(Sub-orbital) Atmospheric and Other Scientific Research Rockets

	(Sub-orbital) Atmospheric (and Other Scientific) Research Rockets

This page contains philatelic information on (sub-orbital) Atmospheric and other scientific research rockets. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

Distinction between atmospheric layers is made for the rocket launch covers, but not for the other postal items, according to the following definitions:

LOWER atmosphere (troposphere and stratosphere): Weather phenomena occur mostly in the troposphere (roughly, up to 10 km). Circulations in the stratosphere (roughly, 10 km to 50 km) can also have some effect on weather and climate, and ozone is found in the stratosphere. Lower atmospheric rockets carried instruments to make observations of meteorological variables such as winds and temperature in these layers, and also of ozone in the stratosphere.
UPPER atmosphere (mesosphere and ionosphere): Aeronomy is the science of the upper atmosphere, which for this page we define as the mesosphere and the ionosphere. The mesosphere is the layer above the stratosphere, extending from about 50 km to 85-100 km depending on the latitude and the season. A high layer known as the thermosphere lies above the mesosphere. The ionosphere is not a separate layer. Rather, it is the region in which ionized gases are important, and extends from roughly 50 to 400 km. It is therefore composed of the mesosphere and part of the thermosphere. It is commonly divided into three sub-layers: D-layer (50 to 90 km), E-layer (90 to 120 km) and F-layer (120 to 400 km). Some rockets carry instruments into the mesosphere or higher, but they generally do not measure traditional meteorological variables. Rather, they observe some of the more exotic details of the properties of thin ionized gases, including their interactions with the Earth's magnetic field and with various forms of energy arriving from space such as ultraviolet radiation, cosmic rays and X-rays. The aurora, which occur in the lower ionosphere, are a result of some of those interactions and are commonly the object of ionospheric research.

A separate category of rockets is used in weather modification. They are small rockets, often based on military designs. The goal of such rockets is to deliver silver iodide into clouds in an attempt to modify their structure and therefore to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from them. These rockets carry no instrumentation. Rather, they carry their load of silver iodide and an explosive charge that makes the rocket blow up inside the targeted cloud. These rockets do not fly to high altitudes; they deliver their payload to portions of clouds in the lower or middle parts of the troposphere. Philatelic items featuring weather-modification rockets are found in the weather modification page.

Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below)	Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below)
(Sub-orbital) Research rockets in the LOWER atmosphere (troposphere and stratosphere)	(Sub-orbital) Research rockets (both LOWER and UPPER atmosphere)
(Sub-orbital) Research rockets in the UPPER atmosphere (mesosphere and ionosphere)
Atmospheric and other scientific research rockets (on other than rocket launch covers)

Below is a list of (sub-orbital) Atmospheric research rocket postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).

Country Catalog Number Type of Item Year of Issue Notes on Content
(Sub-orbital) Research rockets (both LOWER and UPPER atmosphere)
Afghanistan 632 (Mi732) 1962
Afghanistan 633 (Mi733)
Afghanistan 632-633 fdc Two stamps and (C.G. Junior III) cachet on FDC
Afghanistan 633a (BL38) SS1
Afghanistan 633a fdc SS1 and (C.G. Junior III) cachet on FDC
Afghanistan 648 (Mi767) 1963
Afghanistan 645-648 fdc One of four stamps and (C.G. Junior III) cachet on FDC
Afghanistan 649 (Mi768)
Afghanistan C48 (Mi772)
Afghanistan 649+C48-C49 fdc Two of three stamps and cachet on FDC
Afghanistan C50a (BL42) SS1
Afghanistan C50a fdc SS1 and cachet on FDC
Afghanistan C50b (BL41) Imperforate SS1
Afghanistan C50b fdc1 Imperforate SS1 on FDC
Afghanistan C50b fdc2 Imperforate SS1 and cachet on FDC
Argentina C98 (Mi863) 1965 "various scientific experiments with rockets [including] measurement of winds in the atmosphere, and ionospheric investigations" (in Spanish in folder text)
Argentina C98 fdc1 Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC (hand cancel)
Argentina C98 fdc2 Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC (machine cancel)
Argentina C99 fdc (Black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina 772 fdc (Black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina 772+C98-C99 fdc1 One of three stamps on FDC
Argentina 772+C98-C99 fdc2 One of three stamps and cachet on FDC
Argentina 772+C98-C99 fdc3 One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC
Argentina 772+C98-C99 fdc4 One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC (hand cancel)
Argentina 772+C98-C99 fdc5 One of three stamps and cachet (same) on FDC (machine cancel)
Argentina 772+C98-C99 fdc6 One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC
Argentina 772+C98-C99 fdc7 One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC
Argentina 772+C98-C99 folder FDC folder
Argentina C105 (Mi898) 1966 Project Matienzo¹³: Gamma Centaur rocket; also typical track of rising instrumented balloons (dashed line in stamp) that were part of the project
Argentina C105 fdc1 Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina C105 fdc2 Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC card
Argentina C105 fdc3 Stamp and (hand-colored) cachet (same, except for the coloring) on FDC card
Argentina C105 fdc4 Stamp and (red and cyan and black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina C105 fdc5 Stamp and (black and blue and red printed) cachet on (airmail) FDC
Argentina C105 folder1 FDC folder
Argentina C105 folder2 Inside of folder (different)
Argentina B156 (Mi2110) 1991 Castor rocket
Australia None (Brown and black printed) cachet on cover 1970 Research rockets for solar studies
Barbados 305 (Mi273) 1968 "HARP¹¹ gun"
Barbados 305_var Variety: White spot on barrel
Barbados 512 (Mi482) 1979 HARP¹¹ gun
Barbados 513 (Mi483)
Barbados 514 (Mi484)
Benin Unknown a (Mi none)
Unknown ia One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue]
One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) 2014 "Europa 1"-F1 launch on "5 juin 1964" (this was the first in the Europa rocket series, a test flight from Woomera, Australia of a Blue Streak rocket, which broke up near the apogee of 157 km)
Benin Unknown a-d fdc One of four stamps on FDC
Benin Unknown a proof
Unknown ia proof One of MS4 proof (a-d)
One of imperforate MS4 proof (a-d)
Benin Unknown ms proof Signed-proof MS4 (a-d)
Benin Unknown ms proof fdc
Unknown ims proof fdc MS4 proof on FDC
Imperforate MS4 proof on FDC
Bhutan 118A (Mi413) Simulated-3D plastic-overlay 1970 V-2 rocket (was the basis of the American research rocket program in the years after the end of WWII²)
Bhutan 118Cm (BL41) On one of MS4 (118-118C) (Mi412-415), simulated-3D plastic-overlay
Brazil 1035 (Mi1128) From MS25 (1035a (25x 1035)) 1967
Brazil 1035 fdc1 Stamp on FDC (Brasil Cover cachet; see this larger but incomplete image)
Brazil 1035 fdc2 Stamp and (blue printed) cachet on FDC
Brazil 1035 fdc3 Stamp on FDC (blue printed cachet, different)
Brazil 1035 fdc4 Stamp on (airmail) FDC
Brazil 2295 (Mi2393) From MS24 (2295a (24x 2295)) 1990 25th anniv. first Brazilian launch of Nike-Apache research rocket
Brazil 2295 fdc Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC
British Indian Ocean Territory 377 (Mi486) 2009 Early research rockets: Corporal and Private
British Indian Ocean Territory 377-381 fdc One of five stamps on FDC
Canada 376 fdc1 (Mi323 fdc1) (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (machine cancel) 1957
Canada 376 fdc2 (Mi323 fdc2) (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (hand cancel)
Canada 445 fdc (Mi389 fdc) (H&E) cachet on FDC 1966
Canada None (Sarzin black printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1967? USAF launches of atmospheric research rockets at Fort Churchill RRF (Rocket Research Facility); (one digit in the year in the cancel appears to be inverted: "97" should be "67")
Canada None (Red pictorial) meter on cover 1970 The "Churchill Research Range" in northern Manitoba, Canada, ideally located for high latitude scientific rockets, was active as a research rocket launch site from 1955 through 1989
Canada 1562 (Mi1493) 1995 Research rocket at the Churchill Research Range (Churchill, Manitoba, Canada)
Cape Kennedy FL (USA) Local Local post 1965 "Nike-Apache sounding rocket program"
Cape Kennedy FL (USA) Local fdc Local post FDC
Central African Republic 1060a (Mi?) One of strip of 3 (1060 (a-c)) 1994 Bumper-WAC^7,9 (WAC Corporal atop V-2) launch
Chad 710b (Mi1518A)
i710b (Mi1518B) One stamp and in selvedge of MS6 (710 (a-f)) (Mi1517A-1522A)
One stamp and in selvedge of imperforate MS6 (i710 (a-f)) (Mi1517B-1522B) 1997 "Aerobee" atmospheric research rocket
China (People's Republic) None (Cyan and red and black printed) cachet on cover, also annotated, and back 1991 atmospheric research rocket
China (People's Republic) None Postal card 2002 Atmospheric research rocket; 50th anniv. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Comoro Islands 783 (Mi989)
i783
Imperforate 1992 "Redstone rocket launched with chimp 'Ham' in 1960" (but the launch was on 31 Jan 1961, not 1960 as in the stamp)
Comoro Islands 783b (BL366)
i783b Stamp and in (upper-right and left) margins of SS1 (783)
Stamp and in (upper-right and left) margins of imperforate SS1 (i783) (As above for stamp); "Aerobee rocket launched in 1952 with a macaque" (in upper-right margin); "Little-Joe rocket launched with rhesus monkey 'Sam', January 1960" (in left margin); (Sam is shown in his space suit, similar to the image in Comoro Islands Unknown d 2005)
Comoro Islands 785 (Mi991)
i785
Imperforate "Felix the Cat aboard Véronique research rocket - October 1963" (in French text)
Comoro Islands 785b (BL368)
i785b On stamp of SS1 (785)
On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i785)
Comoro Islands 788b (BL371A)
i788b (BL371B) In (left and upper-right) margins of SS1 (788)
In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i788) (possibly an R-series) "research rocket (USSR)" (in French text, in left margin); (possibly an R-series) "research rocket carrying a dog (USSR)" (in French text. in upper-right margin) (such flights took place from 1951 to 1960)
Comoro Islands 788a (Mi989+991+994)
i788a On one of MS3 (783+785-788)
On one of imperforate MS3 (i783+i785-i788) (As above for stamps)
Comoro Islands 789 (BL365)
i789 In (left) margin of SS1
In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 1992 "Monkeys 'Able' and 'Baker' - 29 May 1959" flew in a Jupiter rocket (not depicted) to 483 km and were recovered unharmed
Comoro Islands Unknown d (Mi?) One of MS5 (a-e) 2005 Upper half (from this photo): squirrel monkey Miss Baker (on 28 May 1959, flew with rhesus monkey Miss Able in a Jupiter rocket (not depicted) to 483 km - they were recovered unharmed); Lower half (from this photo): rhesus monkey Sam in space suit (similar to the image of Miss Sam in Comoro Islands 783b); (on 21 January 1960 Sam flew in a Little Joe rocket to an altitude of 85 km, and was recovered unharmed in the Atlantic Ocean)
Comoro Islands Unknown_d-e fdc One of two stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC (As above for stamp); also in the cachet rhesus monkey Able and squirrel monkey Baker who flew to 483 km on 28 May 1959 in a Jupiter rocket, and were recovered unharmed; the cachet image is from a photograph that was also featured as the cover article of an issue of Life magazine
Comoro Islands Unknown_ms5 fdc MS5 on FDC (As above for the MS5)
Congo (People's Republic) C161 (Mi378) 1973
Congo (People's Republic) C161 proof1 Trial color proof pair
Congo (People's Republic) C161 proof2 Trial color proof pair (different)
Congo (People's Republic) C161 proof3 Signed proof
Congo (People's Republic) C161 fdc Stamp and cachet on FDC
Congo Republic Unknown ss (BL none) In (upper-right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] 2014 Research rocket at Hermann Oberth Museum
Congo Republic Unknown ms (Mi none) In (upper-left) margin of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] 2016 "V-2" research rocket
Costa Rica C325 (Mi592) 1961 Meteorological rocket and exhaust forming part of the stylized compass rose which is part of the WMO emblem
Costa Rica C324-C325 fdc One of two stamps on FDC (Asociación Filatélica de Costa Rica cachet), also back
Cuba 962 (Mi1024) 1965
Cuba 961-963 fdc One of three stamps on FDC
Dubai 123 (Mi367) 1970
Dubai 124 (Mi368)
France 1100 (Mi1480)
i1100 From MS8 (1100a (8x 1100 + 8 labels))
From imperforate MS8 (i1100a (8x i1100 + 8 labels)) 1964 Research rocket (the drawings are similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Hungary 2367 and Germany (West) cover 1964, and Monaco 580)
France 1100 maxi Maxicard
France 1100a_half fdc 1100a half-sheet and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC
France 1100+label fdc Stamp and (Éditions P.J. no.496) cachet on FDC, also back (As above for stamp); Véronique research rocket (in the cachet)
France 1100+label cover (Mi1480+label cover) Stamp and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on cover 1964 Research rocket (the drawing is similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Hungary 2367 and Germany (West) cover 1964)
France B465 cover (Mi1834 cover) (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover 1973 Research rocket launched from the "Centre d'Essais des Landes".
France None Postcard back, also front 1977 "Dauphin sounding rocket" (in postcard photo and in French text)
France None (Association philatélique du CNES) cachet on cover 1977 Dragon rocket
France None Stamp-on-stamp (reproduction of Russia 5060) in (lower-right) margin of SS1 cinderella 2010 Eridan sounding rocket (see the entry for Russia 5060 for details)
France
India 4798-4799 folder1
2725-2726 folder1 Dual-country folder inside, also outside 2015 "France provided India with licenses for the Centaure rockets, on which Indian launchers are based"
France
India 4798-4799 folder2
2725-2726 folder2 Dual-country FDC folder inside, also outside
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 29 (Mi38)
i29
Imperforate 1967 "First sounding rocket launch [of Dragon rockets] in Adélie Land: January 1967" (in French text); auroral studies; (see also FSAT C11 cover)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 29 fdc1 Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 29 fdc2 Stamp and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 29 fdc3 Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) FDC, also back
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C11 cover (Mi? cover) (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover 1967 "First scientific rocket launch [of Dragon rockets] in Antarctica, Adélie Land, January 1967" (in French text); (see also FSAT 29 FDC3)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories None (J.G.) cachet on cover 1967 "First launch of the Dragon scientific rocket in Antarctica, on 26 January 1967, in Adélie Land)" (in French text); (but Diamant launch rocket depicted)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 19 cover (Mi22 cover) (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover 1968 "First scientific rocket launch [of Dragon rockets] in Antarctica, Adélie Land, January 1967" (in French text); (see also FSAT 29)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C16a (Mi42-43)
iC16a Strip of 2 (C16a (C15-C16 + label))
Imperforate strip of 2 (iC16a (iC15-iC16 + label)) 1968 "Dragon ionospheric research rockets, 1967 - 1968" (in French text)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C16a fdc1 Strip of 2 and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C16a fdc2 Strip of 2 and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C40a (Mi96-97) Strip of 2 (C40a (C39-C40 + label)) (Mi96-97) from MS10 (C40b (5x (C39-C40 + label))) 1975 Two Eridan sounding rockets (launched 26 January and 15 February 1975) and "magnetospheric research - Franco-Soviet program ARAKS" (in French text). The ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment was dedicated to auroral studies. As part of the program, Super-ARCAS⁴ rockets were launched in advance of the Eridan launches, to gather X-ray data at 30-60 km altitude; Russia 5060 and Mali Unknown c 2018 also commemorate the ARAKS experiment
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C40a fdc1 Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (FSAT PO official embossed cachet)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C40a fdc2 Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel and (Lollini) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C40a fdc3 Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C40a fdc4 Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C40a fdc5 Two stamps and label and (Lollini) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C40a ds Deluxe sheet (C40a)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C39 ds Deluxe sheet (C39)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories C39 proof Signed proof (C39)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 622 (Mi1068) 2020 Dragon research rocket and Bernard Morlet
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 622 proof Die proof (622)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories 622 art final-design art (622)
Gabon C10 fdc (Mi178 fdc) (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC 1962 Véronique research rocket
Germany (Berlin) None (Red printed) cachet on cover 1961 (possible) Cirrus-1 research rocket (see also Germany-West cover 1961; see Paraguay C525 for an illustration of the Cirrus-2 rocket)
Germany (East) None (Pictorial) cancel on postal card 1963 Research rocket above a map of Antarctica (possibly representing the 28 ARCAS⁴ rocket launches that took place at McMurdo base (Antarctica) from 19 June 1962 to 3 October 1963)
Germany (East) None (Black printed) cachet on cover 1964 Antarctic ("Antarktis") research rockets for meteorology, astronomy and geophysics (possibly representing the 28 ARCAS⁴ rocket launches that took place at McMurdo base (Antarctica) from 19 June 1962 to 3 October 1963)
Germany (East) 1898 (Mi2310) 1978 M-100 rocket. From 1969 through 1990, 1104 M-100s were launched from Molodezhnaya station (Antarctica). (See also Germany (East) cover 1979 below)
Germany (East) 1898-1899 fdc One of two stamps on FDC
Germany (East) 1898-1900 fdc One of three stamps on FDC
Germany (East) None (Orange and blue printed) cachet on cover 1979 Atmospheric physics; "[M-100] rocket launch from Antarctic station Molodezhnaya" (in German text). (See also Germany (East) 1898 for M-100 detail)
Germany (West) None (Blue and grey printed) cachet on cover 1960 Research rocket
Germany (West) 844 card (Mi367 card) (Orange and yellow-brown and black printed) cachet on card 1961 "Cirrus"-1/2; "Kumulus"-1/2 research rockets; (Kumulus rocket is illustrated)
Germany (West) None (Red and grey printed) cachet on cover 1961 (possible) Cirrus-1 research rocket (see also Germany-Berlin cover 1961; see Paraguay C525 for an illustration of the Cirrus-2 rocket)
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (red printed) cachet on cover 1962 Experimental Cirrus⁶ research rockets
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (green printed) cachet on cover
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (black and grey printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1963 Experimental Cirrus⁶ research rockets launched from Cuxhaven (West Germany); ("Cirrus-B" is noted in the cachet text)
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (tan and black printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back 1963 "Cirrus B" rocket
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (tan printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back 1963 "Cirrus B" rocket
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back 1963 Cirrus rockets
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover, also back 1963 Cirrus rockets
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and (magenta printed) cachet on cover 1963 "Hanover State Engineering School's 'Annual Seminar on Rocket and Space Technology' " (in German text)
Germany (West) None (Black printed) cachet (with black monochrome reproduction of France 1100) on cover 1964 Research rocket (the drawing is similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Hungary 2367)
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and cachet on cover 1967 French research rockets Eridan, Dragon, and Centaure (from left to right); (see also Sputnik-1 anniversary cover)
Germany (West) None (Pictorial) cancel and cachet on cover 1979 Research rocket
Germany None (Pictorial) cancel and (DLR) cachet on cover 1994 Upper atmospheric research rocket and mobile launcher (also in cachet instrument package (probably from a rocket) descending by parachute)
Germany 2052 cover (Mi2073 cover) (Pictorial) cancel on cover 2000 "Erich Regener, extraterrestrial physics pioneer" and his A-4 research rocket and ejected instrument package
Germany B857 cover (Mi2097 cover) (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover 2000 "A-4 rocket with the 'Regener canister' for high atmospheric research" (in German text and also illustrated in the cachet); also "Erich Regener, extraterrestrial physics pioneer" and A-4 research rocket and ejected instrument package (in the cancel)
Germany None (Pictorial) cancel 2003 (100th anniv.) Alfred Maul's³ "photorocket" (the first instrumented rocket)
Germany None (Pictorial) cancel 2003 100th anniv. Alfred Maul's³ "photorocket" (the first instrumented rocket); depiction of the rocket and a parachute carrying the camera
Great Britain 2317_ms10 folder (Mi2341_ms10 folder) Folder front with MS10 (2317_ms10 (10x 2317 + 10 labels)), also back 2009 "Skylark ... sounding rockets"
Great Britain None (Maia, The Band private advertising) cinderella 2012 Design similar to Russia 2235
Guinea Republic 925a (BL136A)
i925a (BL136B) In (left) margin of SS1 (926)
In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i926) 1985 "German rocket A4/V-2²" (in French text)
Guinea Republic Mi15503-15506_ms4 MS4 (Mi15503-15506) 2021 Astrocat "Félicette" (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963); also in stamp 'a' of the MS4 is the space rat "Hector" who, on 22 Feb 1961, was carried to an altitude of 145 km by a Véronique rocket launched from Hammaguir, Algeria
Guinea Republic BL3462 SS1 (Mi15507)
Hungary 1660 (Mi2102A)
i1660 (Mi2102B)
Imperforate 1965 Ionospheric research rocket
Hungary 1661 (Mi2103A)
i1661 (Mi2103B)
Imperforate Research rocket (and Van Allen radiation belts)
Hungary 1659+1661+1666-1667 fdc
i1659+i1661+i1666-i1667 fdc One of four stamps on FDC
One of four imperforate stamps on FDC (As above for stamps)
Hungary 1660+1662-1665 fdc
i1660+i1662-i1665 fdc One of five stamps on FDC
One of five imperforate stamps on FDC
Hungary C256 (Mi2197A)
iC256 (Mi2197B)
Imperforate 1965 "Kétlépcsös M. Rakéta" (Two-stage meteorological rocket); two launches of such rockets took place on "1965.VI.17" (date in text) - Aerobee-150 from Fort Churchill, Canada, and Nike-Apache from Wallops Island, USA.
Hungary C255-C256+C259 fdc One of three stamps on FDC (Hungary Post cachet)
Hungary 2367+lab (Mi3043) Stamp (stamp-on-stamp: France 1100) and label, from MS3 (2367a (3x 2367 + 3 labels)) 1975 Research rocket (the drawing is similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Germany (West) cover 1964)
Ireland 2062 (Mi?) One of pair (2062a (2061-2062)) 2015 Symbolic research rocket (in the context of the "Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition")
India 567 (Mi?) 1972 Sounding rocket launched from Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (India)
India 567 fdc Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC
India 567 folder FDC folder
India None (Pictorial) cancel and cachet on cover 1977 RH-560 research rocket
India 1746 (Mi1685) 1999 research rocket
India 2725-2726 brochure1 Brochure inside, also outside 2015 "The first French-Indian space cooperation agreement signed in May 1964 covered licences to build Bélier and Centaure sounding rockets in India ... 50 French rockets were built locally and launched from 1965 onwards at the Thumba equatorial launch site in the State of Kerala"
India 2725-2726 brochure2 FDC brochure
Indonesia 821 (Mi709) 1972 The Kartika-1 rocket, Indonesia's first sounding rocket, was tested in a launch in August 1964. Its sister rocket Kartika-2 was launched in 1965 as part of Indonesia's contribution to IQSY research.
Indonesia 819-821 fdc One of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Indonesia Post cachet)
Indonesia 2274b (Mi2903) One of pair (2274 (a-b)) (Mi2903-2904), or ten of MS20 (2274c (10x 2274) + 4 labels) 2011 Indonesian rocket "RPS"-420 ("Roket Pengorbit Satelit"-420), also known as the RX-420, as seen in this photo. On 2 July 2009, it was tested in a launch from Pameungpeuk, West Java, and reached around 50 km. The mission was considered a success.
Indonesia 2274 fdc Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Indonesia Post) cachet on FDC
Ivory Coast Unknown ms (Mi none) In (lower-right) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] 2012 Véronique rocket
Ivory Coast Unknown ms proof
Unknown ims proof In (lower-right) margin of proof MS4 (a-d)
In (lower-right) margin of imperforate proof MS4 (a-d)
Ivory Coast Unknown proof fdc
Unknown imp proof fdc MS4 proof on FDC
Imperforate MS4 proof and cachet on FDC
Japan 637 cover (Mi669 cover) (Pictorial) cancel and (Fleetwood) cachet on cover 1958 (possible) Japanese Kappa research rocket (in cancel); (see also the similar (pictorial) cancel 1993); "IGY Rocket Project - Michikawa Rocket Center" (in cachet)
Japan None (Pictorial) cancel and (Hitoshi?) cachet on cover 1971 Japanese S-160 or S-210 research rocket. Nine ionospheric missions for auroral studies using these rockets took place between 10 Feb 1970 and 3 Dec 1971, from Syowa base (Antarctica); altitudes reached were 80-90 km for the S-160s and 115-140 km for the S-210s.
Japan None (Pictorial) cancel on cover 1972 Japanese S-160 or S-210 research rocket. Nine ionospheric missions for auroral studies using these rockets took place between 10 Feb 1970 and 3 Dec 1971, from Syowa base (Antarctica); altitudes reached were 80-90 km for the S-160s and 115-140 km for the S-210s.
Japan None (Black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1977 "JARE (Japan Antarctic Research Expedition) Rocket Project"
Japan None (Pictorial) cancel on postal card 1993 (possible) Japanese Kappa research rocket; (see also 637 (pictorial) cancel 1958)
Lebanon C416 (Mi878) 1964 (artistic) depiction of a two-stage rocket similar to the Nike-Apache sounding rocket
Lebanon C417 (Mi879)
Libya 276 (Mi185) 1965
Libya 277 (Mi186)
Libya 278 (Mi187)
Libya 276-278 fdc1 Three stamps and (brown printed) cachet on FDC
Libya 276-278 fdc2 Three stamps and (red-brown printed) cachet on FDC
Libya 276-278 fdc3 Three stamps and (black printed) cachet on FDC
Libya 276-278 fdc4 Three stamps and (black printed) cachet (different) on FDC
Libya 276-278 fdc5 Three stamps and (red printed) cachet on FDC (Tripoli cancel)
Libya 276-278 fdc6 Three stamps and (red printed) cachet on FDC (Tripoli 2 cancel)
Libya 276-278 fdc7 Three stamps and (red and blue and gold printed) cachet on FDC
Libya 276-278 fdc8 Three stamps on FDC (black printed cachet), also insert
Libya 276-278 fdc9 Three stamps on FDC (black printed cachet, slightly different)
Libya 276-278 fdc10 Three stamps on FDC (red and black and green printed cachet)
Libya 276-278 fdc11 Three stamps on FDC (multi-color printed cachet)
Mali Unknown a (Mi none)
Unknown ia Two stamps and in (upper-right) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue]
Two stamps and in (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS3 (a-c) 2015 Astrochimp "Ham" (launched by Redstone rocket on 31 Jan 1961)
Mali Unknown b (Mi none)
Unknown ib Astrocat "Félicette" (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963) (in stamp and also in upper-right margin of the MS3)
Mali Unknown ss (BL none) In (upper-left) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] Astrocat "Félicette" (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963)
Mali Unknown c (Mi none) One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] 2018 Eridan sounding rocket (first one launched 26 January; second one on 15 February 1975) as part of the Franco-Soviet magnetospheric research program "ARAKS". The ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment was dedicated to auroral studies. As part of the program, Super-ARCAS⁴ rockets were launched in advance of the Eridan launches, to gather X-ray data at 30-60 km altitude; Russia 5060 and FSAT C40a also commemorate the ARAKS experiment.
