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Sounding Rocket Launches 1970 - 1974

Year	Date	Time	Rocket	Site	Altitude	Notes
1970	02 Jan	0735	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	125 km	30.01/14.240II with India/USA payload to study cosmic radio noise and radio propagation. S/S
1970	05 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	77 km	UCL-1 for University College London & Met Office study of stratosphere and temperatures. S/P
1970	05 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.352GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	05 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.329GM studied meteorology. S/S
1970	07 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	75 km	UCL-2 to study stratosphere winds and temperatures. S/S
1970	09 Jan	1747	SKUA	South Uist	82 km	SU26H with UC Wales payload to study the D-region during stratospheric warming phase. S/S
1970	09 Jan		SKUA-2	Kiruna	74 km	UCL-3 with UCL/Met Office payload for winds & temps in the stratosphere. S/S
1970	10 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.330GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	10 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.337GM studied meteorology. S/S
1970	12 Jan		SKUA-2	Kiruna	68 km	UCL-4 to measure winds & temperatures in the stratosphere. S/S
1970	12 Jan	1752	SKUA	South Uist	85 km	SU26H for UC Wales study of D-region electron density and neutral density, also atmosphere pressure. S/S
1970	13 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.326GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	13 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.459CM with met payload. F/F
1970	13 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.384UM with University met payload. S/S
1970	14 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	unknown	UCL-5 with UCL/Met Office study of winds and temps in the stratosphere. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.343CM for corporate met study. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.333GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.447CM studied meteorology. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.64UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.448CM studied meteorology. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.449CM for meteorology. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.450CM for meteorology tests. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.451CM for meteorology. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.452GM studied meteorology. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.453GM for meteorology study. S/S
1970	14 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.323GM studied meteorology. S/S
1970	16 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.79GM had meteorology payload. S/F
1970	16 Jan		BULLPUP-CAJUN	Wallops Island		20.01GM for meteorology study on new rocket, which failed. F/F
1970	16 Jan	1653	ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.56GM for meteorology study. S/F
1970	17 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	72 km	UCL-6 with UCL/Met Office payload to measure winds & temperatures in the stratosphere. S/F
1970	17 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.65UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	19 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	70 km	UCL-7 to study winds and temperatures in the stratosphere. S/S
1970	21 Jan		LAMBDA-3H-6	Kagoshima ?
1970	21 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	71 km	UCL-8 for stratospheric winds and temps by UCL & Met Office. S/S
1970	23 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	71 km	UCL-9 for stratosphere study of winds and temperatures. S/S
1970	24 Jan		SKYLARK-1	Salto di Quirra		S-56A/1SM payload by ESRO to study solar Lyman-a and X-rays. F
1970	25 Jan		KAPPA-9M-28	Kagoshima ?
1970	25 Jan	0900	M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology for MRN
1970	25 Jan		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.270UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1970	26 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	73 km	UCL-10 for stratosphere studies. S/S
1970	26 Jan	2230	JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Natal		German payload. S/S
1970	27 Jan		KAPPA-9M-29	Kagoshima ?
1970	28 Jan	0902	M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology for MRN
1970	29 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.338GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	29 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.339GM fired at Point Barrow for meteorology study. S/S
1970	30 Jan		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	30 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna	78 km	UCL-12 for stratosphere studies by the Met Office and UCL. S/S
1970	30 Jan	2230	JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Natal		German payload. S/S
1970	01 Feb	0100	JCR-3	Tanegashima		Rocket test/separation test/command system test.
1970	01 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	02 Feb	2307	BLACK-BRANT-5	Andoya		German payload in AEROS programme. S/S
1970	03 Feb	0603	LS-C-3	Tanegashima		Rocket performance/control system
1970	03 Feb		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.341GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	03 Feb		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.340GM to study meteorology. S/S
1970	03 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		F25/18.113IE with "POLAR-1" payload to study particles & fields. S/S
1970	03 Feb		BELIER	Kourou	64 km	B.139 fired for range tests. S/S
1970	03 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-5A	Kiruna	200 km	Payload of 100 kg called "SPAZ-1" to supplement AZUR satellite data.
1970	04 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	04 Feb		CENTAURE	Kiruna	166 km	C57/1K with UCL payload of grenades to make atmosphere studies. S/S
1970	04 Feb		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.441UI to study ionosphere. -/-
1970	04 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.100UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1970	05 Feb		LYNX-8	Aberporth		Aerodynamics flight
1970	05 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.101UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1970	05 Feb		AEROBEE-170	Wallops Island		13.13GT for rocket performance. S/S
1970	06 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	06 Feb		SKYLARK-2	Salto di Quirra	211 km	S-44/1 payload by ESRO
1970	06 Feb		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.262CG for galactic astronomy. S/F
1970	08 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	10 Feb		S-160JA-1	Syowa	87 km	Syowa Base in Antarctica firing to study neutral & ion density.
1970	10 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.16UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	10 Feb		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.442UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1970	11 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	11 Feb	1410	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	244 km	S72W payload by ESRO and UCL to study UV stellar spectroscopy. S/P
1970	14 Feb		SKYLARK	Kiruna	210 km	S66/1K with UCL/ESRO payload with electron temperature probe. S/P
1970	14 Feb	0326	BLACK-BRANT-5	Andoya		German payload for AZUR programme
1970	14 Feb	0501	BLACK-BRANT-5	Andoya		German payload for AZUR programme
1970	14 Feb		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.01UG with Cambridge Research Lab payload for galactic astronomy. S/S
1970	16 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	17 Feb		S-160JA-2	Syowa	88 km	Antarctic launch to study ion and electron density.
1970	18 Feb	0005	SKUA-2	Thumba	92 km	SU13T/C with USSR/Physics Research Lab (India) positive ion density study in the lower D-region. S/S
1970	18 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	18 Feb		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Fort Churchill	495 km	8.55UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	19 Feb		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.381 GE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	21 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	21 Feb		PETREL	South Uist	148 km	P53H with Birmingham U. payload for electron density & temperature in the D- and E-layers. S/S
1970	23 Feb		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C37/1 payload by ESRO for aeronomy
1970	24 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-4	Fort Churchill		AAD-4-23
1970	24 Feb		SKYLARK	Kiruna	186 km	S70/1K payload by Birmingham University for electron density & temperature. S/S
1970	24 Feb		ARCAS	Fort Churchill		15.72UI for ionosphere research. S/S
1970	25 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	25 Feb		SKYLARK	Kiruna	215 km	S61/1K with Met Office payload to measure vertical oxygen distribution. S/S
1970	26 Feb	1307	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	103 km	Turbopause study
1970	26 Feb		SKYLARK	Kiruna	220 km	S61/2K to study vertical oxygen distribution for the Met Office. S/S
1970	28 Feb		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	28 Feb		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.382GE for particles & fields. S/F
1970	28 Feb	1328	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	118 km	Turbopause study
1970	Mar		BLACK-BRANT-3	Resolute Bay		Launch at north magnetic pole
1970	Mar		BLACK-BRANT-3	Resolute Bay		Launch at Resolute Bay, North magnetic pole
1970	Mar		KOOKABURRA x ?			Several fired in India
1970	01 Mar	2009	ARCAS	Thule		15.73UI with AFCRL payload to study ionospheric PCA event. S/S
1970	02 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Barter Island		18.87GE fired at Barter Island, Alaska for particles & fields. S/S
1970	02 Mar	0430	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.90GE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	03 Mar	1453	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.108GE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	04 Mar		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	04 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Barter Island		18.88GE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	04 Mar	1441	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.109GE to make study of energetic fields and particles. S/S
1970	05 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Barter Island		18.89GE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	06 Mar	0212	BLACK-BRANT-5	Andoya		German payload in AZUR programme
1970	06 Mar	0231	KOOKABURRA	Woomera	93 km	K-140 for atmosphere study
1970	06 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?		Meteorology and atmosphere?
1970	06 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.344GM for meteorology study. S/S
1970	06 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.426UM pre-eclipse met shot. S/S
1970	06 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.456CI for ionosphere study by GCA and Lockheed Corp. S/F
1970	06 Mar		NIKE-APACHE			?
1970	06 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.66NM pre-eclipse meteorology. S/S
1970	07 Mar		M-100	Heiss Island		Meteorology
1970	07 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-3	East Quoddy		Eclipse study flight, fired at East Quoddy, Eastern Canada.
1970	07 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-3	East Quoddy		Eclipse study flight
1970	07 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-3	East Quoddy		Study of eclipse launch
1970	07 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-3	East Quoddy		Eclipse study flight
1970	07 Mar		AEROBEE-350	Wallops Island		17.06IS carried two telescopes from Leicester U for UV & X-ray solar studies. S/S
1970	07 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.68NM for eclipse study. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.435UI ionosphere during eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.69NM for atmosphere studies during eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.345GM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.70NM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.427UM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.104GA atm study at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.428UM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.105GA for atmosphere study. S/S
1970	07 Mar		AEROBEE-170	Wallops Island		13.03DS with NRL payload to study solar physics at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		AEROBEE-150A	Wallops Island		4.317US for solar physics study at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.457CI with Lockheed/GCA payload to study ionosphere at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.436UI to study ionosphere. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.106GA for atmosphere study. S/F
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.437UI to study ionosphere. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.346GM for met at eclipse. S/F
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.438UI ionosphere at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.429UM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Wallops Island		8.57CE with TRW payload for particles and fields study. S/S
1970	07 Mar		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.284CS for solar physics at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.71NM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.137DS with NRL payload for solar studies at eclipse. S/F
1970	07 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.67NM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.275DS with NRL/U. of Columbia solar physics payload at eclipse. S/S
1970	07 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.76NM for met at eclipse. S/S
1970	08 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	08 Mar	0203	BLACK-BRANT-5	Andoya		German payload in AEROS programme
1970	08 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		F24/18.114IE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	08 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.430UM for meteorology. S/S
1970	08 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.331 GM for meteorology payload. F/F
1970	08 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.77NM in meteorology study. S/F
1970	08 Mar		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.78NM weather study flight. S/S
1970	09 Mar	1500	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Thumba	298 km	17.01/18.97GI carried NASA ion spectrometer, EUV detectors and studied radio propagation. S/S
1970	10 Mar	0333	KOOKABURRA	Woomera	88 km	K-139 for meteorology
1970	10 Mar	0530	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Thumba	296 km	17.02/18.98GI with NASA ion mass spectrometer, EUV detectors and study of radio propagation in ionosphere. S/S
1970	10 Mar	0735 ?	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Thumba	264 km	17.03/18.99GI carried three EUV detectors and studied radio propagation. S/S
1970	10 Mar	1436	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	10 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	11 Mar	2201	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	247 km	SL-921 for X-ray spectra sources
1970	12 Mar	0348	KOOKABURRA	Woomera		K-141 for meteorology
1970	12 Mar	1400	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	12 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	13 Mar	1318	AEROBEE	WSPG or Fort Churchill ?		3.006-1 carried electron beam test equipment in AFCRL payload. S/S
1970	13 Mar	1436	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	14 Mar	1420	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	14 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	14 Mar		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.328DG carried NRL payload to study galactic astronomy - no data. S/F
1970	15 Mar	1335	BLACK-BRANT-4	Andoya		German MPI agency payload
1970	16 Mar	1412	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	16 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	17 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	18 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	18 Mar	0245	BLACK-BRANT-4	Andoya		German MPI agency payload
1970	18 Mar	1416	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	18 Mar	2200	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	208.5 km	SL-901 for X-ray astronomy
1970	19 Mar	0349	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	97 km	10.33/14.425GI to study radio propagation/ion spectra/solar X-rays. S/S
1970	19 Mar	0539	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	97 km	10.34/14.424GI for radio propagation/ion mass spectrometers & chambers. S/S
1970	19 Mar	1031	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	196 km	10.35/14.372GI to study radio propagation/solar X-rays/ions with tip probe. S/S
1970	19 Mar		SKUA	Kiruna	105 km	SSK-3/1 with twilight probe. S/
1970	19 Mar		SKUA	Kiruna	105 km	SSK-3/2 carried twilight probe. S/
1970	19 Mar		SKUA	Kiruna	105 km	SSK-3/3 with twilight probe. S/
1970	19 Mar		SKUA	Kiruna	105 km	SSK-3/4 with twilight probe. S/
1970	19 Mar		SKUA	Kiruna	105 km	SSK-3/5 carried twilight probe. S/
1970	19 Mar	1518	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	181 km	SL-401 studied UV astronomy and carried an experimental lunar seeker.
1970	20 Mar	1430	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	20 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	20 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	WSPG		10.277NA for atmosphere studies. S/F
1970	22 Mar	0208	SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra		SN-5/1 payload by German DFVLR
1970	22 Mar	1541	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	22 Mar		SKUA-1	South Uist ?
1970	23 Mar	1430	KOOKABURRA	Gan		MRN firing
1970	23 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Andoya		F22 payload
1970	24 Mar	2200	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	179.5 km	SL-802 for X-ray astronomy
1970	26 Mar		AEROBEE-150	Fort Churchill		4.309UA for JHU atmosphere study. S/S
1970	26 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.82UA to study the atmosphere. S/S
1970	27 Mar	0555	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	195 km	10.36/14.405IE/II had payload of a proton magnetometer. S/F
1970	27 Mar	0730	BOOSTED-ARCAS-I	Thumba	68 km	12.03/15.54GI for radio propagation and particles study. S/S
1970	27 Mar		REHBAR-21/10	Somniani		Pakistan/UK experiments. S/S
1970	27 Mar	1312	BOOSTED-ARCAS-II	Thumba	93 km	12.04/15.63GI for radio propagation and particles investigations. S/S
1970	27 Mar	1336	BOOSTED-ARCAS-II	Thumba	103 km	12.05/15.64GI for ionosphere. S/S
1970	27 Mar	1400	BOOSTED-ARCAS-II	Thumba	97 km	12.06/15.65GI for ionosphere. S/S
1970	28 Mar		REHBAR-22/10	Somniani		Pakistan/UK experiments. S/S
1970	01 Apr		JABIRU-2	Woomera		J.210 re-entry test flight. S/S
1970	02 Apr		SKYLARK	Kiruna	198 km	S66/2K payload by UCL to measure electron temperature. S/S
1970	03 Apr		CENTAURE	Kiruna	170 km	C.57/2K with UCL grenades payload. S/S
1970	03 Apr		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Fort Churchill	555 km	8.56UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	03 Apr	0903	NIKE-HYDAC	Poker Flat		GI-SF6 payload
1970	04 Apr		SKYLARK	Kiruna	203 km	S.28/1K payload studied electron density and temp using Sodium release. S/S
1970	07 Apr	0320	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	204 km	SL-803 for solar UV astronomy
1970	11 Apr		SKUA-2	South Uist	?	SU27H with University College, Wales payload to look at the D-region during stratospheric warming. S/S
1970	11 Apr		SKUA-2	South Uist	?	SU28H with University College, Wales payload to look at the D-region during stratospheric warming. S/S
1970	11 Apr		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.91UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	13 Apr		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.321UA to study atmosphere. S/S
1970	14 Apr		SKUA-2	South Uist	92 km	SU16H with Mullard Space Science Lab payload to study positive ion density in the lower D-region. S/S
1970	14 Apr		SKUA-2	South Uist	92 km	SU17H for MSSL ionosphere study. S/S
1970	14 Apr		AEROBEE-350	WSPG		17.05GT/GG for rocket performance/magnetosphere/galactic astronomy. F/F
1970	15 Apr	1035	SKUA-2	Thumba	93 km	SU15T/C/16.13 with MSSL/PRL positive ion density in lower D-region. S/S
1970	16 Apr	0220	SKUA-2	Thumba	91 km	SU14T/C with MSSL/PRL positive ion density in lower D-region. S/S
1970	16 Apr	0538	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN meteorological firing
1970	16 Apr	0837	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	210 km or 214 km	SL-728 with payload to study X-ray astronomy and atmosphere.
1970	16 Apr	1002	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN meteorological firing
1970	16 Apr		ARCAS	Fort Churchill		15.74UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1970	16 Apr		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.443UI to study ionosphere. S/S
1970	17 Apr		SKUA-2	South Uist	95 km	SU18H with MSSL/Commonwealth payload for positive ion density in D-region. S/S
1970	20 Apr	1001	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-5 with AFCRL payload for PCA. S/F
1970	21 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	139 km	P36H for Southampton U/ESRIN payload for charged particles/electron pitch angle study. S/S
1970	23 Apr		ATHENA	Green River		V141D re-entry test flight
1970	28 Apr		AEROBEE-150	Fort Churchill		4.326NA for atmosphere study. S/S
1970	29 Apr	1036	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-3 with AFCRL payload for PCA. S/S
1970	29 Apr	1234	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-6 for AFCRL study of PCA. S/S
1970	29 Apr	1358	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-4 for PCA by AFCRL. S/S
1970	29 Apr	1507	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	01 May		AEROBEE-150	Fort Churchill		4.327NA to study the atmosphere. S/S
1970	06 May		DRAGON	Chamical	425 km	D.37 to study magnetosphere. S/S
1970	06 May	1436	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	08 May		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.06UG with MIT payload to study galactic astronomy, rocket failed. F/F
1970	11 May		AEROBEE-150	Fort Churchill		4.322UA studied the atmosphere. S/S
1970	12 May		TERRIER-SANDHAWK	Hawaii
1970	14 May	2002	ARCAS	Point Arguello		15.57GM for meteorology. S/F
1970	20 May	1422	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological launch
1970	26 May	0700	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1970	26 May		AEROBEE-150	Woomera		4.316NG for astronomy, rocket failed. F/F
1970	27 May	1428	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	29 May		AEROBEE-150	Woomera		4.301UG or 4.310UG for astronomy. S/S
1970	02 Jun		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.271UG with astronomy payload. S/S
1970	02 Jun		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.311UG for galactic astronomy. S/F
1970	02 Jun		AEROBEE-150	Woomera		4.302UG with astronomy payload. S/S
1970	03 Jun	1430	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	07 Jun		CENTAURE	Kiruna	162 km	C.48/1K with UCL payload to detect solar Lyman-a radiation. S/S
1970	08 Jun		ASTROBEE-D	WSPG	98 km	First launch, carried NASA/USAF payload for diagnostics measurements. S/S
1970	08 Jun		ASTROBEE-D	WSPG	c.98 km	Second launch with diagnostics head. S/S
1970	17 Jun	1538	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met launch
1970	18 Jun	1926	ARCAS	Point Arguello		15.79GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	22 Jun		SKYLARK-2	Salto di Quirra		S.68/2 with ESRO payload
1970	22 Jun		ORION			Argentinean sounding rocket
1970	22 Jun		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.323US to make solar studies. S/F
1970	22 Jun		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.332GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	24 Jun		SKUA-2	South Uist	?	SU23H with UC Wales payload to study D-region electron density and neutral atmosphere pressures. S/S, not tracked.
1970	25 Jun		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.342GM for meteorology. S/S .
1970	27 Jun		PETREL	South Uist	126 km	P39H to make studies of the fine-scale structure of sporadic E-layer. S/S
1970	27 Jun		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.12CG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1970	27 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.413UG with CIT astronomy payload. S/S
1970	01 Jul	1425	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met launch
1970	01 Jul		SKUA-2	South Uist	?	SU29H to study D-region electron density and neutral atm pressure, but rocket not tracked for altitude. S/S
1970	01 Jul	1702	MR-12	Volgograd		Ionosphere and meteorology
1970	02 Jul		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.299UG for galactic astronomy. S/F
1970	03 Jul		SKYLARK-1	Salto di Quirra	150 km	S.63/1SM payload with magnetometer and to study positive ions. RSRS/UCL. S/S
1970	06 Jul	1644	MR-12	Volgograd		Ionosphere & meteorology
1970	06 Jul	2240	MR-12	Volgograd		Ionosphere and meteorology
1970	08 Jul		SKYLARK-1	Salto di Quirra	149 km	S.63/2SM with magnetometer and positive ion study equipment by RSRS/UCL. S/S
1970	10 Jul	0001	SKYLARK	Woomera	203 km	SL-727 for X-ray astronomy & ionosphere
1970	11 Jul		ATHENA	Green River		V123D re-entry test flight
1970	14 Jul	0452	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	223 km	SL-971 to study X-ray astronomy and test a new spin/de-spin system.
1970	15 Jul	1400	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	164 km	SL-811 studied stellar spectra using a new pointing system.
1970	15 Jul	1430	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	16 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.320UI for ionosphere. S/S
1970	19 Jul		METEOR-2K	Krakow		First launch
1970	23 Jul		SKYLARK-1	Salto di Quirra	136 km	S.56A/2SM for solar Lyman-a/X-rays. S/S
1970	24 Jul		SKYLARK-1	Salto di Quirra	125 km	S.65/2SM payload for Lyman-a/X-rays. S/S
1970	27 Jul		SKYLARK-1	Salto di Quirra	128 km	S.65/1SM for solar X-rays and RF impedance expts. S/S
1970	27 Jul		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.259GG for galactic astronomy. S/F
1970	29 Jul	1420	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	30 Jul		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.72UE for particles & fields. F/F
1970	03 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.466UM for meteorology. S/S
1970	04 Aug		ARCAS	Andoya		ARCAS-8 launch
1970	05 Aug	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	51 km	Winds & temperatures
1970	08 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna		SNA-5-1/14.462DA with AFCRL payload to study atmosphere. S/S
1970	08 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna		SNA-6-1/14.455UA with atmosphere study by Dudley Observatory. S/S
1970	08 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna		SNA-5-2/14.463DA with AFCRL payload to study the atmosphere. S/S
1970	08 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna		SNA-6-2/14.454UA with Dudley Observatory atmosphere study payload. S/S
1970	09 Aug		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.58/2 with ESRO payload
1970	09 Aug		PETREL	Kiruna		SP4, Swedish Petrel with ESRO payload
1970	10 Aug		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.51/2 with ESRO payload
1970	12 Aug	1434	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	13 Aug		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.48/2 with ESRO payload. S/S
1970	13 Aug		AEROBEE-170	Wallops Island		17.06UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	13 Aug		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.200DS with NRL solar study. S/S
1970	19 Aug	0210	MT-135P	Ryori	47 km	Winds & temperatures
1970	19 Aug		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.48/2 for solar astronomy. S/S
1970	22 Aug		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.17DG with NRL astronomy payload. S/F
1970	28 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.414UG with CIT astronomy payload. S/S
1970	Sep		BLACK-BRANT-3	Resolute Bay		Launch at magnetic N-pole
1970	Sep		BLACK-BRANT-3	Resolute Bay		Launch at magnetic N-pole
1970	01 Sep		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Wallops Island		8.52UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1970	02 Sep	0220	MT-135P	Ryori	47 km	Winds & temperatures
1970	02 Sep		KAPPA-8-16	Kagoshima ?
