1963 in spaceflight (January–March)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 1963. For an overview of the whole year, see 1963 in spaceflight.^[1][2]

Orbital launches

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
4 January 08:48	Molniya-L			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Luna E-6 №2 (Sputnik 25)		Intended: Highly elliptical Achieved: Low Earth	Lunar lander	11 January	Launch failure
		Maiden flight of Molynia-L, upper stage ullage motor failed to ignite, leaving spacecraft in useless orbit.
7 January 21:09:49	Thor DM-21 Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-1-1		US Air Force
		OPS 0048 (KH-4 18/9051)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	24 January	Partial spacecraft failure
		SRV	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return	January	Successful
		Attitude control problems with spacecraft.
16 January 21:59	Thor DM-21 Agena-B			Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
		OPS 0180 (Ferret/Samos-F2 3)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	9 January 1969	Successful
		Final flight of carrier rocket as Thor DM-21 Agena-B before being redesignated SLV-2.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February
3 February 09:29:14	Molniya-L			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Luna E-6 №3 (Luna 1963B)		Intended: Highly elliptical	Lunar lander	3 February	Launch failure
		Upper stage gyroscope malfunction, failed to orbit.
14 February 05:35:08	Delta B			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		US Air Force
		Syncom 1	NASA	Intended: Geosynchronous Achieved: Subsynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Contact with spacecraft lost following apogee motor firing.
19 February 16:33	Scout X-3M			Point Arguello LC-D		US Air Force
		OPS 0240 (DSAP-1 F3/P-35 3/AF-3)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Weather	26 December 1979	Successful
		Only flight of Scout X-3M.
28 February 21:48	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-5		US Air Force
		OPS 0583 (KH-4 19/9052)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 February	Launch failure
		SRV 610	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return
		Maiden flight of Thrust Augmented Thor-Agena, failed to orbit.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March
18 March 21:13	Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D			Vandenberg LC-75-3-4		US Air Force
		OPS 0627 (KH-6 1/8001)	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	18 March	Launch failure
		SRV 612	US Air Force/NRO	Low Earth	Film return
		P-11 4051 (Hitchhiker 1)	US Air Force	Low Earth	ELINT
		First KH-6 launch, failed to orbit.
21 March 08:30	Vostok-2			Baikonur Site 1/5
		Kosmos 13 (Zenit-2 №9)	OKB-1	Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 March	Successful
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →
For flights after 31 March, see 1963 in spaceflight (April-June)