Mali Unknown ims fdc Imperforate MS4 on FDC
Mauritania C134 (Mi457)
iC134
Imperforate 1973 Aerobee-170 launched for solar cessation studies¹ in the African total solar eclipse of 30 June 1973
Mauritania C134 ds Deluxe sheet (C134)
Mauritania C134_var C134 with slight color variation
Mauritania C133-C135 fdc One of three stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC
Mauritania C135a (BL11)
iC135a MS3 (C133-C135) (Mi459-461)
Imperforate MS3 (iC133-iC135)
Mauritania C142 (Mi468) C134 overprinted in black 1973 Aerobee-170 launched for solar cessation studies¹ in the African total solar eclipse of 30 June 1973
Mauritania C142_var C134 overprinted in black, color variation
Monaco 580 (Mi772) 1964 Research rocket (the drawings are similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also France 1100, Hungary 2367, and Germany (West) cover 1964)
Monaco 580 fdc1 Stamp and (Philatec) cachet on FDC
Monaco 580 fdc2 Stamp and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC, also back
Montserrat 863a (Mi929) From gutter-pair, or from pair (863 (a-b)) (Mi929-930) 1995 "Atmospheric sounding experiments using rockets"; also a parachute and instrument package (in some early rocket research, the rocket carried data recording instruments which were returned to Earth by parachute)
New Mexico (USA) Local fdc Local post FDC, also back 1975 Research rocket launch from WSMR
New Zealand 370 fdc1 (Mi439 fdc1) (Red and green printed) cachet on FDC (Ellerslie NZ cancel) 1965 Europa-1 rocket
New Zealand 370 fdc2 (Mi439 fdc2) (Red and green printed) cachet on FDC (Takapuna North NZ cancel)
Niger C42 (Mi76) 1964 Véronique research rocket
Niger C42 fdc Stamp and (magenta and blue and black printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC
Niger 1035a (Mi1725) From MS4 (1035 (a-d)) (Mi1725-1728) 1999 Astrochimp "Ham" (launched by Redstone rocket on 31 Jan 1961)
Niger 1035c (Mi1727) Astrocat Félicette (not "Felix") (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963)
Norway 990 (Mi1063) 1991 Rocket for auroral studies launched from Andoya Island Rocket Range (Norway)
Norway 989-990 fdc One of two stamps on FDC
Norway None Phonecard 2001 Research rocket launch at Andoya Island Rocket Range
Pakistan 570 fdc (Mi571 fdc) (Pictorial) cancel on FDC 1982 Shahpar sounding rocket (the Pakistan version of the French Dragon rocket); (see also Shahpar being prepared for launch); this rocket is also featured in the cancel in Pakistan 771-772 FDC
Pakistan 771 (Mi847) 1992 30th anniv. launch of Nike-Cajun Rehbar-1, Pakistan's first weather research rocket. (See also Pakistan 1150 cover (2011) and Pakistan rocket launch cover (1962) in the LOWER atmospheric rockets table below.)
Pakistan 771-772 fdc One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC, also back (As above for stamp); Shahpar sounding rocket (the Pakistan version of the French Dragon rocket) (in the cancel); (see also Shahpar being prepared for launch); this rocket is also featured in the cancel in Pakistan 570 FDC
Pakistan 1150 cover (Mi1378 cover) (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover 2011 Nike-Cajun Rehbar-1/2. (Rehbar-1 was launched 7 June 1962; Rehbar-2 was launched two days later. They were Pakistan's first weather research rockets, and provided information on winds and layer structure in the troposphere and stratosphere). (See also Pakistan 771 and Pakistan rocket launch cover (1962) in the LOWER atmospheric rockets table below.)
Panama 469B (Mi894)
469B+selvedge
i469B
i469B changed-colors (Mi899)
On selvedge also
Imperforate
Imperforate with changed colors 1966 San Marco sub-orbital test 2 (on "2 August 1963" the Shotput rocket depicted in the stamp carried an 80 kg test version of the San Marco satellite to an altitude of 294 km)
Panama 472A (Mi934A)
i472A (Mi934B)
Imperforate 1966 "English Blue Streak rocket" (in Spanish text); (this was one of Europa-1-F1/F2/F3)
Panama 472B (Mi935A)
i472B (Mi935B)
Imperforate "Europa-1 rocket, launched from Woomera 1966-05-23" (in Spanish text); (that date is for Europa-1-F4, aka ELDO-A-F4, which consisted of a Blue Streak first stage with upper stage mockups including a dummy satellite)
Panama 472Bc (BL59, Mi934C-935C)
i472Bc (BL60, Mi936-937) MS2 (472A-472B), contains two stamps similar to 472A and 472B except with different perforations
In (right) margin of imperforate MS2 (i472A-i472B), contains two stamps similar to i472A and i472B except with changed colors 1966 (As above for 472A and 472B)
Panama 492A (Mi1106Aa) 472A overprinted in black 1968 (As above for 472A and 472Bc)
Panama 492A_var (Mi1106Ab) 472A overprinted in gold
Panama 492B (BL99a, Mi1106Ca+1107a)
i492B (BL100a, Mi1108a+1109a) MS2 (492+492x), contains two stamps similar to 492A and 492x except with different perforations, 472Bc overprinted in black
Imperforate MS2 (i492+i492x), contains two stamps similar to i492A and i492x except with changed colors, i472Bc overprinted in black
Panama 492B_var (BL99b, Mi1106Cb+1107b)
i492B_var (BL100b, Mi1108b+1109b) MS2 (492_var+492x_var), contains two stamps similar to 492A_var and 492x_var except with different performations, 472Bc overprinted in gold
Imperforate MS2 (i492_var+i492x_var), contains two stamps similar to i492A_var and i492x_var except with changed colors, i472Bc overprinted in gold
Paraguay 835 (Mi340)
i835 (Mi348)
Imperforate 1964 "Europa-1" rocket
Paraguay 835a (BL58)
i835a (BL59) On stamp of SS1
On stamp of imperforate SS1
Paraguay 835a muestra
i835a muestra On stamp of SS1, overprinted "muestra"
On stamp of imperforate SS1, overprinted "muestra"
Paraguay 835 fdc
i835 fdc Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC
Imperforate stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC
Paraguay 943 (Mi559)
i943 (Mi567) Stamp-on-stamp: reproduction of Paraguay 835 in red-orange
Imperforate 1966 "Europa-1" rocket
Paraguay 950 (Mi566)
i950 (Mi574) Stamp-on-stamp: reproduction of Paraguay 835 in red-orange
Imperforate
Paraguay 950a (BL83)
i950a (BL84) SS1 stamp-on-stamp: reproduction of Paraguay 835 in red-orange
Imperforate SS1
Paraguay C523 (Mi3604) 1983 "First launch of an A4 rocket, 3 October 1942" (in Spanish text)
Paraguay C525 (Mi3606) Cyrus-B⁶ (developed in Germany as Cirrus-B/Cirrus-2) research rocket; (see Germany-Berlin cover 1961 and Germany-West cover 1961 for possible Cirrus-1 rockets)
Paraguay C525 fdc Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (reproduces the A4 rocket in C523) on FDC (Dirección General de Correos del Paraguay cachet)
Peru 1613a (Mi2271) From strip of 2 (1613 (a-b)) 2007 1st anniv. launch (on "27.12.2006") of Peru's sounding rocket "Paulet-1"
Peru 1613b (Mi2272)
Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (South Arabia) Mi215 One of pair (Mi214-215) 1968 French research rocket Véronique
Qatar 353 (Mi567) 1973
Ras Al Khaima BL_E95A (Sc 78)
BL_E95B (Sc iC78) In (left) margin of SS1
In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 1970 "Europa-1" rocket
Ras Al Khaima Mi438A+444A+450A_strip3+BL_E95A fdc SS1 on FDC
Romania C73 (Mi1824) 1959 A Soviet R-2a aeronomy and biological mission was launched from Kapustin Yar on 2 July 1959. It carried the dog Otvazhnaya and the rabbit Marfusha (depicted in the stamp, whose design is partially based on this photo) and also the dog Snezhinka (not in the stamp) to an altitude of 220 km. All three animals are seen in this photo. They were safely recovered.
Romania C73 error C73 extra-dot error
Romania C120 (Mi2087) Stamp-on-stamp: C73, C74, C75 1962 (As above for the Romania C73 stamp)
Romania C119-C122 fdc One of four stamps and (blue printed) cachet on FDC
Romania C122a (BL53) Imperforate MS4 (C119-C122)), stamp-on-stamp: C49, C51, C56, C73, C74, C75, 1200 or 1201, C58, C88, C104, C109, C110
Romania C122a fdc MS4 and (yellow printed) cachet on FDC
Romania None (Blue printed) cachet on cover 1982
Russia (USSR) 1959 (Mi1992) 1957
Russia (USSR) 2235 (Mi2261) 1959 (See also Great Britain cinderella 2012)
Russia (USSR) None QSL card, also back 1960 A Soviet R-2a aeronomy and biological mission was launched from Kapustin Yar on 2 July 1959. It carried the dog Otvazhnaya and the rabbit Marfusha (seen in the image side of the QSL card, which is based on this photo) and also the dog Snezhinka (not in the QSL card image) to an altitude of 220 km. All three animals are seen in this photo. They were safely recovered.
Russia (USSR) 2495 (Mi2500) 1961 Research rocket for auroral and ionospheric studies
Russia (USSR) 2722 (Mi2737)
i2722
Imperforate 1963
Russia (USSR) None (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope 1963 Research rocket launch from ship Lenin
Russia (USSR) None (TKK/AA⁸ no.12 grey printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on (un-stamped and un-canceled) cover 1964 IQSY upper atmospheric research rockets
Russia (USSR) None (TKK/AA⁸ no.12 black printed and green rubber-stamp) cachets on (un-stamped and un-canceled) cover
Russia (USSR) None (TKK/AA⁸ no.12 grey printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachets on (un-stamped and un-canceled) cover
Russia (USSR) 3288-3289 fdc (Mi3312-3313 fdc) (Kniga International black printed) cachet on FDC 1966 Research rocket
Russia (USSR) 3700 (Mi3728) 1970
Russia (USSR) None (Red and grey printed) cachet on (un-stamped and un-canceled) envelope 1971 M-100 rocket launch from Antarctica
Russia (USSR) None (Pictorial) cancel on cover 1972 M-100 rocket launch from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
Russia (USSR) None (Black rubber-stamp) cachet (same as the cancel in preceding item) on (airmail) cover, also back
Russia (USSR) None (Black rubber-stamp) cachet (same as in preceding item) on cover
Russia (USSR) 4084 card (Mi4123 card) (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on card 1974 Atmospheric research rocket (part of Franco-Soviet cooperation in meteorology, aeronomy and space studies)
Russia (USSR) 4666 (Mi4730) From MS36 (4666a (36x 4666)) 1978
Russia (USSR) 4666 fdc1 Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also back
Russia (USSR) 4666 fdc2 Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC
Russia (USSR) 4666 pin Reproduction of stamp as metal pin
Russia (USSR) 4898 (Mi5029) From MS36 (4898a (36x 4898)) 1981
Russia (USSR) 4898 fdc Stamp and (Soviet Ministry of Postal Services and Telecommunications) cachet on FDC, also back
Russia (USSR) None (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope 1981 Research rocket launch from a Russian Antarctic base
Russia (USSR) 5060 (Mi5191) From MS8 (5060a (8x 5060)) 1982 Eridan sounding rocket (two were launched, on 26 January and 15 February 1975, as part of the Franco-Soviet ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment, which was dedicated to auroral studies; the stamp is reproduced in a French cinderella 2010; FSAT C40a and Mali Unknown c 2018 also commemorate the ARAKS experiment.
Russia (USSR) 5241 (Mi5371) 1984 M-100 rocket; at least 1161 M-100s were launched from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS, India), each week from 1970 to 1993
Russia (USSR) None (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope 1986 Research rocket launch from research ship Professor Zubov
Russia (USSR) None (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1989 Research rocket launch from hydrometeorological research ship Professor Vize
Russia None (Pictorial) cancel on cover 1992 M-100 rocket launch from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
Russia None (Pictorial) cancel on cover 2001 Russian research rocket launched from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
Russia None (Blue pictorial) cancel on cover 2008 Russian research rocket launched from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands Mi8739 One of MS4 (Mi8737-8740) 2020 "Lambda-4S" rocket
St. Thomas and Prince Islands Mi8737-8740_ms4 fdc MS4 on FDC (St. Thomas Post cachet)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands BL1590 SS1 (Mi8741)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands BL1590 fdc SS1 on FDC (St. Thomas Post cachet)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands Mi8752-8755_ms4 In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (Mi8752-8755) 2020 V-2 rocket
St. Thomas and Prince Islands Mi8752-8755_ms4 fdc MS4 on FDC
St. Thomas and Prince Islands BL1593 In (upper-left) margin of SS1
St. Thomas and Prince Islands BL1593 fdc SS1 on FDC
St. Vincent 4231a (Mi?) From MS4 (4231 (a-d)) 2021 The rhesus monkey Miss Able (in stamp 'a', based on this photo) and the squirrel monkey Miss Baker (in stamp 'c', based on this photo) were launched into space by a Jupiter rocket in a sub-orbital mission on 28 May 1959
St. Vincent 4231c (Mi?)
St. Vincent 4233 (BL?) SS1 Press conference with rhesus monkey Miss Able and squirrel monkey Miss Baker, who were launched into space by a Jupiter rocket in a sub-orbital mission on 28 May 1959, with the stamp design based on this photo
St. Vincent 2701g (Mi4635) One of MS9 (2701 (a-i)) (Mi4629-4637) 1999 "V-2 rocket"
Spain None (Tu sello) private-post stamp ~2013 "French Véronique-AGI sounding rocket No 47, October 18, 1963"; (see also USA 2018-10-18 rocket launch cover)
Sweden 857 (Mi680) One of strip of 5 (857b (853-857)) (Mi676-680), or two of booklet pane of 10 (857c (2x (853-857)), or complete booklet (857a) (MH25) 1970 Launch of rocket for auroral studies; "The [ESRO] sounding rocket programme comprises studies of auroral particles, polar cap absorptions and galactic X-rays" (in 853 FDC text)
Sweden 853-857 fdc1 One of five stamps on FDC, also insert
Sweden 853-857 fdc2 One of five stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC
Sweden 853 fdc (Pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC
Sweden 1515 (Mi1306) 1984 Ionospheric rocket for auroral studies, launched from the Esrange Rocket Base (near Kiruna, Sweden)
Sweden 1515 maxi Maxicard
Sweden 1514-1515 fdc1 One of two stamps on FDC, also insert
Sweden 1514-1515 fdc2 One of two stamps on FDC (different)
Sweden None (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card 1986 Research rocket from the Esrange Rocket Base (near Kiruna, Sweden)
Tonga Unknown ss (BL145, Mi2433) SS1 2021 Launch of Goddard's A-series rocket in Roswell NM in 1935
Turkey 1673 (Mi1969) Left of three stamps-on-stamp: unknown 1965 (possible) research rockets
United States 976 (Mi589) 1948 V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (e.g. "Bumper-4"); some related details are specified in the cachets of FDC5, FDC13, FDC14, and FDC15
United States 976 essay Essay
United States 976 fdc1 Stamp and (Smartcraft) cachet on FDC
United States 976 fdc2 Stamp and (Smartcraft and hand-written text added in 1965 by von Braun) cachet on FDC (added in 1965 by von Braun) cachet on FDC
United States 976 fdc3 Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet)
United States 976 fdc4 Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet)
United States 976 fdc5 Stamp on FDC (red printed cachet)
United States 976 fdc6 Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC
United States 976 fdc7 Stamp on FDC (Kolor Kover cachet)
United States 976 fdc8 Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet)
United States 976 fdc9 Stamp on FDC (HF cachet)
United States 976 fdc10 Stamp on FDC (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft cachet)
United States 976 fdc11 Stamp on FDC (blue and red cachet)
United States 976 fdc12 Stamp on FDC (black and blue cachet)
United States 976 fdc13 Stamp and (Fluegel Cover) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel)
United States 976 fdc14 Stamp and (Fluegel Cover) cachet on FDC (4-line cancel)
United States 976 fdc15 Stamp and (sticker and red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (4-line cancel)
United States 976 fdc16 Stamp and (sticker and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel)
United States 976 fdc17 Stamp and (photo/sticker and red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel)
United States 976 fdc18 Stamp and (photo/sticker and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (4-line cancel)
United States 976 fdc19 Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (reproduction of stamp) on FDC
United States SC27 (BEP/15th Interpex) Souvenir Card of 4 (4x 976) 1973 V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (e.g. "Bumper-4")
United States 1107 fdc1 (Kolor Kover) cachet on FDC 1958 (Un-identified) research rockets (as part of the IGY program)
United States 1107 fdc2 (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC
United States 1107 fdc3 (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (different Chicago cancel)
United States 1107 fdc4 (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (Compex Station text cancel)
United States 1107 fdc5 (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (Pole Station, Antarctica cancel)
United States 1107 fdc6 (ArtCraft and J. Kaplan bio) cachet on FDC
United States 1107 fdc7 (ArtCraft colorized) cachet on FDC
United States 1107 fdc8 (Harris Cachet) cachet on FDC
United States 1107 fdc9 (Orange and black printed) cachet on FDC
United States 1107 fdc10 (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC (Washington DC machine cancel)
United States 1107 fdc11 (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC (Washington DC hand cancel)
United States 1107 fdc12 (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC (Chicago IGY pictoriaL cancel)
United States 1107 fdc13 (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet (and signature) on FDC (IGY pictorial cancel)
United States 1107 fdc14 (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC
United States 1107 sc/fdc (Mi727 sc/fdc) FDC with (Fleetwood) cachet on (PCS) souvenir card During the IGY, "high-altitude rockets were launched by the United States and Russia. They carried instruments to study cosmic rays, [the] magnetic field, meteors and sunlight"
United States 1107 card (Mi727 card) (Orange and black printed) cachet on FDC (souvenir?) card (possible) Aerobee research rocket. 210 rockets of various types (Aerobee, Nike-Cajun, Nike-Deacon, Loki-Dart and Nike-Asp) were fired in 1957 and 1958 as part of the US contribution to IGY research. The Aerobees were launched from Churchill (Canada), White Sands and Guam.
United States None1 Cinderella, from (11th National Postage Stamp Show) cinderella strip of 2 1959 Generic rockets (for scientific or other purposes)
United States None2
United States None (Interpex 1960) cachet on cover 1960 "rocket similar to the Army's 'Sergeant'¹⁰ missile"
United States 1193 fdc1 (Mi822 fdc1) (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC 1962 The Mercury-MR-2 sub-orbital rocket mission carried "astrochimp 'Ham'" on "31 Jan 1961"
United States 1193 fdc2 (Mi822 fdc2) (Black and blue printed) cachet on FDC "A squirrel monkey named 'Gordo' was launched into space aboard a US Army Jupiter rocket on December 13, 1958"
United States None (Rank silkscreened) cachet on cover 1962 The Scout rocket was mainly used to lift small satellites into orbit, but variants were also used in some scientific research missions, particularly when high altitudes had to be achieved (the third cover is also a USA C76 FDC)
United States None (Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States None (Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States 1196 cover (Mi? cover) (Alaskan Collectors' Club) cachet on cover 1962
United States None (Ship patch) cachet on cover 1964 Rockets represent launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States None ss (Interpex orange) cinderella SS1 1965 IQSY upper atmospheric research rocket
United States None ss (Interpex yellow) cinderella SS1 1965 IQSY upper atmospheric research rocket
United States None (USCS no.6927) cachet on cover 1965 "USNS Croatan in 1964, fitted out for rocket launch and telemetry as NASA Mobile Range during the International Year of the Quiet Sun"
United States None (Red pictorial) meter on cover 1966 The "Saturn S-IVB" was the second stage of the launch rockets in sub-orbital missions AS-201 (26 Feb 1966) and AS-202 (25 Aug 1966) and orbital mission AS-203 (5 July 1966)
United States None (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1967 Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States None (Interpex/Day of Aero and Astro Philately red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover (machine cancel) 1967 Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States None (Interpex/Day of Aero and Astro Philately red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover (hand cancel)
United States None (Interpex/Day of Aero and Astro Philately blue rubber-stamp) cachet on postcard, also back 1968 Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States None (R.E. Nichol) cachet on cover, also back 1969 "350 sounding rocket launches Wallops Isl. VA" (tracked in 1969 by NORAD from Colorado Springs)
United States None (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1970 Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States None Un-gummed cinderella 1970 20th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,9 launch (in text and left image of cinderella and in cover cachet); [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the right-hand image is a reproduction of USA 976; the image at the left is based on this photo of the launch)
United States None (Blue and red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover 1970 Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States None (Black printed) cachet on cover 1970 Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States 1431 fdc (Mi? fdc) (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover 1971 "French Antarctic rocket launch" and "USA Antarctic rocket launch"
United States SC18 (BEP/14th Interpex) Souvenir Card of 4 (4x 1173, background includes 976, 1435b, and C69) 1972 V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (in US 976)
United States 1529 fdc1 (Mi1136 fdc1) (Space Voyage green and red) cachet on cover 1974 "Aerobee-200 rockets launched for Skylab atmospheric study"
United States 1529 fdc2 (Mi1136 fdc2) (Space Voyage brown and red) cachet on cover "Minuteman rocket launch for Skylab atmospheric study"
United States 1529 fdc3 (Mi1136 fdc3) (GSFC Operation Kohoutek cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC Research rocket (possibly Nike-Cajun)
United States 1529 folder (Mi1136 folder) (Fleetwood) FDC folder (with extra 976 canceled stamp) V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss²
United States None (GSFC Operation Kohoutek blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1974 Research rocket (possibly Nike-Cajun)
United States 1570a fdc (Mi1179-1180 fdc) (Pasted on) cachet (with black-and-white reproduction of USA 976) on FDC 1975 V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (e.g. "Bumper-4")
United States 1759 fdc
1710 cover (Aeropex'77) cachet on FDC, also annotated 1978
1977 The "Scout" launch rocket was also used as a research rocket
United States None (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1978 Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States None (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1979 "S/Rocket" (Sounding Rocket) - Nike-Apache research rocket; also "Robert H. Goddard - American Rocket Pioneer"
United States None (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1983 Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States None (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 1983 (probable) Nike-Cajun or Nike-Apache, for magnetospheric research
United States None (Milcopex) cachet on cover 1983 A Bumper-WAC^7,9 rocket
United States None (Space Voyage) cachet on cover (Parforex Station pictorial cancel) 1993 "DC-X"¹² reusuable rocket prototype
United States None (Cencopex'84) cachet on cover 1984 "Scout" rocket (in text only; used in several roles, including as a scientific research rocket)
United States 2699 (Mi2313) Also partial sheet with selvedge 1992 A Bumper-WAC^7,9 rocket (design similar to the rocket in this photo of the launch)
United States 2699 fdc1 Stamp on FDC (multi-color cachet)
United States 2699 fdc2 Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) on FDC (blank/no cachet)
United States 2699 fdc3 Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft/PCS cachet)
United States 2699 fdc4 Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet)
United States 2699 fdc5 Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back
United States 2699 fdc6 Stamp and tab1 on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, same), also back
United States 2699 fdc7 Stamp and tab2 on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, same), also back
United States 2699 fdc8 Stamp and tab3 on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, same), also back
United States 2699 fdc9 Stamp and tab1 on FDC card (Fleetwood cachet, same)
United States 2699 fdc10 Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet), also back
United States 2699 fdc11 Stamp on FDC (Robert C. Graebner Chapter #17 AFDCS cachet)
United States 2699 fdc12 Stamp and (PCS) cachet on FDC, also insert
United States 2699 fdc13 Stamp on FDC (? hand-painted cachet)
United States 2699 fdc14 Stamp on FDC (HF cachet)
United States 2699 fdc15 Stamp on FDC (Therome Cachets cachet)
United States 2699 fdc16 Stamp and (Edken) cachet on FDC (with extra stamps)
United States 2699 fdc17 Stamp on FDC (Steve Wilson cachet)
United States 2699 fdc18 Stamp on FDC (Collage cachet)
United States 2699 fdc19 Stamp on FDC (Elmer Otto cachet), and insert
United States 2699 fdc20 Stamp on FDC (Fridson hand-painted cachet)
United States 2699 fdc21 Stamp on FDC (Geerlings cachet)
United States 2699 fdc22 Stamp on FDC (Kribbs cachet)
United States 2699 fdc23 Stamp and (David Peterman) cachet on FDC
United States 2699 fdc24 Stamp and (Collins) cachet on FDC (Landing NJ cancel)
United States 2699 fdc25 Stamp on postcard FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back
United States 2699 fdc26 Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC (with extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States 2699 fdc27 Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC, also detail of rocket
United States 2699 fdc28 Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC (different extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States 2699 fdc29 Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and magenta) cachet (and signature) on FDC (with extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States 2699 fdc30 Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and green) cachet (and signature) on FDC (different extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States 2699 fdc31 Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and green) cachet (and signature) on FDC, also detail of rocket
United States 2699 fdc32 Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet)
United States 2699 fdc33 Stamp and (purple pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) on FDC card
United States 2699 fdc34 Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet), also back
United States 2699 fdc35 Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet, different), also back
United States 2699 fdc36 Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet, different), also back
United States 2699 fdc37 Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet, different), also back
United States 2699 fdc38 Stamp on FDC (KMC Venture cachet, Washington DC cancel), also back
United States 2699 fdc39 Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) on FDC (KMC Venture cachet. Houston TX cancel), also back
United States 2699 fdc40 Stamp and (LRC) cachet on FDC (Washington DC cancel)
United States 2699 fdc41 Stamp and (photo/sticker) cachet on FDC
United States 2699 fdc/sdoi Stamp on FDC/SDOI (Second Day of Issue) cover (JPL Stamp Club cachet and signature)
United States 2699 sdoi1 Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and magenta) cachet (and signature) on SDOI (Second Day of Issue) cover, also detail of rocket
United States 2699 sdoi2 Stamp on SDOI (Second Day of Issue) cover
United States 2699 sc (PCS) souvenir card (or commemorative panel?)
