Aerobee

Sounding rocket. Country: USA. Status: Retired 1985.

In late 1945 James Van Allen was assigned by John Hopkins University to survey sounding rocket requirements for upper atmosphere research. The V-2 was found to be too heavy and complex. In 1946 Van Allen decided that what was needed was a small rocket, derived from the Aerojet Wac Corporal and the Bumblebee missile developed under a US Navy program. This combination of an Aerojet booster and a Bumblebee second stage was dubbed the Aerobee. Aerobees were launched for 53 m tall launch towers to provide the necessary stability until enough speed had been gained for the fins to be effective in controlling the rocket. Launch towers were built at White Sands, Fort Churchill, Wallops Island, and aboard the research ship USN Norton Sound. The Aerobee could take 68 kg to 130 km altitude.

From Aerojet - The Creative Company, 1995:

The origins of Aerojet's sounding rockets lie in the development of the thrust chamber assembly for the Nike Ajax surface to air missile. Douglas Aircraft Co. (the vehicle contractor) let a contract to Aerojet on January 1, 1946 for a 21AL-2600, regeneratively cooled, pressure fed unit using RFNA and a 65%-35% mixture of aniline and furfuryl alcohol propellant. Development and early production of some 6600 thrust chambers and more than 100 complete engines was successful. However, the rest of the main production orders for the liquid rocket portions of the 16,000 operational missiles were given to Bell Aircraft. We did get to supply several thousand of the inertially activated pressure regulators. This was the first major operational surface to air missile in the United States, and was widely used by at least eleven other countries. The U. S. Army had converted to Nike Hercules by 1960, and some 7000 training flights of the Ajax worldwide, had been made by 1978.

During WW II, Aerojet also provided some support for early work by GALCIT on their Private and Corporal missiles. Some of these missiles were converted to sounding rocket service and WAC-Corporal sounding rockets were launched in late 1945. Dr James Van Allen, then supervisor of the High Altitude Research Group of the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University, visited Dr. Rolf Sabersky at Aerojet in 1946 to survey its rocket capabilities, which of course, included Ajax. As a result, he persuaded the Navy to support development and initial production of what came to be known as the Aerobee family. Dr. Van Allen was also in charge of the sounding rocket part of the APL Bumblebee (tactical solid rocket) program … and coined the name Aerobee as a contraction of the Aerojet and Bumblebee names.

In December 1947 the Navy gave a contract to Aerojet for the development of the entire Aerobee sounding rocket, later known as the Aerobee 100. In those days, the preliminary design: activity was simple, direct, and effective - as described by Carson Hawk: "One day Young and I were assigned to prepare a preliminary design for a high altitude sounding rocket The next day we visited Caltech to review the data they had gathered on a similar rocket which they had tested in their wind tunnel. It was somewhat smaller as it was based on a 1500 lbf thrust chamber. We came back to Aerojet, and the next day laid out the Aerobee sounding rocket. We did a fairly complete weight analysis based on the known specific impulse for the 2600 lbf thrust chamber with RFNA and aniline/furfural alcohol propellants and the GALCIT drag data. We also did a prediction of burnout altitude and final altitude utilizing stepwise integration run on an electromechanical Marchant calculator. The first flights showed the design to be conservative by about 5%."

The contract included the 2.5KS-18000 solid booster, fins, nose cone, and all the other components needed to make a complete launch vehicle. Although the motor was a slightly modified Nike Ajax, it was now defined as a 45AL-2600, and with a new AJ10 series number. The same propellants were used, and the in-line, integral oxidizer, fuel and air pressurizing tanks constituted the main vehicle structure. In 1950, pressurization was changed to helium.

Initially the 2600 lbf thrust regeneratively cooled motor suffered a number of burnouts in the converging section of the nozzle. It used a spiral flow, fuel cooled configuration, with the fins that directed the flow being welded to the outside of the chamber wall and machined for a close fit with the inside of the cylindrical outer case and a smooth filler block in the nozzle area. A very simple change solved the problem permanently. It seemed likely that the chamber might be undergoing elongation and distortion from the thermal and pressure loads, and thus the filler block would lose contact with the tops of the fins. This allowed axial bypassing (and reduced velocity) of the coolant flow that might be causing the hot spots. The fix was to move the fins from the OD of the nozzle to the ID of the filler block, and to cut the block into two sections that were spring loaded in the fore and aft direction. This resulted in maintaining contact with both the converging and diverging portions of the nozzle wall, and no bypassing. It worked like a charm on all subsequent Aerobees and the B-47 motors.

In 1955 the 4000 lbf thrust model was introduced as the AJ10-24, and later as the AJ11-21. Chemical pressurization was developed for both the 2600 and 4000 lbf models, but Helium was generally preferred. This thrust chamber assembly was used in all subsequent 150, 150A and 170 vehicles. In the 1952-53 time period a larger vehicle with greater propellant capacity and increased thrust and nozzle expansion ratio motor was developed, and was known as the Aerobee 300. The 4000 lbf unit with a nozzle expansion ratio of only 4.6 actually produced. 4100 lbf thrust at sea level, and 4728 lbf at altitude. The 300 series (using the AJ60-92 motor) with the 10 to 1 nozzle produced a vacuum thrust of 5074 lbf. During 1965-66 the Aerobee 350 was developed, and this used a cluster of four 150 motors with a Nike solid rocket booster: Other variations included the Aerobee-Hi, the 200, and the 350A. Customers included the Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA, and a variety of other government agencies, as well as foreign users, and 1025 complete vehicles were produced.

The succession of rocket motor developments and growth was no less important than the similar activities conducted on the associated vehicle, launcher, and support parts of the system. Aerojet did the design, development, and much of the fabrication of essentially all of the Aerobee liquid second stages of the 100, 150, 150A, 170, 200, 300, and 350 units. In most cases we either supplied the Aerojet solid propellant first stages, or else specified and integrated solid first stages from other suppliers. All of the propellant feed systems used the simple pressure feed configuration with the pressurant, fuel and oxidizer tanks in line and welded into a single unit. Controls per se were non-existent, but the system was arranged to provide a smooth slow start of combustion. This provided a highly desirable "easy ride" for delicate payloads. Vehicle directional control was accomplished by simple fixed fins, which required correctly estimating the wind directions and adjusting the tower tilt accordingly. Aerojet supplied the payload mounting and related componentry, as well as the nose cone, fairings, and fins (via purchase from Douglas). Aerojet even supplied a few early payloads, and developed an attitude control system that could accurately point the payload in a selected direction - which is still being manufactured and sold to other launch vehicle users.

Aerojet's AETRON Division designed almost all of the launch towers, and handled the lubrication and erection of many of them. Locations ranged from Fort Churchill in Canada to Woomera Australia, and included at least one shipboard installation, and one pair of towers for simultaneous launches.

Support requirements were minimal - two men could do all the fueling, mounting and spaceflight preparations. Payloads were of course, dependent on their complexity, and recovery operations often took on the appearance of a "hounds and hare" chase across the desert to find and recover the payloads. In later years, some flights parachuted the entire vehicle back for refurbishment and reuse.

Sounding rockets were crucial to our early understanding of the upper atmosphere, and near space environment. They also provided invaluable information on the lower atmosphere and surface environment, oceans, winds, weather, and many phenomenon of interest to the military. Their third major area of use was the early examination of outer space, the sun, planets and other astral bodies. A large part of this understanding was obtained using sounding rockets, in most cases launched by Aerojet. In fact, Aerojet sounding rockets made up 51% of all U. S. sounding rocket launches (184) and reached the highest altitude (290 km) in the period before satellites, if the captured V-2s are excluded.

Aerojet and Bristol Aerospace Ltd of Winnipeg Canada formed a joint venture to share sounding rocket technology, and this lasted from 1958 to 1974. The first sounding rocket resulting from this cooperation, the Black Brant, was launched in 1965. Bristol gradually got more and more of the orders, and essentially displaced Aerojet from the business. They have produced more than 800 Black Brants since that time, and about two thirds, of their current production is for NASA. Aerojet's Aerobee project moved from the Azusa Plant to Space launch systems in 1961, and began the attempted expansion into supplying more complex complete launch systems (some with guidance), and a much broader range of vehicle sizes and capabilities. These included the Astrobee series and a variety of configurations based on various solid propellant rockets supplied by other companies. The last of the formal Aerobee program flights was in 1984.

The Aerobee, a high altitude sounding rocket, was sponsored in 1947 by the Naval Research Laboratory. The complete vehicle was a 19 ft. long, two stage, missile configured with an ogive nose and fixed stabilizing fins. It was boosted to about 1000 ft/sec by a 2KS-22,000 solid rocket. The sustainer rocket, a 2,600 lbf thrust nitric acid/aniline and furfural alcohol unit increased the velocity of the main stage to about 5,800 ft/sec. This vertical velocity was enough to allow the stage, with its 100 lb pay load, to reach an altitude of 150 miles. The payloads were scientific instruments, housed in the nose cone. The nose cone was separated at altitude and parachuted to earth for recovery. The unit also had a telemetry link which was used for vehicle destruction, in the case of an errant flight, as well as the signal to separate the nose cone from the main vehicle.

The Aerobee was launched from a tower, approximately 100 ft high. The tower was slightly canted in the up range direction to give the vehicle a measure of direction within the Range. The first tower was designed by the architect-engineer Division (Aetron), and built at White Sands Proving Grounds. Chan Ross participated heavily in the detail design of the vehicle with Bob Young. Some novel design features were developed for the high pressure fuel and oxidizer tanks. Significant was the submerged arc welding of a special cold-rolled stainless steel (19-9DL) to withstand over 100,000 psi tensile stress across the welded section. Also the use of machined ring forgings to form the knuckle radii and skirt attachment section was considered a first. These features allowed the entire vehicle to be smaller in size than would have been possible otherwise. Bob Young, Chan Ross, and Thorpe Walker, the Project Engineer, spent many days at White Sands during the early firings.

The Aerobee Program produced a fascinating folklore of its own, which Aerojet veterans still like to recall. For instance: in the early flight tests there was considerable trouble with exactly where the vehicle was going to impact when it landed. Many of the stories concern this problem. After the vehicle reached its zenith and started back towards Earth, the aerodynamics of the fins would give it a nose down attitude. If there was any wind at all, the unit would take a slight heading into the wind, the angle depending on the wind velocity. Thus, if one were to calculate an impact point, it required a rather precise knowledge of the ballistic wind situation. This is something that could only be estimated, as it was changeable. On this one occasion at White Sands, the wind direction changed soon after launch and was blowing rather severely from the South. The tracking equipment was not in a link that could predict impact changes and, as a consequence, the destruct system was not activated. The Aerobee headed for Mexico, about fifty miles to the South. It landed a few miles outside the city limits of Juarez, killing a lone cow in a field. It was an international incident requiring an apology by the State Department. To correct the problem of Aerobees impacting out of the Range boundaries, we worked with Van Allen's people at the University of Iowa and devised a moving set of arms which remained in the field of view of one of the theodolites tracking the vehicle. The motion of the arms was such that the Aerobee would be destructed on command of the operator if the line of sight fell outside of the arm position.

Aerobee pioneered the use of high altitude photography to study meteorological phenomena including cloud patterns. From this work the concept of weather satellites and some of the sensors were derived. The first maps of the earth's atmosphere, showing variations of temperatures and pressures with altitude and variations of composition, density and turbulence between the many layers, were from sounding rocket data; much of that was from the Aerobee. Aerobee was the first U. S. space vehicle to carry mammals 2200 mph into space (1954) and return them safely --- monkeys (Patricia and Mike) and mice (Mildred and Albert). The mice became attractions at the National Zoo and Mike lived nine more years. In mid 1970's Aerobee's were built to be recovered by parachute. They were then refurbished — ready to be turned around to fly again.

The largest of the Aerobee family is the Aerobee 350 (i.e. 100 lb. payload to 350 miles) sponsored by NASA. It is 50 ft long, 22 in. diameter and over 3 tons gross weight. Most Aerobees included a payload recovery system employing a parachute and using telemetry to release the payload and the parachute. Most Aerobees were launched from towers over 100 ft high designed by Aerojet's AETRON Division. The towers allow for a nearly vertical launch.

Aerobee's conception dates back to the mid 1930s when Theodore von Karman, Frank Malina and many of the Caltech staff started rocket work at the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Caltech. Malina's memoirs show early sponsorship by the National Academy of Sciences and the interest in operation in space well before World War II brought the need for aircraft propulsion augmentation. The early work on the missiles Private and Corporal at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) led to the WAC-Corporal sounding rocket firings in 1945. Dr. James Van Allen of the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University was supervisor of the High Altitude Research Group and directed operation of the APL Bumblebee series of sounding rockets. Van Allen visited Dr. Rolf Sabersky at Aerojet in 1946 to survey rocket capability. He subsequently obtained Navy Bureau of Ordnance support for an order for 20 of the Aerojet Aerobee sounding rockets.

The Aerobee name, given by Van Allen, is a contraction of AEROjet and BumbleBEE, the latter referring to the early rocket family of Van Allen's. Aerojet had supplied propulsion for both the WAC-Corporal and the Bumblebee according to an Aerojet 1948 brochure.

Development of the Nike-Ajax surface-to-air missile engine in 1946 was a major factor in Aerojet starting the Aerobee. Douglas Aircraft built the Nike-Ajax and contracted with Aerojet on New Years Day 1946 for 21 AL-2600 regetvetativebf cooled, pressure-fed rocket engines using RFNA and alcohol propellants. This was the first operational surface-to-air missile in the U. S. and Aerojet made 6000 of the engines. Bell Aircraft made subsequent production runs also. This engine was the basis for the first Aerobee 100.

The early development did not go completely smoothly. The engine suffered a series of burnouts due to thermal and pressure distortions which opened gaps in the coolant flow and reduced the effective velocity over the chamber wall. The fix entailed sectioning the outer walls of the cooling passages and spring loading the sections to keep gaps from opening. It worked and was used successfully on both Aerobee and B-47 projects. In about 1950 the need for higher performance and payload resulted in the development of an engine to replace the original 2600 lbf unit. Design features were essentially identical. Optional nozzle expansions were available giving either 4728 or 5074 lbf. The same propellants and almost identical feed systems were used.

During the International Geophysical Year (IGY 1957-8) for a concentrated 18 month period scores of Aerobees were launched to collect data to help meet the IGY objectives. A variation of the Aerobee 150, called Aerobee-Hi was selected for a number of flights from near the Arctic Circle at Fort Churchill near Manitoba, Canada using an Aerojet Aetron-built launch tower. It was a part of the IGY Project Arctic Circle. Aerobee-Hi got its strange name a year earlier for reaching an altitude record of 163 miles. Some of the other IGY contributions of Aerojet included building the second stage of the Vanguard space launch vehicle which launched IGY scientific earth satellites.

