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6,410 records

1960s

50 records

  1. 1962

    1. 1962-05-15 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 41/9034A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1962-05-24 launch failure

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      Scout X-2M launched on the FTV 3501 (AF-1) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    3. 1962-05-28 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-5 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1962-05-30 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 42/9035 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1962-06-01 launch failure

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Zenit-2 No. 3 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch failure.

    6. 1962-06-02 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 43/9036 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1962-06-17 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the FTV 2402 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1962-06-18 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the FTV 2312 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1962-06-19 launch

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      Thor Delta launched on the Tiros 5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1962-06-23 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 44/9037 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1962-06-28 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 45/9038 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1962-06-30 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-6 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1962-07-10 launch

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      Thor Delta launched on the Telstar 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1962-07-18 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the FTV 2403 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1962-07-21 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 46/9039 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1962-07-22 launch failure

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      Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft of NASA's interplanetary Mariner program, built to conduct the first American planetary flyby of Venus.

    17. 1962-07-28 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-7 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1962-07-28 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 47/9040 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1962-08-02 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 48/9041 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1962-08-05 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the FTV 2404 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1962-08-11 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Vostok-3 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1962-08-12 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Vostok-4 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1962-08-18 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-8 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1962-08-23 launch

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      Scout X-2M launched on the FTV 3502 (AF-2) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1962-08-25 launch

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      Venera 2MV-1 No.1, also known as Sputnik 19 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Venera programme.

    26. 1962-08-27 launch

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      Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter.

    27. 1962-08-29 launch

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      Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 49/9044 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1962-09-01 launch

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      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.

    29. 1962-09-01 launch

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

    30. 1962-09-12 launch

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      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.

    31. 1962-09-17 launch

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

    32. 1962-09-18 launch

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

    33. 1962-09-27 launch

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

    34. 1962-09-29 launch

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

    35. 1962-09-29 launch

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

    36. 1962-10-02 launch

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

    37. 1962-10-05 agreement

      Five founding countries signed the European Southern Observatory Convention.

    38. 1962-10-09 launch

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

    39. 1962-10-17 launch

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

    40. 1962-10-18 launch

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      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…

    41. 1962-10-20 launch

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

    42. 1962-10-24 launch

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      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…

    43. 1962-10-25 launch failure

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

    44. 1962-10-26 launch

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

    45. 1962-10-27 launch

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

    46. 1962-10-31 launch

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

    47. 1962-11-01 launch

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      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…

    48. 1962-11-04 launch

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      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.

    49. 1962-11-05 launch

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      Thor Agena B launched on the CORONA 55/9047 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1962-11-11 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the FTV 2405 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

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