1962 in spaceflight 5196849 197775587 2008-03-12T18:48:19Z GW Simulations 596246 flag for cleanup {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup|date=yes|templte=yes|incomplete=yes|dialect=yes|EOM=yes}} ==Launches== This is a list of [[spaceflight]]s launched in [[1962]]. {{incomplete list}} {| border="2" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #555 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Launch Date/Time ! [[Rocket]] ! Launch <br> Site ! Launch Contractor ! Payload ! Operator ! [[Orbit]] ! Mission/<br>Function ! Re-Entry/<br>Destruction ! Outcome ! Remarks |- ||[[January 13]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Corona (satellite)|Discoverer 37]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Spy satellite]] ||N/A ||'''Failure''' || |- | rowspan=5 |[[January 24]] | rowspan=5 |[[Thor (launch vehicle)|Thor Able-Star]] | rowspan=5 |[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] | rowspan=5 |[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[LOFTI 2A]] ||[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Low frequency research | rowspan=5 |[[January 24]], [[1962]] | rowspan=5 |'''Failure''' | rowspan=5 |First attempt to launch 5 satellites. Failure due to programmer malfunction |- ||[[SECOR 1A]] ||[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Satellite navigation system]] |- ||[[Solrad | Solrad 4A]] ||[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Solar physics]] (covert [[ELINT]]) |- ||[[Injun 2]] ||[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Ionosphere|Ionospheric research]] |- ||[[Surcal 1]] ||[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance |- ||[[January 26]] <br> 20:30 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12|LC-12]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Ranger 3]] ||[[NASA]] ||Intended: [[Moon|Lunar]] impact, Actual:Lunar fly-by ||Lunar research ||[[January 28]], [[1962]] (last signal), now in heliocentric orbit ||Partial failure ||Missed the moon by 36,800 km due to malfunction in booster guidance system |- ||[[February 8]] <br> 12:29 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta DM-19]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[TIROS|TIROS 4]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Weather satellite]] ||[[June 30]], [[1962]] (last signal) ||Successful || |- ||[[February 20]] <br> 14:47 [[GMT]] ||[[Convair]] [[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas D]] ||LC-14, [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Mercury-Atlas 6]] <br> 1 Astronaut ([[John Glenn]]) ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Manned Orbital Flight ||[[February 20]], [[1962]] <br> 19:43 [[GMT]] ||Successful ||First American manned orbital spaceflight. |- ||[[February 21]] <br> 18:44 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||Samos F2-1 ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[February 27]] <br> 21:50 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Corona (satellite)|Discoverer 38]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[March 3]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Aerial capsule recovery |- ||[[March 7]] <br> 16:04 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta DM-19]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Orbiting Solar Observatory|OSO 1]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Solar physics]] ||May 1964 (last signal) ||Successful || |- ||[[March 7]] <br> 19:12 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Samos (satellite)|Samos 6]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Partial success ||Film capsule recovery failed |- ||[[March 16]] <br> 12:00 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 1]] aka Sputnik 11 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Technology, Ionospheric research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[March 29]] <br> 07:27 [[GMT]] ||[[Scout (rocket)|Scout X-2]] ||[[Wallops Flight Facility|Wallops Island]] ||<!-- NASA? --> ||[[P21A]] ||<!-- NASA? --> ||[[Sub-orbital]] ||Ionospheric research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[April 6]] <br> 17:16 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 2]] aka Sputnik 12 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Ionospheric research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[April 9]] <br> 15:50 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[MIDAS 5]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[April 18]] || ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Corona (satellite)|Discoverer 39]] (1962 Lambda 1) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Space research ||[[May 25]], [[1962]] ||Successful || |- ||[[April 23]] <br> 20:50 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12|LC-12]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Ranger 4]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Moon|Lunar]] impact ||Lunar research ||[[April 26]], [[1962]] ||'''Failure''' ||Moon-impact, but on the far side, no scientific data transmitted |- ||[[April 24]] <br> 04:04 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 3]] aka Sputnik 13 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Ionospheric research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[April 25]] <br> 14:00 [[GMT]] ||[[Saturn I (rocket)|Saturn I (C-1)]] ||LC-34, [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Project Highwater|Highwater]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Sub-orbital]] ||Test Saturn 1 [[Launch vehicle]]. Investigate ice cloud in upper atmosphere. ||[[April 25]], [[1962]] <br> 14:02 [[GMT]] ||Successful ||Self destructed after objectives completed |- ||[[April 26]] ||[[Scout (rocket)|Scout X-2]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Navy]] ||[[Solrad | SOLRAD 4B]] ||[[US Navy]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Solar physics]] (covert [[ELINT]]) ||[[April 26]], [[1962]] ||'''Failure''' || |- ||[[April 26]] <br> 10:04 