| Year | Date | Time | Rocket | Site | Altitude | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 16 Jan | 0545 | AEROBEE | USS Norton Sound | 72.4 km | A-15 for Applied Physics Laboratory with cosmic radiation payload, fired at sea off Alaska from Norton Sound ship. |
| 1950 | 19 Jan | 0517 | AEROBEE | USS Norton Sound | 80.5 km | A-16 by APL for cosmic radiation |
| 1950 | 09 Feb | VIKING-3 | WSPG | 80.5 km | Payload of 239.5 kg for solar & cosmic radiation, pressure, temperature and photography. Engine cut off prematurely due to sideways drift of rocket. | |
| 1950 | 14 Feb | AEROBEE | ? | |||
| 1950 | 17 Feb | 1801 | US-V2 | WSPG | 148 km | No53 with NRL payload for cosmic & solar radiation, pressure & temp. Range: 65 km. |
| 1950 | 22 Feb | 0054 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 49.1 km | SC-9 by SCEL for composition and solar radiation. |
| 1950 | 04 Mar | 0036 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 72.4 km | SC-6 for temperature study |
| 1950 | 14 Mar | 2046 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 3.2 km | USAF-3 for solar radiation and sky-brightness. Second stage failed to fire. |
| 1950 | 24 Mar | Double-DEACON/ramjet | Wallops Island | F-23 ramjet carried on nose of double DEACON rocket motor pack. | ||
| 1950 | 26 Mar | 1943 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 67.6 km | USAF-4 for solar radiation and sky-brightness. |
| 1950 | Apr | UP-3/wings | Woomera | Three inch rocket for aerodynamic test flight with wings. | ||
| 1950 | 26 Apr | 0111 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 99.5 km | SC-11 for composition experiment |
| 1950 | 11 May | VIKING-4 | USS Norton Sound | 171.3 km | Payload of 435 kg to study cosmic radiation, pressure and temperature, from ship at 0°11.2'S,161°25'W | |
| 1950 | 12 May | 1230 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 88.1 km | A-17 by APL for cosmic radiation |
| 1950 | 26 May | AEROBEE | ? | |||
| 1950 | 02 Jun | 1707 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 24.8 km | USAF-5 with sky-brightness experiment, but the upper stage failed in flight. |
| 1950 | 06 Jun | Double-DEACON/ramjet | Wallops Island | F-23 ramjet boosted by double motor unit and reached Mach 3.1 | ||
| 1950 | 20 Jun | 1538 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 92.6 km | USAF-6 for temperature and pressures |
| 1950 | 14 Jul | 0839 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 69.2 km | SC-8 for temperatures and winds |
| 1950 | 24 Jul | 1428 | BUMPER-8 | Cape Canaveral | 16 km | BU-8 as first Cape Canaveral launch in low angle flight with range c.322 km and max speed 6,923 kph. |
| 1950 | 29 Jul | 1144 | BUMPER-7 | Cape Canaveral | 16 km | BU-7 low angle shot to c.322 km range. |
| 1950 | 02 Aug | VERONIQUE-R | Suippes | 0.003 km | Reduced liquid rocket for first test of cable guidance system. Failed | |
| 1950 | 03 Aug | 2352 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 6 km | NRL-6 for solar radiation, but rocket failed in flight. |
| 1950 | 05 Aug | VERONIQUE-R | Suippes | 0.008 km | Second cable test with liquid rocket | |
| 1950 | 17 Aug | 1545 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 101.4 km | A-18 for composition using spectrometer, but telemetry failed. |
| 1950 | 31 Aug | 1709 | US-V2 | WSPG | 137 km | No51/BLOSSOM-4G with ARDC payload for ionosphere/biology (mouse)/density/sky-brightness/photography/micrometeorites. Impact range was 58 km. |
| 1950 | 12 Oct | 1936 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 91.3 km | USAF-7 with photographic payload |
| 1950 | 17 Oct | 0400 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 80.5 km | SC-10 for temperatures and winds |
| 1950 | 18 Oct | 0430 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 85.6 km | SC-11 for temperatures and winds |
| 1950 | 26 Oct | 2302 | US-V2 | WSPG | 8 km | No61 on special test by NRL, but rocket exploded at 49.7 seconds. |
| 1950 | 27 Oct | 1330 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 80.2 km | SC-13 with composition payload |
