1964 in spaceflight (April–June)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between April and June 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), 1964 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1964 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.

Orbital launches edit

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

April-June edit

2 April
02:42
 Molniya-M  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Zond 1 (Venera 3MV-1 #4) Heliocentric Venus flyby In orbit Spacecraft failure
 Zond 1 SA Intended: Heliocentric
Achieved: Low Earth
Venus lander
Failed to orbit
4 April
09:36
 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 28 (Zenit-2 #16) Low Earth Optical imaging 12 April Successful
8 April
16:00:01
 Titan II GLV  Cape Canaveral LC-19  US Air Force
 Gemini 1 NASA Low Earth Test flight 12 April
15:00
Successful
Maiden flight of Titan II GLV, first orbital launch of a Titan rocket, and first flight of the Gemini programme.
12 April
09:30
 Polyot  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Polyot 2 (I-151/I-2B #2) Low Earth ASAT test
Technology
8 June 1966 Successful
Final flight of Polyot rocket, non-intercept flight test of I-2B antisatellite weapon
20 April
08:08:28
 Molniya-M  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Luna E-6 #5 Intended: Highly elliptical Lunar flyby 20 April Launch failure
 Luna E-6 #5 SA Intended: Highly elliptical
Achieved: Low Earth
Lunar lander
Upper stage power system failed 340 seconds after launch, failed to orbit
21 April
18:50
 Thor DSV-2A Ablestar  Vandenberg LC-75-1-1  US Air Force
 Transit 5BN-3 US Navy Intended: Low Earth Navigation 21 April Launch failure
 Transit 5E-4 US Navy Intended: Low Earth Radiation
Failed to orbit, Transit 5BN-3 carried a SNAP-9 RTG
23 April
16:19
 Atlas LV-3A Agena-D  Point Arguello LC-2-3  US Air Force
 OPS 3743 (KH-7 #4007/AFP-206 SV-957) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 29 April Successful
25 April
10:19
 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 29 (Zenit-2 #19) Low Earth Optical imaging 3 May Successful
27 April
23:23:48
 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-3-4  US Air Force
 OPS 2921 (KH-4A #1005) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 26 May
04:36
Spacecraft failure
 SRV 618 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return
 SRV 635 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return
Film in forward camera broke, Agena power system failed, first SRV commanded to separate on 30 April but failed to do so, spacecraft reentered over Venezuela, with first SRV being recovered by farm workers, images damaged in landing and were unusable
18 May
09:50
 Voskhod  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Kosmos 30 (Zenit-4 #2) Low Earth Optical imaging 26 May Successful
19 May
19:21:14
 Atlas LV-3A Agena-D  Point Arguello LC-2-3  US Air Force
 OPS 3592 (KH-7 #4008/AFP-206 SV-958) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 22 May Successful
28 May
17:07:00
 Saturn I  Cape Canaveral LC-37B  NASA
 Apollo AS-101 (BP-13) NASA Low Earth Test flight 2 June
01:00
Successful
Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, first stage engine failure during ascent did not affect flight due to engine-out capability
4 June
03:50:55
 Scout X-4  Point Arguello LC-D  US Air Force
 OPS 4412 (Transit 5C-1) US Navy Low Earth Technology
Navigation
In orbit Successful
Ceased operations on 23 August 1965
4 June
22:59
 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Point Arguello LC-1-1  US Air Force
 OPS 3483 (KH-4A #1006) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 18 June Successful
 SRV 638 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return June Successful
 SRV 639 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return June Successful
4 June  Molniya  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Molniya-1 #2 Intended: Molniya Communications
Technology
4 June Launch failure
Block A throttle jammed closed 104 seconds after launch, failed to orbit
6 June
06:00
 Kosmos-2I 63S1  Kapustin Yar Mayak-2  
 Kosmos 31 (DS-MT #2) Low Earth Technology 20 October Successful
10 June
10:48
 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 32 (Zenit-2 #18) Low Earth Optical imaging 18 June Successful
13 June
15:47
 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-1-2  US Air Force
 OPS 3236 (KH-5 #9065A) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 2 June 1965 Successful
 SRV 661 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return June Successful
Spacecraft carried Starflash 1A experiment
18 June
04:56:08
 Thor SLV-2 Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-3-4  US Air Force
 OPS 4467A (DMSP-3A F3/P-35 #8) US Air Force Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
 OPS 4467B (DMSP-3A F4/P-35 #9) US Air Force Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
19 June
23:18
 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-1-1  US Air Force
 OPS 3754 (KH-4A #1007) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 16 July Successful
 SRV 634 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return June Successful
 SRV 633 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return June/July Successful
23 June
10:19
 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 33 (Zenit-2 #20) Low Earth Optical imaging 1 July Successful
25 June
01:40:24
 Scout X-4  Point Arguello LC-D  US Air Force
 ESRS (CRL-2/ENSAT) US Air Force Low Earth Environmental 25 June Launch failure
Second stage exploded
30 June
14:04:22
 Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C  Cape Canaveral LC-36A  NASA
NASA Intended: Geosynchronous transfer Test flight 30 June Launch failure
Maiden flight of Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C, Centaur hydraulic system failed