United States SP1022 (USPS) souvenir page (2699)
United States CP400 (USPS no.392) commemorative panel (2699)
United States 2741 fdc (Mi2337 fdc) (Mystic Stamp Company) back of FDC, also front 1993 "Robert H. Goddard published a paper in 1919 explaining how rockets could be fired to the Moon and used to explore the upper atmosphere"
United States 5342 cover (Mi? cover) (Ranski) cachet on cover 2020 Several rockets at Patrick SFB, Florida
Upper Volta C21 (Mi161) Also detail 1965
Upper Volta C21 ds Deluxe sheet (C21)
Upper Volta C21 proof Signed proof
Upper Volta C21 imperf-pair Imperforate pair
Upper Volta C21 fdc Stamp on FDC (Éditions So.Ge.Im. cachet)

Country	Catalog Number	Type of Item	Year of Issue	Notes on Content
(Sub-orbital) Research rockets (both LOWER and UPPER atmosphere)
Afghanistan	632 (Mi732)		1962
Afghanistan	633 (Mi733)
Afghanistan	632-633 fdc	Two stamps and (C.G. Junior III) cachet on FDC
Afghanistan	633a (BL38)	SS1
Afghanistan	633a fdc	SS1 and (C.G. Junior III) cachet on FDC
Afghanistan	648 (Mi767)		1963
Afghanistan	645-648 fdc	One of four stamps and (C.G. Junior III) cachet on FDC
Afghanistan	649 (Mi768)
Afghanistan	C48 (Mi772)
Afghanistan	649+C48-C49 fdc	Two of three stamps and cachet on FDC
Afghanistan	C50a (BL42)	SS1
Afghanistan	C50a fdc	SS1 and cachet on FDC
Afghanistan	C50b (BL41)	Imperforate SS1
Afghanistan	C50b fdc1	Imperforate SS1 on FDC
Afghanistan	C50b fdc2	Imperforate SS1 and cachet on FDC
Argentina	C98 (Mi863)		1965	"various scientific experiments with rockets [including] measurement of winds in the atmosphere, and ionospheric investigations" (in Spanish in folder text)
Argentina	C98 fdc1	Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC (hand cancel)
Argentina	C98 fdc2	Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC (machine cancel)
Argentina	C99 fdc	(Black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina	772 fdc	(Black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina	772+C98-C99 fdc1	One of three stamps on FDC
Argentina	772+C98-C99 fdc2	One of three stamps and cachet on FDC
Argentina	772+C98-C99 fdc3	One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC
Argentina	772+C98-C99 fdc4	One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC (hand cancel)
Argentina	772+C98-C99 fdc5	One of three stamps and cachet (same) on FDC (machine cancel)
Argentina	772+C98-C99 fdc6	One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC
Argentina	772+C98-C99 fdc7	One of three stamps and cachet (different) on FDC
Argentina	772+C98-C99 folder	FDC folder
Argentina	C105 (Mi898)		1966	Project Matienzo¹³: Gamma Centaur rocket; also typical track of rising instrumented balloons (dashed line in stamp) that were part of the project
Argentina	C105 fdc1	Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina	C105 fdc2	Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC card
Argentina	C105 fdc3	Stamp and (hand-colored) cachet (same, except for the coloring) on FDC card
Argentina	C105 fdc4	Stamp and (red and cyan and black printed) cachet on FDC
Argentina	C105 fdc5	Stamp and (black and blue and red printed) cachet on (airmail) FDC
Argentina	C105 folder1	FDC folder
Argentina	C105 folder2	Inside of folder (different)
Argentina	B156 (Mi2110)		1991	Castor rocket
Australia	None	(Brown and black printed) cachet on cover	1970	Research rockets for solar studies
Barbados	305 (Mi273)		1968	"HARP¹¹ gun"
Barbados	305_var	Variety: White spot on barrel
Barbados	512 (Mi482)		1979	HARP¹¹ gun
Barbados	513 (Mi483)
Barbados	514 (Mi484)
Benin	Unknown a (Mi none) Unknown ia	One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS4 (a-d)	2014	"Europa 1"-F1 launch on "5 juin 1964" (this was the first in the Europa rocket series, a test flight from Woomera, Australia of a Blue Streak rocket, which broke up near the apogee of 157 km)
Benin	Unknown a-d fdc	One of four stamps on FDC
Benin	Unknown a proof Unknown ia proof	One of MS4 proof (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 proof (a-d)
Benin	Unknown ms proof	Signed-proof MS4 (a-d)
Benin	Unknown ms proof fdc Unknown ims proof fdc	MS4 proof on FDC Imperforate MS4 proof on FDC
Bhutan	118A (Mi413)	Simulated-3D plastic-overlay	1970	V-2 rocket (was the basis of the American research rocket program in the years after the end of WWII²)
Bhutan	118Cm (BL41)	On one of MS4 (118-118C) (Mi412-415), simulated-3D plastic-overlay
Brazil	1035 (Mi1128)	From MS25 (1035a (25x 1035))	1967
Brazil	1035 fdc1	Stamp on FDC (Brasil Cover cachet; see this larger but incomplete image)
Brazil	1035 fdc2	Stamp and (blue printed) cachet on FDC
Brazil	1035 fdc3	Stamp on FDC (blue printed cachet, different)
Brazil	1035 fdc4	Stamp on (airmail) FDC
Brazil	2295 (Mi2393)	From MS24 (2295a (24x 2295))	1990	25th anniv. first Brazilian launch of Nike-Apache research rocket
Brazil	2295 fdc	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC
British Indian Ocean Territory	377 (Mi486)		2009	Early research rockets: Corporal and Private
British Indian Ocean Territory	377-381 fdc	One of five stamps on FDC
Canada	376 fdc1 (Mi323 fdc1)	(Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (machine cancel)	1957
Canada	376 fdc2 (Mi323 fdc2)	(Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (hand cancel)
Canada	445 fdc (Mi389 fdc)	(H&E) cachet on FDC	1966
Canada	None	(Sarzin black printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1967?	USAF launches of atmospheric research rockets at Fort Churchill RRF (Rocket Research Facility); (one digit in the year in the cancel appears to be inverted: "97" should be "67")
Canada	None	(Red pictorial) meter on cover	1970	The "Churchill Research Range" in northern Manitoba, Canada, ideally located for high latitude scientific rockets, was active as a research rocket launch site from 1955 through 1989
Canada	1562 (Mi1493)		1995	Research rocket at the Churchill Research Range (Churchill, Manitoba, Canada)
Cape Kennedy FL (USA)	Local	Local post	1965	"Nike-Apache sounding rocket program"
Cape Kennedy FL (USA)	Local fdc	Local post FDC
Central African Republic	1060a (Mi?)	One of strip of 3 (1060 (a-c))	1994	Bumper-WAC^7,9 (WAC Corporal atop V-2) launch
Chad	710b (Mi1518A) i710b (Mi1518B)	One stamp and in selvedge of MS6 (710 (a-f)) (Mi1517A-1522A) One stamp and in selvedge of imperforate MS6 (i710 (a-f)) (Mi1517B-1522B)	1997	"Aerobee" atmospheric research rocket
China (People's Republic)	None	(Cyan and red and black printed) cachet on cover, also annotated, and back	1991	atmospheric research rocket
China (People's Republic)	None	Postal card	2002	Atmospheric research rocket; 50th anniv. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Comoro Islands	783 (Mi989) i783	Imperforate	1992	"Redstone rocket launched with chimp 'Ham' in 1960" (but the launch was on 31 Jan 1961, not 1960 as in the stamp)
Comoro Islands	783b (BL366) i783b	Stamp and in (upper-right and left) margins of SS1 (783) Stamp and in (upper-right and left) margins of imperforate SS1 (i783)	(As above for stamp); "Aerobee rocket launched in 1952 with a macaque" (in upper-right margin); "Little-Joe rocket launched with rhesus monkey 'Sam', January 1960" (in left margin); (Sam is shown in his space suit, similar to the image in Comoro Islands Unknown d 2005)
Comoro Islands	785 (Mi991) i785	Imperforate	"Felix the Cat aboard Véronique research rocket - October 1963" (in French text)
Comoro Islands	785b (BL368) i785b	On stamp of SS1 (785) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i785)
Comoro Islands	788b (BL371A) i788b (BL371B)	In (left and upper-right) margins of SS1 (788) In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i788)	(possibly an R-series) "research rocket (USSR)" (in French text, in left margin); (possibly an R-series) "research rocket carrying a dog (USSR)" (in French text. in upper-right margin) (such flights took place from 1951 to 1960)
Comoro Islands	788a (Mi989+991+994) i788a	On one of MS3 (783+785-788) On one of imperforate MS3 (i783+i785-i788)	(As above for stamps)
Comoro Islands	789 (BL365) i789	In (left) margin of SS1 In (left) margin of imperforate SS1	1992	"Monkeys 'Able' and 'Baker' - 29 May 1959" flew in a Jupiter rocket (not depicted) to 483 km and were recovered unharmed
Comoro Islands	Unknown d (Mi?)	One of MS5 (a-e)	2005	Upper half (from this photo): squirrel monkey Miss Baker (on 28 May 1959, flew with rhesus monkey Miss Able in a Jupiter rocket (not depicted) to 483 km - they were recovered unharmed); Lower half (from this photo): rhesus monkey Sam in space suit (similar to the image of Miss Sam in Comoro Islands 783b); (on 21 January 1960 Sam flew in a Little Joe rocket to an altitude of 85 km, and was recovered unharmed in the Atlantic Ocean)
Comoro Islands	Unknown_d-e fdc	One of two stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC	(As above for stamp); also in the cachet rhesus monkey Able and squirrel monkey Baker who flew to 483 km on 28 May 1959 in a Jupiter rocket, and were recovered unharmed; the cachet image is from a photograph that was also featured as the cover article of an issue of Life magazine
Comoro Islands	Unknown_ms5 fdc	MS5 on FDC	(As above for the MS5)
Congo (People's Republic)	C161 (Mi378)		1973
Congo (People's Republic)	C161 proof1	Trial color proof pair
Congo (People's Republic)	C161 proof2	Trial color proof pair (different)
Congo (People's Republic)	C161 proof3	Signed proof
Congo (People's Republic)	C161 fdc	Stamp and cachet on FDC
Congo Republic	Unknown ss (BL none)	In (upper-right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue]	2014	Research rocket at Hermann Oberth Museum
Congo Republic	Unknown ms (Mi none)	In (upper-left) margin of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue]	2016	"V-2" research rocket
Costa Rica	C325 (Mi592)		1961	Meteorological rocket and exhaust forming part of the stylized compass rose which is part of the WMO emblem
Costa Rica	C324-C325 fdc	One of two stamps on FDC (Asociación Filatélica de Costa Rica cachet), also back
Cuba	962 (Mi1024)		1965
Cuba	961-963 fdc	One of three stamps on FDC
Dubai	123 (Mi367)		1970
Dubai	124 (Mi368)
France	1100 (Mi1480) i1100	From MS8 (1100a (8x 1100 + 8 labels)) From imperforate MS8 (i1100a (8x i1100 + 8 labels))	1964	Research rocket (the drawings are similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Hungary 2367 and Germany (West) cover 1964, and Monaco 580)
France	1100 maxi	Maxicard
France	1100a_half fdc	1100a half-sheet and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC
France	1100+label fdc	Stamp and (Éditions P.J. no.496) cachet on FDC, also back	(As above for stamp); Véronique research rocket (in the cachet)
France	1100+label cover (Mi1480+label cover)	Stamp and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on cover	1964	Research rocket (the drawing is similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Hungary 2367 and Germany (West) cover 1964)
France	B465 cover (Mi1834 cover)	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover	1973	Research rocket launched from the "Centre d'Essais des Landes".
France	None	Postcard back, also front	1977	"Dauphin sounding rocket" (in postcard photo and in French text)
France	None	(Association philatélique du CNES) cachet on cover	1977	Dragon rocket
France	None	Stamp-on-stamp (reproduction of Russia 5060) in (lower-right) margin of SS1 cinderella	2010	Eridan sounding rocket (see the entry for Russia 5060 for details)
France India	4798-4799 folder1 2725-2726 folder1	Dual-country folder inside, also outside	2015	"France provided India with licenses for the Centaure rockets, on which Indian launchers are based"
France India	4798-4799 folder2 2725-2726 folder2	Dual-country FDC folder inside, also outside
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	29 (Mi38) i29	Imperforate	1967	"First sounding rocket launch [of Dragon rockets] in Adélie Land: January 1967" (in French text); auroral studies; (see also FSAT C11 cover)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	29 fdc1	Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	29 fdc2	Stamp and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	29 fdc3	Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) FDC, also back
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C11 cover (Mi? cover)	(Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	1967	"First scientific rocket launch [of Dragon rockets] in Antarctica, Adélie Land, January 1967" (in French text); (see also FSAT 29 FDC3)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	None	(J.G.) cachet on cover	1967	"First launch of the Dragon scientific rocket in Antarctica, on 26 January 1967, in Adélie Land)" (in French text); (but Diamant launch rocket depicted)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	19 cover (Mi22 cover)	(Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	1968	"First scientific rocket launch [of Dragon rockets] in Antarctica, Adélie Land, January 1967" (in French text); (see also FSAT 29)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C16a (Mi42-43) iC16a	Strip of 2 (C16a (C15-C16 + label)) Imperforate strip of 2 (iC16a (iC15-iC16 + label))	1968	"Dragon ionospheric research rockets, 1967 - 1968" (in French text)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C16a fdc1	Strip of 2 and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C16a fdc2	Strip of 2 and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C40a (Mi96-97)	Strip of 2 (C40a (C39-C40 + label)) (Mi96-97) from MS10 (C40b (5x (C39-C40 + label)))	1975	Two Eridan sounding rockets (launched 26 January and 15 February 1975) and "magnetospheric research - Franco-Soviet program ARAKS" (in French text). The ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment was dedicated to auroral studies. As part of the program, Super-ARCAS⁴ rockets were launched in advance of the Eridan launches, to gather X-ray data at 30-60 km altitude; Russia 5060 and Mali Unknown c 2018 also commemorate the ARAKS experiment
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C40a fdc1	Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (FSAT PO official embossed cachet)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C40a fdc2	Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel and (Lollini) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C40a fdc3	Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C40a fdc4	Two stamps and label and (pictorial) cancel and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C40a fdc5	Two stamps and label and (Lollini) cachet on FDC
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C40a ds	Deluxe sheet (C40a)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C39 ds	Deluxe sheet (C39)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	C39 proof	Signed proof (C39)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	622 (Mi1068)		2020	Dragon research rocket and Bernard Morlet
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	622 proof	Die proof (622)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories	622 art	final-design art (622)
Gabon	C10 fdc (Mi178 fdc)	(Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC	1962	Véronique research rocket
Germany (Berlin)	None	(Red printed) cachet on cover	1961	(possible) Cirrus-1 research rocket (see also Germany-West cover 1961; see Paraguay C525 for an illustration of the Cirrus-2 rocket)
Germany (East)	None	(Pictorial) cancel on postal card	1963	Research rocket above a map of Antarctica (possibly representing the 28 ARCAS⁴ rocket launches that took place at McMurdo base (Antarctica) from 19 June 1962 to 3 October 1963)
Germany (East)	None	(Black printed) cachet on cover	1964	Antarctic ("Antarktis") research rockets for meteorology, astronomy and geophysics (possibly representing the 28 ARCAS⁴ rocket launches that took place at McMurdo base (Antarctica) from 19 June 1962 to 3 October 1963)
Germany (East)	1898 (Mi2310)		1978	M-100 rocket. From 1969 through 1990, 1104 M-100s were launched from Molodezhnaya station (Antarctica). (See also Germany (East) cover 1979 below)
Germany (East)	1898-1899 fdc	One of two stamps on FDC
Germany (East)	1898-1900 fdc	One of three stamps on FDC
Germany (East)	None	(Orange and blue printed) cachet on cover	1979	Atmospheric physics; "[M-100] rocket launch from Antarctic station Molodezhnaya" (in German text). (See also Germany (East) 1898 for M-100 detail)
Germany (West)	None	(Blue and grey printed) cachet on cover	1960	Research rocket
Germany (West)	844 card (Mi367 card)	(Orange and yellow-brown and black printed) cachet on card	1961	"Cirrus"-1/2; "Kumulus"-1/2 research rockets; (Kumulus rocket is illustrated)
Germany (West)	None	(Red and grey printed) cachet on cover	1961	(possible) Cirrus-1 research rocket (see also Germany-Berlin cover 1961; see Paraguay C525 for an illustration of the Cirrus-2 rocket)
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (red printed) cachet on cover	1962	Experimental Cirrus⁶ research rockets
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (green printed) cachet on cover
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (black and grey printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1963	Experimental Cirrus⁶ research rockets launched from Cuxhaven (West Germany); ("Cirrus-B" is noted in the cachet text)
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (tan and black printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back	1963	"Cirrus B" rocket
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (tan printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back	1963	"Cirrus B" rocket
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back	1963	Cirrus rockets
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover, also back	1963	Cirrus rockets
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (magenta printed) cachet on cover	1963	"Hanover State Engineering School's 'Annual Seminar on Rocket and Space Technology' " (in German text)
Germany (West)	None	(Black printed) cachet (with black monochrome reproduction of France 1100) on cover	1964	Research rocket (the drawing is similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Hungary 2367)
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and cachet on cover	1967	French research rockets Eridan, Dragon, and Centaure (from left to right); (see also Sputnik-1 anniversary cover)
Germany (West)	None	(Pictorial) cancel and cachet on cover	1979	Research rocket
Germany	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (DLR) cachet on cover	1994	Upper atmospheric research rocket and mobile launcher (also in cachet instrument package (probably from a rocket) descending by parachute)
Germany	2052 cover (Mi2073 cover)	(Pictorial) cancel on cover	2000	"Erich Regener, extraterrestrial physics pioneer" and his A-4 research rocket and ejected instrument package
Germany	B857 cover (Mi2097 cover)	(Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover	2000	"A-4 rocket with the 'Regener canister' for high atmospheric research" (in German text and also illustrated in the cachet); also "Erich Regener, extraterrestrial physics pioneer" and A-4 research rocket and ejected instrument package (in the cancel)
Germany	None	(Pictorial) cancel	2003	(100th anniv.) Alfred Maul's³ "photorocket" (the first instrumented rocket)
Germany	None	(Pictorial) cancel	2003	100th anniv. Alfred Maul's³ "photorocket" (the first instrumented rocket); depiction of the rocket and a parachute carrying the camera
Great Britain	2317_ms10 folder (Mi2341_ms10 folder)	Folder front with MS10 (2317_ms10 (10x 2317 + 10 labels)), also back	2009	"Skylark ... sounding rockets"
Great Britain	None	(Maia, The Band private advertising) cinderella	2012	Design similar to Russia 2235
Guinea Republic	925a (BL136A) i925a (BL136B)	In (left) margin of SS1 (926) In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i926)	1985	"German rocket A4/V-2²" (in French text)
Guinea Republic	Mi15503-15506_ms4	MS4 (Mi15503-15506)	2021	Astrocat "Félicette" (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963); also in stamp 'a' of the MS4 is the space rat "Hector" who, on 22 Feb 1961, was carried to an altitude of 145 km by a Véronique rocket launched from Hammaguir, Algeria
Guinea Republic	BL3462	SS1 (Mi15507)
Hungary	1660 (Mi2102A) i1660 (Mi2102B)	Imperforate	1965	Ionospheric research rocket
Hungary	1661 (Mi2103A) i1661 (Mi2103B)	Imperforate	Research rocket (and Van Allen radiation belts)
Hungary	1659+1661+1666-1667 fdc i1659+i1661+i1666-i1667 fdc	One of four stamps on FDC One of four imperforate stamps on FDC	(As above for stamps)
Hungary	1660+1662-1665 fdc i1660+i1662-i1665 fdc	One of five stamps on FDC One of five imperforate stamps on FDC
Hungary	C256 (Mi2197A) iC256 (Mi2197B)	Imperforate	1965	"Kétlépcsös M. Rakéta" (Two-stage meteorological rocket); two launches of such rockets took place on "1965.VI.17" (date in text) - Aerobee-150 from Fort Churchill, Canada, and Nike-Apache from Wallops Island, USA.
Hungary	C255-C256+C259 fdc	One of three stamps on FDC (Hungary Post cachet)
Hungary	2367+lab (Mi3043)	Stamp (stamp-on-stamp: France 1100) and label, from MS3 (2367a (3x 2367 + 3 labels))	1975	Research rocket (the drawing is similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also Germany (West) cover 1964)
Ireland	2062 (Mi?)	One of pair (2062a (2061-2062))	2015	Symbolic research rocket (in the context of the "Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition")
India	567 (Mi?)		1972	Sounding rocket launched from Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (India)
India	567 fdc	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC
India	567 folder	FDC folder
India	None	(Pictorial) cancel and cachet on cover	1977	RH-560 research rocket
India	1746 (Mi1685)		1999	research rocket
India	2725-2726 brochure1	Brochure inside, also outside	2015	"The first French-Indian space cooperation agreement signed in May 1964 covered licences to build Bélier and Centaure sounding rockets in India ... 50 French rockets were built locally and launched from 1965 onwards at the Thumba equatorial launch site in the State of Kerala"
India	2725-2726 brochure2	FDC brochure
Indonesia	821 (Mi709)		1972	The Kartika-1 rocket, Indonesia's first sounding rocket, was tested in a launch in August 1964. Its sister rocket Kartika-2 was launched in 1965 as part of Indonesia's contribution to IQSY research.
Indonesia	819-821 fdc	One of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Indonesia Post cachet)
Indonesia	2274b (Mi2903)	One of pair (2274 (a-b)) (Mi2903-2904), or ten of MS20 (2274c (10x 2274) + 4 labels)	2011	Indonesian rocket "RPS"-420 ("Roket Pengorbit Satelit"-420), also known as the RX-420, as seen in this photo. On 2 July 2009, it was tested in a launch from Pameungpeuk, West Java, and reached around 50 km. The mission was considered a success.
Indonesia	2274 fdc	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Indonesia Post) cachet on FDC
Ivory Coast	Unknown ms (Mi none)	In (lower-right) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue]	2012	Véronique rocket
Ivory Coast	Unknown ms proof Unknown ims proof	In (lower-right) margin of proof MS4 (a-d) In (lower-right) margin of imperforate proof MS4 (a-d)
Ivory Coast	Unknown proof fdc Unknown imp proof fdc	MS4 proof on FDC Imperforate MS4 proof and cachet on FDC
Japan	637 cover (Mi669 cover)	(Pictorial) cancel and (Fleetwood) cachet on cover	1958	(possible) Japanese Kappa research rocket (in cancel); (see also the similar (pictorial) cancel 1993); "IGY Rocket Project - Michikawa Rocket Center" (in cachet)
Japan	None	(Pictorial) cancel and (Hitoshi?) cachet on cover	1971	Japanese S-160 or S-210 research rocket. Nine ionospheric missions for auroral studies using these rockets took place between 10 Feb 1970 and 3 Dec 1971, from Syowa base (Antarctica); altitudes reached were 80-90 km for the S-160s and 115-140 km for the S-210s.
Japan	None	(Pictorial) cancel on cover	1972	Japanese S-160 or S-210 research rocket. Nine ionospheric missions for auroral studies using these rockets took place between 10 Feb 1970 and 3 Dec 1971, from Syowa base (Antarctica); altitudes reached were 80-90 km for the S-160s and 115-140 km for the S-210s.
Japan	None	(Black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1977	"JARE (Japan Antarctic Research Expedition) Rocket Project"
Japan	None	(Pictorial) cancel on postal card	1993	(possible) Japanese Kappa research rocket; (see also 637 (pictorial) cancel 1958)
Lebanon	C416 (Mi878)		1964	(artistic) depiction of a two-stage rocket similar to the Nike-Apache sounding rocket
Lebanon	C417 (Mi879)
Libya	276 (Mi185)		1965
Libya	277 (Mi186)
Libya	278 (Mi187)
Libya	276-278 fdc1	Three stamps and (brown printed) cachet on FDC
Libya	276-278 fdc2	Three stamps and (red-brown printed) cachet on FDC
Libya	276-278 fdc3	Three stamps and (black printed) cachet on FDC
Libya	276-278 fdc4	Three stamps and (black printed) cachet (different) on FDC
Libya	276-278 fdc5	Three stamps and (red printed) cachet on FDC (Tripoli cancel)
Libya	276-278 fdc6	Three stamps and (red printed) cachet on FDC (Tripoli 2 cancel)
Libya	276-278 fdc7	Three stamps and (red and blue and gold printed) cachet on FDC
Libya	276-278 fdc8	Three stamps on FDC (black printed cachet), also insert
Libya	276-278 fdc9	Three stamps on FDC (black printed cachet, slightly different)
Libya	276-278 fdc10	Three stamps on FDC (red and black and green printed cachet)
Libya	276-278 fdc11	Three stamps on FDC (multi-color printed cachet)
Mali	Unknown a (Mi none) Unknown ia	Two stamps and in (upper-right) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] Two stamps and in (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS3 (a-c)	2015	Astrochimp "Ham" (launched by Redstone rocket on 31 Jan 1961)
Mali	Unknown b (Mi none) Unknown ib	Astrocat "Félicette" (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963) (in stamp and also in upper-right margin of the MS3)
Mali	Unknown ss (BL none)	In (upper-left) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue]	Astrocat "Félicette" (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963)
Mali	Unknown c (Mi none)	One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue]	2018	Eridan sounding rocket (first one launched 26 January; second one on 15 February 1975) as part of the Franco-Soviet magnetospheric research program "ARAKS". The ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment was dedicated to auroral studies. As part of the program, Super-ARCAS⁴ rockets were launched in advance of the Eridan launches, to gather X-ray data at 30-60 km altitude; Russia 5060 and FSAT C40a also commemorate the ARAKS experiment.
Mali	Unknown ims fdc	Imperforate MS4 on FDC
Mauritania	C134 (Mi457) iC134	Imperforate	1973	Aerobee-170 launched for solar cessation studies¹ in the African total solar eclipse of 30 June 1973
Mauritania	C134 ds	Deluxe sheet (C134)
Mauritania	C134_var	C134 with slight color variation
Mauritania	C133-C135 fdc	One of three stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC
Mauritania	C135a (BL11) iC135a	MS3 (C133-C135) (Mi459-461) Imperforate MS3 (iC133-iC135)
Mauritania	C142 (Mi468)	C134 overprinted in black	1973	Aerobee-170 launched for solar cessation studies¹ in the African total solar eclipse of 30 June 1973
Mauritania	C142_var	C134 overprinted in black, color variation
Monaco	580 (Mi772)		1964	Research rocket (the drawings are similar to the French Monica sounding rockets); (see also France 1100, Hungary 2367, and Germany (West) cover 1964)
Monaco	580 fdc1	Stamp and (Philatec) cachet on FDC
Monaco	580 fdc2	Stamp and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC, also back
Montserrat	863a (Mi929)	From gutter-pair, or from pair (863 (a-b)) (Mi929-930)	1995	"Atmospheric sounding experiments using rockets"; also a parachute and instrument package (in some early rocket research, the rocket carried data recording instruments which were returned to Earth by parachute)
New Mexico (USA)	Local fdc	Local post FDC, also back	1975	Research rocket launch from WSMR
New Zealand	370 fdc1 (Mi439 fdc1)	(Red and green printed) cachet on FDC (Ellerslie NZ cancel)	1965	Europa-1 rocket
New Zealand	370 fdc2 (Mi439 fdc2)	(Red and green printed) cachet on FDC (Takapuna North NZ cancel)
Niger	C42 (Mi76)		1964	Véronique research rocket
Niger	C42 fdc	Stamp and (magenta and blue and black printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC
Niger	1035a (Mi1725)	From MS4 (1035 (a-d)) (Mi1725-1728)	1999	Astrochimp "Ham" (launched by Redstone rocket on 31 Jan 1961)
Niger	1035c (Mi1727)	Astrocat Félicette (not "Felix") (launched by Véronique rocket on 18 Oct 1963)
Norway	990 (Mi1063)		1991	Rocket for auroral studies launched from Andoya Island Rocket Range (Norway)
Norway	989-990 fdc	One of two stamps on FDC
Norway	None	Phonecard	2001	Research rocket launch at Andoya Island Rocket Range
Pakistan	570 fdc (Mi571 fdc)	(Pictorial) cancel on FDC	1982	Shahpar sounding rocket (the Pakistan version of the French Dragon rocket); (see also Shahpar being prepared for launch); this rocket is also featured in the cancel in Pakistan 771-772 FDC
Pakistan	771 (Mi847)		1992	30th anniv. launch of Nike-Cajun Rehbar-1, Pakistan's first weather research rocket. (See also Pakistan 1150 cover (2011) and Pakistan rocket launch cover (1962) in the LOWER atmospheric rockets table below.)
Pakistan	771-772 fdc	One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC, also back	(As above for stamp); Shahpar sounding rocket (the Pakistan version of the French Dragon rocket) (in the cancel); (see also Shahpar being prepared for launch); this rocket is also featured in the cancel in Pakistan 570 FDC
Pakistan	1150 cover (Mi1378 cover)	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover	2011	Nike-Cajun Rehbar-1/2. (Rehbar-1 was launched 7 June 1962; Rehbar-2 was launched two days later. They were Pakistan's first weather research rockets, and provided information on winds and layer structure in the troposphere and stratosphere). (See also Pakistan 771 and Pakistan rocket launch cover (1962) in the LOWER atmospheric rockets table below.)
