| Year | Date | Time | Rocket | Site | Altitude | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 17 Jan | Towed rocket | Wallops Island | Langley experimental rocket | ||
| 1955 | 22 Jan | 0054 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 94.8 km | USAF-51 for airglow experiment |
| 1955 | 25 Jan | V-1E | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding launch using V-2 type | ||
| 1955 | 04 Feb | VIKING-12 | WSPG | 232 km | Perfect flight with 402 kg payload | |
| 1955 | 05 Feb | V-1E | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding | ||
| 1955 | 07 Feb | 1851 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 120.4 km | USAF-52 to study ionosphere - telemetry beacon failed. |
| 1955 | 10 Feb | 2138 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 76.1 km | USAF-53 to study ionosphere |
| 1955 | 21 Feb | 1825 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 115 km | NRL-29 to observe solar spectrum |
| 1955 | 19 Mar | 0600 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 114.3 km | NRL-26 for night airglow experiment |
| 1955 | 26 Mar | V-1E | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding launch | ||
| 1955 | 29 Mar | 1647 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 112.7 km | USAF-54 for solar radiation |
| 1955 | Apr ? | PENCIL x ? | Koku | Several firings in public, brought total firings to 29 rockets. | ||
| 1955 | 08 Apr | 1019 | NIKE-DEACON | Wallops Island | 108.5 km | ND-1, first launch as a sounding rocket, trajectory test with 15.4 kg payload. Impact range: 104 km. |
| 1955 | 12 Apr | PENCIL x ? | Koku | First firings begin (horizontally) | ||
| 1955 | 21 Apr | 0358 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 203 km | USAF-55 first USAF use of AEROBEE-HI, carried 97.5 kg diagnostic payload. |
| 1955 | 23 May | X-17 (¼ scale) | Cape Canaveral | 10 km | Q-1, successful flight of quarter-scale X-17 rocket | |
| 1955 | 23 May | X-17 (¼ scale) | Cape Canaveral | 10.7 km | Q-2, successful flight | |
| 1955 | 26 May | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | Soviet sounding launch carried 2 dogs | ||
| 1955 | 13 Jun | X-17 (¼ scale) | Cape Canaveral | Q-4, booster exploded at launch | ||
| 1955 | 16 Jun | 0111 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 202.8 km | USAF-56 on classified flight |
| 1955 | 23 Jun | X-17 (½ scale) | Cape Canaveral | H-1, first half-scale X-17 made successful flight, but radar tracking failed. | ||
| 1955 | 23 Jun | 1240 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 64 km | USAF-57 for rocket performance test with 90 kg payload, but rocket engine burned through - became unstable. |
| 1955 | 24 Jun | 1304 | NIKE-DEACON | Wallops Island | 106.7 km | ND-2 with "free floating" internal sphere and temperatures, with 17.7 kg payload. Impact range: 97.6 km. |
| 1955 | 30 Jun | X-17 (½ scale) | Cape Canaveral | 10 km | H-3 success, but lost by radar tracking | |
| 1955 | 08 Jul | 0839 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 113.4 km | NRL-23 with ion composition payload |
| 1955 | 13 Jul | 0659 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 69.2 km | NRL-27 for gas composition test |
| 1955 | 14 Jul | X-17 (½ scale) | Cape Canaveral | 9.1 km | H-2 made successful flight | |
| 1955 | Aug | BABY | Akita | Late Aug/first BABY launch | ||
| 1955 | Aug | BABY-S x 6 | Akita | 4-5 km | Six flights made with the BABY-S | |
| 1955 | 06 Aug | PENCIL-300 | Akita | First firing at Akita/last PENCIL | ||
| 1955 | 06 Aug | PENCIL x ? | Koku | Vertical firings with the PENCIL rocket at Kokobunzi. | ||
| 1955 | 16 Aug | ROCKAIRE-FFAR | First launch, using a 2.75" FFAR, and fired south from a Navy F-2H2 plane. | |||
| 1955 | 25 Aug | 1300 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 4 km | NRL-37 but second stage didn't ignite |
| 1955 | 26 Aug | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 3 km | D-1, first full scale rocket, but the flight was terminated at 6 seconds. | |
| 1955 | Sep | BABY-T x 6 | Akita | 4-5 km | Six flights made with the BABY-T | |
| 1955 | Sep | LOKI-1 | 3,544th launch | |||
| 1955 | 14 Sep | 1330 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 95 km | USAF-58 for rocket aerodynamics |
| 1955 | 23 Sep | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | Second full-scale launch, but rocket exploded at 13.5 seconds. | ||
| 1955 | 24 Sep | 0234 | LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | 70.7 km | SUI-38, fired from balloon |
| 1955 | 24 Sep | 2235 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 100.6 km | SUI-39 |
| 1955 | 25 Sep | 0309 | LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | 84 km | SUI-40 |
| 1955 | 26 Sep | 0239 | LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-41, rocket ignition failure |
| 1955 | 27 Sep | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 100 km | SUI-42 | |
| 1955 | 27 Sep | LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-43, rocket fired, payload failed | |
| 1955 | 28 Sep | 0112 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-14, rocket fired, payload failed |
| 1955 | 28 Sep | 0143 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-13, rocket fired, payload failed |
| 1955 | 28 Sep | 1845 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-15, rocket fired, payload failed |
| 1955 | 28 Sep | 2054 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 95 km | SUI-44 |
| 1955 | 28 Sep | 2340 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | ? | NRL-16, rocket fired, payload failed |
| 1955 | 29 Sep | 0122 | DEACON/LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-45, second stage didn't fire |
| 1955 | 29 Sep | 1942 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 95 km | SUI-46 |
| 1955 | 30 Sep | 0113 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 100 km | SUI-47 |
| 1955 | 30 Sep | 0352 | DEACON/LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | ? | SUI-48, first stage fired, but second stage broke up at 5 seconds. |
| 1955 | 30 Sep | 1550 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 74 km | USAF-59, solar limb darkening payload |
| 1955 | Oct | BABY-R x 3 | Akita | 4-5 km | Three BABY-R launches in Oct & Nov | |
| 1955 | 01 Oct | 0210 | LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | 65.3 km | SUI-49 |
| 1955 | 05 Oct | 0418 | LOKI-1/Rockoon | Ship | 91.5 km | SUI-50 |
| 1955 | 06 Oct | 1654 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | NRL-17, rocket didn't ignite |
| 1955 | 07 Oct | 0110 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 90 km | SUI-51 |
| 1955 | 12 Oct | 0033 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | Rocket did not fire |
| 1955 | 12 Oct | 0037 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | Firing box was torn off at balloon release |
| 1955 | 13 Oct | 0100 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 101.4 km | USAF-60, sodium vapour release |
| 1955 | 13 Oct | 1237 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | NRL-19, rocket tumbled at 8 seconds, but instrument worked. | |
| 1955 | 13 Oct | 1837 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 100.6 km | SUI-53 |
| 1955 | 13 Oct | 1942 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 45.7 km | NRL-20, rocket tumbled at 8 seconds |
| 1955 | 13 Oct | 2124 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | SUI-54, rocket did not fire |
| 1955 | 14 Oct | 0213 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 97 km | SUI-55 |
| 1955 | 18 Oct | 2149 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 150 km | NRL-34 for solar spectrum payload |
| 1955 | 22 Oct | 0020 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 185 km | NRL-35 for solar spectrum study |
| 1955 | 02 Nov | Multi-stage | Launch of USAF multi-stage rocket | |||
| 1955 | 04 Nov | V-1E | Kapustin Yar ? | Soviet sounding launch | ||
| 1955 | 04 Nov | 1530 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 134.5 km | NRL-36, for solar spectrum study |
| 1955 | 17 Nov | 0900 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 105 km | NRL-25 for night airglow, meteors and UV astronomy. |
| 1955 | 29 Nov | 1716 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 132 km | NRL-24, for ion composition payload |
| 1955 | 01 Dec | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | ? | Third flight, successful re-entry test | |
| 1955 | 09 Dec | 1450 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 3.2 km | NRL-38, sharp start and explosion on leaving launch tower. |
| 1955 | 13 Dec | 0500 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 142 km | NRL-28, with gas composition payload |
| 1955 | 13 Dec | 1758 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 138.4 km | USAF-61, with Lyman-a and solar limb darkening experiments. |
| 1955 | 27 Dec | ASP | WSPG ? | First prototype - successful | ||
| 1955 | 1955 | MR-1 "METEO" | Kapustin Yar ? | 113 km | Biological flight with dog "Malyshka" | |
| 1955 | 1955 | BABY x 36 | Akita | By the end of 1955, a total of 36 had been fired with max altitude = 6 km. | ||
| 1956 | Jan | ASP x 4 | Point Mugu | Four test flights from the NAMTC | ||
| 1956 | 20 Jan | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 132.6 km | D-4 on successful development flight | |
| 1956 | 03 Feb | ASP | Point Mugu | Test flight | ||
| 1956 | 07 Feb | ASP | Point Mugu | Test flight | ||
| 1956 | Feb | ASP x 3 | Point Mugu | Three more flight tests | ||
| 1956 | 07 Feb | LOKI-WASP | Long Beach | First launch - had metalised parachute which was tracked on descent. Long Beach, California. | ||
| 1956 | 05 Mar | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 116 km | D-5 re-entry test flight, but telemetry lost in last phase of flight. | |
| 1956 | 12 Mar | 2115 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 95 km | USAF-62 for nitric oxide vapour re-lease on ascent and descent. |
| 1956 | 14 Mar | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 96.6 km | Nitric oxide release | |
| 1956 | 14 Mar | 0845 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 106.2 km | USAF-63 with nitric oxide release in attempt to observe the recombination of atomic Oxygen. |
| 1956 | 15 Mar | AEROBEE | WSPG | 100 km | Release of nitric oxide to investigate the "twilight-flash". | |
| 1956 | Apr | WASP | Bikini Atoll | Upper air winds study at the nuclear testing area. | ||
| 1956 | 11 Apr | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | NRL-40 | ||
| 1956 | 12 Apr | 0205 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 106.2 km | USAF-64 with sodium trail release |
| 1956 | 17 Apr | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | ? | R-1 on first re-entry test flight, but tracking failed and rocket lost. | |
| 1956 | 30 Apr | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | NRL-41 | ||
| 1956 | May | ASP x 13 | Bikini Atoll | Fired during US nuclear tests to test winds. Firings were called Operation Redwing. | ||
| 1956 | May | WASP | Bikini Atoll | Upper air winds in nuclear test area | ||
| 1956 | 01 May | 2205 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 3.6 km | NRL-39 for rocket performance test, but second stage failed to ignite. |
| 1956 | 08 May | 1454 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 143.3 km | USAF-65 for solar radiation |
| 1956 | 08 May | 1515 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 188 km | NRL-42 with 54 kg payload to study rocket performance, but engine problems began 45 seconds into flight. |
| 1956 | 09 May | LOKI | Test of metalised nylon chaff | |||
| 1956 | 10 May | LOKI | Test of metalised nylon chaff | |||
| 1956 | 14 May | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biological payload of 2 dogs - both side pods recovered. | |
| 1956 | 16 May | 1540 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 169 km | USAF-66 with 86 kg payload, but rocket slightly unstable due to fin problems. |
| 1956 | 31 May | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biological payload of 2 dogs - both side pods recovered. | |
