| Year | Date | Time | Rocket | Site | Altitude | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 01 Dec | PRIVATE-A | Leach | First launch of two stage research rocket at Leach Spring/Camp Irwin in California. Launched from a 11m (36') steel gantry, it carried a 27kg payload. | ||
| 1944 | 16 Dec | PRIVATE-A | Leach | 24th and last launch. Over the series of tests, the average range was 16.5 km with maximum of 18.2 km. Maximum altitude had been 4.8 km. | ||
| 1945 | Mar | TIAMAT | WSPG ? | 0.9 km | Air-launched by A-26 Invader, no boost | |
| 1945 | 15 Mar | EA-41 | Toulon | 0.9 km | First flight of liquid rocket | |
| 1945 | 01 Apr | PRIVATE-F | Fort Bliss | First flight using wings and fins, not stable. | ||
| 1945 | Apr | PRIVATE-F | Fort Bliss | c.3 km | Fifteen other launches with maximum altitude c.3 km and max range c.8 km. | |
| 1945 | 13 Apr | PRIVATE-F | Fort Bliss | 17th and last flight | ||
| 1945 | 03 Jul | BABY-WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 1/5-scale WAC-CORPORAL. First flight to test "contact-release" stage separation mechanism, and also to establish three fins for stability. | ||
| 1945 | 04 Jul | TIAMAT | Wallops Island | First launch from Wallops Island, used experimental booster unit. | ||
| 1945 | 05 Jul | BABY-WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | Last 1/5-scale WAC-CORPORAL about 2.4" diameter and 58" long. | ||
| 1945 | 06 Jul | EA-41 | Toulon | Fifth flight, range 60 km | ||
| 1945 | 24 Aug | TIAMAT | Wallops Island | Missile technology test rocket | ||
| 1945 | 26 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | First stage, TINY-TIM only live, with simulated upper stage. | ||
| 1945 | 26 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 2nd flight with dummy upper stage | ||
| 1945 | 26 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 3rd flight with dummy upper stage | ||
| 1945 | 26 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 4th flight with dummy upper stage | ||
| 1945 | 27 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 2.4 km | First stage live, but concrete-filled representative upper stage | |
| 1945 | 27 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 2.4 km | First stage live with concrete-filled representative second stage | |
| 1945 | 28 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 8.5 km | Round 1. Quarter-filled tanks for ignition and launcher test. | |
| 1945 | 28 Sep | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 8.5 km | Round 2 with quarter-filled tanks. | |
| 1945 | Oct | TIAMAT x ? | Wallops Island | Several technology flights | ||
| 1945 | 01 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | Round 3. Failed to ignite? | ||
| 1945 | 02 Oct | UK-V2 | Cuxhaven | c.80 km | First launch. Range = 240 km | |
| 1945 | 02 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | Round 4. Failed to ignite? | ||
| 1945 | 04 Oct | UK-V2 | Cuxhaven | Second launch, partial failure | ||
| 1945 | 11 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | c.71.6 km | Round 5 was first fully loaded upper stage and carried 10 kg payload of radar-reflective chaff. Cone failed to eject and rocket fell at 1.5 km, 71/2 minutes after launch. | |
| 1945 | 12 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | c.71.6 km | Round 6 carried 10 kg payload of chaff but parachute failed, and the rocket partially tumble recovered. | |
| 1945 | 14 Oct | UK-V2 | Cuxhaven | c.80 km | Third flight, had VIP audience | |
