1956 in spaceflight
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[edit] Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1956.
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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| 20 September 1956 | Jupiter-C | Cape Canaveral | ABMA | ABMA | Sub-orbital | 20 September 1956 | Successful | Lofted an 39.25 kg (86.5 lb) payload to an altitude of 1,094 km (680 mi) [1] | ||
| 8 December 1956, 06:03 GMT | Viking | LC-18A, Cape Canaveral (Air Force Missile Test Center) | Martin/US Navy | Vanguard TV-0 | NRL | Sub-orbital | 8 December 1956 | Successful | achieved an altitude of 203.5 km (126.5 mi)[2] |
[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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