1963 in spaceflight (July–September)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and December 1963. For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

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

July

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.
12 July
20:45:59 		Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 1467 (KH-7 1 4001/AFP-206 SV-951) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 18 July Successful
Maiden flight of Atlas LV-3A Agena-D.
19 July
00:00:10 		Thor DM-21 Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-1 US Air Force
OPS 1266 (KH-4 23/9057) 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
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
ERS-9 (TRS 4) US Air Force Medium Earth Technology In orbit Successful
ERS-10 US Air Force Medium Earth Technology In orbit Partial launch failure
ERS-10 failed to separate.
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.
31 July
00:00:17 		Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 US Air Force
OPS 1370 (KH-6 3/8003) 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.

August

6 August
06:00 		Kosmos 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
Kosmos 19 (DS-P1 №3) Low Earth Radar target
Technology		 30 March 1964 Successful
22 August Kosmos 63S1 Kapustin Yar Mayak-2
DS-A1 №3 Intended: Low Earth Technology
Radiation		 22 August Launch failure
First stage malfunctioned.
25 August
00:30 		Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-4 US Air Force
OPS 1419 (KH-4A 1/1001) 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.
29 August
20:31 		Thor SLV-2 Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 US Air Force
OPS 1561 (KH-5 9/9058A) 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.

September

6 September
19:30:18 		Atlas LV-3A Agena-D Point Arguello LC-2-3 US Air Force
OPS 1947 (KH-7 2/4002/AFP-206 SV-952) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 8 September Successful
23 September
23:00 		Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D Vandenberg LC-75-1-2 US Air Force
OPS 1353 (KH-4A 2/1002) 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.
27 September
11:17:49 		Scout X-2B Point Arguello LC-D US Air Force
OPS 1610 (DSAP-1 F5 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.
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 stabilization system left spacecraft in an inverted orientation, preventing operational use.
For flights after 30 September, see 1962 in spaceflight (October-December)

Suborbital launches

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

July

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)
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 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 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
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
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 Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 20 July Launch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
20 July
20:30:00 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 20 July Launch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
20 July
21:03:00 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 20 July Successful
Apogee: 196 kilometres (122 mi)
20 July
21:05 		Black Brant II Churchill US Air Force
Utah
AFCRL 		Suborbital Solar 20 July Successful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
20 July
21:06 		Aerobee-150 (Hi) Churchill NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy
Solar		 20 July Launch failure
Apogee: 78 kilometres (48 mi)
20 July
21:13:00 		Nike-Apache Churchill NASA
GCA Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 20 July Successful
Apogee: 199 kilometres (124 mi)
20 July
21:40:00 		Nike-Apache 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 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
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 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
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

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)
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 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)
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 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 Chusovaya 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

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) 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
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 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
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 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)

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