Panama	469B (Mi894) 469B+selvedge i469B i469B changed-colors (Mi899)	On selvedge also Imperforate Imperforate with changed colors	1966	San Marco sub-orbital test 2 (on "2 August 1963" the Shotput rocket depicted in the stamp carried an 80 kg test version of the San Marco satellite to an altitude of 294 km)
Panama	472A (Mi934A) i472A (Mi934B)	Imperforate	1966	"English Blue Streak rocket" (in Spanish text); (this was one of Europa-1-F1/F2/F3)
Panama	472B (Mi935A) i472B (Mi935B)	Imperforate	"Europa-1 rocket, launched from Woomera 1966-05-23" (in Spanish text); (that date is for Europa-1-F4, aka ELDO-A-F4, which consisted of a Blue Streak first stage with upper stage mockups including a dummy satellite)
Panama	472Bc (BL59, Mi934C-935C) i472Bc (BL60, Mi936-937)	MS2 (472A-472B), contains two stamps similar to 472A and 472B except with different perforations In (right) margin of imperforate MS2 (i472A-i472B), contains two stamps similar to i472A and i472B except with changed colors	1966	(As above for 472A and 472B)
Panama	492A (Mi1106Aa)	472A overprinted in black	1968	(As above for 472A and 472Bc)
Panama	492A_var (Mi1106Ab)	472A overprinted in gold
Panama	492B (BL99a, Mi1106Ca+1107a) i492B (BL100a, Mi1108a+1109a)	MS2 (492+492x), contains two stamps similar to 492A and 492x except with different perforations, 472Bc overprinted in black Imperforate MS2 (i492+i492x), contains two stamps similar to i492A and i492x except with changed colors, i472Bc overprinted in black
Panama	492B_var (BL99b, Mi1106Cb+1107b) i492B_var (BL100b, Mi1108b+1109b)	MS2 (492_var+492x_var), contains two stamps similar to 492A_var and 492x_var except with different performations, 472Bc overprinted in gold Imperforate MS2 (i492_var+i492x_var), contains two stamps similar to i492A_var and i492x_var except with changed colors, i472Bc overprinted in gold
Paraguay	835 (Mi340) i835 (Mi348)	Imperforate	1964	"Europa-1" rocket
Paraguay	835a (BL58) i835a (BL59)	On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1
Paraguay	835a muestra i835a muestra	On stamp of SS1, overprinted "muestra" On stamp of imperforate SS1, overprinted "muestra"
Paraguay	835 fdc i835 fdc	Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC
Paraguay	943 (Mi559) i943 (Mi567)	Stamp-on-stamp: reproduction of Paraguay 835 in red-orange Imperforate	1966	"Europa-1" rocket
Paraguay	950 (Mi566) i950 (Mi574)	Stamp-on-stamp: reproduction of Paraguay 835 in red-orange Imperforate
Paraguay	950a (BL83) i950a (BL84)	SS1 stamp-on-stamp: reproduction of Paraguay 835 in red-orange Imperforate SS1
Paraguay	C523 (Mi3604)		1983	"First launch of an A4 rocket, 3 October 1942" (in Spanish text)
Paraguay	C525 (Mi3606)		Cyrus-B⁶ (developed in Germany as Cirrus-B/Cirrus-2) research rocket; (see Germany-Berlin cover 1961 and Germany-West cover 1961 for possible Cirrus-1 rockets)
Paraguay	C525 fdc	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (reproduces the A4 rocket in C523) on FDC (Dirección General de Correos del Paraguay cachet)
Peru	1613a (Mi2271)	From strip of 2 (1613 (a-b))	2007	1st anniv. launch (on "27.12.2006") of Peru's sounding rocket "Paulet-1"
Peru	1613b (Mi2272)
Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (South Arabia)	Mi215	One of pair (Mi214-215)	1968	French research rocket Véronique
Qatar	353 (Mi567)		1973
Ras Al Khaima	BL_E95A (Sc 78) BL_E95B (Sc iC78)	In (left) margin of SS1 In (left) margin of imperforate SS1	1970	"Europa-1" rocket
Ras Al Khaima	Mi438A+444A+450A_strip3+BL_E95A fdc	SS1 on FDC
Romania	C73 (Mi1824)		1959	A Soviet R-2a aeronomy and biological mission was launched from Kapustin Yar on 2 July 1959. It carried the dog Otvazhnaya and the rabbit Marfusha (depicted in the stamp, whose design is partially based on this photo) and also the dog Snezhinka (not in the stamp) to an altitude of 220 km. All three animals are seen in this photo. They were safely recovered.
Romania	C73 error	C73 extra-dot error
Romania	C120 (Mi2087)	Stamp-on-stamp: C73, C74, C75	1962	(As above for the Romania C73 stamp)
Romania	C119-C122 fdc	One of four stamps and (blue printed) cachet on FDC
Romania	C122a (BL53)	Imperforate MS4 (C119-C122)), stamp-on-stamp: C49, C51, C56, C73, C74, C75, 1200 or 1201, C58, C88, C104, C109, C110
Romania	C122a fdc	MS4 and (yellow printed) cachet on FDC
Romania	None	(Blue printed) cachet on cover	1982
Russia (USSR)	1959 (Mi1992)		1957
Russia (USSR)	2235 (Mi2261)		1959	(See also Great Britain cinderella 2012)
Russia (USSR)	None	QSL card, also back	1960	A Soviet R-2a aeronomy and biological mission was launched from Kapustin Yar on 2 July 1959. It carried the dog Otvazhnaya and the rabbit Marfusha (seen in the image side of the QSL card, which is based on this photo) and also the dog Snezhinka (not in the QSL card image) to an altitude of 220 km. All three animals are seen in this photo. They were safely recovered.
Russia (USSR)	2495 (Mi2500)		1961	Research rocket for auroral and ionospheric studies
Russia (USSR)	2722 (Mi2737) i2722	Imperforate	1963
Russia (USSR)	None	(Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope	1963	Research rocket launch from ship Lenin
Russia (USSR)	None	(TKK/AA⁸ no.12 grey printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on (un-stamped and un-canceled) cover	1964	IQSY upper atmospheric research rockets
Russia (USSR)	None	(TKK/AA⁸ no.12 black printed and green rubber-stamp) cachets on (un-stamped and un-canceled) cover
Russia (USSR)	None	(TKK/AA⁸ no.12 grey printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachets on (un-stamped and un-canceled) cover
Russia (USSR)	3288-3289 fdc (Mi3312-3313 fdc)	(Kniga International black printed) cachet on FDC	1966	Research rocket
Russia (USSR)	3700 (Mi3728)		1970
Russia (USSR)	None	(Red and grey printed) cachet on (un-stamped and un-canceled) envelope	1971	M-100 rocket launch from Antarctica
Russia (USSR)	None	(Pictorial) cancel on cover	1972	M-100 rocket launch from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
Russia (USSR)	None	(Black rubber-stamp) cachet (same as the cancel in preceding item) on (airmail) cover, also back
Russia (USSR)	None	(Black rubber-stamp) cachet (same as in preceding item) on cover
Russia (USSR)	4084 card (Mi4123 card)	(Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on card	1974	Atmospheric research rocket (part of Franco-Soviet cooperation in meteorology, aeronomy and space studies)
Russia (USSR)	4666 (Mi4730)	From MS36 (4666a (36x 4666))	1978
Russia (USSR)	4666 fdc1	Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also back
Russia (USSR)	4666 fdc2	Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC
Russia (USSR)	4666 pin	Reproduction of stamp as metal pin
Russia (USSR)	4898 (Mi5029)	From MS36 (4898a (36x 4898))	1981
Russia (USSR)	4898 fdc	Stamp and (Soviet Ministry of Postal Services and Telecommunications) cachet on FDC, also back
Russia (USSR)	None	(Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope	1981	Research rocket launch from a Russian Antarctic base
Russia (USSR)	5060 (Mi5191)	From MS8 (5060a (8x 5060))	1982	Eridan sounding rocket (two were launched, on 26 January and 15 February 1975, as part of the Franco-Soviet ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment, which was dedicated to auroral studies; the stamp is reproduced in a French cinderella 2010; FSAT C40a and Mali Unknown c 2018 also commemorate the ARAKS experiment.
Russia (USSR)	5241 (Mi5371)		1984	M-100 rocket; at least 1161 M-100s were launched from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS, India), each week from 1970 to 1993
Russia (USSR)	None	(Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope	1986	Research rocket launch from research ship Professor Zubov
Russia (USSR)	None	(Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1989	Research rocket launch from hydrometeorological research ship Professor Vize
Russia	None	(Pictorial) cancel on cover	1992	M-100 rocket launch from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
Russia	None	(Pictorial) cancel on cover	2001	Russian research rocket launched from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
Russia	None	(Blue pictorial) cancel on cover	2008	Russian research rocket launched from Molodezhnaya base (Antarctica)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	Mi8739	One of MS4 (Mi8737-8740)	2020	"Lambda-4S" rocket
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	Mi8737-8740_ms4 fdc	MS4 on FDC (St. Thomas Post cachet)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	BL1590	SS1 (Mi8741)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	BL1590 fdc	SS1 on FDC (St. Thomas Post cachet)
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	Mi8752-8755_ms4	In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (Mi8752-8755)	2020	V-2 rocket
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	Mi8752-8755_ms4 fdc	MS4 on FDC
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	BL1593	In (upper-left) margin of SS1
St. Thomas and Prince Islands	BL1593 fdc	SS1 on FDC
St. Vincent	4231a (Mi?)	From MS4 (4231 (a-d))	2021	The rhesus monkey Miss Able (in stamp 'a', based on this photo) and the squirrel monkey Miss Baker (in stamp 'c', based on this photo) were launched into space by a Jupiter rocket in a sub-orbital mission on 28 May 1959
St. Vincent	4231c (Mi?)
St. Vincent	4233 (BL?)	SS1	Press conference with rhesus monkey Miss Able and squirrel monkey Miss Baker, who were launched into space by a Jupiter rocket in a sub-orbital mission on 28 May 1959, with the stamp design based on this photo
St. Vincent	2701g (Mi4635)	One of MS9 (2701 (a-i)) (Mi4629-4637)	1999	"V-2 rocket"
Spain	None	(Tu sello) private-post stamp	~2013	"French Véronique-AGI sounding rocket No 47, October 18, 1963"; (see also USA 2018-10-18 rocket launch cover)
Sweden	857 (Mi680)	One of strip of 5 (857b (853-857)) (Mi676-680), or two of booklet pane of 10 (857c (2x (853-857)), or complete booklet (857a) (MH25)	1970	Launch of rocket for auroral studies; "The [ESRO] sounding rocket programme comprises studies of auroral particles, polar cap absorptions and galactic X-rays" (in 853 FDC text)
Sweden	853-857 fdc1	One of five stamps on FDC, also insert
Sweden	853-857 fdc2	One of five stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC
Sweden	853 fdc	(Pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC
Sweden	1515 (Mi1306)		1984	Ionospheric rocket for auroral studies, launched from the Esrange Rocket Base (near Kiruna, Sweden)
Sweden	1515 maxi	Maxicard
Sweden	1514-1515 fdc1	One of two stamps on FDC, also insert
Sweden	1514-1515 fdc2	One of two stamps on FDC (different)
Sweden	None	(Black rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card	1986	Research rocket from the Esrange Rocket Base (near Kiruna, Sweden)
Tonga	Unknown ss (BL145, Mi2433)	SS1	2021	Launch of Goddard's A-series rocket in Roswell NM in 1935
Turkey	1673 (Mi1969)	Left of three stamps-on-stamp: unknown	1965	(possible) research rockets
United States	976 (Mi589)		1948	V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (e.g. "Bumper-4"); some related details are specified in the cachets of FDC5, FDC13, FDC14, and FDC15
United States	976 essay	Essay
United States	976 fdc1	Stamp and (Smartcraft) cachet on FDC
United States	976 fdc2	Stamp and (Smartcraft and hand-written text added in 1965 by von Braun) cachet on FDC (added in 1965 by von Braun) cachet on FDC
United States	976 fdc3	Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet)
United States	976 fdc4	Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet)
United States	976 fdc5	Stamp on FDC (red printed cachet)
United States	976 fdc6	Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC
United States	976 fdc7	Stamp on FDC (Kolor Kover cachet)
United States	976 fdc8	Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet)
United States	976 fdc9	Stamp on FDC (HF cachet)
United States	976 fdc10	Stamp on FDC (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft cachet)
United States	976 fdc11	Stamp on FDC (blue and red cachet)
United States	976 fdc12	Stamp on FDC (black and blue cachet)
United States	976 fdc13	Stamp and (Fluegel Cover) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel)
United States	976 fdc14	Stamp and (Fluegel Cover) cachet on FDC (4-line cancel)
United States	976 fdc15	Stamp and (sticker and red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (4-line cancel)
United States	976 fdc16	Stamp and (sticker and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel)
United States	976 fdc17	Stamp and (photo/sticker and red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel)
United States	976 fdc18	Stamp and (photo/sticker and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC (4-line cancel)
United States	976 fdc19	Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (reproduction of stamp) on FDC
United States	SC27	(BEP/15th Interpex) Souvenir Card of 4 (4x 976)	1973	V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (e.g. "Bumper-4")
United States	1107 fdc1	(Kolor Kover) cachet on FDC	1958	(Un-identified) research rockets (as part of the IGY program)
United States	1107 fdc2	(ArtCraft) cachet on FDC
United States	1107 fdc3	(ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (different Chicago cancel)
United States	1107 fdc4	(ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (Compex Station text cancel)
United States	1107 fdc5	(ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (Pole Station, Antarctica cancel)
United States	1107 fdc6	(ArtCraft and J. Kaplan bio) cachet on FDC
United States	1107 fdc7	(ArtCraft colorized) cachet on FDC
United States	1107 fdc8	(Harris Cachet) cachet on FDC
United States	1107 fdc9	(Orange and black printed) cachet on FDC
United States	1107 fdc10	(Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC (Washington DC machine cancel)
United States	1107 fdc11	(Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC (Washington DC hand cancel)
United States	1107 fdc12	(Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet on FDC (Chicago IGY pictoriaL cancel)
United States	1107 fdc13	(Ken Boll/Cachet Craft) cachet (and signature) on FDC (IGY pictorial cancel)
United States	1107 fdc14	(Fleetwood) cachet on FDC
United States	1107 sc/fdc (Mi727 sc/fdc)	FDC with (Fleetwood) cachet on (PCS) souvenir card	During the IGY, "high-altitude rockets were launched by the United States and Russia. They carried instruments to study cosmic rays, [the] magnetic field, meteors and sunlight"
United States	1107 card (Mi727 card)	(Orange and black printed) cachet on FDC (souvenir?) card	(possible) Aerobee research rocket. 210 rockets of various types (Aerobee, Nike-Cajun, Nike-Deacon, Loki-Dart and Nike-Asp) were fired in 1957 and 1958 as part of the US contribution to IGY research. The Aerobees were launched from Churchill (Canada), White Sands and Guam.
United States	None1	Cinderella, from (11th National Postage Stamp Show) cinderella strip of 2	1959	Generic rockets (for scientific or other purposes)
United States	None2
United States	None	(Interpex 1960) cachet on cover	1960	"rocket similar to the Army's 'Sergeant'¹⁰ missile"
United States	1193 fdc1 (Mi822 fdc1)	(Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC	1962	The Mercury-MR-2 sub-orbital rocket mission carried "astrochimp 'Ham'" on "31 Jan 1961"
United States	1193 fdc2 (Mi822 fdc2)	(Black and blue printed) cachet on FDC	"A squirrel monkey named 'Gordo' was launched into space aboard a US Army Jupiter rocket on December 13, 1958"
United States	None	(Rank silkscreened) cachet on cover	1962	The Scout rocket was mainly used to lift small satellites into orbit, but variants were also used in some scientific research missions, particularly when high altitudes had to be achieved (the third cover is also a USA C76 FDC)
United States	None	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States	None	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States	1196 cover (Mi? cover)	(Alaskan Collectors' Club) cachet on cover	1962
United States	None	(Ship patch) cachet on cover	1964	Rockets represent launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States	None ss	(Interpex orange) cinderella SS1	1965	IQSY upper atmospheric research rocket
United States	None ss	(Interpex yellow) cinderella SS1	1965	IQSY upper atmospheric research rocket
United States	None	(USCS no.6927) cachet on cover	1965	"USNS Croatan in 1964, fitted out for rocket launch and telemetry as NASA Mobile Range during the International Year of the Quiet Sun"
United States	None	(Red pictorial) meter on cover	1966	The "Saturn S-IVB" was the second stage of the launch rockets in sub-orbital missions AS-201 (26 Feb 1966) and AS-202 (25 Aug 1966) and orbital mission AS-203 (5 July 1966)
United States	None	(Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1967	Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States	None	(Interpex/Day of Aero and Astro Philately red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover (machine cancel)	1967	Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States	None	(Interpex/Day of Aero and Astro Philately red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover (hand cancel)
United States	None	(Interpex/Day of Aero and Astro Philately blue rubber-stamp) cachet on postcard, also back	1968	Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States	None	(R.E. Nichol) cachet on cover, also back	1969	"350 sounding rocket launches Wallops Isl. VA" (tracked in 1969 by NORAD from Colorado Springs)
United States	None	(Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1970	Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States	None	Un-gummed cinderella	1970	20th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,9 launch (in text and left image of cinderella and in cover cachet); [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the right-hand image is a reproduction of USA 976; the image at the left is based on this photo of the launch)
United States	None	(Blue and red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover	1970	Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States	None	(Black printed) cachet on cover	1970	Symbolic depiction of research rocket
United States	1431 fdc (Mi? fdc)	(Orbit Covers) cachet on cover	1971	"French Antarctic rocket launch" and "USA Antarctic rocket launch"
United States	SC18	(BEP/14th Interpex) Souvenir Card of 4 (4x 1173, background includes 976, 1435b, and C69)	1972	V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (in US 976)
United States	1529 fdc1 (Mi1136 fdc1)	(Space Voyage green and red) cachet on cover	1974	"Aerobee-200 rockets launched for Skylab atmospheric study"
United States	1529 fdc2 (Mi1136 fdc2)	(Space Voyage brown and red) cachet on cover	"Minuteman rocket launch for Skylab atmospheric study"
United States	1529 fdc3 (Mi1136 fdc3)	(GSFC Operation Kohoutek cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC	Research rocket (possibly Nike-Cajun)
United States	1529 folder (Mi1136 folder)	(Fleetwood) FDC folder (with extra 976 canceled stamp)	V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss²
United States	None	(GSFC Operation Kohoutek blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1974	Research rocket (possibly Nike-Cajun)
United States	1570a fdc (Mi1179-1180 fdc)	(Pasted on) cachet (with black-and-white reproduction of USA 976) on FDC	1975	V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss², part of the Bumper-WAC^7,9 program (e.g. "Bumper-4")
United States	1759 fdc 1710 cover	(Aeropex'77) cachet on FDC, also annotated	1978 1977	The "Scout" launch rocket was also used as a research rocket
United States	None	(Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1978	Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States	None	(GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1979	"S/Rocket" (Sounding Rocket) - Nike-Apache research rocket; also "Robert H. Goddard - American Rocket Pioneer"
United States	None	(Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1983	Rocket represents launches from the USS Norton Sound⁵, including atmospheric research rockets Viking and Aerobee
United States	None	(Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	1983	(probable) Nike-Cajun or Nike-Apache, for magnetospheric research
United States	None	(Milcopex) cachet on cover	1983	A Bumper-WAC^7,9 rocket
United States	None	(Space Voyage) cachet on cover (Parforex Station pictorial cancel)	1993	"DC-X"¹² reusuable rocket prototype
United States	None	(Cencopex'84) cachet on cover	1984	"Scout" rocket (in text only; used in several roles, including as a scientific research rocket)
United States	2699 (Mi2313)	Also partial sheet with selvedge	1992	A Bumper-WAC^7,9 rocket (design similar to the rocket in this photo of the launch)
United States	2699 fdc1	Stamp on FDC (multi-color cachet)
United States	2699 fdc2	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) on FDC (blank/no cachet)
United States	2699 fdc3	Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft/PCS cachet)
United States	2699 fdc4	Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet)
United States	2699 fdc5	Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back
United States	2699 fdc6	Stamp and tab1 on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, same), also back
United States	2699 fdc7	Stamp and tab2 on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, same), also back
United States	2699 fdc8	Stamp and tab3 on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, same), also back
United States	2699 fdc9	Stamp and tab1 on FDC card (Fleetwood cachet, same)
United States	2699 fdc10	Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet), also back
United States	2699 fdc11	Stamp on FDC (Robert C. Graebner Chapter #17 AFDCS cachet)
United States	2699 fdc12	Stamp and (PCS) cachet on FDC, also insert
United States	2699 fdc13	Stamp on FDC (? hand-painted cachet)
United States	2699 fdc14	Stamp on FDC (HF cachet)
United States	2699 fdc15	Stamp on FDC (Therome Cachets cachet)
United States	2699 fdc16	Stamp and (Edken) cachet on FDC (with extra stamps)
United States	2699 fdc17	Stamp on FDC (Steve Wilson cachet)
United States	2699 fdc18	Stamp on FDC (Collage cachet)
United States	2699 fdc19	Stamp on FDC (Elmer Otto cachet), and insert
United States	2699 fdc20	Stamp on FDC (Fridson hand-painted cachet)
United States	2699 fdc21	Stamp on FDC (Geerlings cachet)
United States	2699 fdc22	Stamp on FDC (Kribbs cachet)
United States	2699 fdc23	Stamp and (David Peterman) cachet on FDC
United States	2699 fdc24	Stamp and (Collins) cachet on FDC (Landing NJ cancel)
United States	2699 fdc25	Stamp on postcard FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back
United States	2699 fdc26	Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC (with extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States	2699 fdc27	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC, also detail of rocket
United States	2699 fdc28	Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC (different extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States	2699 fdc29	Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and magenta) cachet (and signature) on FDC (with extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States	2699 fdc30	Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and green) cachet (and signature) on FDC (different extra stamp), also detail of rocket
United States	2699 fdc31	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and green) cachet (and signature) on FDC, also detail of rocket
United States	2699 fdc32	Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet)
United States	2699 fdc33	Stamp and (purple pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) on FDC card
United States	2699 fdc34	Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet), also back
United States	2699 fdc35	Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet, different), also back
United States	2699 fdc36	Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet, different), also back
United States	2699 fdc37	Stamp on FDC (Ranto cachet, different), also back
United States	2699 fdc38	Stamp on FDC (KMC Venture cachet, Washington DC cancel), also back
United States	2699 fdc39	Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) on FDC (KMC Venture cachet. Houston TX cancel), also back
United States	2699 fdc40	Stamp and (LRC) cachet on FDC (Washington DC cancel)
United States	2699 fdc41	Stamp and (photo/sticker) cachet on FDC
United States	2699 fdc/sdoi	Stamp on FDC/SDOI (Second Day of Issue) cover (JPL Stamp Club cachet and signature)
United States	2699 sdoi1	Stamp and (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and magenta) cachet (and signature) on SDOI (Second Day of Issue) cover, also detail of rocket
United States	2699 sdoi2	Stamp on SDOI (Second Day of Issue) cover
United States	2699 sc	(PCS) souvenir card (or commemorative panel?)
United States	SP1022	(USPS) souvenir page (2699)
United States	CP400	(USPS no.392) commemorative panel (2699)
United States	2741 fdc (Mi2337 fdc)	(Mystic Stamp Company) back of FDC, also front	1993	"Robert H. Goddard published a paper in 1919 explaining how rockets could be fired to the Moon and used to explore the upper atmosphere"
United States	5342 cover (Mi? cover)	(Ranski) cachet on cover	2020	Several rockets at Patrick SFB, Florida
Upper Volta	C21 (Mi161)	Also detail	1965
Upper Volta	C21 ds	Deluxe sheet (C21)
Upper Volta	C21 proof	Signed proof
Upper Volta	C21 imperf-pair	Imperforate pair
Upper Volta	C21 fdc	Stamp on FDC (Éditions So.Ge.Im. cachet)

Below is a list of (sub-orbital) Atmospheric research rocket launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers).

