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1965 in spaceflight (January–March)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1965. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1965 in spaceflight (April–June), 1965 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1965 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1965 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

11 January
09:36 		 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 52 (Zenit-2 #26) Low Earth Optical imaging 19 January Successful
15 January
21:00:44 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-3-5  US Air Force
 OPS 3928 (KH-4A #1016) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 9 February Partial spacecraft failure
 SRV 665 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return 15 January[1] Successful
 SRV 666 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return 20 January[1] Successful
Camera issues caused some images to appear smeared
19 January
05:03:42 		 Thor LV-2D MG-18  Vandenberg LC-4300B-6  US Air Force
 OPS 7040 (DMSP-3B F1/DAPP 10) US Air Force Sun-synchronous Weather 13 July 1979 Partial spacecraft failure
Thermal regulation problem due to heat shield deployment issues, maiden flight of Thor LV-2D MG-18
21 January
21:34:54 		 SM-65D Atlas D  Vandenberg LC-576B-3  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV test 28 May Successful
 OV1-1 US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Radiation Launch failure
OV1 pod failed to separate from Atlas
22 January
07:52:00 		 Delta C  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  NASA
 Tiros 9 (Tiros I/A-54) NASA (1965)
ESSA (1965–1968) 		Sun-synchronous Weather In orbit Successful
Ceased operations on 12 June 1968
23 January
20:09 		 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D  Vandenberg PALC-2-3  US Air Force
 OPS 4703 (KH-7 #15/AFP-206 SV-965) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 29 January Successful
30 January
09:36 		 Kosmos-2I 63S1  Kapustin Yar Site 86/1  
 Kosmos 53 (DS-A1 #5) Low Earth Technology/Radiation 12 August 1966 Successful
3 February
16:36:00 		 Delta C  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  NASA
 OSO-2 (OSO-B2/S-17) NASA Low Earth Solar 9 August 1989 Successful
Ceased operations on 6 June 1966
11 February
15:19:05 		 Titan IIIA  Cape Canaveral LC-20  US Air Force
 LES-1 Lincoln Intended: Highly elliptical
Achieved: Medium Earth 		Technology In orbit Spacecraft failure
Intentionally launched into medium Earth orbit, spacecraft was to manoeuvre to final orbit by itself using a Star-13A motor, but failed to do so
12 February  Kosmos-2I 63S1  Kapustin Yar Site 86/1  
 DS-P1-Yu #2 Intended: Low Earth Radar target 12 February Launch failure
Second stage malfunctioned, failed to achieve orbit
16 February
14:37:03 		 Saturn I  Cape Canaveral LC-37B  NASA
 Apollo BP-16 NASA Low Earth Technology 10 July 1985 Successful
 Pegasus 1 NASA Low Earth Micrometeoroids 17 September 1978 Successful
Boilerplate test of Apollo spacecraft, Pegasus ceased operations on 29 August 1968
17 February
17:05:00 		 Atlas LV-3A Agena-B  Cape Canaveral LC-12  US Air Force
 Ranger 8 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor 20 February
09:57:37		 Successful
20 February  Kosmos-2I 63S1  Kapustin Yar Site 86/1  
 DS-A1 #6 Intended: Low Earth Technology/Radiation +64 seconds Launch failure
First stage malfunctioned, failed to achieve orbit
21 February
11:00 		 Kosmos-1  Baikonur Site 41/15  
 Kosmos 54 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication 15 September 1968 Successful
 Kosmos 55 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication 2 February 1968 Successful
 Kosmos 56 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication 2 November 1967 Successful
22 February
07:40:47 		 Voskhod  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 57 (Voskhod 3KD #1) Low Earth Test flight 22 February Spacecraft failure
Accidentally commanded to deorbit and self-destruct shortly after launch
25 February
21:44:55 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg PALC-1-1  US Air Force
 OPS 4782 (KH-4A #1017) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 18 March Partial spacecraft failure
 SRV 623 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return February/March Successful
 SRV 625 US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Film return February/March Successful
Shutter failed towards end of mission
26 February
05:02 		 Vostok-2M  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 58 (Meteor #2) Low Earth Weather 25 February 1990 Successful
2 March
13:25 		 Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C  Canaveral LC-36A  NASA
 Surveyor SD-1 NASA Intended: Geosynchronous transfer Technology +2 seconds Launch failure
Fuel valves closed after launch causing engines to shut down, rocket fell back and exploded on launch pad, final flight of Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C
7 March
09:07 		 Voskhod  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 59 (Zenit-4) Low Earth Optical imaging 15 March Successful
Carried prototype Voskhod 3KD airlock
9 March
18:29:47 		 Thor SLV-2 Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-1-2  US Air Force
 GRAB-6 (NRL-PL 142/Poppy 4) NRL Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
 GGSE-2 NRL Low Earth Technology In orbit Successful
 GGSE-3 NRL Low Earth Technology In orbit Successful
 Secor-3 (EGRS-3) US Army Low Earth Geodesy In orbit Successful
 SOLRAD 7B NRL Low Earth Radiation In orbit Successful
 Surcal 4 (2B) NRL Low Earth Calibration 27 March 1981 Successful
 Dodecapole 1 NRL Low Earth Calibration In orbit Successful
 OSCAR 3 Low Earth Amateur radio In orbit Successful
NRL Composite 5
11 March
13:39:59 		 Thor DSV-2A Ablestar  Vandenberg LC-75-1-1  US Air Force
 OPS 7087 (Transit O-3/NNS 30030) US Navy Low Earth Navigation 14 June Spacecraft failure
 Secor-2 (EGRS-2) US Army Low Earth Geodesy 26 February 1968 Successful
Transit O-3 failed a few weeks after launch
12 March
09:30 		 Molniya-L  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Kosmos 60 (Luna E-6 #9) Intended: Highly elliptical
Achieved: Low Earth 		Lunar lander 17 March Launch failure
Escape stage engine failed to ignite due to power system malfunction
12 March
19:25 		 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D  Vandenberg PALC-2-3  US Air Force
 OPS 4920 (KH-7 #16/AFP-206 SV-966) US Air Force/NRO Low Earth Optical imaging 17 March Successful
15 March
11:00 		 Kosmos-1  Baikonur Site 41/15  
 Kosmos 61 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication 15 January 1968 Successful
