| Launch Date/Time
| Rocket
| Launch
Site
| Launch Contractor
| Payload
| Operator
| Orbit
| Mission/
Function
| Re-Entry/
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)
|
| 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)
|
| 7 March 1947
| V-2
| White Sands
| US Army/General Electric
| Rye and cotton seeds, fruit flies.
| US Army/General Electric
| Sub-orbital
|
| 7 March 1947
| Successful
| Apogee: 161 km (100 mi)[ispyspace.com]
|
| 24 February 1949
| Bumper
| White Sands
| General Electric
| Bumper-5
| US Army
| Sub-orbital
|
| 24 February 1949
| Successful
| Reached 644 km (400 mi)[White Sands Missile Range - Bumper Project]
|
| 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)
|
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