The United Nations Registry of Space Objects

General Notes

 
General notes:
 
1)  The United States reported that it launched the following space vehicles
       which did not achieve orbit:
        Date        Category   Launch Vehicle       Reference
       1962 Apr 26  A         Blue Scout     A/AC.105/INF.7
       1962 May 10  C         Thor Ablestar  A/AC.105/INF.8
       1962 May 23  A         Blue Scout     A/AC.105/INF.10
       1962 Jul 22  B         Atlas Agena B  A/AC.105/INF.15
       1962 Dec 17  A         Atlas Agena B  A/AC.105/INF.27
       1963 Feb 28  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.32
       1963 Mar 18  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.35
       1963 Apr  5  A         Scout          A/AC.105/INF.37
       1963 Apr 26  A         Blue Scout     A/AC.105/INF.38
       1963 Apr 26  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.38
       1963 Jun 12  A         Atlas Agena    A/AC.105/INF.42
       1963 Sep 27  A         Blue Scout     A/AC.105/INF.52
       1963 Nov  9  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.53
       1964 Mar 19  B         Delta          A/AC.105/INF.68
       1964 Mar 24  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.68
       1964 Apr 21  D         Thor Ablestar  A/AC.105/INF.70
       1964 Jun 25  A         Scout          A/AC.105/INF.77
       1964 Jun 30  A         Atlas Centaur  A/AC.105/INF.77
       1964 Sep  1  D         Titan IIIA     A/AC.105/INF.82
       1964 Oct  8  A         Atlas Agena    A/AC.105/INF.85
       1965 Jan 21  A         Atlas          A/AC.105/INF.98
       1965 Mar  2  A         Atlas Centaur  A/AC.105/INF.101
       1965 May 28  B         Atlas          A/AC.105/INF.114
       1965 Jul 14  A         Atlas Agena    A/AC.105/INF.111
       1965 Aug 25  B         Delta          A/AC.105/INF.114
       1965 Sep  2  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.120
       1965 Oct 25  A         Atlas Agena    A/AC.105/INF.121
       1966 Jan  7  A         Thor Altair    A/AC.105/INF.131
       1966 May  3  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.139
       1966 May 17  A         Atlas Agena    A/AC.105/INF.140
       1966 Aug 26  A         Titan IIIC     A/AC.105/INF.147
       1967 Jan 31  A         Scout          A/AC.105/INF.169
       1967 Apr 26  A         Titan IIIB     A/AC.105/INF.170
       1967 May 30  B         Scout          A/AC.105/INF.175
       1968 May 18  C         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.193
       1968 Sep 19  C         Delta          A/AC.105/INF.197
       1969 Aug 27  B         Delta          A/AC.105/INF.217
       1970 Nov 30  B         Atlas Centaur  A/AC.105/INF.227
       1971 Feb 17  A         Thor Agena     A/AC.105/INF.230
       1971 May  8  B         Atlas Centaur  A/AC.105/INF.235
       1971 Oct 21  C         Delta          A/AC.105/INF.244
       1972 Feb 16  A      Titan IIIB Agena  A/AC.105/INF.253
       1972 May 20  A      Titan IIIB Agena  A/AC.105/INF.258
       1973 Jul 16  C         Delta          A/AC.105/INF.280
       1974 Feb 11  B      Titan III Centaur A/AC.105/INF.292
       1975 Dec               DAD A/B        A/AC.105/INF.342 (see note EN041)
 
       Note: the following suborbital launch was erroneously included as a
       vehicle which did not achieve orbit; the error was corrected in
       A/AC.105/INF.48.
       1962 Apr 12  A         Blue Scout     A/AC.105/INF.7
 
  The United States reported that it launched the following space vehicles which
       did not achieve orbit: 
       Date        Satellite          Reference
       1977 Sep 13   OTS             ST/SG/SER.E/6
       1977 Sep 29   Intelsat        ST/SG/SER.E/6
       1993 Oct  5   Landsat 6       ST/SG/SER.E/274
 
       Date        Category           Reference
       1980 Jul 15   A               ST/SG/SER.E/44
 
       Date        Vehicle, Site      Reference
       1993 Aug  2   Titan IV, VAFB  ST/SG/SER.E/271
 
2 ) US Orbital summaries were provided as follows:
A/AC.105/INF.1   1962 Feb 15
A/AC.105/INF.13  1962 Jun 30
A/AC.105/INF.28  1962 Dec 31
A/AC.105/INF.44  1963 Jun 30
A/AC.105/INF.61  1963 Dec 31
A/AC.105/INF.78  1964 Jun 30
A/AC.105/INF.95  1964 Dec 31
A/AC.105/INF.115 1965 Jun 30
A/AC.105/INF.138 1965 Dec 31
 
The information in these summaries is not included in this edited report.
 
 
3)  Orbital data for objects registered in A/AC.105/INF.1 is for 1962 Feb 15.