| 1956 | Jun | ASP x 13 | Bikini Atoll | Operation Redwing firings in the nuclear test areas | ||
| 1956 | Jun | WASP | Bikini Atoll | Upper air winds in nuclear test area | ||
| 1956 | 01 Jun | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biological payload of 2 dogs | |
| 1956 | 01 Jun | WASP | 29.6 km | Metalised parachute tracked from 97,000 ft to 24,400 ft. | ||
| 1956 | 01 Jun | WASP | Metalised parachute | |||
| 1956 | 01 Jun | WASP | Metalised parachute | |||
| 1956 | 04 Jun | 1413 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 58 km or 63 km | NRL-46 with sunflower spectrograph, but altitude low due to valves not fully opening on sustainer stage. P/F |
| 1956 | 07 Jun | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biological flight with recovery of two side pods each with a dog. | |
| 1956 | 13 Jun | 2051 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 137.8 km | USAF-67 for ionosphere - good data |
| 1956 | 14 Jun | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biology with 2 dogs | |
| 1956 | 18 Jun | 2042 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 136.8 km | USAF-68 for ionosphere study - good data on ascent only. |
| 1956 | 20 Jun | CAJUN | Wallops Island | First flight | ||
| 1956 | 21 Jun | 1848 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 146.5 km | USAF-69 for ionosphere payload - good data on ascent only. |
| 1956 | 22 Jun | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biology with 2 dogs | |
| 1956 | 22 Jun | 1942 | AEROBEE-A1 | WSPG | 5 km | NRL-22 with ionosphere payload, but second stage didn't ignite. |
| 1956 | 26 Jun | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 140 km | D-6A development round, but telemetry was lost during the flight. | |
| 1956 | 26 Jun | 1826 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 111.1 km | USAF-70 for ionosphere payload - good data on ascent only. |
| 1956 | 29 Jun | 1909 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 264 km | NRL-50, carried 66 kg ionosphere research payload. |
| 1956 | Jul | ASP x 13 | Bikini Atoll | Operation Redwing firings made at nuclear test areas. | ||
| 1956 | Jul | WASP | Bikini Atoll | Upper air winds at nuclear test area | ||
| 1956 | 05 Jul | 0752 | AEROBEE-A27 | WSPG | 162 km | NRL-33 to study magnetic field and night airglow. |
| 1956 | 06 Jul | 1800 | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 137 km | AM6.01, first flight, suffered excessive spin during boost, but successfully measured temp and released sphere. Impact distance was 143 km |
| 1956 | 09 Jul | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | NRL-42 | ||
| 1956 | 17 Jul | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 142 km | R-2 for first complete re-entry test flight, ended at 320 km range. | |
| 1956 | 17 Jul | 1630 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 118 km | NN5-27 fired despite no solar flare |
| 1956 | 18 Jul | 1550 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | NN5-28 but rocket didn't fire after release in Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1956 | 19 Jul | 1521 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 124 km | NN5-29 fired, but no solar flare |
| 1956 | 20 Jul | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biology with 2 dogs in side pods | |
| 1956 | 20 Jul | 1540 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 97.5 km | NN5-30 fired during solar flare |
| 1956 | 21 Jul | 1714 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | NN5-31 released but ignition failed |
| 1956 | 21 Jul | ASP | 42nd launch by Cooper Development Co. | |||
| 1956 | 22 Jul | 1758 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 124 km | NN5-32 fired, but no solar flare |
| 1956 | 24 Jul | 1407 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | NN5-33 suffered ignition failure |
| 1956 | 24 Jul | NIKE-CAJUN | 113 km | AM6.04 photographed a hurricane storm | ||
| 1956 | 25 Jul | 1516 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 117 km | NN5-34 fired, but no solar flare |
| 1956 | 26 Jul | 1529 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | 120 km | NN5-35 but no solar flare present |
| 1956 | 27 Jul | 1705 | DEACON/Rockoon | Ship | - | NN5-36 released under balloon which split on ascent, rocket fell into sea. |
| 1956 | 27 Jul | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | ? | R-3 on re-entry flight, but third stage failed to ignite on the descent. | |
| 1956 | 31 Jul | 0056 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 128.8 km | USAF-71 to study day airglow |
| 1956 | 03 Aug | 1256 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 2.4 km | USAF-72 for solar spectrum and atmosphere comp. Second stage didn't ignite. |
| 1956 | 08 Aug | 2300 | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | 105 km | AM6.02 for pressure/temp/radiation |
| 1956 | 09 Aug | 1553 | AEROBEE-A | WSPG | 85.5 km | SC-34 with Signal Corps composition payload. |
| 1956 | 09 Aug | 2247 | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | 163 km | OB6.03 with magnetometer and skin-temperature probe of 27 kg Ballistic Research Lab payload |
| 1956 | 10 Aug | 1522 | AEROBEE-A | WSPG | 85.9 km | SC-35 for atmospheric composition |
| 1956 | 18 Aug | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | ? | R-4 for re-entry mission, but rocket exploded at 18 seconds. | |
| 1956 | 23 Aug | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 142 km | R-5 made successful re-entry flight | |
| 1956 | 24 Aug | 5-Stage-Rocket | Wallops Island | HONEST-JOHN/NIKE/NIKE/RECRUIT/T-55 was the first 5-stage rocket, and reached a velocity of over Mach 15 (or-M10.4?) | ||
| 1956 | 28 Aug | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | ? | R-6 on re-entry test flight, but the telemetry was lost before apogee. | |
| 1956 | Sep | KAPPA-1 | First launch | |||
| 1956 | 08 Sep | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 966 km | R-7 for re-entry test flight, but all stages fired upward, instead of two up, two down. Impact range 1,130 km. Reached 11,051 kph. | |
| 1956 | 21 Sep | TERRAPIN | Wallops Island | First flight for test of structural integrity - broke up. | ||
| 1956 | 21 Sep | TERRAPIN | Wallops Island | Second flight - successful | ||
| 1956 | 01 Oct | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 146 km | R-8 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 05 Oct | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 117 km | R-9 on re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 13 Oct | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 102 km | R-10 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 18 Oct | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 154.6 km | R-11 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 20 Oct | 2201 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 113 km | AM6.31 for atm structure and winds with 45 kg payload |
| 1956 | 23 Oct | 0840 | AEROBEE-A34 | Fort Churchill | 145 km | AM2.21 was the first AEROBEE at Fort Churchill. Payload for atm and winds. |
| 1956 | 25 Oct | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 125 km | R-12 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 27 Oct | 2124 | NIKE-CAJUN | Ship | 167 km | AM6.08 fired from USS Rushmore in North Atlantic with density sphere drop and temperature probe. |
| 1956 | 01 Nov | 1257 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 68 km | USAF-73 with sodium trail release |
| 1956 | 02 Nov | 0539 | AEROBEE-A34 | Holloman AFB | 151 km | USAF-74 for sodium trail release |
| 1956 | 02 Nov | 1840 | NIKE-CAJUN | Ship | 166 km or 132 km | AM6.09 with University of Michigan falling sphere and temperature probe. Fired from ship in North Atlantic. |
| 1956 | 04 Nov | 1854 | NIKE-CAJUN | Ship | 172 km or 162 km | AM6.10 with falling sphere by U of Mich., and temperature probe. |
| 1956 | 05 Nov | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 118 km | R-13 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 05 Nov | 0750 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 6 km | NRL-45 with magnetic fields and aurora payload, but rocket exploded in tower. Also called NN3.02. (Time 0730?) |
| 1956 | 07 Nov | 1502 | NIKE-CAJUN | Ship | 176 km or 169 km | AM6.11 with falling sphere and temp probe payload by U of Michigan. |
| 1956 | 10 Nov | 1517 | NIKE-CAJUN | Ship | 166 km or 161 km | AM6.12 with falling sphere and temp. probe, by U of Michigan. |
| 1956 | 12 Nov | 1157 | AEROBEE-A25 | Fort Churchill | 67.5 km | SM1.01 with grenades to measure winds and temperatures. |
| 1956 | 15 Nov | 1933 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 118.5 km | NRL-47/NN3.07 carried ion probe, but rocket was not stable after 40 sec. |
| 1956 | 16 Nov | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 107 km | R-14 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 17 Nov | 1648 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 195 km | NRL-43/NN3.12 for payload to study UV & X-rays and atmosphere structure. |
| 1956 | 21 Nov | 0521 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 251 km | NRL-48/NN3.17 for UV & X-rays, and ion composition with mass spectrometer. |
| 1956 | 23 Nov | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 143 km | R-15 on re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | Dec | WASP | Chinco | Fired at Chincoteague to develop fuse, separation device and bore riders. | ||
| 1956 | Dec | KAPPA-128-JT | Seventh launch | |||
| 1956 | 03 Dec | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 125.5 km | R-16 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 08 Dec | VIKING-13 | Cape Canaveral | 203 km | VANGUARD-TV-0 reached speed of 6440 kph and impacted at 295 km range to test tracking facilities. | |
| 1956 | 11 Dec | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 144 km | R-17 for re-entry test flight | |
| 1956 | 11 Dec | WASP | Chaff and reflective parachute | |||
| 1956 | 11 Dec | WASP | Chaff and parachute | |||
| 1956 | 12 Dec | ROCKAIRE | Air-launched | |||
| 1956 | 13 Dec | WASP x 5 | Chaff and parachute rockets | |||
| 1956 | 13 Dec | 2144 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 193 km | USAF-75 carried 79 kg payload for rocket test using extra fin protection. |
| 1956 | 13 Dec | ROCKAIRE-DEACON | 44 km | Air launch, but radar beacon malfunctioned at launch. | ||
| 1956 | 14 Dec | ROCKAIRE-DEACON | Air-launch, but radar beacon failed 45 seconds into flight. | |||
| 1956 | 14 Dec | WASP x 7 | Chaff & parachute rockets | |||
| 1956 | 17 Dec | ROCKAIRE-DEACON | 42.7 km | Air-launch, followed by radar tracking of entire flight. | ||
| 1956 | 18 Dec | WASP x 6 | Chaff & parachute rockets | |||
| 1956 | 19 Dec | ROCKAIRE-DEACON | Air-launched, pilot noticed perturbations after launch. Tracked by radar. | |||
| 1956 | 20 Dec | V-1E | Kapustin Yar | 100 km? | Biological flight with 2 dogs | |
| 1956 | 21 Dec | NIKE-RECRUIT | Wallops Island | First launch - reached 7,600 ft/s (8345 kph) at 13,000 ft (3.96 km) alt for record dynamic pressure of 45,700 pound/sq ft (22.3 kg/cm). | ||
| 1957 | 08 Jan | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 140.3 km | R-18. Re-entry test flight | |
| 1957 | 15 Jan | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | ? | R-19. Second and third stages failed to ignite on re-entry test flight. | |
| 1957 | 29 Jan | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | ? | R-20. Range Safety Officer destroyed rocket at 26 seconds into flight. | |
| 1957 | 02 Feb | 0105 | AEROBEE | 146.6 km | Release of ethylene gas as part of Project Fire Fly. | |
| 1957 | 07 Feb | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 106.7 km | R-21. Re-entry test flight. | |
| 1957 | 12 Feb | 2030 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Guam | II5.97. Magnetic fields | |
| 1957 | 13 Feb | 0151 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 12 km | SL-01. First flight of SKYLARK |
| 1957 | 14 Feb | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 141.5 km | R-22. Re-entry test flight. | |