Country Cancel Date Cancel Location Type of Item Notes on Content
(Sub-orbital) Research rockets in the LOWER atmosphere (troposphere and stratosphere)
United States 1946-03-15 US Navy (Black-and-white photo and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Static-fire test of the first American-assembled V-2 rocket; also "June 28, 1946 marked the first successful launch at White Sands of a V-2 rocket fully instrumented for upper-air research [for the NRL⁵⁵]. The rocket attained a height of 67 miles [108 km]"; also "on October 24 [1946] [V-2] rocket #13 was launched, carrying a camera that took motion pictures of Earth from an altitude of approximately 65 mi [105 km]" (as part of a solar UV/cosmic radiation/chemical release mission)
United States 1947-09-08 USS Amphion (Color photo) cachet on cover Operation Sandy V-2 test launch from the USS Midway at Atlantic Ocean Launch Site 10 (27N,60W); ]mission failed when the rocket exploded at 1 km altitude]
United States 1959-02-16 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Draco (not "Green Quail") mission to test the hypersonic glide characteristics of the rocket; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 30 km
United States 1960-01-09 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover Sergeant 5-stage Mercury model re-entry vehicle test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 34 km
United States 1960-01-21 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Little-Joe-1B Project Mercury systems test and biological mission (included physiological observations of the rhesus monkey 'Miss Sam'); Wallops Island launch; reached 14 km
United States 1960-04-19 Wallops Island VA (Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover Scout-X test mission; first Scout rocket launched from Wallops Island; reached 48 km; [mission failed when vehicle broke up after first-stage burnout]
United States 1960-04-19 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1960-05-09 Wallops Island VA (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Mercury-LES (Launch Escape System) test (the "Beach Abort-1" mission, in which the escape, landing and recovery systems of the first production model of a Mercury spacecraft were tested); Wallops Island launch; the capsule separated from the rocket at 775 m, descended by parachute, and was recovered by helicopter
United States 1960-07-13 Wallops Island VA (Highway Stamp Club/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 28 km
United States 1960-07-13 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on (airmail) cover
United States 1960-11-08 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta and red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover Mercury LJ-5 mission with a Mercury capsule to test an abort simulating the most severe launch conditions; Wallops Island launch; reached 16 km [but the mission failed]
United States 1960-11-08 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1960-12-16 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Mace test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 12 km
United States 1960-12-16 Patrick AFB, FL (Fitzpatrick black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1960-12-16 Patrick AFB, FL (DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-20 Port Canaveral FL (Multi-color printed and black typed) cachet on cover Titan-1 test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; [mission failed on the launch pad]
United States 1961-01-20 Port Canaveral FL (C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp and hand-printed) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-20 Port Canaveral FL (Black typed) cachet on cover
United States 1961-03-18 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft) cachet on cover Little-Joe LJ-5A mission [failed] to test the escape system and the structural integrity of the Mercury capsule; Wallops Island launch; reached 12 km
United States 1961-03-18 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-03-18 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-04-28 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson/DuBeau? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Little-Joe LJ-5B mission to test the Mercury escape system under maximum dynamic pressure conditions (despite the lower-than-planned trajectory, the mission was a success); Wallops Island launch; reached 4 km
United States 1961-04-28 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson/DuBeau? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-05-09 Patrick AFB, FL (Swanson black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Blue-Scout HETS²⁵ A1-2 plasma mission [failed]; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 10 km
United States 1961-06-01 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover Matador test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 12 km
United States 1961-11-10 Patrick AFB, FL (Sarzin?) cachet on cover Atlas-E R&D mission with squirrel monkey 'Goliath' in the capsule; Cape Canaveral launch; [mission failed when the rocket had to be destroyed at 10 km altitude]
United States 1961-11-10 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft) cachet on cover
United States 1961-11-10 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1961-11-10 Patrick AFB, FL (Harry Gordon? sticker) cachet on cover
United States 1961-11-10 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-11-10 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail, different) cover
United States 1962-04-12 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-1 radiation measurement and re-entry test mission [failed when the second stage did not ignite]; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 30 km
United States 1962-04-12 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-12 Patrick AFB, FL (A.B.Covers/Boerger) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-12 Port Canaveral FL (SpaceCraft Type-C general-purpose and red typed) cachet on cover
United States 1962-05-08 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Atlas-Centaur R&D test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; [failed when the Centaur stage blew up at 6 km]
United States 1962-05-18 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft) cachet (see also 1959-11-19 launch cover and USA 1556 fdc) on cover Nike-Smoke aeronomy mission (the separable nose cone filled with a titanium tetrachloride solution left a smoke trail in the sky, allowing the upper level winds to be determined by optical measurement); Cape Canaveral launch; probably reached around 14 km
United States 1962-11-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 29 km
United States 1962-11-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and sticker) cachet on cover
United States 1963-05-29 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; failed due to a first stage failure; altitude reached not known
United States 1963-08-28 WSMR, NM (Rank velvet) cachet on cover Little-Joe-2, first mission to test Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and Command Module parachute recovery system; WSMR launch; reached 8.4 km
United States 1964-05-13 WSMR, NM (Blue printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Little-Joe-2 test mission with Apollo Command Module (CM) boilerplate BP-12 (a CM mass simulator); WSMR launch; reached 5 km
United States 1964-05-13 WSMR, NM (SpaceCraft, no logo) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1964-05-13 WSMR, NM (H.D.W.) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back
United States 1964-09-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson grey and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Biospace-6 biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 35 km
United States 1964-12-09 WSMR, NM (Goldcraft) cachet on cover Little-Joe-2 boilerplate mission to test launch abort capability and launch escape vehicle performance; WSMR launch; reached 5 km
United States 1965-03-17 Waimea HI (DuBeau magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² aeronomy mission; Pacific Missile Range (Kauai) launch; altitude reached not known
United States 1965-05-19 Las Cruces NM, WSMR Branch (Boudwin? cyan rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover Little-Joe-2, fourth mission to test Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and Command Module parachute recovery system; WSMR launch; reached 5.9 km; partial failure
United States 1965-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Brown printed) cachet on cover 15th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket (identified in this annotated image) which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States 1965-08-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Biospace biological mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 35 km
United States 1965-08-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Biospace biological mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 35 km
United States 1965-08-24 Wallops Island VA (Black and magenta printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Biospace biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
United States 1965-09-10 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² and HASP⁴ meteorological missions; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; 15 launches took place from 3-10 September 1965; the HASP⁴ launches probably reached around 29 km; the ARCAS² launches reached around 60 km
United States 1965-10-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) "mother-daughter" ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch (on 9 October); reached 32 km
United States 1965-10-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1965-10-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-10-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1965-10-11 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-05-13 Wallops Island VA (Black printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² and HASP⁴ meteorological missions; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; 18 launches took place from 10-13 May 1966; the HASP⁴ launches probably reached around 29 km; the ARCAS² launches reached around 60 km
United States 1967-08-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
United States 1967-08-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1969-10-10 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached only 10 km because of a stage 1 failure ("secret testing")
United States 1969-10-10 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover (different)
Argentina 1970-02-06 BA Filatelia (Pictorial) cancel and (cyan printed) cachet on cover 5th anniv. Gamma Centaur X-ray measurement mission from Matienzo Base (Antarctica) on 6 February 1965; reached 35 km
United States 1970-07-24 Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel) (Whitney green) cachet on cover 20th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design of the Whitney covers includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States 1970-07-24 Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) (Whitney green) cachet on cover
United States 1970-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Whitney green) cachet on cover
United States 1970-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL Un-gummed cinderella and (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover)
United States 1970-08-04 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
Australia 1971-06-21 Woomera SA (Magenta and yellow-orange printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H9 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia 1971-07-14 Woomera SA (Black and yellow printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H10 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia 1971-07-27 Woomera SA (Magenta and yellow printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H11 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia 1971-10-22 Woomera SA (Purple and green printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H14 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia 1971-11-05 Woomera SA (Magenta and yellow printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H15 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
French Guiana 1971-11-05 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Europa program flight F10; Europa program flight F10; Europa-2 mission to launch boilerplate satellite STV-4 (mass 360 kg); Kourou launch; [failed at 27 km due to a structural failure of the third stage]
French Guiana 1971-11-05 Kourou (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1971-11-05 Kourou (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover
Australia 1971-11-17 Woomera SA (Purple and yellow printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H18 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia 1972-02-23 Woomera SA (Green and black printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H66 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
United States 1972-02-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson grey and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 11 km
United States 1972-06-13 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 CHASER ABM IR sensor technology mission; Vandenberg AFB launch (on 20 June, not 13 June as in the cancel); [mission failed at an altitude of 8 km]
United States 1972-06-20 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (Vandy?/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 CHASER ABM IR sensor technology mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; [mission failed at an altitude of 8 km]
Australia 1972-08-22 Woomera SA (Pink and black printed) cachet on cover UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H88 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
United States 1973-11-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover TATER (TAlos-TErrier-Recruit) test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 4 km (apparent failure)
Argentina 1974-02-06 BA Filatelia (Pictorial) cancel and (magenta and black printed) cachet on cover 9th anniv. Gamma Centaur X-ray measurement mission from Matienzo Base (Antarctica) on 6 February 1965; reached 35 km
United States 1974-05-03 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover TATER (TAlos-TErrier-Recruit) low altitude rocket test mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 5 km
Australia 1974-09-06 Woomera SA (Yellow and blue printed) cachet on cover Test flight of Jabiru-2 rocket; Woomera launch; reached 30 km
United States 1975-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Whitney magenta and blue) cachet on cover 25th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States 1976-06-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike research rocket test; Wallops Island launch; reached 20 km
United States 1977-06-16 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage) cachet on cover 27th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design showing the launch is similar to this photo)
United States 1977-06-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Space Voyage) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1980-01-21 Moffett Field CA (NASA Ames Research Center) cachet on cover 20th anniv. Little-Joe-1 Project Mercury systems test and biological mission (included physiological observations of the rhesus monkey 'Miss Sam'); Wallops Island launch; reached 14 km
United States 1980-01-21 Wallops Island VA (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1980-07-24 Kennedy Space Center FL (MoF no.90) cachet on cover 30th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States 1980-07-24 Satellite Beach FL (Whitney blue) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1985-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Missile Stamp Club) cachet on cover 35th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States 1988-11-17 Cape Canaveral FL (E'PRIME Aerospace Corporation) cachet on cover, also insert LOFT⁴⁰-1 test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 4 km
United States 1989-10-05 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (Boudwin purple and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover AMROC-SET1 test mission at Vandenberg; this was the American Rocket Company's (AMROC) first (and only) test launch of a planned commercial rocket; it failed on the pad
United States 1991-06-18 Kennedy Space Center FL (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Prospector Joust⁴²-1 microgravity mission; Cape Canaveral launch; veered off course and was aborted by range safety officer at 1 km altitude
United States 1999-08-05 Wallops Island VA (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Orion Student Outreach Program education mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
United States 2000-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on cover 50th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cancel and the cachet designs include either a drawing of the rocket based on this photo of the launch, or part of the photo itself)
United States 2000-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet (different) on cover
United States 2000-07-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet (different) on cover
United States 2004-07-17 Wallops Island VA (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover "Pathfinder sounding rocket" mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 4 km
United States 2006-03-25 Army Postal Service (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Falcon-1 test flight (the very first of the SpaceX rocket flights); Omelek (Marshall Islands) launch; altitude reached not known but relatively low [the mission failed at T+25 seconds when a fuel leak caused a fire in the first stage engine area]
United States 2009-10-28 Kennedy Space Center FL (Ranski) cachet on cover Ares-1X NASA technology test mission; Kennedy Space Center launch; reached 45 km
United States 2009-10-28 Cape Canaveral FL (Ranski) cachet on cover
United States 2009-10-28 Kennedy Space Center FL (Lollini) cachet on cover
United States 2009-10-28 Kennedy Space Center FL (Mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 2015-07-24 Sagamore Beach MA (Coverscape) cachet on cover 65th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude
United States 2018-03-29 Caddo Mills TX (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover "SARGE⁴⁶ hover test" (on 17 March 2018) at Caddo Mills TX
United States 2018-05-05 Las Cruces NM (Red Eagle) cachet on cover SARGE⁴⁶ test mission at Spaceport America NM, delayed until August
United States 2018-08-25 Las Cruces NM (Red Eagle) cachet on cover SARGE⁴⁶ test mission [failed when an onboard GPS guidance system failed]; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 28 km
United States 2019-06-29 Las Cruces NM (Red Eagle) cachet on cover SARGE⁴⁶ test mission [failed when the navigation and directional control system failed]; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 4 km
United States 2019-10-26 Truth or Consequences NM (Black printed and multi-color logo) cachet on cover SARGE⁴⁶ test mission [failed due to a materials stress failure]; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 12 km
United States 2020-01-21 Monument Beach MA (Coverscape) cachet on cover 60th anniv. Little-Joe-1 Project Mercury systems test and biological mission (included physiological observations of the rhesus monkey 'Miss Sam'); Wallops Island launch on 21 January 1960; reached 14 km
United States 2020-07-24 Monument Beach MA (Coverscape) cachet on cover 70th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude
(Sub-orbital) Research rockets in the UPPER atmosphere (mesosphere and ionosphere)
Germany 1945-10-03 Bremen (Black printed) cachet on postal card, also back Allied Forces Operation Backfire V-2 rocket test (on 2 and 4 Oct); rocket was launched from Cuxhaven into the North Sea; the operational personnel were composed of a German field unit; altitude reached is unknown; typical V-2 long-range launches reached around 80 km
United States 1948-06-11 El Paso TX (Black-and-white sticker and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back V-2 Blossom-III Biology/Ionosphere/Aeronomy mission ("carried pressure, temperature, composition, ionosphere, sky brightness and solar radiation experiments for the Air Research and Development Command. Also carried Albert, the first American primate in space, who died of suffocation"); White Sands Proving Ground launch; reached 62 km
United States 1950-03-31 Las Cruces NM (Black-and-white sticker and red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover V-2 mission (on 17 February, not on the cancel date) with "cosmic and solar radiation, pressure (and) temperature experiments"; WSMR launch; reached 149 km
United States 1958-04-23 Patrick AFB, FL (H. Flick) cachet on cover Thor-Able RTV (Re-entry Test Vehicle) flight, with the mouse "Mia"; Cape Canaveral launch; [the mission failed at 80 km; the mouse "Mia" was lost]
United States 1958-12-13 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets orange-brown) cachet on cover Jupiter Bioflight-1 biological mission (carried the squirrel monkey 'Gordo'); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km
United States 1958-12-13 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets red-brown) cachet on cover
United States 1958-12-16 Lopoc CA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Thor-DM-18A Series IV R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 520 km
United States 1958-12-23 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Atlas-C R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 900 km
United States 1959-02-06 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Titan-1 test mission with dummy second stage; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1959-05-04 Orsino FL (Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover Titan-1 test flight, with successful dummy second stage separation; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1959-05-28 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Jupiter-IRBM Bioflight-2 mission to test the effects of cosmic radiation, increased gravity and weightlessness on live passengers (rhesus monkey 'Able' and squirrel monkey 'Baker') and biological samples (yeast, corn, mustard seeds, fruit-fly larvae, human blood, mould spores and fish eggs) housed in the nose cone. Able and Baker were recovered unharmed within one and a half hours after lift-off. The launch was from Cape Canaveral and the rocket reached 483 km.
United States 1959-05-28 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets and red rubber-stamp and photo/sticker) cachet on cover
United States 1959-07-14 Lompoc CA (Historical Space Covers) cachet on cover Nike-Asp solar X-ray/solar flares mission (Project Sunflare II); Point Arguello launch; reached 200 km
United States 1959-07-14 Lompoc CA (Historical Space Covers) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1959-07-14 Lompoc CA (Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover
United States 1959-07-21 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Redstone R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 90 km [but mission failed because of a guidance control system failure]
United States 1959-09-09 Port Canaveral FL (Blue rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover Atlas-D BJ-1 (Big Joe-1) mission (test of a boilerplate model of the Mercury capsule and its re-entry characteristics); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 153 km
United States 1959-09-17 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft) cachet on cover Jupiter Bioflight-3 biological mission; Cape Canaveral launch on 15 Sept; reached 500 km [but failed when the rocket exploded]
United States 1959-10-29 Port Canaveral FL (Picture) postcard as cover Atlas-D R&D/photography mission (a nose cone camera took a series of photos of cloud cover from an altitude of 500 km); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km
United States 1959-10-29 Port Canaveral FL (Picture) postcard as cover, also back
United States 1959-11-02 Port Canaveral FL (Picture) postcard as cover Thor DM-18A R&D/Meteorites mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 520 km
United States 1959-11-19 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on cover Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 255 km
United States 1959-11-19 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1959-11-19 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (different) on cover; (see also 1962-05-18 launch cover and USA 1556 fdc)
Canada 1959-11-19 Port Churchill MB (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Aerobee-150 B-field profile ionosphere mission; Churchill launch; reached 106 km [but the mission failed] (the "Sparrow-B" in the cachet text is probably a misinterpretation of the "Aerobee" name)
United States 1959-11-20 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 236 km
United States 1959-11-20 Wallops Island VA (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1959-12-01 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Thor DM-18A photo mission with film camera; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 520 km
United States 1959-12-01 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft) cachet on (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) cover Trailblazer-1 re-entry vehicle test; Wallops Island launch; reached 260 km
United States 1959-12-04 Wallops Island VA (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Mercury Little-Joe mission 2 (LJ-2) (tested Mercury systems and the effects of acceleration on the rhesus monkey 'Sam'); Wallops Island launch; reached 89 km
United States 1959-12-04 Wallops Island VA (Magenta rubber-stamp and hand-written) cachet on cover
United States 1959-12-04 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1959-12-22 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Javelin mission to measure galactic radio noise; Wallops Island launch; reached 901 km
United States 1960-01-15 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Javelin test and astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1200 km
United States 1960-01-26 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Javelin (Argo-D4) test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 951 km
United States 1960-03-25 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on (airmail) cover Aerobee-150A (Aerobee-Hi) test and micrometeorite impact count mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 212 km
United States 1960-03-25 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet on (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) cover
France 1960-05-05 Île du Levant (Rocket) cinderellas and (blue printed) cachet on cover Stromboli test mission; Île du Levant launch; reached 150 km
United States 1960-06-24 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover Aerobee-150A (Aerobee-Hi) UV star photometer UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 211 km
United States 1960-07-13 Wallops Island VA (Highway Stamp Club/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Strongarm ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 670 km
United States 1960-07-13 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachets (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States 1960-08-09 Patrick AFB, FL (Sokalsky blue) cachet on cover Atlas-D R&D / aeronomy mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km (but Telstar depicted)
United States 1960-08-23 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on cover Aerobee-150A cosmic rays mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 190 km
United States 1960-08-28 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Trailblazer-1 re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 260 km; (a 13 cm sphere was "rammed" downward at re-entry speeds from the apogee; the spectrum and luminance of the "artificial meteorite" thus created were measured remotely from the ground)
United States 1960-08-28 Wallops Island VA (Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover
United States 1960-08-28 Wallops Island VA (Hudson red and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1960-08-29 Wallops Island VA (Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover Trailblazer-1 re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 260 km; (a 13 cm sphere was "rammed" downward at re-entry speeds from the apogee; the spectrum and luminance of the "artificial meteorite" thus created were measured remotely from the ground)
United States 1960-08-29 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1960-09-19 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Zaso printed and black typed) cachet on cover Argo-D8 (Journeyman) cosmic rays mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1884 km
United States 1960-09-20 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson black rubber-stamp and hand-printed) cachet on cover Atlas-D R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km
United States 1960-09-20 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-Jr magnetospheric and radiation probe 1 mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 21 September); reached 27,600 km, but no data were received due to telemetry failure
United States 1960-09-21 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1960-10-04 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout-X1 radiation probe magnetospheric plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 5600 km
United States 1960-10-04 Wallops Island VA (Highway Stamp Club/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1960-10-04 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover
United States 1960-10-13 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin cyan and red) cachet on cover Atlas-D R&D/biological mission, with three mice in the nosecone; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km
United States 1960-10-13 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin blue and orange) cachet on cover
United States 1960-10-13 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet on cover
United States 1960-10-18 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 2nd Iris rocket launch; aeronomy test flight; reached 225 km
United States 1960-10-24 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Titan-1 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1960-11-22 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover Aerobee-150A (Aerobee-Hi) UV spectrograph and UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 183 km
United States 1960-11-22 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft) cachet on cover
United States 1960-12-08 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun Langmuir probe ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 152 km
United States 1960-12-10 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 716 km
United States 1960-12-12 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Javelin magnetosphere and magnetic fields mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1140 km
United States 1960-12-12 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-01-07 Patrick AFB, FL (Jim Fitzpatrick magenta and black rubber-stamp and hand-written) cachet on cover Blue-Scout HETS²⁵ A1-1 plasma/radio astronomy mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1600 km
United States 1961-01-07 Patrick AFB, FL (DuBeau? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-01-07 Patrick AFB, FL (Swanson magenta and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-01-19 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 3rd Iris rocket launch; aeronomy test flight [failed at 138 km]
United States 1961-01-19 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-24 Port Canaveral FL (C. Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-E USAF R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km [but mission failed]
United States 1961-01-30 Eglin AFB, FL (Air Proving Ground Center) cachet on cover Aerobee-150 mass spectrometer aeronomy mission; Eglin AFB launch; reached 204 km
United States 1961-01-31 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft) cachet on cover MRLV (Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle) MR2 mission with 'Ham' the chimp in the capsule; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 251 km
United States 1961-01-31 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft and NASA red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-31 Port Canaveral FL (Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-31 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-31 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin, slightly different and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-31 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin, slightly different and black and red rubber-stamps) cachet on cover
United States 1961-01-31 Patrick AFB, FL (Jim Fitzpatrick) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-02-05 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A (Aerobee Hi) liquid hydrogen technology test mission (for Lewis Research Center); Wallops Island launch; reached 152 km
United States 1961-02-05 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft) cachet on cover
United States 1961-02-10 Port Canaveral FL (Black rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover Titan-J test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-02-10 Patrick AFB, FL (Jim Fitzpatrick purple and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-02-10 Patrick AFB, FL (Swanson/DuBeau? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-02-16 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 85 km
United States 1961-02-16 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1961-02-16 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1961-02-24 Patrick AFB, FL (Sokalsky red) cachet on cover Atlas-E R&D test mission (and the first successful flight test of the Series E Atlas missile); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1500 km
United States 1961-03-03 Patrick AFB, FL (Swanson black and magenta and cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Blue-Scout HETS²⁵ A2-1 plasma mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 2540 km
United States 1961-03-03 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1961-03-09 Patrick AFB, FL (Sokalsky magenta, and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Redstone test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 90 km [but the mission failed during re-entry due to a control system malfunction]
United States 1961-03-09 Patrick AFB, FL (Sokalsky red) cachet on cover
United States 1961-03-26 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-300A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 386 km
United States 1961-03-28 Patrick AFB, FL (Swanson/DuBeau? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-1_Mk-4 re-entry vehicle test; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-04-12 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-2 HETS²⁵ A2-2 plasma mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1931 km
United States 1961-04-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 180 km
United States 1961-05-16 Eglin AFB, FL (Air Proving Ground Center) cachet on cover ARCAS² falling sphere aeronomy mission; Eglin AFB launch; reached 64 km
United States 1961-05-23 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-06-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun inflating sphere¹¹ aeronomy mission on 6 Jun (cover is dated 7 Jun); Wallops Island launch; reached 150 km
United States 1961-06-15 Eglin AFB, FL (Air Proving Ground Center) cachet on cover (possible) ARCAS² Arcasonde¹⁰ mission; Eglin AFB launch; possibly reached around 60 km
United States 1961-06-26 Wallops Island VA (Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch on June 24; reached 1018 km
United States 1961-06-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-06-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back
United States 1961-07-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 124 km
United States 1961-07-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-07-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-07-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover Nike-Apache magnetic fields/magnetospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 193 km
United States 1961-07-25 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet on cover Titan-1 inertial guidance and re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-08-17 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-Jr HETS²⁵ magnetospheric mission to measure particle densities in the Van Allen radiation belts (but a telemetry failure meant that no data were received); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 225,000 km
United States 1961-08-17 Patrick AFB, FL (Swanson/DuBeau magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-09-07 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-1 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-09-07 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-09-08 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-1 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-09-13 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp and brown printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 331 km
United States 1961-09-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 13 Sep); reached 431 km
United States 1961-09-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-09-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ and inflating sphere¹¹ aeronomy mission [failed] on 16 September (cover is dated 18 September); Wallops Island launch; reached 88 km
United States 1961-09-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-09-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission on 16 September (cover is dated 18 September); Wallops Island launch; reached 208 km
United States 1961-09-23 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Holden black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Titan-1 R&D and re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-10-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) mission to study electrically-charged helium atoms in the upper atmosphere; Wallops Island launch; reached 1544 km
United States 1961-10-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1055 km
United States 1961-10-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Aerobee-150A Lewis Research Center liquid hydrogen technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 152 km
United States 1961-10-19 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout plasma study mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 6855 km
United States 1961-10-19 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-10-25 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan mission to test the detection of its exhaust trail and the relaying of that information by MIDAS-4; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1961-10-27 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover Saturn-1 first sub-orbital launch (technology and systems test with water-filled dummy upper stages in anticipation of Project Highwater²³, which was carried out in the second and third Saturn-1 test missions); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 136 km
United States 1961-10-27 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1961-10-27 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft red) cachet on cover
United States 1961-10-27 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft red and grey-green) cachet on cover
United States 1961-10-27 Port Canaveral FL (Zaso printed) cachet on cover
United States 1961-10-27 Port Canaveral FL (C. Swanson/SpaceCraft) cachet on cover
United States 1961-10-27 Cleveland OH (Blue printed) cachet on cover
United States 1961-10-27 Patrick AFB, FL (Black printed) cachet on cover
United States 1961-11-15 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Goldcraft) cachet on cover Argo-D8 (Journeyman) BIOS¹³-1 (NASA #11.04 GB) biological mission; included measuring radiation effects on biological specimens; Point Arguello launch; reached 1057 km
United States 1961-11-18 Lompoc CA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Argo-D8 (Journeyman) BIOS¹³-1 (NASA #11.05 GB) biological mission; included measuring radiation effects on biological specimens; Point Arguello launch; reached 1057 km
United States 1961-11-24 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F test ionospheric aeronomy mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 22 November); reached 1400 km
United States 1961-12-04 Lompoc CA (Sarzin?) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-Jr magnetospheric/solar proton mission; Point Arguello launch; reached 44,400 km
United States 1961-12-07 Lompoc CA (Blue printed) cachet on cover Astrobee-1500 CAMBRIDGE project geodetic mission (using chemical release flares⁵); Point Arguello launch; reached 2190 km
United States 1961-12-14 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson purple and green rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Titan-1 test mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 13 Dec); reached 1000 km
United States 1961-12-14 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (note reversed colors) on (airmail, different) cover
United States 1961-12-14 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Trailblazer-2 re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 157 km; (the nosecone was "rammed" downward at re-entry speeds from the apogee; the spectrum and luminance of the "artificial meteorite" thus created were measured remotely from the ground)
United States 1961-12-14 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-12-14 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1961-12-19 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Atlas-E R&D mission with rhesus monkey "Scatback" in the capsule; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km, but "Scatback" was lost at sea after the landing
United States 1961-12-20 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1961-12-21 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 99 km
United States 1961-12-21 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1961-12-22 Wallops Island VA (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-300A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island Dec 21 launch; reached 365 km
United States 1962-01-15 Port Canaveral FL (Green printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Thor-DSV-2D Project Echo balloon test mission 1 (also known as Big Shot-1); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km; [the mission failed when the balloon ruptured during inflation]
United States 1962-01-15 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1962-02-12 Port Canaveral FL (Boerger/A.B.Covers) cachet on cover Atlas-Agena R&D technology test mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on Feb 13); reached 1600 km
United States 1962-02-23 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Holden black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-1 (not Titan-4 as in text) R&D test flight; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 50 km [but then failed]
United States 1962-02-23 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Holden black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1962-02-23 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Holden magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1962-03-01 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout-X-1A re-entry vehicle test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 214 km
United States 1962-03-01 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States 1962-03-01 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-03-01 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1962-03-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; 6:23 pm (1 March) Wallops Island launch; reached 135 km
United States 1962-03-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; 7:05 pm (1 March) Wallops Island launch; reached 113 km
United States 1962-03-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun water vapor mission; 5:47 am Wallops Island launch; reached 145 km
United States 1962-03-16 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1962-03-16 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-05 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun ozone release⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 70 km
United States 1962-04-05 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States 1962-04-25 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Saturn-1 second sub-orbital test launch; included Project Highwater²³; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 145 km
United States 1962-04-25 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-25 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-25 Port Canaveral FL (Sarzin?) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-25 Port Canaveral FL (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-25 Port Canaveral FL (Zaso printed) cachet on cover
United States 1962-04-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun US-Japan D-region ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 128 km
United States 1962-05-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun US-Japan ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 121 km
United States 1962-05-17 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun US-Japan ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 127 km
United States 1962-05-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun atmospheric composition aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 135 km
United States 1962-05-25 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A sea recovery test and ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 200 km
United States 1962-06-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache Pitot-1 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 125 km
United States 1962-06-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-06-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 162 km
United States 1962-06-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
Pakistan 1962-06-09 Lahore (Orange and black printed) cachet on cover, also back Nike-Cajun Rehbar-1 (Pakistan's first atmospheric research rocket); carried sodium flares which left trails that were photographed by specially-designed cameras installed at Karachi, Hyderabad and Lasbela; (see also Pakistan 771 and Pakistan 1150 cover (2011), both in the stamps table above); Sonmiani Beach (Pakistan) launch on 7 June 1962; reached 130 km
United States 1962-06-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Black-Brant-3 test mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 98 km
United States 1962-06-15 Colorado Springs CO (R.E. Nichol black and red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back Two Black-Brant-3 test missions, launched from Wallops Island on 15 June 1962; reached 92 and 98 km [but failed]; they were possibly originally scheduled to be launched in Jan 1962 from the Churchill range in Canada (as in the red printed part of the cachet) but a fire there in Dec 1961 damaged the facilities and some launches were apparently transferred to Wallops Island until they were able to start again at Churchill on 1 Oct 1962
United States 1962-06-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 143 km
United States 1962-06-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A airglow 2 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 208 km
United States 1962-06-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A airglow 1 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 210 km
United States 1962-07-11 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1962-07-18 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Thor-DSV-2D Project Echo balloon test mission 2 (also known as Big Shot-2); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1484 km
United States 1962-07-18 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft Type-B general-purpose and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-07-18 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft Type-C general-purpose and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-07-18 Port Canaveral FL (Harry Gordon) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1962-07-18 Port Canaveral FL (Hand-printed) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1962-07-18 Port Canaveral FL (Sokalsky orange) cachet on cover
United States 1962-07-25 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1962-08-01 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Atlas-F R&D test; this was the first Atlas-F launched from Vandenberg AFB; it reached 1400 km
Sweden 1962-08-07 Kabdalis (Black printed) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun air sample aeronomy, magnetic storms and noctilucent clouds mission; Kronogard (Sweden) launch; reached 120 km
Norway 1962-08-18 Andenes (Black printed and black typed) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun air sample aeronomy, magnetic storms and noctilucent clouds mission; Kronogard (Sweden) launch (on 7 August); reached 120 km