| 1945 | 16 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 27.4 km | Round 7, spun out of control, then the parachute failed to deploy. | |
| 1945 | 17 Oct | UK-V2 | Cuxhaven | c.80 km | Fourth and last flight | |
| 1945 | 18 Oct | Drag-rocket | Wallops Island | c.71.6 km | Model of aircraft to measure aerodynamic drag. | |
| 1945 | 19 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | ? | Round 8 had nosecone ejection as it left launch tower, but was otherwise successful. | |
| 1945 | 25 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | ? | Round 9 suffered premature ignition, so booster was fired for a normal flight, but cone failed to separate. | |
| 1945 | 25 Oct | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | Round 10 fired at night, but nosecone didn't separate. | ||
| 1946 | 16 Apr | 2147 | US-V2 | WSPG | 5.5 km | No2 with cosmic radiation payload by APL. Steering vane lost at 6 sec, then a fin lost at 11 sec. Range = 8.5 km. |
| 1946 | May | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | Round 11 | ||
| 1946 | May | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | Round 12 | ||
| 1946 | 10 May | 2115 | US-V2 | WSPG | 114 km | No3 with APL payload to study cosmic radiation as a public demonstration. Impact range = 50 km |
| 1946 | 10 May | 2350 ? | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 16 km | Round 13 fired a few hours after the V2 |
| 1946 | 22 May | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | 80.5 km | Round 14 | |
| 1946 | May | WAC-CORPORAL | WSPG | Round 15 | ||
| 1946 | 29 May | 2110 | US-V2 | WSPG | 112 km | No4 with APL cosmic radiation payload. Range = 60.5 km. |
| 1946 | 13 Jun | 2340 | US-V2 | WSPG | 117.5 km | No5 with NRL payload for solar radiation and ionosphere. Reached 4632 kph and landed at 64 km range. |
| 1946 | 19 Jun | Langley rocket | Wallops Island | Control surface test rocket | ||
| 1946 | 28 Jun | 1903 | US-V2 | WSPG | 108 km | No6 for cosmic & solar radiation, pressure & temperature. Range = 64 km. |
| 1946 | 09 Jul | 1930 | US-V2 | WSPG | 133.6 km | No7 with NRL payload for cosmic radiation and ionosphere. Rocket suffered 4ø excess tilt and landed at 98 km. |
| 1946 | 19 Jul | 1911 | US-V2 | WSPG | 5.5 km | No8 with NRL ionosphere payload, but turbo-pump failed at 28.5 sec and rocket landed at 1.8 km range. |
| 1946 | 30 Jul | 1940 | US-V2 | WSPG | 167 km | No9 with NRL payload for cosmic radiation, ionosphere and biology expts and the first use of telemetry. Range = 110 km |
| 1946 | 15 Aug | 1800 | US-V2 | WSPG | 6.1 km | No10 for cosmic radiation, but the steering failed and rocket exploded on impact at 1.2 km range. |
| 1946 | 22 Aug | 1715 | US-V2 | WSPG | 0.08 km | No11 with payload for pressure, density ionosphere, sky brightness. Gyro failure ended with impact at 1.4 km range. |
| 1946 | 10 Oct | 1802 | US-V2 | WSPG | 180 km | No12 with NRL payload for cosmic and solar radiation, pressure, temp and biology, and reached 5872 kph, with impact range 22.9 km. |
| 1946 | 24 Oct | 1918 | US-V2 | WSPG | 100.6 km | No13 by APL for cosmic & solar radiation, winds, photography, but rocket cut off early. Range = 29 km. |
| 1946 | 07 Nov | 2031 | US-V2 | WSPG | 0.4 km | No14 for cosmic radiation, but steering trouble sent rocket south to land at 8 km range. |
| 1946 | 21 Nov | 1700 | US-V2 | WSPG | 101 km | No15 for pressure, temp, ionosphere and sky brightness, but engine performance poor. Range = 19 km |
| 1946 | 03 Dec | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 28.8 km | Round 16 used glass-fibre parachute and beacon in payload. | |
