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1964 in spaceflight (July–September)

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

January-March edit

1 July
11:16 		 Voskhod  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Kosmos 34 (Zenit-4 #3) Low Earth Optical imaging 9 July Successful
2 July
23:59:56 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-3-5  US Air Force
 OPS 3395 (Ferret #6/Samos-F3 #2) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth ELINT 7 August 1969 Successful
6 July
18:51:18 		 Atlas LV-3A Agena-D  Point Arguello LC-2-3  US Air Force
 OPS 3684 (KH-7 #4009/AFP-206 SV-959) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 8 July Successful
 OPS 4923 (SSF-A #3/EHH A3) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth SIGINT 3 January 1965 Successful
10 July
21:51:02 		 Vostok-K  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Elektron 3 Medium Earth Radiation In orbit Successful
 Elektron 4 Highly elliptical Radiation 12 October 1983 Successful
Final flight of Vostok-K
10 July
23:15 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Point Arguello LC-1-1  US Air Force
 OPS 3491 (KH-4A #1008) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 6 August Successful
 SRV 640 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return July Successful
 SRV 641 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return July Successful
Last launch from Point Arguello
15 July
11:31 		 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 35 (Zenit-2 #21) Low Earth Optical imaging 23 July Successful
17 July
08:22 		 Atlas LV-3A Agena-D  Cape Canaveral LC-13  US Air Force
 OPS 3662 (Vela 2A) US Air Force High Earth Nuclear test detection
Radiation research		 In orbit Successful
 OPS 3674 (Vela 2B) US Air Force High Earth Nuclear test detection
Radiation research		 In orbit Successful
 ERS-13 US Air Force Highly elliptical Particle research 5 February 1966 Successful
28 July
16:50:07 		 Atlas LV-3A Agena-B  Cape Canaveral LC-12  US Air Force
 Ranger 7 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor 31 July
13:25:48		 Successful
Impacted Mare Nubium
30 July
03:36 		 Kosmos-2I 63S1  Kapustin Yar Mayak-2  
 Kosmos 36 (DS-P1-Yu #1) Low Earth Radar target 28 February 1965 Successful
5 August
23:15:35 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-3-4  US Air Force
 OPS 3042 (KH-4A #1009) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 1 September Successful
 SRV 646 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return August Successful
 SRV 647 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return August Successful
14 August
09:36 		 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 37 (Zenit-2 #22) Low Earth Optical imaging 22 August Partial spacecraft failure
Film in SA-10 camera broke
14 August
22:00:13 		 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D  Vandenberg PALC-2-4  US Air Force
 OPS 3802 (KH-7 #4010/AFP-206 SV-960) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 23 August Successful
 OPS 3216 (Hitchhiker 2/P-11 #3) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth SIGINT 8 March 1979 Successful
Maiden flight of Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D, first Atlas-Agena launch from Vandenberg
18 August
09:15 		 Kosmos-1  Baikonur Site 41/15  
 Kosmos 38 (Strela-1 #1) Low Earth Communications
Technology		 8 November Successful
 Kosmos 39 (Strela-1 #2) Low Earth Communications
Technology		 17 November Successful
 Kosmos 40 (Strela-1 #3) Low Earth Communications