Photographs of star fields were being made from space decades before the Hubble Space Telescope. Although simple and small by comparison, they could train on a predetermined spot in the sky and take photographs in various spectral ranges. One example is the first wide angle ultraviolet photographs of star fields taken from an Aerobee in flight. New data was obtained on the variations in star temperatures. That same system was later used on the Apollo missions. The Aerobee's low cost and high reliability (about 97%) allowed scientists to collect vast amounts of data relatively easily as early as ten years before the Sputnik satellite. Data was obtained on the ascent and descent of the Aerobee. Data could be collected over a period of several minutes.

Sounding rocket launches were made from ground, aircraft (F-4) and also from a ship --- the USS Norton Sound. Widely dispersed launch sites ranged from near the Arctic Circle to Australia and South Africa. Aerobee was launched wherever the scientific data needed to be collected. Often data on astronomy, magnetic fields, radiation fields and other areas of interest require special locations for best readings. Ship launches were made from many locations. The ground launches were made from locations including: Wallops Island, Virginia; White Sands and Holloman AFB, New Mexico; Eglin AFB, Florida; Fort Churchill, Canada; Walker Cay; and Woomera, Australia.

It is easy to see that the Aerobee was one of the first icons that represented Aerojet to the world, especially to the scientists and professors. Dr. James Van Allen flew many experiments on Aerobee in his work on the cosmic ray phenomenon and his complete solution of that long standing problem. He discovered the radiation belt (later named the Van Allen Belt) that circles the earth from Aerobee collected data. The Norton Sound was fitted with a tower to extend Van Allen's work, and others, around the world with the Aerobee. In Van Allen's Origins of Magnetospheric Physics, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, he said, "The immense opportunity for finally being able to make scientific observations through and above the atmosphere of the earth drove us to heroic measures and into a new style of research, very different from the laboratory type in which many of us had been trained." Aerojet's Aerobee team was certainly a part of those heroic measures.

Sounding rockets are complete rocket vehicles with multiple stages, propulsion systems, stabilizing fins, guidance and control systems, aerodynamic structures, launcher interface, payload containment, parachute recovery systems, nose cones, data recording systems, range safety destruct systems and essentially all the elements of any spaceflight rocket irrespective of the size. Launcher and range support were simple and a launch could be handled by two or three people.

These Aerobees were generally two stage rockets in series, the first stage being a solid propellant motor and a liquid propellant second stage on top. There were different family groups of Aerobees with each group given a number designation 100, 150, 170, 200 and 350. An Aerobee 150 could take a 100 lbm payload to 150 miles altitude. The Aerobee 350 could lift 150 lbm to 280 miles or 1000 lbm (half ton) to 130 miles. All but the 350 were 15 in. diameter. The 350 employed four clustered liquid engines and a solid booster stage and is 22 in. diameter. Aerobees were known for their smooth acceleration and soft ride from special propulsion and clean aerodynamic design --- a crucial factor in protecting the special pay loads. Aerobee work was moved to Space General in El Monte about 1961 and integrated with the sounding rocket guidance work brought in by acquisition of Space Electronics. Initially the Aerobees were operated as expendable vehicles with only the payload recovered. In the 1970s provisions were added to also recover the main vehicle itself for reflight. This was long before the reusable Space Shuttle. The first Aerobees were flying only two years after World War II and five years from Aerojet's inception. The last of the formal program flights was in 1984. Al Olson has been associated with the program since 1960 and although the Aerobee's are no longer flying, a small part of his responsibility is building and selling a Mk VI Attitude Control System for rockets around the world. This was one of the Aerobee subsystems developed at Space General and refined over the years with newer technology. It remains in demand and provides a profitable and steady but relatively small income for Aerojet. The unit allows for instruments to be pointed with relative precision to obtain special data on preselected guide stars.

Al Olson said recently, "I'd like to think the Aerobee made a real difference to the company, the country and even the world from all that data and from the way the sounding rocketeering led the way to the larger rockets and larger payloads. If so, then people including Cliff Chalfant, Charlie Roth, Nick Migdal, Reed Jenkins, and Jim Taylor can know all those ruined weekends and tough travel schedules were worth it." Al has kept a tally of all the Aerojet sounding rocket flights and is one of the last of the old sounding rocketeers at Aerojet. He is a program manager on some of the latest missile defense divert and attitude control systems. Tom Sprague documented that Space General President Jack Heckel (later Aerojet President) showed his engineering talent and teamwork spirit at one of his company's Aerobee launches when some smart elbow grease was needed — in that case "Rank Has Its Priorities."

The Aerobee flight log of Al Olson's shows there were 1030 flights and only 23 failures, which is an excellent record of 97.8% reliability. Tom Sprague documented a story of a recovery failure that sounds like a soap opera but was quite serious to the scientists involved. An Aerobee recovery failure caused the film of the 1971 solar eclipse to be lost in 6,000 ft of water. Gloom. Miraculously, the payload was located and recovered by a Navy deep diving vessel Euphoria! But then a mistake in the film processing lab rendered the photos useless. Double Gloom.

One Aerobee is displayed in a place of honor at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum near the Capitol Building in Washington D. C. Others are at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio and at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Rocket modeling enthusiasts have favored the Aerobee as a prototype for decades and Aerojet provided drawings to help. Life magazine photographer J. R. Eyerman and Aerojet technicians rigged a Life magazine camera on an Aerobee and the January 6, 1958 edition showed the earth's curvature from 107 miles high, giving the world its first view of the earth from space.

From NASA SOUNDING ROCKETS, 1958-1968 - A Historical Summary, NASA SP-4401, 1971, by William R. Corliss

...the Aerobee is a hybrid resulting from Navy development funds and Army technology (the Wac Corporal). In 1946, the scientific drawbacks of the V-2 were generally well known, as was the fact that the extant Wac Corporal was too small for much of the anticipated space research. The Aerobee program had its genesis when Merle A. Tuve and Henry H. Porter, of the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) of the Johns Hopkins University, suggested to James A. Van Allen that he survey the rockets available for scientific research within the United States. An important event during Van Allen's survey was the visit to APL by Rolf Sabersky of Aerojet Engineering Corp., the manufacturers (along with Douglas Aircraft Co.) of the Wac Corporal, in early January 1946.

Van Allen's conclusions were submitted to Tuve (then Director of APL) on January 15 in a memo entitled "Liquid Powered Sounding Rockets for High Atmospheric Studies." Essentially, Van Allen's conclusions were that no fully satisfactory sounding rockets existed and that APL should act as an agent for the Navy Bureau of Ordnance in the development and procurement of new scientific sounding rockets. Also on January 15, APL directed a letter to Aerojet requesting a detailed proposal for the delivery of 20 sounding rockets capable of carrying 68 kg (150 lb) to 60 960 m (200 000 ft). Following a conference at APL on February 2, Aerojet submitted a letter proposal on February 22 bearing the lengthy title: "Proposal to Develop Sounding Rockets Capable of Attaining Altitudes in Excess of 600 000 Feet (182 880 m) and Carry a Payload from 300 to 1500 Pounds (136 to 680 kg), This to Include Liquid Rocket Motor and Fuel Development and Also to Develop Efficient High Thrust Launching Rockets."

Meanwhile the Naval Research Laboratory, which had provided many experiments for the V-2s, was consulted. On March 1, 1946, Van Allen recommended that the Navy Bureau of Ordnance negotiate a contract with Aerojet for the procurement of 20 liquid-propellant sounding rockets, 15 of which would go to APL and 5 to NRL. The contract was formally awarded to Aerojet on May 17 for 20 XASR-1 sounding rockets. The rocket performance stipulated was the delivery of 68 kg (150 lb) of payload to over 91 440 m (300 000 ft) - obviously, the Aerobee would have to be considerably larger than the Wac Corporal. At APL, which was assigned the task of technical direction by the Navy, James A. Van Allen took charge of the Aerobee program.

The Aerobee industrial team was essentially the same as that which built the Wac Corporal. Aerojet Engineering was the prime contractor while Douglas Aircraft Co. performed aerodynamic engineering and some manufacturing. The original Aerobee was about 6 m (19 ft) long and weighed roughly 725 kg (1600 lb). It featured the same propellants as the Wac Corporal (furfuryl alcohol and red fuming nitric acid) and a 1.8-m (6-ft) solid-propellant booster that accelerated the basic vehicle to about 300 m/sec (1000 ft/sec) before dropping off.

The first Aerobee test took place at White Sands on September 25, 1947, when a dummy Aerobee was launched with a live booster to check out stage separation. Two similar tests followed in October. Then, on November 24, 1947, the first full-scale Aerobee was launched. Although the flight had to be terminated after 35 seconds because of excessive yaw, so many subsequent flights were successful that the rocket was soon renowned for its reliability - particularly in comparison with the V-2. Orders for more Aerobees from Government agencies began to arrive at Aerojet. Aerojet has made various versions of the Aerobee ever since.

Some 40 of the original Aerobee design (XASR-1) were fired.

Manufacturer: Aerojet. Launches: 1051. Failures: 70. Success Rate: 93.34%. First Launch Date: 1947-09-25. Last Launch Date: 1985-01-17. Launch data is: complete. Payload: 68 kg (149 lb). Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 18.000 kN (4,046 lbf). Total Mass: 727 kg (1,602 lb). Core Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Total Length: 7.80 m (25.50 ft).

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee XASR-SC-2-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x XASR-1. Thrust (vac): 11.600 kN (2,608 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee XASR-SC-2-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x XASR-1. Thrust (vac): 11.600 kN (2,608 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee XASR-SC-2-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x XASR-1. Thrust (vac): 11.600 kN (2,608 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee RTV-A-1a-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-25. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee XASR-SC-2-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x XASR-1. Thrust (vac): 11.600 kN (2,608 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee RTV-A-1a-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-25. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee XASR-SC-2-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x XASR-1. Thrust (vac): 11.600 kN (2,608 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee XASR-SC-2-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x XASR-1. Thrust (vac): 11.600 kN (2,608 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee RTV-A-1a-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-25. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee RTV-N-10b-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-24. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee RTV-N-10c-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-34. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee RTV-A-1a-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-25. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee AJ10-27-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-27. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee RTV-N-10c-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 184 kg (405 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ10-34. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 75-1. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 142 kg (313 lb). Motor: 1 x M112. Thrust (vac): 13.000 kN (2,922 lbf). Burn time: 32 sec. Length: 4.00 m (13.10 ft). Diameter: 0.35 m (1.14 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 100-2. Gross Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Empty Mass: 119 kg (262 lb). Motor: 1 x Aerobee Jr. Thrust (vac): 11.500 kN (2,585 lbf). Burn time: 40 sec. Length: 3.60 m (11.80 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

The first major improvement of the basic Aerobee was the Aerobee-Hi, which was developed from late 1952 and first flew in 1955. It had a longer propellant tank, new materials in the rocket engine for higher efficiency, and larger fins for improved stability. Initially two different variants were built for USAF and U.S. Navy, the Air Force-Hi (which didn't use any formal designation, except for the general project designator MX-1961) and the RTV-N-13 (later RV-N-13) Navy-Hi (with variants up to RV-N-13c). The Air Force-Hi could loft a payload of 68 kg (150 lb) to about 240 km (150 miles), while the slightly longer Navy-Hi could reach 270 km (170 miles). There were several different Aerobee-Hi sustainer engine configurations, known as AJ11-6, AJ11-18, AJ11-20, AJ11-21, AJ11-25 and AGVL-0113C/F/H/I. In 1959, the name Aerobee 150 was assigned by NASA to a "standarized" Aerobee-Hi, which was a slightly modified Air Force-Hi. The last of the variants of the original Aerobee was the Aerobee 150A, which was a 150 with changed internal tank arrangement and four instead of three fins on booster and sustainer.

In April 1959, the USAF, at the request of the Air Force Cambridge Research Center (AFCRC), allocated the formal research missile designation XRM-84 to an Aerobee-Hi configuration with the Aerojet AJ11-21 sustainer. This was very similar to (and possibly identical to one version of) the RV-N-13 Navy-Hi. In June 1963 the XRM-84 was redesignated as PWN-2A, but use of the Aerobee family by the USAF ended at some time in the mid-1960s.

In total, more than 800 examples of the first Aerobee versions (basic Aerobee, Aerobee-Hi and Aerobee 150/150A) were built and flown by the U.S. military services and NASA between 1947 and 1985 (when the last Aerobee 150 was launched by NASA). It was the first American general purpose high-altitude sounding rocket. It's most serious drawback was the liquid-fueled sustainer engine, and the need for a relatively large launch tower. Therefore it was not suitable for mass firings (many rockets from a single location within a relatively short time frame) or for launches in remote locations or from ships. For these purposes, in the mid-1950s solid-fueled sounding rockets began to appear, which used many multi-stage combinations of surplus and new solid-rocket boosters. One of these, which was also used by the U.S. military, was the Nike-Cajun (XRM-85/PWN-3). The Aerobee itself was developed into several significantly enlarged rockets like the Aerobee 170, Aerobee 300, Aerobee 350 and the Astrobee family.

Specifications

Note: Data given by several sources show slight variations. Figures given below may therefore be inaccurate!

Data for RTV-N-8, RTV-A-1a/RTV-N-10a, RV-N-13b (PWN-2A is similar), Aerobee 150:

	RTV-N-8	RTV-A-1a/RTV-N-10a	RV-N-13b	Aerobee 150
Length (w/o booster)	6.14 m (20 ft 1.8 in)		7.58 m (24 ft 10.6 in)	7.20 m (23 ft 7.6 in)
Length (incl. booster)	8.06 m (26 ft 5.3 in)		9.44 m (30 ft 11.6 in)	9.06 m (29 ft 8.6 in)
Diameter	38 cm (15 in)
Fin Halfspan	79 cm (31 in) (fin tip to centerline)
Weight (without booster)	485 kg (1070 lb)	510 kg (1130 lb)	680 kg (1500 lb)	590 kg (1300 lb)
	Booster: 260 kg (575 lb)
Speed	4850 km/h (3015 mph)	4940 km/h (3070 mph)	7440 km/h (4620 mph)	6850 km/h (4260 mph)
Ceiling (68 kg (150 lb) payload)	120 km (75 miles)		270 km (170 miles)	240 km (150 miles)
Sustainer (liquid-fuel rocket)	Aerojet XASR-1; 11.5 kN (2600 lb) for 45 s	Aerojet AJ10-25; 18 kN (4100 lb) for 32 s	Aerojet AJ11-21; 18 kN (4100 lb) for 51 s	Aerojet AJ11-6; 18 kN (4100 lb) for 42 s
Booster	Aerojet X103C10 (2.5KS18000) solid-propellant rocket; 80 kN (18000 lb) for 2.5 s

Main Sources

[1] Frederick I. Ordway III, Ronald C. Wakeford: "International Missile and Spacecraft Guide", McGraw-Hill, 1960
[2] Norman J. Bowman: "The Handbook of Rockets and Guided Missiles", Perastadion Press, 1963
[3] Peter Alway: "Rockets of the World", Saturn Press, 1999
[4] Jay Miller: "The X-Planes, X-1 to X-45", Midland Publishing, 2001
[5] Department of Defense Missile Nomenclature Records

Launches: 451. Failures: 22. Success Rate: 95.12%. First Launch Date: 1959-02-05. Last Launch Date: 1983-09-22. Payload: 68 kg (149 lb). Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 18.000 kN (4,046 lbf). Total Mass: 930 kg (2,050 lb). Core Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Total Length: 9.30 m (30.50 ft).

