1952 in spaceflight
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[edit] Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1952.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
| Launch Date/Time | Rocket | Launch Site | Launch Contractor | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Mission/ Function | Re-Entry/ Destruction | Outcome | Remarks |
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| 6 June 1952, 17:30 GMT | Viking 9 | NLA, White Sands | Martin/US Navy | Viking 8 | NRL | Sub-orbital | Solar research | 6 June 1952 | Failure | Accidentally launched during static fire ground test |
| 15 December 1952, 21:38 GMT | Viking 9 | NLA, White Sands | Martin/US Navy | Viking 9 | NRL | Sub-orbital | Solar research | 15 December 1952 | Successful | Apogee: 217 km (135 mi) |
[edit] References
Generic references:
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
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