 Kosmos 62 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication 24 September 1968 Successful
 Kosmos 63 (Strela-1) Low Earth Communication 4 November 1967 Successful
18 March
04:43:46 		 Thor LV-2D MG-18  Vandenberg LC-4300B-6  US Air Force
 OPS 7353 (DMSP-3B F2/DAPP 11) US Air Force Sun-synchronous Weather 31 December 1989 Successful
Final flight of Thor LV-2D MG-18
18 March
07:00:00 		 Voskhod  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Voskhod 2 Low Earth Technology 19 March
09:02:17		 Successful
Manned flight with two cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov became the first man to perform an extra-vehicular activity
21 March
21:37:02 		 Atlas LV-3A Agena-B  Cape Canaveral LC-12  US Air Force
 Ranger 9 NASA Highly elliptical Lunar impactor 24 March
14:08:20		 Successful
Final flight of Atlas LV-3A Agena-B
23 March
14:24:00 		 Titan II GLV  Cape Canaveral LC-19  US Air Force
 Gemini III NASA Low Earth Test flight 19:16:31 Successful
Carried two astronauts, first manned Gemini mission
25 March
10:04 		 Vostok-2  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 64 (Zenit-2 #17) Low Earth Optical imaging 2 April Successful
25 March
21:11:17 		 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D  Vandenberg LC-75-3-4  US Air Force
 OPS 4803 (KH-4A #1018) US Air Force/NRO Sun-synchronous Optical imaging 5 April Successful
 SRV 668 US Air Force/NRO Sun-synchronous Film return March Successful
 SRV 669 US Air Force/NRO Sun-synchronous Film return March/April Successful

Suborbital launches edit

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

January edit

7 January
03:50 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 7 January Successful
Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
7 January  Hydra-Iris  USNS Wheeling, AO-5  US Navy
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric
Magnetospheric		 7 January Launch failure
Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
8 January
18:59:54 		 SM-65F Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576G  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 8 January Successful
Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
8 January  R-14 Chusovaya  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 8 January Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
11 January
17:13:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Von Steuben, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 11 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 January
14:32:26 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576B-1  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 12 January Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 January
05:02 		 R-36  Baikonur Site 80/17  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 13 January Launch failure
13 January
15:49 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  KPNO
KPNO Suborbital Aeronomy 13 January Successful
Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
13 January
17:12 		 Javelin  Wallops Island  NASA
PSU Suborbital Ionospheric 13 January Successful
Apogee: 1,006 kilometres (625 mi)
13 January
23:48 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 13 January Successful
Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi)
14 January
12:00 		 HGM-25A Titan I  Vandenberg LC-395A-3  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 14 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 January
15:00:03 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 15 January Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
15 January  Athena RTV  Green River Pad 2  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 15 January Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
19 January
14:04:00 		 Titan II GLV  Cape Canaveral LC-19  NASA
 Gemini 2 NASA Suborbital Test flight 14:22:14 Successful
Apogee: 169 kilometres (105 mi), test of the heat shield on the Gemini spacecraft
20 January  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-03  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 20 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 January  Tomahawk  Tonopah  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 20 January Successful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
21 January
20:30 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NRL
NRL Suborbital Solar 21 January Successful
Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi)
22 January
05:14 		 Kappa-9M  Kagoshima  ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Ionospheric 22 January Successful
Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
22 January
21:46 		 Black Brant IVA  Churchill  CARDE
BAL Suborbital Test flight 22 January Successful
Apogee: 670 kilometres (420 mi)
23 January
16:30:08 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Sam Rayburn, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 23 January Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 January
18:15 		 Black Brant IVA  Churchill  CARDE
BAL Suborbital Test flight 23 January Successful
Apogee: 735 kilometres (457 mi)
23 January  R-14 Chusovaya  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 23 January Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
25 January
16:00 		 Black Brant IIB  Churchill  NRC
BAL Suborbital Test flight 25 January Successful
Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)
25 January
20:53 		 Black Brant IIB  Churchill  NRC
BAL Suborbital Test flight 25 January Launch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
26 January
09:40:26 		 Hydra-Iris  USNS Wheeling, AO-6  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Ionospheric
Magnetospheric		 26 January Successful
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
27 January
20:30 		 Nike-Cajun  Point Barrow  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 27 January Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 January
21:32 		 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 27 January Successful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
27 January  Nike-Tomahawk 9A  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Test flight 27 January Successful
Apogee: 302 kilometres (188 mi)
28 January
04:24 		 Nike-Cajun   Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 28 January Successful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
28 January
12:51:10 		 XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior  Cape Canaveral LC-18A  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Magnetospheric 28 January Launch failure