Suborbital launches edit

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

April edit

1 April
03:10
 Kappa-8L  Kagoshima  ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Aeronomy
Fields
1 April Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 April
20:22
 SM-65F Atlas  Cape Canaveral LC-11  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital REV test 1 April Successful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
1 April  Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Walker Cay  NOTS
NOTS Suborbital Radiation 1 April Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
2 April  Nike-Apache   Santa Rita  CRA
CRA Suborbital Test flight 2 April Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
2 April  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 2 April Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
2 April  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 2 April Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
3 April
03:48
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 3 April Successful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
3 April
20:26:22
 SM-65F Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576G  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 3 April Launch failure
6 April
16:30:03
 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Henry Clay, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 April Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
7 April
05:29
 Black Brant II  Fort Churchill  NRCC
NRCC Suborbital Auroral
Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research
7 April Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
7 April
14:13
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  KPNO
KPNO Suborbital Aeronomy 7 April Successful
Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi)
8 April
01:12:56
 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Cape Canaveral LC-31B  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 8 April Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 April
07:47
 Black Brant II  Fort Churchill  NRCC
SASK Suborbital Auroral
Aeronomy
Ionospheric
8 April Successful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
8 April
08:41
 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 8 April Successful
Apogee: 278 kilometres (173 mi)
9 April
14:22
 Nike-Apache  Sonmiani  NASA
SUPARCO Suborbital Aeronomy 9 April Successful
Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
9 April
21:04:50
 LGM-25C Titan II  Cape Canaveral LC-15  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 9 April Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 April
04:31
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 10 April Launch failure
Apogee: 74 kilometres (46 mi)
10 April
06:30
 Nike-Apache  Fort Churchill  NASA
Fairbanks Suborbital Auroral 10 April Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
11 April
07:05:54
 UR-200  Baikonur Site 90/19  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 April Launch failure
Apogee: 70 kilometres (43 mi)
11 April
09:19
 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
Met Office Suborbital Aeronomy 11 April Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 April  Dragon  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 11 April Successful
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
11 April  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 11 April Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
13 April
19:00
 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-07  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 13 April Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 April  Dragon  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 13 April Successful
Apogee: 425 kilometres (264 mi)
13 April  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 13 April Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
14 April
06:40
 Nike-Apache  Fort Churchill  NASA
Fairbanks Suborbital Auroral 14 April Successful
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
14 April
08:32
 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 14 April Successful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
14 April
18:30
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 14 April Launch failure
Apogee: 31 kilometres (19 mi)
14 April
21:42:25
 SM-65D Atlas  Cape Canaveral LC-12  NASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test 14 April Successful
Apogee: 837 kilometres (520 mi)
14 April  Véronique  Hammaguira Blandine  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Solar 14 April Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
15 April
01:21:42
 Nike-Apache  Ascension  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 15 April Successful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
15 April
15:56:00
 Nike-Apache  Ascension  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 15 April Successful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
15 April
23:25
 Javelin  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 15 April Successful
Apogee: 727 kilometres (452 mi)
16 April
07:16
 Black Brant II  Fort Churchill  NRCC
SASK Suborbital Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research
Particles
16 April Successful
Apogee: 152 kilometres (94 mi)
16 April
21:00:05
 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 16 April Successful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
17 April
00:44
 Black Brant II  Fort Churchill  NRCC
CBA Suborbital Ionospheric 17 April Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
17 April
23:15
 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 17 April Successful
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi)
18 April
00:38
 Nike-Cajun  Fort Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 18 April Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
18 April
00:59
 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 18 April Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
20 April
16:30:03
 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Henry Clay, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 20 April Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 April
17:00:09
 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Henry Clay, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 20 April Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 April
06:15
 Thor DSV-2J  Johnston LE-2  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital ABM test 21 April Successful
Apogee: 778 kilometres (483 mi)
21 April
16:18
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research
Solar
21 April Launch failure
Apogee: 11 kilometres (6.8 mi)
21 April
23:56
 Black Brant III  Fort Churchill  NRCC
CBA Suborbital Test flight 21 April Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
21 April  MGM-31 Pershing I  Hueco  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 21 April Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
22 April
06:54
 Nike-Apache  Fort Churchill  NASA
Fairbanks Suborbital Auroral 22 April Successful
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
23 April
11:00
 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-03  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 23 April Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
23 April  MGM-31 Pershing I  Hueco  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 23 April Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
24 April
20:14:17
 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Cape Canaveral LC-31B  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 24 April Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 April
06:05:26
 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 25 April Launch failure
25 April  Lex  CERES  ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight 25 April Launch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
26 April  R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 April Launch failure
27 April  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-05  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 27 April Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
27 April  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 27 April Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
April  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy April Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test April Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
April  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test April Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)