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 150A MII-1. Gross Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Empty Mass: 140 kg (300 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 0 N ( lbf). Total Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Core Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Total Length: 9.30 m (30.50 ft). Version:

Aerobee 150 MII 20.

Launches: 1. First Launch Date: 1970-07-02. Last Launch Date: 1970-07-02.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 150 MII 20-1. Gross Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Empty Mass: 140 kg (300 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150A-2. Gross Mass: 611 kg (1,347 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 150A MII-1. Gross Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Empty Mass: 140 kg (300 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x HJ Nike Nike-3. Gross Mass: 599 kg (1,320 lb). Empty Mass: 256 kg (564 lb). Motor: 1 x M5E1. Thrust (vac): 195.600 kN (43,973 lbf). Burn time: 3.40 sec. Length: 3.60 m (11.80 ft). Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x HJ Nike Nike-3. Gross Mass: 599 kg (1,320 lb). Empty Mass: 256 kg (564 lb). Motor: 1 x M5E1. Thrust (vac): 195.600 kN (43,973 lbf). Burn time: 3.40 sec. Length: 3.60 m (11.80 ft). Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x HJ Nike Nike-3. Gross Mass: 599 kg (1,320 lb). Empty Mass: 256 kg (564 lb). Motor: 1 x M5E1. Thrust (vac): 195.600 kN (43,973 lbf). Burn time: 3.40 sec. Length: 3.60 m (11.80 ft). Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x HJ Nike Nike-3. Gross Mass: 599 kg (1,320 lb). Empty Mass: 256 kg (564 lb). Motor: 1 x M5E1. Thrust (vac): 195.600 kN (43,973 lbf). Burn time: 3.40 sec. Length: 3.60 m (11.80 ft). Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x AJ60-92. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 131 kg (288 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ60-92. Thrust (vac): 22.600 kN (5,081 lbf). Burn time: 61 sec. Length: 5.50 m (18.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x HJ Nike Nike-3. Gross Mass: 599 kg (1,320 lb). Empty Mass: 256 kg (564 lb). Motor: 1 x M5E1. Thrust (vac): 195.600 kN (43,973 lbf). Burn time: 3.40 sec. Length: 3.60 m (11.80 ft). Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x AJ60-92. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 131 kg (288 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ60-92. Thrust (vac): 22.600 kN (5,081 lbf). Burn time: 61 sec. Length: 5.50 m (18.00 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage3: 1 x Sparoair II-1. Gross Mass: 100 kg (220 lb). Motor: 1 x 1.8KS7800. Thrust (vac): 35.000 kN (7,868 lbf). Burn time: 1.80 sec. Length: 1.30 m (4.20 ft). Diameter: 0.20 m (0.65 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage1: 1 x Aerobee 300A-1. Gross Mass: 272 kg (599 lb). Empty Mass: 153 kg (337 lb). Motor: 1 x 2.5KS18000. Thrust (vac): 80.000 kN (17,984 lbf). Burn time: 2.50 sec. Length: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Diameter: 0.33 m (1.08 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 150-2. Gross Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Empty Mass: 133 kg (293 lb). Motor: 1 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 17.800 kN (4,002 lbf). Burn time: 51 sec. Length: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Diameter: 0.38 m (1.24 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

• Stage3: 1 x Sparoair II-1. Gross Mass: 100 kg (220 lb). Motor: 1 x 1.8KS7800. Thrust (vac): 35.000 kN (7,868 lbf). Burn time: 1.80 sec. Length: 1.30 m (4.20 ft). Diameter: 0.20 m (0.65 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage1: 1 x HJ Nike Nike-3. Gross Mass: 599 kg (1,320 lb). Empty Mass: 256 kg (564 lb). Motor: 1 x M5E1. Thrust (vac): 195.600 kN (43,973 lbf). Burn time: 3.40 sec. Length: 3.60 m (11.80 ft). Diameter: 0.42 m (1.37 ft). Propellants: Solid.

• Stage2: 1 x Aerobee 350-2. Gross Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Empty Mass: 1,050 kg (2,310 lb). Motor: 4 x AJ11-6. Thrust (vac): 72.000 kN (16,186 lbf). Burn time: 53 sec. Length: 9.10 m (29.80 ft). Diameter: 0.56 m (1.83 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/aniline.

1946 May 17 - Aerobee rocket project begun. Original design and development of Aerobee sounding rocket begun when contract was given to Aerojet Engineering Corp.

1947 September 25 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A1 Dummy launch Agency: APL. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Dummy firing, no upper-air research experiment.

1947 October 2 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A2 Dummy launch Agency: APL. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Dummy firing, no upper-air research experiment.

1947 October 31 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A3 Dummy launch Agency: APL. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Dummy firing, no upper-air research experiment.

1947 November 24 - 17:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A4 FAILURE: Failure. Particles Chemical release mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi). Dummy firing, no upper-air research experiment. First complete Aerobee rocket was fired to a height of 190,000 feet from White Sands Proving Ground, N. Mex.

1948 March 5 - 22:51 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A5 Particles Chemical release mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 118 km (73 mi). Cosmic radiation research. Launched at 1020 local time. Reached 117.5 km.

1948 April 13 - 21:41 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A6 B field Magnetosphere mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). Magnetic field research. Launched at 1551 local time. Reached 114.3 km.

1948 July 26 - 16:47 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A7 Earth imaging mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 113 km (70 mi). Photography research. Launched at 1441 local time. Reached 112.7 km. Two separate rockets fired from White Sands, one a V-2 which reached an altitude of 87 km, the other a Navy Aerobee which reached an altitude of 112.7 km, carried cameras which photographed the curvature of the earth.

1948 August 6 - 01:37 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 NRL 1 Aerobee Venus 1 Aeronomy / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 98 km (60 mi). Solar radiation, pressure, temperature research. Launched at 1837 local time. Reached 96.6 km.

1948 November 2 - 00:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A8 CR / Solar Particles / solar x-ray mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi). Cosmic radiation, solar radiation research. Launched at 0947 local time. Reached 91 km.

1948 December 9 - 22:38 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 1 Air sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1538 local time. Reached 91.6 km.

1949 January 29 - 06:17 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 NRL 2 Venus 2 Ionosphere / solar x-rays mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 96 km (59 mi). Cosmic radiation, solar radiation, pressure, temperature, ionosphere research. Launched at 2317 local time. Reached 96.6 km.

1949 February 1 - 18:38 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 NRL 3 FAILURE: Failure. Venus 3 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1138 local time. Failure.

1949 March 1 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A9 FAILURE: Failure. Ship launch test Agency: APL. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Dummy firing, no upper-air research experiment. Launched at 1715 local time.

1949 March 17 - 23:20 GMT - Pacific Ocean -. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A10 Ionosphere mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi). Cosmic radiation, magnetic field research. Reached 104.6 km. Launched from from vessel ACM1 at Atlantic Ocean Launch Site 1-1 - Latitude: 10.80 S, Longitude:89.23 W.

1949 March 22 - 17:20 GMT - Pacific Ocean -. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A11 Ionosphere mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi). Cosmic radiation, magnetic field research. Launched at 1730 GMT. Reached 104.6 km. Launched by vessel AVM1 from Atlantic Ocean Launch Site 1-2 - Latitude: 11.10 S, Longitude:88.43 W.

1949 March 24 - 15:14 GMT - Pacific Ocean -. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A12 FAILURE: Sustainer took off without booster. Ionosphere mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi). Cosmic radiation, magnetic field research. Launched at 1514 GMT. A pressure valve defect resulted in the sustainer taking off without the booster; reached 6 km. Launched from vessel ACM1 Norton Sound at Atlantic Ocean Launch Site 1-3 - Latitude: 11.27 S, Longitude:82.13 W.

1949 June 2 - 13:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 2 Air Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi). Composition research. Launched at 0610 local time. Reached 78.4 km.

1949 June 15 - 02:03 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 NRL 5 Ozone spectrograph Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 109 km (67 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1903 local time. Reached 109.5 km.

1949 June 17 - 11:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A13 Classified mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). Classified flight. Launched at 0450 local time. Reached 88.5 km.

1949 June 23 - 23:21 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 A14 CR / Solar Particles / solar x-ray / aeronomy mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). Cosmic radiation, solar radiation research. Launched at 1621 local time. Reached 88.5 km.

1949 July 21 - 16:01 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 4 Air Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi). Composition research. Launched at 0901 local time. Reached 76.1 km.

1949 September 20 - 17:03 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 5 Air Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1003 local time. Reached 58.6 km.

1949 December 2 - 22:20 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 1 MX-1011 Solar x-ray / aeronomy / imaging mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 96 km (59 mi). Solar radiation, temperature, photography research. Launched at 1520 local time. Reached 96 km. First firing of USAF Aerobee research rocket (RTV-A-1a) at Holoman AFB, the development of which was initiated earlier in the year.

1949 December 6 - 18:32 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 3 Air Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 65 km (40 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1132 local time. Reached 64.9 km.

1949 December 7 - 00:16 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 7 Air Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).

1949 December 15 - 17:10 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 2 FAILURE: Failure. MX-1011 Solar x-ray / aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Solar radiation, pressure, temperature, photography research. Launched at 1010 local time. Reached 0.3 km.

1950 January 15 - 23:45 GMT - Bering Sea -. Aerobee RTV-N-10 A15 Particles mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 72 km (44 mi). Cosmic radiation research. Launched at 2345 GMT. Reached 72.4 km. Launched from from vessel ACM1 at Bering Sea Launch Site 1 (APL Aerobee/Norton Sound) - Latitude: 58.00 N, Longitude:170.00 W.

1950 January 18 - 23:17 GMT - Bering Sea -. Aerobee RTV-N-10 A16 Particles mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). Cosmic radiation research. Launched at 2317 GMT. Reached 80.5 km. Launched from from vessel ACM1 at Bering Sea Launch Site 2 (APL Aerobee/Norton Sound) - Latitude: 50.00 N, Longitude:170.00 W.

1950 February 14 - 23:14 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-8 NRL 4 Cosmic gamma Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 87 km (54 mi). Cosmic radiation, pressure, temperature research. Launched at 1614 local time. Reached 87.6 km.

1950 February 22 - 00:54 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 9 Air Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 49 km (30 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1754 local time. Reached 49.1 km.

1950 March 4 - 00:36 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 6 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 72 km (44 mi). Temperature research. Launched at 1736 local time. Reached 72.4 km.

1950 March 14 - 20:43 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 3 FAILURE: Failure. Solar X-rays / Airglow Solar x-ray / ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi). Solar radiation, sky brightness research. Launched at 1343 local time. Reached 3.2 km.

1950 April 26 - 01:11 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 11 Air Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1811 local time. Reached 99.5 km.

1950 May 12 - 12:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 A17 Particles mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). Cosmic radiation research. Launched at 0530 local time. Reached 88.1 km.

1950 May 26 - 19:43 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 4 Insolation Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 67 km (41 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1243 local time. Reached 67.6 km.

1950 June 2 - 17:07 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 5 Optical Astronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 24 km (14 mi). Sky brightness research. Launched at 1007 local time. Reached 24.8 km.

1950 June 20 - 15:38 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 6 UM T / p Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 93 km (57 mi). Temperature, pressure research. Launched at 0838 local time. Reached 92.6 km.

1950 July 14 - 08:39 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 8 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 69 km (42 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 0139 local time. Reached 69.2 km.

1950 August 3 - 23:52 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 6 FAILURE: Failure. Sunfollower / SX Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1652 local time. Reached 6 km.

1950 August 17 - 15:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 A18 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). Composition research. Launched at 0845 local time. Reached 101.4 km.

1950 October 12 - 19:36 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 7 Photo / Temp Imaging mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 87 km (54 mi). Photography research. Launched at 1236 local time. Reached 91.3 km.

1950 October 17 - 04:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 10 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 2100 local time. Reached 80.5 km.

1950 October 18 - 04:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 12 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

1950 October 27 - 13:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 13 Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). Composition research. Launched at 0630 local time. Reached 80.2 km.

1950 November 2 - 16:29 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 8 Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 92 km (57 mi). Airglow research. Launched at 0929 local time. Reached 91.8 km.

1950 December 11 - 17:04 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 15 FAILURE: Failure. Probe Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 2106 local time. Reached 83.9 km.

1950 December 12 - 04:06 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 14 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 84 km (52 mi).

1950 December 12 - 09:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 16 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 77 km (47 mi).

1950 December 12 - 18:26 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 9 UM T / p Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi). Pressure, temperature research. Launched at 1126 local time. Reached 108.2 km.

1950 December 19 - 18:52 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 17 Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1152 local time. Reached 81.9 km.

1951 January 22 - 22:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 A19 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1555 local time. Reached 88.5 km.

1951 January 25 - 15:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 A20 Ozone Aeronomy mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0800 local time. Reached 90.1 km.

1951 February 6 - 17:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 A21 Earth photography Imaging mission Agency: APL. Apogee: 98 km (60 mi). Photography research. Launched at 1020 local time. Reached 98.2 km.

1951 March 28 - 23:14 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 10 GRD-2 NaCl release Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 66 km (41 mi). Airglow research. Launched at 1614 local time. Reached 68 km.

1951 April 12 - 17:26 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 11 Colorado UVS Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 29 km (18 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1029 local time. Reached 20 km.

1951 April 18 - 18:39 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 12 Aeromed 1 Biological mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 61 km (37 mi). Biological research. Launched at 1139 local time. Reached 61.2 km. The first Aerobee research rocket containing a biomedical experiment (monkey - name unknown).

1951 May 29 - 19:46 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 13 FAILURE: Failure. Ionosphere Propagation Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1246 local time. Reached 3.7 km.

1951 June 8 - 00:11 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 14 Solar X-rays / NaCl release Solar x-ray / aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). Solar radiation, airglow research. Launched at 1711 local time. Reached 88.5 km.

1951 June 8 - 01:18 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 19 FAILURE: Failure. Probe Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 1818 local time. Reached 6.4 km.