| 1957 | 14 Feb | 2005 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Guam | II5.98. Magnetic fields | |
| 1957 | 16 Feb | 2136 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Guam | II5.99. Magnetic fields | |
| 1957 | Mar | HASP | First launch | |||
| 1957 | Mar | WASP | ||||
| 1957 | 01 Mar | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 151 km | R-23. Re-entry test flight | |
| 1957 | 15 Mar | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 134 km | R-24. Re-entry test flight | |
| 1957 | 21 Mar | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 104 km | R-25. Re-entry test flight | |
| 1957 | 29 Mar | 0451 | AEROBEE-31 | WSPG | 146 km or 135 km | NN2.26 or 29. UV & X-rays & airglow experiments carried. |
| 1957 | 09 Apr | 0819 | AEROBEE | Micrometeorite research | ||
| 1957 | 11 Apr | AEROBEE | WSPG | 203 km | NRL- . VANGUARD satellite equipment. | |
| 1957 | 30 Apr | 0810 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 289 km | NRL- . Rocket performance test. |
| 1957 | May | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | May | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | 01 May | VIKING-14 | Cape Canaveral | 193 km | VANGUARD-TV-1. Development flight with first stage of satellite launcher. Ground range 724.5 km. | |
| 1957 | 03 May | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 203 km | NRL- . Sunflower spectrograph. | |
| 1957 | 16 May | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 212 km | First launch, carried two dogs. | |
| 1957 | 22 May | 0520 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 75 km | SL-02. Second flight of SKYLARK. |
| 1957 | 24 May | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 212 km | Second flight. | |
| 1957 | Jun | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Jun | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Jun | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Jun | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Jun | FARSIDE dummy | - | Dummy rocket carried on balloon across the USA from California. | ||
| 1957 | 18 Jun | 1400 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 172 km | AU4.26/USAF-78. Ion probe - good data. |
| 1957 | 24 Jun | 1407 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 193 km | AU4.27/USAF-79. Ion probe - good data. |
| 1957 | Jul | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Jul | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Jul | KAPPA-3 | Akita | 18 km | Technology flight | |
| 1957 | 01 Jul | 1900 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 13 km | NN7.37F for "Project Sunflare". UV payload and studied radio propagation during solar flares. Second stage failed to ignite. |
| 1957 | 01 Jul | NIKE-CAJUN | ||||
| 1957 | 03 Jul | 1629 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 113 km | NN7.38F. UV payload, partial data. |
| 1957 | 03 Jul | NIKE-CAJUN | ||||
| 1957 | 04 Jul | 1816 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 238 km | NN3.08F. Carried ion probe. |
| 1957 | 05 Jul | 0618 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 16 km | NN3.09F. Ion probe carried, but second stage failed in flight. |
| 1957 | 11 Jul | 0205 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-1. Temp, pressure and density. | |
| 1957 | 15 Jul | 2123 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 29 km | NN7.39F. UV and X-ray payload, but altitude too low. |
| 1957 | 15 Jul | NIKE-CAJUN | ||||
| 1957 | 22 Jul | 0416 | AEROBEE | Fort Churchill | 92 km | SM1.02. Atmosphere structure - excellent results obtained. |
| 1957 | 23 Jul | 0302 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 85 km | SL-03. Third SKYLARK launch. |
| 1957 | 23 Jul | 2332 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 111 km | NN7.40F. UV & X-rays - partial data. |
| 1957 | 23 Jul | NIKE-CAJUN | ||||
| 1957 | 24 Jul | 0529 | AEROBEE | Fort Churchill | 87 km | SM1.03. Atmosphere structure - excellent results obtained. |
| 1957 | 27 Jul | 0220 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-2. Temp, pressure and density. | |
| 1957 | 29 Jul | 2200 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 210 km | NN3.13F. UV & X-rays, also atmosphere study - excellent results. |
| 1957 | 30 Jul | 1810 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 23 km | AM6.32. Atmosphere structure - too low. |
| 1957 | Aug | AEROBEE-100 | ||||
| 1957 | Aug | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Aug | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | Aug | ASP | ||||
| 1957 | 05 Aug | 1153 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | (23 km) | II5.01F. "HAWK" launch for cosmic rays and aurora - weak telemetry. |
| 1957 | 05 Aug | 1658 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA ship | ? | II5.02F. Magnetic field - telemetry failed. |
| 1957 | 05 Aug | NIKE-CAJUN | ||||
| 1957 | 05 Aug | 1910 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 15 km | NN7.41F. UV & X-rays - too low. |
| 1957 | 06 Aug | 1053 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 116 km | II5.03F. Cosmic rays & aurora - excellent data. |
| 1957 | 06 Aug | 1530 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 150 km | AC2.24. UV & X-rays - good results |
| 1957 | 06 Aug | 1603 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 118 km | II5.04F. Magnetic fields - good results. |
| 1957 | 07 Aug | 0328 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | (24 km) | II5.05F. Cosmic ray flight, but rocket failed to ignite, so data only from balloon flight. |
| 1957 | 07 Aug | 2204 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | - | II5.06F. Ignition failure of rocket. |
| 1957 | 08 Aug | 0717 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 132 km | II5.07F. Cosmic rays/aurora - good data. |
| 1957 | 10 Aug | 0507 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 118 km | II5.08F. Cosmic rays/Aurora - good data. |
| 1957 | 10 Aug | 2336 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 77 km | II5.09F. Cosmic rays/Aurora - good data. |
| 1957 | 11 Aug | 0516 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | (24 km) | II5.10F. Ignition failure with rocket to study cosmic rays and aurorae. |
| 1957 | 11 Aug | 2030 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 122 km | II5.11F. Cosmic rays & aurora - good data. |
| 1957 | 12 Aug | 0748 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | - | II5.12F. Balloon data only after rocket ignition failure. |
| 1957 | 12 Aug | 1355 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | (23 km) | II5.13F. Ignition failure of rocket, so cosmic ray data from balloon only. |
| 1957 | 12 Aug | 1600 | AEROBEE | Fort Churchill | 74 km | SM1.04. Atmospheric structures - good data return. |
| 1957 | 13 Aug | 0158 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | ? | II5.14F. Cosmic rays and aurora study, but only partial data return. |
| 1957 | 14 Aug | 0423 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-3. Temp, pressure and density | |
| 1957 | 14 Aug | 0806 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | (23 km) | II5.15F. Cosmic rays and aurora data from balloon only. Ignition failure. |
| 1957 | 14 Aug | 1350 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 97 km | II5.16F. Magnetic fields - partial data. |
| 1957 | 14 Aug | 2000 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 89 km | II5.17F. Cosmic rays/aurora - good data. |
| 1957 | 14 Aug | 2251 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 97 km | II5.18F. Cosmic rays/aurora - excellent. |
| 1957 | 19 Aug | 0313 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-4. Temp, pressure and density. | |
| 1957 | 20 Aug | 0230 | AEROBEE | Fort Churchill | 94 km | SM1.05. Atmosphere structure & winds. |
| 1957 | 20 Aug | 1650 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 98 km | NN7.42F. UV & X-ray payload. |
| 1957 | 20 Aug | NIKE-CAJUN | ||||
| 1957 | 22 Aug | X-17 | Cape Canaveral | 114.3 km | R-26. Re-entry test using "spare parts" rocket vehicle by Lockheed for the USAF. | |
| 1957 | 23 Aug | 2154 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 114 km | RP6.X1. Rocket test - poor results. |
| 1957 | 24 Aug | 0600 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | ? | SS6.38. Atmospheric structure payload, but rocket broke up in flight. |
| 1957 | 25 Aug | 0223 | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 206 km | IGY-5. Pressure etc and biology. |
| 1957 | 25 Aug | 1408 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 130 km | SM2.06. Interim AEROBEE-HI to study atmospheric structure - excellent. |
| 1957 | 27 Aug | 1554 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 16 km | NN7.43F. UV & X-ray payload, but second stage failed to ignite. |
| 1957 | 28 Aug | NIKE-CAJUN | ||||
| 1957 | 28 Aug | 2022 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 96 km | NN7.44F. UV & X-ray payload - partial. |
| 1957 | 29 Aug | 2112 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 113 km | NN7.45F. UV & X-ray payload - good. |
| 1957 | 31 Aug | 0457 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 113 km | II6.23F. Aurora study - partial data. |
| 1957 | 31 Aug | 0530 | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 185 km | IGY-6. Pressure readings and biology payload carried by 4th V-2A. |
| 1957 | Sep | KAPPA-4 | Akita | Rocket exploded due to fuel problem | ||
| 1957 | Sep | KAPPA-4 | Akita | Rocket exploded | ||
| 1957 | 01 Sep | 2228 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 160 km | AM4.01. Atmospheric structure - partial. |
| 1957 | 09 Sep | 1550 | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 212 km | IGY-7. ionosphere, air samples and micrometeorite studies. |
| 1957 | 12 Sep | 1520 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | - | NN7.46F. UV & X-rays - rocket broke up. |
| 1957 | 14 Sep | 0300 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-8. Temps, pressure and density. | |
| 1957 | 15 Sep | 2043 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | ? | NN7.47F. UV & X-ray, telemetry failed. |
| 1957 | 17 Sep | 0300 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-10. Temp, pressure, density, cameras. | |
| 1957 | 17 Sep | 1404 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 51 km | NN1.25. UV & X-rays, partial data. |
| 1957 | 18 Sep | 1742 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 21 km | NN7.48F. UV & X-rays. Altitude too low. |
| 1957 | 18 Sep | 1754 | NIKE-DEACON | San Nicolas Island | 77 km | NN7.49F. UV & X-ray, poor data return. |
| 1957 | 20 Sep | 0230 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-9. Temp, pressure, density, cameras. | |
| 1957 | 25 Sep | FARSIDE | Eniwetok Atoll | ? | First live firing carrying 1.6 kg payload | |
| 1957 | 26 Sep | 1705 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | ? | II5.50F. Test flight, good. |
| 1957 | 26 Sep | 2000 | NIKE-ASP-1 or 2 | San Nicolas Island | 16 km | NN8.50F. UV & X-ray payload, but too low due to failure of 2nd stage to ignite |
| 1957 | 27 Sep | 1312 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | NA Ship | 119 km | II5.51F. Cosmic ray data received from flight under balloon but nothing after rocket fired. |
| 1957 | Oct | LONG-TOM | Woomera | c.120 km | LT-1. First flight, used SKYLARK tower. | |
| 1957 | 03 Oct | FARSIDE | Eniwetok Atoll | 800 km | Second flight of balloon-launched rocket, but only first two stages fired, third and fourth stages didn't. | |
| 1957 | 04 Oct | 1916 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 112 km | II5.52F. Cosmic rays - good |
| 1957 | 07 Oct | FARSIDE | Eniwetok Atoll | 645 km | Third flight, but only the first and second stages fired. 3rd & 4th didn't. | |
| 1957 | 11 Oct | FARSIDE | Eniwetok Atoll | ? | 4th flight - uncertain performance. | |
| 1957 | 13 Oct | 1815 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.53F. Cosmic ray payload |