| 1950 | 02 Nov | 1629 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 91.8 km | USAF-8 with air-glow payload |
| 1950 | 21 Nov | VIKING-5 | WSPG | 173 km | Test of rocket at lower thrust, carried 306 kg payload for ionosphere/solar radiation/pressure/temp/photography. | |
| 1950 | 11 Dec | VIKING-6 | WSPG | 64.4 km | Payload of 169 kg for pressure/density/composition/solar radiation/ionosphere, but the fins failed in flight. | |
| 1950 | 11 Dec | 1704 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 1.1 km | SC-15 carried grenades for wind and temperature study. Booster failed. |
| 1950 | 12 Dec | 0406 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 83.9 km | SC-14 with grenades for winds and temperatures. |
| 1950 | 12 Dec | 0910 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 77.8 km | SC-16 with grenade dispenser payload |
| 1950 | 12 Dec | 1826 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 106.2 km | USAF-9 for temperature & pressure |
| 1950 | 19 Dec | 1852 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 81.9 km | SC-17 with composition payload with sample bottles recovered by parachute. |
| 1951 | 18 Jan | 2014 | US-V2 | WSPG | 2.4 km | No54 with NRL payload for cosmic rays and solar radiation. Rocket failure. |
| 1951 | 22 Jan | 2255 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 88.5 km | A-19 with APL payload for composition using spectrograph. No data. S/F |
| 1951 | 25 Jan | 1500 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 90.1 km | A-20 for solar radiation by APL. S/S |
| 1951 | 06 Feb | 1720 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 98.2 km | A-21 with APL photographic payload. S/S |
| 1951 | 26 Feb | AEROBEE | ? | |||
| 1951 | 09 Mar | 0316 | US-V2 | WSPG | 3.2 km | No57/BLOSSOM-4E payload for ionosphere, sky brightness, composition and airglow. Tail explosions began at 18.5 seconds. |
| 1951 | 28 Mar | 2314 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 66 km | USAF-10 with. airglow experiment. S/S |
| 1951 | Apr | VERONIQUE-P | Vernon | P.2, launcher test with cables and using solid motor | ||
| 1951 | 12 Apr | 1726 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 29 km | USAF-11 for solar radiation experiment, but too low altitude. F/F |
| 1951 | 18 Apr | 1839 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 61.2 km | USAF-12 carried biological payload containing monkey "Albert-V", who survived until impact at 1.3 km range after the parachute failed. |
| 1951 | 29 May | 1946 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 3.7 km | USAF-13 for ionosphere, but second stage didn't ignite. F/F |
| 1951 | 08 Jun | 0011 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 88.5 km | USAF-14 for solar radiation & airglow payload. S/S |
| 1951 | 08 Jun | 0118 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 6.4 km | SC-19 for temperatures and winds. F/S |
| 1951 | 09 Jun | 0611 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 66.8 km | SC-18 for temps and winds. S/S |
| 1951 | 14 Jun | US-V2 | WSPG | 0 | No55 for cosmic and solar radiation payload by NRL, but explosive bolts on payload fired at lift-off, and the rocket exploded on the launch pad. | |
| 1951 | 22 Jun | LOKI | 92 km? | First launch, with 3.6 kg(?) payload | ||
| 1951 | 28 Jun | 2143 | US-V2 | WSPG | 4.8 km | No52/BLOSSOM-4F with payload for solar radiation, ionosphere, sky brightness and airglow, but there were tail explosions between 8 and 22 seconds. |
| 1951 | 22 Jul | V-1V (R-1V) | Kapustin Yar | Instruments and animal side-containers were recovered. | ||
| 1951 | 25 Jul | 1626 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 71.3 km | USAF-15 with sky brightness and photographic payload. S/S |
| 1951 | 29 Jul | V-1B (R-1B) | Kapustin Yar | No recovery of instruments or side containers with animals due to an electrical failure. | ||
| 1951 | 07 Aug | VIKING-7 | WSPG | 218 km | Payload of 179 kg to study pressure, density, solar and cosmic radiation, on record altitude flight for single stage rocket. | |
| 1951 | 07 Aug | 1636 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 83.5 km | USAF-16 for ionosphere study. S/S |
