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Orbital Launches in 1962

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 81 every orbital launch in 1962, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

Featured & milestone launches

81 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
1962-12-22Zenit-2 No. 61962 B OMEVostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1962-12-19Transit VA-11962 B PSIScout X-3US Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1962-12-17Midas ETS-III F11962-F09Atlas Agena BUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOfailure
1962-12-16NASA S-55B1962 B CHIScout X-3NASAWallops Island—LEOsuccess
1962-12-14CORONA M-171962 B PHIThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-12-13POPPY 1 SV11962 B TAUThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—MEOsuccess
1962-12-13Relay A1962 B UPSThor Delta BNASACape Canaveral—MEOsuccess
1962-12-04CORONA M-161962 B SIGThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-11-24CORONA M-151962 B RHOThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-11-11AFP-201 PVP 8551962 B PIAtlas Agena BUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1962-11-05CORONA M-141962 B OMIThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-11-042MV-3 No. 11962 B XIMolniya 8K78Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1962-11-012MV-4 No. 21962 B NUMolniya 8K78Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
1962-10-31ANNA 1B1962 B MUThor AblestarUS Space ForceCape Canaveral—LEOsuccess
1962-10-27EPE C1962 B LAMThor Delta ANASACape Canaveral—MEOsuccess
1962-10-26CORONA R&D FTV 14011962 B KAPThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—MEOsuccess
1962-10-251MS No. 21962-F08Kosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOfailure
1962-10-242MV-4 No. 11962 B IOTMolniya 8K78Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1962-10-20DS-A1 No. 11962 B THEKosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOsuccess
1962-10-18Ranger 51962 B ETAAtlas Agena BMSFC/AFSSDCape Canaveral—HEOsuccess
1962-10-17Zenit-2 No. 51962 B ZETVostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1962-10-09ARGON 91962 B EPSThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-10-03Mercury SC161962 B DELAtlas DAFSSD/STGLCape Canaveral—LEOsuccess
1962-10-02EPE B1962 B GAMThor Delta ANASACape Canaveral—HEOsuccess
1962-09-29Alouette 11962 B ALPThor Agena BLERC/AFSSDVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-09-29CORONA M-131962 B BETThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-09-27Zenit-2 No. 71962 A OMEVostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1962-09-18Tiros F21962 A PSIThor DeltaNASACape Canaveral—LEOsuccess
1962-09-17CORONA M-121962 A CHIThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-09-122MV-2 No. 11962 A PHIMolniya 8K78Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1962-09-012MV-1 No. 21962 A TAUMolniya 8K78Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1962-09-01ARGON 101962 A UPSThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-08-29CORONA M-111962 A SIGThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-08-27Mariner R-21962 A RHOAtlas Agena BMSFC/AFSSDCape Canaveral—HEOsuccess
1962-08-252MV-1 No. 11962 A PIMolniya 8K78Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1962-08-23P35-21962 A OMIScout X-2MUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1962-08-18DS-K-8 No. 11962 A XIKosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOsuccess
1962-08-12Vostok-3A No. 61962 A NUVostok 8K72 KSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1962-08-11Vostok-3A No. 51962 A MUVostok 8K72 KSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1962-08-05AFP-201 PVP 8541962 A LAMAtlas Agena BUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1962-08-02CORONA M-101962 A KAPThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-07-28CORONA M-91962 A THEThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-07-28Zenit-2 No. 41962 A IOTVostok 8A92Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1962-07-22Mariner R-11962-F07Atlas Agena BMSFC/AFSSDCape Canaveral—LEOfailure
1962-07-21CORONA M-81962 A ETAThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-07-18AFP-201 PVP 8531962 A ZETAtlas Agena BUS Space ForcePt Arguello—LEOsuccess
1962-07-10Telstar 11962 A EPSThor DeltaNASACape Canaveral—MEOsuccess
1962-06-30DS-P1 No. 11962 A DELKosmos 63S1Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOsuccess
1962-06-28CORONA M-71962 A GAMThor Agena DUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1962-06-23CORONA M-61962 A BETThor Agena BUS Space ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (81 launches)
Zenit-2 No. 6 (1962-12-22)Transit VA-1 (1962-12-19)Midas ETS-III F1 (1962-12-17)NASA S-55B (1962-12-16)CORONA M-17 (1962-12-14)POPPY 1 SV1 (1962-12-13)Relay A (1962-12-13)CORONA M-16 (1962-12-04)CORONA M-15 (1962-11-24)AFP-201 PVP 855 (1962-11-11)CORONA M-14 (1962-11-05)2MV-3 No. 1 (1962-11-04)2MV-4 No. 2 (1962-11-01)ANNA 1B (1962-10-31)EPE C (1962-10-27)CORONA R&D FTV 1401 (1962-10-26)1MS No. 2 (1962-10-25)2MV-4 No. 1 (1962-10-24)DS-A1 No. 1 (1962-10-20)Ranger 5 (1962-10-18)Zenit-2 No. 5 (1962-10-17)ARGON 9 (1962-10-09)Mercury SC16 (1962-10-03)EPE B (1962-10-02)Alouette 1 (1962-09-29)CORONA M-13 (1962-09-29)Zenit-2 No. 7 (1962-09-27)Tiros F2 (1962-09-18)CORONA M-12 (1962-09-17)2MV-2 No. 1 (1962-09-12)2MV-1 No. 2 (1962-09-01)ARGON 10 (1962-09-01)CORONA M-11 (1962-08-29)Mariner R-2 (1962-08-27)2MV-1 No. 1 (1962-08-25)P35-2 (1962-08-23)DS-K-8 No. 1 (1962-08-18)Vostok-3A No. 6 (1962-08-12)Vostok-3A No. 5 (1962-08-11)AFP-201 PVP 854 (1962-08-05)CORONA M-10 (1962-08-02)CORONA M-9 (1962-07-28)Zenit-2 No. 4 (1962-07-28)Mariner R-1 (1962-07-22)CORONA M-8 (1962-07-21)AFP-201 PVP 853 (1962-07-18)Telstar 1 (1962-07-10)DS-P1 No. 1 (1962-06-30)CORONA M-7 (1962-06-28)CORONA M-6 (1962-06-23)Tiros E (1962-06-19)Ferret 2 (1962-06-18)AFP-201 PVP 852 (1962-06-17)CORONA M-5 (1962-06-02)Zenit-2 No. 3 (1962-06-01)CORONA M-4 (1962-05-30)2MS No. 2 (1962-05-28)Mercury SC18 (1962-05-24)P35-1 (1962-05-24)ARGON 5 (1962-05-15)ANNA 1A (1962-05-10)CORONA M-3 (1962-04-29)GRAB SV5 (1962-04-26)Zenit-2 No. 2 (1962-04-26)AFP-201 PVP 851 (1962-04-26)UK 1 (1962-04-26)2MS No. 1 (1962-04-24)Ranger 4 (1962-04-23)CORONA M-2 (1962-04-18)Midas ETS-II F3 (1962-04-09)1MS No. 1 (1962-04-06)DS-2 No. 1 (1962-03-16)NASA S-16 (1962-03-07)Samos E-5 (1962-03-07)CORONA M-1 (1962-02-27)Ferret 1 (1962-02-21)Mercury SC13 (1962-02-20)NASA A-9 (1962-02-08)NASA P-34 (1962-01-26)GRAB SV4 (1962-01-24)CORONA C'''-6 (1962-01-13)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.