Technology		 18 November Successful
Maiden flight of Kosmos-1
19 August
12:15:02 		 Delta D  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  US Air Force
 Syncom 3 (Syncom C) NASA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Delta D, satellite positioned at 64° West and 180° East in 1964, moved to 25° West in 1965, and 165° East in 1966.
21 August
15:45 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-1-2  US Air Force
 OPS 2739 (KH-5 #9064A) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 31 March 1965 Partial spacecraft failure
 SRV 667 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return August Successful
Final KH-5 flight, film affected by image smearing and a flare, carried Starflash 1B experiment
22 August
07:12 		 Molniya  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Kosmos 41 (Molniya-1) Molniya Communications
Technology		 9 April 2004 Spacecraft failure
Communications antenna failed to deploy
22 August
11:02 		 Kosmos-2I 63S1  Kapustin Yar Mayak-2  
 Kosmos 42 (Strela-1 #4) Low Earth Communications
Technology		 19 December 1965 Successful
 Kosmos 43 (Strela-1 #5) Low Earth Communications
Technology		 27 December 1965 Successful
25 August
13:43 		 Scout X-4  Vandenberg PALC-D  US Air Force
 Explorer 20 (IE-A/TOPSI/Top Side Explorer/S-48) NASA Low Earth Ionospheric In orbit Successful
28 August
07:56:57 		 Thor SLV-2 Agena-B  Vandenberg LC-75-1-1  US Air Force
 Nimbus 1 (Nimbus A) NASA Low Earth Weather
Technology		 16 May 1974 Partial launch failure
Placed in lower than planned orbit due to premature second stage cutoff during second burn
28 August
16:19 		 Vostok-2M  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 44 (Meteor #1) Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Vostok-2M
1 September
15:00:06 		 Titan IIIA  Cape Canaveral LC-20  US Air Force
US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Test flight 1 September Launch failure
Maiden flight of Titan IIIA, upper stage pressurisation system failed
5 September
01:23 		  Atlas LV-3A Agena-B   Cape Canaveral LC-12   U.S Air Force
  OGO-1 (OGO-A) NASA Highly elliptical Magnetospheric research 29 August 2020
20:44[1]		 Partial spacecraft failure; Successful
Two booms failed to deploy; one blocked a horizon sensor, disabling attitude control system. OGO-1 was put in stand-by mode on 25 November 1969, and the mission was officially terminated on 1 November 1971.
13 September
09:50 		 Voskhod  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Kosmos 45 (Zenit-4 #4) Low Earth Optical imaging 18 September Successful
14 September
22:53 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg PALC-1-1  US Air Force
 OPS 3497 (KH-4A #1010) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 6 October Successful
 SRV 644 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return September Successful
 SRV 652 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return September Successful
18 September
16:22:43 		 Saturn I  Cape Canaveral LC-37B  NASA
 Apollo A-102 (BP-15) NASA Low Earth Test flight 22 September
07:20		 Successful
Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft
23 September
22:06 		 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D  Vandenberg PALC-2-4  US Air Force
 OPS 4262 (KH-7 #4011/AFP-206 SV-962) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 28 September Successful
24 September
12:00 		 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 46 (Zenit-2 #23) Low Earth Optical imaging 2 October Successful