| 1951 | 15 Aug | V-1B (R-1B) | Kapustin Yar | Recovery of instruments and animals in side compartments. | ||
| 1951 | 19 Aug | V-1V (R-1V) | Kapustin Yar | Side animal compartments recovered, but not nose mounted payload. | ||
| 1951 | 22 Aug | 1900 | US-V2 | WSPG | 213.5 km | TF-1, training flight with no upper air research payload. Range: 80 km. |
| 1951 | 28 Aug | V-1B (R-1B) | Kapustin Yar | Instruments on nose payload recovered, but not side animal compartments. | ||
| 1951 | 30 Aug | 2240 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 75.7 km | USAF-17 in rocket performance test. S/S |
| 1951 | 30 Aug | Towed rocket | Wallops Island | Rocket for carrying aerodynamic models of aircraft designs. | ||
| 1951 | 02 Sep | V-1B (R-1B) | Kapustin Yar | Recovery of instruments and animal side containers. | ||
| 1951 | 13 Sep | 1137 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 75.7 km | USAF-18 for pressure and temperature. S/S |
| 1951 | 20 Sep | 1631 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 72 km or 70.8 km | USAF-19 with biological payload containing monkey "Albert-VI" and eleven mice, successfully recovered. S/S |
| 1951 | 27 Sep | 0006 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 68.9 km | SC-21 for atmosphere composition. S/S |
| 1951 | 02 Oct | VERONIQUE-R | Suippes | 0.015 m | R. Cable test with liquid rocket | |
| 1951 | 05 Oct | VERONIQUE-R | Suippes | 1.8 km | R. Cable test using liquid rocket with limited free flight. Reduced propellant. | |
| 1951 | 06 Oct | VERONIQUE-R | Suippes | 1.82 km | R. Liquid rocket used in cable test flight with limited free flight. | |
| 1951 | 17 Oct | 1817 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 114.3 km | USAF-20 for ionosphere. S/S |
| 1951 | 29 Oct | 2104 | US-V2 | WSPG | 141 km | No60 for pressure and temperature |
| 1951 | 01 Nov | 0945 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 66 km | SC-20 for temperature and winds. S/S |
| 1951 | 03 Nov | 0035 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 82.4 km | SC-22 for temperature and winds. S/S |
| 1952 | Jan | VERONIQUE-P | Le Car | P6. Solid motor for cable test. S/- | ||
| 1952 | Jan | VERONIQUE-P | Le Car | P6. Solid motor on test vehicle to test cable system at Le Cardonnet, France. S | ||
| 1952 | Jan | VERONIQUE-R | Le Car | R. Liquid engine for cable test. S/- | ||
| 1952 | Jan | VERONIQUE-R | Le Car | R. Liquid engine on cable test. S/- | ||
| 1952 | Jan | VERONIQUE-R | Le Car | R. Liquid engine test of cables. S/- | ||
| 1952 | 30 Jan | 2045 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 0 | USAF-21 for ionosphere study, but rocket exploded in tower. F/F |
| 1952 | 19 Feb | 1449 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 0 | USAF-22 with sky-brightness payload, rocket exploded on launch. F/F |
| 1952 | 19 Feb | 1700 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 81.3 km | NRL-7 for cosmic and solar radiation |
| 1952 | 29 Feb | 1440 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 89.3 km | USAF-23 for sky-brightness payload |
| 1952 | 18 Mar | Rocket test | Wallops Island | Solid propellant ramjet test flight | ||
| 1952 | 22 Apr | 1728 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 112.7 km | USAF-24 for ionosphere study |
| 1952 | 30 Apr | 1330 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 127.8 km | NRL-8 used uprated AEROBEE rocket for solar and cosmic radiation payload. |
| 1952 | 01 May | 1459 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 126 km | NRL-9 for solar radiation |
| 1952 | 01 May | 1542 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 91.8 km | USAF-25 for solar radiation payload |
| 1952 | 05 May | 1344 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 127 km | NRL-10 rocket was uprated AEROBEE for cosmic and solar radiation payload. |
| 1952 | 15 May | 0115 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 76.1 km | SC-23 by Signal Corps for density of atmosphere study payload. |
| 1952 | 20 May | 0207 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 90.1 km | SC-24 for temperatures and winds |