1970	04 Sep		JCR-4	Kagoshima ?		Launch failure
1970	07 Sep		NAL-7B/59	Tanegashima		Aerodynamics stability flight
1970	08 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	147 km	P30H for ionosphere study. S/S
1970	08 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	147 km	P32H to study the ionosphere. S/S
1970	09 Sep	0640	LS-C4	Tanegashima		Rocket performance/control system
1970	11 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	147 km	P31H for ionosphere study. S/S
1970	17 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.324GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	17 Sep		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.385UM studied meteorology. S/S
1970	18 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	144 km	P10H to study the atmosphere. S/S
1970	19 Sep		LAMBDA-3H-5	Kagoshima ?
1970	21 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.327UM for meteorology. S/S
1970	22 Sep		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.464UA for atmosphere studies. F/F
1970	22 Sep		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.07GG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1970	23 Sep	1423	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met launch
1970	25 Sep		BLACK-BRANT-4	Alcantara		19.02NE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	28 Sep		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.26CG for galactic astronomy. S/F
1970	29 Sep		BLACK-BRANT-4	Alcantara		19.03NE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	30 Sep		SCOUT-B	Wallops Island	269 km	RAM-C3 re-entry test for NASA with 135 kg head.
1970	01 Oct	0205	MT-135P	Ryori	49 km	Wind data, but no temperature
1970	01 Oct	1346	NIKE-APACHE	Natal		N-NA-30 with German payload
1970	05 Oct		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Wallops Island		8.58IE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	06 Oct		DRAGON-3	Landes	490 km	D.305 with "EIDI-1" payload to study ionosphere with dipole impedance, probe.
1970	06 Oct	1336	NIKE-APACHE	Natal		N-NA-31 with German payload
1970	07 Oct		METEOR-2K	Krakow		Third, and last, launch
1970	07 Oct	1506	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	07 Oct		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.54NE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	08 Oct	0820	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	232 km	SL-972 to study cosmic X-rays, and using spin/de-spin test equipment.
1970	08 Oct	1329	NIKE-APACHE	Natal		N-NA-32 with German payload
1970	08 Oct	1442	NIKE-APACHE	Natal		N-NA-33 with German payload
1970	10 Oct		ARCAS	Primrose Lake		15.80GM fired at Primrose Lake, Canada for meteorology. S/S
1970	12 Oct	1458	NIKE-APACHE	Natal		N-NA-34 with German payload
1970	13 Oct	0008	SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra		SN-5/2 with German DFVLR payload
1970	14 Oct	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	47 km	Wind & temperature, but no data
1970	14 Oct	0845	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	270 km	SL-1021 for X-ray astronomy
1970	14 Oct		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.276AM with ESSA & U. of Michigan meteorological payload. S/S
1970	14 Oct	1500	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological launch
1970	16 Oct	0030	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	209 km	S.53 payload for solar X-ray photography and solar spectra. S/F
1970	17 Oct		ARCAS	Primrose Lake		15.81 GM for meteorology. S/S
1970	19 Oct		SKYLARK	Woomera		S.58 for solar astronomy. S/F
1970	21 Oct	0939	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.106 was MRN met firing
1970	21 Oct	1432	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	22 Oct		DRAGON-3	Landes	480 km	D.306 with "EIDI-2" payload to study ionosphere with dipole impedance probe. S/
1970	22 Oct	1424	NIKE-APACHE	Natal		N-NA-35 with German payload
1970	27 Oct		SKYLARK	Kiruna		S-67/1 payload for aurora study. S/S
1970	28 Oct	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	50 km	Winds & temperatures
1970	28 Oct		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.131UA for atmosphere studies. S/F
1970	28 Oct	1413	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	29 Oct		SKYLARK	Kiruna		S67/2 payload by ESRO for Aurora. S/S
1970	31 Oct		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.41GG/UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1970	06 Nov	0336	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.108 was an MRN met firing
1970	06 Nov		BELIER	Kourou		B.140 was used for range tests. S/S
1970	06 Nov	1400	ARCAS	Fort Sherman		15.82GM fired at Fort Sherman, Panama for meteorological research. S/S
1970	10 Nov	1109	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.92UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	11 Nov	0455	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	183 km	SL-905 for X-ray astronomy and the measurement of electron density.
1970	12 Nov	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	54 km	Wind, but no temperature data
1970	12 Nov	1100	COCKATOO	Woomera	104 km	CK.105 for meteorology
1970	12 Nov		PETREL	South Uist	85 km	P21H for atmosphere studies. S/S
1970	13 Nov	1851	ARCAS	Fort Sherman		15.83 GM from Panama for meteorology. S/S
1970	13 Nov		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		F23/18.115IE to study ionosphere. S/S
1970	13 Nov		SKUA-2	Fort Churchill	98 km	AMD-S2-09 Study of oxygen. S/F
1970	16 Nov		PETREL	South Uist		P37H for ionosphere studies. S/S
1970	18 Nov	1230	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.93UE for particles & fields. S/S
1970	19 Nov		PETREL	South Uist	129 km	P47H for electromagnetic fields. S/S
1970	19 Nov	2200	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	209 km	SL-904 for X-ray astronomy
1970	20 Nov		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.458UA for atmosphere studies. F/S
1970	20 Nov		NIKE-APACHE	Eglin AFB		14.460UM for meteorology. S/S
1970	21 Nov	2356	TRAILBLAZER-2	Wallops Island		AD21.862 on re-entry test flight
1970	24 Nov	0218	BOOSTED-ARCAS	Poker Flat		Charged Ba release
1970	24 Nov		BLUE-SCOUT-JR			Three-stage rocket
1970	24 Nov		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.285CS for solar physics. S/S
1970	24 Nov	2243	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	182.5 km	SL-804 for solar spectrometry. S/P
1970	25 Nov	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	48 km	Temperature & winds
1970	27 Nov	1907	MR-12	Heiss Island		Ionosphere & meteorology
1970	28 Nov		VERTIKAL-1	Kapustin Yar	487 km	Payload to study solar UV and X-ray emissions/near-space ion content/meteorite particles. Capsule ejected at 100 km on descent for parachute recovery.
1970	02 Dec	0200	BOOSTED-ARCAS	Poker Flat		Charged Ba release
1970	02 Dec		PETREL	South Uist	38 km	P81H for ionosphere studies, but rocket malfunctioned. F/F
1970	02 Dec		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.267UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1970	06 Dec		SKYLARK	Salto di Quirra	187 km	S.69 payload for X-ray astronomy
1970	07 Dec		BLACK-BRANT-4A	Fort Churchill		AKF-4A-19
1970	09 Dec	1815	M-100	Thumba	91 km	08.01 for meteorology. S/S
1970	10 Dec	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	49 km	Temperature & winds
1970	10 Dec	1627	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		W-NT-36 with German payload
1970	15 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.470CM for meteorology. S/S
1970	15 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.471CM for meteorology. S/S
1970	15 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.472CM had meteorology payload. S/S
1970	15 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.473CM for meteorology. S/S
1970	15 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.474CM for meteorology. S/S
1970	16 Dec	1451	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1970	16 Dec	1639	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		W-NT-37 with German payload
1970	16 Dec	1806	M-100	Thumba	90 km	08.02 for meteorology. S/S
1970	17 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.418UA to study atmosphere. S/S
1970	19 Dec		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.11UG for galactic astronomy with a CIT payload. S/S
1970	22 Dec	1515	INTA-255	El Arenosillo	132 km	Third launch, with 12kg payload. S/S
1970	23 Dec	0920	MT-135P	Ryori	54 km	Temp & wind, but no data
1970	23 Dec	1800	M-100	Thumba	92 km	08.03 for meteorology. S/S
1970	30 Dec	1805	M-100	Thumba	93 km	08.04 for meteorology. S/S
1970	1970		AERO-HIGH	Woomera
1971	Jan		SKYLARK	Aberporth		Boost-only flight, to test German short mobile launcher (before 14 Jan).
1971	06 Jan	0201	MT-135P	Ryori	51 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	06 Jan	1800	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	07 Jan	0057	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba		05.12B with Sodium release and test of payload recovery. Rocket failed. F/F
1971	07 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.365GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	07 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.347GM made meteorology studies. S/S
1971	07 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.372GM for meteorology head. S/S
1971	08 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK83/1 payload by ESRO for studies of the atmosphere. Exploded
1971	08 Jan		ATHENA	Green River		V144D re-entry test flight to WSPG
1971	08 Jan	1930	ARCAS	WSPG	60 km	Falling sphere data from 60-23 km
1971	08 Jan	2141	NIKE-IRIQUOIS	WSPG	108 km	Falling sphere data from 108-36 km
1971	08 Jan	2231	NIKE-IRIQUOIS	WSPG	104 km	Falling sphere data from 104-36 km
1971	08 Jan	2247	ARCAS	WSPG	60 km	Falling sphere data from 61-23 km
1971	12 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.366GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	12 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.373GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	13 Jan	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	43 km	Wind, but no temperature data
1971	13 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	WSPG		10.279NA for atmosphere study. S/S
1971	13 Jan		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.369GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	13 Jan	1427	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1971	13 Jan	1805	M-100	Thumba	94 km	Meteorology
1971	14 Jan	1138	SKYLARK	Aberporth	7 km	Second boost-only flight to test German short mobile launcher.
1971	15 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/2 payload by ESRO for study of the atmosphere. S/S
1971	16 Jan		KAPPA-9M-30	Kagoshima ?
1971	16 Jan		S-210-4	Kagoshima ?
1971	17 Jan		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.37/2 ESRO payload for aeronomy
1971	17 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/3 payload for ESRO to study the atmosphere - exploded.
1971	17 Jan	1533	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		A-NT-39 with German payload
1971	19 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/4 ESRO aeronomy payload. S/S
1971	20 Jan	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	50 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	20 Jan	0500	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1971	20 Jan	1800	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	21 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/5 ESRO aeronomy study. S/S
1971	22 Jan	1903	MRN rocket	Aberporth		MRN meteorological launch
1971	22 Jan	2000	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	WSPG		Payload to study absorption
1971	22 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		18.116IE/F26 launch with payload called "POLAR-2". S/S
1971	23 Jan		KAPPA-9M-35	Kagoshima ?
1971	23 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/6 ESRO aeronomy payload. S/P
1971	24 Jan		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.260GG on astronomy mission. S/S
1971	25 Jan		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.60/1 with ESRO payload
1971	25 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/7 ESRO aeronomy payload. S/S
1971	25 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.324GE for particles & fields. S/S
1971	25 Jan		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.318UL with JPL payload to study solar system astronomy. S/S
1971	25 Jan		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.46UA with JHU atmosphere payload. S/S
1971	25 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.432GE for particles & fields. S/S
1971	26 Jan		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.60/2 with ESRO payload
1971	26 Jan		PETREL	Kiruna		P40K carried ESRO payload to study the ionosphere. S/S
1971	26 Jan	1815	MRN rocket	Aberporth		MRN met firing
1971	26 Jan	2130	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	WSPG		Payload for absorption study
1971	26 Jan	2358	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB		PROBE-C certification round by ARPA/DASA, called "SECEDE".
1971	27 Jan	0205	MT-135P	Ryori	48 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	27 Jan		KAPPA-9M-34	Kagoshima ?
1971	27 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/8 ESRO aeronomy payload. S/P
1971	27 Jan		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.78/1 carried ESRO payload
1971	27 Jan	1422	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1971	28 Jan	0540	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	163 km	10.37/14.409II for ionosphere. S/S
1971	28 Jan	0610	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	191 km	10.38/14.410II carried proton magnetometer, but no data. S/F
1971	28 Jan		SKYLARK	Kiruna		S.46/2 payload by ESRO to study the ionosphere. S/S
1971	28 Jan	1822	MRN rocket	Aberporth		MRN meteorological firing
1971	28 Jan	1555	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		A-NT-38 carried German payload to release TMA and Barium.
1971	28 Jan	2357	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB		PROBE-F with ARPA/DASA "REDWOOD" payload for Barium release. S/S
1971	29 Jan	0825	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	203 km	SL-1001 to study isotropic spectrum
1971	29 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/9 ESRO aeronomy payload. S/S
1971	29 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Keweenaw	120 km	14.167GI for ionosphere studies. 60 kg payload for stratospheric warming and neutral density with mass-spectrometer. Impacted after c.330 sec. S/S
1971	29 Jan		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.50GI studied the ionosphere. S/S
1971	30 Jan	0522	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	31 Jan		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/10 with ESRO aeronomy head. S/S
1971	31 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Keweenaw		14.373GI for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	01 Feb	0130	JCR-5	Tanegashima		Rocket performance/control systems tests/aerodynamics test flight.
1971	01 Feb	1915	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	WSPG		Payload for absorption study
1971	01 Feb	2355	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB	c.20 km	PROBE-B/"SPRUCE-II" in the "SECEDE" programme with Barium cloud release, but 2nd stage failed to ignite. F/F
1971	01 Feb	2357	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB		PROBE-D/"SPRUCE-II" in the ARPA/DASA "SECEDE" programme for Ba release.S/S
1971	02 Feb	1635	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB		PROBE-A/"QUINCE-II" ARPA/DASA payload in "SECEDE", but payload doors failed to open. S/F
1971	02 Feb	1636	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB		PROBE-E/"QUINCE-II" in ARPA/DASA "SECEDE" Barium release flight. S/S
1971	03 Feb	0201	MT-135P	Ryori	56 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	03 Feb	0135	S-B-III-A-12	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1971	03 Feb	0630	S-B-III-A-13	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1971	03 Feb		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/11 ESRO aeronomy flight. S/S
1971	03 Feb	1905	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1971	04 Feb	1902	MRN rocket	Aberporth		MRN met launch
1971	06 Feb		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	222 km	S-80/1 payload for ionosphere and astronomy studies.
1971	06 Feb		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	226 km	S-80/2 payload to make studies of the ionosphere and for astronomy.
1971	07 Feb		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	214 km	S-80/3 payload in astronomy and ionosphere studies.
1971	08 Feb		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/12 ESRO aeronomy mission. S/P
1971	08 Feb		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.51UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1971	08 Feb	1845	MRN rocket	Aberporth		MRN meteorological firing
1971	09 Feb		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/13 ESRO aeronomy flight. S/S
1971	10 Feb	1423	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1971	10 Feb	1800	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1971	10 Feb	1905	MRN rocket	Aberporth		MRN met firing
1971	11 Feb	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	51 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	11 Feb		S-210JA-12	Syowa	108 km	Ion composition over Antarctica
1971	11 Feb		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/14 ESRO aeronomy flight. S/S
1971	12 Feb		SKUA	Kiruna		SK.83/15 ESRO aeronomy mission. S/P
1971	14 Feb	0817	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.110UE for particles & fields. S/S
1971	17 Feb	1800	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology
1971	18 Feb	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	53 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	20 Feb		ARCAS	Fort Churchill		15.75UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	22 Feb	1140	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	222 km	S.85 payload for UV astronomy. S/F
1971	22 Feb		AEROBEE-350	Wallops Island		17.009UG on astronomy mission. S/F
1971	23 Feb		TIBERE	Landes		TB.01 on first launch, for re-entry test flight. ELECTRE experiment. S/S
1971	24 Feb		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.249NA for atmosphere studies. S/S
1971	24 Feb		ARCAS	Hawaii		15.84GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	24 Feb	1528	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1971	24 Feb	1800	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1971	26 Feb		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	250 km	S-54 payload for solar X-ray astronomy
1971	01 Mar		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.22UG on astronomy mission. S/S
1971	02 Mar	0933	MR-12	Volgograd		Solar radiation
1971	02 Mar	1008	COCKATOO	Woomera	218 km	CK.110 MRN met rocket firing (or 1110 hours?)
1971	02 Mar	1038	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	223 km	SL-922 carried grenades/glow-cloud release/chemical trails.
1971	03 Mar		ARCAS	Fort Churchill		15.89UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	03 Mar		ARCAS	Hawaii		15.85GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	03 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-5B	Fort Churchill		AAF-VB-32
1971	03 Mar	1800	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1971	04 Mar	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	-	Temps & winds - launch failure
1971	05 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		12.19GM with special met payload. This was the first time that French technicians had fired a US sounding rocket. S/S
1971	05 Mar		ARCAS	Hawaii		15.86GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	08 Mar	1138	TERRIER-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		CARIBOU-V payload by Sandia. F/F
1971	10 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.382GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	10 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.478UM to study meteorology. S/S
1971	10 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.479UM for meteorology studies. S/S
1971	10 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.480UM university meteorology. S/S
1971	10 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.383GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	10 Mar	1800	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1971	11 Mar	0202	MT-135P	Ryori	56 km	Wind and temp - but no data
1971	11 Mar	1037	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia CARIBOU-V payload - recovered.
1971	11 Mar		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	159 km	S-55 for X-ray astronomy
1971	11 Mar		ATHENA	Green River		B035 re-entry test flight
1971	12 Mar	0230	ARCAS	WSPG	60 km	Falling sphere from 60-23 km
1971	12 Mar	0512	NIKE-IRIQUOIS	WSPG	102 km	Falling sphere - 102-36 km data
1971	12 Mar		SKYLARK	Kiruna		S-16/2 ESRO payload to study the ionosphere. S/S
1971	12 Mar		PETREL	Kiruna	150 km	P69K for UK aurora payload. S/P
1971	12 Mar		PETREL	Kiruna		P92K with UK payload to study aurora, but rocket exploded at launch. F/F
1971	13 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.388UA for atmosphere study. S/F
1971	15 Mar		SKYLARK	Kiruna		S-87/1 for ESRO atm study
1971	15 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		10.375GM for meteorology study. S/S
1971	15 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.122GE fired at Fox Main, Canada to study particles and fields. S/S
1971	15 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.126GE to study particles and fields after launch at Fox Main, Canada. S/S
1971	16 Mar	0905	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.14UE for particles and fields. S/F
1971	16 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		10.376GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	17 Mar	1503	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met launch
1971	17 Mar	1057	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.95UA to study atmosphere. S/S
1971	17 Mar	1700	M-100	Thumba	94 km	Meteorology
1971	18 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.127GE for particles and fields. S/S
1971	18 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		10.380GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	19 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.123GE for particles & fields. S/S
1971	19 Mar	1205	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.94UA to study atmosphere. F/F
1971	19 Mar	1238	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia payload - recovered.
1971	19 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.128GE for particles and fields. S/S
1971	19 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-2	Fort Churchill		AMF-II-115
1971	20 Mar	0815	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.17UE to study particles & fields. S/S
1971	20 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.124GE studied particles & fields. S/S
1971	20 Mar		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.21UG on astronomy mission. S/S
1971	21 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.125GE for particles and fields. S/S
1971	22 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fox Main		18.129GE for particles & fields. S/S
1971	22 Mar	1950	SKUA-2	El Arenosillo	63 km	Release of NO by IASB. S/S
1971	22 Mar	1640	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule	111 km	70-1E for ionosphere and electron density measurements.
1971	22 Mar	1736	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-70/1 by the AFCRL/PCA as a certification round.
1971	23 Mar	1951	SKUA-2	El Arenosillo	72 km	NO release by IASB. S/S
1971	23 Mar	2221	SKUA-2	El Arenosillo	71 km	IASB release of NO. S/S
1971	24 Mar	0201	MT-135P	Ryori	54 km	Temperature and winds
1971	24 Mar		SKYLARK	Kiruna		S-87/2 for ESRO atmosphere study
1971	24 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-5	Fort Churchill		16.006-3 with AFCRL SWIR spectrometer
1971	24 Mar	1942	SKUA-2	El Arenosillo	69 km	NO release by IASB. S/S
1971	24 Mar	2020	SKUA-2	El Arenosillo	71 km	IASB release of NO. S/S
1971	24 Mar	1700	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	25 Mar		SKYLARK	Salto di Quirra	130 km	S-56B/1 payload to investigate solar radiation and the ionosphere.
1971	27 Mar	1226	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia payload - recovered.
1971	28 Mar	1838	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	90 km	Turbopause investigation
1971	31 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		18.130CE by TRW for particles and fields study payload. S/S
1971	31 Mar	1700	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	03 Apr		ATHENA	Green River		H-1JD for re-entry study flight
1971	05 Apr		PETREL	Kiruna	134 km	P68K with UK ionosphere payload. S/S
1971	05 Apr	1357	M-100	Thumba	88 km	08.19 Sodium release - could not be photographed.
1971	05 Apr	1432	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology - no data
1971	06 Apr	0630	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-70-3 payload for the AFCRL. S/S
1971	06 Apr	1719	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule	89 km	70-4P to study proton flux in the ionosphere.
1971	06 Apr	1753	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule	111 km	70-2E for electron density in the ionosphere.
1971	06 Apr	1919	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-4P with AFCRL payload. S/S
1971	06 Apr	1953	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-70-2 for AFCRL payload. S/S
1971	07 Apr	0202	MT-135P	Ryori	54 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	07 Apr	0430	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule	122 km	70-3E to study electron density in the ionosphere.
1971	14 Apr		PETREL	Kiruna	154 km	P61K with UK ionosphere payload. S/S
1971	15 Apr	0030	PETREL	Kiruna	131 km	P66K with TMA release and carried a long-boom electric field probe. S/S
1971	16 Apr		PETREL	Kiruna	138 km	P62K for UK ionosphere study. S/P
1971	16 Apr		ATHENA	Green River		V127D for re-entry test flight
1971	19 Apr	1355	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	197 km	10.41/14.406IA which released Sodium trail from 160 to 100 km.