| 1957 | 14 Oct | 2116 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 113 km | II5.54F. Magnetic fields - excellent. |
| 1957 | 16 Oct | AEROBEE | WSPG | 87.5 km | USAF- . "Zwickey's" pellets fired from rocket at apogee and went into solar orbit. | |
| 1957 | 16 Oct | 2002 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.55F. Magnetic fields - poor results. |
| 1957 | 17 Oct | 0009 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.56F. Magnetic fields - no data. |
| 1957 | 17 Oct | 0218 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.57F. Magnetic fields - poor data. |
| 1957 | 17 Oct | 2001 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 51 km | II5.58F. Magnetic fields - good data. |
| 1957 | 17 Oct | 2344 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 127 km | II5.59F. Magnetic fields - good data. |
| 1957 | 18 Oct | 0935 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.60F. Cosmic rays - data only during balloon flight. |
| 1957 | 18 Oct | 1943 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 121 km | II5.61F. Magnetic fields - partial data. |
| 1957 | 18 Oct | 2343 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 122 km | II5.62F. Magnetic fields - good data. |
| 1957 | 19 Oct | 1850 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 129 km | II5.63F. Magnetic fields - good data. |
| 1957 | 20 Oct | FARSIDE | Eniwetok Atoll | 3220 km | Fifth flight of balloon-launched rocket, but fourth stage failed to fire. | |
| 1957 | 20 Oct | 0106 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 104 km | II5.64F. Magnetic fields - good data. |
| 1957 | 20 Oct | 0357 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.65F. Cosmic rays - no data |
| 1957 | 20 Oct | 2011 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.66F. Cosmic rays - telemetry failed. |
| 1957 | 22 Oct | FARSIDE | Eniwetok Atoll | 4350 km+ | Sixth and last launch, but transmitter failed. Estimated final alt. = 6,440 km. | |
| 1957 | 22 Oct | 2231 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.67F. Cosmic ray payload, but data only from balloon portion of flight. |
| 1957 | 26 Oct | 1947 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.68F. Cosmic rays - balloon data only. |
| 1957 | 27 Oct | 0246 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.69F. Cosmic rays - balloon data only. |
| 1957 | 29 Oct | 0013 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 18 km | II5.70F. Cosmic rays and aurora payload, partial data only with low altitude. |
| 1957 | 30 Oct | 2140 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.71F. Cosmic rays and aurora, but data only from balloon part of flight. |
| 1957 | 31 Oct | 0029 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.72F. Cosmic rays and aurora, only data from balloon section of flight. |
| 1957 | 31 Oct | 1951 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.73F. Magnetic fields - no data. |
| 1957 | 01 Nov | 0100 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.74F. Magnetic fields, balloon data only before rocket fired. |
| 1957 | 03 Nov | 2008 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.75F. Magnetic fields - balloon data. |
| 1957 | 03 Nov | 2324 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.76F. Cosmic rays & aurora - partial data return. |
| 1957 | 04 Nov | 0141 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 97 km | II5.77F. Magnetic fields - good data. |
| 1957 | 04 Nov | 0347 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | - | II5.78F. Magnetic fields but rocket did not fire. |
| 1957 | 04 Nov | 0716 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | - | II5.79F. Cosmic rays and aurora - balloon data only received. |
| 1957 | 04 Nov | 0755 | Soviet met-rocket | Arctic | IGY-?. Temperature and pressure payload. | |
| 1957 | 04 Nov | 1852 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.80F. Magnetic fields - no data. |
| 1957 | 05 Nov | 0125 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.81F. Cosmic ray and aurora payload, but data only from balloon flight. |
| 1957 | 05 Nov | 1931 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 97 km | II5.82F. Cosmic rays/aurora - good data. |
| 1957 | 05 Nov | 2159 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | 100 km | II5.83F. Magnetic fields - excellent. |
| 1957 | 07 Nov | 1605 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | USAF-89. Ionosphere studies, good data on ascent, partial on descent. | |
| 1957 | 08 Nov | 2043 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.84F. Cosmic rays/aurora - excellent. |
| 1957 | 08 Nov | 2215 | LOKI-2/Rockoon | Ship | ? | II5.85F. Cosmic rays/aurora - excellent. |
| 1957 | 08 Nov | 1457 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | ? | USAF-90. Ionosphere - rocket failure. |
| 1957 | 13 Nov | SKYLARK | Woomera | 127 km | SL-04. Fourth launch. | |
| 1957 | 10 Dec | 1735 | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | 143 km | OB6.02F. Ion probe and magnetic field, partial data return. |
| 1957 | 10 Dec | 1812 | NIKE-ASP-3 | San Nicolas Island | 169 km | NN8.51F. First successful NIKE-ASP with UV and X-ray payload for project 'Sunflare' - partial data. |
| 1957 | 10 Dec | 2136 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | ? | SS6.39. Atmosphere studies, but rocket broke up. |
| 1957 | 12 Dec | 0400 | AEROBEE | Fort Churchill | 80 km | SM1.07. Atmosphere structure - excellent. |
| 1957 | 14 Dec | 2100 | AEROBEE | Fort Churchill | 97 km | SM1.08. Atmosphere structure - good data, |
| 1957 | 15 Dec | 0038 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | ? | AM6.34. Atmosphere structure payload, but rocket broke up. |
| 1957 | 16 Dec | 0435 | Soviet met-rocket | Arctic | IGY-11. Temp, pressure and density. | |
| 1957 | 21 Dec | 0440 | Soviet met-rocket | Arctic | IGY-12. Temp, pressure and density. | |
| 1957 | 21 Dec | 0845 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar ? | IGY-13. Temp, pressure and density. | |
| 1957 | 31 Dec | 0610 | Soviet met-rocket | Antarctica | Temperature and pressure study after launch from ship in Antarctic waters near Mirny at 66°S,93°E. | |
| 1957 | 1957 | NIKE-ASP-1 or 2 | San Nicolas Island | 16 km? | First or second rocket had launch failure. | |
| 1958 | 09 Jan | 1535 | NIKE-ASP | WSPG | 15 km | II8.10 with payload for UV & X-rays and micrometeorites. Second stage failed to ignite. F/F |
| 1958 | 10 Jan | 0727 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-14 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 19 Jan | 0845 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-4 for temp/pressure | |
| 1958 | 19 Jan | 0945 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-15 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 19 Jan | 2321 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-16 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 20 Jan | 1315 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-2 from ship "Ob" at 65°26'S, 120°32'E for temperature and pressure. | |
| 1958 | 25 Jan | 1911 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 157 km | AM6.02 for UV & X-rays/atmosphere. S/S |
| 1958 | 26 Jan | 0419 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 180 km | NN3.03F for cosmic rays/aurora/magnetic field payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 27 Jan | 0604 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 99 km | SM2.09 for atmospheric structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 27 Jan | 1849 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 143 km | SM2.10 for atmospheric structures. S/S |
| 1958 | 27 Jan | 1918 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 129 km | AM6.36 for atmospheric structures. S/S |
| 1958 | 29 Jan | 1906 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 170 km | AM6.03 for atmosphere research. S/S |
| 1958 | 01 Feb | 1417 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-3 from the "Ob" in Antarctic waters at 67°44'S,147°12'E | |
| 1958 | 03 Feb | 1802 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 138 km | NN3.10F for ionosphere study. S/S |
| 1958 | 04 Feb | 0617 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 34 km | NN3.11F with ionosphere payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 09 Feb | 1300 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-4 fired at 69°49'S,161°52'E | |
| 1958 | 10 Feb | 0845 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-5 for temperature/pressure | |
| 1958 | 11 Feb | 0944 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-17 for temps/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 13 Feb | 0637 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 129 km | II6.24F for cosmic rays/aurora/UV & X-rays payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 16 Feb | 0617 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 121 km | II6.25F for cosmic rays/aurora/UV & X-rays payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 16 Feb | 0906 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-5 fired at 48°S,171°E from the "Ob". | |
| 1958 | 18 Feb | 1310 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-6 for temps/pressures | |
| 1958 | 18 Feb | 1431 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-18 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 21 Feb | 0842 | V-5A | Kapustin Yar | IGY-19 for ionosphere/micrometeorites/solar radiation payload | |
| 1958 | 22 Feb | 0202 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 225 km | NN3.18F for UV & X-rays and ionosphere. S/S |
| 1958 | 22 Feb | 0535 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 129 km | II6.26F for cosmic rays/aurora/UV & X-ray study payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 24 Feb | 0700 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 206 km | NN3.14F for UV & X-rays/atm study. S/S |
| 1958 | 24 Feb | 0735 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 143 km | AM6.37 for atmosphere study. S/S |
| 1958 | 25 Feb | 0549 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 129 km | II6.27F for cosmic rays/aurora/UV & X-rays study payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 26 Feb | 0335 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-7 for temperatures & pressures | |
| 1958 | 26 Feb | 0435 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-20 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 26 Feb | 2218 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 37 km | RP6.X2 for charging expt/tests. P/P |
| 1958 | 04 Mar | 0602 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | ? | AM6.04 for atmosphere structure. /F |
| 1958 | 04 Mar | 1930 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 181 km | AM6.05 for atm structure payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 09 Mar | 0730 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-6 from "Ob" at 38°53'S,142°8'E | |
| 1958 | 11 Mar | 2021 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-7 from 38°35'S,151°43'E | |
| 1958 | 14 Mar | 1754 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-8 from "Ob" at 43°15'S,160°15'E | |
| 1958 | 16 Mar | 0454 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 144 km | NN3.04F for aurora/UV & X-rays/magnetic fields payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 17 Mar | 0300 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-8 for temp/pressure | |
| 1958 | 17 Mar | 1629 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-9 from "Ob" at 67°53'S,166°24'E | |
| 1958 | 19 Mar | 0112 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 93 km | AA1.25 for UV & X-rays/ion comp. S/S |
| 1958 | 20 Mar | 2145 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-21 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 21 Mar | 0335 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-9 for temps & pressures | |
| 1958 | 22 Mar | 0641 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 168 km | NN3.05F with payload for magnetic fields/aurora/UV & X-rays. S/S |
