26 January
00:48 		PGM-19 Jupiter Cape Canaveral LC-26B ABMA
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 26 January Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 January
05:42 		Javelin Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 26 January Successful
Apogee: 951 kilometres (591 mi)
26 January
23:43:05 		SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576A-3 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 26 January Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
27 January
01:31 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-13 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 27 January Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
27 January UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 27 January Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
29 January
18:51 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 29 January Successful
Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi)
29 January R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 January Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 January
16:17 		R-7A Semyorka Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 31 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
January Nike-Cajun White Sands US Army
US Army Suborbital Aeronomy January Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

February

2 February
18:08 		HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-19 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 2 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 February
22:19 		UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 4 February Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
5 February
00:19 		PGM-19 Jupiter Cape Canaveral LC-6 ABMA
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 5 February Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
5 February
21:46 		HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-16 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 5 February Launch failure
10 February UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 10 February Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
12 February
04:11 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-13 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 12 February Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 February
00:43 		Aerobee AJ10-34 White Sands LC-35 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 13 February Successful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
13 February R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 February Launch failure
16 February
20:48 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 16 February Launch failure
Apogee: 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
16 February Aerobee-300 Eglin US Air Force
Tattletale PCC-2 NSA Suborbital SIGNIT
Technology		 16 February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
17 February
01:00 		Nike-Cajun Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Meteoroid research 17 February Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
19 February
17:11 		PGM-17 Thor DM-18C Cape Canaveral LC-18B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 19 February Successful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
19 February
17:18 		Exos Eglin US Air Force
UMI Suborbital Cosmic ray research 19 February Launch failure
Apogee: 37 kilometres (23 mi)
23 February Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CASDN
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 23 February Launch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
24 February HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 24 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 February
18:02 		MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 25 February Successful
Maiden flight of Pershing, apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 February UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 26 February Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
27 February
06:53 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill US Air Force
JHU Suborbital Auroral 27 February Successful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
27 February
23:20 		Shotput Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Technology 27 February Successful
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi), test of systems for Echo satellites
29 February PGM-17 Thor DM-18C Cape Canaveral LC-18B US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 February Successful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)

March

1 March
22:11 		Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 1 March Successful
Apogee: 212 kilometres (132 mi)
2 March
18:32 		Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CASDN
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 2 March Successful
Apogee: 188 kilometres (117 mi)
2 March
20:06 		PGM-17 Thor DM-18A Vandenberg LC-75-2-8 Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Suborbital Missile test 2 March Successful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
3 March
22:50 		Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 3 March Successful
Apogee: 212 kilometres (132 mi)
5 March Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CASDN
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 5 March Successful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
8 March
13:10 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-11 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 8 March Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi), first use of inertial guidance[22]
8 March
18:00 		HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-16 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 8 March Launch failure
Second stage malfunction
9 March UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 9 March Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
11 March
00:36 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-13 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 11 March Launch failure
16 March
21:25 		Aerobee-300 Churchill NASA
UMI Suborbital Ionospheric 16 March Successful
Apogee: 337 kilometres (209 mi)
16 March Aerobee-300 Eglin US Air Force
Tattletale PCC-3 NSA Suborbital SIGNIT
Technology		 16 March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
17 March
01:52 		Nike-Asp Churchill NASA
UMI Suborbital Ionospheric 17 March Launch failure
17 March
23:55 		R-7A Semyorka Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 18 March Successful
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
18 March UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-25B US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 18 March Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
20 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 20 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
22 March HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 22 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 March Astrobee-500 Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 22 March Launch failure
24 March
02:06 		R-7A Semyorka Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 March Successful
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
24 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
25 March
18:40 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 25 March Successful
Apogee: 212 kilometres (132 mi)
25 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
25 March UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-25B US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 25 March Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
28 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 28 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
29 March Trailblazer 1 Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital RV test 29 March Successful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
29 March UGM-27 Polaris A1 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 29 March Launch failure
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
29 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 March R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 31 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
March R-13 Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test March Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)