1971	21 Apr	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	54 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	21 Apr	1859	PETREL	Kiruna	143 km	P64K with twin spherical electric field probes. S/S
1971	21 Apr	2143	PETREL	Kiruna	128 km	P67K with TMA release and long boom electric field probe. S/S
1971	21 Apr	2304	PETREL	Kiruna	164 km	P63K carried UK payload to study electric fields using Ba release. S/P
1971	23 Apr		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.465UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1971	23 Apr		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.467UA studied the atmosphere. S/S
1971	24 Apr		PETREL	Kiruna	162 km	P54K with UK electric field study. S/P
1971	25 Apr	0630	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	132 km or 160 km	10.40/FL-20.11/14.407II to make study of electron density in ionosphere. S/S
1971	25 Apr		NIKE-APACHE	Thumba		14.408IA for INCOSPAR. F/F
1971	26 Apr	1930	CENTAURE	El Arenosillo	129 km	CE.136 for atmosphere study, Na release and TNT. S/S
1971	26 Apr	2214	NIKE-CAJUN	El Arenosillo	154 km	10.319II with Spanish ionosphere expt, TMA release. S/S
1971	29 Apr	1355	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba		10.39 with Sodium trail/ionosphere study, but rocket failed. F/F
1971	29 Apr		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.14CS to make solar studies using Lockheed satellite instruments. S/S
1971	30 Apr		S-160-JA-3	Syowa	83 km or 171 km	Electron density/visible solar astronomy.
1971	30 Apr	0638	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	130 km	FL-20.12/14.411II for electron density expts. S/S
1971	01 May		PETREL	Kiruna	146 km	P65K with UK electric field study. S/P
1971	01 May		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.332GG for astronomy payload. S/S
1971	01 May		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.036UG for MIT astronomy. S/S
1971	06 May	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	55 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	10 May	1203	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	219 km	SL-812 for X-ray astronomy. S/F
1971	12 May	0200	MT-135P	Ryori	49 km	Temperatures & winds
1971	12 May		NIKE-CAJUN	WSPG		10.280NA for atmosphere studies. S/S
1971	13 May		NIKE-CAJUN	WSPG		10.278NA to study atmosphere. S/S
1971	14 May		SKYLARK-1	Salto di Quirra		S-56B/2 for ionosphere/solar radiation
1971	14 May		ATHENA	Green River		V146D re-entry test flight
1971	17 May		ERIDAN	Kourou		E.06 in technology test of sea-recovery equipment. S/S
1971	18 May	0837	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.112 was MRN met firing
1971	19 May		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.303NG on astronomy mission. S/S
1971	19 May	1505	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology - no data
1971	21 May	2235	SKUA-2	El Arenosillo		Release of TMA trail by INTA
1971	26 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	92 km	Meteorology
1971	26 May	2000	CENTAURE	El Arenosillo	128 km	CE.141 studied the atmosphere, Na release and TNT. S/S
1971	26 May	2331	NIKE-CAJUN	El Arenosillo		10.386II for ionosphere study, TMA release. S/S
1971	27 May	0141	NIKE-CAJUN	El Arenosillo		10.387II to study ionosphere, TMA release. S/S
1971	27 May	0436	CENTAURE	El Arenosillo	129 km	CE.137 for atmosphere studies, Na release and TNT. S/S
1971	27 May	2000	CENTAURE	El Arenosillo	127 km	CE.142 studied the atmosphere, Na release and TNT. S/S
1971	28 May	0252	NIKE-CAJUN	El Arenosillo		10.388II for Spanish ionosphere research payload. S/S
1971	28 May		CENTAURE
1971	28 May	0425	SKUA-2	El Arenosillo		Released TMA trail by INTA
1971	02 Jun	1510	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1971	03 Jun		ATHENA	Green River		B041 re-entry test flight
1971	08 Jun		VERONIQUE-61M	Kourou		V.93 for astronomy and with biological research payload.
1971	09 Jun	1305	SUPER-ARCAS	WSPG		ARCAS-71-2 with AFCRL mesospheric probe payload. S/S
1971	09 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	?	Meteorology - no data
1971	09 Jun	1509	SUPER-ARCAS	WSPG		Payload for absorption tests
1971	10 Jun		AEROBEE-350	Wallops Island		17.011UA with JHU astronomy head. S/S
1971	10 Jun		ATHENA	Green River		V139D re-entry test flight
1971	12 Jun		VERONIQUE-61M	Kourou		V.94 carried mass spectrometer and biological specimens. S/S
1971	14 Jun		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.324US for solar studies. S/S
1971	16 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1971	20 Jun		SCOUT-B	Wallops Island		PAET, Planetary Atmosphere Entry Test flown out across the Atlantic Ocean.
1971	22 Jun		ORION-23	Aberporth		Aerodynamic research flight
1971	22 Jun		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.237NA for atmosphere studies. S/S
1971	23 Jun	1515	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1971	24 Jun		S-210-JA-4	Syowa	130 km	Study of the aurora Australis
1971	24 Jun		AEROBEE-350	WSPG		17.008CG with Lockheed instruments for galactic astronomy. S/S
1971	24 Jun		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.371GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	24 Jun		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.367GM studied meteorology. S/S
1971	24 Jun		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.334GM for meteorology studies. S/S
1971	25 Jun		PETREL	South Uist		P48H studied ionosphere. S/S
1971	25 Jun		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Wallops Island		8.059AI with NOAA payload to make studies of the ionosphere. S/F
1971	26 Jun		PETREL	South Uist	138 km	P120H for ionosphere & astronomy. S/S
1971	28 Jun		PETREL	South Uist	143 km	P109H on astronomy & ionosphere study. S/S
1971	29 Jun		AEROBEE	Point Arguello		CHASER flight to sample exhaust after an ATLAS-F launch. NIKE boost.
1971	30 Jun		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.234GS for solar studies. S/S
1971	30 Jun	1636	M-100	Thumba	?	Meteorology - launch failure. S/S
1971	Jul		FFARV-1	Woomera		F.1 on aerodynamics research flight
1971	01 Jul		SKUA	South Uist		SK.39H for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	02 Jul		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	224 km	S-73 payload to study zodiacal light, and solar X-rays with spectrometer.
1971	02 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.328GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	02 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.335GM to study meteorology. F/F
1971	02 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.368GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	02 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.336GM with meteorology head. S/S
1971	03 Jul		LYNX-7	Aberporth		Aerodynamics flight
1971	07 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	94 km	Meteorology
1971	09 Jul		AEROBEE-170B	WSPG		12.022GT on special test launch. S/S
1971	12 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Fort Churchill		10.370GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	12 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.381GM with meteorology payload. S/S
1971	12 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.374GM to study meteorology. S/S
1971	13 Jul		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.117UI to study the ionosphere. S/S
1971	13 Jul		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.118UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	14 Jul		PETREL	South Uist	143 km	P79H for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	14 Jul		PETREL	South Uist	142 km	P93H to study the ionosphere. S/S
1971	14 Jul		SKUA	South Uist		SK.36H to study electrons in the D-layer. S/S
1971	14 Jul	1504	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	19 Jul	0843	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1016 was MRN met firing
1971	21 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-5C	Wallops Island		21.004GT on technology flight. S/S
1971	21 Jul		S-210-JA-3	Syowa	131 km	Study of aurora Australis
1971	21 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	92 km	Meteorology
1971	22 Jul		S-210-JA-4
1971	27 Jul		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.052UA to study the atmosphere. S/S
1971	28 Jul	1315	SPARROW-ARCAS	WSPG		ARCAS-71-2 with AFCRL mesospheric probe payload. S/S
1971	28 Jul	1350	SPARROW-ARCAS	WSPG		ARCAS-71-4 carried mesospheric probe for the AFCRL. S/S
1971	28 Jul	1405	SPARROW-ARCAS	WSPG		Payload studied absorption
1971	28 Jul	1507	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1971	30 Jul		ZENIT
1971	30 Jul		SKUA	South Uist		SK.37H to study electrons in the D-layer of the atmosphere. S/P
1971	31 Jul		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.59/1 with ESRO payload
1971	31 Jul		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna		NNA1/14.468UA to study atmosphere. S/S
1971	31 Jul		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna		NNA2/14.469UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1971	01 Aug		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.59/1 with ESRO payload
1971	03 Aug		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.046UI to study the ionosphere. S/S
1971	04 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology - but data missing between 34 to 23 km on descent.
1971	05 Aug	0245	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	272 km	SL-902 for solar astronomy. S/F
1971	07 Aug		ARCAS	Fort Greely	?	15.87GM fired at Fort Greely to study neutral composition. F/F
1971	08 Aug		NIKE-CAJUN	Andoya		F.27 flight
1971	09 Aug		ARCAS	Fort Greely		15.088GM for meteorology. F/F
1971	10 Aug		S-210-JA-1	Syowa	139 km	Study of aurora australis
1971	10 Aug		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.018DG with NRL astronomy payload. F/F
1971	10 Aug		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.008GG for galactic astronomy. S/F
1971	10 Aug		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.014GI to study ionosphere. S/F
1971	11 Aug	1503	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1971	14 Aug		ARCAS	Fort Greely		15.090GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	15 Aug		Soviet met-rocket	Thumba		?
1971	18 Aug		KAPPA-9M-31	Kagoshima ?
1971	18 Aug		M-100	Thumba	92 km	Meteorology - but no temp data
1971	19 Aug		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.389GM to study meteorology by ESSA and the University of Michigan. S/S
1971	19 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.491GM to study meteorology. S/S
1971	20 Aug	0300	VERTIKAL-2	Kapustin Yar	463 km	#######################
1971	20 Aug		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		10.390GM carried ESSA/U of Michigan payload for meteorological studies. S/S
1971	20 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.492GM for meteorological studies. S/S
1971	20 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.475UI to study the ionosphere. S/S
1971	20 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.476UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	20 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.477UI on ionosphere mission. S/S
1971	20 Aug		ATHENA	Green River		V131D on re-entry test flight
1971	22 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Sondre Stromfjord	225 km	Greenland firing by DK. S/S
1971	24 Aug	0905	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1017 was MRN met firing
1971	24 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Sondre Stromfjord	225 km	Greenland launch by DK
1971	25 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	26 Aug		KAPPA-9M-33	Kagoshima ?
1971	27 Aug	0900	BOOSTED-ARCAS	Poker Flat		NSF payload
1971	01 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1971	02 Sep		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.434GE for particles & fields. S/S
1971	03 Sep		LAMBDA-3H-7	Kagoshima
1971	04 Sep		BLACK-BRANT-3B	Resolute Bay		22.001UE fired at Resolute Bay to study particles and fields. S/S
1971	05 Sep		BLACK-BRANT-3B	Resolute Bay		22.002UE for particles & fields. S/S
1971	06 Sep	0135	S-B-III-A14	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1971	07 Sep		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	170 km	14.493CA for atmosphere studies using Ba cloud & Li cloud which glowed greenish-white turning to blue. Observed from high flying aircraft. S/S
1971	08 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	10 Sep	0647	LS-C5	Tanegashima		Rocket performance & control system
1971	11 Sep	0145	S-B-III-A15	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1971	13 Sep		S-210-JA-5	Syowa	115 km	Electron density/temperature/UV studies.
1971	13 Sep		CENTAURE
1971	13 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	18 km	P74H with ionosphere study payload, but rocket failed. F/F
1971	14 Sep		DAUPHIN
1971	15 Sep		SKUA	South Uist	82 km	SK.38H to study electrons in the D-layer of the atmosphere. S/S
1971	15 Sep	1435	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1971	16 Sep		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	170 km	14.494CA for atmosphere studies using Ba cloud & Li cloud which glowed greenish-white turning to blue. Observed from high flying aircraft. S/S
1971	16 Sep		ATHENA	Green River		V126D on re-entry test flight
1971	17 Sep	0640	JCR-6	Tanegashima		Rocket performance & control system
1971	17 Sep		DAUPHIN	Kourou		DAU.005 for astronomy study with payload called "PHARE". S/S
1971	19 Sep		CENTAURE	Kourou		CE.133 to study aeronomy. S/S
1971	19 Sep		CENTAURE	Kourou
1971	19 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	125 km	10.348GM for study of wind & pressure/temperature/neutral density. S/S
1971	20 Sep	0918	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1018 in MRN firing campaign
1971	20 Sep		CENTAURE	Kourou		CE.132 on aeronomy flight. F
1971	20 Sep		CENTAURE	Kourou		CE.146 to make atmosphere study. F
1971	20 Sep		SCOUT-B	Wallops Island	31600 km	German payload released Barium ion cloud high above the Atlantic Ocean.
1971	20 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	122 km	10.349GM to study wind & pressure/temperature/neutral density. F?/F
1971	20 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	115 km	10.354GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	20 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	117 km	10.352GM to make meteorology study. S/S
1971	20 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	118 km	10.350GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	20 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	116 km	10.353GM for wind & pressure/temp/neutral density measurements. S/S
1971	21 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	117 km	10.355GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	21 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	114 km	10.356GM for meteorology study. S/S
1971	21 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	118 km	10.357GM on meteorology mission. S/S
1971	21 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	118 km	10.358GM to study meteorology. S/S
1971	21 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	116 km	10.359GM for meteorology payload. S/S
1971	21 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	116 km	10.360GM on meteorology flight. S/S
1971	22 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou	118 km	10.351GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	22 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	137 km	P121H for ionosphere & astronomy. S/S
1971	22 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1971	22 Sep		NIKE-CAJUN			?
1971	24 Sep		S-210-JA-2	Syowa	138 km	Study of aurora australis
1971	24 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	125 km	P122H for ionosphere & astronomy. S/S
1971	25 Sep	1600	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-1 with AFCRL payload. S/P
1971	27 Sep	0230	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	223 km	SL-1002 for X-ray astronomy with lunar occultation to determine size of GX3-1 source.
1971	28 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	142 km	P49H for atmosphere study. S/S
1971	29 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1971	29 Sep	1600	SKYLARK-3	Woomera		S47/2 for astrophotography. S/S
1971	01 Oct	0845	MR-12	Volgograd		Solar radiation study
1971	05 Oct		NASA sounding rocket	Wallops Island	272 km	A08.103-2 for neutral density and composition.
1971	05 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	188.5 km	A07.913-6A for neutral density and composition.
1971	05 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	117 km	A07.101-5 for neutral density & comp.
1971	05 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	232 km	A07.102-4 with payload to study neutral density and composition.
1971	06 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	222 km	A07.913-6 for neutral density & comp
1971	06 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	120 km	A07.902-6 for ion composition
1971	06 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	117.5 km	A07.101-3 for ion composition
1971	06 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	119 km	A07.101-4 for ion composition
1971	06 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	117 km	A07.101-2 for ion composition
1971	06 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1971	07 Oct	0830	MR-12	Volgograd		Solar radiation measurements
1971	07 Oct	0940	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	233 km or 230 km	SL-973 carried payload to make X-ray astronomy studies.
1971	07 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Wallops Island	119 km	A07.101-6 for neutral density & comp
1971	09/10 Oct		ROHINI-125	Sriharikota
1971	09/10 Oct		ROHINI-125	Sriharikota
1971	09/10 Oct		ROHINI-125	Sriharikota
1971	12 Oct		SKYLARK-3	Woomera		S.81 payload
1971	13 Oct		NIKE-CAJUN	WSPG		10.378GI for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	13 Oct		NIKE-CAJUN	WSPG		10.379GI to study ionosphere. S/S
1971	13 Oct		ARCAS	WSPG		15.015GI for ionosphere. S/S
1971	13 Oct	1501	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1971	14 Oct		SKUA	South Uist	91 km	SK41H to study electrons in the D-layer of the atmosphere. S/S
1971	16 Oct	0331	AEROBEE-150	WSPG		3.901-1 with AFCRL electron beam experiment. S/S
1971	16 Oct		ERIDAN	Kourou		E.07 on space astronomy test flight. S/P
1971	18 Oct	0938	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1019 was an MRN met firing
1971	18 Oct		CENTAURE	Kourou		CE.154 carried Indian payload. S/S
1971	19 Oct		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.113GT on technology flight. S/S
1971	20 Oct		JABIRU	Woomera		J-1/2 on first flight - for re-entry research launch. S/S
1971	20 Oct		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	20 Oct		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra		S-89 payload for solar astronomy. S/F
1971	20 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	?	Meteorology - no radar data
1971	23 Oct		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.063UG with CIT astronomy head. S/S
1971	24 Oct	1135	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	245 km	SL-974 used the Moon for occultation observation of GX3-1 x-ray source.
1971	24 Oct	1630	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-5 fired in Greenland for the AFCRL/SCA. S/S
1971	27 Oct		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.056GG on astronomy mission. S/S
1971	27 Oct	1650	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	03 Nov		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	03 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	92 km	Meteorology
1971	04 Nov	0502	ARCAS	Wallops Island		ARCAS-71-6 for AFCRL/SID. S/P
1971	08 Nov	0954	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1022 was MRN met firing
1971	10 Nov		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	10 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1971	16 Nov		SKYLARK-2	Salto di Quirra		S-44/2 payload carried
1971	17 Nov		PETREL	Somniani	130 km	P123S/C for atmosphere studies. S/S
1971	17 Nov		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	San Marco Platform		18.103GA for atmosphere studies. S/S
1971	17 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1971	19 Nov		SKUA	South Uist		SK42H to study electrons in the D-layer. S/S
1971	20 Nov		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.057GG on astronomy mission. S/S
1971	20 Nov		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.058GG for astronomy. F?/S?
1971	22 Nov		CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.78/2 with ESRO payload
1971	23 Nov		AEROBEE	Point Arguello		NIKE-boosted "CHASER" fired to follow MINUTEMAN-3 for exhaust studies.
1971	24 Nov		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	24 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1971	25 Nov		PETREL	Somniani		P124S/C for atmosphere study. S/S
1971	25 Nov		SKYLARK	Kiruna		S-70/2 to study ionosphere. S/S
1971	30 Nov	0559	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	193 km	SL-1101 for solar astronomy
1971	01 Dec		PETREL	South Uist		P80H to study ionosphere. S/S
1971	01 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1971	02 Dec		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	03 Dec		S-210-JA-6	Syowa	131 km	Electron density/UV emissions
1971	03 Dec		PETREL	South Uist		P82H for ionosphere study. S/S
1971	04 Dec		JABIRU-1	Woomera		J.2 on re-entry test flight. S/S
1971	06 Dec		PETREL	South Uist		P83H on ionosphere flight. S/F
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Point Barrow		14.495UM for meteorology. S/S
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.384GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Point Barrow		14.496UM studied meteorology. S/S
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Point Barrow		14.497UM for meteorology. S/S
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Point Barrow		14.498UM for meteorology. S/S
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.385GM with meteorology payload. S/S
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.392GM studied meteorology. S/S
1971	06 Dec		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.394GM for meteorology. S/S
1971	07 Dec		PETREL	South Uist		P84H for ionosphere study. S/P
1971	08 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1971	09 Dec		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	10 Dec	0430	SKYLARK	Woomera	198 km	SL-903 for X-ray astronomy
1971	10 Dec		PETREL	South Uist		P119H for ionosphere studies. S/S
1971	14 Dec		SKYLARK-2	Salto di Quirra	151 km	S-82 payload
1971	15 Dec	1032	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1025 fired in MRN programme
1971	15 Dec		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	15 Dec	1530	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1971	15? Dec		Soviet met-rocket	Ship		Off Kourou, in project with the VERONIQUE fired on 16th December.
1971	16? Dec		Soviet met-rocket	Ship		Off Kourou
1971	16 Dec		VERONIQUE-61M	Kourou		Solar pointing device/geophysics experiments/Soviet mass spectrometer/ionosphere studies.
1971	22 Dec	1530	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1971	23 Dec		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1971	26 Dec	0654	MR-12	Volgograd		Solar radiation studies
1971	29 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	92 km	Meteorology
1972	04 Jan	1344	PETREL	Thumba	167 km	P78T/C/18.01 released Barium/Strontium trail beginning at 155 km. S/S
1972	05 Jan	0200	MT-135P	Ryori		Temps & winds in MRN programme
1972	05 Jan	1503	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1972	05 Jan	1342	SKUA-2	Thumba	1.7 km	SK30T/C/16.14 carried shaped Barium charges to study electric fields, but rocket failed. F/F
1972	06 Jan	1344	PETREL	Thumba	127 km	P95T/C/18.02 with Ba/Str release, which began at 124 km, over & down. S/S
1972	06 Jan	1837	ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.91UI to study absorption in the ionosphere. S/S
1972	07 Jan	1341	PETREL	Thumba	157 km	P77T/C/18.03 Ba/Str release began at apogee for descent. S/S
1972	12 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Andoya		14.383AE with NOAA payload to study particles & fields. S/S
1972	12 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya	192 km	F.29/18.135IE for particles & fields study with "ELECTRA-1" payload. S/S
1972	14 Jan	1843	PETREL	Thumba	128 km	P89T/C/18.04 with India/UK payload to study charged particles. S/?
1972	15 Jan		PETREL	South Uist	147 km	P85H for ionosphere & atmosphere. S/S
1972	15 Jan		ARCAS	Fort Churchill		15.97UI for ionosphere. S/S
1972	15 Jan		ARCAS	Fort Churchill		15.98UI studied ionosphere. S/S
1972	15 Jan	1804	SKUA	South Uist	87 km	SK43H for atmosphere & geophysics. S/S
1972	18 Jan	0107	SKUA-2	Thumba	40 km	SK31T/C with Barium charges - no ejection and low altitude. P/F
1972	18 Jan	0605	PETREL	Thumba	23 km	P88T/C with India/UK payload of Langmuir probe/charged particles. F/F
1972	19 Jan	0200	MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	19 Jan	1501	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Jan	1510	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing in Brazil
1972	21 Jan	1902	CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.76/1 with ESRO payload
1972	22 Jan	0058	CENTAURE	Kiruna		C.76/2 carried ESRO payload
1972	22 Jan		PETREL	South Uist	142 km	P107H for ionosphere & astronomy. S/S
1972	26 Jan	1825	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1972	27 Jan		BLACK-BRANT-5C	Wallops Island		21.006GT on technology flight. S/S
1972	28 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.419UA for atmosphere studies. S/F
1972	31 Jan		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.93UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1972	31 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.440UI studied ionosphere. S/S
1972	31 Jan	1325	SKUA-2	Thumba	79.5 km	SK32T/C/16.16 with Barium shaped charges to release in the D-layer, but no ejection. S/F
1972	Feb		KANGAROO	WSPG	122 km	Rocket completed and dart separated at 7 km and 7 seconds, then was radar tracked over apogee and descent.