| 1946 | 05 Dec | 2008 | US-V2 | WSPG | 167.4 km | No16 with NRL payload for cosmic & solar radiation, pressure, temperature and photography. Range = 179 km. |
| 1946 | 06 Dec | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 28 km | Round 17 used ribbon parachute | |
| 1946 | 12 Dec | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 32 km | Round 18 had glass-fibre parachute | |
| 1946 | 12 Dec | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 48.8 km | Round 19 with nylon parachute | |
| 1946 | 13 Dec | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 53.3 km | Round 20 used glass-fibre parachute | |
| 1946 | 18 Dec | US-V2 | WSPG | 186.8 km | No17 with APL payload for cosmic radiation, meteorites and biology reached 5931 kph and landed at 34 km range. | |
| 1946 | 22 Dec | 0518 | TIAMAT | Wallops Island | 4 km | Technology test rocket |
| 1947 | 10 Jan | 2113 | US-V2 | WSPG | 116 km | No18 with NRL payload for the study of cosmic radiation. Range = 40 km |
| 1947 | 24 Jan | 0022 | US-V2 | WSPG | 50 km | No19 with HERMES-A-I telemetry test and GE autopilot. Range = 16.6 km. Success. |
| 1947 | 17 Feb | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 72.4 km | Round 21 | |
| 1947 | 18 Feb | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 43.9 km | Round 22 had silk ribbon parachute | |
| 1947 | 20 Feb | 1816 | US-V2 | WSPG | 109.5 km | No20/BLOSSOM-I had payload for pressure, ionosphere, sky brightness, biology and photography. Parachute opened at 30.6 km on descent and landed at 22.4 km range. |
| 1947 | 24 Feb | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 73.1 km | Round 23 used a glass fibre chute | |
| 1947 | 03 Mar | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 62.8 km | Round 24 with glass-fibre chute | |
| 1947 | 07 Mar | 1823 | US-V2 | WSPG | 162.6 km | No21 carried NRL payload for cosmic radiation, pressure, temp, biology and photography. Reached 5545 kph and landed at 93 km range. |
| 1947 | 31 Mar | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | Round 25 | ||
| 1947 | Apr | DEACON x 9 | WSPG | Nine more firings for evaluation showed that the best use for this rocket was as an upper stage or fired from a high altitude balloon. | ||
| 1947 | 01 Apr | 2010 | US-V2 | WSPG | 129 km | No22 carried APL payload for cosmic & solar radiation and photography. Range of landing = 38.6 km |
| 1947 | 01 Apr | DEACON | WSPG | c.30.6 km | Evaluation of ex-Army rocket | |
| 1947 | 09 Apr | 0013 | US-V2 | WSPG | 103 km | No23 for cosmic & solar radiation and photography, with range 30.6 km. |
| 1947 | 17 Apr | 2122 | US-V2 | WSPG | 140 km | No24 with pressure and temperature payload. Range = 72.5 km. |
| 1947 | 25 Apr | Drag-rocket | Wallops Island | First aerodynamic-drag rocket flight, carried XF-91 aircraft model. | ||
| 1947 | 15 May | 2304 | US-V2 | WSPG | 122 km | No26 with NRL payload for cosmic and solar radiation, temps, ionosphere and photography. Range = 56 km. |
| 1947 | 29 May | US-V2 | WSPG | 79 km | GE-Special/HERMES-B1/0 guidance test, but landed in Mexico at 129 km range. | |
| 1947 | 12 Jun | WAC-CORPORAL-B | WSPG | 60.3 km | Round 26 and last flight in original form. Used a silk parachute. | |
| 1947 | 04 Jul | 0500 ? | US-V2 | WSPG | 72.5 km | GE-Special with biological payload, landed at 142 km range near Roswell after partial parachute failure. |
| 1947 | 10 Jul | 1918 | US-V2 | WSPG | 16 km | No29 for cosmic radiation, pressure, temperature, ionosphere and biology. Early cut off and impact range 2.2 km. |