1951 June 9 - 06:11 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 18 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 67 km (41 mi).

1951 July 25 - 16:26 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 15 Airglow / NLC Imager Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 71 km (44 mi). Sky brightness, photography research. Launched at 0926 local time. Reached 71.3 km.

1951 August 7 - 16:36 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 16 Ionosphere Propagation Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 83 km (51 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 0036 local time. Reached 83.5 km.

1951 August 30 - 22:40 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1b USAF 17 Rocket test Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 1540 local time. Reached 75.7 km.

1951 September 13 - 11:37 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 18 UM T / p Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi). Pressure, temperature research. Launched at 0437 local time. Reached 75.7 km.

1951 September 20 - 16:31 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 19 Aeromed 2 Biological mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 71 km (44 mi). Biological research. Launched at 0931 local time. Reached 70.8 km. USAF made first successful recovery of animals from a rocket flight when an instrumented monkey (Yorick aka Albert VI) and 11 mice survived an Aerobee flight to an altitude of 70.8 km from Holloman AFB.

1951 September 27 - 00:06 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 21 Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 69 km (42 mi). Composition research. Launched at 1706 local time. Reached 68.9 km.

1951 October 17 - 18:17 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 20 Ionosphere Propagation Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). lonosphere research. Launched at 1117 local time. Reached 114..3 km.

1951 November 1 - 09:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 20 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 66 km (41 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 0245 local time. Reached 66 km.

1951 November 3 - 00:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 22 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 1735 local time. Reached 82.4 km.

1952 January 30 - 20:45 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 21 FAILURE: Failure. AF / Utah Ionosphere 1 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1345 local time. Failure.

1952 February 19 - 14:49 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1c USAF 22 FAILURE: Failure. Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1952 February 19 - 17:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 7 FAILURE: Failure. Sunfollower / SX Solar / chemical release mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 81 km (50 mi). Sky brightness research. Launched at 0745 local time. Failure.

1952 February 29 - 14:40 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 23 Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). Sky brightness research. Launched at 0740 local time. Reached 89.3 km.

1952 April 22 - 17:28 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 24 Ionosphere Propagation Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 116 km (72 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1028 local time. Reached 112.7 km.

1952 April 30 - 13:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 8 Ultraviolet detectors Solar ultraviolet / chemical release mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 128 km (79 mi). Cosmic radiation, solar radiation research. Launched at 0630 local time. Reached 127.8 km.

1952 May 1 - 14:59 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 9 Ultraviolet detectors Solar x-ray and ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0842 local time. Reached 91.8 km.

1952 May 1 - 15:42 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 25 Solar flux Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi).

1952 May 5 - 13:44 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 10 Ultraviolet detectors Solar x-ray / ultraviolet / chemical release mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi). Cosmic radiation, solar radiation research. Launched at 0644 local time. Reached 127 km.

1952 May 15 - 01:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 23 Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi). Density research. Launched at 1815 local time. Reached 76.1 km.

1952 May 20 - 02:07 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 24 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 1907 local time. Reached 90.1 km.

1952 May 21 - 15:15 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 26 Aeromed 3 Biological mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 61 km (37 mi). Biological research. Launched at 0818 local time. Reached 26.1 km. Air Force Aerobee rocket placed an aeromedical payload containing two Phillipine monkeys (Pat and Mike) and two mice to an altitude of 26.1 km, which were recovered unharmed and without apparent ill effect.

1952 June 18 - 17:50 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 27 UV / Opt spectrographs Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1050 local time. Reached 99.8 km.

1952 June 30 - 14:32 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 28 AF Airglow 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). Sky brightness research. Launched at 0732 local time. Reached 101.4 km.

1952 August 26 - 18:53 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 29 FAILURE: Failure. AF / Utah Ionosphere 2 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 32 km (19 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1153 local time. Altitude not reported; possible failure.

1952 September 3 - 14:49 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 11 Sunfollower / SX Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0749 local time. Reached 99 km.

1952 September 25 - 03:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 25 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 2050 local time. Reached 117.5 km.

1952 October 10 - 14:24 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 30 UV / Opt spectrographs Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0724 local time. Reached 109.5 km.

1952 October 22 - 14:35 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 31 T-day Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Pressure, temperature research. Launched at 0735 local time. Reached 99.8 km.

1952 October 23 - 03:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 26 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 2045 local time. Reached 111.1 km.

1952 November 6 - 15:56 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 32 AF Airglow 2 Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi). Sky brightness research. Launched at 0858 local time. Reached 75.7 km.

1952 December 11 - 23:47 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 29 Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 1647 local time. Reached 104.6 km.

1952 December 12 - 19:38 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1 USAF 33 Colorado / UVS? Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1238 local time. Reached 88.5 km.

1953 February 10 - 21:09 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 12 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy / chemical / chemical release mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi). Composition, cosmic radiation research. Launched at 1409 local time. Reached 137 km.

1953 February 12 - 07:09 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 13 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy / chemical / chemical release mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi). Composition, cosmic radiation research. Launched at 0009 local time. Reached 137.3 km.

1953 February 18 - 06:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 27 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 109 km (67 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 2350 local time. Reached 106.2 km.

1953 February 18 - 17:42 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 34 Heating / beacon test Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 1042 local time. Reached 117.5 km.

1953 April 14 - 15:47 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 35 Heating test Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 122 km (75 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 0847 local time. Reached 122.3 km.

1953 April 23 - 19:33 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 30 Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi).

1953 April 24 - 10:19 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 28 Grenade Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 108 km (67 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 0319 local time. Reached 107.8 km.

1953 May 20 - 14:04 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 36 AF Airglow 3 Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). Sky brightness, day airglow research. Launched at 0704 local time. Reached 114.3 km.

1953 May 21 - 15:47 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 37 AF Airglow 4 Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). Sky brightness, day airglow research. Launched at 0847 local time. Reached 114.3 km.

1953 June 26 - 19:10 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 38 AF / Utah Ionosphere 3 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1210 local time. Reached 135.2 km.

1953 July 1 - 17:52 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 39 AF / Utah Ionosphere 4 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1052 local time. Reached 138.4 km.

1953 July 14 - 15:30 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 40 Solar flux Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 103 km (64 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0830 local time. Reached 103 km.

1953 July 23 - 09:47 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 41 Airglow spectrograph Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 95 km (59 mi). Atmospheric composition research. Launched at 0247 local time. Reached 95.6 km.

1953 September 1 - 05:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-2 SC 32 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 108 km (67 mi). Density research. Launched at 2205 local time. Reached 107.8 km.

1953 September 5 - 05:36 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 33 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). Density research. Launched at 2236 local time. Reached 105.5 km.

1953 September 15 - 15:02 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 42 FAILURE: Early cut-off due to a thrust chamber burn-through. AF Airglow 5 Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 32 km (19 mi). Sky brightness research. Launched at 0802 local time. Reached 32.2 km. Suffered an early cut-off due to a thrust chamber burn-through. Improved chamber cooling was developed in subsequent engines.

1953 September 29 - 20:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-A-1a SC 31 Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi). Density research. Launched at 1350 local time. Reached 58 km.

1953 October 7 - 17:00 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 43 Solar spectrum Solar mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1000 local time. Reached 99.8 km.

1953 November 2 - 18:32 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 44 AF / Utah Ionosphere 5 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1132 local time. Reached 120.7 km.

1953 November 3 - 18:15 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 45 AF / Utah Ionosphere 6 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 121 km (75 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1115 local time. Reached 121.5 km.

1953 November 19 - 22:40 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 14 Oxygen content Solar x-ray / ultraviolet / aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 1540 local time. Reached 112.6 km.

1953 November 25 - 15:46 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 15 Oxygen content Solar x-ray / ultraviolet / aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 95 km (59 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 0846 local time. Reached 95.1 km.

1953 December 1 - 15:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 16 Oxygen content Solar x-ray / ultraviolet / aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 129 km (80 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 0830 local time. Reached 129.6 km.

1954 February 2 - 18:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 20 Sunfollower UVS Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). Solar ultraviolet research. Launched at 1135 local time. Reached 101 km.

1954 April 9 - 21:12 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 18 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 143 km (88 mi). Gas composition research. Launched at 1412 local time. Reached 143 km.

1954 April 10 - 09:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 19 FAILURE: Failure. Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi). Gas composition research. Launched at 0200 local time. Reached 5 km.

1954 May 11 - 15:00 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 46 Beacon test Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 98 km (60 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 0800 local time. Reached 98.2 km.

1954 June 2 - 16:10 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 47 Solar ultraviolet spectrum test Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 93 km (57 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 0910 local time. Reached 93.4 km.

1954 July 14 - 13:55 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 48 UM wind vanes Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 92 km (57 mi). Temperature, aspect research. Launched at 0855 local time. Reached 91.8 km.

1954 August 11 - 17:25 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 49 AF / Utah D-layer Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 92 km (57 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1025 local time. Reached 91.8 km.

1954 September 17 - 14:31 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 50 Solar flux Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 94 km (58 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 1731 local time. Reached 94.7 km.

1954 October 5 - 18:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10b RTV-N-10b Remote sensing mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 1115 local time. Reached 158 km.

1955 January 22 - 00:45 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 51 Sodium Release 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 94 km (58 mi). Airglow research. Launched at 1754 local time. Reached 94.8 km.

1955 February 7 - 18:51 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 52 AF / Utah D-layer Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1151 local time. Reached 120.4 km.

1955 February 10 - 22:38 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 53 AF / Utah D-layer Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1538 local time. Reached 76.1 km.

1955 February 21 - 18:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10c NRL 29 Sunfollower / UVS Solar mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 115 km (71 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 1125 local time. Reached 115 km.

1955 March 19 - 06:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 26 Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 115 km (71 mi). Night airglow research. Launched at 2300 local time. Reached 114.3 km.

1955 March 29 - 16:47 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 54 Solar far ultraviolet / Lyra Alpha Solar / aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0947 local time. Reached 112.7 km.

1955 April 21 - 15:58 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Hi USAF 55 AJ11-6 engine test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 198 km (123 mi). First launcing of USAF Aerobee-Hi sounding rocket. Rocket test, 98 kg payload. Launched at 0858 local time. Reached 198 km.

1955 June 16 - 01:11 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-27 USAF 56 Classified mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 203 km (126 mi). Special classified flight research. Launched at 1811 local time. Reached 202.8 km.

1955 June 23 - 12:40 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Hi USAF 57 FAILURE: Failure. AJ11-6 engine test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 64 km (39 mi). Rocket test, 90 kg payload. Burnt-out thrust chamber. Launched at 0540 local time. Reached 64 km.

1955 July 8 - 08:39 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 23 Mass spectrometers Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 113 km (70 mi). Ion composition research. Launched at 0139 local time. Reached 113.4 km.

1955 July 13 - 06:59 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10a NRL 27 Mass spectrometers Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 69 km (42 mi). Gas composition research. Launched at 2359 local time. Reached 69.2 km.

1955 August 25 - 13:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 37 FAILURE: Failure. XRV-N-13 test Agency: NRL. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 0600 local time. Reached 4 km.

1955 September 14 - 13:30 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-27 USAF 58 UM wind vanes Test / aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 95 km (59 mi). Rocket aerodynamics test. Launched at 0630 local time. Reached 95 km.

1955 September 30 - 15:50 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-27 USAF 59 Colorado UVS Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 74 km (45 mi). Solar limb darkening research. Launched at 0850 local time. Reached 74 km.

1955 October 13 - 01:00 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 60 Sodium Release 2 Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). Sodium studies research. Launched at 1800 local time. Reached 101.4 km.

1955 October 18 - 22:49 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10c NRL 34 Solar La / airglow Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 1549 local time. Reached 150 km.

1955 October 22 - 00:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10c NRL 35 Solar La / airglow Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 1720 local time. Reached 134.5 km.

1955 November 4 - 15:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10c NRL 36 Solar La / airglow Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 0830 local time. Reached 158 km.

1955 November 17 - 09:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 25 Meteorites / ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi). Night airglow, meteors research. Launched at 0200 local time. Reached 105 km.

1955 November 29 - 17:16 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 24 Mass spectrometers Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 132 km (82 mi). Ion composition research. Launched at 1016 local time. Reached 132 km.

1955 December 9 - 14:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 38 FAILURE: Failure. XRV-N-13 test Agency: NRL. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 0750 local time.

1955 December 13 - 05:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10a NRL 28 Airglow / Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi). Gas composition research. Launched at 2200 local time. Reached 142 km.

1955 December 13 - 17:58 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-27 USAF 61 Colorado UVS Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi). Lyman alpha, solar limb darkening research. Launched at 1058 local time. Reached 138.4 km.

1956 March 12 - 21:15 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 62 Release B (NO) Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 95 km (59 mi). Nitric oxide attempt to produce sporadic E research. Launched at 1415 local time. Reached 95 km.

1956 March 14 - 08:45 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 63 Release (NO) Ionosphere / aeronomy / chemica mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi). Nitric oxide attempt to recombine atomic oxygen research. Launched at 0145 local time. Reached 106.2 km.

1956 April 12 - 02:05 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 64 Sodium Release 3 Ionosphere / aeronomy / chemica mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi). Sodium cloud, ionization research. Launched at 1005 local time. Reached 106.2 km.

1956 May 1 - 22:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 39 FAILURE: Failure. RV-N-13a test Agency: NRL. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi). Rocket performance test. Launched at 1505 local time. Reached 4 km.

1956 May 8 - 14:54 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 65 Far ultraviolet spectrometer / La imager Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 143 km (88 mi).

1956 May 8 - 15:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 42 FAILURE: Failure. RV-N-13a test Agency: NRL. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). Solar radiation research. Launched at 0754 local time. Reached 143.3 km.

1956 May 16 - 15:40 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Hi USAF 66 FAILURE: Failure. AJ11-6 engine test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi). Rocket test, 86 kg payload. Insufficient fin-cuff protection caused aerodynamic instability. Launched at 0840 local time. Reached 169 km.

1956 June 4 - 14:13 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 46 FAILURE: Failure. RV-N-13a test Agency: NRL. Apogee: 58 km (36 mi). Sunfollower spectrograph. Launched at 0713 local time. Reached 58 km.

1956 June 13 - 20:51 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 67 E-layer Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1351 local time. Reached 137.8 km.

1956 June 18 - 20:42 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 68 E-layer Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 136 km (84 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1342 local time. Reached 130.8 km.

1956 June 21 - 18:48 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 69 E-layer Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 146 km (90 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1148 local time. Reached 146.5 km.

1956 June 22 - 19:42 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 22 FAILURE: Failure. D-region Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1242 local time. Reached 5 km.

1956 June 26 - 18:26 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 70 E-layer Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 111 km (68 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1120 local time. Reached 111.1 km.

1956 June 29 - 19:09 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 50 (RV-N-13b) RV-N-13b Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 264 km (164 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 1200 local time. Reached 261 km.