1972	02 Feb	0200	MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	02 Feb	0600	PETREL	Thumba	135.5 km	P110T with India/UK payload to study electron density with Rubidium vapour magnetometer. S/S
1972	02 Feb	0656	MT-135P-T1	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1972	02 Feb	1125	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.111UE for particles & fields. S/F
1972	02 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1972	03 Feb	1027	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1023 was an MRN met firing
1972	03 Feb	1355	BLACK-BRANT-5	Natal		German payload for AEROS project
1972	03 Feb		TERRIER-RECRUIT
1972	05 Feb	0630	PETREL	Thumba	139 km	P59T with India/UK payload to study electron density with Rb-vapour magnetometer. S/S
1972	06 Feb	0635	JCR-7	Tanegashima		Rocket performance/control system/telemetry tests.
1972	06 Feb		NIKE-IRIQUOIS
1972	07 Feb	0645	MT-135P	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1972	07 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Kiruna	180 km	S.7-1/18.131IA studied atmosphere. S/S
1972	09 Feb	0200	MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	09 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	?	Met shot - no radar data
1972	10 Feb		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Wallops Island	850 km	8.060AE with TRW payload to study particles and fields. S/S or S/F?
1972	11 Feb	0212	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	104 km	Study of the turbopause
1972	11 Feb		S-210-JA-12	Kagoshima ?
1972	13 Feb	1325	PETREL	Thumba	137 km	P60T/C/18.08 carried Rubidium-vapour magnetometer. S/S
1972	14 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		F.31/18.137IE carried "PROTON-1" payload for particles & fields. S/S
1972	15 Feb		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.486UA for atmosphere studies. S/S
1972	16 Feb	1433	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1972	17 Feb		S-210-7	Kagoshima ?
1972	17 Feb		PETREL	South Uist	134 km	P111H for ionosphere study. S/S
1972	17 Feb		TERRIER-RECRUIT
1972	17 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1972	18 Feb	0125	MR-12	Heiss Island		Ionosphere and meteorology
1972	18 Feb		KAPPA-9M-39	Kagoshima ?
1972	18 Feb		PETREL	South Uist		P117H for ionosphere study. S/F
1972	19 Feb		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.082UG on astronomy mission. S/S
1972	21 Feb	1227	MR-12	Heiss Island		Ionosphere & meteorology
1972	22 Feb		KAPPA-9M-38	Kagoshima ?
1972	23 Feb	0200	MT-135P	Ryori		Temps & winds in MRN programme
1972	23 Feb	1006	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1024 was MRN met firing
1972	23 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1972	25 Feb	0723	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.112UE for particles & fields. S/S
1972	28 Feb	0554	SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	242 km	S-84 payload by Bonn U/Brussels Space Research Council/Munich Met Institute.
1972	28 Feb	0947	SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	251 km	S-90 payload as earlier in day
1972	29 Feb		NIKE			Sounding launch?
1972	01 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	?	Meteorology - wind data from 40 km down to 6 km.
1972	02 Mar	0117	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met launch
1972	02 Mar	2226	SKYLARK	Kiruna	237 km	S-77/1 was ESRO payload for aurora. S/S
1972	03 Mar		BLACK-BRANT-5			May be 03 Feb launch?
1972	04 Mar	1740	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	116 km	Turbopause study
1972	04 Mar	2244	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	110 km	Turbopause study launch
1972	05 Mar	1435	DUAL-HAWK	Thumba	?	Payload of Barium cloud and a capacitance probe by Germany's MPE. F/F
1972	06 Mar	1214	ASTROBEE-D	Poker Flat		A30.205-3 with AFCRL payload in the "ICECAP-72" programme. S/S
1972	07 Mar	0516	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.141GE for particles & fields with Barium release. S/S
1972	07 Mar	0652	SANDHAWK-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia 152-188 rocket with Barium release
1972	07 Mar	1426	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.142GE for particles & fields with Barium release. S/S
1972	08 Mar	1032	BLACK-BRANT-5	Natal		German payload in AEROS programme
1972	08 Mar	1800	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1972	09 Mar		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & wind
1972	09 Mar	1052	ASTROBEE-D	Poker Flat		A30.205-4 in "ICECAP-72" programme
1972	09 Mar	1408	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.143GE for particles & fields with Barium release. S/S
1972	09 Mar		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.073UE for particles & fields. S/F
1972	11 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG	123 km	14.487UA for airglow & aurora
1972	11 Mar	1438	DUAL-HAWK	Thumba	?	German payload of Barium release and capacitance probe; rocket failed. F/F
1972	13 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	San Marco Platform	c.185 km	Launched off Kenyan coast, deployed Na cloud
1972	14 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	San Marco Platform	c.185 km	Platform launch, deployed Na cloud
1972	15 Mar	0200	MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & wind
1972	15 Mar		MT-135	Wallops Island ?		Pre-series check flight?
1972	15 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	San Marco Platform	c.185 km	Fired from platform off Kenya, Na cloud release
1972	15 Mar	1504	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1972	15 Mar	2033	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	60 km	Meteorology in day-time
1972	15 Mar	2043	MT-135	Wallops Island	59 km	Meteorology - day
1972	15 Mar	2108	SUPER-ARCAS	Wallops Island	68 km	Meteorology with French payload - day
1972	15 Mar	2300	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	62 km	Meteorology - day
1972	16 Mar	0016	MT-135	Wallops Island	53 km	Met with Japanese payload - day
1972	16 Mar	0026	SUPER-ARCAS	Wallops Island	61 km	Meteorology with French payload - day
1972	16 Mar	0051	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	61 km	Meteorology with USA payload - day
1972	16 Mar	0200	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	61 km	Meteorology - day
1972	16 Mar	0218	MT-135	Wallops Island	55 km	Meteorology - day
1972	16 Mar	0230	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	259.5 km	SL-1023 for ionosphere studies
1972	16 Mar		MT-135P-T1	Tanegashima ?		Meteorology test launch
1972	16 Mar	0515	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	62 km	Meteorology - night
1972	16 Mar	0525	MT-135	Wallops Island	-	Meteorology - night; launch failure
1972	16 Mar	0539	SUPER-ARCAS	Wallops Island	73 km	Meteorology - night
1972	16 Mar	0650	MT-135	Wallops Island	42 km	Meteorology - night
1972	16 Mar	0719	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	61 km	Meteorology - night
1972	16 Mar	0727	SUPER-ARCAS	Wallops Island	-	Meteorology - night; launch failure
1972	16 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	San Marco Platform	c.185 km	Fired off-shore at Kenya, deployed Na cloud
1972	16 Mar	0954	TERRIER-SANDHAWK	Poker Flat		CARIBOU-VI by Sandia. S/F
1972	16 Mar	1016	BLACK-BRANT-5	Poker Flat		A17.110-3 with AFCRL payload for multiple auroral studies in "ICECAP-72". S/S
1972	16 Mar	2000	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	58 km	Meteorology - day
1972	16 Mar	2015	MT-135	Wallops Island	-	Met - day; launch failure
1972	17 Mar	0510	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	237 km	SL-1009 for solar astronomy
1972	17 Mar		ATHENA-H	Green River		H003 on Flight No133 for re-entry test flight.
1972	17 Mar		AEROBEE-150	Fort Churchill		4.320UA with JHU payload to make studies of the atmosphere. S/S
1972	17 Mar	0939	TERRIER-SANDHAWK	Poker Flat		CARIBOU-VI by Sandia. S/F
1972	17 Mar		TERRIER-RECRUIT
1972	17 Mar	1556	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	110 km	Turbopause investigation
1972	17 Mar	2200	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	62 km	Meteorology - day
1972	17 Mar	2234	MT-135	Wallops Island	-	Met - day firing; launch failure
1972	18 Mar		TIBERE	Landes		TB.02 on second launch - for re-entry test flight. ELECTRE experiment. S/S
1972	18 Mar	1903	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		UA-1 for National SF
1972	20 Mar	2316	MT-135P	Wallops Island	65 km	Meteorology - day
1972	20 Mar	2327	SUPER-ARCAS	Wallops Island	-	Meteorology by day, with French payload, rocket failed.
1972	20 Mar	2232	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	58 km	Meteorology - day
1972	20 Mar	2359	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	58 km	Meteorology by day
1972	21 Mar	0100	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	59 km	Met - day firing
1972	21 Mar	0132	MT-135P	Wallops Island	46 km	Meteorology by day
1972	21 Mar	0145	SUPER-ARCAS	Wallops Island	70 km	Meteorology with French payload - day
1972	21 Mar		MT-135P			?
1972	21 Mar	0150	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	21 Mar	0556	MT-135	Wallops Island	64 km	Meteorology by night
1972	21 Mar	0633	LOKI-DART	Wallops Island	56 km	Met firing - night
1972	21 Mar	0646	SUPER-ARCAS	Wallops Island	65 km	Meteorology - night, with French payload
1972	21 Mar	0837	BLACK-BRANT-3A	Fort Churchill		AMF-3A-52 with study by PCA
1972	22 Mar	0933	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1026 was an MRN firing
1972	22 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Andoya		F.28 launch
1972	22 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	San Marco Platform		Launch off Kenyan coast for ionosphere research
1972	22 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1972	22 Mar		TERRIER-RECRUIT
1972	23 Mar		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature and wind
1972	24 Mar	0204	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met launch
1972	24 Mar	2331	SKYLARK-2	Salto di Quirra	136 km	S-75/1 payload, as that fired on 28 February 1972.
1972	25 Mar		NIKE-JAVELIN	Wallops Island	100 km?	S/S
1972	27 Mar	0000	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	297 km	SL-1081 carried 170 kg payload with cameras for remote sensing. S/S
1972	27 Mar		NIKE-JAVELIN	Wallops Island	100 km?	S/S
1972	28 Mar	1212	PAIUTE-APACHE	Poker Flat		NSF payload. F/F
1972	29 Mar	0100	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN meteorological firing
1972	29 Mar	2024	BULLPUP-APACHE	Poker Flat		National SF/University of Denver
1972	29 Mar		NIKE-JAVELIN	Wallops Island	100 km?	S/S
1972	29 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1972	30 Mar	0125	SKYLARK-4	Salto di Quirra	133 km	S-75/2 payload as on 28 February
1972	31 Mar		AEROBEE-150	Fort Churchill		4.329UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1972	01 Apr		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.027CG on astronomy mission. S/S
1972	03 Apr		NIKE-JAVELIN	Wallops Island	100 km?	S/S
1972	03 Apr		NIKE-JAVELIN	Wallops Island	100 km?	S/S
1972	05 Apr	0206	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	05 Apr	0723	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	112 km	Turbopause study flight
1972	05 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1972	07 Apr	0235	ASTROBEE-F	Poker Flat		A-frame destruction test
1972	07 Apr	0730	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	148 km	10.43/14.412IP carried Langmuir probe/UV and Lyman-a detectors/resonance probe/radio propagation test.
1972	12 Apr	0101	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN synoptic firing
1972	12 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	?	Met - no radar data
1972	13 Apr	0204	MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures and winds
1972	14 Apr	0430	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-A2 with AFCRL payload, but the telemetry failed. S/F
1972	15 Apr	0716	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-70-6 for PCA by AFCRL
1972	15 Apr	0730	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	90 km	Turbopause study
1972	16 Apr		S-160JA-4	Syowa	86 km	Electron density measurements
1972	18 Apr	0100	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	19 Apr	0212	MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1972	19 Apr		SKUA	South Uist	87 km	SK45H for geophysics payload. S/S
1972	19 Apr	1001	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1027 was MRN met firing
1972	19 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1972	21 Apr		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.208UA to study atmosphere. S/F
1972	24 Apr		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.015CS with Lockheed payload to study solar physics. S/S
1972	26 Apr	0100	COCKATOO	Woomera		Meteorology in MRN programme
1972	26 Apr	0200	MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	26 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	?	Meteorology - no radar data
1972	03 May	1432	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met rocket launch
1972	03 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	92 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1972	04 May	1527	ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.091GM for meteorology. S/S
1972	10 May	0100	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	10 May	1657	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology - parachute failed
1972	12 May	1338	ARCAS	Wallops Island	84 km	15.95UT to study wave propagation and electron density.
1972	12 May		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	185 km	14.509UI for ionosphere study
1972	12 May		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.019DG with NRL payload to study galactic astronomy. S/S
1972	13 May		S-210-JA-9	Syowa	129 km	Auroral emissions/electron density and temperature/magnetic fields.
1972	15 May		S-210-JA-10	Syowa	115 km	Auroral emissions/electron density and temperature/magnetic fields.
1972	16 May	1511	ARCAS	Antigua	52 km	15.099GM fired in the West Indies for neutral composition/engineering. S/S
1972	17 May	0100	BLACK-BRANT-4B	Fort Churchill	660 km	APF-IVB-26 for solar X-rays
1972	17 May		SKUA	South Uist	93 km	SK44H for geophysics. S/S
1972	17 May		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow	110 km	10.397GM for wind & pressure/temp/neutral composition. S/S
1972	17 May		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow	84.6 km	10.395GM for neutral composition. S/S
1972	17 May		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow	127 km	10.393GM for neutral composition. S/S
1972	17 May		NIKE-CAJUN	Point Barrow		10.398GM for meteorology. S/S
1972	17 May	1535	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1972	18 May	0837	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1030 was a met firing
1972	18 May	1432	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1972	19 May		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.037UG for MIT astronomy. S/S
1972	19 May		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.009GG for astronomy payload. S/S
1972	23 May		ARCAS	Antigua	55.8 km	15.100GM for neutral composition and engineering tests. S/S
1972	24 May	0107	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	29 May	1034	COCKATOO	Woomera	120 km	CK.1014 for met studies
1972	31 May	1444	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1972	31 May	1507	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1972	31 May		NIKE-CAJUN	Andoya	110.5 km	F.33/10.391UI to study ionosphere and particles. S/S
1972	31 May		NIKE-APACHE	Andoya	154 km	F.34/14.485UI to study atmosphere/ionosphere/particles/rocket performance. S/S
1972	31 May		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.001US for solar physics. S/F
1972	07 Jun	0133	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN rocket firing
1972	07 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1972	09 Jun		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.059GG on astronomy mission. S/S
1972	09 Jun		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.008UG with astronomy payload. S/S
1972	10 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG	164 km	14.415UG with international (Australia/Norway/W.Germany/USA(CIT)) payload to make X-ray observations. S/S
1972	13 Jun		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.066US for solar physics. S/F
1972	14 Jun	1434	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met launch
1972	14 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1972	15 Jun	0831	COCKATOO	Woomera		CK.1033 was an MRN firing
1972	20 Jun		AEROBEE	Point Arguello		NIKE-boosted AEROBEE fired as "CHASER" to follow a MINUTEMAN-3 to study the exhaust effects.
1972	21 Jun		AEROBEE-150	WSPG		4.304NA for atmosphere studies. S/S
1972	21 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1972	22 Jun		BADGER-5	Aberporth		Aerodynamics flight with wings
1972	25 Jun	1447	SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra	213 km	S-91 payload for X-ray astronomy
1972	27 Jun		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.005US for solar physics. S/S
1972	28 Jun	1510	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1972	30 Jun	0100	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN meteorology firing
1972	01 Jul	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	94 km	Winds/pressures/temperatures
1972	01 Jul		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzkov ship launched met rocket
1972	03 Jul	0810	NIKE-APACHE	El Arenosillo	122 km	14.483GI for ion comp & density. S/S
1972	03 Jul		M-100	Ship	89 km	Ship-launched from Shirzkov
1972	05 Jul	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	88 km	Meteorology
1972	05 Jul		SKYLARK-6	Woomera		SL-1191 tested new BAC launcher. S/S
1972	05 Jul	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	87 km	Meteorology
1972	05 Jul	1432	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1972	05 Jul	1502	M-100	Thumba	86.5 km	Meteorology
1972	06 Jul		M-100	Ship	83 km	Met firing from Shirzkov ship
1972	06 Jul	0809	NIKE-CAJUN	El Arenosillo	85 km	10.408GI for ion density & comp. S/S
1972	07 Jul		M-100	Ship	90 km	Met firing from Shirzkov ship
1972	08 Jul		M-100	Ship	83 km	Shirzkov ship launch
1972	09 Jul		M-100	Ship	84 km	Shirzkov ship launch
1972	10 Jul		M-100	Ship	91 km	Ship - Shirzkov launched
1972	10 Jul		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.028CS for solar physics study. S/F
1972	10 Jul		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.080DS for NRL solar study. S/S
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	East Quoddy	152 km	AAF-IIIA-62 for ionosphere/solar physics payload.
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	East Quoddy	144 km	AAF-IIIA-61 for ionosphere/solar physics payload.
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	East Quoddy	148 km	AAF-IIIA-60 for ionosphere/solar physics payload.
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	East Quoddy	143 km	AAF-IIIA-59 for ionosphere/solar physics payload.
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	Fort Churchill	103 km	AAF-IIIA-57 for airglow/temperature/astronomy payload.
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	Fort Churchill	97 km	AAF-IIIA-56 for airglow/temperature/astronomy payload.
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	Fort Churchill	-	AAF-IIIA-58 for airglow/temperature/astronomy payload.
1972	10 Jul		BLACK-BRANT-3A	Fort Churchill	106 km	ADD-IIIA-55 for airglow/temperature/astronomy payload.
1972	10 Jul	1851	TERRIER-SANDHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia - 281/28 for solar eclipse payload - recovered.
1972	12 Jul	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	88 km	Meteorology
1972	12 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	86.5 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Jul		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzkov ship launched met
1972	14 Jul		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.004UG on astronomy mission. S/S
1972	15 Jul		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzkov ship launched met rocket
1972	16 Jul		M-100	Ship	90 km	Met rocket fired from Shirzkov ship
1972	19 Jul	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	89 km	Meteorology
1972	19 Jul	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	85 km	Meteorology
1972	19 Jul	1430	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1972	19 Jul	1535	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Met - temp data from 25-9 km only
1972	22 Jul		BADGER-5	Aberporth		Aerodynamics flight with wings
1972	22 Jul	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	91 km	Meteorology
1972	26 Jul	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	86 km	Meteorology
1972	26 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	88.5 km	Met firing - no temp data
1972	26 Jul		M-100	Heiss Island	88 km	Meteorology
1972	26 Jul		M-100	Ship	88 km	Shirzkov ship launch
1972	27 Jul		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.031 US for solar physics. S/S
1972	28 Jul	1859	TRAILBLAZER-2	Wallops Island	314 km	A21.011-1 tested communications systems during re-entry phase.
1972	31 Jul		M-100	Ship	88 km	Met roc fired from Shirzkov ship
1972	01 Aug		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzkov ship launch
1972	02 Aug	0115	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met launch
1972	02 Aug	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	94 km	Meteorology
1972	02 Aug	1514	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1972	02 Aug		M-100	Heiss Island	91 km	Meteorology
1972	02 Aug	1800	M-100	Volgograd	89 km	Meteorology
1972	04 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill	159 km	14.489GE with Canada/USA payload to study energetic particles. S/S
1972	04 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.490GE for particles & fields. F/F
1972	04 Aug	1900	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-5P with AFCRL study of PCA. S/S
1972	05 Aug		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.030CG on astronomy mission. S/F
1972	05 Aug	2302	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-A3 with AFCRL study of PCA, but DCP telemetry failed. S/F
1972	06 Aug	0024	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-6P for AFCRL study of PCA and PRC. S/F
1972	06 Aug	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1972	07 Aug		S-210-JA-11	Syowa	125.9 km	Aurora Australis/electron density/magnetic field
1972	08 Aug	0115	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	08 Aug		M-100	Ship	91 km	Firing from Shirzkov ship
1972	08 Aug	2359	ARCAS	Thule		ARCAS-71-A1 for AFCRL study of PCA, with DCProbe instrument. S/P
1972	09 Aug	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	93 km	Meteorology
1972	09 Aug		M-100	Ship	92 km	Shirzkov ship launch
1972	09 Aug	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	90 km	Meteorology
1972	09 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1972	10 Aug	0200	M-100	Volgograd	90 km	Meteorology
1972	10 Aug		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.038UG for MIT astronomy head. S/F
1972	10 Aug		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.023UG on astronomy mission. S/S
1972	11 Aug		S-210-JA-8	Syowa	127 km	Electron temperature/magnetic fields after Antarctica launch.
