1962 in spaceflight
Spaceflight-related events of 1962
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Deep space rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 January | Ranger 3 | Flyby of the Moon | Failed impactor, closest approach: 36,793 kilometres (22,862 mi) |
| 26 April | Ranger 4 | Lunar impact | Impacted far side, no data returned |
| 21 October | Ranger 5 | Flyby of the Moon | Failed impactor, closest approach: 724 kilometres (450 mi) |
| 14 December | Mariner 2 | Flyby of Venus | Closest approach: 34,773 kilometres (21,607 mi) |
Orbital launch summary
By country
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| Orbital launch attempts by country in 1962 | ||||||
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |
 United States | 59 | 50 | 8 | 1 |
By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | United States | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Atlas LV-3B | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta A | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Only flights |
| Delta B | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Soviet Union | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Molniya 8K78 | Soviet Union | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Scout X-2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Only flights |
| Scout X-2M | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Scout X-3 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DM-21 Ablestar | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Retired |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | United States | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-D | United States | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DM-19 Delta | United States | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Vostok-K 8K72K | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vostok-2 8A92 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 62 | 55 | 7 | 5 | |
| Medium Earth | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical orbits |
| Heliocentric | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
References
- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.[dead link]
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
- Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
- Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
- Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
- "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
- "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[dead link]
- "Space Information Center". JAXA.[dead link]
- "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
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