1956 July 5 - 07:52 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10c NRL 33 Night airglow / B Magnetosphere / aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 162 km (100 mi). Magnetic belt, night airglow research. Launched at 0052 local time. Reached 162 km.

1956 July 31 - 00:56 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 71 Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 129 km (80 mi). Day airglow research. Launched at 1756 local time. Reached 128.8 km.

1956 August 3 - 12:56 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 72 FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet Spectrograph Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). Solar spectrum and atmospheric composition research. Launched at 0556 local time. Reached 2.4 km.

1956 August 9 - 15:53 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 34 (S/N 17) Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi). Composition research. Launched at 0853 local time. Reached 85.5 km.

1956 August 10 - 15:22 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee XASR-SC-1 SC 35 (S/N 10) Sampling Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi). Composition research. Launched at 0822 local time. Reached 85.9 km.

1956 October 23 - 08:40 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee AJ10-34 AM2.21 Pressure Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi). Pressure, temperature, density research. Launched at 0240 local time. Reached 145 km.

1956 November 1 - 12:57 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 73 Sodium Release Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 66 km (41 mi). Sodium emission research. Launched at 0557 local time. Reached 68 km.

1956 November 2 - 05:39 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 74 Sodium Release 4 Aeronomy mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 146 km (90 mi).

1956 November 5 - 07:50 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NRL 45 (RV-N-13b) FAILURE: Failure. NRL NN3.02 Aurora mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). Aurora, magnetic field research. Also known as IGY NN3.02. Launched at 1301 local time. Altitude not reported; possible failure.

1956 November 12 - 11:47 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee RTV-A-1a SM1.01 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 67 km (41 mi). Temperature, winds research. Launched at 0546 local time. Reached 67.5 km.

1956 November 15 - 19:32 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NRL 47 (RV-N-13b) NRL NN3.07F Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 129 km (80 mi). Ionosphere research. Also known as IGY NN3.09. Launched at 1332 local time. Reached 119 km.

1956 November 17 - 16:48 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NRL 43 (RV-N-13b) NRL NN3.12 Aeronomy / chemical / solar lyra-alpha spectrometry / x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 209 km (129 mi). Atmospheric structure research. Also known as IGY NN3.12. Launched at 1048 local time. Reached 195 km.

1956 November 21 - 05:21 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NRL 48 (RV-N-13c) NRL NN3.17 Ionosphere / aurora mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi). Air and ion composition research. Also known as IGY NN3.17. Launched at 2321 local time. Reached 255 km.

1956 December 13 - 21:44 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Hi USAF 75 AJ11-6 engine test Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). Rocket test, 80 kg payload payload. Launched at 1444 local time. Reached 193 km.

1957 February 2 - 08:05 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-34 USAF 76 Firefly (Ethelyne) Aeronomy / chemical release mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 143 km (88 mi). Ethylene gas release (Firefly). Launched at 0105 local time. Reached 140.6 km.

1957 March 29 - 04:51 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10c NRL 31 NRL NN2.26 Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi). Night sky research. Launched at 2151 local time. Reached 135 km.

1957 April 9 - 15:19 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AJ10-25 USAF 77 Meteorites mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 61 km (37 mi). Micrometeorites research. Launched at 0819 local time. Reached 61 km.

1957 April 11 - 16:31 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 40 (RV-N-13c) Vanguard test Satellite test Agency: NRL. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi). Vanguard test. Rocket performance, satellite instrumentation test. Launched at 0931 local time. Reached 204 km.

1957 April 30 - 15:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 41 (RV-N-13c) RV-N-13c test / meteorites mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 289 km (179 mi). Rocket performance flight test. Launched at 0810 local time. Reached 289 km.

1957 May 3 - 14:04 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NRL 44 (RV-N-13c) Sunfollower / UVS Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi). Sunfollower spectrograph. Launched at 0704 local time. Reached 204 km.

1957 June 18 - 14:00 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Hi USAF 78 AU4.26 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 171 km (106 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 0700 local time. Reached 171 km.

1957 June 25 - 14:07 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Hi USAF 79 AU4.27 Ionosphere mission Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 202 km (125 mi). Ionosphere research. Launched at 0707 local time. Reached 202 km.

1957 July 1 - Aerobee completes 165th flight. Aerobee upper air research rocket developed by the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins, and first fired on September 25, 1947, completed 165 successful firings to date.

1957 July 4 - 17:15 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.08F NRL NN3.08F Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 237 km (147 mi).

1957 July 5 - 05:17 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.09F FAILURE: Failure. NRL NN3.09F Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 16 km (9 mi).

1957 July 16 - Holloman A. Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 July 18 - Holloman A. Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 July 22 - 04:16 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM1.02 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 92 km (57 mi).

1957 July 24 - 05:29 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM1.03 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

1957 July 29 - 21:59 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.13F NRL NN3.13F Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1957 August 6 - 15:30 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AC4.024 Solar ultraviolet spectrum Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi).

1957 August 12 - 15:59 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM1.04 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 74 km (45 mi).

1957 August 20 - 02:29 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM1.05 (SC 40) Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

1957 August 25 - 02:29 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM2.05 Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 51 km (31 mi).

1957 August 25 - 14:08 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM2.06 Grenades, Temperature, wind Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi).

1957 September 1 - 22:28 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi AM4.001 Ion probe Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1957 September 17 - 14:04 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee RTV-N-10 NRL 21 Sunfollower / UVS Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 51 km (31 mi). Solar spectrum research. Launched at 0704 local time. Reached 51.1 km.

1957 September 19 - 16:30 GMT - Holloman A. Release A (Cs) Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 September 21 - Holloman A. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 October 14 - 01:04 GMT - Holloman A. Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 October 17 - 05:13 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Artificial Meteor Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 87 km (54 mi). USAF successfully launched pellets at a speed faster than 15 km/sec (some 3.5 km/sec faster than the velocity necessary to escape from the earth) by an Aerobee rocket to a height of 56 km; the nose section then ascended to a height of 87 km where shaped charges blasted the pellets into space. It is claimed that the Superschmidt Telescope at Sacremento Peak photographed the trajectory with a rotating shutter. These little metal pellets would therefore be the first objects to be shot into interplanetary space, months before the first launch to escape velocity (Luna 1, January 1959). But also see August 1957 nuclear test that may have blasted a manhole cover to escape velocity.

1957 October 23 - Holloman A. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 October 25 - Holloman A. Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 November 7 - 16:05 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee USAF-89 Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 November 8 - 14:57 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee USAF-90 FAILURE: Failure. Test / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 November 10 - Holloman A. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 November 19 - 16:29 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee Smoke Puff Release 1, KNO3-Al Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 121 km (75 mi).

1957 November 26 - Holloman A. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1957 December 12 - 04:00 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM1.07 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

1957 December 14 - 21:00 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM1.08 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 97 km (60 mi).

1958 January 26 - 04:18 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.03F NRL NN3.03F Aeronomy/Plasma/Fields mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).

1958 January 27 - 06:04 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM1.09 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 98 km (60 mi).

1958 January 27 - 18:49 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee SM2.10 Grenades / Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 143 km (88 mi).

1958 February 3 - 18:02 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.10F NRL NN3.10F Test / ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi).

1958 February 4 - 06:17 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.11F NRL NN3.11F Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 234 km (145 mi).

1958 February 18 - 17:21 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 100 NRL 51 Aerobee Jr Test / imaging mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

1958 February 22 - 02:02 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.18F NRL NN3.18F Ionosphere / aurora / x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

1958 February 24 - 07:00 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.14F NRL NN3.14F Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 207 km (128 mi).

1958 March 16 - 04:54 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.04 NRL NN3.04 Aeronomy/Fields/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 144 km (89 mi).

1958 March 19 - 01:12 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee USAF-93 NO / O2 composition Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1958 March 21 - Holloman A. Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1958 March 22 - 06:41 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.05 Aeronomy/Fields/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 168 km (104 mi).

1958 March 23 - 18:07 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.19F Neutral gas Aurora / aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 202 km (125 mi).

1958 May 5 - 14:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee NN3.22F Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 214 km (132 mi).

1958 June 4 - 15:15 GMT - Holloman A. Solar extreme ultraviolet Spectrum Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1958 July 3 - 18:52 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee AU3.07F Charge density Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 262 km (162 mi).

1958 July 6 - 12:02 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee AU3.10F Charge density Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

1958 July 11 - 18:30 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee AU3.11F Charge density Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi).

1958 August 13 - Holloman A. Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1958 August 15 - 15:45 GMT - Holloman A. Test / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1958 October 15 - 01:04 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi AM4.012 Vehicle test / aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 156 km (96 mi).

1958 October 22 - 16:47 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 AA10.01 FAILURE: Shut down early by range safety when the missile went off course. Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 177 km (109 mi). First flight of the Aerobee 300 / Spaerobee. The Aerobee was shut down early by range safety when the missile went off course.

1958 October 25 - 19:27 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 AA10.02 Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 418 km (259 mi).

1958 October 31 - 19:59 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.15F Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).

1958 November 3 - 12:52 GMT - Guam -. Aerobee 75 SS12.050 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 54 km (33 mi).

1958 November 3 - 16:20 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.20F Composition Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).

1958 November 7 - 12:26 GMT - Guam -. Aerobee 75 SS12.051 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 59 km (36 mi).

1958 November 16 - 06:56 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.06F Auroral/Fields/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 163 km (101 mi).

1958 November 22 - 17:06 GMT - Guam -. Aerobee 75 SS12.057 Grenades Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 59 km (36 mi).

1958 November 24 - 06:25 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.21F Electron density Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 207 km (128 mi).

1958 November 29 - 16:30 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi NN3.16F Auroral / Ultraviolet Phot Aurora mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 202 km (125 mi).

1958 November 30 - 18:36 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 ABM10.200 Te probe Test / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 304 km (188 mi).

1958 December 1 - 19:35 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 NN10.001 FAILURE: Failure. Field / ne probe Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 97 km (60 mi).

1958 December 3 - 18:39 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 NN10.002 Field / ne probe Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

1959 February 5 - 14:45 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.100C Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 212 km (131 mi).

1959 February 27 - 15:44 GMT - Holloman A. Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1959 March 12 - 15:44 GMT - Holloman A. Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1959 March 13 - 15:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NN3.24F Solar ultraviolet / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 170 km (100 mi).

1959 March 30 - 15:01 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.140C Solar extreme ultraviolet Spectrum Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 201 km (124 mi).

1959 March 30 - 16:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL 52 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 238 km (147 mi).

1959 April 7 - 14:46 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.160C FAILURE: Failure. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 317 km (196 mi).

1959 April 15 - 14:46 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.180C Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1959 April 21 - 01:05 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.181C Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 235 km (146 mi).

1959 May 5 - 01:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee AJ10-34 AA2.141C Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 132 km (82 mi).

1959 May 12 - 11:39 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.200C Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi).

1959 May 22 - 11:15 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.201C Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1959 June 10 - 16:40 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.280C Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

1959 June 22 - 14:32 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee AA1.260C Solar infrared mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi).

1959 June 24 - 12:10 GMT - Holloman A. Aerobee 150 AA3.220C Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1959 July 21 - 14:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee Hi NN3.23F Solar ultraviolet / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 197 km (122 mi).

1959 August 22 - 00:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.101C Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi).

1959 August 28 - 18:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.122C Extreme ultraviolet / RPA Ionosphere / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 235 km (146 mi).

1959 September 11 - 19:12 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.08GI Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 227 km (141 mi).

1959 September 14 - 17:27 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.07GI Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 218 km (135 mi).

1959 September 15 - White Sands LC35. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1959 September 17 - 18:37 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.02II DRTE.01 Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 256 km (159 mi).

1959 September 20 - 17:35 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.03II FAILURE: Failure. DRTE.02 Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1959 September 22 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 100 AA1.260C Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi).

1959 October 10 - 12:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee AJ10-34 AA2.102C Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 111 km (68 mi).

1959 October 20 - 14:25 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee AJ10-34 AA2.240C Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 113 km (70 mi).

1959 October 25 - 17:44 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 AA10.184C Utah ne probe Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 386 km (239 mi).

1959 October 28 - 14:47 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 AA10.185C Utah ne probe Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi).

1959 November 6 - 07:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NN2.78C Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).

1959 November 6 - 16:36 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 AA10.187C Utah ne probe Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 393 km (244 mi).

1959 November 14 - 22:38 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 AA10.165C GRD sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi).

1959 November 19 - 07:44 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AA3.282C FAILURE: Failure. B field profile Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi).

1959 November 22 - 18:35 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 AA10.186C FAILURE: Failure. UM ionosphere probe Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 35 km (21 mi).

1959 November 30 - 09:58 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee NRL 30 Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1960 January 14 - Eglin -. Aerobee 300 TATTLETALE PCC 1 Signals intelligence test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1960 January 19 - 18:18 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.124C Extreme ultraviolet monochromator Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1960 January 29 - 18:51 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.125C Extreme ultraviolet monochromator Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 226 km (140 mi).

1960 February 13 - 00:43 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee AJ10-34 AA2.143C Ultraviolet airglow spectra Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 143 km (88 mi).

1960 February 16 - Eglin -. Aerobee 300 TATTLETALE PCC 2 Signals intelligence test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1960 February 16 - 20:48 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.01GT FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi).

1960 February 27 - 06:53 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee Hi AA4.360C JHU Aurora 1 Aurora mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi).

1960 March 16 - Eglin -. Aerobee 300 TATTLETALE PCC 3 Signals intelligence test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1960 March 16 - 21:25 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 NASA 06.01UI UM ionosphere probe Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 337 km (209 mi).

1960 March 25 - 18:40 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.12GT Test / meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 212 km (131 mi). Aerobee 150-A, a new type, fired from new launch tower at Wallops Station, reached an altitude of 140 km and achieved rocket performance objectives as well as micrometeorite impact counts.

1960 April 7 - 02:06 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AA3.221 Infrared studies Solar infrared mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 236 km (146 mi).

1960 April 19 - 14:15 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee Hi NN3.60 NN3.60 Pinhole camera Solar ultraviolet / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 222 km (137 mi).

1960 April 21 - 15:00 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AA3.283C Magnetometer Fields mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 245 km (152 mi).

1960 April 23 - 21:45 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.10GT Test mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 246 km (152 mi). NASA fired first of five Aerobee-Hi sounding rockets from Wallops Station in program to measure ultraviolet radiation.

1960 April 27 - 04:18 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.04GG Ultraviolet star photometer Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1960 April 29 - 15:47 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.09GA Composition Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 242 km (150 mi).

1960 May 24 - 16:40 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AA3.183C Ionosphere / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 269 km (167 mi).

1960 May 27 - 04:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL 59 NRL 49? Extreme ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1960 May 27 - 05:30 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.05GG Ultraviolet star photometer Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 215 km (133 mi).

1960 June 15 - 15:45 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 NC3.107 NRL-57 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 224 km (139 mi).

