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1952 July 2 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 99R.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1952 July 8 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Deacon. Model: Double Deacon. FAILURE: Failure.
  • B-58 Model test flight Nation: USA. Agency: NACA. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2.
1952 July 11 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 25R.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1952 July 15 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LA. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Lark. LV Configuration: Lark 606. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2.
1952 July 17 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 26R.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1952 July 28 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 27R.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1952 July 29 - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon.
  • First Rockoon launch attempt. Nation: USA. First Rockoon (balloon-launched rocket) launched from icebreaker Eastwind off Greenland by ONR group under James A. Van Allen. Rockoon low-cost technique was later used by ONR and University of Iowa research groups in 1953-55 and 1957, from ships in sea between Boston and Thule, Greenland. References: 17.
1952 August 7 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 28R.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1952 August 8 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: V-2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-2. Model: R-2. LV Configuration: R-2 KT-1.
  • Third series controlled test launch Nation: USSR. Agency: NII-88. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). First launch of production quality assurance test series. References: 2.
1952 August 12 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 29R.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1952 August 15 - Launch Vehicle: R-1.
  • First stand tests of production R-1 engines. Nation: USSR. First stand tests of production 8D51 engines began on 15 August 1952.
1952 August 20 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: V-2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-1. Model: R-1 8A11. LV Configuration: R-1 8A11 No 220.
  • Operational test Nation: USSR. Agency: NII-88. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2.
1952 August 21 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: V-2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-1. Model: R-1 8A11. LV Configuration: R-1 8A11 No 105.
  • Operational test Nation: USSR. Agency: NII-88. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2.
1952 August 21 - 06:25 GMT - Launch Site: Arctic Ocean. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: 80.1 N x 68.5 W. Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. Model: Deacon Rockoon. FAILURE: Failure.
  • SUI 1 test Nation: USA. Agency: SUI. Apogee: 11 km (6 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 1 - - Latitude: 80.10 N - Longitude: 68.47 W. References: 2.
1952 August 22 - 07:33 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 TF3.
  • Test / photography / solar x-ray / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA/NRL. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi). Launched 00:33 local time. Reached 78.2 km. Carried composition, pressure, magnetic field, solar radiation; cosmic radiation (National Institute of Health); sky brightness (Air Research and Development Command) experiments for Naval Research Lab. V-2 number TF-2 was flown as contractor vehicle 59. References: 2.
1952 August 25 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: V-2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-1. Model: R-1 8A11. LV Configuration: R-1 8A11 No 320.
  • Operational test Nation: USSR. Agency: NII-88. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). References: 2.
1952 August 27 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 30R.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1952 August 29 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LA. Launch Pad: LA?. Launch Vehicle: Snark. Model: MX-775. LV Configuration: MX-775 Dyn Model #2.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2.
1952 September 3 - 14:49 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee RTV-N-10. LV Configuration: Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 11.
  • Sunfollower / SX Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission Nation: USA. Agency: NRL. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0749 local time. Reached 99 km. References: 2.
1952 September 5 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
  • Rascal Model test flight Nation: USA. Agency: NACA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi). References: 2.
1952 September 10 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC4. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Bomarc. LV Configuration: Bomarc 621-1. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). References: 2.
1952 September 18 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: V-2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-2. Model: R-2. LV Configuration: R-2 KT-14.
  • Third series controlled test launch Nation: USSR. Agency: NII-88. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 14th and last launch in quality assurance testing. 12 of the 14 reached their targets. References: 2.
1952 September 19 - 15:49 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 TF5. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Test / chemical release mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA/SCEL. Apogee: 7.00 km (4.30 mi). Launched 08:49 local time. Reached 27.1 km. Carried temperature, composition; cosmic radiation (National Institute of Health) experiments for Signal Corps Engineering Lab, University of Michigan. V-2 number TF-4 never flown. References: 2.
1952 September 25 - 03:50 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee XASR-SC-1. LV Configuration: Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 25.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 2050 local time. Reached 117.5 km. References: 2.
1952 September 30 - Launch Vehicle: Eole.
  • Eole program terminated Nation: France. The Veronique developed by the LRBA German team has been more successful and the French military sees no use for rockets using liquid oxygen on the battlefield.
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