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1962 in spaceflight

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
28 January	Ranger 3	Flyby of the Moon	Failed impactor, closest approach:
26 April	Ranger 4	Lunar impact	Impacted far side, no data returned
21 October	Ranger 5	Flyby of the Moon	Failed impactor, closest approach:
14 December	Mariner 2	Flyby of Venus	Closest approach:

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
	22	15	7	0
	59	50	8	1

Rocket	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Atlas LV-3A Agena-B	13	10	3	0
Atlas LV-3B	3	3	0	0
Delta A	2	2	0	0	Only flights
Delta B	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos-2I 63S1	8	7	1	0
Molniya 8K78	6	1	5	0
Scout X-2	1	0	1	0	Only flights
Scout X-2M	2	1	1	0	Maiden flight
Scout X-3	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Thor DM-21 Ablestar	3	1	2	0	Retired
Thor DM-21 Agena-B	18	16	1	1
Thor DM-21 Agena-D	8	8	0	0	Maiden flight
Thor DM-19 Delta	6	6	0	0	Retired
Vostok-K 8K72K	3	3	0	0
Vostok-2 8A92	5	4	1	0	Maiden flight

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures	Accidentally Achieved	Remarks
Low Earth	62	55	7	5
Medium Earth	7	6	1	0
High Earth	1	1	0	0	Including Highly elliptical orbits
Heliocentric	11	5	6	0

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