1960 June 15 - 22:56 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 NASA 06.02UI UM ionosphere probe Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 321 km (199 mi).

1960 June 24 - 06:25 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.06GG Ultraviolet star photometer Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).

1960 June 27 - 13:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NC3.108 NRL-58 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 222 km (137 mi).

1960 July 1 - 14:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.107 Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 162 km (100 mi).

1960 July 27 - Eglin -. Aerobee 300 TATTLETALE PCC 4 FAILURE: Failure. Signals intelligence test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

1960 August 2 - 13:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NN2.32 Ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 148 km (91 mi).

1960 August 3 - 15:26 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300A NASA 06.03UI UM ionospheric Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 415 km (257 mi). First Sparrowbee sounding rocket launched from Wallops Station, lifting 25 kg University of Michigan payload to 415 km altitude.

1960 August 10 - Eglin -. Aerobee 300 TATTLETALE PCC 5 Signals intelligence test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 383 km (237 mi).

1960 August 23 - 17:01 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.16UE Cosmic rays mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 190 km (110 mi).

1960 August 23 - 17:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.128 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 237 km (147 mi).

1960 August 31 - Eglin -. Aerobee 300 TATTLETALE PCC 6 Signals intelligence test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1960 September 15 - 14:01 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 100 AA1.126 Solar Constant Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 102 km (63 mi).

1960 September 15 - 18:09 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.03GP AMPP Remote sensing mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

1960 September 20 - 12:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.142 Thermal / CR Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 195 km (121 mi).

1960 September 24 - 18:13 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.05GP AMPP Remote sensing mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

1960 September 27 - 22:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.102 CR / Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1960 October 5 - 19:52 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.43GP AMPP Remote sensing mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

1960 November 10 - 02:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 ND3.101 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).

1960 November 15 - 16:41 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.14GA Composition Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 227 km (141 mi).

1960 November 17 - 13:40 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.144 Ultraviolet detector Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 217 km (134 mi).

1960 November 22 - 08:42 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.11GG Ultraviolet Spectrograph Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 183 km (113 mi).

1960 November 23 - 10:19 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.01GI OkSU quiet night Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi).

1960 November 27 - 17:48 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.02GI OkSU quiet day Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

1960 November 29 - 11:16 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.103 NRL NB3.103 Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 197 km (122 mi).

1960 November 30 - 05:01 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AA3.284 MHD waves Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 241 km (149 mi).

1961 January 30 - 23:20 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AA3.370 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi).

1961 February 5 - 13:48 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.38NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 152 km (94 mi).

1961 February 17 - 19:04 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AA3.129 Extreme ultraviolet Monochromator Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 275 km (170 mi).

1961 March 8 - 16:53 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 300 AA10.192 Ne / RPA Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).

1961 March 26 - 16:54 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300A NASA 06.04UI UM ionospheric Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 386 km (239 mi). NASA Aerobee research rocket with University of Michigan payload shot to 406-km altitude from Wallops Station.

1961 March 31 - 02:50 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.34GG Ultraviolet star photometer Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 72 km (44 mi).

1961 April 14 - 17:15 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.19GT Attitude control test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 206 km (128 mi).

1961 April 18 - 04:40 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.104 NRL NB3.104 Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 242 km (150 mi).

1961 April 21 - 12:00 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.39NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 154 km (95 mi).

1961 May 16 - 15:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.145 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 294 km (182 mi).

1961 May 16 - 17:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.127 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 312 km (193 mi).

1961 May 17 - 19:22 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.04GP AMPP FU6 Remote sensing mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

1961 May 19 - 18:03 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.06GP AMPP FU5 Remote sensing mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 23 km (14 mi).

1961 May 25 - White Sands LC35. Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1961 June 6 - 12:31 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.108 Venus Flytrap Meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1961 June 17 - 07:29 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 ND3.112 NRL ND3.112 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 197 km (122 mi).

1961 June 21 - 14:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.102 NRL NE3.102 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 271 km (168 mi).

1961 June 26 - 15:15 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.20GT Attitude control test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

1961 August 12 - 10:57 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.42NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 153 km (95 mi).

1961 August 15 - 17:21 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.130 Extreme ultraviolet Monochromator Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 271 km (168 mi).

1961 August 23 - 17:02 GMT - White Sands LC35. Extreme ultraviolet Mon / X-ray counter Aeronomy / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

1961 August 29 - 14:35 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 NE3.110 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 260 km (160 mi).

1961 September 23 - 18:27 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.08GA Air sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi).

1961 September 27 - 12:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA2.502 CWAS Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 59 km (36 mi).

1961 September 30 - 14:30 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.25US OSO spectrometer Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 223 km (138 mi).

1961 September 30 - 20:42 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.09GA Air sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 73 km (45 mi).

1961 October 12 - 13:21 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.146 Ultraviolet absorption Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 192 km (119 mi).

1961 October 14 - White Sands LC35. Lunar X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1961 October 15 - 14:33 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.10GA Air sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

1961 October 17 - 20:11 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.07GA Air sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 65 km (40 mi).

1961 October 18 - 13:25 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.40NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 152 km (94 mi).

1961 October 25 - Point Mugu -. Aerobee 100 SEABEE Hydra Agency: USNMC. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

1961 October 25 - 06:59 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.351 AS&E-2 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: USAF SS. Apogee: 232 km (144 mi).

1961 November 1 - 03:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 ND3.122 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 212 km (131 mi).

1961 November 2 - 17:24 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.11GA Air sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 68 km (42 mi).

1961 November 5 - 20:11 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.12GA Air sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 71 km (44 mi).

1961 November 30 - 17:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.123 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 238 km (147 mi).

1961 December 7 - 23:15 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AB3.344 Sphere Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 234 km (145 mi).

1961 December 13 - 12:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.110 Micrometorites Test / meteorites mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 246 km (152 mi).

1961 December 15 - 17:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.140 HR Solar Spectra Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1961 December 22 - 04:24 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300A NASA 06.05UI UM Ionospheric Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 365 km (226 mi).

1962 January 13 - 16:15 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.68GT Attitude control test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 209 km (129 mi).

1962 January 16 - White Sands LC35. Extreme ultraviolet Mon / X-ray counter Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1962 February 7 - 04:38 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.35GG FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet Spectrograph Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).

1962 February 17 - 19:43 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.41NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 157 km (97 mi).

1962 March 6 - 13:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.150 Ultraviolet Absorption Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 323 km (200 mi).

1962 March 19 - 15:30 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.18GA FAILURE: Failure. Structure Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi).

1962 April 17 - 17:20 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 NA3.114F? Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 286 km (177 mi).

1962 May 1 - 19:18 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 100 AA1.193 Gyro interaction Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 94 km (58 mi).

1962 May 2 - 22:53 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AA3.361 Day airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 275 km (170 mi).

1962 May 8 - 15:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.46NP Radar test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 196 km (121 mi).

1962 May 25 - 12:43 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.48GT Sea recovery test/Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). Sea recovery test mission.

1962 June 5 - 12:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.133 Extreme ultraviolet Monochromator Aeronomy / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi).

1962 June 12 - 21:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.134 Extreme ultraviolet Monochromator Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 299 km (185 mi).

1962 June 19 - 06:59 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.352 AS&E-3 (Sco X-1) X-ray Astronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 224 km (139 mi).

1962 June 20 - 13:29 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.26NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

1962 June 29 - 21:00 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.72UP JHU Airglow 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1962 June 30 - 04:55 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.71UA/UP JHU Airglow 2 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 208 km (129 mi).

1962 July 10 - 15:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.47NP Radar test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1962 July 24 - 12:09 GMT - Eglin -. Aeronomy mission Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1962 July 24 - 21:41 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.23US Lyra alpha test Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 208 km (129 mi).

1962 August 8 - 16:55 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.60GT Attitude control test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 149 km (92 mi).

1962 August 22 - 15:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.128 Solar extreme ultraviolet / x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 234 km (145 mi).

1962 September 6 - 14:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.13NA Ultraviolet Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 74 km (45 mi).

1962 September 11 - 23:24 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.322 Day Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 306 km (190 mi).

1962 September 22 - 02:24 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.36GG Ultraviolet Photometer Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

1962 September 27 - 18:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AB3.246 Electric structure Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 260 km (160 mi).

1962 September 30 - 06:02 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.69CG Lockheed XR X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 171 km (106 mi).

1962 October 13 - 06:59 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.353 AS&E-4 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 317 km (196 mi).

1962 October 25 - 23:28 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.138 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / XR / RPA Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 213 km (132 mi).

1962 October 30 - 01:50 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.54UG OAO sensors Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).

1962 November 6 - 19:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.148 HR solar spectrum Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 308 km (191 mi).

1962 November 11 - 01:03 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AC3.452 Firefly III FANNY Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 260 km (160 mi).

1962 November 13 - 22:30 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AC3.453 Firefly III GILDA Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 253 km (157 mi).

1962 November 16 - 01:26 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AC3.449 (SF6) Firefly III KAREN Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 234 km (145 mi).

1962 November 16 - 04:22 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.79II FAILURE: Failure. Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 29 km (18 mi).

1962 November 18 - 04:57 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.27NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 206 km (128 mi).

1962 November 20 - 16:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 100 NASA 01.14NA FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1962 November 20 - 21:41 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300A NASA 06.06GA Thermosphere Probe 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 345 km (214 mi).

1962 November 27 - 18:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.21US Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 203 km (126 mi).

1962 December 8 - 01:08 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AC3.450 Firefly III LAURA Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 220 km (130 mi).

1962 December 11 - 04:22 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.80II FAILURE: Failure. Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 52 km (32 mi).

1962 December 13 - 17:23 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.74UA FAILURE: Failure. JHU Airglow 3 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1962 December 15 - 17:30 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AC3.451 (SF6) Firefly III MARTHA Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 222 km (137 mi).

1962 December 18 - 19:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.139 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 224 km (139 mi).

1963 January 29 - 16:27 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.73UA FAILURE: Failure. JHU Airglow 4 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).

1963 February 14 - 00:30 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AB3.345 Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 234 km (145 mi).

1963 February 15 - 16:34 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NC3.134 Bennett Mass Spec Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 239 km (148 mi).

1963 February 18 - 17:43 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.140 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 306 km (190 mi).

1963 February 26 - White Sands LC35. FAILURE: Failure. Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1963 March 6 - 22:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.372 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi).

1963 March 16 - 02:19 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.70CG Lockheed XR 2 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 201 km (124 mi).

1963 March 19 - 18:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.149 Ultraviolet absorption Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 99 km (61 mi).

1963 March 28 - 00:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.30GG Ultraviolet geocorona? Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1963 April 3 - 16:46 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.58UI Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 237 km (147 mi).

1963 April 4 - 15:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.118 Solar X-rays Spectrum 1 Solar x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 205 km (127 mi).

1963 April 12 - 05:30 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.96II CSIRO VLF Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 198 km (123 mi).

1963 April 12 - 14:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.1 FAILURE: Failure. Visible Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1963 April 18 - 21:00 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300A NASA 06.07GA Thermo Probe 2(AE-A) Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 342 km (212 mi).

1963 April 23 - 20:48 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.44GI Electron density Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 199 km (123 mi).

1963 April 30 - 04:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.130 Ultraviolet Photometer Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 197 km (122 mi).

1963 May 2 - 17:03 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.510 Extreme ultraviolet Mon 2 / XR / RPA Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 232 km (144 mi).

1963 May 7 - 21:11 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.98UA JHU Airglow 5 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 223 km (138 mi).

1963 May 9 - 18:02 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.97II CSIRO VLF Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 203 km (126 mi).

1963 May 10 - 14:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.140R Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 214 km (132 mi).

1963 May 14 - 15:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.66NP Paraglider Technology mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

1963 May 21 - 05:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.119 Far ultraviolet Telescope Far ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 192 km (119 mi).

1963 June 6 - 14:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NC3.115F Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 208 km (129 mi).

1963 June 11 - 05:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.354 ASE / Lunar X-ray Solar x-ray mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 302 km (187 mi).

1963 June 17 - 18:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.87GT Attitude control test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).

1963 June 19 - 17:33 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.28NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 189 km (117 mi).

1963 June 20 - 14:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.61AS NRL Coronagraph test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 195 km (121 mi).

1963 June 25 - 13:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.2 Visible Dayglow Aeronomy / aurora mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 213 km (132 mi).

1963 June 28 - 14:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.62AS NRL NE3.129? Solar / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi).

1963 June 29 - 16:46 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AC3.607 Gyro-resonance Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 156 km (96 mi).

1963 July 3 - 09:00 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 AB3.247 Structure Test / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 199 km (123 mi).

1963 July 10 - 02:46 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.59UI Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi).

1963 July 10 - 17:02 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.511 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

1963 July 19 - 05:30 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.37GG Ultraviolet spectrograph Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

1963 July 20 - 15:18 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.77GS OSO B spectrometer Solar ultraviolet / eclipse mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 213 km (132 mi).

1963 July 20 - 21:06 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.75UA FAILURE: Failure. JHU Eclipse Airglow Aeronomy / eclipse mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi).

1963 July 20 - 21:54 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300A NASA 06.08GA Thermosphere Probe 3 Aeronomy / eclipse mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 338 km (210 mi).

1963 July 23 - 06:00 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.29GG Ultraviolet spectrograph Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 177 km (109 mi).

1963 July 25 - 14:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.124 Solar X-rays Spectrum 2 Solar x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1963 August 1 - 08:06 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 NC3.? Bennett Mass Spec 2 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 232 km (144 mi).

1963 September 3 - 22:36 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AD3.374 Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 288 km (178 mi).

1963 September 4 - 13:11 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.91GE CR nuclei Cosmic rays mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi).

1963 September 6 - 21:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.22US OSO B experiment Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 222 km (137 mi).

1963 September 11 - 14:24 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.32NP LeRC LH2 test Technology test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1963 September 20 - 15:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.151 SX solar spectrum Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 208 km (129 mi).

1963 September 25 - 07:09 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.65GI Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 224 km (139 mi).

1963 September 26 - 18:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AC3.151 Ultraviolet absorption Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 98 km (60 mi).

1963 September 28 - 14:43 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.64GI Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 226 km (140 mi).

1963 October 1 - 17:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.78GS OSO B spectrometer Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 219 km (136 mi).

1963 October 10 - 10:33 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.31GG FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet geocorona? Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).

1963 October 15 - 16:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.33GS Solar XRT Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 197 km (122 mi).

1963 October 17 - 16:50 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.93II Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

1963 October 31 - 16:50 GMT - Wallops Island LA1. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.94II Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

1963 November 4 - 15:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.3 Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1963 November 12 - 18:58 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.76UA JHU Airglow 6 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 223 km (138 mi).

1963 November 13 - 23:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AD3.324 Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 262 km (162 mi).

1963 November 17 - 18:15 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.85NA Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 370 km (220 mi).

1963 November 27 - 17:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.153 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi).