| 1947 | 29 Jul | 1255 | US-V2 | WSPG | 158 km | No30 for cosmic and solar radiation, and photography. Landed at 1.6 km. |
| 1947 | 06 Sep | US-V2 | Ship | 1.6 km | GE-Special fired from the aft deck of USS Midway. Rocket veered sideways, then exploded at 10 sec. Range = 0.8 km. | |
| 1947 | 25 Sep | AEROBEE | WSPG | 3.5 km | Round 1/A-1 had boost only and a dummy upper stage - success. | |
| 1947 | 02 Oct | AEROBEE | WSPG | 3.5 km | Round 2/A-2 live boost, dummy upper stage - success. | |
| 1947 | 09 Oct | 1915 | US-V2 | WSPG | 156 km | No27 for solar radiation, pressure & composition. Rocket reached 5474 kph and landed at 45 km range. |
| 1947 | 18 Oct | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | First Soviet V2 assembled from German parts. Some science experiments carried on flight to 206.7 km range. Before launch, rocket almost fell over! | ||
| 1947 | 20 Oct | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | Second launch, went in wrong direction to land at 231.4 km range. | ||
| 1947 | 23 Oct | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | Third flight suffered payload destruction and landed at 29.4 km range. | ||
| 1947 | 28 Oct | AEROBEE | Kapustin Yar | 4th flight successfully reached target area at 274.3 km range. | ||
| 1947 | 31 Oct | USSR-V2 | WSPG | 3.5 km | 5th launch - after lift-off rocket turned end over end then fell out of control to impact at 2 km distance. | |
| 1947 | 31 Oct | AEROBEE | WSPG | 3.5 km | Round 3/A-3 had boost only live, and dummy upper stage - success. | |
| 1947 | 02 Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 6th rocket reached target at ground range of 260 km. | ||
| 1947 | 03 Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 7th launch, rocket tumbled end over end, then the fins detached before ground impact at 2.3 km range. | ||
| 1947 | 04 Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 8th launch, reached target at 268 km | ||
| 1947 | 10 Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 9th - lost control and fell at 24.4 km | ||
| 1947 | 13 Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 10th launch, but broke up over the target area at 270 km range. | ||
| 1947 | 13 Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 11th with results unknown | ||
| 1947 | 15? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 12th launch | ||
| 1947 | 17? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 13th launch | ||
| 1947 | 19? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 14th launch | ||
| 1947 | 20 Nov | 2357 | US-V2 | WSPG | 21 km | GE-Special with no science experiments suffered early cut off of engine, and fell at ground range of 2.4 km. |
| 1947 | 21? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 15th launch | ||
| 1947 | 23? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 16th launch | ||
| 1947 | 24 Nov | AEROBEE-75 | WSPG | 55.9 km | Round 4/A-4 - first all-live rocket had cosmic ray payload, but the engine was stopped by command at 35.5 sec due to trajectory deviation. | |
| 1947 | 25? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 17th launch | ||
| 1947 | 27? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 18th launch | ||
| 1947 | 29? Nov | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | 19th launch | ||
| 1947 | 01 Dec | USSR-V2 | WSPG | 20th and last German assembled V2 rocket launch by Soviets. | ||