Suborbital launches edit

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

July edit

1 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 1 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
1 July  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/4  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 1 July Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
2 July
00:24:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  Cape Canaveral LC-25A  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 2 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 July
21:00 		 Black Brant IVA  Churchill  CARDE
CBAL Suborbital Test flight 2 July Launch failure
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
2 July  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 2 July Successful
Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi)
2 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 2 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 July  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 5 July
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
6 July
19:23 		 Skylark-7C  Salto di Quirra  ESRO
CNES/Liège Suborbital Aeronomy 6 July Successful
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
6 July  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Solar 6 July Successful
Apogee: 288 kilometres (179 mi)
7 July
19:00 		 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-02  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 7 July Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 July
19:30 		 UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-05  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 7 July Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
7 July
22:43 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands  NRL
NRL Suborbital XR astronomy 7 July Successful
Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi)
7 July
23:02 		 Martlet 2  Barbados   DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy 7 July Successful
Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi)
7 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 7 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 July
19:15:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS John Adams (SSBN-620), ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July
19:22 		 Skylark-7C  Salto di Quirra  ESRO
CNES/Liège Suborbital Aeronomy 8 July Successful
Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi)
8 July
20:15:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS John Adams, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July
21:16:02 		 UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS John Adams, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 July
21:23 		 Athena RTV  Green River Pad 1  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 8 July Successful
Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
8 July  Terrier-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 8 July Launch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
8 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 8 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
9 July
04:13 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
Rice Suborbital Aeronomy 9 July Successful
Apogee: 167 kilometres (104 mi)
9 July
08:39 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 9 July Successful
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
9 July
19:00 		 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-07  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 9 July Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 July  Dong Feng 2  Jiuquan LA-3  PLA
PLA Suborbital Missile test 9 July Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 10 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 July
02:02 		 Lambda 3  Kagoshima LA-L  ISAS
Tokai Suborbital Ionospheric 11 July Successful
Apogee: 857 kilometres (533 mi)
11 July  Dong Feng 2  Jiuquan LA-3  PLA
PLA Suborbital Missile test 11 July Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 July
03:04 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 13 July Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
13 July  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-03  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 13 July Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 July
03:00 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 14 July Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
14 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 14 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 July
00:58 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 15 July Successful
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July
02:19 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 15 July Successful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
15 July
04:09 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 15 July Successful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July
08:00 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 15 July Successful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
15 July
08:05 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 15 July Successful
Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
15 July
09:06 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 15 July Successful
Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
15 July
09:20 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 15 July Successful
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
15 July
10:25 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 15 July Successful
Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi)
15 July
17:30 		 Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
NASA Suborbital Technology 15 July Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
16 July
02:13 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 16 July Successful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
16 July
05:30 		 HAD  Carnarvon  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 16 July Successful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
16 July
16:22 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 16 July Successful
Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi)
16 July
16:54:04 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Boone, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 16 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 July
17:24:07 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Boone, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 16 July Launch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
17 July
05:15 		 HAD  Carnarvon  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 17 July Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
17 July
08:24 		 Nike-Apache  Cape Canaveral  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 17 July Successful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
17 July  MGM-31 Pershing I  Black Mesa  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 17 July Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
17 July  R-12 Dvina  Sovetskaya Gavan  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 17 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 July
04:30 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 18 July Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
18 July
12:22 		 Astrobee-200  Churchill  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 18 July Successful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
20 July
10:53 		 Scout X-4  Wallops Island LA-3A  NASA
 SERT-1 NASA Suborbital Technology 20 July Partial spacecraft failure
Apogee: 4,002 kilometres (2,487 mi), first launch from LA-3A at the Wallops Flight Facility, carried caesium and mercury ion engines, caesium engine failed to start
20 July
17:30 		 Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
NASA Suborbital Technology 20 July Successful
Apogee: 287 kilometres (178 mi)
21 July  R-12 Dvina  Sovetskaya Gavan  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 21 July Launch failure
21 July  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar 21 July Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
21 July  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/4  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 21 July Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
22 July
02:50 		 LS-A  Niijima  STA
STA Suborbital Test flight 22 July Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
22 July
08:55 		 LS-A  Niijima  STA
STA Suborbital Test flight 22 July Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
22 July  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar 22 July Successful
Apogee: 321 kilometres (199 mi)
22 July  MGM-31 Pershing I  Black Mesa  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 22 July Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
23 July
18:43 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Cosmic ray research 23 July Successful
Apogee: 233 kilometres (145 mi)
25 July
17:35 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Cosmic ray research 25 July Successful
Apogee: 215 kilometres (134 mi)
26 July
09:07 		 Kappa-8L  Kagoshima  ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Aeronomy 26 July Successful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
26 July
10:51 		 Kappa-8L  Kagoshima  ISAS
TAO Suborbital Aeronomy 26 July Successful
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
27 July  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-06  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 27 July Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
27 July  R-7A Semyorka  Baikonur Site 31/6  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 27 July Successful
Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi)
28 July
20:06 		 Nike-Apache  White Sands LC-33  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 28 July Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 July
21:14 		 Aerobee-300  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 28 July Successful
Apogee: 322 kilometres (200 mi)
29 July
09:22:56 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576A-3  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 29 July Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
29 July
09:30 		 Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 29 July Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
29 July
10:07 		 Kappa-9M  Kagoshima  ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Cosmic ray research 29 July Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
30 July
16:30:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Boone, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 30 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 July
17:00:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Daniel Boone, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 30 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 July  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 30 July Successful
Apogee: 311 kilometres (193 mi)
30 July  LGM-25C Titan II  Vandenberg LC-395D  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 30 July Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
31 July  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 31 July Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
31 July  R-16U  Baikonur  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 31 July Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
July  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test July Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
July  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test July Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)