1972	12 Aug	0245	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	150 km	05.14 with Langmuir probe and impedance probe payload. S/S
1972	12 Aug	0440 ?	ATHENA-H	Green River		H004 on Flight no134 for re-entry
1972	12 Aug		M-100	Ship	88 km	Shirzkov launched met flight
1972	13 Aug		M-100	Ship	88 km	Met firing from Shirzkov
1972	14 Aug	0110	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	14 Aug		M-100	Ship	91 km	Shirzkov met firing
1972	16 Aug	0200	M-100	Volgograd	92 km	Meteorology
1972	16 Aug	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	90 km	Meteorology
1972	16 Aug		TERRIER-RECRUIT
1972	16 Aug	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	90 km	Meteorology
1972	16 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1972	17 Aug	1032	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	151 km	05.16 carried impedance probe. S/S
1972	18 Aug		AEROBEE ?	WSPG	171 km	A04.004-8 for astronomy payload
1972	20 Aug	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	92 km	Meteorology
1972	22 Aug	0100	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met firing
1972	23 Aug	0100	M-100	Volgograd	90 km	Meteorology
1972	23 Aug	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	88 km	Meteorology
1972	24 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	87.5 km	Met shot - no temp data
1972	29 Aug		PETREL	South Uist	unknown	P118H for ion/electron temp. S/F
1972	29 Aug		PETREL	South Uist	135 km	P130H for ion & electron temperature/extreme UV study/X-ray detectors. S/S
1972	30 Aug	0130	MT-135P-T3	Tanegashima		Met firing - launch failure
1972	30 Aug	0151	COCKATOO	Woomera		MRN met launch
1972	30 Aug	0100	M-100	Volgograd	91 km	Meteorology
1972	30 Aug	1431	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1972	30 Aug	0615	MT-135P-T4	Tanegashima		meteorology
1972	30 Aug	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	90 km	Meteorology
1972	30 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1972	30 Aug		PETREL	South Uist	118 km	P75H for ion/electron temperature. S/S
1972	31 Aug		PETREL	South Uist	146 km	P108H for ion/electron temps. S/S
1972	31 Aug		PETREL	South Uist	26 km	P76H for ion/electron temps. F/F
1972	01 Sep		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.047UA with JHU aeronomy head. S/S
1972	05 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1972	06 Sep		M-100	Heiss Island	84 km	Meteorology
1972	06 Sep	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	83 km	Meteorology
1972	06 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1972	07 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1972	08 Sep		M-100	Heiss Island	85 km	Meteorology
1972	11 Sep		M-100	Heiss Island	87 km	Meteorology
1972	12 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1972	12 Sep		KAPPA-10-8-1 ?	Kagoshima	259 km	IR & X-ray astronomy
1972	12 Sep		KAPPA-10-8-2 ?	Kagoshima	259 km	IR & X-ray astronomy
1972	12 Sep		KAPPA-10-8-3 ?	Kagoshima	259 km	IR & X-ray astronomy
1972	12 Sep		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Fort Churchill	445 km	8.062GE for particles & fields. S/F
1972	13 Sep		M-100	Heiss Island	91 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Sep	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Sep	1430	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1972	13 Sep	1727	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1972	14 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	88 km	Meteorology
1972	16 Sep		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.039UG with MIT astronomy head. S/S
1972	17 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	89 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	89 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	89 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Sep	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	87 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Sep	1505	M-100	Thumba	85.5 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Sep		M-100	Heiss Island	90 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Sep		KAPPA-9M-40-1 ?	Kagoshima	326 km	Ion & electron temperature
1972	20 Sep		KAPPA-9M-40-2 ?	Kagoshima	326 km	Ion & electron temperature
1972	20 Sep		KAPPA-9M-40-3 ?	Kagoshima	326 km	Ion & electron temperature
1972	24 Sep	1505	BLACK-BRANT	Fort Churchill	126 km	A17.110-2 with AFCRL payload for ion/electron absorption in the aurora. S/S
1972	24 Sep	2150	SKYLARK-4	Kiruna	227 km	S-77/2 to study ion production in the aurora by Germany/France/Sweden. S/S
1972	25 Sep	0605	LS-C6	Tanegashima		Rocket performance/control system
1972	25 Sep	2024	BLACK-BRANT-5C	Fort Churchill		A17.110-1/21.005UE to make studies of auroral zone absorption. S/S
1972	26 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1972	26 Sep		ASTROBEE-F	Wallops Island		12.020GT on special test flight. S/S
1972	27 Sep		KAPPA-9M-32	Kagoshima ?
1972	27 Sep		M-100	Heiss Island	93 km	Meteorology
1972	27 Sep	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	93 km	Meteorology
1972	27 Sep	1434	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1972	27 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1972	03 Oct		M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1972	04 Oct		M-100	Heiss Island	90 km	Meteorology
1972	04 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1972	04 Oct	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	87 km	Meteorology
1972	05 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	?	P127A with UK/Norway payload to study particles/aurora/electron temperature and density/extreme UV emissions. S/P
1972	07 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	?	P42A, with UK/Norway payload to study particles/aurora/electron temperature and density/extreme UV emissions. S/P
1972	08 Oct		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna	109 km	NA-3/14.499UA with German/Swedish/USA payload for ion & electron temperature/micrometeorite collection. S/S
1972	09 Oct	1251	SANDHAWK-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia - 152/191 with Ba release.
1972	09 Oct		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna	109 km	NA-4/14.501UA with German/Swedish/USA ion & electron density payload. S/S
1972	10 Oct		SKUA	Andoya		S.19A payload. S/S
1972	10 Oct	1400	PETREL	Andoya	unknown	P55A with UK payload to study wave propagation/ion density & production. S/P
1972	10 Oct		M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1972	11 Oct		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & wind
1972	11 Oct		AEROBEE	Point Arguello		NIKE-boosted AEROBEE, fired as a "Chaser" after a TITAN-2 launch.
1972	11 Oct		SANDHAWK-TOMAHAWK	Chamical		Fired in Argentina
1972	11 Oct		M-100	Heiss Island	96 km	Meteorology
1972	11 Oct	1313	SANDHAWK-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia - 152/192 with Ba release. F/F
1972	11 Oct	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	93 km	Meteorology
1972	11 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Met firing - no temp data
1972	12 Oct		SKUA-2	Andoya		S.19A payload studied the D-layer. S/S
1972	12 Oct		NIKE-APACHE	Thumba		Payload called "ELECTROJET"
1972	12 Oct		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna	109 km	NA-5/14.502UA with W.Ger/Swe/USA payload for electron density/micro-meteorite collection. S/S
1972	13 Oct	0026	SKYLARK-4	Kiruna	207 km	S-105 payload by ESRO for aurora/winds, temps, neutral comp/electron density and temperature. S/S
1972	13 Oct	0339	NIKE-APACHE	Poker Flat	?	14.506CA for study of winds. TMA release. F/F
1972	13 Oct	0727	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	120 km	05.17 with electric field probe. S/S
1972	13 Oct	0759	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	148 km	10.44 studied the ionosphere. S/S
1972	13 Oct		SKUA
1972	13 Oct	1511	NIKE-APACHE	Poker Flat	?	14.504CA studied winds, with Na/Li. S/S
1972	13 Oct	1639	NIKE-APACHE	Poker Flat	?	14.505CA studied winds, with Na/Li. S/S
1972	15 Oct		STRYPI-7AR	Hawaii		12.018NE with special NOAA payload for particles and fields. S/S
1972	16 Oct		AEROBEE-150	WSPG	215 km	A03.910-1 for ionosphere study
1972	16 Oct		US sounding rocket			Another launch this day?
1972	17 Oct		M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1972	17 Oct	1839	SKYLARK-2	Woomera	142.5 km	SL-1022 for ion comp/X-rays. S/P
1972	18 Oct		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	18 Oct	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	88 km	Meteorology
1972	18 Oct		M-100	Heiss Island	95 km	Meteorology
1972	18 Oct	1536	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorology
1972	19 Oct		VERONIQUE-61M	Kourou		V.91? for UV astronomy payload. F/F
1972	21 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	117 km	P126A with Norway/UK payload for aurora/ion density & temp/particles/extreme UV studies. S/P
1972	21 Oct		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.151UE for particles & fields. S/F
1972	23 Oct		SKUA-2	Andoya	unknown	S.20A payload studied currents and fields in the D-layer. S/S
1972	23 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	unknown	P125H with joint UK/Norway study of auroral composition. S/P or S/F?
1972	23 Oct	1151	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	210 km	SL-402 for UV & X-ray astronomy. S/P
1972	24 Oct	1500	?	Landes		Rocket with German payload
1972	24 Oct		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.020GT on special test flight. S/S
1972	25 Oct		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	25 Oct		M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1972	25 Oct		M-100	Heiss Island	95 km	Meteorology
1972	25 Oct	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1972	25 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1972	26 Oct	0430	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	194.5 km	SL-1003 for X-ray astronomy
1972	26 Oct		ATHENA-H	Green River		H007 re-entry test on Flight No135
1972	26 Oct	1433	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing
1972	29 Oct		SKUA-2	Andoya	unknown	S.21A payload to study winds, currents and fields in the D-layer. S/S
1972	29 Oct		CASTOR-2			Sounding launch
1972	29 Oct		AEROBEE	WSPG	157.5 km	A04.004-5 for planetary radiations
1972	30 Oct		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.067US for solar studies. S/F
1972	31 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	192 km	A07.105-6 studied wind/temperature/neutral density
1972	31 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	170 km	A07.106-1 for winds & temperatures
1972	01 Nov		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	203 km	A07.105-4 for winds & temps
1972	01 Nov		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	174 km	A07.105-5 studied winds & temps
1972	01 Nov		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	220 km	A07.216-2 for winds & neutral density
1972	01 Nov		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	195 km	14.439UI for ion & electron density. S/S
1972	01 Nov		ARCAS	Wallops Island	79 km	15.094UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1972	01 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1972	01 Nov	1514	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology with chaff
1972	02 Nov	0543	ARCAS	Fort Churchill	57 km	15.096UI for aurora & X-rays. S/S
1972	02 Nov	0610	SKYLARK-6	Woomera		S.95 payload
1972	02 Nov		BLACK-BRANT-5C	Fort Churchill		21.002UI for ionosphere study. S/F
1972	02 Nov	2328	RIGEL	Chamical	190 km	Argentine launch for Barium/Sodium/Lithium chemical release.
1972	03 Nov		PETREL	Andoya	unknown	P129A for wave propagation/fields & currents/electron density/ion production. S/S
1972	04 Nov		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.487UA for atmosphere studies. S/S
1972	04 Nov	2327	RIGEL	Chamical	184 km	Ba+Na+Li chemical release
1972	05 Nov		US sounding rocket	Eglin AFB	61.5 km	A08.105-10 for ion density and comp.
1972	06 Nov		US sounding rocket	Eglin AFB	212 km	A08.215-2 for neutral density
1972	08 Nov		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	08 Nov		PETREL	Andoya		P41A for ion density & temp/particles/extreme UV emissions. S/P
1972	08 Nov		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.086GG on astronomy mission. S/S
1972	09 Nov	0916	M-100	Heiss Island	81-92 km	Study of atomic Oxygen
1972	09 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	88 km	Meteorology
1972	09 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology with chaff
1972	11 Nov	0826	RIGEL	Chamical	248 km	Ba+Na+Li chemical release
1972	11 Nov		ERIDAN	Kourou	287 km	E.__ with astronomy payload. S/F
1972	14 Nov		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.002GS for solar physics study. S/S
1972	15 Nov	0926	M-100	Heiss Island	81-92 km	Atomic Oxygen sensors
1972	15 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	90.5 km	Meteorology
1972	15 Nov		M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1972	15 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	88 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Nov		SKYLARK-3	Salto di Quirra		S-94 payload carried. X-ray studies of Crab Nebula by CENS French agency
1972	20 Nov		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.013GT with technology tests. S/S
1972	22 Nov		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures and winds
1972	22 Nov		M-100	Heiss Island	88 km	Meteorology
1972	22 Nov	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	98 km	Meteorology
1972	22 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology with chaff
1972	23 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	88 km	Meteorology
1972	28 Nov		NIKE-APACHE	San Marco Platform		Fired from platform off Kenya
1972	29 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	84 km	Meteorology
1972	29 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1972	29 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1972	29 Nov		M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1972	29 Nov		M-100	Heiss Island	85 km	Meteorology
1972	29 Nov	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	92 km	Meteorology
1972	29 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1972	30 Nov		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	Dec		UTE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		9.107-2 with AFCRL payload of a dummy mass spectrometer for "ICECAP-72C".
1972	Dec		B.I.T.-1	Thumba		India/Poland launch
1972	Dec		B.I.T.-2	Thumba		India/Poland launch
1972	01 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1972	02 Dec		BLACK-BRANT-3B	Fort Churchill	145 km	AND-IIIB-63 with radio & IR study
1972	05 Dec	0745	BLACK-BRANT	Fort Churchill	194 km	A18.006-5 to study auroral spectra and electromagnetic waves in the "ICECAP-72C" programme. S/P
1972	05 Dec		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.095UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1972	05 Dec		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.509UI to study ionosphere. S/S
1972	06 Dec	0200	ASTROBEE-D	Fort Churchill	27 km	A30.205-1 for auroral studies
1972	06 Dec	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	88 km	Meteorology
1972	06 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	84 km	Meteorology
1972	06 Dec	1503	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Meteorology with chaff
1972	07 Dec	0503	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	248 km	SL-1202 for X-ray occultation expt. S/F
1972	07 Dec		ERIDAN	Kourou		E.__ with astronomy payload. S/S
1972	07 Dec		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Fort Churchill	171 km	A07.107-2 for neutral composition
1972	07 Dec		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Fort Churchill	210 km	A07.307-2 for neutral composition
1972	08 Dec		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.083UG for astronomy mission. S/S
1972	09 Dec	0730	ASTROBEE-D	Fort Churchill	70 km	A30.205-2 for auroral spectral study in the "ICECAP-72C" programme. S/P
1972	10 Dec		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Sondre Stromfjord	300 km	Fired in Greenland for DK
1972	10 Dec		NIKE-TOMAHAWK
1972	10 Dec		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Fort Churchill	136 km	A07.107-3 for winds & neutral density
1972	10 Dec		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Fort Churchill	255 km	A07.307-1 for winds & neutral density
1972	11 Dec	0000	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	195.5 km	SL-1005 for ion composition/visible and extreme UV emissions. S/P
1972	11 Dec		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.096UA for JHU atmosphere head. S/F
1972	12 Dec		DRAGON	Chamical	450 km	D.__ for magnetosphere study. S/S
1972	13 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	82 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Dec		M-100	Heiss Island	94 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Dec		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.094US for solar physics payload. S/S
1972	13 Dec	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	88 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1972	13 Dec	1519	ZENIT	Andoya		CUCKOO-booster used on vehicle ACZ-48, and carried U. of Bern/German payload.
1972	13 Dec		S-210-JA-7	Syowa	125.8 km	Aurora Australis/electron density/magnetic fields.
1972	14 Dec		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1972	20 Dec	1200	M-100	Molodezhnaya	82 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	82 km	Meteorology
1972	20 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	88.5 km	Meteorology
1972	22 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	84 km	Meteorology
1972	25 Dec		M-100	Ship	92 km	Shirzkov met firing
1972	27 Dec		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures & winds
1972	27 Dec		M-100	Ship	92 km	Shirzkov ship launch
1972	27 Dec	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	85 km	Meteorology
1972	27 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1972	27 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	88 km	Meteorology
1972	28 Dec		M-100	Ship	85 km	Met firing from Shirzkov ship
1972	29 Dec		M-100	Ship	83 km	Shirzkov met firing
1972	30 Dec		M-100	Ship	87 km	Shirzkov met launch
1972	1972		AERO-HIGH	Woomera
1973	01 Jan		M-100	Ship	86 km	Meteorology from Shirzhov ship
1973	02 Jan		M-100	Ship	91 km	Shirzhov meteorology launch
1973	03 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1973	03 Jan	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1973	03 Jan	1620	M-100	Thumba	86 km or 89 km	Meteorology
1973	04 Jan		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	04 Jan		M-100	Ship	81 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	05 Jan		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzhov ship meteorology
1973	06 Jan		M-100	Ship	87 km	Shirzhov ship
1973	06 Jan		M-100	Ship	86 km	Shirzhov ship
1973	06 Jan		M-100	Heiss Island	95 km	Meteorology
1973	10 Jan		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature and winds
1973	10 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology with chaff
1973	10 Jan		M-100	Heiss Island	93 km	Meteorology
1973	10 Jan		M-100	Molodezhnaya	91 km	Meteorology
1973	11 Jan	1640	M-100	Thumba	23 km	Meteorology - rocket anomaly
1973	13 Jan		M-100	Heiss Island	94 km	Meteorology
1973	16 Jan		S-104-1	Kagoshima	121.8 km	Electron density & temperature
1973	16 Jan		S-210-8	Kagoshima	121.8 km	Electron density & temperature
1973	16 Jan		S-210	Kagoshima	121.8 km	Electron density & temperature
1973	16 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	157 km	14.510UI with payload to study electron density, production and temperature. S/S
1973	16 Jan		ARCAS	Wallops Island	95 km	15.103UE to study ionosphere. S/S
1973	16 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya	280 km	18.057AE with NOAA payload for aurora/electron density/particles/magnetic fields/rocket performance. S/S
1973	17 Jan		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature and winds
1973	17 Jan		M-100	Heiss Island	93 km	Meteorology
1973	17 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1973	17 Jan		M-100	Molodezhnaya	93 km	Meteorology
1973	18 Jan		AEROBEE-200	WSPG	244 km	26.001CS with payload by Lockheed to test instruments for solar extreme UV and X-rays for OSO and SKYLAB. S/S
1973	19 Jan		S-105-4	Kagoshima	330 km	Electric fields/wave propagation & electron density/magnetic field.
1973	19 Jan		S-105-3	Kagoshima	330 km	Electric fields/wave propagation & electron density/magnetic field.
1973	19 Jan		S-105-2	Kagoshima	330 km	Electric fields/wave propagation & electron density/magnetic field.
1973	19 Jan		S-105-1	Kagoshima	330 km	Electric fields/wave propagation & electron density/magnetic field.
1973	19 Jan		KAPPA-9M-41	Kagoshima
1973	21 Jan	2210	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	165 km	05.15 for ionosphere and magnetic fields. S/S
1973	22 Jan		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	276.7 km	21.005GT/US to study airglow/extreme UV/rocket performance. S/S
1973	24 Jan		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures and winds
1973	24 Jan		M-100	Heiss Island	94 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Jan		M-100	Volgograd	88 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Jan	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	83 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Jan		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzhov launched rocket
1973	25 Jan	0115	COCKATOO	Woomera	122 km	CK.__ to study atmosphere
1973	26 Jan		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	26 Jan		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzhov met launch
1973	27 Jan		M-100	Heiss Island	88 km	Meteorology
1973	27 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya	222 km	18.138IE/F23 carried payload called "PROTON-2" for aurora/atmosphere physics/ionosphere/particles/magnetic fields/rocket performance. S/S
1973	28 Jan		LAMBDA-4S-C2	Kagoshima
1973	28 Jan		BLACK-BRANT-4B	Fort Churchill	714 km	AAF-IVB-27 for aurora & airglow
1973	28 Jan		M-100	Ship	90 km	Meteorology, Shirzhov ship launch
1973	28 Jan		M-100	Ship	87 km	Shirzhov meteorology
1973	30 Jan	0635	SKYLARK-3	Woomera	234 km	SL-1205 for X-ray occultation test
1973	30 Jan		M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1973	31 Jan		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature and winds
1973	31 Jan	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	94 km	Meteorology
1973	31 Jan	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	93 km	Meteorology
1973	31 Jan	1507	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology
1973	31 Jan		M-100	Ship	88 km	Shirzhov meteorology launch
1973	31 Jan		M-100	Ship	88 km	Meteorology from Shirzhov ship
1973	Feb		ALFA	Salto di Quirra		Italian - first launch
1973	01 Feb		M-100	Ship	85 km	Korolev ship launch
1973	01 Feb	1433	BLACK-BRANT-5	Natal		Brazilian launch for Germany to test AEROS satellite instruments.
1973	02 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-3B	Gillam	179 km	AAF-IIIB-67 for aurora and airglow, from Gillam, Manitoba.
1973	02 Feb		ARCAS	Fort Churchill		15.101UI for aurora & airglow. F/F
1973	02 Feb		ARCAS	Fort Churchill	81 km	15.102UI for aurora & airglow. S/S
1973	02 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-5B	Fort Churchill	335 km	AAF-VB-36 auroral emissions
1973	02 Feb	1935	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	147 km	05.18 with photometer/Langmuir probe/Lyman-a detectors. S/S
1973	03 Feb		M-100	Ship	83 km	Shirzhov meteorological launch
1973	03 Feb	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	88 km	Meteorology
1973	03 Feb		M-100	Ship	88 km	Korolev ship launch
1973	04 Feb		M-100	Ship	90 km	Korolev launched meteorology
1973	05 Feb	0152	MT-135P-T5	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1973	05 Feb	0448	SANDHAWK-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia - 152/201 with Ba release. F/F
1973	05 Feb		M-100	Ship	85 km	Korolev launch for meteorology
1973	06 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya	258 km or 255 km	18.136IE/F30 with "ELECTRA-2" payload for aurora/ionosphere/particles/engineering payload. S/S
1973	06 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia - 152/199 CARIBOU-VII. S/F
1973	07 Feb	0150	JCR-8	Tanegashima		Rocket performance/control system/telemetry system flight
1973	07 Feb	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	86 km	Meteorology
1973	07 Feb	1409	BLACK-BRANT-5	Natal		Test of German AEROS satellite instruments, in Brasil.
1973	07 Feb	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	87 km	Meteorology
1973	07 Feb		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev ship meteorology
1973	08 Feb	0130	MT-135P-T6	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1973	08 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-4B	Fort Churchill	729 km	AAF-IVB-28 to study aurora & airglow
1973	08 Feb	1505	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1973	09 Feb		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Kiruna	182 km	SNT7-2/18.132IA to study aurora/ionosphere/particles/magnetic fields/micrometeorites. S/S
1973	10 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	212 km	21.016UG studied solar extreme UV and X-rays. S/S
1973	10 Feb	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	86 km	Meteorology
1973	10 Feb	1000	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	11 Feb		S-210JA-12	Syowa	107.8 km	Auroral Australis/ion density & comp.
1973	13 Feb		ARCAS	Antigua	52.5 km	15.108GM for neutral comp & met
1973	13 Feb		ARCAS	Antigua	58.1 km	15.107GM with US/UK experiments to observe neutral composition & met.
1973	13 Feb		M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1973	14 Feb		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	14 Feb	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	89 km	Meteorology
1973	14 Feb	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	91 km	Meteorology
1973	14 Feb	1435	MRN rocket	Natal		Meteorological Rocket Network (MRN) launch in Brasil.
1973	15 Feb	0216	BLACK-BRANT-5	Natal		Launch for Germany to test AEROS satellite instruments.
1973	15 Feb		S-210-JA-16	Syowa ?
1973	17 Feb	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	90 km	Meteorology
1973	17 Feb		DRAGON-3	CEL	457 km	D.__ carried ionosphere research payload called "EIDI-3". S/S
1973	19 Feb		KAPPA-10-9	Kagoshima
1973	19 Feb		S-106-8	Kagoshima	236 km	Atmosphere/ionosphere/solar physics
1973	19 Feb		S-106-7	Kagoshima	236 km	Atmosphere/ionosphere/solar physics
1973	19 Feb		S-106-6	Kagoshima	236 km	Atmosphere/ionosphere/solar physics
1973	19 Feb		S-106-5	Kagoshima	234.7 km	Atmosphere/ionosphere/solar physics
1973	19 Feb		S-106-4	Kagoshima	236 km	Atmosphere/ionosphere/solar physics
1973	19 Feb		S-106-3	Kagoshima	236 km	Atmosphere/ionosphere/solar physics
1973	19 Feb		PETREL	South Uist	124 km	P116H studied ionosphere/wave propagation/electron density.