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 4]] aka Sputnik 14 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[April 26]] <br> 18:00 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta DM-19]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]], UK Science Research Council ||Ariel 1 aka UK 1 ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Space physics ||[[November 9]], [[1964]] ||Successful ||First British experiments in orbit |- ||[[April 26]] <br> 21:36 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Samos (satellite)|Samos 7]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Space physics ||[[April 28]], [[1962]] ||Successful || |- ||[[May 10]] ||[[Thor (launch vehicle)|Thor Able-Star]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||Anna 1A ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Satellite navigation system]] ||N/A ||'''Failure''' || |- ||[[May 15]] <br> 19:40 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-5 9034A ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[May 19]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[May 24]] ||[[Scout (rocket)|Scout X-2]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP-1A F1]] ||[[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Military [[weather satellite]] ||N/A ||'''Failure''' || |- ||[[May 24]] <br> 12:45 [[GMT]] ||[[Convair]] [[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas D]] ||LC-14, [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Mercury-Atlas 7]] <br> 1 Astronaut ([[Scott Carpenter]]) ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Manned Orbital Flight ||[[May 24]], [[1962]] <br> 17:41 [[GMT]] ||Successful || |- ||[[May 28]] <br> 03:07 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 5]] aka Sputnik 15 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Earth science ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[May 30]] <br> 00:28 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 4 (1962 Phi 1) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[June 2]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[June 1]] ||[[Vostok rocket|Vostok 2]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos (6)]] ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||'''Failure''' || |- | rowspan=2 |[[June 2]] <br> 00:43 [[GMT]] | rowspan=2 |[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] | rowspan=2 |[[Vandenberg AFB]] | rowspan=2 |[[US Air Force]] ||[[OSCAR|OSCAR 2]] ||Project Oscar ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Amateur radio satellite ||N/R ||Successful || |- ||KH-4 5 (KH-4 9036) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/R ||Partial failure ||Capsule not recovered |- ||[[June 17]] <br> 18:14 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Samos (satellite)|Samos 8]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[June 18]] <br> 20:24 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Samos (satellite)|Samos F2-2]] (1962 Omega 1) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[June 19]] <br> 12:14 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta DM-19]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[TIROS|TIROS 5]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Weather satellite]] ||[[May 14]], [[1963]] (deactivated) ||Successful || |- ||[[June 23]] <br> 00:28 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 6 (KH-4 9037) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[June 28]] <br> 00:12 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-D]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 7 (KH-4 9038) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[July 2]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[June 30]] <br> 16:04 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 6]] aka Sputnik 16 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[July 18]] <br> 20:53 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Samos (satellite)|Samos 9]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[July 21]] <br> 00:57 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 8 (KH-4 9039) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[July 21]], [[1962]] ||Partial success ||Aborted after 6 orbits |- ||[[July 22]] <br> 09:21 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12|LC-12]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Mariner 1]] ||[[NASA]] ||Intended: [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] Fly-by ||Venus exploration ||[[July 22]], [[1962]] ||'''Failure''' ||Failed 293 seconds after launch |- ||[[July 28]] <br> 00:28 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 9 (KH-4 9040) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[August 1]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[July 28]] <br> 09:21 [[GMT]] ||[[Vostok rocket|Vostok 2]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 7]] aka Sputnik 17 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance, Space science ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[August 2]] <br> 00:28 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-D]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 10 (KH-4 9041) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[August 6]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[August 5]] <br> 18:00 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Samos (satellite)|Samos 10]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[August 11]] <br> 08:30 [[GMT]] ||[[Vostok rocket|A-1]] ||LC-1, [[Baikonur]] ||[[RVSN]] ||[[Vostok 3]], 1 Cosmonaut ([[Andrian Nikolayev]]) ||[[RVSN]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Manned Orbital Flight ||[[August 15]], [[1962]] <br> 06:56 [[GMT]] ||Successful || |- ||[[August 12]] <br> 08:02 [[GMT]] ||[[Vostok rocket|A-1]] ||LC-1, [[Baikonur]] ||[[RVSN]] ||[[Vostok 4]], 1 Cosmonaut ([[Pavel Popovich]]) ||[[RVSN]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Manned Orbital Flight ||[[August 15]], [[1962]] <br> 06:59 [[GMT]] ||Successful || |- ||[[August 18]] <br> 05:02 