Norway 1962-08-18 Andenes (Black printed) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun Ferdinand-1⁵⁶ ionospheric mission ("to study what causes the radio blackouts during periods of sunspots and northern lights eruptions"); Andøya Rocket Range launch; reached 100 km
Japan 1962-08-21 Uchinoura/Kagoshima (Blue and purple and black printed) cachet on cover Kappa-8L test mission (this was the first rocket launched from Uchinoura (Kagoshima); reached 173 km
United States 1962-08-31 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout-X3A re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 217 km [but failed due to late stage 3 ignition]
United States 1962-09-12 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1962-09-12 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1962-09-19 Patrick AFB, FL (Sokalsky blue) cachet on cover Atlas-F R&D flight for the USAF; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km (but Telstar depicted)
United States 1962-09-19 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F R&D flight for the USAF; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km
United States 1962-10-12 Cape Canaveral FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 Mk-6 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1962-10-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache Langmuir probe/ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 166 km
United States 1962-10-19 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F R&D test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km
United States 1962-10-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1962-10-26 Cape Canaveral FL (A.B. Covers/Boerger) cachet on cover
United States 1962-10-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A UV astronomy for OAO sensors mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 188 km
United States 1962-11-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 132 km
United States 1962-11-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 165 km
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Harry A. Gordon sticker and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Saturn-1 third sub-orbital test launch; included the second Project Highwater²³ experiment (but in this case telemetry problems made the results questionable); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 167 km
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? magenta and grey-green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple and grey-green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Zaso black-and-white sticker and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover; (see also Saturn-1 cover 1963-03-28)
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Goldcraft) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Rank velvet?) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Purple rubber-stamp?) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (A.B.Covers/Boerger and grey-green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-16 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin and extra black printed and black typed) cachet on cover
United States 1962-11-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 206 km
United States 1962-11-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-300A (Sparobee? -- no info on this name was found) thermosphere probe 1 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 20 Nov); reached 345 km
United States 1962-11-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 122 km
United States 1962-12-01 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Two Nike-Apache launches from Wallops Island; ionospheric mission (1:06 PM) reached 169 km; aeronomy mission (3:34 PM) reached 131 km
United States 1962-12-03 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 126 km
United States 1962-12-03 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States 1962-12-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 128 km
United States 1962-12-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-12-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-12-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache Langmuir probe/sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 100 km
United States 1962-12-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-12-06 Patrick AFB, FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F R&D mission (the last of 10 such missions); Cape Canaveral launch, on 5 December; reached 1400 km
United States 1962-12-06 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? dark magenta and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 mission to test a method for reducing the "pogo" longitudinal oscillations that occurred in other missions; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km [but mission failed because the "pogo" oscillations were doubled]
United States 1962-12-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 52 km
United States 1962-12-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Norway 1962-12-11 Andenes (Black printed and black typed) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun-Ferdinand-2⁵⁷ polar ionospheric mission; joint NASA-Norway-Denmark project; Andoya, Norway launch; reached 123 km; "Purpose (was) to study the cosmic particles north of the Polar circle"
United States 1962-12-13 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Black-Brant-3 test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 98 km
United States 1962-12-13 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1962-12-18 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-Jr ion engine test technology mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 2000 km
United States 1962-12-18 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States 1963-01-31 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-D ABM test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1800 km
United States 1963-02-06 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1963-02-06 Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-02-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and red and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D8 (Journeyman) electron spectrometer magnetospheric mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1675 km
United States 1963-02-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 20 February); reached 113 km
United States 1963-02-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 20 February); reached 164 km
United States 1963-03-08 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 155 km
United States 1963-03-28 Cape Canaveral FL (SpaceCraft) cachet on cover, also insert Saturn-1 mission SA-4 (fourth sub-orbital test); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 129 km
United States 1963-03-28 Cape Canaveral FL (Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States 1963-03-28 Cape Canaveral FL (Zaso black-and-white sticker) cachet on cover; (see also Saturn-1 cover 1962-11-16)
United States 1963-04-12 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A CSIRO¹² VLF ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 198 km
United States 1963-04-27 Vandenerg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? cyan and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 R&D mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1963-05-17 Vandenerg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-Jr ERCS (Emergency Rocket Communications System) test mission (designed to be used in the case of a nuclear war); Vandenberg launch; reached 1000 km
United States 1963-05-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout-X3 RFD-1 (Re-entry Flight Demonstration #1) technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 145 km
United States 1963-05-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1963-05-24 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? black and purple rubber-stamp and hand-printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Titan-2 R&D and re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1963-06-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover Aerobee-150-0428 technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 189 km
United States 1963-07-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Javelin (Argo-D4) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 934 km
United States 1963-07-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-07-23 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A UV spectrograph and UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 177 km
Sweden 1963-08-07 Kabdalis (Black printed) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades aeronomy mission ("to study the bright night [noctilucent] clouds and magnetic storms in polar regions"); Kronogard launch; reached 130 km
Norway 1963-09-12 Andenes (Pre Bon) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun Ferdinand-4⁵⁷ ionospheric/plasma/solar mission (studied ionospheric and solar effects on radio blackout at 100 km altitude); Andoya launch; reached 136 km
Norway 1963-09-12 Andenes (Black printed and black typed) cachet on cover
United States 1963-09-18 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-1 re-entry vehicle test mission (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 59 km
United States 1963-09-18 Cape Canaveral FL (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1963-09-18 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-09-18 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1963-09-18 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1963-09-18
1964-03-24 Cape Canaveral FL
Cape Canaveral FL (Rank velvet) cachet on cover Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-1 and 2 re-entry vehicle test missions (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch, on 18 September 1963 and 24 March 1964; ASSET-1 reached 59 km; ASSET-2 reached 55 km [but was destroyed due to a second-stage malfunction]
United States 1963-09-25 Wallops Island VA (Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 224 km
United States 1963-09-25 Wallops Island VA (SpaceCraft Type-B general-purpose and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-09-28 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A joint US and Japan ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 224 km
United States 1963-09-28 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States 1963-09-28 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back
United States 1963-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Javelin (Argo-D4) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch on 28 September; reached 1037 km
United States 1963-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-10-11 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache chemical release aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 158 km
United States 1963-10-17 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 187 km
France 1963-10-18 Poste aux Armées (Magenta and dark-blue printed and dark-purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back Véronique CNES bioscience mission; the cat Félicette was launched in a special capsule from Hammaguir, Algeria, to an altitude of 155 km
United States 1963-10-31 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Apache vehicle environmental test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 134 km
United States 1963-10-31 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-10-31 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 187 km
United States 1963-10-31 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1963-11-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A airglow aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 17 November); reached 370 km
United States 1963-11-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache atmospheric composition and density mission (reached 172 km); and Nike-Cajun inflating sphere¹¹ and atmospheric structure mission (reached 151 km); both launches from Wallops Island
United States 1963-11-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-12-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission (reached 103 km); and Nike-Apache Pitot-3 aeronomy mission (reached 141 km); upper atmospheric "temperatures, densities, pressures and winds" were measured; both launches from Wallops Island
United States 1963-12-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1963-12-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1963-12-12 Cape Canaveral FL (Sokalsky black, and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 R&D mission N-29 (the third of five flights that tested the Gemini MDS (Malfunction Detection System)); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1964-01-15 Cape Canaveral FL (Sokalsky green) cachet on cover Titan-2 R&D mission N-31 (the fourth of five flights that tested the Gemini MDS (Malfunction Detection System)); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1964-01-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache auroral mission for Rice University; Wallops Island launch (on 14 January); reached 90 km
United States 1964-01-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1964-01-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-01-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Four Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ missions; Wallops Island launches (two 15 January and two 16 January); reached 45 km (failure), 114 km, 170 km and 200 km
United States 1964-01-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch (on 28 January); reached 254 km
United States 1964-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-300A thermosphere probe mission; Wallops Island launch (on 28 January); reached 309 km
United States 1964-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-02-04 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch (on 3 February); reached 116 km
United States 1964-03-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Boosted ARCAS² sodium/lithium grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch on 6 March; reached 97 km
United States 1964-03-13 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover Blue-Scout USAF OAR³⁸ / AFCRL¹⁵ magnetospheric mission; Cape Canaveral launch; unsuccessful despite reaching 600 km because a fourth stage failure prevented the rocket from reaching the planned 37,000 km
United States 1964-03-13 Cape Canaveral FL (Sokalsky green) cachet on cover
United States 1964-03-14 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Honest John Nike-Nike Livermore Research Labs HAD-3 solar X-ray mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 143 km
United States 1964-03-24
1963-09-18 Cape Canaveral FL
Cape Canaveral FL (Rank velvet) cachet on cover Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-1 and 2 re-entry vehicle test missions (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch, on 18 September 1963 and 24 March 1964; ASSET-1 reached 59 km; ASSET-2 reached 55 km [but was destroyed due to a second-stage malfunction]
United States 1964-02-25 Cape Canaveral CA (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover ABRES³¹ WAC²¹-3 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1600 km
United States 1964-04-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover RAM²²-B3 re-entry radio communications blackout test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 100 km
United States 1964-04-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1964-04-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-04-10 Wallops Island VA (Rank velvet, pink accents) cachet on cover
United States 1964-04-10 Wallops Island VA (Rank velvet, red accents) cachet on cover
United States 1964-04-10 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1964-04-14 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover Atlas-D FIRE-1³ mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 837 km
United States 1964-04-14 Cape Canaveral FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-04-14 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1964-04-14 Cape Canaveral FL (Purple and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-04-14 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1964-04-14 Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1964-04-15 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover Atlas-D FIRE-1³ mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 14 April); reached 837 km
United States 1964-04-16 Wallops Island VA (SpaceCraft Type-A general-purpose and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric/test mission; Wallops Island launch (on 15 April); reached 727 km
United States 1964-04-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache IQSY mission to study the ionospheric E-layer; Wallops Island launch; reached 168 km
United States 1964-06-30 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover Atlas-Centaur test mission to place a payload into a geosynchronous transfer orbit; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km [but mission failed]
United States 1964-06-30 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1964-06-30 Cape Canaveral FL (Sokalsky black, no logo) cachet on cover
United States 1964-07-22 Cape Canaveral FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Thor-DSV-2G Project ASSET¹⁷-3 re-entry vehicle test mission (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the ASV-3, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 71 km
United States 1964-07-22 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1964-07-22 Cape Canaveral FL (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1964-07-22 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
Iceland 1964-08-01 Vik (Black printed) cachet on cover (French rocket) Dragon-D10 ionospheric and Van Allen belt mission; launched from Myrdalssandur (Iceland); reached 440 km
Sweden 1964-08-07 Kabdalis (Black printed and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Two launches from Kronogard, Sweden; Nike-Apache air sampling aeronomy mission (reached 125 km); and Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission (reached 130 km); also IQSY
United States 1964-08-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch (on 6 August); reached 119 km
United States 1964-08-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout mission to test Apollo-type ablator materials at lunar re-entry heating levels; Wallops Island launch; reached 183 km
United States 1964-10-08 Wallops Island VA (Swanson and Goldcraft hybrid black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric ion composition mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1004 km
United States 1964-10-08 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout RFD-2 re-entry vehicle test flight; Wallops Island launch; reached 132 km
United States 1964-10-09 Wallops Island VA (HJM black and Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 840 km
United States 1964-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
Australia 1964-10-20 Woomera SA (Chuck Vukotich hand-drawn) cachet on cover Europa program flight F2; Blue Streak test mission; Woomera launch; reached 243 km
United States 1964-10-23 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) radio astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1100 km
United States 1964-10-28 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover Thor-SLV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-4 re-entry vehicle test mission 1 (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the AEV-1, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch, on 27 October; probably reached around 50 km
United States 1964-10-29 Patrick AFB, FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-4 re-entry vehicle test mission 2 (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the AEV-2, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch; reached 50 km
United States 1964-11-05 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Javelin (Argo-D4) JHU (Johns Hopkins University) Airglow 7 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 867 km
United States 1964-11-05 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1964-11-05 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-11-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch on 5 November; reached 120 km
United States 1964-11-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-11-10 Wallops Island VA (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover Nike-Apache Sunrise ionosphere-4 ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 251 km
United States 1964-11-10 Wallops Island VA (NASA printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1964-11-12 Wallops Island VA (NASA printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ dual rocket aeronomy mission; one (reached 198 km) was launched from Wallops Island at 5:28 pm 10 November; the other (reached 200 km) was a ship launch from the USS Croatan at 5:25 pm 10 November
United States 1964-11-12 Wallops Island VA (NASA printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (different date) on cover Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ dual rocket aeronomy mission (different); one (reached 202 km) was launched from Wallops Island at 5:27 pm 11 November; the other (reached 156 km) was a ship launch from the USS Croatan at 5:24 pm 11 November
United States 1965-01-12 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/Vandy? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-D R&D targeting mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1800 km
United States 1965-01-13 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) "mother-daughter" ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1006 km
United States 1965-01-13 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-01-13 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-15 Kitt Peak National Observatory dayglow aeronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 228 km
United States 1965-01-21 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150 solar extreme UV/X-ray mission; WSMR launch; reached 235 km
United States 1965-02-23 Cape Canaveral FL (Sokalsky black) cachet on cover Thor-DSV-2G Project ASSET¹⁷-6 re-entry vehicle test mission (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the ASV-6, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were to be measured); the model survived re-entry but sank after hitting the ocean and could not be recovered as planned; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 70 km
Australia 1965-03-22 Adelaide SA (Green printed) cachet on cover Europa program flight F3; Blue Streak test mission; Woomera launch; reached 263 km
Australia 1965-03-22 Woomera SA (Green printed) cachet (different) on cover
Australia 1965-03-22 Woomera SA (Chuck Vukotich hand-drawn) cachet on cover
United States 1965-04-09 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Blue-Scout USAF OAR³⁸ / AFWL³⁹ magnetospheric mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 25,422 km
United States 1965-04-09 Cape Canaveral FL (C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-05-12 Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) (Sarzin) cachet on cover Blue-Scout AFCRL¹⁵ magnetospheric mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 13,586 km
United States 1965-05-12 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) (Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-05-12 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) (Celestial) cachet on cover
United States 1965-05-18 WSMR, NM (HJM black and Boudwin? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² aeronomy mission; WSMR launch; possibly reached around 70 km
United States 1965-05-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) "mother-daughter" ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 947 km
United States 1965-05-19 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-05-22 Cape Canaveral FL (Celestial) cachet on cover Atlas-D FIRE-2³ mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 817 km
United States 1965-05-22 Patrick AFB, FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1965-06-08 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-D ABRES³¹ LORV³²-6 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1800 km
United States 1965-06-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric and IQSY mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 177 km
United States 1965-06-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-06-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; 1:56 PM Wallops Island launch; reached 186 km
United States 1965-06-18 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-06-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; 5:41 PM Wallops Island launch (on 17 June); reached 177 km
United States 1965-06-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1965-06-18 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D8 (Journeyman) radio astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1770 km
United States 1965-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-08-25 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch (on 24 August); reached 162 km
United States 1965-09-10 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² and HASP⁴ meteorological missions; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; 15 launches took place from 3-10 September 1965; the HASP⁴ launches probably reached around 29 km; the ARCAS² launches reached around 60 km
United States 1965-09-10 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache RF propagation radio astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch on 9 September; reached 171 km
United States 1965-09-18 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission and FR-1 pre-mission test flight; Wallops Island launch (on 17 September); reached 182 km
United States 1965-09-23 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 805 km
United States 1965-09-23 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-09-27 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission and FR-1 pre-mission test flight; Wallops Island launch (on 25 September); reached 192 km
United States 1965-09-27 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-09-27 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1965-09-29 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? magenta and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Atlas ABRES³¹ re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; possibly reached around 1800 km
United States 1965-10-06 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 960 km
United States 1965-10-21 Wallops Island VA (HJM black and Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A Johns Hopkins University UV astronomy mission to photograph comet Ikeya-Seki; Wallops Island launch; reached 191 km
United States 1965-11-30 Vandenberg AFB, CA (HJM black and Swanson magenta and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 operational test mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1965-12-15 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache IQSY ionospheric electron density mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 184 km
United States 1966-01-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 17 January); reached 134 km
United States 1966-02-17 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache E / B currents (Electricity / Birkeland currents) plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 186 km
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) (Rank velvet) cachet on cover Apollo-Saturn AS-201 mission; first test of the launch vehicle and the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 488 km
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) (Rank velvet, dense-flocking) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) (Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Red and blue and black printed) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Red and blue and black printed) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1966-02-26 USS Boxer (NASA/US Navy magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on
United States 1966-02-26 USS Boxer (NASA/US Navy blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 USS Robert L. Wilson (NASA/US Navy black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 USS Turner (NASA/US Navy black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1966-02-26 Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) (KSC NASA red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) (KSC NASA red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Blue and magenta) cachet on cover (probable fake, based on differences between its cancel and known real cancels)
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1966-02-26 Cape Canaveral FL (Sokalsky red, and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-03-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudaon magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A solar extreme UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 228 km
United States 1966-03-02 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-03-02 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) geoprobe aeronomy/ionosphere mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 536 km
France 1966-03-17 Poste aux Armées (JG) cachet on cover Véronique solar radiance measurement mission; Hammaguir launch; altitude reached unknown
United States 1966-03-25 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Javelin HITAB mission (carried instruments to measure heat and other radiation from a Titan-II rocket); Vandenberg launch; reached 130 km
United States 1966-03-25 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1966-05-04 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch (on 3 May); reached 119 km
United States 1966-05-13 Wallops Island VA (Black printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² and HASP⁴ meteorological missions; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; 18 launches took place from 10-13 May 1966; the HASP⁴ launches probably reached around 29 km; the ARCAS² launches reached around 60 km
United States 1966-05-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Javelin Argo-D4 radio astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 998 km
Australia 1966-05-24 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (red-brown printed) cachet on cover Europa program flight F4; ELDO-A test mission (Blue Streak first stage with a mockup of the upper stages including a mockup satellite); Woomera launch; reached 86 km
Australia
United States 1966-05-24
1967-05-29 Woomera SA
Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (Pictorial) cancel and (Rank silkscreened) cachet on cover Europa program flight F4; ELDO-A test mission (Blue Streak first stage with a mockup of the upper stages including a mockup satellite); Woomera launch; reached 86 km
ESRO-2A launch [failed]
United States 1966-05-26 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-D ABRES³¹ re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1800 km
United States 1966-07-05
1966-08-25 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel)
Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) (Rank velvet) cachet on cover Apollo-Saturn AS-203 (Apollo-2) launch; a Saturn-1B first stage boosted a Saturn-IVB upper stage into orbit to verify its liquid hydrogen fuel management and engine restart capability in weightlessness; no Apollo spacecraft was carried

Apollo-Saturn AS-202 (Apollo-3) mission to test the launch vehicle and the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM), including the performance of the heat shield at high re-entry speeds; launched from Cape Canaveral; reached 1143 km
United States 1966-07-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 195 km
United States 1966-07-14 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin?) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-16 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scanner-1 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 612 km
United States 1966-08-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-17 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Aerobee-350 test/ionosphere/solar mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 358 km
United States 1966-08-25 USS Robert A. Owens (Beck/B699: US Navy brown and green printed) cachet on cover, also back Apollo-Saturn AS-202 (Apollo-3) mission to test the launch vehicle and the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM), including the performance of the heat shield at high re-entry speeds; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1143 km
United States 1966-08-25 USS Robert A. Owens (US Navy black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS Hornet (hand cancel) (US Navy magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS Hornet (machine cancel) (US Navy magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS Hornet (machine cancel) (Beck/B674: US Navy black and red printed) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS Hornet (machine cancel) (Beck/B673: US Navy black and dark-red printed) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS O'Bannon (US Navy purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS O'Bannon (US Navy magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS O'Bannon (Beck/B675: US Navy black and orange printed) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS O'Bannon (Beck/B676: US Navy black and orange printed) cachet (slightly different) on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS Benjamin Stoddert (Beck/B677: US Navy orange and black printed) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS Benjamin Stoddert (US Navy purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1966-08-25 USS Sproston (US Navy purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1966-08-25 Cape Canaveral FL (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 Cape Canaveral FL (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 Cape Canaveral FL (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 Kennedy Space Center FL (KSC official magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 Kennedy Space Center FL (KSC official red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 Cape Canaveral FL (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 Cape Canaveral FL (Artopages) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-25 Cape Canaveral FL (Green and orange printed) cachet on cover (probable fake, based on differences between its cancel and known real cancels)
United States 1966-08-25 Patrick AFB, FL (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1966-08-26 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Two Nike-Tomahawk Thermosphere Probe aeronomy missions; Wallops Island launch; reached 287 km and 308 km
United States 1966-08-26 Wallops Island VA (HJM blue and Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-08-26 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A Extreme UV/Solar mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 212 km
United States 1966-08-29 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache aeronomy mission to make "measurements of upper atmosphere phenomena"; Wallops Island launch; reached 151 km
United States 1966-09-24 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Javelin barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 930 km
United States 1966-09-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1966-09-25 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 280 km
Australia 1966-11-15 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Europa program flight F5; ELDO-B test mission (Blue Streak first stage with a mockup of the upper stages including a mockup satellite); Woomera launch; reached 120 km
Australia 1966-11-15 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1966-11-28 Woomera SA (Orange and black printed and red typed) cachet on cover Sparta SV-1 test mission; Woomera launch; reached 90 km [but mission failed]
United States 1966-11-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk particles and plasma mission (for the University of New Hampshire); Wallops Island launch; reached 359 km
United States 1966-12-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scanner-2 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 709 km
United States 1966-12-10 Wallops Island VA (HJM cyan and Swanson green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1966-12-14 Woomera SA (Orange printed and red and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Sparta SV-2 test mission; Woomera launch; reached 90 km
Australia 1966-12-14 Adelaide SA (Red printed) cachet on cover
United States 1966-12-21 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-SLV-3 PRIME (Precision Recovery Including Maneuvering Entry) technology test mission (data were to be applied to later STS spacecraft); Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1500 km
United States 1967-01-24 Kennedy Space Center FL (Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk diurnal thermosphere/ionosphere aeronomy mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 325 km
United States 1967-01-24 Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) (Centennial) cachet on cover Six Nike-Tomahawk diurnal thermosphere/ionosphere aeronomy missions; Cape Canaveral launches; reached from 320 to 336 km
United States 1967-01-24 Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1967-02-03 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Cajun aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 112 km
United States 1967-02-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Astrobee-1500 solar radio frequencies mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 2380 km
United States 1967-02-25 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Astrobee-1500 solar radio frequencies mission; Wallops Island launch (on 24 February); reached 2380 km
United States 1967-03-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A OSO-3 calibration and extreme UV mission for AFCRL¹⁵; Wallops Island launch; reached 205 km
United States 1967-03-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1967-03-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 141 km
United States 1967-03-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1967-03-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (blue) cover
United States 1967-03-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1967-03-16 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ MBRV⁵⁴-2 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km; the launch was successful but the MBRV failed to accomplish its planned re-entry
United States 1967-03-17 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1967-03-17 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1967-03-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A OSO-3 calibration and solar extreme UV mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 229 km
United States 1967-03-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1967-03-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Tomahawk GCA Corp. ion probe ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 237 km
United States 1967-03-31 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk barium and tri-ethyl borane release grenades⁵ aeronomy and plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 321 km
United States 1967-03-31 Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1967-03-31 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Japanese MT-135 rocket, part of a US-Japan aeronomy intercomparison mission; data were compared with those from a US ARCAS² rocket fired 16 min later; Wallops Island launch; reached 54 km
United States 1967-03-31 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin?) cachet on cover ARCAS² (reached 58 km) and MT-135 (reached 54 km) fired 16 min apart for US-Japan aeronomy intercomparison mission; Wallops Island launch
United States 1967-04-04 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 8 ARCAS² and 8 MT-135 rockets fired on 4 and 5 April for US-Japan aeronomy intercomparison missions; Wallops Island launches; all reached between 53 and 63 km
United States 1967-04-05 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover 8 ARCAS² and 8 MT-135 rockets fired on 4 and 5 April for US-Japan aeronomy intercomparison missions; Wallops Island launches; all reached between 53 and 63 km
Australia 1967-04-20 Woomera SA (Blue and orange and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Sparta SV-3 test mission; Woomera launch; reached 90 km
United States 1967-06-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Argo-D4 (Javelin) ISIS-X (Explorer-31) overflight and ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 792 km
Sweden 1967-07-31 Kiruna (Black printed) cachet on cover Centaure-2B ionospheric mission; Esrange launch; reached 130 km
Australia 1967-08-04 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover Europa-1 mission F6-1; the first test of a 3-stage Europa-1 (included a mockup third stage that carried a wooden mockup satellite); Woomera launch; reached 180 km [but mission failed]
Australia 1967-08-04 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (blue printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1967-08-04 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (ELDO red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1967-08-04 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (blue printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1967-08-04 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1967-08-18 Woomera SA (Purple rubber-stamp and gold hand-printed) cachet on cover Sparta SV-6 test mission; Woomera launch; reached 90 km
Norway 1967-09-02 Andenes (Black printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Two Nike-Tomahawk rocket launches (11 minutes apart) from Andoya; NASA barium clouds⁵ plasma mission (reached 321 km) and NASA E fields plasma mission (reached 233 km)
Italy 1967-09-27 Perdasdefogu (Green and red and orange rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Skylark ionosphere/solar X-rays mission; Salto di Quirra launch; reached 183 km
United States 1967-10-04 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 251 km
United States 1967-10-05 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 249 km
Australia 1967-10-12 Woomera SA (Black and light-green and dark-green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Sparta SV-8 test mission; Woomera launch; reached 137 km
United States 1967-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin?) cachet on cover RAM²²-C1 re-entry radio communications blackout test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 217 km
United States 1967-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1967-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover
United States 1967-10-19 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1967-11-07 Cape Canaveral FL (Jim Fitzpatrick) cachet on cover Minuteman-2 R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch, from launch pad LC32B (Surveyor-6 was launched on 7 Nov as well, from pad LC36B); reached 1300 km
Australia 1967-12-01 Woomera SA (Black rubber-stamp) cachet (and signatures) on cover HAD (High Altitude Density rocket) aeronomy inter-comparison mission (collected data for calibration of WRESAT-1 instruments); Woomera launch; reached 100 km
United States 1967-12-05 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 137 km
United States 1967-12-05 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1967-12-06 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Europa-1 mission F6-2; the second test of a 3-stage Europa-1 (included a mockup third stage that carried a mockup wooden satellite); Woomera launch; reached 200 km [but mission failed]
Australia 1967-12-06 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover
United States 1968-02-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Five Nike-Apache aeronomy missions, 21 and 22 February, reached 150-190 km; also one Nike-Apache sodium-lithium grenades⁵ release aeronomy mission, 22 February, reached 168 km; all launches were from Wallops Island
Sweden 1968-03-27 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Skylark-1 ESRO S16-1 Aurora mission; Kiruna launch; reached 171 km
French Guiana 1968-04-09 Kourou (Le Burin d'Or) cachet on cover Véronique-AGI sea recovery test flight; Kourou launch; reached 114 km; this was the first rocket to be launched from Kourou; the 7th anniv. of this launch was commemorated in two 1975 Kourou rocket launch covers: cover1 and cover2
United States 1968-04-18 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau?) cachet on cover Atlas-E ABRES³¹ RVTO³⁶-1A-1 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1600 km
Sweden 1968-06-07 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Centaure-2B meteorites mission; Esrange launch; reached 138 km
United States 1968-06-25 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-150A biological mission; Wallops Island launch (on 24 June); reached 144 km
United States 1968-06-29 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ RVTO³⁶-1A-2 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km
United States 1968-08-22 Wallops Island VA (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover RAM²²-C2 re-entry radio communications blackout test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 227 km
United States 1968-08-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1968-08-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Norway 1968-09-20 Andenes (Black printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk Ferdinand-18⁵⁷plasma mission; Andoya launch; reached 239 km
Norway 1968-09-23 Andenes (Black rubber-stamp and hand-written) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk ionospheric plasma mission; Andoya launch; reached 321 km
Norway 1968-10-01 Andenes (Black rubber-stamp and hand-written) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk ionospheric plasma mission; Andoya launch; reached 228 km
United States 1968-10-11 Wallops Island VA (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover HARP⁵⁰-5-1 gun-launched atmospheric probe; Wallops Island launch; reached 68 km
United States 1968-11-19 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Titan-2 operational test; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1300 km
United States 1968-11-19 La Plata MD (Black type) cachet on cover
Australia 1968-11-30 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover Europa program flight F7; Europa-1 test mission with boilerplate satellite STV-1 (mass 249 kg); Woomera launch; mission failed at 230 km altitude when the third stage exploded
Australia 1968-11-30 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet (different) on cover
Australia 1968-11-30 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (Ikarus) cachet on cover
Australia 1968-11-30 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (blue and cyan and black printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1969-04-02 Glenelg SA (Black and red rubber-stamp) cachets on (airmail) cover Two Skylark missions for ionospheric and X-ray measurements: SL724 (Skylark-5C, 1 April, reached 192 km); and SL502 (Skylark-6AC, 2 April, reached 273 km); Woomera launches
Australia 1969-04-02 Woomera SA (Black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Two Skylark-3 missions for solar UV and X-ray measurements; SL604 (22 April, reached 181 km) and SL606 (17 April, reached 202 km); cancel date on cover apparently incorrect (should read 22 April); Woomera launches
United States 1969-05-01 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin?) cachet on cover Black-Brant test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 215 km
Australia 1969-07-03 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover Europa program flight F8; Europa-1 test mission with boilerplate satellite STV-2 (mass 249 kg); Woomera launch; mission failed at 300 km altitude due to a third stage failure
Australia 1969-07-03 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1969-07-03 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet (different) on cover
Australia 1969-07-03 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (magenta printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1969-07-25 Woomera SA (Black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover HAD (High Altitude Density rocket) aeronomy intercomparison mission (collected data for calibration of Nimbus-3 instruments); Woomera launch; reached 115 km
Australia 1969-07-25 Woomera SA (Black and blue and red rubber-stamp) cachets (and signatures) on cover
Australia 1969-07-25 Woomera SA (Black and purple and red rubber-stamp) cachets (and signatures) on cover HAT (High Altitude Test rocket) aeronomy intercomparision mission (collected data for calibration of Nimbus-3 instruments); Woomera launch; reached 80 km
Australia 1969-08-06 Woomera SA (Brown and green printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Aero-High barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 225 km
Australia 1969-08-06 Woomera SA (Black and purple rubber-stamp) cachets on (airmail) cover
Sweden 1969-08-11 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Centaure-2B ESRO aeronomy mission; Esrange launch; reached 112 km
United States 1969-08-20 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ RVTO³⁶-1A-5 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km ("secret payload testing")
