Spaceflight before 1951

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Launches

This is a list of known spaceflights launched before 1951.


Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site
Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function
Re-Entry/
Destruction
Outcome Remarks
June 1944, date unknown Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of GermanyPeenemuende Flag of GermanyWehrmacht Wehrmacht Sub-orbital Vertical firing test Within 10 minutes of launch Successful First man-made object to cross the Karman line, Apogee: 176 km (109 mi)
June 1944, date unknown Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of GermanyPeenemuende Flag of GermanyWehrmacht Wehrmacht Sub-orbital Vertical firing test Within 10 minutes of launch Failure Guidance malfunction
June 1944, date unknown Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of GermanyPeenemuende Flag of GermanyWehrmacht Wehrmacht Sub-orbital Vertical firing test Within 10 minutes of launch Successful Apogee: 189 km (117 mi)
14 September 1944 Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of GermanyPeenemünde Flag of GermanyWehrmacht Wehrmacht Sub-orbital Vertical test flight 14 September 1944 Successful First spaceflight with recorded date
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
7 December 1944, 17:00 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of GermanyPeenemünde Flag of GermanyWehrmacht Flag of GermanyMa-333 Wehrmacht Sub-orbital Vertical test flight 7 December 1944 Successful Apogee: 104 kilometres (65 mi)
9 December 1944, 17:10 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of GermanyPeenemünde Flag of GermanyWehrmacht Wehrmacht Sub-orbital Vertical test flight 9 December 1944 Successful Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
16 April 1946, 21:47 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Cosmic radiation research 16 April 1946 Failure First Hermes project V-2 launch
10 May 1946, 21:15 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Chemical release 10 May 1946 Successful First US spaceflight.
Apogee: 112 km (70 mi)
29 May 1946, 21:12 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Chemical release 29 May 1946 Successful Apogee: 189 km (117 mi)
13 June 1946, 23:40 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Solar research 13 June 1946 Successful Apogee: 117 km (73 mi)
28 June 1946, 19:25 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Solar research 28 June 1946 Successful Apogee: 108 km (67 mi)
9 July 1946, 19:25 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Solar research 9 July 1946 Successful Apogee: 134 km (83 mi)
19 July 1946, 19:11 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Ionospheric research 19 July 1946 Failure
30 July 1946, 23:40 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Chemical release 30 July 1946 Successful Apogee: 162 km (101 mi)
15 August 1946, 18:00 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Chemical release 15 August 1946 Failure
22 August 1946, 17:15 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 22 August 1946 Failure
10 October 1946, 18:02 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Solar research 10 October 1946 Successful Apogee: 164 km (102 mi)
24 October 1946, 19:15 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric/APL Sub-orbital Solar research/Chemical release/Earth photography 24 October 1946 Successful Apogee: 105 km (65 mi)
7 November 1946, 20:31 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Chemical release/Radiation research 7 November 1946 Failure Apogee: 100 km (62 mi)
21 November 1946, 16:55 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Solar research 21 November 1946 Successful Apogee: 102 km (63 mi)
5 December 1946, 20:08 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Solar research 5 December 1946 Successful Apogee: 153 km (95 mi)
18 December 1946, 05:12 GMT Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital Chemical release/meteor research 18 December 1946 Successful Apogee: 184 km (114 mi)
7 March 1947 Flag of GermanyV-2 Flag of the United StatesWhite Sands Flag of the United StatesUS Army/General Electric Rye and cotton seeds, fruit flies. US Army/General Electric Sub-orbital 7 March 1947 Successful Apogee: 161 km (100 mi)[1]
24 February 1949 Flag of GermanyFlag of the United StatesBumper Flag of the United StatesWhite Sands Flag of the United StatesGeneral Electric Flag of the United StatesBumper-5 US Army Sub-orbital 24 February 1949 Successful Reached 644 km (400 mi)[2]
9 February 1950, 21:44 GMT Flag of the United StatesViking Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesMartin Flag of the United StatesViking 3 NRL Sub-orbital Solar research and Earth photography 9 February 1950 Failure Veered off-course. Failed to reach space (Apogee 80.5 km (50 mi))
12 May 1950, 03:08 GMT Flag of the United StatesViking Flag of the United StatesUSS Norton Sound, Jarvis Island Flag of the United StatesMartin/US Navy Flag of the United StatesViking 4 NRL Sub-orbital Ionospheric and Aeronomy research 12 May 1950 Successful Apogee: 169 km (105 mi)
21 November 1950, 17:18 GMT Flag of the United StatesViking Flag of the United StatesLC-33, White Sands Flag of the United StatesMartin/US Navy Flag of the United StatesViking 5 NRL Sub-orbital Ionospheric and solar research 21 November 1950 Successful Apogee: 174 km (108 mi)

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ ispyspace.com
  2. ^ White Sands Missile Range - Bumper Project

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