May edit

4 May  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNET Suborbital Test flight 4 May Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
6 May
16:00
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NRL
NRL Suborbital Solar 6 May Successful
Apogee: 238 kilometres (148 mi)
7 May
02:31:00
 Nike-Cajun  Point Mugu  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Aeronomy 7 May
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
7 May  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-02  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 7 May Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 May  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNET Suborbital Test flight 8 May Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
10 May  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
GRI Suborbital Aeronomy 10 May Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
10 May  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy 10 May Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
11 May  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-06  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 11 May Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 May
11:25
 Nike-Cajun  Kwajalein  US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 12 May Successful
Apogee: 144 kilometres (89 mi)
12 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 12 May Successful
Apogee: 313 kilometres (194 mi)
14 May
04:31
 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 14 May Successful
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
14 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 14 May Successful
Apogee: 313 kilometres (194 mi)
14 May  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
GRI Suborbital Aeronomy 14 May Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
15 May
06:56:00
 UR-200  Baikonur Site 90/19  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 15 May Successful
Apogee: 689 kilometres (428 mi)
15 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 15 May Successful
Apogee: 325 kilometres (202 mi)
15 May  R-9 Desna  Baikonur  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 15 May Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
18 May
06:20
 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Test flight 18 May Successful
Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi)
18 May
06:20
 Nike-Apache  Cape Canaveral  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 May Successful
Apogee: 152 kilometres (94 mi)
18 May
18:35
 Nike-Apache  Cape Canaveral  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 May Successful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
18 May  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-03  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 18 May Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 18 May Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
19 May
06:45
 Nike-Apache  Cape Canaveral  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 19 May Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
19 May
18:00
 Nike-Apache  Cape Canaveral  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 19 May Successful
Apogee: 267 kilometres (166 mi)
20 May  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 20 May Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 20 May Successful
Apogee: 142 kilometres (88 mi)
20 May  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 May Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 May  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 May Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
21 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 21 May Successful
Apogee: 329 kilometres (204 mi)
23 May
04:59:50
 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/21  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 23 May Launch failure
Apogee: 870 kilometres (540 mi)
25 May
18:29:05
 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Webster, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 25 May Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 May
19:15:06
 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Webster, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 25 May Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 May  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-07  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 25 May Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar 25 May Successful
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
27 May
04:30
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital X-ray astronomy 27 May Successful
Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
27 May  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar 27 May Successful
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
28 May
02:15
 Nike-Apache  White Sands  NASA
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 28 May Launch failure
Apogee: 48 kilometres (30 mi)
28 May
07:32
 Thor DSV-2J  Johnston LE-2  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital ABM test 28 May Launch failure
Apogee: 932 kilometres (579 mi)
28 May
23:15
 Athena RTV  Green River Pad 2  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 28 May Launch failure
Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
28 May  Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Walker Cay  NOTS
NOTS Suborbital Radiation 28 May Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 May
02:30:30
 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 May Successful
Apogee: 864 kilometres (537 mi)
30 May
04:02:51
 UR-200  Baikonur Site 90/19  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 May Successful
Apogee: 695 kilometres (432 mi)
30 May  R-16U  Baikonur  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 May Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
May  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy May Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy May Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