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 January  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 28 January Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
29 January
01:21:15 		 LGM-30F Minuteman II  Cape Canaveral LC-31B  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 January Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
30 January
05:15 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 30 January Successful
Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
30 January
07:45 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NRL
NRL Suborbital IR Astronomy 30 January Successful
Apogee: 211 kilometres (131 mi)
30 January
08:04 		 R-36  Baikonur Site 67/22  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 January Successful
Apogee: 1,493 kilometres (928 mi)
31 January
05:01 		 Lambda 3  Kagoshima LA-L  ISAS
Osaka Suborbital Ionospheric 31 January Successful
Apogee: 1,040 kilometres (650 mi)
January  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Aeronomy January Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Aeronomy January Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January  R-14 Chusovaya  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test January Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)

February edit

1 February  Nike-Apache  Esrange  NTNF
NTNF Suborbital Auroral 1 February Launch failure
1 February  Jericho  CERES  Dassault
Dassault Suborbital Missile test 1 February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 February
06:30 		 Athena RTV  Green River Pad 2  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 2 February Launch failure
Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi)
2 February
09:57 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 2 February Successful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)
2 February  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-08  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 2 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 February  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-02  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 2 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 February  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy 2 February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 February  Tomahawk  Tonopah  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 2 February Successful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
3 February
18:08 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research 3 February Successful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
3 February
22:55 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
Adelaide Suborbital Aeronomy 3 February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3 February  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 3 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 February  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 3 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 February  Tomahawk  Tonopah  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 3 February Successful
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
4 February
04:45 		 Nike-Cajun  Point Barrow  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 4 February Successful
Apogee: 121 kilometres (75 mi)
4 February
05:10 		 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 4 February Successful
Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
4 February
17:34 		 Nike-Cajun  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 4 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 February
05:01 		 Kappa-9M  Kagoshima  ISAS
Osaka Suborbital Ionospheric 6 February Successful
Apogee: 325 kilometres (202 mi)
6 February
10:02 		 Kappa-9M  Kagoshima  ISAS
TAO Suborbital Solar 6 February Successful
Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
6 February
10:19 		 Nike-Cajun  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 6 February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
6 February  UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February  UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February  UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 February  UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Woodrow Wilson, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 6 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February
17:25:05 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Sam Rayburn, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 8 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February
22:15 		 Nike-Cajun  Point Barrow  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 8 February Successful
Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
8 February
22:53 		 Nike-Cajun  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 8 February Successful
Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
8 February
22:58 		 Nike-Cajun  Churchill  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 8 February Successful
Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
8 February  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-09  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 8 February Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
11 February
17:55 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 11 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
11 February  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 11 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 February
12:00:06 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 12 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 February  Athena RTV  Green River Pad 3  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 12 February Launch failure
12 February  MGM-31 Pershing I  Fort Wingate  US Army
US Army Suborbital Missile test 12 February Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 February  UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 12 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
12 February  UGM-27 Polaris A2  USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 12 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 February
16:30:03 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS John C. Calhoun, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 15 February Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 February  Nike-Apache  Esrange  NTNF
NTNF Suborbital Auroral 15 February Launch failure
16 February
05:00 		 Athena RTV  Green River Pad 1  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 16 February Launch failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