| 1952 | 20 May | 1606 | US-V2 | WSPG | 125.6 km | No59/TF-2 - Training Flight, also carried cameras, recovered by parachute. |
| 1952 | 20 May | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 19.3 km | N.1 technology flight. Fin detached | |
| 1952 | 21 May | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 14 km | N.2 technology flight. Engine burn-through | |
| 1952 | 21 May | 1515 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 62.1 km | USAF-26 with biological payload, and carried two mice and two monkeys named 'Michael' and 'Patricia' all of which were parachute recovered. |
| 1952 | 22 May | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 60 km | N.3 technology flight. Success | |
| 1952 | Jun | US-V2 | WSPG | TF-4 fired at night, but perhaps not fired at all! | ||
| 1952 | 06 Jun | VIKING-8 | WSPG | 6.4 km | Broke away during static testing and landed at 8 km range. | |
| 1952 | 18 Jun | 1750 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 99.8 km | USAF-27 for solar radiation expt. |
| 1952 | 30 Jun | 1432 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 101.4 km | USAF-28 for sky brightness payload |
| 1952 | 29 Jul | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | First launch, SUI-0, carried dummy rocket under balloon. | ||
| 1952 | 21 Aug | 0925 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-1 released from ship off Greenland, (time is of balloon launch), but rocket didn't fire. |
| 1952 | 22 Aug | 0733 | US-V2 | WSPG | 213 km | TF-3 with NRL payload for composition/pressure/magnetic fields/solar & cosmic radiation/sky-brightness. Range = 84 km. |
| 1952 | 24 Aug | 0634 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-2, but rocket didn't fire |
| 1952 | 26 Aug | 1853 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | ? | USAF-29 with ionosphere payload. F/F |
| 1952 | 29 Aug | 0326 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 61 km | SUI-3 first success with rocket to measure cosmic ray & meteorology. |
| 1952 | 29 Aug | 1036 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 59.5 km | SUI-4, successful flight |
| 1952 | 29 Aug | 2115 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 90 km | SUI-5, successful flight |
| 1952 | 01 Sep | 0010 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 64 km | SUI-6 made successful probing |
| 1952 | 03 Sep | 1449 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 99 km | NRL-11 for solar radiation |
| 1952 | 04 Sep | 1217 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 64 km | SUI-7 made successful flight |
| 1952 | 11 Sep | Double-DEACON | Wallops Island | Two parallel DEACON motors boosted aerodynamic "drag-rocket". | ||
| 1952 | 19 Sep | 1549 | US-V2 | WSPG | 7 km | TF-5, training flight, also carried payload for temperatures/composition/cosmic radiation/biology, but rocket exploded at 28 seconds. |
| 1952 | 25 Sep | 0350 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 117.5 km | SC-25 for temperature and wind payload by the Signal Corps. |
| 1952 | 10 Oct | 1424 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 108 km | USAF-30 with solar radiation payload |
| 1952 | 21 Oct | 0345 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 111.1 km | SC-26 for temperatures and winds |
| 1952 | 22 Oct | 1435 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 99.8 km | USAF-31 for pressure and temperatures |
| 1952 | 06 Nov | 1556 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 75.7 km | USAF-32 with sky brightness payload |
| 1952 | 08 Nov | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 10.5 km | N.4 technology flight. Unstable combustion | |
| 1952 | 09 Nov | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 0.5 km | N.5 technology flight. Unstable combustion | |
| 1952 | 13 Nov | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 3.7 km | N.7 on technology flight. Unstable combustion | |
| 1952 | 16 Nov | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 5.5 km | N.6 technology flight. Unstable combustion | |