1973	20 Feb	2300	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	21 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-3B	Fort Churchill	207 km	AAD-IIIB-64 to study aurora
1973	21 Feb	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	87 km	Meteorology
1973	21 Feb	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	90 km	Meteorology
1973	21 Feb		M-100	Ship	85 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	22 Feb		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	22 Feb		PETREL	South Uist	126 km	P114H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	22 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	85 km	Meteorology with chaff
1973	23 Feb		KAPPA-9M-42	Kagoshima ?
1973	23 Feb		PETREL	South Uist	?	P113H studied wave propagation/particles/electron density.
1973	23 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-3B	Fort Churchill	207 km	AAD-IIIB-65 to study aurora/wave propagation in the ionosphere.
1973	23 Feb	1456	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	94 km	Atomic Oxygen detector flown
1973	23 Feb		M-100	Ship	88 km	Korolev launched meteorology
1973	23 Feb		M-100	Ship	85 km	Korolev met
1973	23 Feb		M-100	Ship	85 km	Korolev meteorology
1973	23 Feb		M-100	Ship	84 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	23 Feb		S-107-4	Kagoshima	306 km	Ionosphere/mag & electric fields
1973	23 Feb		S-107-5	Kagoshima	306 km	Ionosphere/mag & electric fields
1973	23 Feb		S-107-3	Kagoshima	306 km	Ionosphere/mag & electric fields
1973	23 Feb		S-107-2	Kagoshima	306 km	Ionosphere/mag & electric fields
1973	23 Feb		S-107-1	Kagoshima	306 km	Ionosphere/mag & electric fields
1973	26 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-2	Fort Churchill	130 km	AAD-II-127 for aurora & airglow
1973	26 Feb		M-100	Ship	85 km	Korolev met launch
1973	26 Feb		M-100	Ship	86 km	Met launch from Korolev
1973	26 Feb		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev launch
1973	26 Feb	2100	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	92 km	French/Soviet flight with atomic Oxygen detector and meteorology. First of series of 20 firings.
1973	27 Feb	0800	M-100	Volgograd	92 km	Atomic Oxygen detector
1973	28 Feb	0100	M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1973	28 Feb	1200	M-100	Molodezhnaya	90 km	Meteorology
1973	28 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	23 km	Meteorology - low altitude, no data
1973	28 Feb		AEROBEE-150	Fort Churchill	180 km	4.330UA to study ionosphere/aurora/particles. S/S
1973	28 Feb	2000	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	199 km	SL-1010 for X-ray astronomy. S/P
1973	Mar		SONDA-II	Alcantara		Eighteenth launch
1973	01 Mar	1431	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN synoptic met launch
1973	01 Mar	1520	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1973	01 Mar		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev met launch
1973	01 Mar		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev launch for meteorology
1973	01 Mar		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev met firing
1973	01 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill	135 km	14.503UA to study electron density & ion composition. S/S
1973	03 Mar	0635	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	125 km	05.19 for electric field probe. S/S
1973	03 Mar	0720	NIKE-APACHE	Thumba	158 km	10.45 to study ionosphere. S/S
1973	04 Mar		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev met launch
1973	04 Mar		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev meteorological launch
1973	05 Mar		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	240 km	13.032US for extreme solar UV study. S/S
1973	05 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		14.444UI to study ionosphere. S/F
1973	06 Mar		M-100	Ship	88 km	Shirzhov met launch
1973	06 Mar	2200	M-100	Volgograd	?	Met launch - failure?
1973	07 Mar		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	07 Mar		M-100	Ship	88 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	07 Mar		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev met launch
1973	07 Mar		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev meteorological launch
1973	07 Mar	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	88 km	Meteorology
1973	07 Mar	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1973	07 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	87.5 km	Meteorology
1973	08 Mar		M-100	Ship	88 km	Shirzhov launch
1973	08 Mar		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	170 km	13.029CS for solar X-rays. S/S
1973	09 Mar		M-100	Ship	90 km	Shirzhov met launch
1973	09 Mar		M-100	Kerguelen Islands	90 km	Soviet/French meteorology
1973	10 Mar		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev met launch
1973	10 Mar		M-100	Ship	92 km	Shirzhov met launch
1973	11 Mar		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev ship launch
1973	12 Mar		M-100	Ship	88 km	Korolev ship met launch
1973	12 Mar		M-100	Ship	86 km	Shirzhov launch
1973	14 Mar	0315	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	226 km	SL-1004 for solar extreme UV rays
1973	14 Mar	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	86 km	Meteorology
1973	14 Mar		M-100	Thumba		Pre-Monsoon temperature & wind
1973	14 Mar	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1973	14 Mar		M-100	Kerguelen Islands	89 km	USSR/France meteorology
1973	14 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	85.5 km	Meteorology using chaff, with results form 80 km down to 68 km.
1973	14 Mar		M-100	Ship	86 km	Shirzhov met launch
1973	15 Mar		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	15 Mar		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	15 Mar	0200	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	15 Mar	1539	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1973	16 Mar	1040	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	249 km	18.152UE for auroral emissions. S/S
1973	19 Mar		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev ship launch
1973	19 Mar		M-100	Ship	88 km	Korolev met launch
1973	20 Mar	0352	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	242 km or 225 km	SL-1102 with payload to study solar extreme UV emissions.
1973	20 Mar		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	20 Mar		M-100	Ship	83 km	Korolev met .Launch
1973	20 Mar		M-100	Ship	90 km	Korolev met launch
1973	20 Mar	2200	M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorological
1973	20 Mar		PETREL	South Uist	129 km	P43H for energetic particles
1973	21 Mar		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	21 Mar	0600	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	225 km	18.144GE to study electric fields, Ba release. S/S
1973	21 Mar	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	92 km	Meteorology
1973	21 Mar	1011	ASTROBEE-D	Poker Flat	78 km	A30.205-5 for the AFCRL with payload called "ICECAP-73A".
1973	21 Mar		M-100	Thumba		Pre-Monsoon temperature & wind
1973	21 Mar	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	91 km	Meteorology
1973	21 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1973	21 Mar	1500	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	92 km	French/USSR meteorology
1973	21 Mar		M-100	Ship	90 km	Korolev ship met launch
1973	22 Mar		SKYLARK	Chamical	240 km	SL-1182 on remote-sensing photographic flight over Argentina, but the payload head was not completely stabilised.
1973	22 Mar		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev rocket launch
1973	22 Mar	0602	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	240 km	18.145GE for electric fields, with Ba release. S/S
1973	22 Mar	1212	BLACK-BRANT-5C	Poker Flat	83 km	A18.006-2 with auroral spectrometer in payload "ICECAP-73A" - recovered. S/S
1973	24 Mar		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	200 km	13.064UG with CIT payload to study X-ray astronomy. S/S
1973	24 Mar	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	92 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Mar	1031	PAIUTE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	213 km	A10.205-2 with spectrograph to study aurora and CO2 in "ICECAP-73A". S/S
1973	24 Mar		M-100	Kerguelen Islands	92 km	Soviet/French meteorology
1973	24 Mar		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev met launch
1973	25 Mar		S-210-JA-14	Syowa ?
1973	27 Mar	0937	BLACK-BRANT	Poker Flat	181 km	A18.205-1 with "ICECAP-73A" payload for multiple studies of the aurora, and was recovered. S/S
1973	27 Mar	0938	PAIUTE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	235 km	A10.216-3 to study the atmospheric winds and neutral density. S/F
1973	27 Mar	1258	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	233 km	18.146GE to study electric fields, with Ba release. S/S
1973	28 Mar		SKYLARK	Chamical	240 km	SL-1181 with photographic remote- sensing payload - better stability.
1973	28 Mar		M-100	Thumba		Pre-Monsoon temperature & wind
1973	28 Mar	0100	M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorological
1973	28 Mar	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	93 km	Meteorological
1973	28 Mar	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	-	Meteorological - launch failure?
1973	28 Mar	1433	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological launch
1973	28 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	91 km	Meteorological - India/USSR
1973	28 Mar	1500	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	81 km	French/Soviet meteorological
1973	30 Mar	0500	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	86 km	French/Soviet meteorology
1973	30 Mar	1234	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	243 km	18.147GE to study electric fields, with Ba release. S/S
1973	30 Mar		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	184 km	13.040UG with MIT payload to study X-ray astronomy. S/S
1973	31 Mar	1227	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	232 km	18.148GE for electric fields, Ba release. S/S
1973	31 Mar		PETREL	South Uist	126 km	P44H for energetic particles
1973	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	132 km	P133H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	134 km	P135H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	136 km	P104H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	140 km	P134H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	139 km	P132H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	137 km	P105H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	131 km	P131H for ionosphere & solar physics
1973	03 Apr		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	-	21.011DS/NP with NRL payload to study UV and extreme UV solar physics. F/F
1973	04 Apr		M-100	Thumba		Pre-Monsoon temperature & winds
1973	04 Apr	0100	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	04 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology for India/USSR
1973	05 Apr		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperatures and winds
1973	06 Apr	0845	ASTROBEE-D	Fort Wainwright	-	A30.205-6 for airglow emissions in "ICECAP-73A" by AFCRL.
1973	10 Apr		M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1973	10 Apr		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	198 km	13.091DG with NRL payload to study solar X-rays and astronomy. S/S
1973	11 Apr		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	11 Apr	1430	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1973	11 Apr	1820	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	161 km	05.20 with payload to study ionosphere/magnetic fields, Cone didn't eject. S/F
1973	16 Apr		UTE-TOMAHAWK	WSPG	175 km	A09.209-1 for neutral composition
1973	16 Apr		UTE-TOMAHAWK	WSPG	209 km	A09.102-2 for neutral composition
1973	17 Apr		VERONIQUE-61M	Kourou	200 km	V.95 for solar UV spectrum. S/S
1973	17 Apr	1535	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	214 km	SL-1011 for X-ray astronomy
1973	18 Apr		MT-135P	Ryori		Temperature & winds
1973	18 Apr	0340	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	18 Apr	1421	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1973	18 Apr	1500	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	95 km	French/USSR atomic Oxygen detector
1973	18 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology with chaff
1973	23 Apr		S-210-JA-17	Syowa ?
1973	25 Apr	0200	M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1973	25 Apr	1456	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	94 km	French/Soviet atomic Oxygen detector
1973	25 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology for India/USSR
1973	27 Apr	1458	M-100	Kerguelen Islands	94 km	Atomic Oxygen detector for France/USSR
1973	27 Apr		AEROBEE-150	WSPG	121 km	A03.911-1
1973	02 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology
1973	03 May	0200	MR-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1973	09 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Temp & wind during SW Monsoon
1973	10 May	0200	MR-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1973	12 May	1341	BLACK-BRANT-5	Andoya		Flight for Germany to test AEROS satellite instrumentation.
1973	14 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Temp & wind during SW Monsoon
1973	15 May		Indian rocket			Solid boost/liquid sustainer
1973	16 May		BLACK-BRANT-5B	Fort Churchill	301 km	AAF-VB-37 for atmosphere study/solar physics/micrometeorites/engineering.
1973	16 May	1400	M-100	Thumba	82 km	Temp & wind with chaff at SW Monsoon
1973	16 May	1625	BLACK-BRANT-6	Fort Churchill	78.3 km	AAF-VI-01 for neutral composition
1973	16 May	2200	MR-100	Volgograd	84 km	Meteorology
1973	18 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Temp & wind at SW Monsoon
1973	19 May		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	-	21.019US/GT for aurora/solar UV radiation/rocket performance. S/S
1973	19 May		PETREL	South Uist	137 km	P56H for solar X-rays
1973	19 May		M-100	Ship	83 km	Ship-launch, meteorology
1973	21 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1973	23 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1973	23 May		AEROBEE-150	WSPG	111 km	4.235UA to study neutral composition. S/S
1973	25 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	25 May		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	178 km	13.075UG for extreme UV astronomy. S/S
1973	25 May		US sounding rocket	Alcantara	569 km	A44.320-1 for US/Brasil airglow expt.
1973	25 May		M-100	Ship	84 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	29 May		M-100	Ship	85 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	29 May		MR-12	Ship	150 km+	Aurora/airglow study after launch from ship at 48°41'N,44°42'E.
1973	30 May	0100	M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1973	30 May	1345	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological rocket
1973	30 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1973	01 Jun		M-100	Ship	87 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	02 Jun		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	175 km	13.097CS for solar X-rays. S/S
1973	04 Jun		M-100	Ship	86 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	04 Jun		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	132 km	21.021US/NP for solar astronomy. "F"/F
1973	05 Jun		ARCAS	Antigua	56.3 km	15.109GM for meteorology
1973	06 Jun	0700	M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1973	06 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	06 Jun		M-100	Ship	86 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	06 Jun		AEROBEE-200	WSPG	221 km	26.002CS with Lockheed payload for solar physics with satellite test instruments. S/S
1973	08 Jun		M-100	Ship	85 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	10 Jun		S-210-JA-13	Syowa ?
1973	12 Jun	0100	MR-12	Volgograd		Ionosphere & meteorology
1973	12 Jun	0430	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	12 Jun	0500	M-100	Volgograd	93 km	Measurement of electron flux
1973	12 Jun	0801	MR-12	Ship	170 km	Prof Vise at 2°11'N,24°57'E, S-0173
1973	12 Jun	0940	M-100	Volgograd	91.2 km	Electron flux measurements
1973	12 Jun	1150	MR-12	Volgograd		Ionosphere & meteorology
1973	12 Jun	1240	MR-12	Volgograd		Ionosphere & meteorology
1973	12 Jun	1250	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	12 Jun	1710	MR-12	Volgograd		Ionosphere & meteorology
1973	12 Jun	1750	M-100	Volgograd	92.3 km	Electron flux measured
1973	12 Jun	1917	MR-12	Ship		S-0273 fired from Prof Vise at 2°20'N, 25°12' W
1973	12 Jun	1937	MR-12	Ship	170 km	Prof Vise at 2°20'N,25°11'W
1973	12 Jun	2130	MR-12	Volgograd		Solar radiation
1973	12 Jun	2133	MR-12	Volgograd		Solar radiation
1973	12 Jun	2200	M-100	Volgograd	89.1 km	Electron flux detectors
1973	12 Jun	2300	M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1973	12 Jun		S-210-JA-15	Syowa ?
1973	12 Jun		UTE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill	124 km	A09.210-1 with Canada/USA payload to study ion density and composition.
1973	12 Jun		MR-12	Ship	162 km	44°21'N,48°41'E
1973	12 Jun		MR-12	Ship	178 km	44°41'N,44°21'E
1973	12 Jun		MR-12	Ship	172 km	48°41'N,42°21'E
1973	12 Jun		MR-12	Ship	163 km	48°41'N,44°21'E
1973	12 Jun		MR-12	Ship	169 km	48°41'N,44°21'E
1973	12 Jun		MR-12	Ship	172 km	48°41'N,44°21'E
1973	12 Jun		MR-12	Ship	163 km	48°41'N,44°21'E
1973	13 Jun	1300	M-100	Volgograd	94.5 km	Electron flux measured
1973	13 Jun	1349	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1973	13 Jun	1407	MR-12	Ship		Prof Vise at 1°48'S,25°12'W, S-0373
1973	13 Jun	1607	MR-12	Ship	175 km	Study of atmosphere/ionosphere/particles from Prof Vise at 1°48'S,25°11'W
1973	13 Jun		M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1973	13 Jun		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	241 km	21.012DS/NP with NRL payload for solar X-rays and UV study. S/S
1973	13 Jun	2217	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill	125 km	A09.210-2 with Canada/US payload to study atmosphere comp/ionosphere. S/P
1973	14 Jun	0312	MR-12	Ship	170 km	S-0473 from Prof Vise at 2°24'S, 24°58'W to study solar radiation.
1973	14 Jun	0759	MR-12	Ship	170 km	S-0573 fired from ship Prof Vise at 2°34'S,24°57'W for solar radiation.
1973	14 Jun	1440	MR-12	Ship	167 km	Solar Radiation fired at 48°41'N, 44°21'E.
1973	14 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Meteorology using chaff
1973	16 Jun	1030	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	227 km or 220 km	SL-1111 for extreme UV astronomy
1973	18 Jun		MR-12	Ship	168 km	Meteorological and ionosphere from 48°41'N,44°21'E.
1973	19 Jun		MR-12	Ship	168 km	48°41'N,44°21'E for met & ionosphere
1973	20 Jun	0200	M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorological
1973	20 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	21 Jun		BLACK-BRANT-4B	Kauai	650 km	APF-IVB-30 with Canada/USA payload to study solar X-rays.
1973	24 Jun		M-100	Ship	84 km	Ship-launched meteorological launch
1973	27 Jun	0100	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	27 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology for India/USSR
1973	27 Jun		M-100	Ship	85 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	28 Jun	1345	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1973	29 Jun		PETREL	South Uist	?	P162H for ionosphere research
1973	29 Jun	1026	MR-12	Ship	175 km	Pre-eclipse firing from Prof Vise at 16°59'N,28°66'W.
1973	30 Jun	0832	MR-12	Ship	170 km	Fired during eclipse from Prof Vise at 16°59'N,28°11'E, neutral ion comp.
1973	30 Jun	1138	MR-12	Ship	170 km	Prof Vise at 16°59'N,29°9'E to study neutral ion composition.
1973	30 Jun		MR-12	Ship	170 km	Prof Vise at 17°5'N,28°2'E
1973	30 Jun		MR-12	Ship	175 km	Prof Vise at 16°59'N,28°10'E
1973	30 Jun		MR-12	Ship	175 km	Prof Vise at 16°59'N,28°10'E
1973	30 Jun		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	San Marco Platform		Solar eclipse study flight
1973	30 Jun		AEROBEE	North Mauritania	93 km	Fired during eclipse at North Mauritania but rocket strayed off course, and payload lost in a forrest - recovered later?
1973	30 Jun		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island	86.2 km or 77 km	10.412GI for ion density & composition
1973	30 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	77.4 km	14.519GI for ion density & composition
1973	30 Jun	2106	ASTROBEE-D	Wallops Island	92.5 km	23.001 GI for first NASA use to study ion density & composition. S/S
1973	30 Jun		M-100	Ship	84 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	01 Jul	0823	MR-12	Ship	175 km	Post-eclipse firing from Prof Vise at 17°23'N,27°55'E for neutral and ion composition.
1973	01 Jul		M-100	Ship	82 km	Korolev launched met rocket
1973	01 Jul		MR-12	Ship	175 km	Prof Vise at 17°23'N,27°55'N
1973	02 Jul		M-100	Ship	86 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	02 Jul		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	176 km	13.087UG for extreme solar UV rays. S/S
1973	02 Jul		PETREL	South Uist	135.5 km	P163H for ionosphere/solar physics
1973	03 Jul		M-100	Ship	82 km	Korolev met launch
1973	04 Jul	0145	CENTAURE-2A	Thumba	-	05.21 for atmosphere & ionosphere. F/F
1973	04 Jul	0327	BLACK-BRANT-5	Andoya		German payload for AEROS programme
1973	04 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Indian/USSR meteorology
1973	04 Jul		M-100	Ship	86 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	04 Jul		M-100	Heiss Island	91.8 km	Meteorology
1973	06 Jul		M-100	Ship	92 km	Korolev met launch
1973	07 Jul		M-100	Ship	90 km	Korolev meteorological launch
1973	11 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1973	11 Jul		M-100	Heiss Island	91.8 km	Meteorology
1973	12 Jul		MR-12	Ship	175 km	Meteorology and ionosphere rocket fired at 22°29'N,24°39'E.
1973	14 Jul		M-100	Ship	89 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	15 Jul		S-210-JA-19	Syowa ?
1973	15 Jul		M-100	Ship	85 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	17 Jul		SKYLARK-3	Woomera		SL-1291 was partial success
1973	17 Jul		M-100	Ship	89 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	17 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island	117 km	10.416GM for winds & temps. S/S
1973	17 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island	116.2 km	10.417GM for winds & temps. S/S
1973	17 Jul		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Wallops Island	724 km	8.061UA to study airglow/neutral density and composition. S/S
1973	18 Jul		M-100	Thumba		Temperature and winds, at the break of the Monsoon.
1973	18 Jul	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	86.5 km	Meteorology
1973	18 Jul	1345	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1973	18 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	Meteorology
1973	18 Jul		M-100	Ship	88 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	18 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island	115 km	10.418GM for winds & temperature. S/S
1973	18 Jul		NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island	121 km	10.419GM for winds & temps. S/S
1973	19 Jul		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev met launch
1973	19 Jul	2121	MR-12	Ship	175 km	Solar radiation from 49°38'N,30°10'E
1973	20 Jul		MR-12	Ship	175 km	Meteorology and ionosphere study from 49°50'N,30°20'E
1973	23 Jul		PETREL	South Uist	143 km	P45H for solar X-rays
1973	25 Jul	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Temp & wind at break of Monsoon
1973	25 Jul		AEROBEE-200	WSPG	276 km	26.004GP for engineering tests. S/S
1973	25 Jul		AEROBEE-200	WSPG	-	26.113GT for performance and engineering. F/F
1973	27 Jul		PETREL			?
1973	28 Jul		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	WSPG	?	18.153UA for atmosphere neutral density and auroral study. S/F
1973	01 Aug		M-100	Thumba		Temp & winds at break of Monsoon
1973	01 Aug	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	85 km	Meteorology
1973	01 Aug	1345	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological launch
1973	01 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1973	01 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna	109 km	14.515UA/NA6 with Sweden/USA payload for neutral composition/noctilucent clouds/acoustics. S/S
1973	01 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna	111 km	14.516UA/NA7 with Swedish/USA payload as on previous rocket. S/S
1973	02 Aug		NIKE-CAJUN	Kiruna	88 km	10.414GI/NC10 for ionosphere studies. S/S
1973	03 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	184 km	14.513UI for ion density & temp. S/S
1973	04 Aug		SKYLARK	Kiruna	8 km	SL-1081/ER-1 Remote sensing flight with cameras, but second stage failed to ignite. Impacted at 1.5 km range. F/F
1973	05 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna	183 km or 123 km	14.507UI/NA9 to study ionosphere. S/S
1973	06 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Kiruna	103 km	14.517UA/NA8 with Swedish/USA payload for acoustics/neutral composition. S/S
1973	08 Aug		M-100	Thumba		Temp & wind at break of Monsoon
1973	08 Aug	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	87 km	Meteorology
1973	08 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology for India/USSR
1973	09 Aug		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	269 km	21.022US/NP for solar UV & X-rays. S/S
1973	09 Aug		BLACK-BRANT-4	Wallops Island	605 km	A16.000-1/19.007GT with engineering test payload.