April

1 April Shotput Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Technology 1 April Successful
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi), test of systems for Echo satellites
7 April
02:06 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 7 April Successful
Apogee: 236 kilometres (147 mi)
8 April
02:06 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-11 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 8 April Launch failure
Propulsion system malfunction, apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
8 April
12:04 		Nike-Cajun Churchill US Air Force
BRL Suborbital Aeronomy 8 April Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
8 April HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-16 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 8 April Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 April
03:18 		Skylark-2C Woomera LA-2 RAE
RAE Suborbital Test flight 12 April Successful
Apogee: 218 kilometres (135 mi)
18 April
23:09 		Scout X Wallops Island LA-3 NASA
Cub Scout NASA Suborbital Test flight 18 April Launch failure
Maiden flight of Scout family, only flight of Scout X, structural Failure during staging, apogee: 48 kilometres (30 mi)
18 April UGM-27 Polaris A1 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 18 April Launch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
19 April
14:15 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NRL
NRL Suborbital Solar 19 April Successful
Apogee: 222 kilometres (138 mi)
20 April
18:30 		MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 20 April Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
20 April Viper (ALSOR) F-104, Edwards NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 20 April Launch failure
Apogee: 70 kilometres (43 mi)
21 April
10:35 		Skylark-2 Woomera LA-2 RAE
UCL Suborbital Aeronomy 21 April Successful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
21 April
15:00 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Fields research 21 April Successful
Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
21 April
20:55 		HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 21 April Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 April
19:39:01 		SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 22 April Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
23 April
21:45 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 23 April Successful
Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
26 April
01:13 		UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 26 April Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 April Honest John-Nike-Gosling Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital RV test 26 April Launch failure
Apogee: 43 kilometres (27 mi)
27 April
04:18 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 27 April Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 April
21:56 		Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 27 April Launch failure
Apogee: 24 kilometres (15 mi)
28 April
14:50 		Nike Zeus White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Test flight 28 April Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
28 April
20:18 		HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-16 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 28 April Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 April
15:47 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 29 April Successful
Apogee: 242 kilometres (150 mi)
29 April
23:45 		UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-29A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 29 April Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
29 April R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 April Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
30 April
03:45 		UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 30 April Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)

May

2 May OPd-56-39-22D (Antares) CERES ONERA
ONERA Suborbital RV test 2 May Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
2 May OPd-56-39-22D (Antares) CERES ONERA
ONERA Suborbital RV test 2 May Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
5 May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 5 May Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 May OPd-56-39-22D (Antares) CERES ONERA
ONERA Suborbital RV test 5 May Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 May
16:47:02 		SM-65D Atlas Vandenberg LC-576B-2 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 6 May Launch failure
Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
6 May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 6 May Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
10 May
16:00 		MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 10 May Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
13 May
21:25 		HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 13 May Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 May
21:04 		Black Brant I Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight 18 May Launch failure
Apogee: 89 kilometres (55 mi)
18 May UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-25B US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 18 May Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
20 May
15:00 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 20 May Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi), set distance record of 14,548 kilometres (9,040 mi) for suborbital spaceflight
23 May UGM-27 Polaris A1 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 May Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
24 May
08:57 		Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 24 May Launch failure
Apogee: 24 kilometres (15 mi)
24 May
11:30 		Black Knight 201 Woomera LA-5A RAE
RAE Suborbital RV test 24 May Launch failure
Gaslight test, apogee: 563 kilometres (350 mi)
24 May
16:40 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 24 May Successful
Apogee: 269 kilometres (167 mi)
24 May
17:44 		Black Brant I Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight 24 May Successful
Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi)
25 May
00:48 		Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 25 May Successful
Apogee: 199 kilometres (124 mi)
25 May
22:00 		Nike-Asp Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Solar 25 May Successful
Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
27 May
04:05 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
Suborbital UV Astronomy 27 May Successful
Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
27 May
05:30 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 27 May Successful
Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
27 May
17:20 		HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-16 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 27 May Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 May
18:27 		Black Brant I Churchill CARDE
CARDE Suborbital Test flight 28 May Successful
Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
30 May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 May Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 May Shotput Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Technology 31 May Successful
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi), test of systems for Echo satellites
May R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test May Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)