United States 1969-09-10 Colorado Springs CO (R.E. Nichol blue and purple and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back Nike-Apache barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 200 km
United States 1969-09-10 Colorado Springs CO (R.E. Nichol blue and purple and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (stamp has Mr. Zip selvedge), also back
Australia 1969-10-16 Woomera SA (Black printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Skylark-3 barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 318 km
Australia 1969-10-17 Woomera SA (Blue printed) cachet on cover Skylark-3 barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 320 km
Australia 1969-10-18 Woomera SA (Red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Skylark-3 barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 318 km
United States 1969-11-08 Wallops Island VA (Black printed) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5B IR astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 189 km
United States 1969-11-08 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-02-08 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ RMP-B-15 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km ("secret payload")
United States 1970-03-05 Eglin AFB, FL (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² solar eclipse test mission (preparing for the 7 March 1970 total solar eclipse); Eglin AFB launch; reached 73 km
United States 1970-03-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover A large number of sounding rockets of various types (Aerobee-170, Tomahawk Sandia, ARCAS², Javelin and several with the Nike booster (Iroquois, Tomahawk, Apache, Cajun)) for solar eclipse/cessation studies¹; Wallops Island launches on March 6, 7, and 8; altitudes reached varied from the lowest (around 65 km, ARCAS² and Nike-Cajun) to the highest (829 km, Javelin)
United States 1970-03-07 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.4) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert
United States 1970-03-07 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.4) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert
United States 1970-03-07 Wallops Island VA (NASA? black printed) cachet on cover
United States 1970-03-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-03-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson gold and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-03-07 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1970-03-07 Colorado Springs CO (R.E. Nichol black and blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back
United States 1970-03-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-03-07 Wallops Island VA (Riser/Andromeda Space Cover no.5) cachet on (airmail) cover Aerobee-150 solar eclipse/cessation studies¹ mission (observed the "solar flash spectrum" of the solar corona in the far UV); 1:36PM launch from Wallops Island; reached 142 km
Australia 1970-03-24 Glenelg SA (Green printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Skylark-B5 X-ray survey mission; Woomera launch; reached 179 km
United States 1970-05-07 Eglin AFB, FL (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Iroquois tracer release aeronomy mission; Eglin AFB launch; reached 159 km
Australia 1970-05-20 Woomera SA (Brown and tean printed) cachet on (airmail) cover Cockatoo UAR⁸ mission to measure UV radiation and Moon reflectivity; Woomera launch; reached 96 km
Australia 1970-05-27 Glenelg SA (Green and tan printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra UAR⁸ aeronomy mission; measurements of temperature, wind and ozone; Woomera launch; reached 85 km
Australia 1970-05-27 Glenelg SA (Red-brown and tan printed) cachet on cover Aero-High aluminium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 177 km
Australia 1970-05-27 Woomera SA (Green and tn printed) cachet on cover Aerobee astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km
Australia 1970-05-30 Woomera SA (Red and green printed) cachet on cover Aerobee astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km
United States 1970-05-30 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ RMP-B-17 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; destroyed in flight at an unknown altitude ("secret re-entry testing", on first cover only)
United States 1970-05-30 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (slightly different) on cover
Australia 1970-06-03 Woomera SA ( Red-brown and light-blue printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-150 astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km
Australia 1970-06-12 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Europa program flight F9; Europa-1 test mission with boilerplate satellite STV-3 (mass 249 kg); Woomera launch; reached 2000 km [but mission failed when the payload fairing failed to separate]
Australia 1970-06-12 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (blue and red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover
Australia 1970-06-12 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1970-06-12 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (photo/sticker and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1970-06-12 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1970-06-12 Woomera SA (Pictorial) cancel and (cyan and brown printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1970-07-14 Glenelg SA (Blue and light-green printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra UAR⁸ aeronomy mission; measurements of temperature, wind and ozone; Woomera launch; reached 85 km
Australia 1970-07-14 Woomera SA (Brown printed) cachet on cover Skylark-B5 solar corona study mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km
Australia 1970-07-17 Woomera SA (Black and blue printed) cachet on cover Skylark-B5 solar corona study mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km
United States 1970-09-01 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Javelin aeronomy/exosphere mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 800 km
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.16) cachet on (airmail) cover Scout mission: RAM²²-C (3rd Radio Attenuation Measurement) re-entry vehicle test; Wallops Island launch; reached 269 km
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Black printed) cachet on cover
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover
United States 1970-09-30 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1970-10-05 Wallops Island VA (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.17) cachet on (airmail) cover Javelin MPE barium release plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 900 km
United States 1970-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Castor mission: SPED³⁰-2 re-entry vehicle test; Wallops Island launch; reached 85 km; (in preparation for the forthcoming Viking missions, this test was designed to simulate entry into the Martian atmosphere from space)
United States 1970-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.18) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1970-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1970-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1970-10-09 Wallops Island VA (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover, also insert
Australia 1970-10-09 Glenelg SA (Magenta printed) cachet on cover Skylark-3 solar UV mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km [but mission failed]
United States 1970-10-10 Virginia Beach VA (Black typed and black, red, and blue rubber-stamp) cachets on (airmail) cover Return of SPED³⁰ test vehicle and parachute to port by USNS Range Recoverer
Australia 1970-10-16 Woomera SA (Yellow and gold printed) cachet on cover Skylark-3 solar X-ray mission; Woomera launch; reached 209 km [but mission failed]
Australia 1970-10-22 Woomera SA (Brown and orange printed) cachet on cover Cockatoo UAR⁸ mission to measure UV radiation and Moon reflectivity; Woomera launch; reached 105 km
United States 1970-11-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson gold and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Trailblazer-2 re-entry test mission for AFCRL¹⁵; Wallops Island launch; reached 321 km
United States 1970-11-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1970-11-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1970-11-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Blue-Scout-Jr UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1480 km
United States 1970-11-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1970-11-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson gold and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
Germany (East) 1970-11-28 Berlin (Blue and red and grey and black printed) cachet on cover Vertikal-1 aeronomy/ionosphere/solar mission; Kapustin Yar launch; reached 468 km
United States 1970-12-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.) aeronomy and biology mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 270 km
United States 1970-12-22 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ RVTO³⁶-2A-1 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km ("secret payload")
United States 1970-12-22 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1971-01-16 Eglin AFB, FL (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Tomahawk-Sandia aeronomy mission; Eglin AFB launch; reached 144 km
United States 1971-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Boosted ARCAS² plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 122 km
United States 1971-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on (airmail) cover
United States 1971-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1971-01-29 Wallops Island VA (Swanson gold and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1971-02-03 Woomera SA (Green and orange printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra UAR⁸ aeronomy mission; measurements of temperature, wind and ozone; Woomera launch; reached 85 km
United States 1971-02-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-350 (not "Astrobee") X-ray astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 196 km
Australia 1971-03-03 Woomera SA (Purple andgold foil printed) cachet on cover Aero-High-4 and Aero-High-5 double launch: aluminium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 178 km
United States 1971-03-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson gold and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover 2 Nike-Cajun (reached 113 km) and 3 Nike-Apache (reached 171-181 km) aeronomy missions; Wallops Island launches
United States 1971-04-05 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ LAR-1 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km
Sweden 1971-04-05 Kiruna (Purple and green and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Petrel small-scale structure of the ionosphere mission; Kiruna launch (at 2353 UTC on 5 April (the date in the cancel and cachet of the first cover), or in Swedish local time at 0053 6 April (the date in the cancel and cachet of the second cover)); reached 134 km
Sweden 1971-04-06 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1971-06-08 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Véronique biological and ionospheric mission; Kourou launch; reached 210 km; this was the first in a series of co-operative Franco-German missions
United States 1971-06-10 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-350 airglow and aeronomy ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 328 km
United States 1971-06-10 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1971-06-10 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson gold and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
French Guiana 1971-06-12 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Véronique co-operative Franco-German biological and ionospheric mission; Kourou launch; reached 210 km
French Guiana 1971-06-12 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1971-06-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson yellow-green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Scout Planetary Atmospheric Entry Test (PAET²⁴); Wallops Island launch; reached 377 km
United States 1971-06-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1971-06-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1971-06-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson gold and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1971-06-21 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover. also insert
United States 1971-06-21 Wallops Island VA (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover
Australia 1971-06-22 Woomera SA (Green printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra UAR⁸ aeronomy mission; measurements of temperature, wind and ozone; Woomera launch; reached 85 km
Australia 1971-06-23 Woomera SA (Purple printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra UAR⁸ aeronomy mission; measurements of temperature, wind and ozone; Woomera launch; reached 85 km
United States 1971-06-29 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 CHASER-1 ABM IR sensor technology mission ("Direct Measurement Explorer" (Explorer-31) was part of the mission); Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 161 km
United States 1971-07-13 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch (on 12 July); reached 270 km
United States 1971-07-16 WSMR, NM (NASA logo blue and red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 two-rocket IR astronomy mission; WSMR launch; one rocket reached 190 km; altitude of the other unknown
Sweden 1971-07-28 Kiruna (Green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Centaure-2C aeronomy mission; Kiruna launch; reached 120 km
Sweden 1971-07-31 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Centaure-2B ESRO aeronomy mission; Esrange launch; reached 112 km
United States 1971-08-09 WSMR, NM (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 and Aerobee-170A astronomy data intercomparison mission (the rockets were launched 50 minutes apart); WSMR launch; both reached around 200 km
India 1971-08-11 Trivandrum (Black and red printed) cachet on cover M100 launch from Thumba Rocket Range
Australia 1971-09-09 Woomera SA (Puprple printed) cachet on cover Unknown rocket with unknown mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached unknown
Australia 1971-09-18 Woomera SA (Black printed) cachet on cover Unknown rocket UAR⁸ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached unknown
India 1971-09-21 Trivandrum (Orange and green printed) cachet on cover Rohini-300 ionospheric mission; Thumba, India launch; altitude reached not known
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Scout plasma/barium release joint NASA/MPE¹⁴ Barium Ion Cloud (BIC) mission to measure magnetic and electric fields in the magnetosphere; Wallops Island launch (on 20 September); reached 31,479 km
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.6) cachet on cover, also insert
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.6) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover
United States 1971-09-21 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet (and "cancel delayed" rubber-stamp) on cover
Australia 1971-09-21 Woomera SA (Purple and yellow printed) cachet on cover Aero-High-6 aluminium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached approximately 177 km
Australia 1971-09-27 Woomera SA (Cyan and purple printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1002 X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 224 km
India 1971-10-07 Trivandrum (Purple and brown printed) cachet on cover M100 launch from Thumba Rocket Range
Australia 1971-10-12 Woomera SA (Purple and yellow printed) cachet on cover A3-H UAR⁸ mission, including "sensing [at levels] between met[eo] balloon ceiling and satellite [data]"; synoptic measurements of solar radiation, wind and ozone; Woomera launch
United States 1971-10-29 WSMR, NM (NASA logo blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover HISTAR⁵²-3 IR astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 158 km
United States 1971-11-23 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Aerobee-170 CHASER-2 ABM IR sensor technology mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 145 km
Australia 1971-11-25 Woomera SA (Orange and magenta printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra UAR⁸ aeronomy mission; measurements of temperature, wind and ozone; Woomera launch; reached 85 km
Australia 1971-11-25 Woomera SA (Orange and black printed) cachet (and signature) on cover
Australia 1971-12-10 Woomera SA (Red and black printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL903 solar X-ray mission; Woomera launch; reached 198 km
French Guiana 1971-12-14 Kourou (Purple and red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on cover MR-12 aeronomy test mission; Soviet research ship Professor Zubov launch; reached 151 km
French Guiana 1971-12-14 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1971-12-15 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover MR-12 aeronomy mission; Soviet research ship Professor Zubov launch; reached 170 km
French Guiana 1971-12-15 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (slightly different) on cover
French Guiana 1971-12-16 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Véronique-61M co-operative Franco-Russian ionospheric sounding mission; Kourou launch; reached 227 km
United States 1972-03-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma physics mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 243 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶, MT-135 and Super-ARCAS² aeronomy intercomparison mission #1; Wallops Island launches; the rockets reached roughly 60 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶, MT-135 and Super-ARCAS² aeronomy intercomparison mission #2; Wallops Island launches; the rockets reached roughly 60 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson green and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶ and MT-135 aeronomy intercomparison mission #3; Wallops Island launches; the rockets reached roughly 60 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson green and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶ aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 10:33 AM; reached 61 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 11:08 AM; reached around 80 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 2:26 PM; reached around 80 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 7:39 PM; reached around 80 km
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1972-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Three Super-ARCAS² aeronomy missions; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launches at 11:08 AM, 2:26 PM and 7:39 PM; all reached around 80 km
United States 1972-03-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶, MT-135 and Super-ARCAS² aeronomy intercomparison mission #5; Wallops Island launches; the rockets reached roughly 60 km
Australia 1972-03-16 Woomera SA (Green and purple printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1023 lithium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 260 km
Sweden 1972-03-19 Kiruna (Red and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Skylark-4 auroral study mission; Kiruna launch; reached 229 km
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶, MT-135 and Super-ARCAS² aeronomy intercomparison mission #9; Wallops Island launches; the rockets reached roughly 60 km
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Centennial) cachet on cover Thirty Rocketsonde¹⁰ "meteorological rockets launched in a week long cooperative experiment ending March 20, 1972, to test weather data systems for France, Japan and the United States"; Wallops Island launches; altitudes reached were around 60 km
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 1:27 PM; reached around 60 km
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶ aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 3:00 PM; reached 59 km
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 3:45 PM; reached around 60 km
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1972-03-20 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover MT-135 aeronomy missions; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; released dropsondes; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 55 km
United States 1972-03-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Loki-Datasonde/Starute¹⁶, MT-135 and Super-ARCAS² aeronomy intercomparison mission #10; Wallops Island launches; the rockets reached roughly 60 km
United States 1972-03-21 Wallops Island VA (Sarzin) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²aeronomy mission; part of a rocket data intercomparison project; Wallops Island launch at 8:46 PM 20 March; reached around 60 km
United States 1972-03-21 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1972-03-25 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Javelin cesium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 100 km
Australia 1972-03-27 Woomera SA (Orange-brown and black printed) cachet on cover Earth resources experiment; Skylark SL1081 atmospheric observations were then compared to aircraft and ERTS-A satellite measurements; Woomera launch; reached 279 km
United States 1972-03-27 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Javelin cesium release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 100 km
United States 1972-04-03 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Javelin cesium release grenades⁵ mission B25845; Wallops Island launch at 5:04 AM; reached 100 km
United States 1972-04-03 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Javelin cesium release grenades⁵ mission B5910; Wallops Island launch at 5:06 AM; reached 100 km
United States 1972-04-12 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached around 60 km
United States 1972-05-17 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached around 60 km
United States 1972-06-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached around 60 km
Japan 1972-09-12 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.9) cachet on cover Kappa-10-8 X-ray astronomy mission; Uchinoura launch; reached 259 km
Italy 1972-09-20 Perdasdefogu (Return address rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Skylark-3 ESRO X-ray astronomy mission; Salto di Quirra launch; probably reached around 210 km
Japan 1972-09-25 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.17) cachet on cover LSC-6 test mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 100 km
United States 1972-09-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Astrobee research rocket test; Wallops Island launch; reached 199 km
United States 1972-09-26 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1972-10-03 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-13 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1972-10-03 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Eridan solar extreme UV measurement mission; Kourou launch; possibly reached around 300 km
United States 1972-10-09 Chatanika AK (Red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Tomahawk-Sandia barium release grenades⁵ mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 500 km
United States 1972-10-09 Chatanika AK (Red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
Sweden 1972-10-09 Kiruna (JG) cachet on cover Nike-Apache NNA-4 Giacobini-Zinner comet dust collection mission; Esrange launch; reached 109 km
United States 1972-10-11 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 CHASER ABM IR sensor technology mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 151 km
United States 1972-10-11 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Australia 1972-10-19 Woomera SA (Red and orange and brown printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1022 ionospheric composition and scattering mission; Woomera launch; reached 150 km
United States 1972-10-21 Chatanika AK (Red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma/aurora mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 270 km
Australia 1972-10-24 Woomera SA (Green and blue printed) cachet on cover Skylark X-ray astronomy / ozone measurement mission; Woomera launch; reached 210 km
Australia 1972-10-26 Woomera SA (Red and black printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1003 solar spectrum and X-ray measurement mission; Woomera launch; reached 195 km
Australia 1972-11-02 Woomera SA (Cyan and black printed) cachet on cover Skylark-6 ESRO X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 211 km
French Guiana 1972-11-13 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Eridan extreme UV and solar magnetism mission; Kourou launch; reached 287 km
French Guiana 1972-11-13 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (slightly different) on cover
French Guiana 1972-11-13 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (slightly different) on cover
United States 1972-11-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached around 60 km
French Guiana 1972-11-17 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-15 aeronomy mission (incorrectly spelled 'ARCA'); part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; reached 60 km
French Guiana 1972-11-17 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1972-11-20 WSMR, NM (Black printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-200A first launch test mission (and 25th anniv. first high-altitude flight of the first Aerobee rocket, which reached 56 km at WSMR in 1947); WSMR launch; reached 250 km
United States 1972-12-05 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 185 km
Australia 1972-12-07 Woomera SA (Green and blue printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1202 lunar occultation X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 248 km
French Guiana 1972-12-07 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Eridan UV astronomy mission; Kourou launch; reached 213 km
Australia 1972-12-11 Woomera SA (Magenta and black printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1005 measurement of concentration of O₂ and various neutral and ionised atoms; Woomera launch; reached 196 km
United States 1972-12-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached around 60 km
United States 1973-01-22 WSMR, NM (Szostek/Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet (design based on Spacecraft Type-C general-purpose cachet) on cover Aerobee-200 aeronomy/extreme solar UV mission to test instrumentation planned for Skylab; WSMR launch; reached 277 km
United States 1973-01-22 WSMR, NM (Szostek/Swanson cyan rubber-stamp) cachet (design based on Spacecraft Type-C general-purpose cachet) on cover
United States 1973-01-22 WSMR, NM (Black printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1973-01-31 Woomera SA (Red and purple printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1205 X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 218 km
Japan 1973-02-05 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.18) cachet on cover MT-135P-T5 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 58 km
Japan 1973-02-07 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.19) cachet on cover JCR-8 test mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 135 km
Japan 1973-02-08 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.20) cachet on cover MT-135P-T6 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 63 km
Japan 1973-02-19 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.14) cachet on cover Kappa-10-9 solar UV/astronomy mission; Uchinoura launch; reached 236 km
Japan 1973-02-19 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.14) cachet (different text color) on cover
Japan 1973-02-23 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.15) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-42 cesium release⁵ ionospheric mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 306 km
Australia 1973-03-01 Woomera SA (Brown and purple printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1010 X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 199 km
Australia 1973-03-14 Woomera SA (Purple printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1004 imaging spectrograph solar X-ray mission; Woomera launch; reached 225 km
United States 1973-03-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart ROBINSphere¹¹ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 120 km altitude
United States 1973-03-16 Chatanika AK (Red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma/aurora mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 249 km
Australia 1973-03-20 Woomera SA (Purple and orange printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1102 diffraction grating specgtrograph solar UV mission; Woomera launch; reached 225 km
United States 1973-03-20 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk barium release grenades⁵ magnetic field mapping mission; Poker Flat launch; probably reached around 225 km
United States 1973-03-21 Chatanika AK (Red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Tomahawk barium release grenades⁵ magnetic field mapping mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 225 km
United States 1973-03-21 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet (slightly different) on cover
United States 1973-03-21 Chatanika AK (Red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Astrobee-D airglow/aurora mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 78 km
United States 1973-03-21 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
French Guiana 1973-03-21 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-16 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-03-21 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-03-21 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (slightly different) on cover
United States 1973-03-22 Chatanika AK (Red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Black-Brant aeronomy/aurora mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 183 km
United States 1973-03-22 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States 1973-03-27 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk barium release grenades⁵ magnetic field mapping mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 233 km
United States 1973-03-27 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Paiute-Tomahawk ICECAP 1973 aeronomy mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 255 km
French Guiana 1973-03-28 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-17 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-03-28 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover
United States 1973-03-30 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma/aurora mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 243 km
United States 1973-03-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Arcasonde¹⁰ mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 56 km
United States 1973-04-03 WSMR, NM (Szostek black printed/WSMR Cover no.7) cachet on cover, also back Black-Brant-5C joint WSMR-Skylab solar observations intercomparison mission; WSMR launch; reached 245 km
French Guiana 1973-04-04 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-18 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-04-04 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover
United States 1973-04-09 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Arcasonde¹⁰ mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 56 km
French Guiana 1973-04-17 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Véronique-61M solar extreme UV mission; Kourou launch; reached 200 km
French Guiana 1973-04-17 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (slightly different) on cover
French Guiana 1973-04-17 Kourou (CPK and ship Croix du Sud rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-04-17 Kourou (CPK? and ship Croix du Sud rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-04-17 Kourou (JG) cachet on cover
Australia 1973-04-18 Woomera SA (Orange and tan printed) cachet on cover Skylark X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 214 km
Australia 1973-04-18 Woomera SA (Green and red printed) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-04-18 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-19 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-04-18 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-05-09 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-20 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-05-09 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-05-09 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover
United States 1973-05-14
1973_05-25 WSMR, NM (machine cancel)
WSMR, NM (hand cancel) (Szostek purple printed/WSMR Cover no.9) cachet on cover Two joint WSMR-Skylab missions, both launched from WSMR; the Black-Brant-5C extreme UV solar data calibration mission on 18 May (not 14 May as in the cancel) reached 267 km; the Aerobee-170 test and astronomical data intercomparison mission on 25 May reached 178 km
United States 1973-05-18 WSMR, NM (Szostek yellow-gold printed/WSMR Cover no.10) cachet on cover, also back Black-Brant-5C joint WSMR-Skylab extreme UV solar data calibration mission; WSMR launch; reached 267 km
French Guiana 1973-05-30 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-21 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-05-30 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover
United States 1973-06-02 WSMR, NM (Szostek green printed/WSMR Cover no.11) cachet on cover, also back Aerobee-170A joint WSMR-Skylab data intercomparison mission, to determine the "accuracy of Skylab's atmospheric physics and weather observation system"; WSMR launch; reached 175 km
United States 1973-06-04 WSMR, NM (Szostek green printed/WSMR Cover no.12) cachet on cover, also back Black-Brant-5C WSMR-Skylab solar extreme UV data calibration mission; WSMR launch; reached 132 km [but mission failed]
United States 1973-06-04 WSMR, NM (Szostek/Swanson red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet (the red part is based on Spacecraft Type-C general-purpose cachet) on cover, also insert Aerobee-170A WSMR-Skylab atmospheric data intercomparison mission (2 June, reached 175 km) and Black Brant WSMR-Skylab solar extreme UV data calibration mission (4 June, reached 132 km [but mission failed]); both launches were from WSMR
United States 1973-06-04 WSMR, NM (Szostek/Swanson red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet (slightly different arrangement; the red part is based on Spacecraft Type-C general-purpose cachet) on cover
French Guiana 1973-06-07 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-22 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-06-07 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-06-07 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover
United States 1973-06-11 WSMR, NM (Szostek red-brown printed/WSMR Cover no.13) cachet on cover, also back Aerobee-200A joint WSMR-Skylab solar data calibration mission; WSMR launch; reached 221 km
United States 1973-06-13 WSMR, NM (Szostek blue printed/WSMR Cover no.14) cachet on cover, also back Black-Brant-5C solar UV/X-ray mission (observed the same region of the Sun as the Skylab ATM⁵³, for data comparison and calibration); WSMR launch; reached 241 km
Australia 1973-06-18 Woomera SA (Purple and orange printed) cachet on cover Skylark-6AC far UV astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 227 km
United States 1973-06-28 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Terrier-Recruit probable aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; altitude reached not known
Sweden 1973-08-01 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache aeronomy mission; Esrange launch; reached 109 km
United States 1973-08-09 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.21) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5C CALROC-2 (Calibration Rocket 2) extreme UV mission (to "properly calibrate the Apollo Telescope⁵³ aboard Skylab"); WSMR launch; reached 269 km
Japan 1973-08-19 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.21) cachet on cover S-210-9 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 115 km
Japan 1973-08-21 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.22) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-43 sodium (Latin "natrium") release⁵ aeronomy mission; resulting luminous cloud was observed in daylight for the first time ever; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 355 km
Japan 1973-08-27 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.23) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-44 X-ray astronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 341 km
United States 1973-08-29 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ RVTO³⁶-3A-2 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km
United States 1973-08-30 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.23) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5C data intercomparison mission for Skylab's ATM⁵³ data (and also possibly for the EREP (Earth Resources Experiments Package)⁴⁹ data); WSMR launch; reached 299 km
Japan 1973-09-05 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.24) cachet on cover MT-135P-T7 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 57 km
French Guiana 1973-09-10 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-23 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-09-12 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-24 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-09-12 Kourou (CPK?) cachet on cover
United States 1973-09-18 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Ute-Tomahawk Polar Disturbed Ionosphere mission with rocket balloon; Poker Flat 6 AM launch; reached 127 km
United States 1973-09-18 Chatanika AK (Magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Ute-Tomahawk Polar Disturbed Ionosphere mission with rocket balloon; Poker Flat 8 AM launch; reached 129 km
United States 1973-09-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² unknown aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 65 km
Australia 1973-09-19 Woomera SA (Blue and red-brown printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 121 km
Australia 1973-09-19 Woomera SA (Blue and red-brown printed) cachet (different) on cover
French Guiana 1973-09-29/30 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover 65 (not "fifty-five" as in cover2) aeronomy missions, of which 48 provided useful data, during the CIMO⁴⁴ intensive observation period⁴⁵ that lasted from 20 Sep through 1 Oct 1973 (the covers bear the dual-date cancel 29-30 Sep 1973); Kourou launches; altitudes reached were mostly in the range of 65-80 km
French Guiana 1973-09-29/30 Kourou (Lollini blue printed) cachet on cover
United States 1973-09-30 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ ACE-1 (Advanced Control Experiment 1) re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km
United States 1973-10-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Arcasonde¹⁰ aeronomy mission; 11:15 AM Wallops Island launch; reached 59 km
United States 1973-10-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover ARCAS² Arcasonde¹⁰ aeronomy mission; 2:04 PM Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 60 km
French Guiana 1973-10-10 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-25 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-10-31 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-40 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission to study the hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of the stratosphere and mesosphere; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1973-10-31 Kourou (Centre Spatial Guyanais) cachet on cover
Australia 1973-11-02 Woomera SA (Orange and green printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 175 km
Australia 1973-11-02 Woomera SA (Pink and cyan printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 astronomy mission (different); Woomera launch; reached 166 km
Australia 1973-11-07 Woomera SA (Orange and purple printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 167 km
Australia 1973-11-10 Woomera SA (Red and brown and green printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 175 km
Australia 1973-11-10 Woomera SA (Pink and cyan printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 astronomy mission (different); Woomera launch; reached 169 km
French Guiana 1973-11-29 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-41 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1973-12-04 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5C barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 570 km
United States 1973-12-10 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.25) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5C CALROC-3 (Calibration Rocket 3) solar extreme UV mission; WSMR launch; reached 269 km; (cameras "photograph areas of solar activity while astronauts in Skylab use their telescope mount to photograph the same regions")
United States 1973-12-10 WSMR, NM (WSMR red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1973-12-12 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-42 launch; France - NASA program of co-operation and the 13th launch of a meteorological research rocket in 1973 as part of the program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1973-12-19 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.26) cachet on cover Aerobee-200A data intercomparison mission for Skylab's ATM⁵³ data; WSMR launch; reached 220 km
United States 1973-12-19 WSMR, NM (WSMR blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-01-04 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.27) cachet on cover Aerobee-200A NASA/WSMR/NRL⁵⁵ Kohoutek optical/UV astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 233 km
United States 1974-01-04 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.27) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1974-01-07 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.28) cachet on cover Aerobee-200A NASA/WSMR/NRL⁵⁵ Kohoutek aeronomy/extreme UV astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 193 km
United States 1974-01-07 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.28) cachet (and signature) on cover
French Guiana 1974-01-09 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-45 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1974-01-12 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.29) cachet on cover Aerobee-200A NASA/WSMR/NRL⁵⁵ Kohoutek observation mission; WSMR launch; reached 82 km [but mission failed]
United States 1974-01-12 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.29) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1974-01-15 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.30) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5C intercomparison mission to measure contamination by particles around Skylab and estimate their effect on the ATM ⁵³; WSMR launch; reached 234 km
Japan 1974-01-16 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.29) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-45 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 365 km
United States 1974-01-16 Chatanika AK (Magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk falling sphere - TMA release mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 298 km (TMA is trimethyl aluminum, a neutral tracer released by the falling sphere which could be observed; the observations were used to calculate ionospheric winds and densities)
United States 1974-01-21 Chatanika AK (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk barium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 298 km
Japan 1974-01-22 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.30) cachet on cover L-3H-8 X-ray astronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 1571 km (but data transmission was lost at 500 km)
United States 1974-01-30 (machine cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Athena-RTV⁵¹ HEART³⁷ mission V4-6765; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 200 km
United States 1974-01-30 (hand cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-01-30 (machine cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-01-30 (hand cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Japan 1974-02-01 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.31) cachet on cover JCR-10 test mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 120 km
Japan 1974-02-02 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.32) cachet on cover MT-135P-T9 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 60 km
French Guiana 1974-02-04 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-46 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-02-04 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
Australia 1974-02-05 Woomera SA (Green and brown printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1203 extreme UV survey mission; Woomera launch; reached 197 km
United States 1974-02-07 Chatanika AK (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Astrobee-D tracking test mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 91 km
Japan 1974-02-10 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.34) cachet on cover MT-135P-T10 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 60 km
United States 1974-02-13 Chatanika AK (Red and green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Black-Brant-5C aeronomy mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 200 km
United States 1974-02-13 Chatanika AK (Magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on (airmail) cover
French Guiana 1974-02-14 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-47 mission; France - NASA meteorological co-operation (in text of Lollini cachet); Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-02-14 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
United States 1974-02-18 Chatanika AK (Red and green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Hydac aeronomy mission, including falling spheres for air density; Poker Flat launch; reached 150 km
United States 1974-02-18 Chatanika AK (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-02-21 Chatanika AK (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5C aeronomy mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 180 km
French Guiana 1974-02-22 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-43A and 35-44B aeronomy missions; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launches; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-02-22 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-43B mission in support of isentropic balloon program; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-02-22 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover
French Guiana 1974-02-25 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-44B aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-02-25 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
United States 1974-02-26 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.31) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5C LPSP (Laboratoire de Physique Stellaire et Planétaire) EUV (Extreme UltraViolet) solar mission; WSMR launch; [mission failed] at 98 km; (the cover text says that this was a Pioneer-10 Jupiter flyby data calibration mission, but that appears incorrect, since that flyby took place on 3 December 1973)
French Guiana 1974-02-27 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-48 mission in support of isentropic balloon program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-02-27 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
United States 1974-03-06 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/DuBeau? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Atlas-F ABRES³¹ BMRS⁴⁷ SFT⁴⁸-1 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1400 km
French Guiana 1974-03-13 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-49 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-03-13 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
United States 1974-03-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-03-19 Kousou (Lollini) cachet on cover NASA 1974 spring equinox campaign; 12 Super-Loki aeronomy missions were launched from Kourou on 19 March; they reached altitudes from 65 to 75 km
Australia 1974-03-20 Woomera SA (Green printed) cachet on cover Lorikeet aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 100 km
United States 1974-03-22 Chatanika AK (Purple and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Strypi Acanta-Contiga aurora and "magnetospheric dumping" mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 200 km [but mission failed]
United States 1974-03-22 Chatanika AK (Magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-03-22 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover NASA 1974 spring equinox campaign: multiple aeronomy launches from approximately 19 March to 27 March of Nike-Cajun (reached 85-120 km), Super-Loki (reached 65-75 km) and Super-ARCAS² (reached around 75 km) rockets; "Nike-Ozone" as written in the cachet is not a rocket type. It probably refers to one of the atmospheric constituents measured during the campaign. All launches were from Kourou.
