APPENDIX 4
Flight Summary
November 8, 1962, through September 30, 1964
AMR - Atlantic Missile Range
PMR - Pacific Missile Range
WSMR - White Sands Missile Range
WS - Wallops Station
F - Failure
S - Success
| Name | General Mission | Launch Vehicle (Site) | Performance Veh | Performance Payload | Performance Mission Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 16, 1962 | |||||
| Saturn (SA-3) | Launch vehicle development test ("Project Highwater") | Saturn C-1 (AMR) | S | S | S |
| December 16 | |||||
| Explorer XVI (S-55b) | Scientific micrometeoroid satellite | Scout (WS) | S | S | S |
| March 28, 1963 | |||||
| Saturn (SA-4) | Launch vehicle development test ("engine out" capability test) | Saturn C-1 (AMR) | S | S | S |
| April 2 | |||||
| Lunik IV | Lunar probe-reported attempt to soft-land instrument package | Unknown (U.S.S.R) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| April 2 | |||||
| Explorer XVII | Measure atmospheric density, composition, pressure, and temperature at altitudes of 249 to 933 kilometers (155 to 580 miles) | Thor-Delta (AMR) | S | S | S |
| May 15 | |||||
| Faith 7 (MA-9) | Project Mercury manned one-day mission-fourth US manned orbital flight | Atlas (AMR) | S | S | S |
| June 14 | |||||
| Vostok V | Manned orbital space flight. First launch of second tandem flight | Unknown (U.S.S.R.) | S | S | S |
| June 16 | |||||
| Vostok VI | Manned orbital space flight. Second launch of second tandem flight | Unknown (U.S.S.R.) | S | S | S |
| July 20 | |||||
| Experimental heatshield reentry (29,934 kilometers per hour) (18,600mph) test | Scout (WS) | F | F | F | |
| August 28 | |||||
| Prove capability of Little Joe II as an Apollo spacecraft test vehicle | Little Joe II (WSMR) | S | S | S | |
| November 7 | |||||
| Pad Abort-1 | Qualification test of Apollo launch escape system to effect a safe pad abort. (Spacecraft BP-6) | (WSMR) | - | S | S |
| November 26 | |||||
| Explorer XVIII | To measure interplanetary magnetic fields, solar wind, and cosmic radiation between earth and moon | Thor-Delta (AMR) | S | S | S |
| November 27 | |||||
| Centaur II | In-space ignition of Centaur's liquid-hydrogen engines (second attempt, first success) | Atlas-centaur (AMR) | S | S | S |
| December 19 | |||||
| Explorer XIX | To measure atmospheric density fluctuations of earth's high latitudes | Scout (PMR) | S | S | S |
| January 29, 1964 | |||||
| Saturn (SA-5) | Test structure and performance of 2-stage Saturn; orbit second stage | Saturn I (AMR) | S | S | S |
| January 30 | |||||
| Ranger VI | Television photographs of moon at close range | Atlas-Agena B (AMR) | S | F | F |
| April 8 | |||||
| Gemini-Titan 1 | Unmanned flight test of structural integrity of Gemini spacecraft and compatibility with launch vehicle | Titan II (AMR) | S | S | S |
| April 14 | |||||
| Project Fire | Test of Apollo sample heatshield material at lunar reentry speeds | Atlas D (AMR) | S | S | S |
| May 13 | |||||
| Apollo Mission A-001 | Test capability of launch escape system to propel spacecraft from launch vehicle during abort at transonic speed (Spacecraft BP-12) | Little Joe II (WSMR) | S | S | S |
| May 28 | |||||
| Apollo Mission A-101 (SA-6) | First flgiht of an Apollo-configured spacecraft with a Saturn launch vehicle (Spacecraft BP-13) | Saturn I (AMR) | S | S | S |
| July 28 | |||||
| Ranger VII | Television photographs of the moon at close range | Atlas-Agena B (AMR) | S | S | S |
| August 18 | |||||
| Experimental heatshield reentry test | Scout (WS) | S | S | S | |
| August 25 | |||||
| Explorer XX | Map irregularities in topside of earth's atmosphere; obtain electron densities and temperatures near satellite | Scout (PMR) | S | S | S |
| September 18 | |||||
| Apollo Mission A-102 (SA-7) | Demonstrate spacecraft-launch vehicle compatibility (Spacecraft BP-15) | Saturn I (AMR) | S | S | S |