| 1958 | 23 Mar | 1807 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 204 km | NN3.19F for UV & X-rays/ion comp. S/S |
| 1958 | 24 Mar | 1830 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 116 km | OB6.08 for horizon study. S/S |
| 1958 | 24 Mar | 2200 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 137 km | AM6.38 for atmospheric structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 27 Mar | 0600 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-10 from the "Ob" at 67°26'S, 165°40'E | |
| 1958 | 28 Mar | 0335 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-10 for temp/pressure | |
| 1958 | 31 Mar | 0241 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-11 from 67°17'S,173°30'E | |
| 1958 | 31 Mar | 2341 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-12 from 67°26'S,180°0'E | |
| 1958 | 01 Apr | 1200 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-11 for temperature/pressure | |
| 1958 | 01 Apr | 2032 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 42 km | SL-06 on propulsion test flight |
| 1958 | 02 Apr | 1845 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-13 from the "Ob" at 69°19'S, 164°65'W | |
| 1958 | 07 Apr | HiBALL-1 | Wallops Island | 240 km | NIKE/CAJUN/LITTLE-DAVID | |
| 1958 | 08 Apr | K-150 | Japan | First launch. S/ | ||
| 1958 | 17 Apr | 1057 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 146.5 km or 152 km | SL-07 with grenades and chaff, and to measure pressure and electron density. S/S |
| 1958 | 20 Apr | 1540 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-22 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 21 Apr | 1740 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-14 from "Ob" at 66°22'S, 128°3'W | |
| 1958 | 23 Apr | 1724 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-15 fired at 65°41'S,109°46'W | |
| 1958 | 24 Apr | 1658 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-16 from 64°59'S,109°10'W | |
| 1958 | 25 Apr | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 80 km+ | Payload of 12 ft balloon, first test. Inflated at 80 km, tracked for 300,000 yds (274 km) | |
| 1958 | 26 Apr | 1700 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-17 from 60°23'S,109°10'W | |
| 1958 | 28 Apr | 1700 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-18 from 55°0'S,109°37'W | |
| 1958 | 29 Apr | KAPPA-5 | Japan | |||
| 1958 | 30 Apr | 1700 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-19 from 49°12'S,109°20'W | |
| 1958 | 01 May | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | Second 12 ft space balloon deployed | ||
| 1958 | 03 May | 1700 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-20 fired from 39°52'S,109°17'W | |
| 1958 | 05 May | 1415 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 213 km | NN3.22F for UV & X-ray payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 05 May | 1848 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-21 from "Ob" at 33°46'S,109°18'W | |
| 1958 | 07 May | 1734 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-22 at 27°25'S,109°25'W | |
| 1958 | 18 May | 0050 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-12 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 18 May | 0156 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-23 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 19 May | 0105 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-13 for temperature & pressure | |
| 1958 | 20 May | 0426 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 151 km | SL-05 with airglow experiment. |
| 1958 | 21 May | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 129 km? | 4 kg space balloon, lost in flight. Type planned for VANGUARD. | |
| 1958 | 23 May | 2239 | AEROBEE-75 | WSPG | 60 km | SS12.48, first AEROBEE-75 with atmospheric structures payload. S/P |
| 1958 | 29 May | 0100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-14 for temperature & pressure | |
| 1958 | 30 May | 0231 | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | 100 km | SS6.49 for structure of atmosphere |
| 1958 | 31 May | 0145 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-24 for temperature/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 04 Jun | US sounding rocket | WSPG | 220 km | Solar spectrum measurements | |
| 1958 | 05 Jun | 1130 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 153 km | SL-22 carried failed payload. S/F |
| 1958 | 08 Jun | Sounding rocket | Cuxhaven | Cuxhaven launch by the DRG | ||
| 1958 | 09 Jun | 0050 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-15 for temp/pressure | |
| 1958 | 16 Jun | KAPPA-6-1 | Akita | 30 km ? | First launch - for upper atmosphere and cosmic rays | |
| 1958 | 16 Jun | KAPPA-6 | Akita | 60 km ? | Upper atmosphere/cosmic rays | |
| 1958 | 18 Jun | 1035 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 3.0 km | SL-18, motor exploded in night launch |
| 1958 | 18 Jun | 1515 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 145 km | SL-09 with grenades and chaff, and electron density expt - no data. S/P |
| 1958 | 19 Jun | 2115 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 156 km | SL-08 for atmosphere study. S/F |
| 1958 | 24 Jun | 0045 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-16 for temp/pressure | |
| 1958 | 24 Jun | 0145 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-25 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 24 Jun | 0151 | KAPPA-6-3 | Akita | 20 km | TW-1 with grenade dispenser. No data |
| 1958 | 27 Jun | ARGO-E5 (JASON) | Wallops Island | Aerodynamics flight at Mach 18+ | ||
| 1958 | 29 Jun | 0130 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-26 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 30 Jun | 0752 | KAPPA-6-4 | Akita | 40 km | TW-2 with grenades, no data. S/F |
| 1958 | Jul | X-17 | San Nicolas Island | 450-480 km | ARGUS-Unarmed-1 with dummy high altitude bomb test rocket. | |
| 1958 | 02 Jul | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 210 km | ||
| 1958 | 03 Jul | 1652 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 262 km | AU3.07F with AFCRL ionosphere expt. S/S |
| 1958 | 06 Jul | 1202 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 250 km | AU3.10F with AFCRL ionosphere expt. S/S |
| 1958 | 07 Jul | 1850 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 121 km | OB6.09 for horizon study/water vapour using hygrometer. S/S |
| 1958 | 07 Jul | 2318 | NIKE-ASP | San Nicolas Island | ? | NN8.52F with UV & X-ray payload, but test rocket broke up. F/F |
| 1958 | 08 Jul | 2315 | NIKE-ASP | San Nicolas Island | 225 km | NN8.53F for X-ray/UV and test payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 10 Jul | 0553 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-23 at 31°01'S,47°50'W from "Ob" | |
| 1958 | 11 Jul | 1830 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 243 km | AU3.11F with AFCRL ionosphere expt. S/S |
| 1958 | 12 Jul | 0730 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-24 fired at 24°41'S,39°06'W | |
| 1958 | 12 Jul | 2030 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 114 km | OB6.10 for horizon study/water vapour using hygrometer. S/S |
| 1958 | 14 Jul | 0630 | Soviet met-sat | Ship | SH-25 fired from "Ob" at 16°13'S,33°02'W | |
| 1958 | 15 Jul | 2008 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 126 km | AM6.39 for atmosphere structure. S/P |
| 1958 | 15 Jul | 2045 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-17 for temp and pressure | |
| 1958 | 15 Jul | 2145 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-27 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 16 Jul | 0200 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-28 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 16 Jul | 0630 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-26 fired at 6°11'S,30°38'W | |
| 1958 | 16 Jul | 2240 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 133 km | OB6.04F for ionosphere/mag fields. S/S |
| 1958 | 17 Jul | 0105 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-18 for temperature and pressure | |
| 1958 | 17 Jul | 0722 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 169 km | AA6.15 for atmospheric structure. S/P |
| 1958 | 17 Jul | 1748 | NIKE-ASP | San Nicolas Island | 225 km | NN8.54F for UV & X-ray/tests. S/S |
| 1958 | 18 Jul | 0630 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-27 from "Ob" at 3°45'N,28°13'W | |
| 1958 | 20 Jul | 0630 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-28 from 14°1'N,25°26'W from "Ob" | |
| 1958 | 21 Jul | 0630 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-29 at 18°45'N,24°39'W from ship "Ob" on way back from Antarctica cruise. | |
| 1958 | 22 Jul | 0630 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-30 from 22°50'N,22°39'W | |
| 1958 | 24 Jul | 1446 | Soviet met-rocket | Ship | SH-31 fired in mid-Atlantic Ocean | |
| 1958 | 25 Jul | 0501 | NIKE-ASP | San Nicolas Island | 225 km | NN8.55F for UV & X-rays and test. S/F |
| 1958 | 27 Jul | 0220 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-29 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 27 Jul | 1510 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-19 for temperature & pressure | |
| 1958 | 29 Jul | 0503 | NIKE-ASP | San Nicolas Island | 225 km | NN8.56F for X-rays & UV/test. S/S |
| 1958 | 31 Jul | 0220 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-30 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 01 Aug | ARGO | Wallops Island | Some flights | ||
| 1958 | 01 Aug | X-17 | San Nicolas Island | 450-480 km | ARGUS-Unarmed-2 flight with dummy nuclear bomb unit. | |
| 1958 | 02 Aug | 0547 | V-2A | Kapustin Yar | 211 km | IGY-31 for air sampler/micrometeorites/ionosphere/cosmic rays/biology |
| 1958 | Aug | X-17 | San Nicolas Island | 450-480 km | ARGUS-Unarmed-3 with dummy warhead | |
| 1958 | 07 Aug | 0845 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-20 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 12 Aug | 0310 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-32 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 12 Aug | 0440 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-33 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 12 Aug | X-17 | San Nicolas Island | 450-480 km | ARGUS-Unarmed-4 test with dummy head | |
| 1958 | 13 Aug | 0200 | V-2A | Kapustin Yar | 209 km | IGY-34 for cosmic rays/air sampler/micrometeorites/ionosphere/biology. |
| 1958 | 14 Aug | 0140 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-21 for temperature/pressure | |
| 1958 | 14 Aug | 1328 | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | 132 km | OB6.01F for horizon study. S/F |
| 1958 | 15 Aug | 0440 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-35 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 15 Aug | ARGO-E5(JASON) | Test of detectors to study effects of high altitude nuclear tests. | |||
| 1958 | 27 Aug | 0404 | V-5A | Kapustin Yar | IGY-36 for cosmic radiation/biology/ionosphere/micrometeorites/solar radiation payload | |
| 1958 | 27 Aug | X-17 | USS Norton Sound | 480 km | ARGUS-1 with W-25 nuclear warhead. USS Norton Sound | |
| 1958 | 27 Aug | V-2A | Kapustin Yar | 451 km | Carried two dogs, "Balanka" and "Pyostraya". | |
| 1958 | 27? Aug | ARGO-E5 (JASON) | To detect effects of nuclear test | |||
| 1958 | 30 Aug | X-17 | USS Norton Sound | 480 km | ARGUS-2 with W-25 nuclear bomb test | |
| 1958 | 30 Aug | ARGO-E5 (JASON) | 800 km+ | To detect effects of the nuclear test | ||
| 1958 | 03 Sep | 1703 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.01F for cosmic rays/aurora/test. F/F |
| 1958 | 03 Sep | 1930 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.02F for cosmic rays/aurora/test flight, gave poor results. |
| 1958 | 04 Sep | 1930 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.03F for cosmic rays/aurora. Poor |
| 1958 | 06 Sep | 0425 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-37 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 06 Sep | X-17 | USS Norton Sound | 480 km | ARGUS-3 with W-25 bomb test | |