| 1947 | 08 Dec | 2142 | US-V2 | WSPG | 104.6 km | No28/BLOSSOM-2 with payload to study pressure, temp, solar radiation, sky brightness, ionosphere and photography. Landed at range of 45 km. |
| 1948 | 22 Jan | 2012 | US-V2 | WSPG | 159 km | No34 with NRL payload to study cosmic radiation, pressure, temperature and the ionosphere. Landed at 77 km range. |
| 1948 | 06 Feb | 1715 | US-V2 | WSPG | 106 km | No36 with no upper air experiments, and impact range 2.25 km. |
| 1948 | 05 Mar | 2251 | AEROBEE-75 | WSPG | 113 km or 117.5 km | Round 5/A-5 with APL cosmic ray counter on first successful flight. |
| 1948 | 19 Mar | 2310 | US-V2 | WSPG | 4.8 km | No39/BLOSSOM-0 with payload for winds, temps, magnetic fields, composition, but rocket ran out of H202 at 25 seconds. Impact distance 1.6 km. |
| 1948 | 02 Apr | 1340 | US-V2 | WSPG | 143 km | No25 with NRL study of density, temps, pressure, composition, cosmic & solar radiation. Range = 77 km. |
| 1948 | 13 Apr | 2141 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 114.3 km | Round 6/A-6 for magnetic fields |
| 1948 | 19 Apr | 1954 | US-V2 | WSPG | 56 km | No38 for NRL to study cosmic & solar radiation, pressure and temps. Rocket had steering trouble, landed at 51.5 km |
| 1948 | 13 May | BUMPER-1 | WSPG | 127.3 km | BU-1 two stage liquid rocket with V2 first stage and WAC-CORPORAL second stage, which shut down 6 seconds into second stage burn. | |
| 1948 | 26 May | NATIV | Holloman AFB | First launch of eight. RTV-A3/MX-770 to test aerodynamics and control on a trajectory with altitude 15 km and range to impact about 90-100 km. | ||
| 1948 | 27 May | 1416 | US-V2 | WSPG | 140 km | No35 with APL payload to study cosmic & solar radiation, composition and to make photographs. Range = 66 km. |
| 1948 | 11 Jun | 1022 | US-V2 | WSPG | 62.8 km | No37/BLOSSOM-3 for pressure, temp, composition, ionosphere, sky brightness, solar radiation and biology using a monkey. Impact at 27 km killed monkey. |
| 1948 | 18? Jun | US-V2 | WSPG | Possible launch failure with GE-Special | ||
| 1948 | Jun | USSR-V2 | Kapustin Yar | Late June, first launch of all-Soviet assembled V2 to develop the rocket as their first ballistic missile. No upper atmosphere experiments carried. | ||
| 1948 | 13 Jul | MX-774 | WSPG | 1.9 km | RTV-A-2, first launch for technology. Engine cut at 13 sec, fell at 0.2 km. | |
| 1948 | 26 Jul | 1803 | US-V2 | WSPG | 97 km | No40 with APL payload to study cosmic radiation, temp and pressure, and also take photographs. Range 37 km after early engine cut off. |
| 1948 | 26 Jul | 1647 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 112.7 km | Round 7/A-7 with 80 kg photo payload |
| 1948 | 05 Aug | 1207 | US-V2 | WSPG | 167.4 km | No43 by NRL for cosmic & solar radiation, temps, pressure, ionosphere and photos. Reached 5707 kph and landed at 85 km. |
| 1948 | 06 Aug | 0137 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 96.6 km | NRL-1 for solar radiation, pressure and temperature. |
| 1948 | 19 Aug | BUMPER-2 | WSPG | 13.4 km | BU-2 - V2 first stage shut down at 33.8 sec. Impact distance 1.4 km. | |
| 1948 | 03 Sep | 0100 | US-V2 | WSPG | 151 km | No33 to study density, pressure, temp and composition. Range = 64.4 km. |
| 1948 | 27 Sep | MX-774 | WSPG | 46.7 km | Second launch, suffered premature cut-off at 48 sec, then exploded on the descent. | |
| 1948 | 30 Sep | BUMPER-3 | WSPG | 150.4 km | BU-3 two-stage rocket but upper stage didn't ignite. Range = 35.4 km. | |
| 1948 | 13 Oct | Test vehicle | Wallops Island | Rocket-powered "wind-tunnel" | ||