18 February
20:09 		 Nike-Apache  Churchill  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 18 February Successful
Apogee: 195 kilometres (121 mi)
19 February
00:25 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 19 February Successful
Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
19 February
04:51:02 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Churchill  NASA
Johns Hopkins Suborbital Aeronomy 19 February Successful
Apogee: 159 kilometres (99 mi)
19 February
04:51:42 		 Nike-Tomahawk  Churchill  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Auroral 19 February Successful
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
19 February
09:17:31 		 Nike-Apache  Churchill  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 19 February Successful
Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi)
20 February
06:30:02 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 20 February Launch failure
23 February
17:15 		 Nike-Javelin  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 23 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 February  Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 25 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 February
11:10 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 26 February Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 February  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/3  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 February Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
27 February
11:11:16 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576A-1  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital REV Test 27 February Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
27 February
21:00 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 27 February Successful
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
27 February
21:33 		 Nike-Cajun  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-1  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 27 February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 February
22:30 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 27 February Successful
Apogee: 132 kilometres (82 mi)
27 February  Emeraude VE121  Hammaguira Brigitte  CNES
CNES Suborbital Missile test 27 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February
00:21 		 Nike-Apache  Churchill  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric		 28 February Successful
Apogee: 170 kilometres (110 mi)
28 February
03:30 		 Nike-Apache  Churchill  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 28 February Launch failure
Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
28 February
04:15 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 28 February Successful
Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi)
28 February
06:00 		 Nike-Apache  Churchill  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 28 February Launch failure
Apogee: 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
28 February
09:15 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 28 February Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February
09:15 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 28 February Successful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
28 February
11:30 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 28 February Launch failure
Apogee: 28 kilometres (17 mi)
28 February
11:30 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Aeronomy 28 February Successful
Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
28 February
12:11 		 Nike-Apache  Churchill  NASA
GCA Suborbital Aeronomy 28 February Launch failure
Apogee: 55 kilometres (34 mi)
28 February
13:15 		 Nike-Apache  Eglin  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 28 February Launch failure
Apogee: 28 kilometres (17 mi)
February  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Target February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Target February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February  Nike-Javelin  White Sands  DASA
DASA Suborbital Aeronomy February Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

March edit

1 March
17:18:06 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS John C. Calhoun, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 1 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
1 March
20:43 		 Nike-Apache  Andøya   NASA/?
UPP Suborbital Aeronomy 1 March Successful
Apogee: 185 kilometres (115 mi)
2 March
01:10 		 LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-08  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 2 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
2 March
09:52:31 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576A-3  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Target 2 March Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
2 March  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Technology 2 March Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
2 March  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 2 March Successful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
3 March
00:09 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 3 March Successful
Apogee: 241 kilometres (150 mi)
3 March
04:42 		 Skylark 3  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
RAE/WRE Suborbital Test flight 3 March Successful
Apogee: 216 kilometres (134 mi)
3 March
14:15:00 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 3 March
Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
3 March
22:28 		 Nike-Apache  Andøya   NASA/NTNF
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 3 March Launch failure
Apogee: 22 kilometres (14 mi)
4 March
18:32 		 Honest John-Nike-Nike  Barking Sands  Sandia
NASA Suborbital Test flight 4 March Successful
Apogee: 181 kilometres (112 mi)
4 March  R-9 Desna  Baikonur  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 March Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
4 March  Centaure 1  Hammaguira Bacchus  CNES
CNRS Suborbital Solar 4 March Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
5 March
00:11 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Solar 5 March Successful
Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
5 March
01:12:59 		 UGM-27 Polaris A2E  Cape Canaveral LC-25A  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 5 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 March
11:00:21 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 5 March Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
5 March
20:57:50 		 Nike-Apache  Andøya   NASA/?