| 1958 | 07 Sep | BLACK-KNIGHT | Woomera | 483 km | BK.01, first flight for technology test flight. S/P | |
| 1958 | 07 Sep | 2330 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | 19 km | II9.04F for cosmic rays/aurora. S/S |
| 1958 | 08 Sep | 0204 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.05F, cosmic rays/aurora. Poor |
| 1958 | 08 Sep | 0256 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.06F, cosmic rays/aurora. Poor |
| 1958 | 11 Sep | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 12 ft balloon deployed | ||
| 1958 | 14 Sep | 0440 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-22 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 14 Sep | Sounding rocket | Cuxhaven | Test sounding rocket by the German Space Agency, DRG. | ||
| 1958 | 17 Sep | 0230 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-23 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 17 Sep | 0443 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-38 with sky brightness payload | |
| 1958 | 19 Sep | 0048 | V-5A | Kapustin Yar | 450 km | IGY-39 with payload for cosmic rays/biology (2 dogs)/ionosphere/micrometeorites/solar rad. |
| 1958 | 19 Sep | 0350 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-24 for temps & pressures | |
| 1958 | 19 Sep | SKYLARK | Woomera | 154 km | Fourth Gassiot test launch | |
| 1958 | 20 Sep | 0535 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-40 temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 22 Sep | 0230 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-25 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 22 Sep | 0347 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-41 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 25 Sep | 0255 | KAPPA-6-7 | Akita | 43.6 km | TW-3 with grenade payload - poor data |
| 1958 | 25 Sep | 0550 | KAPPA-6-8 | Akita | ? | RS-1 to observe solar UV spectrum, film packs were damaged. |
| 1958 | 25 Sep | ARGO-C6 (EXOS) | Wallops Island | USAF/NASA flight test | ||
| 1958 | 26 Sep | 0350 | KAPPA-6-9 | Akita | 47 km or 53 km | TW-4 with grenades - poor data |
| 1958 | 27 Sep | 0348 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-42 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 28 Sep | 1942 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 225 km | NN8.57F for pre-eclipse test of UV & X-ray study payload. Launched from USS 'Point Defiance' near Danger Island, South Pacific 10°S,174°E. S/S |
| 1958 | 01 Oct | 0941 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-26 for temp/pressures | |
| 1958 | 01 Oct | 1045 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-43 for ozone measurements | |
| 1958 | 01 Oct | 1942 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 56 km | NN8.58F for pre-eclipse payload test of UV & X ray head. Alt too low. |
| 1958 | 03 Oct | 0332 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-44 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 04 Oct | 1400 | V-11A | Kapustin Yar | IGY-45 for ionosphere/pressure/sky-brightness/micrometeorites/temperature/solar radiation payload. | |
| 1958 | 06 Oct | 1030 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-46 for sky brightness payload | |
| 1958 | 08 Oct | 0350 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-47 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 10 Oct | RM-1 | Krakow | 2 km | First launch, had no payload | |
| 1958 | 10 Oct | 1350 | V-11A | Kapustin Yar | IGY-48 for ionosphere/pressure/sky brightness/micrometeorites/temps/solar radiation payload. | |
| 1958 | 12 Oct | 1932 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 224 km | NN8.59F for UV & X-ray study of eclipse. S/S |
| 1958 | 12 Oct | 1942 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 238 km | NN8.60F, UV & X-rays during eclipse. S/S |
| 1958 | 12 Oct | 1943 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 245 km | NN8.61F eclipse UV & X-rays. S/S |
| 1958 | 12 Oct | 1953 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 241 km | NN8.62F eclipse UV & X-ray study. Lyman-α remained unaffected, X-rays dropped slightly. S/S |
| 1958 | 12 Oct | 2010 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 56 km | NN8.63F study of eclipse conditions in UV & X-rays. Altitude too low due to second stage defect. |
| 1958 | 13 Oct | 1940 | NIKE-ASP | Ship | 225 km | NN8.64F, post eclipse flight with UV & X-ray studies. Provided good solar flare data. S/S |
| 1958 | 14 Oct | 1201 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 137 km | AA6.204 for magnetic fields. S/S |
| 1958 | 15 Oct | 0105 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 156 km | AM4.12 for atmospheric structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 16 Oct | 0400 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-49 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 16 Oct | 0400 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 151 km | AA6.203 for magnetic fields. S/S |
| 1958 | 17 Oct | 0405 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-50 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 18 Oct | 0325 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 143 km | AA6.205 for magnetic fields S/P |
| 1958 | 20 Oct | 2201 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 132 km | AMB6.207 for ionosphere payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 22 Oct | 0345 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 158 km | AA6.206 for magnetic fields. S/F |
| 1958 | 22 Oct | 1422 | NIKE-ASP | WSPG | - | II8.11 for magnetic fields. Poor results |
| 1958 | 22 Oct | 1647 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 177 km | AA10.01, first launch for magnetic fields, but third stage failed to fire. |
| 1958 | 23 Oct | 0320 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-27 for temperature & pressure | |
| 1958 | 23 Oct | 1331 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-51 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 25 Oct | 0800 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-28 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 25 Oct | 1928 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 420 km | AA10.02, second flight was successful for mag fields, but no data return. S/F |
| 1958 | 28 Oct | 2000 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-29 rocket for temp/pressure | |
| 1958 | 31 Oct | 0800 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-30 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 31 Oct | 1154 | V-5A | Kapustin Yar | 450 km | IGY-52 with payload for cosmic rays/biology (2 dogs)/ionosphere/meteorites/solar radiation. |
| 1958 | 31 Oct | 1959 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 193 km | NN3.15F for UV & X-rays study and atmospheric structures. S/S |
| 1958 | 31 Oct | 2036 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 119 km | OB6.11 for horizon study and water vapour measurements, but camera not recovered with pictures. S/F |
| 1958 | Nov | MONUS x ? | Texel Island | Series of rockets by Hollandse Signaal apparaten flown by the Amsterdam National Aviation Lab to fly aircraft model at supersonic speeds. | ||
| 1958 | 03 Nov | 1252 | AEROBEE-75 | Guam | 55 km | SS12.50F for atmosphere structure. S/P |
| 1958 | 03 Nov | 1620 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 211 km | NN3.20F to study UV & X-rays, and also the ionosphere. S/S |
| 1958 | 04 Nov | 1220 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-31 for temp and pressure | |
| 1958 | 04 Nov | 1650 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 123 km | OB6.12 for horizon study and water vapour, but nosecone destroyed. S/F |
| 1958 | 07 Nov | 1226 | AEROBEE-75 | Guam | 60 km | SS12.51F for atmosphere structure. S/P |
| 1958 | 08 Nov | 0153 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 144 km | CC6.01 for airglow study. S/S |
| 1958 | 10 Nov | 2045 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-32 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 11 Nov | 2118 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.02F for cosmic rays/aurora. S/S |
| 1958 | 12 Nov | 1140 | NIKE-CAJUN | Guam | 72 km | SS6.52F for atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 13 Nov | 0859 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 145 km | CC6.02 for airglow payload. S/S |
| 1958 | 13 Nov | 1734 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 119 km | OB6.13F for horizon and water vapour study but the camera-carrying nosecone could not be recovered and was lost. S/F |
| 1958 | 13 Nov | 2115 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.08F for cosmic rays/aurora. /P |
| 1958 | 13 Nov | 2145 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.09F for cosmic rays/aurora. /Poor |
| 1958 | 14 Nov | 0800 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-33 for temperature/pressure | |
| 1958 | 14 Nov | 1110 | NIKE-CAJUN | Guam | 73 km | SS6.53F for atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 16 Nov | 0657 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 159 km | NN3.06F for aurora/UV & X-rays. S/S |
| 1958 | 17 Nov | 1800 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.10F for cosmic rays/aurora. S/S |
| 1958 | 18 Nov | 0845 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-34 for temp/pressure | |
| 1958 | 18 Nov | 1647 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 116 km | OB6.14F for horizon study with detection of water vapour. Recovered. S/S |
| 1958 | 19 Nov | 1802 | NIKE-CAJUN | Guam | 71 km | SS6.54F for atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 19 Nov | 1830 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.11F for cosmic rays/aurora. /Poor |
| 1958 | 19 Nov | 2151 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 139 km | OB6.06F for ionosphere/mag fields. S/P |
| 1958 | 20 Nov | 0214 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.12F for cosmic rays/aurora. /P |
| 1958 | 20 Nov | 0327 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.13F for cosmic rays/aurora. /P |
| 1958 | 20 Nov | 0425 | LOKI-II-DART | Fort Churchill | ? | II9.14F for cosmic rays/aurora. /Poor |
| 1958 | 20 Nov | 1439 | NIKE-CAJUN | Guam | 70 km | SS6.55F for atmosphere structure. P/Fair |
| 1958 | 22 Nov | 0958 | NIKE-CAJUN | Guam | 85 km | SS6.56F for atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 22 Nov | 1706 | AEROBEE-75 | Guam | 60 km | S12.57F for atmosphere structure. S/P |
| 1958 | 23 Nov | 2202 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 130 km | AA6.16 with AFCRL air density test. S/S |
| 1958 | 24 Nov | 0625 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 207 km | NN3.21F for ionosphere. S/S |
| 1958 | 24 Nov | 0800 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 13 km | AA6.17 with AFCRL payload to study air density. Second stage didn't ignite. |
| 1958 | 24 Nov | 1727 | NIKE-CAJUN | Guam | 79 km | SS6.58F for atmospheric structure. S/S |
| 1958 | 28 Nov | 0307 | KAPPA-6-10 | Akita | 35.6 km | CP-1 for cosmic rays and pressure. S/F |
| 1958 | 28 Nov | 2006 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-35 for temps/pressures | |
| 1958 | 29 Nov | 0305 | KAPPA-6-11 | Akita | 41 km | RS-2 to study solar UV radiation, but film was damaged in flight. |
| 1958 | 29 Nov | 1631 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 203 km | NN3.16F for aurora/UV & X-rays. S/S |
| 1958 | 30 Nov | 0400 | KAPPA-6-12 | Akita | 48.2 km | CP-2 for cosmic rays & pressure. S/S |
| 1958 | 30 Nov | 1837 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 304 km | ABM10.200 for ionosphere study. S/S |
| 1958 | 30 Nov | 2227 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 153 km | OB6.15F for ionosphere/mag fields. S/S |
| 1958 | 01 Dec | 1935 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 97 km | NN10.01 for ionosphere, but third stage didn't ignite. P/P |
| 1958 | 03 Dec | 1013 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 127 km | SL-11 studied winds and spectral lines after ejection of Sodium trail. S/S |
