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1962 in spaceflight

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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight

|year = 1962

|image = Thor Delta with Ariel 1 (Apr. 26, 1962).jpg

|caption = The launch of Ariel 1, the first satellite not to be operated by the Soviet Union or United States

|first = 13 January

|last = 22 December

|total = 81

|success = 65

|failed = 15

|partial = 1

|catalogued = 72

|firstflight = {{TUR}}
{{NOR}}
{{LBN}}
{{PAK}}

|firstsat = {{UK}}
{{flagcountry|CAN|1957}}

|maidens = Delta A
Delta B
Scout X-2
Scout X-2M
Scout X-3
Thor DM-21 Agena-D
Vostok-2

|retired = Scout X-2
Thor DM-19 Delta
Thor DM-21 Ablestar

|orbital = 5

|totalcrew = 5

}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| programme = Timeline of spaceflight

| previous_mission = 1961

| next_mission = 1963

}}

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Orbital and Suborbital launches

{{Main|1962 in spaceflight (January–March)|1962 in spaceflight (April-June)|1962 in spaceflight (July-September)|1962 in spaceflight (October-December)}}

Deep space rendezvous

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!Date (GMT)

!Spacecraft

!Event

!Remarks

28 JanuaryRanger 3Flyby of the MoonFailed impactor, closest approach: {{convert|36793|km}}
26 AprilRanger 4Lunar impactImpacted far side, no data returned
21 OctoberRanger 5Flyby of the MoonFailed impactor, closest approach: {{convert|724|km}}
14 DecemberMariner 2Flyby of VenusClosest approach: {{convert|34773|km}}

Orbital launch statistics

=By country=

{{Pie chart

| radius = 120

| legend = false

| thumb = left

| [

{"value":590, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 59 (72.83%)"},

{"value":220, "color":"#A52A2A", "label": "Soviet Union: 22 (27.17%)"},

]

}}

align="left" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
scope=col colspan=2 | Country

! scope=col| Launches

! scope=col| Successes

! scope=col| Failures

! scope=col| Partial
failures

scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USSR}}

| 22 || 15 || 7 || 0

scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}

| 59 || 50 || 8 || 1

colspan="2" | World

| {{sum|22|59}} || {{sum|15|50}} || {{sum|7|8}} || {{sum|0|1}}

{{clear}}

=By rocket=

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Rocket

! Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

Atlas LV-3A Agena-B{{USA}}131030
Atlas LV-3B{{USA}}3300
Delta A{{USA}}2200Only flights
Delta B{{USA}}1100Maiden flight
Kosmos-2I 63S1{{flagcountry|USSR|1955}}8710
Molniya 8K78{{flagcountry|USSR|1955}}6150
Scout X-2{{USA}}1010Only flights
Scout X-2M{{USA}}2110Maiden flight
Scout X-3{{USA}}2200Maiden flight
Thor DM-21 Ablestar{{USA}}3120Retired
Thor DM-21 Agena-B{{USA}}181611
Thor DM-21 Agena-D{{USA}}8800Maiden flight
Thor DM-19 Delta{{USA}}6600Retired
Vostok-K 8K72K{{flagcountry|USSR|1955}}3300
Vostok-2 8A92{{flagcountry|USSR|1955}}5410Maiden flight

=By orbit=

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Orbital regime

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Accidentally
Achieved

! Remarks

Low Earth625575
Medium Earth7610
High Earth1100Including Highly elliptical orbits
Heliocentric11560

References

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{{Orbital launches in 1962}}

Category:Spaceflight by year