| 1952 | 17 Nov | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 10 km | N.9 for technology flight. Unstable combustion | |
| 1952 | 18 Nov | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 7 km | N.8 for technology test flight. Exploded at burn-out at 32 secs. F/- | |
| 1952 | 22 Nov | EA-46 (EOLE) | Hammaguir | First flight, fin failure at Mach 1 and 7 secs after launch, rocket broke up. | ||
| 1952 | 24 Nov | EA-46 (EOLE) | Hammaguir | 2.95 km | Second launch suffered fin failure at 2.95 km. | |
| 1952 | 11 Dec | 2347 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 104.7 km | SC-29 with Signal Corps payload for temperatures, winds and pressures. |
| 1952 | 12 Dec | 0738 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 88.5 km | USAF-33 to study solar radiation |
| 1952 | 15 Dec | 2138 | VIKING-9 | WSPG | 218 km | Perfect flight with 347 kg payload to study solar & cosmic radiation, and to photograph the earth from space. |
| 1953 | 22 Jan | Double-DEACON | Wallops Island | Rocket boosted aircraft model launch | ||
| 1953 | 10 Feb | 2109 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 137 km | NRL-12 with payload for atm composition, cosmic rays and mass spectrometer. S/F |
| 1953 | 12 Feb | 0709 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 137.3 km | NRL-13 for atm comp and cosmic rays. S/S |
| 1953 | 18 Feb | 0650 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 106.2 km | SC-27 for temperatures and winds. S/S |
| 1953 | 18 Feb | 1742 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 117.5 km | USAF-34, rocket performance test. S/S |
| 1953 | 17 Mar | Langley rocket | Air launch to Mach 5 | |||
| 1953 | 14 Apr | 1547 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 122.3 km | USAF-35, rocket performance test. S/S |
| 1953 | 18 Apr | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 3.2 km | N-11. Technology flight, but combustion instability stopped the flight. | |
| 1953 | 21 Apr | VERONIQUE-N | Hammaguir | 65 km or 45 km | N-10 with technology payload of 45 kg. | |
| 1953 | 24 Apr | 1019 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 107.8 km | SC-28 for temperatures and winds. S/S |
| 1953 | 24 Apr | 1930 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 111.1 km | SC-30 with atm density payload. S/S |
| 1953 | 08 May | Triple-DEACON | Wallops Island ? | First used of three DEACONS together | ||
| 1953 | 20 May | 1404 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 114.3 km | USAF-36 with payload to measure sky brightness and day airglow. S/S |
| 1953 | 21 May | 1547 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 114.3 km | USAF-37, sky brightness & airglow. S/S |
| 1953 | 26 Jun | 1910 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 135.2 km | USAF-38 to study ion density in the ionosphere - good ascent data. |
| 1953 | 01 Jul | 1752 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 138.4 km | USAF-39, ionosphere by AFCRL. S/S |
| 1953 | 14 Jul | 1530 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 103 km | USAF-40 for solar radiation |
| 1953 | 19 Jul | 0127 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-8 released under balloon from ship between Boston and Greenland, but the rocket ignition failed. Launch time is that for the balloon release. |
| 1953 | 19 Jul | 1330 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-9 suffered ignition failure |
| 1953 | 19 Jul | 1853 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-10, rocket ignition failure |
| 1953 | 20 Jul | 0057 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-11, rocket ignition failure |
| 1953 | 23 Jul | 0947 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 95.6 km | USAF-41 for atmosphere composition |
| 1953 | 24 Jul | 1940 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-12, but rocket didn't fire after the firing box fell off on ascent. |
| 1953 | 28 Jul | 1241 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 90 km | SUI-13 with new igniter system. Success |
| 1953 | 03 Aug | 2128 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-14 suffered radio interference |