1973	10 Aug		AEROBEE-150	WSPG	168 km	A03.211-1 for neutral composition
1973	10 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island	187.8 km	14.514UI for ion density & temp. S/S
1973	11 Aug		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev met launch
1973	14 Aug	0858	COCKATOO	Woomera	121 km	CK.4001 for atmosphere study
1973	15 Aug	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	87.3 km	Meteorology
1973	15 Aug	1346	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorology firing
1973	15 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	WSPG	117 km	14.512UA to study neutral comp. S/S
1973	16 Aug		ARCAS	Antigua		15.111GM for meteorology, launched in the West Indies. S/F
1973	16 Aug		ARCAS	Antigua		15.112GM for meteorology. S/F
1973	16 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology for India/USSR
1973	19 Aug		S-210-9	Kagoshima	115 km	Neutral density/ion density & temp.
1973	19 Aug		M-100	Ship	84 km	Korolev met launch
1973	21 Aug		KAPPA-9M-43	Kagoshima	355 km	Ionosphere/magnetic fields
1973	21 Aug		M-100	Ship	85 km	Korolev met launch
1973	22 Aug	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	91.8 km	Meteorology
1973	22 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	23 Aug		S-210-JA-18	Kagoshima ?
1973	23 Aug		AEROBEE-200	WSPG	?	26.008GG for solar UV radiation. S/F
1973	23 Aug		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev meteorological launch
1973	24 Aug	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	90 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Aug		M-100	Heiss Island	90 km	Meteorology
1973	26 Aug		M-100	Ship	85 km	Meteorology launch from Korolev ship
1973	27 Aug		M-100	Ship	84 km	Korolev met launch
1973	27 Aug		KAPPA-9M-44	Kagoshima	341 km	Ionosphere/solar X-rays/development
1973	28 Aug		M-100	Ship	83 km	Korolev met launch
1973	29 Aug	1345	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1973	29 Aug	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	29 Aug	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	89.1 km	Meteorology
1973	29 Aug		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev met launch
1973	29 Aug		M-100	Ship	81 km	Korolev meteorology firing
1973	30 Aug		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev met launch
1973	30 Aug		M-100	Ship	85 km	Korolev met firing
1973	30 Aug		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	299 km	21.007US for extreme UV solar rays. S/S
1973	31 Aug		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev-launched met-rocket
1973	31 Aug		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev met firing
1973	31 Aug	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	88.6 km	Meteorology
1973	01 Sep		M-100	Ship	84 km	Korolev met launch
1973	02 Sep		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev launch of met-roc
1973	03 Sep		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev met launch
1973	03 Sep		M-100	Ship	84 km	Korolev meteorology firing
1973	03 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	135 km	P97H for airglow emissions
1973	03 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	143 km	P98H for airglow emissions
1973	04 Sep		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG	235 km	21.013DS/NP with NRL payload to study X-rays and solar UV radiation. S/S
1973	05 Sep	0157	MT-135P-T7	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1973	05 Sep	0630	MT-135P-T8	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1973	05 Sep	0100	M-100	Volgograd	86 km	Meteorology
1973	05 Sep	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	89 km	Meteorology
1973	05 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	82 km	Meteorology with chaff
1973	06 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	131 km	P165H for aurora/solar physics/communications systems. S/P
1973	07 Sep	0140	JCR-9	Tanegashima		Systems test/control/attitude control/destruct command test.
1973	09 Sep		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev met launch
1973	09 Sep		M-100	Ship	83 km	Korolev launch of met-roc
1973	10 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	170 km	P102H for atmosphere pressure
1973	10 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	168 km	P103H study of atm pressure
1973	11 Sep		M-100	Ship	82 km	Korolev met launch
1973	12 Sep	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	90.3 km	Meteorology
1973	12 Sep	1346	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorology firing
1973	12 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology with chaff
1973	12 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	84 km	Meteorology
1973	13 Sep		AEROBEE-170	WSPG	199 km	13.069GS for solar X-rays. S/S
1973	14 Sep	0500	UTE-TOMAHAWK	WSPG	160 km	A09.214-1 with AFCRL payload for electron density/rocket test/vehicle charging probe. F
1973	14 Sep		M-100	Ship	87 km	Korolev met launch
1973	15 Sep		KAPPA-10-C4	Kagoshima ?
1973	15 Sep	0715	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	96 km	Turbopause study
1973	15 Sep		METEOR-1E	Krakow		Last launch, for meteorology
1973	15 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	124 km	P106H for ionosphere wave propagation/electron density.
1973	15 Sep		MR-12	Ship	-	Meteorology and ionosphere fired at 80°37'N,58°3'E.
1973	18 Sep		M-100	Ship	84 km	Korolev ship launched met-roc
1973	18 Sep	1550	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	127 km	A09.312-5 with "ICECAP-73B" payload to study airglow emissions, by AFCRL. Recovered. S/S
1973	18 Sep	1721	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat	129 km	A09.312-4 with "ICECAP-73B" payload for airglow emissions, by AFCRL. Recovered. S/S
1973	19 Sep	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	89.8 km	Meteorology
1973	19 Sep	0917	KOOKABURRA	Woomera	121 km	K-2007 for atmosphere study
1973	19 Sep	1519	ARCAS	Antigua	49.5 km	15.113GM for met & scattering. S/S
1973	19 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology with falling sphere
1973	19 Sep	0100	M-100	Volgograd	85 km	Meteorology
1973	20 Sep		M-100	Ship	86 km	Korolev met launch
1973	20 Sep	1749	LOKI-DART	Kourou	69 km	CIMO (Comparison of International Meteorological Observations) campaign.
1973	20 Sep	1754	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day with French payload
1973	20 Sep	1842	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day, Soviet payload
1973	21 Sep	0728	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	21 Sep	0732	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night with French payload
1973	21 Sep		SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou		CIMO met rocket
1973	21 Sep	0744	SKUA	Kourou	34 km+?	CIMO met - night with UK payload
1973	21 Sep	0820	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO meteorology - night
1973	21 Sep		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.020GS for solar physics. S/S
1973	21 Sep	1913	LOKI-DART	Kourou	58 km	CIMO met - day
1973	21 Sep	1923	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	21 Sep	1940	SKUA	Kourou	65 km	CIMO met - day
1973	22 Sep	0802	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO campaign - night
1973	22 Sep	0812	M-100	Kourou	68 km	CIMO met - night
1973	22 Sep	0831	SKUA	Kourou	69 km	CIMO met - night
1973	22 Sep	0837	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night with French payload
1973	22 Sep		KAPPA-10-10	Kagoshima	242 km	Atmosphere/ionosphere/astronomy
1973	24 Sep	2110	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	24 Sep	2115	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO meteorology - day, by France
1973	24 Sep	2121	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO campaign - day
1973	25 Sep	0419	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	25 Sep	0429	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	25 Sep	0451	SKUA	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	25 Sep	0456	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night, with French payload
1973	25 Sep	2200	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	25 Sep	2210	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	25 Sep	2235	SKUA	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	25 Sep	2240	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day with French payload
1973	26 Sep	0410	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	26 Sep	0422	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	26 Sep	0501	SKUA	Kourou	64 km	CIMO met - night
1973	26 Sep	0506	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night with French payload
1973	26 Sep	0539	LOKI-DART	Kourou	68 km	CIMO met - night
1973	26 Sep	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	91.4 km	Meteorology
1973	26 Sep		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Alcantara	287.5 km	Barrierro Inferno launch of A07.306-2 rocket to study neutral composition.
1973	26 Sep	1804	LOKI-DART	Kourou	67 km	CIMO met - day
1973	26 Sep	1813	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	26 Sep	1835	SKUA	Kourou	65 km	CIMO met - day
1973	26 Sep	1843	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day with French payload
1973	26 Sep	1914	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	27 Sep		M-100	Volgograd	84 km	Meteorology
1973	27 Sep		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Alcantara	232 km	A07.306-3 for neutral density payload
1973	27 Sep	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology with falling sphere - no temperature data.
1973	27 Sep		MR-12	Ship	141 km	Meteorological & ionosphere study from 80°37'N,58°03'E.
1973	27 Sep	1552	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	115 km	Turbopause study
1973	27 Sep	1737	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	27 Sep	1806	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO campaign - day
1973	27 Sep	1820	SKUA	Kourou	66 km	CIMO met - day
1973	27 Sep	1826	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day with French payload
1973	27 Sep	1858	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - day
1973	28 Sep	0633	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	28 Sep	0643	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	28 Sep	0706	SKUA	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	28 Sep	0711	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO campaign - night, French payload
1973	28 Sep	0742	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	29 Sep	0652	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	29 Sep	0701	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	29 Sep	0724	SKUA	Kourou	66 km	CIMO met - night
1973	29 Sep	0729	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night, French payload
1973	01 Oct	0730	LOKI-DART	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night
1973	01 Oct	0740	M-100	Kourou	70 km	CIMO meteorology - night
1973	01 Oct	0802	SKUA	Kourou	53 km	CIMO met - night
1973	01 Oct	0808	SUPER-ARCAS	Kourou	70 km	CIMO met - night, by French payload
1973	02 Oct	0152	SKYLARK-4	El Arenosillo	186 km	S.93 payload by ESRO carried a Max Plank UV spectrometer for comet study. S/S
1973	03 Oct	0100	M-100	Volgograd	87 km	Meteorology
1973	03 Oct	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	91.6 km	Meteorology
1973	03 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	90.5 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1973	03 Oct		M-100	Heiss Island	-	Meteorology - launch failure?
1973	04 Oct	0110	NIKE-CAJUN	WSPG		73-1 to study twilight in the D-region and Lyman-a radiation.
1973	04 Oct	0154	NIKE-APACHE	WSPG		71-B2, twilight and Lyman-a radiation
1973	04 Oct	0220	SUPER-ARCAS	WSPG		72-2 to study twilight in the D-region, and detectors for Argon and oxygen. F/F
1973	04 Oct	0610	SUPER-ARCAS	WSPG		72-1 to study twilight in the D-region, and detectors for Argon and oxygen.
1973	04 Oct	0740	ASTROBEE-D	WSPG	53.2 km	A30.311-1 for twilight in the D-region and airglow study. S/P
1973	04 Oct	0827	ASTROBEE-D	WSPG	100 km	A30.311-2 for twilight in the D-region and airglow study. S/S
1973	04 Oct	1200	ASTROBEE-D	WSPG	102 km	A30.311-3 for twilight in the D-region and airglow study. S/S
1973	04 Oct		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.010GG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1973	06 Oct	0332	SKYLARK-4	El Arenosillo	260 km	S.92 payload for ESRO for photometry of hot stars. S/S
1973	06 Oct		M-100	Ship	-	Ship-launched met rocket
1973	08 Oct		M-100	Ship	89 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	10 Oct		M-100	Thumba		Temp & winds at NE Monsoon
1973	10 Oct		M-100	Ship	89 km	Ship-launched met rocket
1973	10 Oct	0100	M-100	Volgograd	90.7 km	Meteorology
1973	10 Oct	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	86 km	Meteorology
1973	10 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	89 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	14 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	166 km	P100A for atmosphere physics. S/S
1973	14 Oct		M-100	Ship	89.9 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	16 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	147.5 km	P141A for energetic particles. S/S
1973	16 Oct		SKYLARK	Andoya	266 km or 215 km	SL-1121 for particles/Sodium trail/electric fields. S/S
1973	16 Oct		M-100	Ship	88.1 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	17 Oct	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	89.3 km	Meteorological
1973	17 Oct	0933	KOOKABURRA	Woomera	118 km	K-2008 for atmosphere study
1973	17 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	136 km	P101A for aurora & atm study
1973	17 Oct	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	91.4 km	meteorology
1973	17 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	85 km	Meteorology with chaff
1973	17 Oct		M-100	Ship	88 km	Ship-launched met rocket
1973	17 Oct	1659	M-100	Heiss Island	104 km	Meteorology
1973	17 Oct		M-100	Thumba		Temp & wind at NE Monsoon
1973	17 Oct		ARIES	San Nicolas Island	270.5 km	24.265 with NRL payload of 820 kg dummy load for first NRL test. S/-
1973	18 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	167 km	A07.105-1 to study winds
1973	18 Oct		M-100	Ship	87.2 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	19 Oct		ARCAS	Antigua		15.114GM for meteorology. S/F
1973	19 Oct		US sounding rocket	Eglin AFB	206 km	A08.105-11 for neutral composition
1973	19 Oct		UTE-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB	228 km	A09.301-3 to study winds
1973	19 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	173 km	A07.105-2 for winds study
1973	19 Oct		US sounding rocket	Eglin AFB	146 km	A08.005-2 for winds payload
1973	19 Oct		UTE-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB	176 km	A09.106-3 to study winds
1973	19 Oct		US sounding rocket	Eglin AFB	160 km	A08.105-12 for winds study
1973	20 Oct		NIKE-IRIQUOIS	Eglin AFB	184 km	A07.105-3 for wind study payload
1973	21 Oct		PAIUTE-TOMAHAWK	Eglin AFB	18 km	A10.207-3 for neutral composition and wind study - 2nd stage failed to ignite. F/F
1973	22 Oct	0938	COCKATOO	Woomera	138 km	CK.4002 for atmosphere study
1973	22 Oct		KAPPA-10	Kagoshima		?
1973	23 Oct	0929	M-100	Heiss Island	104 km	Turbopause investigation
1973	23 Oct	1300	M-100	Heiss Island	89.3 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Oct		M-100	Thumba		Temp & winds at NE Monsoon
1973	24 Oct		BLACK-BRANT-5	Eglin AFB	609 km	A16.313-1 for wave propagation in the ionosphere.
1973	24 Oct		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.006UG with JHU payload to study galactic astronomy. S/S
1973	24 Oct	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	91.3 km	Meteorology
1973	24 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	90.5 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	25 Oct		BLACK-BRANT-5	Eglin AFB	600 km	A16.313-2 with JHU payload to study wave propagation in the ionosphere.
1973	30 Oct		SKYLARK	Andoya	229.5 km	SL-1122 with Norway/UK payload for ionosphere/Na trail/particles. S/S
1973	30 Oct	0700	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	111 km	Turbopause study
1973	30 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	132 km	P142A with Norway/UK energetic particles study. S/S
1973	30 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	148 km or 135 km	P143A for Norway/UK study of energetic particles. S/S
1973	30 Oct		PETREL	Andoya	70 km or 134 km	P147A for aurora study
1973	30 Oct		M-100	Ship	88.4 km	Ship-launched meteorology
1973	31 Oct		M-100	Thumba		Temp & winds at NE Monsoon
1973	31 Oct		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev met launch
1973	31 Oct	1200	M-100	Heiss Island	87.7 km	Meteorology
1973	31 Oct	1500	M-100	Thumba	86.5 km	Meteorology
1973	31 Oct	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	93.4 km	Meteorology
1973	01 Nov		M-100	Ship	89 km	Korolev met firing
1973	01 Nov	1530	AEROBEE-170	Woomera	185 km	13.103UG for astronomy payload. S/S
1973	01 Nov	1730	AEROBEE-170	Woomera	165 km	13.065UG with CIT payload for galactic astronomy. S/S
1973	02 Nov		AEROBEE-150	WSPG	233 km	A04.104-2 for solar UV rays
1973	02 Nov		M-100	Ship	84.1 km	Ship-launched meteorology launch
1973	06 Nov	1400	M-100	Molodezhnaya	9.1 km	Meteorology
1973	06 Nov	1440	M-100	Heiss Island	91.5 km	Meteorology
1973	06 Nov	1540	AEROBEE-170	Woomera	167 km	13.104UG with MIT galactic astronomy payload. S/S
1973	07 Nov		M-100	Ship	92 km	Korolev met launch
1973	07 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	09 Nov	1715	AEROBEE-170	Woomera	169 km	13.106UG with CIT payload to study galactic astronomy. S/S
1973	09 Nov	1800	AEROBEE-170	Woomera	175 km	13.105UG with MIT payload for galactic astronomy. S/S
1973	11 Nov		M-100	Ship	82 km	Korolev met launch
1973	12 Nov	1400	AEROBEE-170	Woomera	172 km	13.102UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1973	12 Nov	1450	AEROBEE-170	Woomera	154 km	13.100DS with NRL solar payload. S/S
1973	13 Nov		M-100	Ship	88.3 km	Ship-launched met launch
1973	14 Nov		JABIRU-3	Woomera		J.3 for re-entry test flight. S/S
1973	14 Nov	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89.7 km	Meteorology
1973	14 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	84.5 km	Meteorology using chaff
1973	14 Nov		M-100	Heiss Island	88.7 km	Meteorology
1973	16 Nov		PETREL	Andoya	144.5 km	P150A with Norway/UK payload for ionosphere studies. S/S
1973	16 Nov		PETREL	Andoya	175 km	P145A for ionosphere payload. S/S
1973	16 Nov		SKYLARK	Andoya	215 km	SL-1123 for winds/ionosphere/particles payload. S/S
1973	16 Nov		M-100	Ship	88.3 km	Ship-launched met
1973	17 Nov		PETREL	Andoya	143 km	P149A for Norway/UK ionosphere payload, but payload exploded. S/F
1973	17 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	86.5 km	Meteorology
1973	17 Nov		PETREL	Andoya	175 km	P146A for ionosphere study. S/S
1973	17 Nov		PETREL	Andoya	132 km	P148A with Norway/UK ionosphere study payload. S/F
1973	18 Nov		M-100	Ship	-	Ship-launched met - launch failure?
1973	18 Nov		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Alcantara		8.063UI/II carried international ionosphere payload. S/S
1973	21 Nov	0900	M-100	Heiss Island	86.5 km	Meteorology
1973	21 Nov	1008	KOOKABURRA	Woomera	11.4 km	K-2009 for atmosphere study
1973	21 Nov	1545	M-100	Thumba	?	Meteorology - no temp data
1973	21 Nov	1600	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1973	22 Nov		JAVELIN (ARGO-D4)	Alcantara		8.064UI/II for ionosphere study. S/S
1973	23 Nov		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.009US for solar physics. S/F
1973	23 Nov		SUPER-ARCAS	Thule		73-1 to study polar airglow - but telemetry was lost. S/F
1973	23 Nov		ARCAS	Antigua		15.115GM for meteorology. S/F
1973	24 Nov	1500	M-100	Thumba	90 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	24 Nov		M-100	Ship	88.1 km	Ship-launched met
1973	25 Nov		M-100	Ship	90 km	Ship-launched firing
1973	26 Nov	0535	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	238 km	SL-1206 to study solar X-rays, and also carried visible-light camera.
1973	26 Nov		BLACK-BRANT-5A	Fort Churchill	103 km	AMF-VA-40 for auroral emissions
1973	27 Nov	0151	SKYLARK-4	El Arenosillo	246 km	S.74 payload by ESRO with German instruments. S/S
1973	27 Nov		M-100	Ship	86.8 km	Ship-launched met
1973	27 Nov		M-100	Heiss Island	86.5 km	Meteorology
1973	27 Nov	1506	BLACK-BRANT-4	Poker Flat		19.008UA for atmosphere study with Ba payload release for "SKYLAB-3". S/S
1973	28 Nov		M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1973	28 Nov	1508	M-100	Thumba	86 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	28 Nov	2210	M-100	Volgograd	84 km	Meteorology
1973	01 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Meteorology - no temp data
1973	02 Dec		PETREL	Andoya		P181A for electric fields. S/S
1973	04 Dec	0120	M-100	Heiss Island	88.1 km	Meteorology
1973	04 Dec		M-100	Ship	86.5 km	Ship-launched met firing
1973	04 Dec	1520	BLACK-BRANT-4	Poker Flat		19.009UA for atmosphere study with Ba payload release for "SKYLAB-3". S/S
1973	04 Dec		SKUA-2	Fort Churchill	123 km	AMD-S2-10 Oxygen study. S/F
1973	04 Dec		SKUA-2	Fort Churchill	123 km	AMD-S2-11 Oxygen study. S/S
1973	04 Dec		SKUA-2	Fort Churchill	109 km	AMD-S2-12 Oxygen study. S/S
1973	05 Dec		SKUA-2	Fort Churchill	109 km	AMD-S2-13 Oxygen study. S/F
1973	05 Dec		SKUA-2	Fort Churchill	109 km	AMD-S2-14 Oxygen study. S/S
1973	05 Dec		SKYLARK	Andoya	222 km	SL-1124 for ionosphere/particles/magnetic & electric fields/aurora. S/S
1973	05 Dec	1500	M-100	Molodezhnaya	89 km	Meteorology
1973	05 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology - falling sphere
1973	06 Dec		JABIRU-3	Woomera		J.4 for re-entry test flight. S/S
1973	06 Dec		PETREL	Andoya		P96A for Norway/UK study of winds/electric fields. S/S
1973	06 Dec		PETREL	Andoya	?	P71A for Norway/UK payload studying electron density & magnetic fields. S/S
1973	06 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	91 km	Meteorology
1973	06 Dec		M-100	Ship	86.2 km	Ship-launched met
1973	06 Dec	1759	TRAILBLAZER-2	Wallops Island		A21.220-1 on re-entry test flight
1973	07 Dec	1024	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	108 km	Turbopause investigation
1973	09 Dec		M-100	Ship	86.1 km	Ship-launched met
1973	10 Dec		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.023US/NP with solar physics and special test payload. S/S
1973	11 Dec	0120	M-100	Heiss Island	89 km	Meteorology
1973	11 Dec	1820	M-100	Volgograd	91 km	Meteorology
1973	12 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	84.5 km	Meteorology - falling sphere
1973	12 Dec	1600	M-100	Molodezhnaya	87.5 km	Meteorology
1973	12 Dec		M-100	Ship	87 km	Shirzhov ship launch
1973	13 Dec		ZENIT	Andoya		Third launch - used CUCKOO booster, and carried U of Bern payload.
