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6,206 matching records

1. 1962 64 years ago

   2MV-1 No. 2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: 2MV-1 No. 2

   • Space transportation

   Venera 2MV-1 No.2, also known as Sputnik 20 in the Western world, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Venera programme.

2. 1962 64 years ago

   CORONA 50/9042A — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 50/9042A

   • Space transportation

   Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 50/9042A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

3. 1962 64 years ago

   2MV-2 No. 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: 2MV-2 No. 1

   • Space transportation

   Venera 2MV-2 No.1, also known as Sputnik 21 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Venera programme, and was intended to make a flyby of Venus.

4. 1962 64 years ago

   CORONA 51/9043 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 51/9043

   • Space transportation

   Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 51/9043 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

5. 1962 64 years ago

   Tiros 6 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Tiros 6

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta launched on the Tiros 6 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

6. 1962 64 years ago

   Kosmos-9 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-9

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-9 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

7. 1962 64 years ago

   Alouette 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Alouette 1

   • Space transportation

   Thor Agena B launched on the Alouette 1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

8. 1962 64 years ago

   CORONA 52/9045 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 52/9045

   • Space transportation

   Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 52/9045 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

9. 1962 64 years ago

   Explorer 14 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Explorer 14

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta A launched on the Explorer 14 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

10. 1962 64 years ago

    CORONA 53/9046A — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 53/9046A

    • Space transportation

    Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 53/9046A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1962 64 years ago

    Kosmos-10 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-10

    • Space transportation

    Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-10 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

12. 1962 64 years ago

    Ranger 5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Ranger 5

    • Space transportation

    Ranger 5 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to impacting on the Moon, to rough-land a seismometer capsule on…

13. 1962 64 years ago

    Kosmos-11 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-11

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-11 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

14. 1962 64 years ago

    2MV-4 No. 1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: 2MV-4 No. 1

    • Space transportation

    Mars 2MV-4 No.1 also known as Sputnik 22 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars programme, and was intended to make a flyby of Mars, and transmit images of the…

15. 1962 64 years ago

    1MS No. 2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests

    Mission: 1MS No. 2

    Kosmos 63S1 launched on the 1MS No. 2 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch failure.

16. 1962 64 years ago

    CORONA 54/STARAD — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 54/STARAD

    • Space transportation

    Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 54/STARAD flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

17. 1962 64 years ago

    Explorer 15 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Explorer 15

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta A launched on the Explorer 15 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

18. 1962 64 years ago

    ANNA 1B — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: ANNA 1B

    • Space transportation

    Thor Ablestar launched on the ANNA 1B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

19. 1962 64 years ago

    Mars-1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Mars-1

    • Space transportation

    Mars 1, also known as 1962 Beta Nu 1, Mars 2MV-4 and Sputnik 23, was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars on November 1, 1962, the first of the Soviet Mars probe program, with the intent…

20. 1962 64 years ago

    2MV-3 No. 1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: 2MV-3 No. 1

    • Space transportation

    Mars 2MV-3 No.1 also known as Sputnik 24 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars program, and was intended to land on the surface of Mars.