June edit

3 June
18:45
 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 3 June Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
3 June  R-7A Semyorka  Baikonur Site 31/6  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 3 June Successful
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
4 June
23:44
 Blue Streak  Woomera LA-6A  ELDO
ELDO Suborbital 4 June Successful
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi), maiden flight of Blue Streak, test for the Europa programme
5 June  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 5 June Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 June  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/4  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 7 June Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
8 June
16:34:07
 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Webster, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 June Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 June
17:09:07
 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Webster, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 June Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 June  Veronique 61  Hammaguira Blandine  CNES
LRBA Suborbital Test flight 8 June Successful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
9 June  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-05  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 9 June Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
10 June
05:03
 Astrobee-200  Point Arguello  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 10 June Successful
Apogee: 343 kilometres (213 mi)
10 June
05:30
 Rubis  Hammaguira Bacchus  ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight 10 June Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
10 June
12:44:59
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital Micrometeoroid research
Technology
10 June Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
10 June
15:10:00
 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 10 June Successful
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
11 June
08:31
 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 11 June Successful
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
11 June  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-06  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 11 June Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 June  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 11 June Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
12 June
05:03
 Rubis  Hammaguira Bacchus  ONERA
ONERA Suborbital Test flight 12 June Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 June  Veronique 61  Hammaguira Blandine  CNES
LRBA Suborbital Test flight 13 June Successful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
15 June
12:40
 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-02  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 15 June Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
15 June  Emeraude VE121  Hammaguira Brigitte  CNES
CNES Suborbital Missile test 15 June Launch failure
16 June
09:00
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NRL
NRL Suborbital UV astronomy 16 June Successful
Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi)
17 June
01:01
 Nike-Cajun  Kwajalein  US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 17 June Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
17 June
04:00:31
 UR-200  Baikonur Site 90/19  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 17 June Successful
Apogee: 694 kilometres (431 mi)
17 June  Emeraude VE121  Hammaguira Brigitte  CNES
CNES Suborbital Missile test 17 June Launch failure
18 June
02:19
 Nike-Cajun  Kwajalein  US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 June Successful
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi)
18 June
14:56:13
 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576A-1  Strategic Air Command
AFCRL Suborbital REV Test 18 June Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
18 June
16:30
 Nike-Cajun  Kwajalein  US Navy
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 June Successful
Apogee: 148 kilometres (92 mi)
19 June
01:29
 Nike-Cajun  Kwajalein  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Aeronomy 19 June Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 June
13:46
 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  KPNO
KPNO Suborbital Aeronomy 19 June Successful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
19 June
15:40
 Nike-Cajun  Kwajalein  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Aeronomy 19 June Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 June  R-14 Usovaya  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 June Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
23 June
18:16:03
 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS John Adams (SSBN-620), ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 June Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 June
19:53:03
 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS John Adams, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 June Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 June
21:31:02
 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS John Adams, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 June Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 June
04:42:27
 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 June Successful
Apogee: 874 kilometres (543 mi)
24 June
20:34
 Black Brant IVA  Fort Churchill  CARDE
CBA Suborbital Test flight 24 June Launch failure
Apogee: 467 kilometres (290 mi)
25 June
14:57:39
 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 25 June Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 June
00:52:30
 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 26 June Successful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
29 June
21:00
 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-09  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 June  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 29 June Launch failure
29 June  Dong Feng 2  Jiuquan LA-3  PLA
PLA Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 June
00:00
 UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-04  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 30 June Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 June
22:30:04
 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 June Successful
Apogee: 872 kilometres (542 mi)
June  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Aeronomy June Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Target June Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy June Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
June  R-14 Usovaya  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test June Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)

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