June

4 June
15:49 		R-7 Semyorka Baikonur Site 1/5 RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 June Successful
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
6 June
17:10 		Nike-Cajun Churchill NASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 6 June Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
6 June R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 6 June Successful
Maiden flight of R-14, apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
7 June UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-25A US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 7 June Launch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
9 June
16:19 		MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 9 June Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
10 June R-5A Pobeda Chelkar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 10 June Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
11 June
06:30 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-11 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 11 June Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 June Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CASDN
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 13 June Successful
Apogee: 176 kilometres (109 mi)
15 June
02:43 		R-2A Kapustin Yar AN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy 15 June Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 June
15:45 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands NRL
Suborbital Aeronomy 15 June Successful
Apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)
15 June
22:56 		Aerobee-300 Churchill NASA
UMI Suborbital Ionospheric 15 June Successful
Apogee: 321 kilometres (199 mi)
16 June
05:29 		Nike-Cajun Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 June Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
16 June
12:04 		Skylark-2 Woomera LA-2 RAE
QUB Suborbital Aeronomy 16 June Successful
Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi)
16 June Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CASDN
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 16 June Successful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
18 June Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CASDN
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 18 June Successful
Apogee: 152 kilometres (94 mi)
21 June
10:05 		Black Knight 201 Woomera LA-5A RAE
RAE Suborbital RV test 21 June Successful
Gaslight test, apogee: 484 kilometres (301 mi)
21 June Kiva-Hopi Point Mugu US Air Force
Phoenix 1 US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 21 June Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
22 June
14:49 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-14 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 22 June Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
22 June
23:26 		PGM-17 Thor DM-18A Vandenberg LC-75-2-7 Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Suborbital Missile test 22 June Successful
Apogee: 520 kilometres (320 mi)
22 June Nike-Zeus White Sands LC-38 US Army
US Army Suborbital Test flight 22 June Launch failure
22 June Véronique Hammaguira Blandine CASDN
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 22 June Launch failure
Apogee: 60 kilometres (37 mi)
23 June
02:22 		UGM-27 Polaris A1 USNS Observation Island, ETR US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 June Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
23 June
23:00 		R-2A Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Ionospheric 23 June Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 June
05:00 		R-11A Zemlya Kapustin Yar AN
AN Suborbital Aeronomy 23 June Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 June
05:52 		UGM-27 Polaris A1 Cape Canaveral LC-25B US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 June Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
24 June
06:25 		Aerobee-150A Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 24 June Successful
Apogee: 211 kilometres (131 mi)
24 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
24 June HGM-30A Titan I Cape Canaveral LC-15 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital RV test 24 June Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
26 June
06:17 		Trailblazer 1 Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital RV test 26 June Successful
Apogee: 294 kilometres (183 mi)
27 June
13:15 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) White Sands LC-35 NRL
Suborbital Aeronomy 27 June Successful
Apogee: 222 kilometres (138 mi)
27 June
19:10 		Nike-Asp Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 27 June Launch failure
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
27 June Nike-Asp Cape Canaveral US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 27 June Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
28 June
02:30 		SM-65D Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 28 June Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
28 June
05:10 		Nike-Asp Eglin US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Ionospheric 28 June Successful
Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
29 June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
30 June
16:00 		MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 30 June Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
30 June
20:25 		Javelin Wallops Island NASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 30 June Launch failure
Apogee: 65 kilometres (40 mi)
June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test June Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
June R-12 Dvina Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test June Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
June R-14 Chusovaya Kapustin Yar RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test June Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)

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