| 1958 | 03 Dec | 1839 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 225 km | NN10.02 for ionosphere study. S/P |
| 1958 | 04 Dec | 0113 | AEOLUS | Woomera | 79 km | AL-1 to study winds, using chaff, in the 50 km region. S/S |
| 1958 | 05 Dec | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 140 km | Photos for meteorology taken over the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| 1958 | 05 Dec | TERRIER | Wallops Island | First launch for sounding | ||
| 1958 | 08 Dec | 2000 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-36 for temp & pressure | |
| 1958 | 10 Dec | 1200 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-37 for temperature/pressure | |
| 1958 | 11 Dec | 1200 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-38 for temps/pressures | |
| 1958 | 12 Dec | 1200 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Z-39 for temperatures & pressures | |
| 1958 | 23 Dec | 1300 | V-5A | Kapustin Yar | IGY-53 for ionosphere/pressure/sky-brightness/temp/meteorites/solar radiation/biology (2 dogs). | |
| 1958 | 25 Dec | 1310 | V-5A | Kapustin Yar | IGY-54 for ionosphere/pressure/sky-brightness/temp/meteorites/solar radiation/biology (2 dogs). | |
| 1958 | 27 Dec | 0950 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | IGY-55 for temp/pressure/density | |
| 1958 | 1958 | KAPPA-6 x 12 | Akita | 12 more KAPPA-6 launches during IGY | ||
| 1959 | 02 Jan | 2359 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature and pressure | |
| 1959 | 10 Jan | 1200 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature and pressure | |
| 1959 | 27 Jan | DANIEL-01 | Isle du Levant | 127 km | Atmosphere radioactivity. S | |
| 1959 | 28 Jan | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | Deployment of third 12ft space balloon | ||
| 1959 | 29 Jan | LOKI-DART | Holloman AFB | OWL dart payload | ||
| 1959 | 30 Jan | "ANTARES-0" | Isle du Levant | OPd-12-12-D - Technology/kinetic heating. Reached mach 2.4. S | ||
| 1959 | 05 Feb | 1445 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 212 km | AA3.100C to collect micrometeorites, no samples returned. S/F |
| 1959 | 11 Feb | 2359 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 21 Feb | V-2A | Kapustin Yar | A-3 type payload flight | ||
| 1959 | 03 Mar | TRAILBLAZER-1 | Wallops Island | First flight of a six-stage rocket in re-entry test flight | ||
| 1959 | 04 Mar | 1114 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 30 km | SL-21 for atmosphere study flight, but RAVEN motor exploded in flight. |
| 1959 | 07 Mar | VERONIQUE-AGI | Hammaguir | 249.5 km | V.18 with Sodium/Potassium vapour trail - failed to eject chemicals. | |
| 1959 | 10 Mar | VERONIQUE-AGI | Hammaguir | 180 km | V.17 released Na/K trail through ionosphere regions. | |
| 1959 | 12 Mar | VERONIQUE-AGI | Hammaguir | 200 km? | V.16 released Na/K vapour trail | |
| 1959 | 12 Mar | 1109 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature and pressure | |
| 1959 | 12 Mar | BLACK-KNIGHT | Woomera | 540 km | BK.03 was the second launch, on a systems test flight. | |
| 1959 | 12 Mar | 1540 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 13 Mar | 1510 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | No data returned | |
| 1959 | 13 Mar | 1545 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 197.5 km | NN3.24F carried 118 kg payload for UV solar photography of complete disc. S/S |
| 1959 | 17 Mar | 4-stage rocket | Wallops Island | HONEST-JOHN/NIKE/NIKE/20" spherical motor, vehicle flight test. | ||
| 1959 | 17 Mar | 0135 | KAPPA-6-14 | Akita | 54 km | RS-3 carried solar UV spectrograph, which could not be recovered. |
| 1959 | 18 Mar | 0245 | KAPPA-6-15 | Akita | 48.5 km or 50 km | TW-6 carried grenade dispenser for measurement of winds - success. |
| 1959 | 19 Mar | 0115 | KAPPA-6-16 | Akita | 41.3 km | RS-4 with solar UV spectrograph - lost |
| 1959 | 20 Mar | 0250 | KAPPA-6-17 | Akita | 48.6 km | TW-7 with grenades - good data |
| 1959 | 24 Mar | ? | Wallops Island | 3,000th Wallops Island launch | ||
| 1959 | 30 Mar | 1501 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 201 km | AA3.140C for solar physics |
| 1959 | 02 Apr | 0800 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 06 Apr | SKYLARK | Woomera | Launch failure | ||
| 1959 | 07 Apr | 1446 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 232 km | AA3.160C for atmospheric structure. S/F |
| 1959 | 15 Apr | 1446 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 0 | AA3.180C with ionosphere study payload, but rocket exploded in launch tower. |
| 1959 | 21 Apr | 0105 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 235 km | AA3.181C with AFCRL ionosphere payload, gave partial ascent and good descent data. |
| 1959 | 22 Apr | 1929 | NIKE-CAJUN | Holloman AFB | ? | AA6.182C for ionosphere, but rocket failed in flight. F/F |
| 1959 | May | LONG-TOM | Woomera | LT-__ launched at Woomera | ||
| 1959 | 02 May | "ANTARES-1" | Isle du Levant | OPd-56-39-22-D-01 - Technology/kinetic heating. S | ||
| 1959 | 05 May | 1200 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature and pressure | |
| 1959 | 06 May | 0145 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 132 km | AA2.141C for ionosphere/chemical study payload. S/F |
| 1959 | 12 May | 1139 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 145 km | AA3.200C for chemical and ion comp. |
| 1959 | 14 May | ARCON | Wallops Island | 2.01GT was NASA's first sounding rocket launch. Rocket test. F/S | ||
| 1959 | 15 May | ARCON | Wallops Island | 2.02GT for NASA rocket test. F/S | ||
| 1959 | 15 May | ARCON | Wallops Island | 2.03FT as rocket test. F/F | ||
| 1959 | 21 May | 0100 | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 61 km | II6.20F rocket held over from the IGY, studied magnetic fields. Altitude too low. |
| 1959 | 22 May | 1115 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 142 km | AA3.201C for chemical and ion composition, also atmospheric structure. |
| 1959 | 23 May | 1430 | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 73 km | II6.21F, another IGY rocket, for magnetic fields, but altitude too low. |
| 1959 | 27 May | 0451 | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | 169 km | AA6.161C with AFCRL payload for atmosphere structure study. S/S |
| 1959 | 27 May | 1950 | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | 177 km | AA6.162C for atmosphere structure. S/P |
| 1959 | 29 May | NIKE-CAJUN | WSPG | |||
| 1959 | 04 Jun | TRAILBLAZER-1 | Wallops Island | Re-entry test flight | ||
| 1959 | 10 Jun | 1640 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 235 km | AA3.280C for magnetic fields. S/S |
| 1959 | 11 Jun | BLACK-KNIGHT | Woomera | 800 km | BK.04 on successful re-entry test | |
| 1959 | 22 Jun | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | c.212 km | A-3 type payload flight | |
| 1959 | 22 Jun | 1432 | AEROBEE | Holloman AFB | 110 km | AA1.260C for magnetic fields. S/F |
| 1959 | 24 Jun | 1210 | AEROBEE-HI | Holloman AFB | 200 km | AA3.220C for the ionosphere. S/S |
| 1959 | 27 Jun | 1308 | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 61 km | II6.31F rocket left over from the IGY, for magnetic field study. Alt too low. |
| 1959 | 29 Jun | BLACK-KNIGHT | Woomera | 800 km | BK.05 for re-entry test flight. S/P | |
| 1959 | 29 Jun | ROOK | Aberporth | Aerodynamics flight - unsuccessful | ||
| 1959 | 30 Jun | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 83 km | ABME6.208 for ionosphere. P/P | |
| 1959 | Jul | NIKE-ASP x 2 | Possibly two more NIKE-ASP launches | |||
| 1959 | 01 Jul | 0005 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 50 km | SL-19 suffered propulsion problem |
| 1959 | 01 Jul | NIKE-CAJUN | Wallops Island | 98 km | ABME6.209 for ionosphere. P/P | |
| 1959 | 02 Jul | 0341 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | No data returned | |
| 1959 | 02 Jul | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 220 km | A-2 type biological payload of 2,000 kg carried a hare called "Marfusha" and two dogs "Otvazhnaya" and "Shezhinka", all successfully recovered. | |
| 1959 | 03 Jul | 0245 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | No data returned | |
| 1959 | 07 Jul | ROOK | Aberporth | Aerodynamic test flight, failed | ||
| 1959 | 07 Jul | JAVELIN (ARGO-D4) | Wallops Island | 1207 km | JV-1, first flight carried plasma physics payload. | |
| 1959 | 08 Jul | 0013 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 93 km | SL-14 with ion probe and solar X-ray cameras, but no data returned. |
| 1959 | 10 Jul | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 220 km | A-3 type payload, carried two dogs, "Otvazhnaya", the other unnamed. | |
| 1959 | 13 Jul | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 212 km | A-3 type payload of 2,000 kg carrying 2 dogs, "Otvazhnaya", other unnamed. | |
| 1959 | 14 Jul | 1735 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | 240 km | NN8.65CF for solar physics in 'Project Sunflare 2'. /F |
| 1959 | 17 Jul | 1740 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | ? | NN8.66CF for solar physics. /F |
| 1959 | 21 Jul | HONEST-JOHN/NIKE | Pacific | Nuclear test monitoring of atmosphere | ||
| 1959 | 21 Jul | 1400 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 203 km | NN3.23F for UV & X-ray payload. S/S |
| 1959 | 22 Jul | V-2A (R-2A) | Kapustin Yar | 195 km | Payload of dogs? | |
| 1959 | 23 Jul | 0126 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 91 km | SL-24 - payload failed to operate. S/F |
| 1959 | 24 Jul | 1734 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | 227 km | NN8.67CF for solar physics. S/S |
| 1959 | 24 Jul | NIKE-ASP | ||||
| 1959 | 07 Aug | ARCON | Wallops Island | 2.04GT test and support launch. F/F | ||
| 1959 | 07 Aug | ARCON | Wallops Island | 2.05GT suffered another launch failure | ||
| 1959 | 07 Aug | ARCON | Wallops Island | 2.06GT test launch. F/S | ||
| 1959 | 07 Aug | 1805 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | 225 km | NN8.68CF for solar physics payload. S/S |
| 1959 | 14 Aug | 1700 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | 217 km | NN8.69CF for solar physics. S/S |
| 1959 | 17 Aug | 0918 | NIKE-ASP | Wallops Island | 236 km | 3.13CA, NASA launch for atmospheric structure payload. Released sodium vapour from 80 km to apogee producing yellow streak reported as UFOs 1100 km up and down the US coast. S/S - first successful NASA sounding rocket launch. |
| 1959 | 17 Aug | NIKE-ASP | Wallops Island | 15 km? | Sodium release, but rocket failed. | |
| 1959 | 17 Aug | AEROBEE-HI | ? | |||
| 1959 | 19 Aug | 0020 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 144.5 km | SL-17 with ion probe and atmosphere pressure measurements. |
| 1959 | 19 Aug | 0034 | NIKE-ASP | Wallops Island | 30 km | 3.14CA for atmosphere structure. F/F |
| 1959 | 19 Aug | AEROBEE-HI | ||||
| 1959 | 22 Aug | 0045 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 230 km | AA3.101C for chemical & ion comp. S/S |
| 1959 | 22 Aug | 0230 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | ? | NN8.70CF for solar physics. /F |
| 1959 | 24 Aug | 2347 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | ? | NN8.71CF for solar physics. /P |
| 1959 | 28 Aug | 1710 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | 214 km | NN8.72CF for solar physics. S/S |
| 1959 | 28 Aug | 1845 | AEROBEE-HI | WSPG | 235 km | AA3.122C with ionosphere payload. S/S |
| 1959 | 31 Aug | 2353 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | ? | NN8.73CF for solar physics. /P |
| 1959 | Sep | KAPPA-8 | Akita | First launch | ||
| 1959 | 01 Sep | 0101 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | ? | NN8.74CF for solar physics. /F |
| 1959 | 01 Sep | 1800 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | 210 km | NN8.75CF for solar physics. S/S |
| 1959 | 02 Sep | 0003 | NIKE-ASP | Point Arguello | ? | NN8.76CF for solar physics. Last in 'Project Sunflare 2'. /F |
