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Orbital launches | |
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First | 13 January |
Last | 22 December |
Total | 81 |
Successes | 65 |
Failures | 15 |
Partial failures | 1 |
Catalogued | 72 |
National firsts | |
Spaceflight | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Satellite | ![]() ![]() |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Delta A Delta B Scout X-2 Scout X-2M Scout X-3 Thor DM-21 Agena-D Vostok-2 |
Retirements | Scout X-2 Thor DM-19 Delta Thor DM-21 Ablestar |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 5 |
Total travellers | 5 |
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Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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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) |
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Orbital launch attempts by country in 1962 |
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
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22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |
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59 | 50 | 8 | 1 |
Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | ![]() |
13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
Atlas LV-3B | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Delta A | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Only flights |
Delta B | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Kosmos-2I 63S1 | ![]() |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Molniya 8K78 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
Scout X-2 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Only flights |
Scout X-2M | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Scout X-3 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Retired |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | ![]() |
18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
Thor DM-21 Agena-D | ![]() |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Thor DM-19 Delta | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
Vostok-K 8K72K | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Vostok-2 8A92 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
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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 |
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