| 1948 | 15 Oct | NATIV | Holloman AFB | Aerodynamics and control test flight on curved ballistic trajectory. | ||
| 1948 | 01 Nov | BUMPER-4 | WSPG | 5 km | BU-4 suffered tail explosion at 18.5 seconds, impacted at 1.6 km range. | |
| 1948 | 02 Nov | 0015 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 91 km | A-8 rocket for APL study of cosmic & solar radiation. |
| 1948 | 18 Nov | 2234 | US-V2 | WSPG | 145 km | No44/HERMES-II carried lenticular ramjet model near the nose, and also studied solar radiation, composition and biology. Landed at 46.7 km range. |
| 1948 | 02 Dec | MX-774 | WSPG | 48.3 km | Third and last launch, had premature cut off at 51 seconds, and did not reach potential 160 km altitude. | |
| 1948 | 09 Dec | 1608 | US-V2 | WSPG | 108 km | No42 studied winds, pressure, temps, and solar radiation. A steering vane broke, impact distance 40 km. |
| 1948 | 09 Dec | 2238 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 91.6 km | SC-1 for composition and photography |
| 1949 | 11 Jan | Spin-rocket | Wallops Island | Canted-nozzle rocket test launch | ||
| 1949 | 28 Jan | 1720 | US-V2 | WSPG | 59.6 km | No45 for cosmic & solar radiation/pressure/temp/photography. Had low thrust, landed at 17 km range. |
| 1949 | 19 Jan | 0617 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 96.6 km | NRL-2 for solar & cosmic radiation/pressure/temperature/ionosphere. |
| 1949 | Feb | UP-3 x ? | Port Wakefield | A number of UP-3 rockets fired at Port Wakefield to check cordite state. | ||
| 1949 | 01 Feb | 1838 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 0 | NRL-3 for solar radiation, but rocket exploded in launch tower. |
| 1949 | 14 Feb | 2314 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 87.6 km | NRL-4 for cosmic radiation/pressure/temperature payload. |
| 1949 | 17 Feb | 1700 | US-V2 | WSPG | 127 km | No48 with APL payload for cosmic & solar radiation/photography/composition/biology. Range was 59.5 km. |
| 1949 | 24 Feb | 2214 | BUMPER-5 | WSPG | 391 km | BU-5 two-stage liquid rocket made successful flight, separating at 32 km altitude and 4210 kph, then going on to reach 8291 kph. |
| 1949 | 01 Mar | AEROBEE | WSPG | 3.5 km | A-9, dummy-upper launch with no UAR | |
| 1949 | 17 Mar | 1720 | AEROBEE | USS Norton Sound | 104.6 km | A-10, fired from the USS Norton Sound off Peru at 11øS,88øW for cosmic rays. |
| 1949 | 21 Mar | 0643 | US-V2 | WSPG | 129 km | No41/BLOSSOM-4A for ionosphere/sky-brightness/solar radiation/composition/photography. Range was 52 km. |
| 1949 | 22 Mar | UP-3 x ? | Woomera | First Woomera rocket firings using UP-3 three-inch rockets. | ||
| 1949 | 22 Mar | 2330 | AEROBEE | USS Norton Sound | 104.6 km | A-11 fired off Peru for cosmic radiation and magnetic fields. |
| 1949 | 24 Mar | 2114 | AEROBEE | USS Norton Sound | 6 km | A-12 fired off Peru at 11ø16'S,82ø8'W for cosmic radiation, rocket failed. |
| 1949 | 27 Mar | Sounding rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding rocket launch | ||
| 1949 | 08 Apr | RM-10 | Wallops Island | First successful aerodynamic drag rocket | ||
| 1949 | 11 Apr | 2205 | US-V2 | WSPG | 85 km | No50 for temperatures/composition/solar radiation/biology payload. Propulsion problem. Landed at range of 32 km. |
| 1949 | 21 Apr | BUMPER-6 | WSPG | 50 km | BU-6 suffered early V2 cut off at 47.5 seconds. Rocket fell at 0.6 km range. | |
| 1949 | 03 May | VIKING-1 | WSPG | 81 km | Payload of 210.5 kg to study pressure/temp/photog. Reached 3788 kph, but had turbine leaks and premature cut-off. | |