1963 December 5 - White Sands LC35. HR solar spectrum Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1963 December 12 - 16:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AD3.513 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / XR / RPA Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 325 km (201 mi).

1964 January 28 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.88GT Attitude control test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi).

1964 January 29 - 03:09 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300A NASA 06.09GA Thermosphere probe Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 309 km (192 mi).

1964 February 9 - 04:12 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AC3.603 Utah ionos probe Ionosphere / aurora mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi).

1964 February 17 - 10:00 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 ND3.143 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 268 km (166 mi).

1964 February 26 - 21:18 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.124UA FAILURE: Failure. JHU Aurora 2 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi).

1964 March 16 - 19:29 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 HITAB BIRA-1 Infrared / ultraviolet background mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 March 30 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AD3.514 Extreme ultraviolet Mon 3 / RPA Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 248 km (154 mi).

1964 April 1 - Little Carter Bay -. Aerobee 150 HITAB TSRA-2 Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 April 3 - 03:48 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.15GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 190 km (110 mi).

1964 April 7 - 14:13 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.4 Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 223 km (138 mi).

1964 April 10 - 04:31 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.81GG FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 74 km (45 mi).

1964 April 14 - 18:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.86NA FAILURE: Failure. Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 31 km (19 mi).

1964 April 21 - 16:18 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.113GA-GI FAILURE: Failure. Astrochemistry Meteorites / ionosphere / solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 11 km (6 mi).

1964 May 6 - 16:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.154 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 238 km (147 mi).

1964 May 27 - 04:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AD3.355 Lunar X-ray Test / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 245 km (152 mi).

1964 May 28 - Little Carter Bay -. Aerobee 150 HITAB TSRA-1 Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 June 10 - 12:44 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.67NP Paraglider Technology / meteoroid mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).

1964 June 16 - 09:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.147 Ultraviolet / extreme ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi).

1964 June 19 - 13:46 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.6 Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi).

1964 July 7 - 22:43 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 NB3.164 Crab nebula lunar occulation X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 295 km (183 mi).

1964 July 17 - Little Carter Bay -. Aerobee 150 HITAB TIRA-2 Test/Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

1964 July 23 - 18:43 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.107GE CR nuclei Cosmic rays mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 233 km (144 mi).

1964 July 25 - 17:35 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.108GE CR nuclei Cosmic rays mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 215 km (133 mi).

1964 July 28 - 21:14 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 300 NASA 06.10GA Thermosphere probe Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 322 km (200 mi).

1964 August 11 - 10:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.82GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).

1964 August 22 - 10:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.126GG Ultraviolet Spectra (Venus) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 123 km (76 mi).

1964 August 29 - 05:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.122GG AS / E X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1964 September 2 - 03:08 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.55UG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 156 km (96 mi).

1964 September 15 - 09:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.5 Zodiacal light Infrared astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 September 18 - 17:17 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.115NA Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 168 km (104 mi).

1964 September 26 - 12:04 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.13GP-GT Attitude control test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).

1964 October 2 - 02:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.120CG Lockheed XR Survey X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 144 km (89 mi).

1964 October 14 - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A HITAB BIRA-2 Infrared background mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 October 27 - 00:58 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.123CG AS / E X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 192 km (119 mi).

1964 October 30 - 19:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.116GS Extreme ultraviolet spectrum / X-ray flux Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 189 km (117 mi).

1964 November 3 - 07:57 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.52UG Princeton UVS Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi).

1964 November 7 - 10:31 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.109GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 213 km (132 mi).

1964 November 12 - 19:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.155 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 189 km (117 mi).

1964 November 14 - 10:23 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.110GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 207 km (128 mi).

1964 November 16 - 18:18 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.45GA Thermosphere probe Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).

1964 November 16 - 18:31 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.118NA LUSTER Meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 157 km (97 mi).

1964 November 19 - 17:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.154R Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 219 km (136 mi).

1964 November 25 - 11:34 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.161 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 December 1 - 06:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.83GA Ultraviolet Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).

1964 December 8 - 22:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AD3.515 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 December 11 - Little Carter Bay -. Aerobee 150 HITAB TSRA-3 Infrared background mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 December 11 - 18:00 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 350 NASA 12.02GT Dummy sustainer test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).

1964 December 16 - 14:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.132GA-GI Meteoroids Meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 207 km (128 mi).

1964 December 17 - 06:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.125UA JHU Airglow 8 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 235 km (146 mi).

1965 January 13 - 15:49 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.9 Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi).

1965 January 13 - 23:48 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.111NA Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 178 km (110 mi).

1965 January 21 - 20:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NA3.163 Solar extreme ultraviolet / x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 235 km (146 mi).

1965 January 30 - 07:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NF3.162 Infrared astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).

1965 February 11 - 17:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AE3.153 Solar spectrum Solar ultraviolet / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1965 February 19 - 04:51 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.129CA JHU Aurora 3 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 159 km (98 mi).

1965 March 3 - 00:09 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AE3.516 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 241 km (149 mi).

1965 March 3 - 14:15 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 AE3.517 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 252 km (156 mi).

1965 March 5 - 00:11 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AE3.518 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 245 km (152 mi).

1965 March 6 - 03:41 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.133UG Princeton UVS Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 189 km (117 mi).

1965 March 6 - 07:32 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AD3.613 D-region comp / aurora Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1965 March 13 - 03:38 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.56GG Ultraviolet spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).

1965 March 13 - 03:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 AE3.516 uncertain Astronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).

1965 March 13 - 07:42 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AE3.612 Auroral Input / Output Meteorites / aurora mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 184 km (114 mi).

1965 March 17 - 15:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.63GS ASE XRT Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 156 km (96 mi).

1965 March 19 - 03:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.57GG Ultraviolet spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).

1965 March 20 - 05:42 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 300 NASA 06.11GA Thermosphere probe Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 326 km (202 mi).

1965 March 30 - 05:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 ND3.159 Aeronomy / ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 217 km (134 mi).

1965 April 12 - 14:47 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.49GS (128-3) Mg II heliogram 1 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 201 km (124 mi).

1965 April 15 - 10:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.127UA AF-142 thermodynamic comparison Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 198 km (123 mi).

1965 April 20 - 15:40 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NE3.156 Solar ultraviolet and x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 201 km (124 mi).

1965 April 24 - 05:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.114GG FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi).

1965 April 27 - 06:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NB3.176 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1965 May 4 - 07:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NF3.162R FAILURE: Failure. Infrared astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 17 km (10 mi).

1965 May 5 - 03:23 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.89GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi).

1965 June 2 - 06:22 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.17UG Princeton UVS Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 181 km (112 mi).

1965 June 17 - 21:07 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.140GE CR fluxes Magnetosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 233 km (144 mi).

1965 June 18 - 23:11 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 350 NASA 17.01GT Test mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 374 km (232 mi).

1965 June 23 - 14:32 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.10 Soft X solar photography Solar x-ray mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 186 km (115 mi).

1965 June 23 - 15:47 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.141GE CR fluxes Magnetosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 215 km (133 mi).

1965 June 29 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.112NA Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 195 km (121 mi).

1965 June 30 - 14:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.105NP Radar test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi). Raytheon magnetron failed but the rocket worked worked perfectly. Reportedly test launches in 1963 and 1964 failed, but these may have been those listed for 8 May 1962 and 10 July 1962.

1965 July 7 - 07:25 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AE3.117/VFT65-S-1 Noctilucent clouds Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 166 km (103 mi).

1965 July 14 - 07:57 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AF3.265/VFT65-S-2 FAILURE: Failure. Noctilucent clouds Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1965 July 15 - 20:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.128UA Thermosphere comparison Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 196 km (121 mi).

1965 July 21 - 20:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AD3.375 Mass spectrometer / Impulse probe Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1965 July 24 - 08:36 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 AF3.266/VFT65-S-3 Noctilucent clouds Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1965 August 12 - 17:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.519 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 241 km (149 mi).

1965 August 26 - 19:03 GMT - Eglin -. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.614 Gyro Resonance Ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 109 km (67 mi).

1965 September 17 - 21:51 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.138II FR-1 test / ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).

1965 September 22 - 20:07 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.147CG AS / E X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 199 km (123 mi).

1965 September 25 - 04:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AD3.722 Infrared Horizon 1 test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 199 km (123 mi).

1965 September 25 - 21:54 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.139II FR-1 test / ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 192 km (119 mi).

1965 September 28 - 09:09 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.150GA-GI-GB Meteors / Ionosphere Meteorites / biology mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 183 km (113 mi).

1965 September 29 - White Sands LC35. Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1965 October 1 - 01:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.121CG LPARL 1D XRT X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 148 km (91 mi).

1965 October 5 - 03:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.184 Ultraviolet / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 171 km (106 mi).

1965 October 13 - 03:13 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.151UG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 183 km (113 mi).

1965 October 19 - 20:00 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.142NA Colorado / Ikeya-Seki Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1965 October 20 - 20:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.146DS Comet study / Solar Ultraviolet astronomy / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 184 km (114 mi).

1965 October 21 - 16:00 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.164UA JHU Ikeya-Seki Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 191 km (118 mi).

1965 October 23 - 05:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL ND3.167 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 254 km (157 mi).

1965 October 26 - 15:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.53GS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 195 km (121 mi).

1965 October 29 - 11:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NF3.162R Infrared Telescope Infrared astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 205 km (127 mi).

1965 November 3 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.520 Solar XUVT Solar soft x-ray mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1965 November 9 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AF3.523 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 238 km (147 mi).

1965 November 10 - 02:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AD3.356 Lunar Infrared Infrared astronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).

1965 November 16 - 16:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.119NA LUSTER B Meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 144 km (89 mi).

1965 November 20 - 08:28 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.8 Stellar Spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1965 November 30 - 07:48 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.155GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1965 December 2 - 17:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.145GS Mg II heliogram 2 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

1966 January 18 - 03:19 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.90GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 134 km (83 mi).

1966 January 19 - 04:39 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.11 FAILURE: Failure. Stellar Spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

1966 January 27 - 01:29 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NC3.186 Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi).

1966 February 1 - 18:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NE3.156R Spectroheliograph Solar soft x-ray mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 209 km (129 mi).

1966 February 2 - 10:04 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.50UG Spica ultraviolet spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi).

1966 February 20 - 05:30 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.162UA JHU Aurora 4 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 166 km (103 mi).

1966 March 2 - 17:55 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.99DS Te, Solar UV Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi).

1966 March 3 - 21:54 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.100DS AFCRL Solar Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 219 km (136 mi).

1966 March 8 - 07:42 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.148CG AS / E with ACS X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1966 March 9 - 02:22 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.15 Stellar spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1966 March 30 - 18:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AF3.524 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 229 km (142 mi).

1966 April 14 - 15:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.143NA Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 183 km (113 mi).

1966 April 14 - 15:08 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.24US Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 192 km (119 mi).

1966 April 21 - 11:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.165UA JHU UVT F1 (Venus) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 154 km (95 mi).

1966 April 28 - 12:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.189DS NRL ND3.172R Solar soft x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi).

1966 April 29 - 03:49 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AD3.723 Infrared Horizon 2 Infrared technology mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1966 May 9 - 15:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.106NP Radar test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi). First radar for science purposes launched into space and successfully recovered. Besides testing the engineering and special techniques for space flight, the data showed that the echo characteristics of the earth were similar to those of Venus and the Moon.

1966 May 18 - 04:02 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.171UG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1966 May 20 - 15:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.95GS XRT (2) Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).

1966 May 20 - 23:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.92GS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 195 km (121 mi).

1966 May 24 - 05:07 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.51UG FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 132 km (82 mi).

1966 July 16 - 05:32 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.159GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi).

1966 July 19 - 03:36 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.144DG NRL NB3.165 Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA/NRL. Apogee: 134 km (83 mi).

1966 July 22 - 21:02 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AF3.525 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 247 km (153 mi).

1966 July 27 - 15:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NE3.190 Heliograph XUV-H1? Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).

1966 August 8 - 18:22 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.734 Solar min particles Cosmic rays mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 134 km (83 mi).

1966 August 11 - 15:53 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AC3.364 Auroral emissions Aurora mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 207 km (128 mi).

1966 August 17 - 19:50 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 350 NASA 17.02GT-GI-GS Test / ionosphere-solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 358 km (222 mi).

1966 August 26 - 18:13 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.101DS Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 212 km (131 mi).

1966 August 29 - 15:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.156GM Airglow / Te / density Aeronomy / chemica / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 206 km (128 mi).

1966 September 2 - 22:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NA3.182 NRL NA3.182 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 206 km (128 mi).

1966 September 20 - 05:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.176UG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1966 September 20 - 17:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 12.06GT Booster test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi).

1966 October 4 - 20:29 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NA3.160 KP3.18 Solar x-ray / test Agency: NRL/KPNO. Apogee: 154 km (95 mi).

1966 October 11 - 23:22 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.16 Infrared dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1966 October 12 - 01:52 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.149CG AS / E X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 148 km (91 mi).

1966 October 22 - 15:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.161NA LUSTER 1966 Meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 149 km (92 mi).

1966 October 25 - 17:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.195GA-GI Meteoroids Meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 186 km (115 mi).

1966 November 1 - White Sands LC35. Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 241 km (149 mi).

1966 November 12 - 10:40 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.191DS NRL ND3.188 XUV-H2? Solar extreme ultraviolet / eclipse mission Agency: NASA/NRL. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi).

1966 November 12 - 16:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.153GS Solar eclipse mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi).

1966 November 16 - 13:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AF3.267 Leonids Meteorites mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 173 km (107 mi).

1966 November 21 - 10:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.154GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1966 November 27 - 02:16 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AG3.357 Lunar Infrared Infrared astronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1966 November 30 - 11:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.181UA Composition Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 227 km (141 mi).

1966 December 2 - 21:09 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.180UA Composition Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 227 km (141 mi).

1966 December 6 - 03:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.724 Infrared technology mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).

1966 December 13 - 06:30 GMT - Natal -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.182UG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1966 December 14 - 08:16 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AF3.615 Auroral ionosphere Ionosphere mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).

1966 December 14 - 11:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.194 Astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 177 km (109 mi).

1966 December 17 - 06:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.19 FAILURE: Failure. Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

1967 January 17 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AG3.526 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi).

1967 February 17 - 04:18 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.163UA JHU Aurora 5 Aurora mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 168 km (104 mi).

1967 March 3 - 03:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.160GG Ultraviolet stellar photom Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 157 km (97 mi).

1967 March 3 - 04:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.84UG Infrared payload Infrared astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

1967 March 14 - 17:14 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.102DS OSO-3 calibration Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 205 km (127 mi).

1967 March 17 - 03:48 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.194DG NRL NB3.191 / FUIIS Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA/NRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1967 March 22 - 16:56 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.103DS OSO-3 calibration Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 229 km (142 mi).

1967 April 1 - 03:40 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.204GG Ultraviolet stellar photom Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 139 km (86 mi).