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 8]] aka Sputnik 18 ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[August 23]] <br> 11:45 [[GMT]] ||[[Scout (rocket)|Scout X-2]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP-1A F2]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Military [[weather satellite]] ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[August 25]] <br> 02:52 [[GMT]] ||[[Molniya rocket|Molniya]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Sputnik 19]] (Venera 2a) ||USSR ||Intended: [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] landing ||Venus exploration ||[[August 28]], [[1962]] ||'''Failure''' ||Escape stage failed |- ||[[August 27]] <br> 06:53 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12|LC-12]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Mariner 2]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Venus (planet)|Venus]] Fly-by ||Venus exploration ||[[January 3]], [[1963]] (last signal) ||Successful ||First successful US Venus mission. Fly-by on [[December 14]], [[1962]] |- ||[[August 29]] <br> 01:12 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-D]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 11 (KH-4 9044) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[September 2]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[September 1]] <br> 02:24 [[GMT]] ||[[Molniya rocket|Molniya]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Sputnik 20]] (Venera 2b) ||USSR ||Intended: [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] landing ||Venus exploration ||[[September 6]], [[1962]] ||'''Failure''' ||Escape stage failed |- ||[[September 1]] <br> 20:38 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-5 6 (KH-4 9042A) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||N/A ||[[September 2]], [[1962]] ||Partial success ||Capsule not recovered |- ||[[September 12]] <br> 01:40 [[GMT]] ||[[Molniya rocket|Molniya]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Sputnik 21]] (Venera 2c) ||USSR ||Intended: [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] landing ||Venus exploration ||[[September 12]], [[1962]] ||'''Failure''' ||Third stage exploded |- | rowspan=2 |[[September 17]] <br> 20:38 [[GMT]] | rowspan=2 |[[Thor (launch vehicle)|Thor Agena-B]] | rowspan=2 |[[Vandenberg AFB]] | rowspan=2 |[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 12 ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[September 18]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||TRS 2 (ERS 2) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Solar cells damage test ||N/A ||'''Failure''' ||Failed to deploy |- ||[[September 18]] <br> 08:52 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta DM-19]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[TIROS|TIROS 6]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Weather satellite]] ||[[October 21]], [[1963]] (last signal) ||Successful || |- ||[[September 27]] <br> 09:36 [[GMT]] ||[[Vostok rocket|Vostok 2]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 9]] ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[September 29]] <br> 06:05 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Alouette 1]] ||Canadian Defence Research Board-Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Ionospheric research ||Still in orbit, last signal: September 1971 ||Successful ||First Canadian satellite |- ||[[September 29]] <br> 23:45 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-D]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 13 (KH-4 9045) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful ||First use of stellar camera |- ||[[October 2]] <br> 21:30 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta-A]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Explorer program|Explorer 14]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||Energetic particles research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[October 3]] <br> 12:15 [[GMT]] ||[[Convair]] [[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas D]] ||LC-14, [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Mercury-Atlas 8]] <br> 1 Astronaut ([[Walter Schirra]]) ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Manned Orbital Flight ||[[October 3]], [[1962]] <br> 21:28 [[GMT]] ||Successful || |- ||[[October 9]] <br> 18:58 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-5 7 (KH-4 9046A) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[October 13]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[October 17]] <br> 09:21 [[GMT]] ||[[Vostok rocket|Vostok 2]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 10]] ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[October 18]] <br> 16:59 [[GMT]] ||[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12|LC-12]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Ranger 5]] ||[[NASA]] ||Intended: [[Moon|Lunar]] impact ||Lunar research ||now in heliocentric orbit ||'''Failure''' ||Missed the moon by 725 km |- ||[[October 20]] <br> 03:50 [[GMT]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 11]] ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance, Space research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[October 24]] <br> 17:55 [[GMT]] ||[[Molniya rocket|Molniya]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Sputnik 22]] (Mars 1c) ||USSR ||Intended: [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] fly-by ||Mars exploration ||[[October 24]], [[1962]] ||'''Failure''' ||Failed while still in earth orbit |- ||[[October 25]] ||Kosmos ||[[Kapustin Yar]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos (12)]] ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||N/A ||N/A ||'''Failure''' || |- ||[[October 26]] <br> 16:19 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-D]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[STARAD|STARAD 1]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||Magnetospheric research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[October 27]] <br> 