| 1949 | 05 May | 1515 | US-V2 | WSPG | 8 km | No46 with NRL solar radiation payload. Early cut-off with range 2.25 km. |
| 1949 | 07 May | V-1A (R-1A) | Kapustin Yar | First | ||
| 1949 | 10 May | V-1A (R-1A) | Kapustin Yar | Second | ||
| 1949 | 15 May | V-1A (R-1A) | Kapustin Yar | Third | ||
| 1949 | 17 May | V-1A (R-1A) | Kapustin Yar | Fourth | ||
| 1949 | 24 May | V-1A (R-1A) | Kapustin Yar | Fifth | ||
| 1949 | 28 May | V-1A (R-1A) | Kapustin Yar | Sixth | ||
| 1949 | 02 Jun | 1310 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 78.4 km | SC-2 for atmospheric composition |
| 1949 | 09 Jun | Pulse-rockets | Wallops Island | Some pulse-rocket flights | ||
| 1949 | 09 Jun | Drag-rocket | Wallops Island | Aerodynamic drag-rocket carried model of RASCAL missile. | ||
| 1949 | 14 Jun | 2235 | US-V2 | WSPG | 133.6 km | No47 for cosmic & solar radiation/temperature/pressure/ionosphere/biology/photog. Reached 4838 kph and landed at 59.6 km. Monkey killed on impact. |
| 1949 | 15 Jun | 0203 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 109.5 km | NRL-5 for solar radiation payload |
| 1949 | 17 Jun | 1150 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 88.5 km | A-13 carried classified payload by APL with no upper air research. |
| 1949 | 23 Jun | 2321 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 88.5 km | A-14 for cosmic and solar radiation |
| 1949 | 21 Jul | 1601 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 76.1 km | SC-4 for composition & solar radiation |
| 1949 | Aug/Sep | LPAA x 9 | Woomera | Nine TAIFUN rockets fired as "Liquid Propellant Anti-Aircraft". | ||
| 1949 | 06 Sep | VIKING-2 | WSPG | 52 km | Payload of 187 kg for pressure/temp/photography. Reached 2946 kph after turbine leaks and premature cut off. | |
| 1949 | 16 Sep | 2319 | US-V2 | WSPG | 5 km | No32/BLOSSOM-4C for composition/solar & cosmic radiation/ionosphere/biology (monkey)/sky-brightness/meteorites, but rocket exploded at 10.7 sec, and fell at 0.8 km. |
| 1949 | 20 Sep | 1703 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 58.6 km | SC-5 by Signals Corps to study composition and solar radiation. |
| 1949 | 29 Sep | 1658 | US-V2 | WSPG | 151 km | No49 with NRL payload for cosmic and solar radiation/meteorites/pressure and landed at 70 km range. |
| 1949 | Oct | GAPA | 102nd firing of Ground to Air Pilotless Aircraft test rocket. | |||
| 1949 | Oct | STV-3 | Aberporth | Separation Test Vehicle flight | ||
| 1949 | 18 Nov | 1503 | US-V2 | WSPG | 124 km | No56 for winds/composition/temperature/cosmic & solar radiation, impacted at range of 51.5 km. |
| 1949 | Dec | LPAA x 30+ | Woomera | TAIFUN rockets, mainly fired on one day | ||
| 1949 | 02 Dec | 2220 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 96 km | USAF-1/RTV-A-1 with payload for solar radiation/temps/photography. |
| 1949 | 06 Dec | 1832 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 64.9 km | SC-3 for atmospheric composition |
| 1949 | 07 Dec | 0016 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 60 km | SC-7 for atmospheric composition |
| 1949 | 08 Dec | 1914 | US-V2 | WSPG | 134.4 km | No31/BLOSSOM-4D for composition/solar radiation/ionosphere/meteorites/sky-brightness/biology (monkey) - killed on impact at 61 km range. There was also a telemetry beacon failure. |
| 1949 | 15 Dec | 1710 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 0.3 km? | USAF-2 for solar radiation/pressure/temperature/photography, but second stage didn't ignite. |