1954 in spaceflight

1954 in spaceflight
	Viking 10 was launched in May
National firsts
Spaceflight	France
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This is a list of spaceflight related events which occurred in 1954.

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
February
2 February 18:35	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
	Sunfollower	NRL	Suborbital	Solar	2 February	Successful
	Apogee: 101 kilometres (63 mi)
20 February	Véronique-NA		Hammaguir Bechar		LRBA
		LRBA	Suborbital	Test flight	20 February	Launch failure
	Apogee: 29 kilometres (18 mi)
21 February	Véronique-NA		Hammaguir Bechar		LRBA
		LRBA	Suborbital	Test flight	21 February	Successful
	Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi), first French spaceflight
March
11 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	16 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
20 March	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	20 March	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April
9 April 21:12	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	Spectrometry	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: 143 kilometres (89 mi)
10 April 09:00	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	Spectrometry	10 April	Launch failure
	Apogee: 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
20 April	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	20 April	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	24 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	26 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 April	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	29 April	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
May
3 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	3 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	4 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	4 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 May 17:00	Viking		White Sands NLA-1		US Navy
	Viking 10	NRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	7 May	Successful
	Apogee: 219 kilometres (136 mi)
7 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	7 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 May	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	13 May	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
21 May	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	21 May	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 May 17:00	Viking		White Sands NLA-1		US Navy
	Viking 11	NRL	Suborbital	REV test	24 May	Successful
	Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
26 May 14:24	A-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		MVS	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi), maiden flight of A-1
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
June
11 June	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	11 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 June	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	12 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
14 June	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	14 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 June 13:24	R-1D		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital		26 June	Successful
	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi), maiden flight of R-1D
June	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
July
2 July	R-1D		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital		2 July	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 July	R-1D		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital		7 July	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 July 12:13	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-1		US Navy
	SUI-24	SUI	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	16 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 90 kilometres (56 mi)
21 July 20:49	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-5		US Navy
	SUI-29	SUI	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	21 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 40 kilometres (25 mi)
23 July 19:37	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-7		US Navy
	SUI-32	SUI	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	23 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 23 kilometres (14 mi)
26 July 00:29	Deacon Rockoon		USCGC Eastwind, AO-12 LP-18		US Navy
	NRL-11	NRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric Aeronomy	26 July	Launch failure
	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
August
2 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	2 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 August	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	12 August	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
27 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	27 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	27 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
August	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
August	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
September
26 September	R-11FM Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	26 September	Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
September	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
September	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
September	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October
5 October 18:15	Aerobee RTV-N-10b		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	Remote sensing	5 October	Successful
	Returned first images of a complete hurricane from 161 kilometres (100 mi) altitude^[1]^[2]
14 October 21:20	Nike-T40-T55		Wallops Island		NACA
		NACA	Suborbital	Hypersonic research	14 October	Successful
	Apogee: 352 kilometres (219 mi)
20 October	R-11FM Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
October	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October	R-11FM Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
November
30 November	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	30 November	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
November	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
November	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
November	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December
December	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December	R-5 Pobeda		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
	LKI-III	OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
December	R-11 Zemlya		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)

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Footnotes

[NASA-HO-1950-1] NASA History Office - Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1950-1954

[NOAA-2] NOAA Photo Library - View of tropical cyclone centred near Del Rio, Texas

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1954 in spaceflight

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