Orbital launches in 1962
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites
* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered
Rockets:
| Thor-Agena | 26 |
| Atlas-Agena | 13 |
| Kosmos | 8 |
| Thor-Delta | 6 |
| Molniya | 6 |
| Vostok-2 | 5 |
| Thor-Able-Star | 3 |
| Atlas D | 3 |
| Vostok K | 3 |
| Others | 8 |
Launches:
| Date | Site | Rocket | Payload | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-01-13 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-3 6 (Discoverer 37) | failure |
| 1962-01-24 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Able-Star Thor DM-21A Ablestar | LOFTI 2 / SECOR (1) (EGRS (1)) / Poppy 1 (Solrad 4A) / Injun 2 / Surcal 1 | failure |
| 1962-01-26 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Ranger 3 | success |
| 1962-02-08 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Delta Thor DM-19 Delta | TIROS 4 | success |
| 1962-02-20 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas D | Mercury MA-6 | success |
| 1962-02-21 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | P-102 Group 0-D (P-102 7151) | pfailure |
| 1962-02-27 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 1 (Discoverer 38) | success |
| 1962-03-07 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Samos-E5 3 (Samos 6) | success |
| 1962-03-07 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Delta Thor DM-19 Delta | OSO 1 | success |
| 1962-03-16 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | Kosmos 1 (Sputnik 11) (DS-2 #1) | success |
| 1962-04-06 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | Kosmos 2 (Sputnik 12) (1MS #1) | success |
| 1962-04-09 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | MIDAS 5 / West Ford Drag | success |
| 1962-04-18 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 2 (Discoverer 39) | success |
| 1962-04-23 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Ranger 4 | success |
| 1962-04-24 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | Kosmos 3 (Sputnik 13) (2MS #1) | success |
| 1962-04-26 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Samos-E6 1 (Samos 7) | success |
| 1962-04-26 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Delta Thor DM-19 Delta | Ariel 1 (UK 1) | success |
| 1962-04-26 | Vandenberg | Scout X-2 | Poppy 2 (Solrad 4B) | failure |
| 1962-04-26 | Baikonur | Vostok K 8K72K | Kosmos 4 (Sputnik 14) (Zenit-2 #2) | success |
| 1962-04-29 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 3 | success |
| 1962-05-10 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Able-Star Thor DM-21A Ablestar | ANNA 1A | failure |
| 1962-05-15 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-5 5 | success |
| 1962-05-24 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas D | Mercury MA-7 | success |
| 1962-05-24 | Vandenberg | Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F1 | failure |
| 1962-05-28 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | Kosmos 5 (Sputnik 15) (2MS #2) | success |
| 1962-05-30 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 4 | success |
| 1962-06-01 | Baikonur | Vostok-2 8A92 | Zenit-2 #3 | failure |
| 1962-06-02 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 5 / OSCAR 2 | success |
| 1962-06-17 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Samos-E6 2 (Samos 8) | success |
| 1962-06-18 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | P-102 Group 2-D 1 | success |
| 1962-06-19 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Delta Thor DM-19 Delta | TIROS 5 | success |
| 1962-06-23 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 6 | success |
| 1962-06-28 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | KH-4 7 | success |
| 1962-06-30 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | Kosmos 6 (Sputnik 16) (DS-P1 #1) | success |
| 1962-07-10 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Delta Thor DM-19 Delta | Telstar 1 | success |
| 1962-07-18 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Samos-E6 3 (Samos 9) | success |
| 1962-07-21 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 8 | success |
| 1962-07-22 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Mariner 1 | failure |
| 1962-07-28 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 9 | success |
| 1962-07-28 | Baikonur | Vostok-2 8A92 | Kosmos 7 (Sputnik 17) (Zenit-2 #4) | success |
| 1962-08-02 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | KH-4 10 | success |
| 1962-08-05 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Samos-E6 4 (Samos 10) | success |
| 1962-08-11 | Baikonur | Vostok K 8K72K | Vostok 3 (Vostok-3KA #5) | success |
| 1962-08-12 | Baikonur | Vostok K 8K72K | Vostok 4 (Vostok-3KA #6) | success |
| 1962-08-18 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | Kosmos 8 (Sputnik 18) (DS-K-8 #1) | success |
| 1962-08-23 | Vandenberg | Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F2 | success |
| 1962-08-25 | Baikonur | Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2MV-1 #3 (Sputnik 19) | pfailure |
| 1962-08-27 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Mariner 2 | success |
| 1962-08-29 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | KH-4 11 | success |
| 1962-09-01 | Baikonur | Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2MV-1 #4 (Sputnik 20) | pfailure |
| 1962-09-01 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-5 6 | success |
| 1962-09-12 | Baikonur | Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2MV-2 #1 (Sputnik 21) | pfailure |
| 1962-09-17 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 12 / TRS 2 (ERS 2) | success |
| 1962-09-18 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Delta Thor DM-19 Delta | TIROS 6 | success |
| 1962-09-27 | Baikonur | Vostok-2 8A92 | Kosmos 9 (Zenit-2 #5) | success |
| 1962-09-29 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | Alouette 1 / TAVE | success |
| 1962-09-29 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | KH-4 13 | success |
| 1962-10-02 | Cape Canaveral | Delta A | Explorer 14 (EPE B) | success |
| 1962-10-03 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas D | Mercury MA-8 | success |
| 1962-10-09 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-5 7 | success |
| 1962-10-17 | Baikonur | Vostok-2 8A92 | Kosmos 10 (Zenit-2 #6) | success |
| 1962-10-18 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Ranger 5 | success |
| 1962-10-20 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | Kosmos 11 (DS-A1 #1) | success |
| 1962-10-24 | Baikonur | Molniya 8K78 | Mars 2MV-4 1 (Sputnik 22) | pfailure |
| 1962-10-25 | Kapustin Yar | Kosmos 63S1 | 1MS #2 | failure |
| 1962-10-26 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Star-Rad 1 | success |
| 1962-10-27 | Cape Canaveral | Delta A | Explorer 15 (EPE C) | success |
| 1962-10-31 | Cape Canaveral | Thor-Able-Star Thor DM-21A Ablestar | ANNA 1B | success |
| 1962-11-01 | Baikonur | Molniya 8K78 | Mars 1 (Sputnik 23) | success |
| 1962-11-04 | Baikonur | Molniya 8K78 | Mars 2MV-3 1 (Sputnik 24) | pfailure |
| 1962-11-05 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 14 | success |
| 1962-11-11 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | Samos-E6 5 (Samos 11) / TRS 1 | success |
| 1962-11-24 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | KH-4 15 | success |
| 1962-12-04 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | KH-4 16 | success |
| 1962-12-13 | Cape Canaveral | Delta B | Relay 1 | success |
| 1962-12-13 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | Poppy 3A / Poppy 3B / Injun 3 / Surcal 2 / Calsphere 1 / Wild Bill 2 | pfailure |
| 1962-12-14 | Vandenberg | Thor-Agena Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | KH-4 17 | success |
| 1962-12-16 | Wallops Island | Scout X-3 | Explorer 16 (S 55b) | pfailure |
| 1962-12-17 | Vandenberg | Atlas-Agena Atlas LV-3A / Agena B | MIDAS 6 / TRS 3 / TRS 4 | failure |
| 1962-12-19 | Vandenberg | Scout X-3 | Transit-5A 1 | success |
| 1962-12-22 | Baikonur | Vostok-2 8A92 | Kosmos 12 (Zenit-2 #7) | success |