23:17 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta-A]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Explorer program|Explorer 15]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||Energetic particles research ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[October 31]] <br> 08:09 ||[[Thor (launch vehicle)|Thor Able-Star]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||Anna 1B ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Satellite navigation system]] ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[November 1]] <br> 16:14 [[GMT]] ||[[Molniya rocket|Molniya]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Mars 1]] (Sputnik 23) ||USSR ||[[Mars (planet)|Mars]] fly-by ||Mars exploration ||[[March 21]], [[1963]] (last signal), now in heliocentric orbit ||Partial failure ||Loss of signal at earth-distance of 107 mio km, Mars fly-by on [[June 19]], [[1963]] without data transmission |- ||[[November 4]] <br> 15:35 [[GMT]] ||[[Molniya rocket|Molniya]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Sputnik 24]] ||USSR ||[[Mars (planet)|Mars]] landing ||Mars exploration ||[[January 19]], [[1963]] ||'''Failure''' ||Burn for Mars trajectory failed, destroying spacecraft |- ||[[November 5]] <br> 22:19 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 14 (KH-4 9047) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Military satellite ||[[December 3]], [[1962]] ||Successful || |- | rowspan=2 |[[November 11]] <br> 20:24 [[GMT]] | rowspan=2 |[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] | rowspan=2 |[[Vandenberg AFB]] | rowspan=2 |[[US Air Force]] ||[[Samos (satellite)|Samos 11]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||TRS-1 (ERS-1) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Solar cell damage test ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[November 16]] <br> 17:45 [[GMT]] ||[[Saturn I (rocket)|Saturn I (C-1)]] ||LC-34, [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Project Highwater|Highwater]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Sub-orbital]] ||Test Saturn 1 [[Launch vehicle]]. Investigate ice cloud in upper atmosphere. ||[[November 16]], [[1962]] <br> 17:49 [[GMT]] ||Successful ||Self destructed after objectives completed |- ||[[November 24]] <br> 22:04 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-B]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 15 (KH-4 9048) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[December 4]] <br> 21:36 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-D]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 16 (KH-4 9049) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Partial failure ||Capsule not recovered |- ||[[December 13]] <br> 23:30 [[GMT]] ||[[Delta rocket|Delta-B]] ||[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17|LC-17]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||[[NASA]] ||Relay 1 ||[[NASA]] ||[[Medium Earth Orbit|MEO]] ||[[Communications satellite]] ||[[February 10]], [[1965]] (last signal) ||Successful || |- | rowspan=5 |[[December 13]] <br> 04:04 [[GMT]] | rowspan=5 |[[Thor (launch vehicle)|Thor Agena-D]] | rowspan=5 |[[Vandenberg AFB]] | rowspan=5 |[[US Navy]] ||Injun 3 ||[[US Navy]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||[[Magnetosphere]] research ||[[August 25]], [[1968]] ||Successful || |- ||SURCAL 1A ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||SURCAL 2A ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||Calsphere 1A ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||1962 Beta Tau 1<br>[[Poppy (satellite)|Poppy]] 1 ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Highly Elliptical Orbit|HEO]] ||Surveillance ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[December 14]] <br> 21:22 [[GMT]] ||[[Thor Agena|Thor Agena-D]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||KH-4 17 (KH-4 9050) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[December 18]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- ||[[December 16]] <br> 14:38 [[GMT]] ||[[Scout (rocket)|Scout X-3]] ||[[Wallops Flight Facility|Wallops Island]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Explorer program|Explorer 16]] ||[[NASA]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Micrometeorid satellite ||July 1963 ||Successful || |- | rowspan=3 |[[December 17]] | rowspan=3 |[[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas Agena-B]] | rowspan=3 |[[Vandenberg AFB]] | rowspan=3 |[[US Air Force]] ||TRS-3 (ERS-3) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Solar cell damage test | rowspan=3 |[[December 17]], [[1962]] | rowspan=3 |'''Failure''' | rowspan=3 | |- ||TRS-4 (ERS-4) ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Solar cell damage test |- ||[[MIDAS 6]] ||[[US Air Force]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance |- ||[[December 19]] <br> 01:26 [[GMT]] ||[[Scout (rocket)|Scout X-3]] ||[[Vandenberg AFB]] ||[[US Navy]] ||[[Transit (satellite)|Transit 5A]] ||[[US Navy]] ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||[[Satellite navigation system]] ||N/A ||Successful || |- ||[[December 22]] <br> 09:21 [[GMT]] ||[[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2]] ||[[Baikonur]] ||USSR ||[[Cosmos (satellite)|Cosmos 12]] ||USSR ||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ||Surveillance ||[[December 30]], [[1962]] ||Successful ||Capsule recovered |- |} == Deep Space Rendezvous in 1962 == *[[January 28]] — [[Ranger 3]] missed Moon by 36,793 km (impact mission) *[[April 26]] — [[Ranger 4]] impacted the far side of the Moon, no pictures *[[October 21]] — [[Ranger 5]] missed Moon by 724 km (impact mission) *[[December 14]] — [[Mariner 2]] flyby of Venus (34,773 km) ==References== {{TLS-R}} <br> {{start box}} {{succession box | title=[[Timeline of spaceflight]] | years= [[1962]] | before=[[1961 in spaceflight|1961]] | after=[[1963 in spaceflight|1963]]}} {{end}} [[Category:Space lists]] [[Category:Timelines of spaceflight|62]] [[Category:1962 in space exploration]]