August edit

1 August
05:54:49 		 UR-200  Baikonur Site 90/19  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 1 August Successful
Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi)
1 August  Dragon  Myrdalsandir  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric		 1 August Successful
Apogee: 440 kilometres (270 mi)
4 August  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 4 August Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
5 August
02:00:29 		 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 5 August Successful
Apogee: 1,493 kilometres (928 mi)
5 August
17:15 		 Black Knight 301  Woomera LA-5  RAE
RAE Suborbital REV Test 5 August Successful
Apogee: 602 kilometres (374 mi)
5 August  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar 5 August Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
6 August
16:30 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Tecumseh, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 August Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 August
23:29 		 Nike-Apache  Kronogard  NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 6 August Successful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
6 August  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 6 August Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
6 August  R-12 Dvina  Sovetskaya Gavan  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 6 August Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
7 August
00:16 		 Nike-Cajun  Kronogard  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 August Successful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
7 August
01:00 		 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 August Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
7 August
20:12 		 SM-65F Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576E  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 7 August Successful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
7 August  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-03  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 7 August Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 August  Dragon  Myrdalsandir  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric		 7 August Successful
Apogee: 420 kilometres (260 mi)
8 August
04:00 		 Nike-Cajun  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 8 August Successful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
8 August  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Solar 8 August Successful
Apogee: 307 kilometres (191 mi)
9 August  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/4  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 9 August Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
10 August  Hydra-Iris  USNS Wheeling, PO-6  US Navy
NASA Suborbital Magnetospheric 10 August Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 August
02:00:05 		 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 August Launch failure
11 August
05:10 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
CULH Suborbital Solar 11 August Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
11 August
10:30 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 11 August Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
11 August  LGM-25C Titan II  Vandenberg LC-395C  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 11 August Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
12 August
00:43 		 Nike-Apache  Kronogard  NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 12 August Successful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
12 August
01:11 		 Nike-Cajun  Kronogard  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 12 August Successful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
12 August
01:49 		 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 12 August Successful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
12 August
02:15 		 Nike-Cajun  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 12 August Successful
Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
12 August
03:00:12 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 12 August Successful
Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
13 August  LGM-25C Titan II  Vandenberg LC-395B  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 13 August Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 August
00:53 		 Nike-Apache  Kronogard  NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 16 August Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
16 August
01:13 		 Nike-Cajun  Kronogard  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 August Successful
Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
16 August
03:15 		 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 August Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
16 August
05:53 		 Nike-Cajun  Ascension  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 16 August Successful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
17 August
00:29 		 Nike-Apache  Kronogard  NASA
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 17 August Successful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
17 August
00:49 		 Nike-Cajun  Kronogard  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 17 August Successful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
17 August
12:55 		 Nike-Cajun  Ascension  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 17 August Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
17 August  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-05  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 17 August Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
18 August
01:15 		 Nike-Cajun  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 18 August Successful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
18 August
01:25 		 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 18 August Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
18 August
06:05 		 Scout X-4A  Wallops Island LA-3  NASA
NASA Suborbital REV Test 18 August Successful
Apogee: 183 kilometres (114 mi)
20 August
05:36 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
Wales Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 20 August Successful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
20 August
09:02 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 20 August Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
20 August
16:30:02 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Tecumseh, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 20 August Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
20 August  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 August Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
21 August  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-08  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 21 August Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
22 August
10:15 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 22 August Successful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
25 August  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-07  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 25 August Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 August
17:01 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 26 August Successful
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
26 August  Nike-Cajun  Eglin  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Aeronomy 26 August Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 August  R-12 Dvina  Sovetskaya Gavan  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 August Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 August
09:54:00 		 SM-65E Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576F  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 27 August Successful
Apogee: 1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
29 August
05:30 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
ASE/MIT Suborbital XR astronomy 29 August Successful
Apogee: 179 kilometres (111 mi)
29 August
09:36:53 		 Blue Scout Junior SLV-1B  Vandenberg PALC-A  US Air Force
EOS
WPAT 		Suborbital Technology 29 August Successful
Apogee: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
31 August
15:46:17 		 SM-65F Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576D  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 31 August Successful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 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 edit