| 1953 | 06 Aug | 0054 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 71.6 km | NRL-1 for the Navy. Success |
| 1953 | 06 Aug | 1807 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-15 success, but data lost |
| 1953 | 06 Aug | 2140 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-16, successful but data lost |
| 1953 | 08 Aug | 1809 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-2, but telemetry was too weak |
| 1953 | 09 Aug | 0854 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-17 suffered balloon failure |
| 1953 | 09 Aug | 2215 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-3. Altitude too low for experiment |
| 1953 | 11 Aug | 2009 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-4 used for night launch |
| 1953 | 20 Aug | 3 x DEACON/DEACON/HPAG | Wallops Island | Three stage rocket launch | ||
| 1953 | 30 Aug | 1700 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-18, rocket didn't fire |
| 1953 | 30 Aug | 1920 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-19, but rocket didn't fire |
| 1953 | 30 Aug | 2346 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-20, success but unknown height |
| 1953 | 01 Sep | 0505 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 107.8 km | SC-32, Atmosphere density experiment |
| 1953 | 03 Sep | 1250 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-21, success but unknown height |
| 1953 | 03 Sep | 1451 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-22, success, height unknown |
| 1953 | 03 Sep | 1705 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-23, success |
| 1953 | 04 Sep | 0659 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-5 on night launch |
| 1953 | 04 Sep | 1251 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-6 - performance unknown |
| 1953 | 05 Sep | 0536 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 105.5 km | SC-33 for atmosphere density payload |
| 1953 | 15 Sep | 1502 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 32.2 km | USAF-42 for sky brightness study, but altitude too low. |
| 1953 | 29 Sep | 2050 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 58 km | SC-31 with density experiment |
| 1953 | 07 Oct | 1700 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 99.8 km | USAF-43 for solar radiation payload |
| 1953 | 02 Nov | 1832 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 120.7 km | USAF-44 with ionosphere payload by AFCRL, but beacon failed. |
| 1953 | 03 Nov | 1815 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 121.5 km | USAF-45 for AFCRL ionosphere study, partial ascent data, good descent data. |
| 1953 | 19 Nov | 2240 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 112.6 km | NRL-14 for solar spectra |
| 1953 | 19 Nov | NIKE-DEACON | Wallops Island | First launch with aerodynamic model on nose | ||
| 1953 | 25 Nov | 1546 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 95.1 km | NRL-15 for solar spectrum |
| 1953 | 01 Dec | 1530 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 129.6 km | NRL-16 for solar spectrum |
| 1953 | 1953 | V-5V | Kapustin Yar | 515 km? | First use as a geophysical rocket, carrying 1300 kg payload. | |
| 1954 | 02 Feb | 1835 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 101 km | NRL-20 with solar UV study payload. S/ |
| 1954 | 12 Feb | Lewis Lab rocket | Air-launched, research | |||
| 1954 | 20 Feb | VERONIQUE | Hammaguir | NA-15 Technology flight.(f) | ||
| 1954 | 21 Feb | VERONIQUE | Hammaguir | 138 km | NA-14 with 60 kg technology payload | |
| 1954 | 18 Mar | 4-cluster DEACON | Wallops Island ? | First flight with booster-pack to carry aerodynamic models. | ||
| 1954 | 09 Apr | 2112 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 143 km | NRL-18 for gas composition with spectrograph. S/S |
| 1954 | 10 Apr | 0900 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 5 km | NRL-19 with gas composition payload, but second stage didn't ignite. F/F |
| 1954 | 29 Apr | NIKE/NIKE/DEACON | Wallops Island | |||
| 1954 | 29 Apr | 3 x DEACON/DEACON/HPAG | Wallops Island | 3-stage rocket | ||