1967 April 5 - 00:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.168CS LMSC Solar / Mod 1 Solar x-ray / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1967 April 7 - 08:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.186UG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 176 km (109 mi).

1967 April 24 - 15:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.117GS OSO-3 calibration Solar x-ray / extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 181 km (112 mi).

1967 May 5 - 04:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.157GG Venus UV Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 159 km (98 mi).

1967 May 5 - 07:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.203UG Ultraviolet stellar spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 176 km (109 mi).

1967 May 9 - 21:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.192DS NRL ND3.199 XUV-H3? Solar optical / extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL/NASA. Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).

1967 May 16 - 08:32 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.177 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 148 km (91 mi).

1967 June 2 - 04:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.210GG Ultraviolet stellar spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1967 June 6 - 14:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.222NA LUSTER I 1967 Meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi).

1967 June 9 - 04:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.21 Planetary UV Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1967 June 21 - 19:49 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.179UA UMn mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1967 July 5 - 18:41 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.582 Auroral profile Aurora mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1967 July 8 - 04:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.190UG MIT X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).

1967 July 20 - 09:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.212UA Composition Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1967 July 20 - 19:24 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.211UA Composition Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 209 km (129 mi).

1967 August 4 - 04:53 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.172UG Stellar ultraviolet Ultraviolet / x-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi).

1967 August 8 - 12:57 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.207UA POGO detector test Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 289 km (179 mi).

1967 August 8 - 21:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AH3.529 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 235 km (146 mi).

1967 August 11 - 09:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.223NA LUSTER II 1967 Meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 141 km (87 mi).

1967 August 12 - 06:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NC3.187 Ion Composition Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 222 km (137 mi).

1967 August 15 - 18:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AG3.528 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi).

1967 August 26 - 04:36 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.187CG LMSC X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 125 km (77 mi).

1967 September 8 - 03:21 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.196 Stellar X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1967 September 12 - 22:25 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 12.07GT FAILURE: Failure. Rail launch test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1967 September 30 - 16:14 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.104DS OSO 3 cal Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi).

1967 October 3 - 18:18 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.152GS Solar pointing Solar x-ray / ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 184 km (114 mi).

1967 October 5 - 14:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.243DS NRL ND3.192 Cor'gr. Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 173 km (107 mi).

1967 October 19 - 12:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.239US Solar / geo Ly-alpha Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).

1967 October 27 - 10:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.158GG Ultraviolet stellar spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1967 November 1 - 11:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.226UG Ultraviolet stellar spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 176 km (109 mi).

1967 November 7 - 17:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AH3.530 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Aeronomy / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi).

1967 November 14 - 10:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.229UG Ultraviolet stellar spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA/NRL. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).

1967 November 15 - 21:30 GMT - Natal -. Aerobee 150 CRL AD3.365 Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 224 km (139 mi).

1967 November 20 - 10:42 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.228CG AS&E X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 144 km (89 mi).

1967 December 4 - 11:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.20 Ultraviolet Telescope (Venus) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 167 km (103 mi).

1967 December 5 - 11:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.197UA JHU UVT F2 (Venus) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1967 December 5 - 19:11 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.213NB White rat payload Biological mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi).

1967 December 6 - 10:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.219GG Ultraviolet stellar spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1967 December 10 - 22:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.201NT SPARCS test / optical astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1967 December 13 - 12:59 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AF3.268 Dust collector Meteorites mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 164 km (101 mi).

1968 January 22 - 17:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NA3.201 KP3.25 BCS / PC Solar x-ray mission Agency: NRL/KPNO. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi).

1968 January 26 - 04:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.205GG Stellar astronomy Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1968 February 2 - 05:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.261GG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 139 km (86 mi).

1968 February 2 - 06:10 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.220GG Stellar astronomy Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 149 km (92 mi).

1968 February 9 - 04:41 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.217UA JHU Aurora 6 Aurora mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).

1968 February 17 - 02:24 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.22 Stellar ultraviolet Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 183 km (113 mi).

1968 February 19 - 18:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AH3.531 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi).

1968 February 19 - 23:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.169CS Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi).

1968 March 1 - 03:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.177UG Stellar infrared Infrared astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 171 km (106 mi).

1968 March 15 - 19:04 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.209CS AS&E Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).

1968 March 16 - 03:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.198GE Crab X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 153 km (95 mi).

1968 March 19 - 16:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.202NT SPARCS test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 159 km (98 mi).

1968 March 22 - 07:24 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.255GG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 208 km (129 mi).

1968 March 29 - 06:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NF3.171 Infrared Telescope Infrared astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 220 km (130 mi).

1968 March 29 - 08:29 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.154 Spectrograph Aeronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 122 km (75 mi).

1968 April 7 - 05:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.204 Stellar X-ray Scan X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

1968 April 23 - 23:06 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.238UA Airglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

1968 April 27 - 15:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.244DS NRL ND3.212 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 166 km (103 mi).

1968 April 29 - 15:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.245DS NRL ND3.213 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1968 May 3 - 07:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.227UG Stellar ultraviolet spectra Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 171 km (106 mi).

1968 May 3 - 07:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.196UG FAILURE: Failure. Columbia XR X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi).

1968 May 17 - 03:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.24 Ultraviolet Telescope (Jupiter) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 159 km (98 mi).

1968 May 17 - 04:32 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.221GG Stellar ultraviolet Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1968 May 20 - 15:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.230GS Ultraviolet solar imager Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1968 May 25 - 06:40 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.173UG Stellar ultraviolet Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1968 June 8 - 17:41 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.263CS AS&E Solar extreme ultraviolet / x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi).

1968 June 8 - 18:38 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.134DS NRL NE3.174 Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi). The first rocket carried a Naval Research Laboratory and University of Maryland payload to a 179-km altitude to flight test a design verification unit of the high-resolution spectroheliograph planned for use on the ATM. The second rocket carried an American Science and Engineering, Inc., payload to a 150-km altitude to obtain high-resolution x-ray pictures of active regions of the Sun during solar flare and general x-ray emission of solar corona. The rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily, but the payload of the first rocket failed to separate, thus preventing functioning of the parachute recovery system.

1968 June 24 - 22:51 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.214NB Biological mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 144 km (89 mi).

1968 July 27 - 03:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.236UG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).

1968 July 27 - 04:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.225UG Stellar X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 135 km (83 mi).

1968 August 1 - 09:10 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.224NA Noctilucent sampler Aeronomy / meteorites mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 115 km (71 mi).

1968 August 6 - 18:43 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AG3.532 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Ionosphere / solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi).

1968 August 14 - 16:37 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NE3.183 FAILURE: Failure. Solar radiation Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi).

1968 August 15 - 07:59 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AE3.725 Infrared horizon Technology test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1968 September 4 - 14:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.130UA Structure Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi).

1968 September 13 - 14:31 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 12.14GT Test mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

1968 September 16 - 16:50 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 170 CRL AT3.170 Dummy Sustainer test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi).

1968 September 21 - 03:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.174UG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 173 km (107 mi).

1968 September 22 - 15:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.246DS Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 189 km (117 mi).

1968 September 24 - 16:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.185US HCO Spectrometer Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).

1968 September 30 - 19:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.231GS GSFC extreme ultraviolet Spec Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 203 km (126 mi).

1968 October 1 - 18:52 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.241UA Ultraviolet Dayglow Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi).

1968 October 10 - 10:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.265DG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi).

1968 October 16 - 23:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.248CS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).

1968 October 26 - 09:11 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 170 NASA 12.13GT-UG KP3.23 Ultraviolet astronomy / test Agency: NASA/KPNO. Apogee: 245 km (152 mi).

1968 November 15 - 07:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.268UG Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi).

1968 November 21 - 18:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AT3.533 Extreme ultraviolet Mon / RPA Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 244 km (151 mi).

1968 November 21 - 19:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI NASA 04.240US Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1968 November 21 - 20:45 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.215NB Biological mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 164 km (101 mi).

1968 December 7 - 06:11 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.264CG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 149 km (92 mi).

1968 December 21 - 03:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.178UG Cornell FIR tel Infrared astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi).

1969 January 10 - 02:43 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.206UA JHU UVT F3 (Venus) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 166 km (103 mi).

1969 January 26 - 09:45 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 350 NASA 17.03GE Electron gun Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 271 km (168 mi).

1969 January 31 - 03:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.266DG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 179 km (111 mi).

1969 February 4 - 14:35 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.272UA Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 186 km (115 mi).

1969 February 6 - 14:35 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.273UA Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi).

1969 February 8 - 03:19 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.308UA JHU UVT F4 (Venus) Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 164 km (101 mi).

1969 February 12 - 04:25 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.188UA FAILURE: Failure. JHU Aurora 7 Aeronomy / aurora mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1969 February 12 - 17:15 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.135DS NE3.175 Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). The rocket carried a Naval Research Laboratory payload to 187.9-km altitude to record photographically 18 extreme ultraviolet spectra of solar photosphere, chromosphere, and corona, using a flight design verification unit of the high-resolution spectrograph planned for ATM-A and ATM-B. Rocket and instruments performed satisfactorily.

1969 March 3 - 10:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.199GE X-ray background X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 163 km (101 mi).

1969 March 7 - 02:27 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.286UG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).

1969 March 7 - 22:40 GMT - Natal -. Aerobee 150 CRL AT3.727 Arcmin probe Solar optical mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi).

1969 March 14 - 05:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.290DG NRL NB3.210 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 154 km (95 mi).

1969 March 14 - 07:01 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.251GG-UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 177 km (109 mi).

1969 March 21 - 04:53 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AT3.756 Auroral Input / Output Aurora mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 152 km (94 mi).

1969 March 28 - 07:01 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.205 Stellar X-ray X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi).

1969 March 30 - 03:33 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL AT3.759 Auroral Input / Output Aurora mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1969 April 4 - 19:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AG3.527 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 248 km (154 mi).

1969 April 4 - 19:50 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AT3.534 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 220 km (130 mi).

1969 April 8 - 17:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.282CS AS&E Solar mission Agency: NASA SS. Apogee: 176 km (109 mi).

1969 April 14 - 15:36 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.233GS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

1969 April 16 - 16:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.247DS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).

1969 April 17 - 16:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.274DS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 182 km (113 mi).

1969 April 27 - 03:22 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.278UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

1969 May 15 - 23:10 GMT - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.216NB Biological mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

1969 May 16 - 20:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.232GS GSFC extreme ultraviolet Spec Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 202 km (125 mi).

1969 June 13 - 05:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.28 Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1969 June 13 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.242UA Mariner-71 test / aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi).

1969 June 14 - 21:52 GMT - Natal -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.184UG-IG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1969 June 20 - 05:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.269UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 181 km (112 mi).

1969 June 22 - 05:28 GMT - Natal -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.183UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1969 June 24 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AT3.535 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 216 km (134 mi).

1969 August 15 - 21:55 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL A03.903-1 Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).

1969 September 5 - White Sands -. Aerobee 170 NRL NE4.234 FAILURE: Failure. Solar mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1969 September 10 - 04:35 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.312UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 157 km (97 mi).

1969 September 11 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.193US Solar Studies Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1969 September 17 - 18:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.166DS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 218 km (135 mi).

1969 September 21 - 08:05 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.202 Stellar Lyman Alpha Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 184 km (114 mi).

1969 September 23 - 16:36 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.170US Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi).

1969 September 24 - 17:45 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.294US Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1969 October 3 - 02:24 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.279UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi).

1969 October 14 - 04:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NC3.136 Aeronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 217 km (134 mi).

1969 October 16 - 10:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.256GG Zeta Ori study Ultraviolet astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 205 km (127 mi).

1969 October 23 - 05:00 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL A03.910-2 Infrared airglow profile Aurora infrared mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 190 km (110 mi).

1969 November 4 - 19:29 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.136DS NRL NE3.215 FDVU Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1969 November 4 - 20:27 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.283CS Solar x-ray mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 181 km (112 mi). The rockets achieved expected performance, solar pointing systems functioned properly, payloads were successfully recovered, and preliminary results appeared excellent. The information obtained by the rocket flights on solar emission intensity, filter performance, film response, and exposure time would be available in time to provide a useful and effective feedback into the ATM instruments development program.

1969 December 4 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.175UG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1969 December 12 - 22:13 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 170 KP3.26 FAILURE: Failure. Solar ultraviolet mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

1969 December 13 - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.252GG-UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1969 December 17 - 18:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.167DS Solar mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 204 km (126 mi).

1970 January 24 - 23:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NF3.193 Solar infrared Solar infrared mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 207 km (128 mi).

1970 January 25 - 02:20 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 MI-20 NASA 04.270UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1970 February 5 - Wallops Island -. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.13GT Test mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1970 February 7 - 03:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.262GG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1970 February 7 - 05:31 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 CRL AT3.726 Infrared Infrared astronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).

1970 February 14 - 05:30 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.01UG X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 231 km (143 mi).

1970 March 1 - 04:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.237 X-ray astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1970 March 7 - 18:35 GMT - Wallops Island LA1. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.03DS NRL NE4.238 Eclipse / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA/NRL. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi).

1970 March 7 - 18:36 GMT - Wallops Island LA1. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.317US Far ultraviolet Eclipse Spectrum Eclipse / solar ultraviolet mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).

1970 March 7 - 18:52 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.284CS Solar eclipse mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1970 March 7 - 19:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.137DS NRL NE3.216 Solar eclipse mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 187 km (116 mi).

1970 March 7 - 19:30 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150A NASA 04.275DS NRL NE3.235 Solar eclipse mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 163 km (101 mi).

1970 March 13 - 06:18 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 CRL A03.006-1 Electron beam Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 205 km (127 mi).

1970 March 14 - 03:34 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.328DG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 164 km (101 mi).

1970 March 26 - 04:44 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 MI-17 NASA 04.309UA JHU Aurora 8 Aeronomy / aurora mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 163 km (101 mi).

1970 April 13 - 12:34 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.321UA Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1970 April 14 - 15:30 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 350 NASA 17.05GT-GG Astronomy / test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

1970 April 24 - 08:53 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 KP3.30 Ae170? X-ray astronomy mission Agency: KPNO. Apogee: 274 km (170 mi).

1970 April 28 - 09:00 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.326NA Noctilucent sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi).

1970 May 1 - 15:53 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.327NA Noctilucent sampler Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 128 km (79 mi).

1970 May 8 - 10:15 GMT - White Sands -. Aerobee 170 NASA 13.06UG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 146 km (90 mi).

1970 May 11 - 19:42 GMT - Fort Churchill -. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.322UA Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi).

1970 May 25 - 08:00 GMT - White Sands LC35. Aerobee 150 NRL NB3.211 Astronomy mission Agency: NRL. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1970 May 26 - Woomera LA8. Aerobee 150 NASA 04.316NG Astronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).