1954 in spaceflight

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[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1954.

Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
7 May 1954, 17:00 GMT	Viking 9	LC-33, White Sands	Martin/US Navy	Viking 10	NRL	Sub-orbital	Ionospheric and aeronomy research	7 May 1954	Successful	Apogee: 219 km (136 mi)
24 May 1954, 17:00 GMT	Viking 9	White Sands	Martin	Viking 11	NRL	Sub-orbital	Re-entry vehicle test	24 May 1954	Successful	Reached 254 km (158 mi)
5 October 1954	Aerobee	White Sands			NRL	Sub-orbital	photography		Successful	first image of a complete hurricane, from 100 mi. altitude[1][2]

[edit] 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)

1. ^ NASA History Office - Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1950-1954
2. ^ NOAA Photo Library - View of tropical cyclone centred near Del Rio, Texas

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