| 1959 | 05 Sep | BLACK-BRANT-1 | Fort Churchill | PTV-1/CC-1-1 propulsion test vehicle carrying ballast, fired at 70°. | ||
| 1959 | 05 Sep | BLACK-BRANT-1 | Fort Churchill | PTV-2/CC-1-2 with ballast at 70°QA | ||
| 1959 | 07 Sep | 1245 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature and pressure | |
| 1959 | 07 Sep | RM-2 | Krakow | Boost only, no sustainer | ||
| 1959 | 07 Sep | RM-2 | Krakow | Boost only flight | ||
| 1959 | 07 Sep | RM-2 | Krakow | Boost only flight | ||
| 1959 | 08 Sep | BLACK-BRANT-1 | Fort Churchill | PTV-3/CC-1-3 fired at 70° with ballast and telemetry payload. | ||
| 1959 | 10 Sep | 0020 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature and pressure | |
| 1959 | 10 Sep | BLACK-BRANT-1 | Fort Churchill | PTV-4/CC-1-4 fired at 70° with ballast and telemetry payload. | ||
| 1959 | 11 Sep | 1912 | AEROBEE-150 | Fort Churchill | 225 km | 4.08GI with ionosphere payload on first Aerobee flight for NASA. S/P |
| 1959 | 13 Sep | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 14 Sep | 1728 | AEROBEE-150 | Fort Churchill | 219 km | 4.07GI for ionosphere. S/S |
| 1959 | 17 Sep | 0012 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 133 km | SL-12 with ion-mass spectrometer, and solar X-ray & Lyman-a study payload |
| 1959 | 17 Sep | AEROBEE-150 | Fort Churchill | 4.02II with DRTE/NASA payload to study the ionosphere. S/S | ||
| 1959 | 18 Sep | 1900 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | No data returned | |
| 1959 | 20 Sep | AEROBEE-150 | Fort Churchill | 4.03II for ionosphere research payload by DRTE/NASA. S/S, or S/P, or F/F? | ||
| 1959 | 21 Sep | NIKE-SMOKE | Wallops Island | First launch - gave smoke trail data up to 12 km altitude. | ||
| 1959 | 24 Sep | 0029 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 158 km or 161 km | SL-15 with ion-mass spectrometer and electron detector payload. |
| 1959 | 24 Sep | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | No data returned | |
| 1959 | 25 Sep | NIKE-CAJUN | Cape Canaveral | 140 km | Photography of hurricane over the ocean - nosecone lost in sea. | |
| 1959 | 29 Sep | 1059 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 124 km | AA6.203C for chemical and ion composition, and atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 29 Sep | NIKE-CAJUN | Cape Canaveral | 190 km | Photography of hurricane from altitudes between 16-190 km - payload recovered successfully by Destroyer. S/S | |
| 1959 | 30 Sep | 1057 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 122 km | AA6.204C for chemical and ion composition and atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 01 Oct | 1049 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 138 km | AA6.210C for chemistry, ion composition and atm structures. S/S |
| 1959 | 02 Oct | 1100 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 143 km | AA6.211C for chemistry and ion composition and atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 03 Oct | 1103 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 122 km | AA6.202C for chemistry and ion composition and atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 05 Oct | 1101 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 127 km | AA6.212C for chemistry and ion composition and atm structures. S/S |
| 1959 | 06 Oct | RM-2P | Krakow | Postal payload flight | ||
| 1959 | 08 Oct | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 09 Oct | 0300 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 47.9 km | 15 ft (4.6m) radar reflective chute |
| 1959 | 09 Oct | 0840 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 143 km | AA6.209C for ion composition and chemistry, also atm structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 09 Oct | 1117 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 116 km | AA6.213C for chemistry and ion composition, also atmosphere structure. Poor |
| 1959 | 10 Oct | 1200 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 111 km | AA2.102C to collect micrometeorites. S/F |
| 1959 | 11 Oct | 0300 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 51.2 km | Fifteen foot chute deployed |
| 1959 | 12 Oct | 0900 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 123 km | AA6.208C for chemical and ion composition and atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 12 Oct | 1112 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 123 km | AA6.206C for chemistry and ion study together with atm structures. S/S |
| 1959 | 13 Oct | 1117 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 116 km | AA6.214C for chemistry and ion composition, also atm structures. S/S |
| 1959 | 14 Oct | 0001 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 43.9 km | Parachute of 15 ft diameter |
| 1959 | 14 Oct | 0354 | LOKI-II | Point Mugu | 70.4 km | Chaff deployment |
| 1959 | 15 Oct | 0424 | LOKI-II | Point Mugu | 69.2 km | Chaff deployment |
| 1959 | 15 Oct | 1105 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 122 km | AA6.207C for chemistry and ion composition, also atmosphere structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 15 Oct | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 16 Oct | 1117 | NIKE-CAJUN | Eglin AFB | 139 km | AA6.215C for chemistry and ion composition, also atm structure. S/S |
| 1959 | 20 Oct | 1315 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 20 Oct | 1425 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 113 km | AA2.240C for ionosphere. S/P |
| 1959 | 21 Oct | 0435 | LOKI-II | Point Mugu | 63.4 km | Chaff deployment |
| 1959 | 21 Oct | 0452 | LOKI-I | Point Mugu | 32.3 km | Reflective parachute of 8 ft (2.4m) |
| 1959 | 22 Oct | "ANTARES-2" | Isle du Levant | OPd-56-39-22-D-02 - Technology/kinetic heating. S | ||
| 1959 | 22 Oct | 0325 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 31.7 km | Fifteen foot parachute |
| 1959 | 22 Oct | 0356 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 22 Oct | 0433 | LOKI-II | Point Mugu | 64 km | Chaff deployment |
| 1959 | 22 Oct | 0450 | LOKI-I | Point Mugu | 30 km | Eight foot reflective parachute |
| 1959 | 22 Oct | 0629 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | No data returned | |
| 1959 | 22 Oct | 0955 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 22 Oct | LEOPARD-2b | Aberporth | First launch - failed on aerodynamics experimental firing. | ||
| 1959 | 22 Oct | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature and pressure | |
| 1959 | 25 Oct | 1744 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 381 km | AA10.184C with AFCRL ionosphere payload, but instruments partially failed. S/P |
| 1959 | 26 Oct | 1700 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | ? | AA6.188C with AFCRL ionosphere payload, but rocket failed. F/F |
| 1959 | 27 Oct | 0300 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 32.3 km | Fifteen foot parachute |
| 1959 | 27 Oct | 0520 | LOKI-II | Point Mugu | 67.7 km | Chaff deployment |
| 1959 | 27 Oct | 0540 | LOKI-I | Point Mugu | 34.8 km | Eight foot parachute |
| 1959 | 28 Oct | 0300 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 41.2 km | 15 ft parachute |
| 1959 | 28 Oct | 0455 | ARCAS | Point Mugu | 51.2 km | 15 ft parachute |
| 1959 | 28 Oct | 0655 | LOKI-II | Point Mugu | 57 km | Chaff deployment |
| 1959 | 28 Oct | SHOTPUT-1 | Wallops Island | 354 km | Carried prototype ECHO balloon of 30.5m (100 ft) diameter folded in nosecone, and containing water which on vaporisation inflated the Mylar sphere. It remained aloft for 1½ hours. | |
| 1959 | 28 Oct | 1447 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | AA10.185C Ionosphere study. Low apogee + instrument failure. | |
| 1959 | 29 Oct | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | No meteorological data returned | |
| 1959 | 30 Oct | 0300 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 28 km | Fifteen foot parachute |
| 1959 | 30 Oct | BLACK-KNIGHT | Woomera | 720 km | BK.06 for re-entry test flight. S/P | |
| 1959 | 31 Oct | 0300 | ARCAS | Fort Churchill | 34.8 km | Chaff deployment |
| 1959 | 06 Nov | 1636 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 393 km | AA10.187C for ionosphere study, but telemetry transmitter failed. S/P |
| 1959 | 06 Nov | 1925 | AEROBEE | WSPG | 142 km | NN2.78C for chemical and ion composition payload. S/S |
| 1959 | 10 Nov | 1204 | STRONGARM-2 | Wallops Island | 1770 km or 1691 km | OB11.01, five-stage rocket to study electron densities between 800 and 1,400 km height with 68 kg payload. |
| 1959 | 12 Nov | 2200 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | No meteorological data returned | |
| 1959 | 14 Nov | 2238 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 155 km | AA10.165C to study atmospheric winds and structure, but third stage didn't ignite. F/F |
| 1959 | 18 Nov | STRONGARM-3 | Wallops Island | Launch failure | ||
| 1959 | 18 Nov | LAMBDA-7-1 | Kagoshima ? | |||
| 1959 | 18 Nov | AEROBEE-HI | Aerobee-Hi flight? | |||
| 1959 | 18 Nov | 1930 | NIKE-ASP | Eglin AFB | 206 km | AA8.241C for ionosphere study. S/S |
| 1959 | 18 Nov | 2217 | NIKE-ASP | Wallops Island | 250 km | 3.15CA with sodium vapour trail. S/S |
| 1959 | 19 Nov | 0744 | AEROBEE-HI | Fort Churchill | 106 km | AA3.282C for magnetic fields. S/P |
| 1959 | 19 Nov | AEROBEE-HI | Aerobee-Hi launch? | |||
| 1959 | 19 Nov | 1036 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 132 km | AA6.163C with AFCRL payload for atmosphere structure study. S/S |
| 1959 | 19 Nov | 1051 | NIKE-ASP | Wallops Island | 256 km | 3.16CA with sodium vapour trail. S/F |
| 1959 | 19 Nov | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | No meteorological data | |
| 1959 | 20 Nov | 1051 | NIKE-ASP | Wallops Island | 236 km | 3.17CA for atmosphere structure. S/F |
| 1959 | 20 Nov | AEROBEE-HI | Aerobee-Hi launch? | |||
| 1959 | 20 Nov | 1816 | NIKE-CAJUN | Fort Churchill | 132 km | AA6.164C with AFCRL payload for atmosphere structure research. Weak signal. |
| 1959 | 22 Nov | 1835 | AEROBEE-300 | Fort Churchill | 35 km | AA10.186C for ionosphere payload, but rocket failed during second stage burn. |
| 1959 | 27 Nov | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | No data returned | |
| 1959 | 28 Nov | NIKE-CAJUN | Cape Canaveral | 1 or 2 launches for hurricane photography. S/S | ||
| 1959 | 29 Nov | NIKE-CAJUN | Cape Canaveral | 1 or 2 launches for hurricane photography. S/S | ||
| 1959 | 30 Nov | 1016 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 151 km or 156 km | SL-16 with sodium release trail and pressure measurements. |
| 1959 | 30 Nov | 1235 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 163 km or 169km | SL-60 with grenade and chaff dispenser packs. |
| 1959 | 30 Nov | 1959 | NIKE-CAJUN | Cape Canaveral | Hurricane photography, not successful | |
| 1959 | 01 Dec | 1136 | SKYLARK | Woomera | 160 km | SL-38 with grenades and chaff release, also electron density payload. |
| 1959 | 01 Dec | TRAILBLAZER-1 | Wallops Island | Re-entry test flight | ||
| 1959 | 03 Dec | 0800 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 03 Dec | 1004 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 03 Dec | 1228 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 03 Dec | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature, pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 04 Dec | 0507 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Pressure and winds | |
| 1959 | 04 Dec | 0700 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Wind data returned | |
| 1959 | 04 Dec | 1025 | Soviet met-rocket | Kapustin Yar | Wind data returned | |
| 1959 | 15 Dec | "ANTARES-3" | Isle du Levant | OPd-56-39-22-D-03 - Technology/kinetic heating. Third stage failure. /P | ||
| 1959 | 16 Dec | HTV-2 | Holloman AFB | Hypersonic Test Vehicle, reached Mach 10 in 10 seconds. | ||
| 1959 | 22 Dec | 0756 | JAVELIN (ARGO-D4) | Wallops Island | 901.5 km | 8.01GT with NASA/NRL payload to study galactic radio noise. S/F |
| 1959 | 24 Dec | 2100 | Soviet met-rocket | Zemlya | Temperature and pressure |