Suborbital launches

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
7 January 22:30:10	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	7 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
10 January 05:31:02	LGM-25C Titan II			Cape Canaveral LC-16		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	10 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
16 January				Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
16 January				Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 January 03:32:50	MGM-31 Pershing I			Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	18 January	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
22 January	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	22 January	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
23 January 00:27:37	PGM-19 Jupiter			Cape Canaveral LC-26A		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
23 January 18:10:13	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
25 January 10:44:07	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576B-2		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	ABM test	25 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 January				Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
25 January				Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 January 01:00	R-11A-1			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			FIAN	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	27 January	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 January 16:27	Aerobee-150A			Wallops Island		NASA
			Johns Hopkins	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 January	Launch failure
		Apogee: 4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
29 January	HGM-25A Titan I			Vandenberg LC-395A-1
				Suborbital	Missile test	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
31 January 00:30:05	MGM-31 Pershing I			Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
31 January 08:51:51	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	ABM test	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
January	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	January	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	January	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
January	R-14 Chusovaya			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	January	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
February
1 February	R-12 Dvina			Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	1 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
2 February 06:56:29	Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C			Point Arguello LC-A		US Air Force
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Communications	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	5 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 February	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Patrick Henry, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	5 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
5 February	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	5 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
6 February 17:58:24	LGM-25C Titan II			Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
7 February 15:59:59	UGM-27 Polaris A3			Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 February	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	8 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
11 February 15:30	UGM-27 Polaris A3			Cape Canaveral LC-25A		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
11 February	R-9A Desna			Baikonur Site 70		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
12 February 01:47	Journeyman			Point Arguello LC-A		NASA
			Minnesota	Suborbital	Magnetospheric	12 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,675 kilometres (1,041 mi)
13 February 11:55:05	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-1		Strategic Air Command
			NRL	Suborbital	ABM test	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
13 February 12:30	Nike-Zeus 3			Kwajalein		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
13 February	R-12 Dvina			Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
13 February	R-14 Chusovaya			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	13 February	Successful
		Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi)
14 February 00:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			Eglin		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	14 February	Successful
		Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi)
14 February	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Launch failure
14 February	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
14 February	R-12 Dvina			Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
15 February 00:45:00	MGM-31 Pershing I			Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	15 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
15 February 16:34	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL
			NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 February	Successful
		Apogee: 239 kilometres (149 mi)
16 February 00:30	Nike-Zeus 3			White Sands LC-38		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	ASAT test	16 February	Successful
		Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi)
16 February 21:45	LGM-25C Titan II			Vandenberg LC-395C		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	16 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
16 February	Trailblazer 1			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	REV Test	16 February	Successful
		Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
18 February 14:00:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3			Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
18 February 17:43	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NRL
			NRL	Suborbital	Solar	18 February	Successful
		Apogee: 306 kilometres (190 mi)
18 February 23:14	Nike-Asp			Wallops Island		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 25 kilometres (16 mi)
19 February				Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
20 February 23:18	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 164 kilometres (102 mi)
20 February 23:34	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
20 February 23:47	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
20 February	Nike-Zeus 3			White Sands LC-38		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
21 February 01:00:04	UGM-133A Minuteman IA			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 February 17:56:07	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	21 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
21 February 23:16	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 February	Successful
		Apogee: 172 kilometres (107 mi)
22 February	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
26 February 01:31:43	MGM-31 Pershing I			Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
26 February	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
27 February 19:30:00	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	27 February	Successful
		Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
28 February 09:02:48	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-3		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	ABM test	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
28 February 09:30	Nike-Zeus 3			Kwajalein		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
28 February 21:48	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)
28 February 22:11	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 February	Successful
		Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
28 February	Hopi-Dart			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	28 February	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
February	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	February	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March
1 March 01:20	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE
			UCL Birmingham UCW	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
1 March 21:00	SM-65F Atlas			Cape Canaveral LC-11		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	REV Test	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
1 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
4 March	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
5 March 01:00:01	MGM-31 Pershing I			Cape Canaveral LC-30D		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
6 March 22:30	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 March	Successful
		Apogee: 228 kilometres (142 mi)
7 March 17:48:15	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
7 March 18:48:15	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Thomas Jefferson, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
7 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	7 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
8 March 19:30	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	8 March	Successful
		Apogee: 155 kilometres (96 mi)
9 March 00:01	Nike-Cajun			Churchill		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 March	Successful
		Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
9 March 00:01	Nike-Cajun			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 March	Successful
		Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi)
10 March 02:42	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576B-3		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	10 March	Launch failure
11 March 04:30	Skylark-7C			Woomera LA-2		RAE
			UCL Birmingham UCW	Suborbital	Ionospheric Solar	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
11 March	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Launch failure
12 March 05:21	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576B-2		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
12 March 09:50	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE
			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
12 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
14 March 01:01:49	Blue Scout Junior SLV-1C			Point Arguello LC-A		US Air Force
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Communications	14 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March 01:46:04	MGM-31 Pershing I			Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
14 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Theodore Roosevelt, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Theodore Roosevelt, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March	UGM-27 Polaris A2			USS Theodore Roosevelt, ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 March	R-9 Desna			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,160 kilometres (720 mi)
15 March 11:38	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576B-1		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
15 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
16 March 02:05:40	SM-65F Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576D		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
16 March 02:19	Aerobee-150A			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	XR astronomy	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
16 March 08:32:22	SM-65D Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576A-1		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target Aeronomy	16 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
16 March	R-12 Dvina			Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
18 March	RT-1			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 March	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
19 March 01:29:59	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-31B		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
19 March 16:00:02	UGM-27 Polaris A3			Cape Canaveral LC-29A		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
21 March 11:40	R-12 Dvina			Vladimirovka PL-1		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	REV Test	21 March	Successful
		Apogee: 405 kilometres (252 mi)
21 March 15:22:48	LGM-25C Titan II			Cape Canaveral LC-15		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
21 March 21:10:08	SM-65F Atlas			Vandenberg OSTF-2		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
21 March	Nike-Zeus 3			Kwajalein LC-38		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	ASAT test	21 March	Successful
		Apogee: 207 kilometres (129 mi)
22 March 01:15	MGM-31 Pershing I			Cape Canaveral LC-30A		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	22 March	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
24 March 00:29:14	SM-65F Atlas			Vandenberg LC-576E		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Missile test	24 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
25 March 03:17	Black Brant I			Churchill		CARDE
			CARDE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 March	R-12 Dvina			Plesetsk		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	25 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
27 March	Hopi-Dart			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	27 March	Launch failure
		Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
28 March 00:15	Aerobee-150 (Hi)			White Sands LC-35		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
28 March 01:30:00	LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Cape Canaveral LC-32B		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 March 07:54:59	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
28 March 09:30	HAD			Woomera LA-2		WRE
			WRE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 133 kilometres (83 mi)
28 March 19:06	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi)
28 March 20:06:00	Nike-Apache			Wallops Island		NASA
			GCA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)
28 March 20:11:55	Saturn I (C-1)			Cape Canaveral LC-34		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 129 kilometres (80 mi)
28 March	R-14 Chusovaya			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Launch failure
28 March	R-12 Dvina			Makat		MVS
			MVS	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
		Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi)
29 March 02:57	Nike-Cajun			Kwajalein		US Navy
			Michigan	Suborbital	Aeronomy	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 177 kilometres (110 mi)
30 March 08:45	HGM-25A Titan I			Vandenberg LC-395A-2		Strategic Air Command
			Strategic Air Command	Suborbital	Target	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
30 March	R-16U			Baikonur Site 41/4		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,210 kilometres (750 mi)
30 March	Nike-Zeus 3			Kwajalein		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	30 March	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
March	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
March	Nike-Apache			White Sands		US Army
			US Army	Suborbital	REV Test	March	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)