| 1954 | 07 May | VIKING-10 | WSPG | 219 km | Ionosphere payload of 376.5 kg | |
| 1954 | 11 May | 1500 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 98.2 km | USAF-46 for rocket performance test. S/S |
| 1954 | 24 May | VIKING-11 | WSPG | 255 km | Photographic payload of 374 kg on flight of record altitude for single stage rockets. | |
| 1954 | 02 Jun | 1610 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 93.4 km | USAF-47 to study performance. S/S |
| 1954 | 26 Jun | V-1D (R-1D) | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding | ||
| 1954 | 02 Jul | V-1D (R-1D) | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding | ||
| 1954 | 07 Jul | V-1D (R-1D) | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding | ||
| 1954 | 14 Jul | 1355 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 91.8 km | USAF-48 for temps & orientation. S/S |
| 1954 | 16 Jul | 1813 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-24 fired in East Pacific(?) but telemetry failed - rocket fired? |
| 1954 | 17 Jul | 0358 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-25 - rocket ignition failure |
| 1954 | 19 Jul | 2037 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 88.4 km | NRL-7 - success |
| 1954 | 20 Jul | 0230 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-26 - partial telemetry failure |
| 1954 | 20 Jul | 0855 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 88.4 km | NRL-8 - successful night launch |
| 1954 | 21 Jul | 1503 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 76 km | SUI-27 - success |
| 1954 | 21 Jul | 1845 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 100.6 km | SUI-28 - success - time is for launch of balloon from ship. |
| 1954 | 22 Jul | 0249 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-29 - unstable on launch? |
| 1954 | 23 Jul | 2046 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 97.6 km | SUI-30 - success |
| 1954 | 23 Jul | 2309 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 91.8 km | NRL-9 - success |
| 1954 | 23 Jul | 2354 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 97.6 km | SUI-32 - successful flight |
| 1954 | 24 Jul | 0137 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-31 - unstable on launch? |
| 1954 | 24 Jul | 1457 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 100.6 km | SUI-33 - success |
| 1954 | 24 Jul | 1916 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-34 - telemetry failure at launch |
| 1954 | 25 Jul | 1251 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-35 - rocket fired but there was a partial equipment failure. |
| 1954 | 25 Jul | 1836 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 100 km | SUI-36 - success |
| 1954 | 25 Jul | 2130 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 94.5 km | SUI-37 - success |
| 1954 | 25 Jul | 2327 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 84.8 km | NRL-10 - success |
| 1954 | 26 Jul | 0729 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-11 - balloon tore before rocket was launched. |
| 1954 | 26 Jul | 1702 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-12 - telemetry failure |
| 1954 | 11 Aug | 1725 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 91.8 km | USAF-49 with ionosphere payload. S/S |
| 1954 | 17 Sep | 1431 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 94.7 km | USAF-50 for solar radiation. S/S |
| 1954 | 26 Sep | Soviet sounding rocket | 386 km | Date of announcement that several launches by then had reached this altitude. | ||
| 1954 | 05 Oct | 1815 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 158 km | NRL-? rocket performance test. S/S |
| 1954 | 14 Oct | NIKE/NIKE/T40/T55 | Wallops Island | 306 km+ | First flight reached Mach 10.4 at 84,000 feet (25.6 km) altitude. | |
| 1954 | 17 Oct | VERONIQUE | Hammaguir | NA-13 with technology payload. F/F | ||
| 1954 | 29 Oct | VERONIQUE | Hammaguir | 134 km | NA-12 with 60 kg technology payload. S/S | |
| 1954 | Nov | HTV-1 | Holloman AFB | First launch, and used no delay between stages, reached Mach 7 in 2 seconds, with 1 kg payload of tape recorder. |