1973	15 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology for India/USSR
1973	17 Dec		M-100	Ship	82 km	Shirzhov met firing
1973	18 Dec	0120	M-100	Heiss Island	89.5 km	Meteorology
1973	19 Dec		M-100	Thumba		Temp & wind at end of Monsoon
1973	19 Dec		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.003CS with Lockheed instruments on test for satellites, for solar physics. S/S
1973	19 Dec	1000	M-100	Volgograd	-	Meteorology - launch failure?
1973	19 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Meteorology with chaff
1973	19 Dec	1600	M-100	Molodezhnaya	90.8 km	Meteorology
1973	19 Dec		M-100	Ship	82 km	Shirzhov met firing
1973	23 Dec		M-100	Ship	84 km	Shirzhov ship met
1973	24 Dec		M-100	Ship	91 km	Shirzhov met launch
1973	25 Dec	0130	M-100	Heiss Island	88.4 km	Meteorology
1973	25 Dec	0700	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	103 km	Turbopause study flight
1973	25 Dec		M-100	Volgograd	84.5 km	Meteorology
1973	25 Dec		M-100	Ship	89 km	Shirzhov ship firing
1973	26 Dec		M-100	Thumba		Temp & wind at end of Monsoon
1973	26 Dec	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	India/USSR meteorology
1973	26 Dec	1600	M-100	Molodezhnaya	91.8 km	Meteorology
1973	1973		CORELLA	Woomera
1973	1973		CORELLA	Woomera
1973	1973		LORIKEET	Woomera		Oct, Nov or December launch
1974	02 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	85 km	Temperature & wind at end of Monsoon
1974	05 Jan		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.023UA/UP with JHU payload to study atmosphere and biology. S/S
1974	08 Jan		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.022DA/DP with NRL payload for atmosphere and special test. S/S
1974	09 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Temp & wind at end of Monsoon
1974	12 Jan	1912	SKYLARK-4	El Arenosillo	245 km	German MPE payload with UV spectrometer to study comet Kohoutek. S/F
1974	13 Jan		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.024UA/UP for atmosphere and special test payload. F/F
1974	15 Jan		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.014DS/NP with NRL payload to study atmosphere and special tests. S/S
1974	16 Jan		KAPPA-9M-45	Kagoshima ?
1974	16 Jan	1530	M-100	Thumba	85 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	16 Jan		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.511UI for ionosphere. S/S
1974	16 Jan		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.105UI for ionosphere payload. S/S
1974	16 Jan		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.014CS for solar physics, with Ba and TMA release. S/F
1974	16 Jan	0237	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.160GE for particles & fields. S/S
1974	16 Jan	1300	SUPER-LOKI-DART	El Arenosillo		Meteorology
1974	21 Jan	0239	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.161GE to study particles & fields, with Ba and TMA release. S/S
1974	22 Jan		LAMBDA-3H-8	Kagoshima
1974	22 Jan	0241	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.162GE for particles & fields, with Ba and TMA release. S/S
1974	22 Jan		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.007CS for solar physics. S/S
1974	23 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1974	26 Jan		TERRIER-RECRUIT	Wallops Island
1974	27 Jan		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		18.139IE/F35 with "POLAR-3" payload. S/S
1974	30 Jan	1500	M-100	Thumba	81 km	Meteorology
1974	31 Jan		ARCAS	Antigua		15.051GM for meteorology. S/S
1974	01 Feb	0630	JCR-10	Tanegashima		Rocket performance & systems tests
1974	02 Feb	0130	MT-135P-T9	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1974	04 Feb	1440	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	197 km	SL-1203 for X-ray & UV astronomy
1974	06 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology with falling sphere
1974	06 Feb	2248	BLACK-BRANT-4	Andoya	540 km	D101 with German MPI payload. S/S
1974	08 Feb	0416	ASTROBEE-D	Poker Flat		A30.311-4 on ballistic test by the AFCRL for the DNA.
1974	09 Feb	0630	LS-C7	Tanegashima		Technology for NU-rocket, used LE-3 engine on second stage.
1974	09 Feb		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.021UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	10 Feb	0630	MT-135P-T10	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1974	12 Feb		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.031UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	13 Feb		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	13 Feb	1428	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	115 km	Turbopause investigation
1974	13 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	85 km	Meteorology
1974	14 Feb	0607	BLACK-BRANT-5C	Poker Flat		A18.006-4 with "ICECAP-74A" payload dy DNA, with spectrometer for background radiation - recovered.
1974	14 Feb	0644	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		A09.307-3 for "ICECAP-74A" payload by DNA
1974	16 Feb		TATER	Wallops Island		TALOS-TERRIER-RECRUIT launch
1974	19 Feb	0743	NIKE-HYDAC	Poker Flat		NH74-1 with "ICECAP-74A" payload by DNA & AFCRL
1974	20 Feb	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1974	20 Feb	1701	CENTAURE-2C	Kiruna	155 km	CIII-001
1974	20 Feb	1807	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Kiruna	235 km	18.134IE/S-10-002 with Swedish Space Corporation payload. S/S
1974	20 Feb	1822	CENTAURE-2C	Kiruna	152 km	CIII-002 with ESRO payload
1974	20 Feb	1907	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Kiruna	234 km	18.133IE/S-10-001 with Swedish Space Corporation payload. S/S
1974	21 Feb	0916	BLACK-BRANT-5C	Poker Flat		A18.116-1 with AFCRL payload called "HIRIS" in "ICECAP-74A" programme - recovered. S/P
1974	21 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-2			Last BLACK-BRANT-2 launch
1974	22 Feb		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.526UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1974	24 Feb	0738	BLACK-BRANT-5C	Poker Flat		A18.219-1 with AFCRL payload for aurora study in "ICECAP-74A" programme - recovered
1974	26 Feb		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.018US for solar physics. F/F
1974	27 Feb	1644	M-100	Thumba	90 km	Meteorology
1974	01 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.527UA to study atmosphere. F/F
1974	02 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.528UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1974	05 Mar		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.518GE for atmosphere payload. S/F
1974	06 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Meteorology
1974	09 Mar		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	10 Mar	0920	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		18.158UE for particles & fields. S/S
1974	12 Mar		TATER	Wallops Island		TALOS-TERRIER-RECRUIT launch
1974	13 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	14 Mar	1827	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	114 km	Turbopause study
1974	16 Mar		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.011GG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	16 Mar		TATER	Wallops Island		TALOS-TERRIER-RECRUIT launch
1974	16 Mar	1228	STRYPI	Poker Flat		Sandia Contiga payload with Ba release
1974	16 Mar	1348	NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia Acanta Contiga payload
1974	16 Mar		SANDHAWK-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		Sandia Contiga payload
1974	17 Mar	1907	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	104 km	Turbopause study
1974	19 Mar		LOKI			Meteorology
1974	19 Mar	1600	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met firing in Brasil
1974	20 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology
1974	20 Mar	1600	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN met rocket firing
1974	21 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		10.411GM for meteorology. S/S
1974	21 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		10.420GM for meteorology. S/S
1974	21 Mar		ARCAS	Kourou		15.123GM for meteorology. F/F
1974	21 Mar		AEROBEE-200	Fort Churchill		26.029UE for particles & fields. S/S
1974	22 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		10.421GM for meteorology. S/S
1974	22 Mar		NIKE-CAJUN	Kourou		10.422GM for meteorology. S/S
1974	22 Mar		ARCAS	Kourou		15.124GM for meteorology. S/F
1974	22 Mar		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	23 Mar	0811	STRYPI	Poker Flat		Sandia Acanta Contiga payload with Ba release. F/F
1974	24 Mar		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	27 Mar	1415	MRN rocket	Natal		MRN meteorological firing
1974	27 Mar	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1974	28 Mar	0405	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		9.303-3 for atmosphere composition
1974	Apr		S.73-7			Balloon ejection failed
1974	01 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	134 km	P178H for ionosphere study. S/S
1974	01 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	142 km	P174H for ionosphere payload. S/S
1974	02 Apr	1526	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		9.303-1 for atmosphere composition
1974	03 Apr	1314	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	95 km	Turbopause study
1974	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	132 km	P173H for ionosphere. S/P
1974	03 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	133 km	P177H to study ionosphere. S/S
1974	03 Apr	1614	M-100	Thumba	87 km	Meteorology
1974	03 Apr	1422	MR-12	71°N		Solar radiation measurements
1974	03 Apr	1918	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		9.303-4 with mass spectrometer to measure negative ions.
1974	04 Apr	1235	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	100 km	Turbopause study flight
1974	06 Apr		AEROBEE-350	WSPG		17.012CG with Lockheed payload to test solar physics instruments. S/S
1974	09 Apr	0520	UTE-TOMAHAWK	Fort Churchill		9.303-2 for atm composition
1974	10 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	88 km	Meteorology
1974	11 Apr	0800	NIKE-JAVELIN	Poker Flat		NJ74-1 with "ICECAP-74B" payload by AFCRL to measure background radiation. S/S
1974	11 Apr	2338	ASTROBEE-D	Poker Flat		A30.413-1 with D-region study in the"ICECAP-74B" programme. There was a launch problem. F/F
1974	12 Apr	2325	ASTROBEE-D	Poker Flat		A30.413-2 carried AFCRL payload for VLF propagation in "ICECAP-74B" project. S/S
1974	17 Apr	1023	BLACK-BRANT-5C	Poker Flat		21.026UE for particles & fields, with "ECHO" payload. S/S
1974	17 Apr	1500	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Met with chaff
1974	18 Apr	0840	PAIUTE-TOMAHAWK	Poker Flat		A10.312-3 with auroral arcing study payload by AFCRL in "ICECAP-74B" series - recovered. S/S
1974	19 Apr		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.520UI for ionosphere. S/S
1974	23 Apr	0003	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	177 km	SL-1207 with ionosphere payload
1974	24 Apr	1628	M-100	Thumba	83 km	Meteorology using chaff - which didn't deploy.
1974	30 Apr		PETREL	South Uist	126 km	P72H for ionosphere study. S/P
1974	May		NIKE-ORION			First launch
1974	01 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Met with chaff
1974	07 May	1300	?	CEL		Test rocket by ERNO/Germany
1974	08 May		ASTROBEE-F	WSPG		12.021GT on special test. F/F
1974	08 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	82 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	14 May		NIKE-MALEMUTE	Wallops Island		28.001GT on first NASA test flight. S/S
1974	15 May		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.482UI for ionosphere. S/S
1974	15 May		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.018US for solar physics study. S/S
1974	16 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	84 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	19 May		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	22 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	80 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	29 May	1500	M-100	Thumba	86 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	29 May		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	29 May		ORION	Wallops Island		T-1-7132/30.001WT on first flight, with Wallops test payload. S/S
1974	05 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	81 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	06 Jun		METEOR-3	Krakow		52nd (last) met launch
1974	12 Jun	1500	M-100	Thumba	85 km	Meteorology with chaff
1974	13 Jun		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	16 Jun		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.017UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	18 Jun	0500	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	234 km	SL-1104 for X-ray astronomy
1974	19 Jun		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.036US for solar physics. S/S
1974	20 Jun	0707	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	90 km	Turbopause study
1974	20 Jun	1836	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	90 km	Study of the turbopause
1974	22 Jun		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.026GG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	23 Jun		ATHENA-H	Green River		Re-entry test flight
1974	27 Jun		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.015CS for solar physics. S/S
1974	28 Jun	1600	UTE-TOMAHAWK		99 km	Planned to reach 150 km, but cone jettisoned early. UK electric field probe and US mass spectrometer too low to produce successful results.
1974	29 Jun	2106	UTE-TOMAHAWK		150 km+	Released Barium & TMA between 150 and 90 km on descent. UK payload
1974	29 Jun	2110	UTE-TOMAHAWK			Ion mass spectrometer, but second stage failed [to ignite].
1974	29 Jun	2126	UTE-TOMAHAWK			Barium & TMA release payload, but rocket broke up in flight.
1974	29 Jun		UTE-TOMAHAWK			Ion mass spectrometer payload, but the second stage was unstable, and twisted away from the booster at or near first stage burn out.
1974	29 Jun	2345	UTE-TOMAHAWK		200 km	Rocket worked well, but the payload of an experimental Na/Li release system exploded on the ascent.
1974	29 Jun		BLACK-BRANT-5C	Wallops Island		21.028IA carried US/German payload to study the atmosphere. S/S
1974	29 Jun		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.104UI for ionosphere study. S/S
1974	29 Jun		NIKE-CAJUN			?
1974	29 Jun		UTE-TOMAHAWK			Pre-dawn TMA release
1974	29 Jun		UTE-TOMAHAWK			Ba/TMA release at dawn
1974	29 Jun	0855	UTE-TOMAHAWK			Barium/Lithium releases
1974	29 Jun	1320	UTE-TOMAHAWK			Ascent release of Sodium & Lithium, on last rocket of "Alladin-74".
1974	29 Jun		PAIUTE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		A10.301-6
1974	30 Jun	0110	NIKE-CAJUN	Wallops Island		E2-7313 in Alladin programme. S/P
1974	30 Jun	0158	UTE-TOMAHAWK			Payload of photometer/TMA release/sphere with accelerometer, and rocket successful, but ended 20° out of correct azimuth.
1974	30 Jun	0350	UTE-TOMAHAWK			US photometer and mass spectrometer, and UK electric field probe.
1974	30 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.522UI for ionosphere. S/F
1974	30 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.523UI to study ionosphere. S/S
1974	30 Jun		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.126UE for particles & fields. S/S
1974	30 Jun		ARCAS	Wallops Island		15.125UE for particles & fields. S/S
1974	30 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.508UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1974	30 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.529UA to study atmosphere. S/S
1974	30 Jun		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.521UI for ionosphere. S/S
1974	02 Jul		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Sondre Stromfjord	235 km	18.156IE/UE fired in Greenland to study particles & fields. S/S
1974	04 Jul		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.433GE for particles & fields. S/S
1974	05 Jul		NIKE-APACHE	Fort Churchill		14.488GE for particles & fields. S/S
1974	08 Jul		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Sondre Stromfjord	235 km	18.157IE/UE for particles and fields study, fired in Greenland. S/S
1974	20 Jul		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.084UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	22 Jul		SKYLARK-3	Woomera		SL-1292 made successful flight. S/S
1974	25 Jul		ARCAS	WSPG		15.106UI for ionosphere. S/S
1974	14 Aug		NIKE-APACHE	Wallops Island		14.417UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1974	17 Aug	0500	UTE-TOMAHAWK	WSPG		9.214-2 tested vehicle charging. S/S
1974	18 Aug		NIKE-CAJUN	Kiruna	106 km	F36 rocket with "FERDINAND" payload
1974	18 Aug		NIKE-CAJUN			?
1974	20 Aug		LAMBDA-4S-C3	Kagoshima
1974	20 Aug		S-210-10	Kagoshima ?
1974	02 Sep	0600	ETV-1(Q4)	Tanegashima		Engineering tests for NU-rocket/control/attitude/launch equipment, etc.
1974	03 Sep	0130	MT-135P-T11	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1974	03 Sep	0600	MT-135P-T12	Tanegashima		Meteorology
1974	03 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	137 km	P99H for ionosphere research. S/S
1974	04 Sep	1024	AEROBEE-200	Woomera	193 km	A05.391-1
1974	05 Sep		JABIRU-3	Woomera		J.5 used for re-entry test flight. S/S
1974	06 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	173 km	P94H for ionosphere studies. S/S
1974	07 Sep		SKUA-2	South Uist	170 km	S_H was the first SKUA-2 launch, and carried a 17.6 kg payload for diagnostics and ionised particles & flux magnetometer.
1974	07 Sep		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.025DG for NRL payload to study galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	10 Sep	2100	M-100	Volgograd	84.5 km	Electron fluxes study
1974	11 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	135 km	P90H to study the ionosphere. S/F
1974	11 Sep	2255	AEROBEE-200	Woomera	200 km	A05.391-2
1974	12 Sep		CENTAURE	Kourou	140 km	CE.__ carried Belgian aeronomy payload. S/S
1974	12 Sep		CENTAURE	Kourou	140 km	CE.__ Aeronomy for Belgium customer. S/S
1974	13 Sep		CENTAURE	Kourou	140 km	CE.__ Aeronomy for Belgium. S/S
1974	15 Sep		KAPPA-9M-46	Kagoshima ?
1974	17 Sep	1533	AEROBEE-200	Woomera	193 km	A05.391-3
1974	18 Sep	1200	M-100	Volgograd	89.8 km	Electron flux measurements
1974	18 Sep		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.035US for solar physics. S/S
1974	19 Sep		KAPPA-9M-47	Kagoshima ?
1974	19 Sep	1340	M-100	Volgograd	88.2 km	Electron flux study
1974	19 Sep	2000	M-100	Volgograd	92.2 km	Electron flux payload
1974	19 Sep	2330	M-100	Volgograd	88.2 km	Electron flux studies
1974	20 Sep		KAPPA-9M-48	Kagoshima ?
1974	20 Sep	0410	M-100	Volgograd	87.1 km	Electron flux study
1974	20 Sep	0640	M-100	Volgograd	89.2 km	Electron fluxes
1974	20 Sep	1640	M-100	Volgograd	88.6 km	Electron fluxes
1974	21 Sep	0240	M-100	Volgograd	91.3 km	Electron fluxes
1974	21 Sep	1030	M-100	Volgograd	87.5 km	Electron flux study
1974	24 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	133 km	P50H for ionosphere study. S/S
1974	24 Sep		NIKE-MALEMUTE	Wallops Island		28.002GT on rocket test flight. S/S
1974	27 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	136 km	P57H for ionosphere. S/S
1974	28 Sep		PETREL	South Uist	123 km	P161H to study ionosphere. S/S
1974	03 Oct		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.037GG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	04 Oct		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.015GP with special payload. S/S
1974	04 Oct	1440	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	196 km	SL-1012 with astronomy payload
1974	07 Oct	0633	SKYLARK-6	El Arenosillo	190 km	SL-1304 with "ASTRO-9" X-ray astronomy payload using occultation of the moon. S/S
1974	09 Oct	0820	INTA-300	El Arenosillo	250 km	First launch, technology. S/P
1974	10 Oct	0530	SKYLARK-10A	Woomera	270 km	SL-1471 was first and only test flight with MEADOWLARK, but accelerations were too high for science loads.
1974	10 Oct		ASTROBEE-D	WSPG		23.005UE for particles & fields. S/F
1974	17 Oct	1720	NIKE-HYDAC	WSPG		407.41-1 with 1-amp electron gun. S/S
1974	19 Oct		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.016AS for solar physics. S/F
1974	31 Oct		JABIRU-3	Woomera		J.6 for re-entry test flight. S/S
1974	01 Nov		SKYLARK	Andoya	225 km	SL-1221 with radio propagation test using the mother/daughter technique. S/S
1974	03 Nov		AEROBEE-170	Hawaii		13.107UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	05 Nov		ERIDAN	Kourou		E.__ with "FAUST" UV astronomy head
1974	08 Nov		ORION	Wallops Island		30.002WT carried Wallops test. S/S
1974	10 Nov		SANDHAWK	Hawaii		281-3 carried USAF "LEINAX-III" plasma physics payload detected soft cosmic X-rays. Third & last launch. S/S
1974	14 Nov	0838	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	111 km	Turbopause study flight
1974	16 Nov	0358	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	104 km	Turbopause research
1974	16 Nov		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.034UG with galactic astronomy payload by MIT. S/S
1974	16 Nov		AEROBEE-170	WSPG		13.092DG with NRL galactic astronomy payload. S/F
1974	18 Nov		ERIDAN	Kourou		E.__ with "FAUST" UV astronomy head
1974	20 Nov		JABIRU-3	Woomera		J.7 on re-entry test flight. F/F
1974	25 Nov		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	WSPG		18.154UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1974	25 Nov		BLACK-BRANT-5C	WSPG		21.031UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	25 Nov		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.042UG studied galactic astronomy. S/F
1974	27 Nov		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.041US for solar physics. S/S
1974	28 Nov	1640	SKYLARK-6	Woomera	203 km	SL-911 for UV astronomy. S/F
1974	29 Nov		PETREL	South Uist	135 km	P175H for ionosphere study. S/P
1974	29 Nov		PETREL	South Uist	132 km	P179H with ionosphere payload. S/S
1974	02 Dec		PETREL	South Uist	130 km	P91H for ionosphere study. S/S
1974	06 Dec		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Wallops Island		18.167UA for atmosphere study. S/S
1974	07 Dec		PETREL	South Uist	132 km	P183H for ionosphere study. S/S
1974	07 Dec		PETREL	South Uist	137 km	P176H to study ionosphere. S/S
1974	07 Dec		PETREL	South Uist	135 km	P128H for ionosphere studies. S/S
1974	13 Dec		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Andoya		F37/18.140IE carried Norwegian "POLAR-4"payload. S/S
1974	15 Dec	0402	SUPER-ARCAS	Thule		73A-1 to study polar airglow - good data for 60 seconds, then marginal. S/P
1974	17 Dec	1055	BLACK-BRANT-4	Sondre Stromfjord	595 km	German research payload, Greenland.
1974	17 Dec		PETREL	Sondre Stromfjord	175 km	P86G for UK atmosphere study. S/S
1974	17 Dec		PETREL	Sondre Stromfjord	170 km	P87G to study atmosphere by UK. S/S
1974	18 Dec	0058	SERGEANT-HYDAC	Poker Flat		SH-74-1 by Defence Nuclear Agency for ballistic test
1974	18 Dec	1104	BLACK-BRANT-4	Sondre Stromfjord	550 km	German research payload by MPI. S/S
1974	18 Dec		NIKE-TOMAHAWK	Sondre Stromfjord	20 km	DK flight, second stage exploded. F/F
1974	18 Dec		PETREL	Sondre Stromfjord	170 km	P166G for UK study of atmosphere. S/S
1974	18 Dec		PETREL	Sondre Stromfjord	170 km	P167G for atmosphere study by UK. S/S
1974	24 Dec	1705	M-100 ?	Heiss Island	104 km	Turbopause study launch
1974	28 Dec		AEROBEE-200	WSPG		26.030UG for galactic astronomy. S/S
1974	1974		LORIKEET	Woomera
1974	1974		LORIKEET	Woomera
1974	1974		LORIKEET	Woomera
1974	1974		BARBARELLA	Munich ?		First German hybrid rocket launch; 10.1kg launch weight, 7 km range by Munchen University Institute.