UPP Suborbital Aeronomy 5 March Successful
Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi)
5 March  HGM-25A Titan I  Vandenberg LC-395A-2  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 5 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 March
03:41 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
Princeton Suborbital UV Astronomy 6 March Successful
Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi)
6 March
07:32 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Churchill  US Air Force
AFCRL/Utah Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric		 6 March Successful
Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi)
6 March  Nike-Tomahawk  Churchill  Sandia
LASL Suborbital Auroral 6 March Successful
Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
6 March  R-9 Desna  Baikonur  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 6 March Successful
Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
8 March
15:35 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-2  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 8 March Successful
Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
8 March
17:48:08 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-2  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 8 March Successful
Apogee: 141 kilometres (88 mi)
8 March  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-07  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 8 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
9 March
06:26:26 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-3  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 9 March Successful
Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
9 March
16:25 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-4  NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research 9 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 March
16:00 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-5  NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research 10 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 March  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/4  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 10 March Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
11 March
09:35:14 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-6  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 11 March Successful
Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi)
11 March
10:38 		 Nike-Cajun  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-7  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 11 March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 March
20:07 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-8  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 11 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
12 March
13:30 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-9  NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research 12 March Successful
Apogee: 178 kilometres (111 mi)
12 March
16:00 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-9  NASA
New Hampshire Suborbital Plasma research 12 March Successful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
12 March
23:21:52 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576B-3  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital REV Test 12 March Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 March  Nike-Tomahawk  Barking Sands  Sandia
Sandia Suborbital Aeronomy 12 March Successful
Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
13 March
03:38 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 13 March Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
13 March
03:55 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Astronomy 13 March Successful
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
13 March
07:42 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  Churchill  US Air Force
AFCRL/Utah Suborbital Meteoroid research
Auroral		 13 March Successful
Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
13 March
08:20:31 		 R-17 Elbrus  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 13 March Successful
Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
15 March
18:22:02 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Nathanael Greene, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 15 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 March
19:09:01 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Nathanael Greene, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 15 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
15 March
20:41 		 Nike-Apache  Andøya   NASA/NTNF
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric
Auroral		 15 March Launch failure
Apogee: 35 kilometres (22 mi)
16 March
16:15 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-10  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 16 March Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
16 March
16:51 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-11  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 16 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 March  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-02  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 16 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
16 March  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 16 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
17 March
15:10 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
ASE Suborbital Solar 17 March Successful
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
17 March
18:08 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
UCL/ROE/Sheffield Suborbital UV astronomy 17 March Launch failure
Apogee: 19 kilometres (12 mi)
17 March
21:30 		 Black Brant II  Churchill  NRC
U of Toronto Suborbital Aeronomy 17 March Successful
Apogee: 153 kilometres (95 mi)
18 March
06:04 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-12  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 18 March Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
18 March
06:41 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-13  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 18 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 March
10:07 		 Lambda 3  Kagoshima LA-L  ISAS
Nagasaki/Tokyo Suborbital XR astronomy 18 March Successful
Apogee: 1,085 kilometres (674 mi)
18 March
16:01 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-14  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 18 March Successful
Apogee: 149 kilometres (93 mi)
18 March
16:38 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-15  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 18 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 March
20:43 		 Nike-Apache  Wallops Island  NASA
UT Dallas Suborbital Aeronomy 18 March Successful
Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi)
19 March
03:00 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NASA
NASA Suborbital UV Astronomy 19 March Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
19 March
06:24 		 Black Brant II  Churchill  NRC
SASK Suborbital Fields research 19 March Successful
Apogee: 168 kilometres (104 mi)
19 March
18:09 		 Nike-Tomahawk  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 19 March Successful
Apogee: 315 kilometres (196 mi)
20 March
05:42 		 Aerobee-300  Wallops Island  NASA
Michigan Suborbital Aeronomy 20 March Successful
