Spaceflight before 1951

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Contents 1 Launches 2 References 2.1 Footnotes 3 See also

Launches

This is a list of known spaceflights launched before 1951.

Launch date and time	Rocket	Launch site	Launch contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission function	Re-entry or destruction	Outcome	Remarks
June 1944, date unknown	V-2	Peenemuende	Wehrmacht		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	V-2	Peenemuende	Wehrmacht		Wehrmacht	Sub-orbital	Vertical firing test	Within 10 minutes of launch	Failure	Guidance malfunction
June 1944, date unknown	V-2	Peenemuende	Wehrmacht		Wehrmacht	Sub-orbital	Vertical firing test	Within 10 minutes of launch	Successful	Apogee: 189 km (117 mi)
14 September 1944	V-2	Peenemünde	Wehrmacht		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	V-2	Peenemünde	Wehrmacht	Ma-333	Wehrmacht	Sub-orbital	Vertical test flight	7 December 1944	Successful	Apogee: 104 kilometres (65 mi)
9 December 1944, 17:10 GMT	V-2	Peenemünde	Wehrmacht		Wehrmacht	Sub-orbital	Vertical test flight	9 December 1944	Successful	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
16 April 1946, 21:47 GMT	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US Army/General Electric		US Army/General Electric	Sub-orbital	Ionospheric research	19 July 1946	Failure
30 July 1946, 23:40 GMT	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US Army/General Electric		US Army/General Electric	Sub-orbital	Chemical release	15 August 1946	Failure
22 August 1946, 17:15 GMT	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US Army/General Electric		US Army/General Electric	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	22 August 1946	Failure
10 October 1946, 18:02 GMT	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US 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	V-2	LC-33, White Sands	US Army/General Electric		US Army/General Electric	Sub-orbital	Chemical release/meteor research	18 December 1946	Successful	Apogee: 184 km (114 mi)
20 February 1947	V-2	White Sands	US Army/General Electric	Rye and cotton seeds, fruit flies.	US Army/General Electric	Sub-orbital	Atmosphere/biological research	7 March 1947	Successful	First animals in space Apogee: 110 km (60 mi)[1]
7 March 1947	V-2	White Sands	US Army/General Electric	Rye and cotton seeds, fruit flies.	US Army/General Electric	Sub-orbital	Atmosphere/biological research	7 March 1947	Successful	First photograph from space Apogee: 161 km (100 mi)[2]
24 February 1949	/Bumper	White Sands	General Electric	Bumper-5	US Army	Sub-orbital		24 February 1949	Successful	Reached 644 km (400 mi)[3]
14 June 1949	V-2	White Sands	US Army/General Electric	Albert II	US Army/General Electric	Sub-orbital	Atmosphere/Biological research	14 June 1949	Successful	First monkey in space Apogee: 134 km (83 mi)[4]
9 February 1950, 21:44 GMT	Viking	LC-33, White Sands	Martin	Viking 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	Viking	USS Norton Sound, Jarvis Island	Martin/US Navy	Viking 4	NRL	Sub-orbital	Ionospheric and Aeronomy research	12 May 1950	Successful	Apogee: 169 km (105 mi)
21 November 1950, 17:18 GMT	Viking	LC-33, White Sands	Martin/US Navy	Viking 5	NRL	Sub-orbital	Ionospheric and solar research	21 November 1950	Successful	Apogee: 174 km (108 mi)

References

• Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
• JAXA
• Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
• Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
• NASA
• NASA SpaceFlight.com
• Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
• Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
• Southwest Space Archive
• SPACE.com Launch Forecast
• SpaceFlightNow
• Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
• U.S. Space Objects Registry
• Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)

Footnotes

1. ^ ispyspace.com
2. ^ ispyspace.com
3. ^ White Sands Missile Range - Bumper Project
4. ^ [1]ispyspace.com

See also

• List of V-2 test launches

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Preceded by: N/A Timeline of spaceflight Before 1951 Succeeded by: 1951

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