1 September
09:19 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
Met Office Suborbital Aeronomy 1 September Successful
Apogee: 212 kilometres (132 mi)
1 September  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-04  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 1 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 September
03:08 		 Aerobee-150A  Wallops Island  NASA
Wisconsin Suborbital UV Astronomy 2 September Successful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
2 September
16:45 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 2 September Launch failure
4 September
01:20 		 Skylark-5C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 4 September Launch failure
Apogee: 182 kilometres (113 mi)
5 September
16:30:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Ulysses S. Grant, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 5 September Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 September
03:43 		 Black Brant II  Churchill  NRC
ALB Suborbital Ionospheric 8 September Launch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
8 September  UGM-133A Minuteman IA  Vandenberg LF-06  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 8 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 September
02:13:03 		 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 9 September Successful
Apogee: 1,495 kilometres (929 mi)
10 September  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-02  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 10 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 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  R-14 Chusovaya  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 11 September Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
13 September
02:57 		 R-11A-1  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
FIAN Suborbital Test flight 13 September Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
15 September
06:59 		 Black Brant II  Churchill  NRC
SASK Suborbital Ionospheric 15 September Successful
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
15 September
09:35 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  KPNO
KPNO Suborbital IR Astronomy 15 September Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 September
15:27 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576A-1  Strategic Air Command
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 15 September Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
15 September  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-08  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 15 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 September  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 16 September Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 September
05:56 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
Wales Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 17 September Successful
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
18 September
17:17 		 Aerobee-150A  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 18 September Successful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
18 September
17:25 		 Nike-Apache  Cape Canaveral  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric		 18 September Successful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
21 September
16:30:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Ulysses S. Grant, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 21 September Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 September  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-09  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 21 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
22 September
13:10 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576A-3  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 22 September Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
23 September  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-03  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 23 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 September
04:42 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
RSRS Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 24 September Successful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
24 September
05:56:15 		 UR-200  Baikonur Site 90/20  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 September Successful
Apogee: 686 kilometres (426 mi)
24 September
16:04:15 		 LGM-30F Minuteman II  Cape Canaveral LC-32B  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 24 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 September  R-9 Desna  Baikonur  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 24 September Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
25 September
04:03:33 		 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 September Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 September  R-16U  Baikonur Site 60/8  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 25 September Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
25 September  Tomahawk  Wallops Island
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 25 September Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 September
02:15 		 Athena RTV  Green River Pad 2  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 26 September Launch failure
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 September
03:50 		 R-5 VAO  Kapustin Yar Site 84  RVSN
AN Suborbital Ionospheric 26 September Launch failure
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 September
12:04 		 Aerobee-150A  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 26 September Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
27 September  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/4  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 27 September Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
28 September
16:30:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS James Madison, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 28 September Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 September
04:31 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
RSRS Suborbital Ionospheric
Solar		 29 September Successful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
29 September
21:22:49 		 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Cape Canaveral LC-31B  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 September Launch failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
29 September  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-07  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 29 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 September  R-16U  Baikonur Site 60/6  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 29 September Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
30 September  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 30 September Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 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)
September  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy September Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy September Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
September  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy September Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3rd Quarter  Aero High  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Test flight 3rd Quarter Launch failure
3rd Quarter  Aero High  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Test flight 3rd Quarter Launch failure

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Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Talbert, Tricia (27 August 2020). "NASA's OGO-1 Spacecraft to Return Home over the Weekend". NASA.
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