Apogee: 326 kilometres (203 mi)
20 March
13:20:09 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-16  NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 20 March Successful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
20 March
16:28 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-17  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 20 March Successful
Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
20 March
17:04:13 		 Nike-Cajun  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-18  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 20 March Successful
Apogee: 122 kilometres (76 mi)
21 March
23:08 		 Blue Streak  Woomera LA-6A  ELDO
ELDO Suborbital 21 March Successful
Apogee: 263 kilometres (163 mi)
22 March
07:44 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-19  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 22 March Successful
Apogee: 206 kilometres (128 mi)
22 March
08:49:10 		 Nike-Cajun  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-20  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 22 March Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
22 March
22:19 		 Nike-Apache  Andøya   NASA/NTNF
NICP/KGO Suborbital Aeronomy 22 March Launch failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
22 March  R-14 Chusovaya  Kapustin Yar  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 March Successful
Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
23 March
09:31:09 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-18  NASA
Urbana-Champaign Suborbital Ionospheric 23 March Successful
Apogee: 165 kilometres (103 mi)
24 March
01:24 		 Martlet 2  Barbados   DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy 24 March Successful
Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
24 March
05:03 		 Martlet 2  Barbados   DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy 24 March Successful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
24 March
06:40 		 Black Brant II  Churchill  NRC
NRC Suborbital Fields research 24 March Successful
Apogee: 166 kilometres (103 mi)
24 March
16:34 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-22  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 24 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
24 March
17:07 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-23  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 24 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 March
00:06 		 Skylark-7C  Woomera LA-2   RAE/WRE
UCL/ROE/Sheffield Suborbital UV Astronomy
Ionospheric		 25 March Successful
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
25 March
02:15:16 		 LGM-25C Titan II  Vandenberg LC-395B  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 25 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 March
05:34 		 Black Brant II  Churchill  NRC
NRC Suborbital Ionospheric
Micrometeoroid research		 25 March Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
25 March
11:21 		 Kappa-9M  Kagoshima  ISAS
TAO Suborbital Aeronomy
Ionospheric		 25 March Successful
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
25 March
16:00 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-24  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 25 March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 March  LGM-30B Minuteman IB  Vandenberg LF-03  Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command Suborbital Missile test 25 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 March
09:01:11 		 SM-65D Atlas  Vandenberg LC-576A-1  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital REV Test 26 March Successful
Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
26 March
15:41 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-25  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 26 March Successful
Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
26 March
16:13 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-26  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 26 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
26 March  R-12 Dvina  Kapustin Yar  MVS
MVS Suborbital Missile test 26 March Successful
Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 March
03:00 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-27  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionospheric 27 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 March
05:01 		 Kappa-9M  Kagoshima  ISAS
Tokyo Suborbital Ionospheric 27 March Successful
Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
27 March
06:20 		 Martlet 2  Barbados   DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy 27 March Successful
Apogee: 111 kilometres (69 mi)
27 March
18:08 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-28  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 27 March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 March
07:01 		 Kappa-9M  Kagoshima  ISAS
Kyoto Suborbital Ionospheric
Plasma		 28 March Successful
Apogee: 349 kilometres (217 mi)
28 March
15:50 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-29  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Ionospheric 28 March Successful
Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi)
29 March
00:02 		 Martlet 2  Barbados   DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy 29 March Successful
Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
29 March
02:20 		 Martlet 2  Barbados   DND/DoD
DND/DoD Suborbital Aeronomy 29 March Successful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
29 March
15:47 		 Nike-Apache  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-30  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 29 March Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
29 March
15:47 		 Nike-Cajun  USS Croatan, PO-11 LP-30  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma research 29 March Successful
Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
29 March
18:30:07 		 UGM-27 Polaris A3  USS Nathanael Greene, ETR  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 29 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 March
05:50 		 Aerobee-150 (Hi)  White Sands LC-35  NRL
NRL Suborbital Aeronomy
UV astronomy		 30 March Successful
Apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)
30 March
09:30 		 HAD  Woomera LA-2  WRE
WRE Suborbital Aeronomy 30 March Successful
Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
30 March
16:09:31 		 XRM-91 Blue Scout Jr  Cape Canaveral LC-18A  US Air Force
AFCRL Suborbital Magnetospheric 30 March Successful
Apogee: 12,067 kilometres (7,498 mi)
30 March  R-16U  Baikonur Site 41/4  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 30 March Successful
Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
31 March
14:34 		 Skylark-7  Salto di Quirra  ESRO
UCL Suborbital Ionospheric 31 March Launch failure
Apogee: 45 kilometres (28 mi)
March  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Target March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March  Nike-Apache  White Sands  US Army
US Army Suborbital Target March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March  Nike-Zeus 3  Kwajalein  US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM test March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
March  Nike-Zeus 3  Kwajalein  US Army
US Army Suborbital ABM test March Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)

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