French Guiana 1974-03-22 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Two Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy missions to measure "upper atmospheric structure, temperature and wind speeds" (in French text); Wallops Island launches; both reached 120 km altitude. NOTE: these launches were part of the NASA 1974 spring equinox campaign noted in the cover immediately above.
United States 1974-03-26 (hand cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Athena-RTV⁵¹ HEART³⁷ mission V4-6766; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 200 km
United States 1974-03-26 (machine cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-03-26 (machine cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
French Guiana 1974-03-27 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-50 aeronomy mission; the 9th launch in the 1974 co-operative NASA-France program of meteorological rocket missions; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-03-27 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
United States 1974-04-12 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Astrobee-D ionospheric mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 129 km
French Guiana 1974-04-17 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-51 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-04-17 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
Australia 1974-04-23 Woomera SA (Brown and tan printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1207 ionospheric physics mission; Woomera launch; reached 178 km
French Guiana 1974-05-02 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-52 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1974-05-14 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Malemute test mission (first flight of the Nike-Malemute); Wallops Island launch; reached 500 km
French Guiana 1974-05-15 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-53 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1974-05-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Apache aeronomy and ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 138 km
French Guiana 1974-05-29 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-54 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1974-05-31 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Super-Loki Datasonde/Starute¹⁶ aeronomy mission (goal was to obtain data to compare with those from the "NOAA-3" weather satellite); Poker Flat launch; reached 60 km
United States 1974-06-18 WSMR, NM (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.33) cachet on cover Aries-1 test/astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 300 km
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover 54 missions in Project ALADDIN¹⁸ '74, mostly for aeronomy, but also for some other specialized studies; Javelin, Black-Brant, Tomahawk and Nike-Apache rockets, as well as several other types, were used; Wallops Island launches (on 29 and 30 June); the aeronomy missions generally reached 75-100 km, while others flew to the 150-250 km range of altitudes.
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk ALADDIN¹⁸ '74 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (at 5:05 PM 29 Jun); reached 186 km
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Cajun ALADDIN¹⁸ '74 aeronomy/extreme UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (at 8:10 PM 29 Jun); reached 100 km
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson purple and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Three Ute-Tomahawk ALADDIN¹⁸ '74 chemical release⁵ aeronomy missions; Wallops Island launches on 29 June at 5:20 PM, 9:06 PM, and 11:45 PM (reached 186 km, 203 km, and 201 km, respectively)
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² ALADDIN¹⁸ '74 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 90 km
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Ute-Tomahawk ALADDIN¹⁸ '74 sodium-lithium chemical release⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 180 km
United States 1974-06-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Paiute-Tomahawk ALADDIN¹⁸ '74 chemical release aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 228 km
United States 1974-08-19 Chatanika AK (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Super-Loki "noctilucent cloud study"; Poker Flat launch; reached 66 km
United States 1974-08-28 (machine cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Athena-RTV⁵¹ HEART³⁷ mission V4-6767; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 200 km
United States 1974-08-28 (hand cancel) Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1974-08-28 Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-09-04 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-55 research rocket in support of isentropic balloon program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-09-04 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover
French Guiana 1974-09-04 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
Australia 1974-09-05 Woomera SA (Pink and blue printed) cachet on cover HISTAR⁵²-8 IR astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 193 km; (it is not known what "A" in the cachet text refers to)
Australia 1974-09-05 Woomera SA (Green and red printed) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-09-11 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Centaure-2C aeronomy mission under co-operation of ESRO, CNES, and IASB (Aeronautics and Space Institute of Belgium); Kourou launch; reached 120 km
Japan 1974-09-11 Riori (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.46) cachet on cover MT-135P meteorological mission; Ryori launch; reached 60 km
French Guiana 1974-09-11 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-56 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-09-12 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-09-12 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Centaure-2C nitrogen oxide release aeronomy mission; Kourou launch; reached 140 km
Australia 1974-09-12 Woomera SA (Red-brown and yellow printed) cachet on cover HISTAR⁵²-9 IR astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km; (it is not known what "Australian-designed A-1 rocket" in the cachet text refers to)
Australia 1974-09-12 Woomera SA (Red-brown and orange printed) cachet on cover
Australia 1974-09-12 Woomera SA (Red-brown and grey printed) cachet on cover HISTAR⁵²-9 IR astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 200 km; (it is not known what "A" in the cachet text refers to)
Japan 1974-09-15 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.43) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-46 ionospheric plasmas mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 336 km
French Guiana 1974-09-18 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-57 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km; (the RAVEN balloons mentioned in the two Lollini cachets appear to have had no direct relation to the rocket mission)
French Guiana 1974-09-18 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-09-18 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover
Japan 1974-09-20 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.45) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-48 ionospheric X-ray/UV mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 340 km
United States 1974-09-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Malemute test mission (second and last flight of the Nike-Malemute); Wallops Island launch; reached 465 km
French Guiana 1974-10-02 Kourou (Lollini silk) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-58 research rocket (part of the international balloons campaign); Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-10-02 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-10-02 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-10-16 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-59 research rocket (part of the international balloons campaign); Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-10-16 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-10-30 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-60 research rocket (part of the international balloons campaign); Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-10-30 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-11-05 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Eridan FAUST #1 (FAr Ultraviolet Space Telescope) UV astronomy mission; Kourou launch; reached 220 km
French Guiana 1974-11-13 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-61 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-11-13 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-11-18 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Eridan FAUST #2 (FAr Ultraviolet Space Telescope) UV astronomy mission; Kourou launch; reached 220 km
French Guiana 1974-11-18 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (and no address) on cover
French Guiana 1974-11-27 Kourou (Lollini silk) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-62 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-11-27 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-11-27 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1974-12-04 Kourou (CPK) cachet (and signature) on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-64 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km (the Lollini cachet incorrectly identifies the mission as Super-ARCAS²-35-63)
French Guiana 1974-12-04 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
United States 1974-12-06 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 306 km
French Guiana 1974-12-18 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-65 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1974-12-18 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-01-09 Kourou (Lollini silk) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²35-66 research rocket; (part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program); Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km; the second cover also mentions the Kourou "assembly hall" for the French rockets Centaure, Dragon, Rubis, Eridan and Véronique
French Guiana 1975-01-09 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
Japan 1975-01-17 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.47) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-49 airglow aeronomy mission; measurements of ozone, oxygen and ionospheric plasmas; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 363 km
United States 1975-01-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Paiute-Tomahawk ALADDIN¹⁸ -'75 sphere aeronomy/plasma mission; Wallops Island launch on 17 June at 6:35 PM; reached 190 km
United States 1975-01-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Japan 1975-01-20 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.48) cachet on cover S-310-1 test mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 192 km
Japan 1975-01-23 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.49) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-50 X-ray astronomy and plasmas mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 350 km
Russia (USSR) 1975-01-26 Sogra, Archangelsk (Sogra Geophysical Observatory?) cachet on cover Eridan ionospheric and plasma studies mission (part of the Franco-Soviet ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment, which was dedicated to auroral studies); Kerguelen Island launch; reached 190 km; (a similar mission with a second Eridan rocket took place on 25 February 1975)
Australia 1975-01-28 Woomera SA (Cyan and red printed) cachet on cover Meadowlark research rocket first flight; Woomera launch; designed for altitudes up to 350 km
French Guiana 1975-01-30 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-67 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-01-30 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
Japan 1975-01-30 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.50) cachet on cover MT-135P-T13 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 59 km
Japan 1975-02-05 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.51) cachet on cover ETV test mission; Tanegashima launch ("Q-2" in cachet text refers to the second launch from pad "Q"); reached 168 km
United States 1975-02-05 Chatanika AK (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Black-Brant-6 US Army Arctic test aeronomy mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 72 km
French Guiana 1975-02-06 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-68 aeronomy mission for measurements just before the launch by a Diamant rocket of the STARLET satellite; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
Japan 1975-02-07 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.52) cachet on cover MT-135P-T14 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 61 km
French Guiana 1975-02-13 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-69 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-02-26 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-70 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1975-02-26 Chatanika AK (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Astrobee-D AFCRL¹⁵ aeronomy mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 104 km
French Guiana 1975-03-12 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-71 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km; also STARLETTE, spelled "STARLET" (in the two Lollini cachets)
French Guiana 1975-03-12 Kourou (Lollini silk) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-03-12 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
United States 1975-03-17 Chatanika AK (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma/electric fields/aurora mission; Poker Flat launch; reached 270 km
Australia 1975-03-18 Woomera SA (Blue and brown printed) cachet on cover Skylark launched on 14 March for solar X-ray measurements at the time of Helios-A solar perihelion; Woomera launch; reached 270 km; payload was recovered on 18 March
Australia 1975-03-20 Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre (Red and yellow and blue printed) cachet on cover supposedly an aeronomy mission according to the cachet text, but Turana⁶ was not an atmospheric research rocket
French Guiana 1975-03-26 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-72 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-03-26 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
United States 1975-04-02 Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Athena-RTV⁵¹ HEART³⁷ mission V4-7489; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 200 km
Australia 1975-04-04 Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre (Red and yellow and blue printed) cachet on cover supposedly an aeronomy mission according to the cachet text, but Turana⁶ was not an atmospheric research rocket
French Guiana 1975-04-16 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-73 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-04-16 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-04-16 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover
Australia 1975-04-24 Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre (Red and yellow and blue printed) cachet on cover supposedly an aeronomy mission according to the cachet text, but Turana⁶ was not an atmospheric research rocket
Australia 1975-04-28 Woomera SA (Red and yellow printed) cachet on cover Aero-High aluminium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 180 km
French Guiana 1975-04-29 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-74 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km; also 7th anniv. the first rocket launch from Kourou
French Guiana 1975-04-29 Kourou (Lollini silk) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-04-29 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-05-14 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-75 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-05-17 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²- 35-76 aeronomy mission, in support of the launch of the satellites D-5B (Castor) and D-5A (Pollux); part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-05-28 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-77 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-05-28 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-05-28 Kourou (Lollini) cachet (slightly different) on cover
French Guiana 1975-05-28 Kourou (Lollini silk) cachet on cover
Australia 1975-05-29 Woomera SA (Brown and green printed) cachet on cover Unknown type upper atmospheric research rocket test mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known
French Guiana 1975-05-30 Kourou (Lollini silk) cachet on cover Véronique-3M FAUST #3 (FAr Ultraviolet Space Telescope) UV astronomy mission; Kourou launch; reached 172 km
French Guiana 1975-05-30 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-06-11 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-78 research rocket; CNES-NASA cooperative aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-06-11 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-06-11 Kourou (Lollini) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-06-18 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-79 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
Australia 1975-06-24 Woomera SA (Red and green printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1105 X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 180 km
United States 1975-07-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 120 km
Australia 1975-08-12 Adelaide SA (Green and brown printed) cachet on cover Unknown type upper atmospheric research rocket mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known
Australia 1975-08-13 Woomera SA (Red and yellow and green printed) cachet on cover Unknown type upper atmospheric research rocket mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known
Japan 1975-08-17 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.54) cachet on cover TT-210 test mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 113 km
Australia 1975-08-21 Woomera SA (Pink and red and blue printed) cachet on cover Skylark upper atmospheric research rocket; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known
Australia 1975-08-21 Woomera SA (Tan and green and magenta aprinted) cachet (changed colors) on cover
Russia (USSR) 1975-09-07 Baikonur Karaganda Oblast (Purple and red and green printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on (known fake²⁹) cover Vertikal-3 solar UV/X-ray mission; Kapustin Yar launch on 2 September; reached 502 km
French Guiana 1975-09-09 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-80 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-09-09 Kourou (CPK) cachet (and signature) on cover
Japan 1975-09-10 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.60) cachet on cover MT-135P-T15 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch (cachet incorrectly gives Uchinoura); reached 59 km
French Guiana 1975-09-17 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-81 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
Japan 1975-09-24 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.62) cachet on cover Kappa-10-11 X-ray astronomy and solar UV mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 196 km
United States 1975-09-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanton green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 243 km
United States 1975-09-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanton blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-09-29 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-82 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1975-10-29 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-83 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
Australia 1975-11-07 Woomera SA (Magenta and cyan printed) cachet on cover Cockatoo-C3009 lithium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 150 km
United States 1975-11-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Javelin test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 163 km
Australia 1975-11-25 Woomera SA (Green and red printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1112 X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 251 km
Australia 1975-12-04 Woomera SA (Purple and cyan printed) cachet on cover Corella-C1002 chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 220 km
United States 1975-12-11 Vandenberg AFB, CA (DuBeau? cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Ute-Tomahawk ESCAPE-II (Sphere) aeronomy mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 164 km
United States 1975-12-11 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (DuBeau? cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1975-12-18 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-84 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1976-01-07 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 75 km
United States 1976-01-15 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Terrier-Malemute (mis-spelled "Malmute") test mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 81 km
United States 1976-01-15 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1976-01-15 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Japan 1976-01-18 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.64) cachet on cover Kappa-10-12 ionospheric IMS (International Magnetic Systems) mission in advance of EXOS-A and EXOS-B launches; Uchinoura launch; reached 350 km ("216 km" in text possibly is in miles rather than kilometers)
United States 1976-01-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma mission; Wallops Island launch (on 18 January); reached 270 km
United States 1976-01-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Astrobee-D plasma mission; Wallops Island launch (on 18 January); reached 76 km
French Guiana 1976-01-21 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-85 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1976-01-23 Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Astrobee-D plasma physics mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 76 km
United States 1976-01-24 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk Winter Anomaly aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 23 January); reached 117 km
French Guiana 1976-01-28 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-86 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1976-01-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS² ion densities plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 70 km
United States 1976-01-30 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
French Guiana 1976-02-18 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-87 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1976-02-18 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Black-Brant-5C Solar UV and X-ray mission for OSO-8 data calibration; WSMR launch; reached 282 km
United States 1976-02-24 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Aerobee-170 solar X-ray/extreme UV mission; WSMR launch; reached 221 km
Australia 1976-02-26 Woomera SA (Blue and purple printed) cachet on cover Kookaburra K2021 aeronomy mission to measure density-height and wind profiles; Woomera launch; probably reached around 85 km
French Guiana 1976-03-17 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-88 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1976-04-01 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-89 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1976-04-14 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-90 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1976-04-21 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Viper-Dart Datasonde/Starute¹⁶ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 68 km
United States 1976-04-21 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
French Guiana 1976-04-29 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-91 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1976-05-12 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-92 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
Australia 1976-05-13 Woomera SA (Cyan and red printed) cachet on cover Skylark SL1115 X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 231 km
French Guiana 1976-06-02 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-93 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1976-06-09 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-94 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
United States 1976-06-11 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Javelin test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 130 km
United States 1976-06-11 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1976-06-11 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1976-06-11 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
Australia 1976-06-11 Woomera SA (Blue and red printed) cachet on cover Skylark X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached 280 km
United States 1976-06-18 Cape Canaveral FL (Space Voyage purple and pink) cachet on cover GP-A (Gravity Probe A) mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 10,230 km; (carried a precise clock that measured slight changes in the clock rate due to the lower gravity force aloft during the 1 hour and 55 minutes of flight time)
United States 1976-06-18 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage brown and pink) cachet on cover
United States 1976-06-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1976-06-18 Greenbelt MD (GSFC STDN blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1976-06-30 WSMR, NM (WSMR red rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover Aerobee-170 solar irradiance measurement experiment "to calibrate solar panels on Nimbus-6"; WSMR launch; reached 225 km
United States 1976-08-04 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson/DuBeau? green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover (possible) single stage of a Nike-Hercules rocket used as a sounding rocket; Wallops Island launch; altitude reached is unknown
United States 1976-08-04 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1976-08-04 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1976-08-05 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/Vandy? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Minuteman test mission; Vandenberg launch; altitude reached unknown
United States 1976-08-05 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Swanson/Vandy? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1976-08-12 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 148 km
Japan 1976-08-21 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.69) cachet on cover S-310-3 ionization and electron temperature and number density mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 195 km
French Guiana 1976-09-15 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-95 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
Japan 1976-09-16 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.72) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-55 ionospheric temperature and electron density mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 359 km
Japan 1976-09-18 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.73) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-56 ionospheric ozone and nitric oxides mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 300 km
Japan 1976-09-25 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.75) cachet on cover MT-135P-T17 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 59 km
French Guiana 1976-09-29 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-96 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
French Guiana 1976-10-13 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-97 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km
Australia 1976-11-10 Woomera SA (Orange and brown printed) cachet on cover Black-Brant (not "Brandt", as in the cachet text) APD-VB42 cosmic X-ray mission; Woomera launch; reached 215 km
United States 1976-11-17 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Black-Brant-5C solar X-ray mission; WSMR launch; reached 261 km
United States 1976-11-19 WSMR, NM (Boudwin blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Black-Brant-8C extreme UV astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 295 km
French Guiana 1976-12-01 Kourou (CPK) cachet on cover Super-ARCAS²-35-100 aeronomy mission; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; Kourou launch; probably reached around 75 km; this was the 100th launch in the Super-ARCAS²-35 series
United States 1977-01-08 Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Nike-Tomahawk (mis-spelled "Toamhawk") plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 138 km
United States 1977-01-08 Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1977-01-08 Wallops Island VA (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Astrobee-D plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 83 km
Australia 1977-02-16 Woomera SA (Yellow and blue printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-200 X-ray astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached approximately 280 km
Australia 1977-02-18 Woomera SA (Blue printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 UV astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached approximately 280 km
Australia 1977-02-18 Woomera SA (Pink and blue plrinted) cachet on cover Aerobee-200 UV astronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached approximately 280 km
Australia 1977-02-22 Woomera SA (Purple and blue printed) cachet on cover Aerobee-170 aeronomy mission; Woomera launch; reached approximately 280 km
Japan 1977-02-24 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MT-135P-T18 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch; probably reached around 60 km
Japan 1977-02-24 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States 1977-06-21 WSMR, NM (Swanson blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet (design based on Spacecraft Type-C general-purpose cachet) on (airmail) cover Black-Brant-5C SPAR-4²⁷ microgravity mission; WSMR launch; reached 179 km
United States 1977-07-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Taurus-Orion test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 240 km
United States 1977-08-10 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover First day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1977-08-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1977-08-10 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1977-08-12 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Second day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-12 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1977-08-12 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1977-08-15 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Third day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1977-08-16 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Fourth day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-16 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Japan 1977-08-16 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.81) cachet on cover L-3H-9 ionospheric radio wave mission in advance of EXOS-A and EXOS-B launches; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 1294 km
United States 1977-08-17 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Fifth day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-18 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Sixth day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Seventh day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-19 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States 1977-08-19 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover
United States 1977-08-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Eighth day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-23 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Ninth and last day of dual-launch experiment²⁶ to compare stratospheric and mesospheric measurements: Super-Loki (with Starute¹⁶) launched from Wallops Island and M100B (with Soviet parachute system) launched from the Soviet hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev; rockets reached around 70 km
United States 1977-08-23 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Japan 1977-08-25 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.82?) cachet on cover TT-500 test mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 300 km
Japan 1977-09-14 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.86) cachet on cover Kappa-10-13 X-ray/UV astronomy mission "as preliminary test for the coming launch of [the] 7th scientific satellite" (which was Astro-A/Hinotori, launched in 1981); Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 204 km
Japan 1977-09-15 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.87) cachet on cover S-210-12 aeronomy mission; measurements of ozone, aerosols, and ionospheric electron density; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 114 km
United States 1977-09-29 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Astrobee-F mission to "measure vertical atmospheric [profile of] ozone in Chappuis bands & absolute value of solar ionizing flux"; WSMR launch; reached 257 km
Japan 1978-01-22 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.90) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-62 electron temperature and solar X-ray mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 369 km
United States 1978-01-31 WSMR, NM (Two-part black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Black-Brant solar corona X-ray mission; WSMR launch; reached 273 km; also Explorer-1 anniversary cover
United States 1978-02-13 WSMR, NM (Swanson blue and black typed) cachet (design based on Spacecraft Type-C general-purpose cachet) on (airmail) cover Black-Brant HRTS-2 (High Resolution Telescope and Spectrograph) solar UV mission; WSMR launch; reached 210 km
Japan 1978-02-17 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MT-135P-T21 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 64 km
Japan 1978-02-26 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-60 UV and X-ray astronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 340 km; [what appears to be a three-axis-stabilized satellite is a Galactic X-ray instrument]
United States 1978-05-13 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? blue and black typed) cachet on cover 30th anniv. launch of Bumper-WAC-1^7,21 at WSMR on 13 May 1948; it was a successful test mission, in which the V-2 booster reached 112 km and the WAC Corporal upper section reached 128 km
United States 1978-06-11 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Nike-Apache (Wallops Island launch; reached 220 km) and MR-12 (Soviet research ship Professor Vize launch; reached 170 km) JASPIC¹⁹ intercomparison plasma/ionization missions
United States 1978-06-12 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Aries-1 X-ray astronomy and SPAR²⁷ followup microgravity mission; WSMR launch; reached 355 km
United States 1978-06-20 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Nike-Apache (Wallops Island launch; reached 184 km) and MR-12 (Soviet research ship Professor Vize launch; reached 175 km) JASPIC¹⁹ intercomparison plasma/ionization missions; "Nike-Tomahawk" rockets, launched from Wallops Island, were also used in the program; (see, for example, 1978-06-25)
United States 1978-06-20 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States 1978-06-23 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover MR-12 JASPIC¹⁹ intercomparison plasma/ionization mission; Soviet research ship Professor Vize launch; reached 168 km
United States 1978-06-23 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MR-12 JASPIC¹⁹ intercomparison plasma/ionization mission; Soviet research ship Professor Vize launch; reached 168 km; "Nike-Apache" rockets, launched from Wallops Island, were also used in the program; (see, for example, 1978-06-11 and 1978-06-20)
United States 1978-06-25 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Two MR-12 (Soviet research ship Professor Vize launches, at 7:31 PM and 9:31 PM; both reached 165 km) and Nike-Tomahawk (Wallops Island launch; reached 315 km) JASPIC¹⁹ intercomparison plasma/ionization missions; "Nike-Apache" rockets, launched from Wallops Island, were also used in the program; (see, for example, 1978-06-11 and 1978-06-20)
United States 1978-06-25 Wallops Island VA (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover MR-12 JASPIC¹⁹ intercomparison plasma/ionization mission; Soviet research ship Professor Vize launch (at 9:31 PM); reached 165 km
United States 1978-08-14 WSMR, NM (Swanson blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet (design based on Spacecraft Type-C general-purpose cachet) on cover Black-Brant HRTS (High Resolution Telescope and Spectrograph) solar UV mission; WSMR launch; reached 220 km [but mission failed]
Japan 1978-08-20 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.97) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-64 aurora and IR/UV/X-ray astronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 319 km; [what appears to be a three-axis-stabilized satellite is a Galactic X-ray instrument (on cover2)]
Japan 1978-08-20 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover
Japan 1978-08-24 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MT-135P-T22 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 62 km
Japan 1978-08-26 Tanegashima (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.100) cachet on cover MT-135P-T23 meteorological sounding mission; atmospheric observations were made by parachute-borne instruments released from the rocket; Tanegashima launch; reached 60 km
United States 1978-09-11 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Black-Brant SPAR-5²⁷ microgravity mission; WSMR launch; reached 165 km (102 miles; the "1.2 miles" in the text is incorrect)
United States 1978-12-16 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (Black printed) cachet on cover 20th anniv. Thor-DM-18A test mission that led to the inauguration of the intermediate range ballistic missile portion of the PMR (Pacific Missile Range); Vandenberg launch; reached 520 km
United States 1978-09-27 Wallops Island VA (Space Voyage) cachet on cover last JASPIC¹⁹ launches: Nike-Apache (from Wallops Island on 27 September; reached 183 km) and MR-12 (from Soviet research ship Professor Vize on 26 June; reached 165 km); JASPIC¹⁹ intercomparison plasma/ionization missions
Japan 1979-01-21 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.104) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-66 barium release⁵ and plasma and electron energy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 336 km
Canada 1979-02-24 Ear Falls ON (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Seven solar eclipse preparatory missions with rockets of several types (Super-Loki, Nike-Tomahawk, ARCAS, and Super ARCAS) were launched at Red Lake ON on 24 and 25 February. Altitude reached was generally around 80 km. The eclipse took place on 26 February, when three eclipse/aeronomy rocket missions were launched (two Taurus-Orions and one Nike-Iroquois). All three reached around 200 km.
United States 1979-08-14 WSMR, NM (Black typed) cachet on cover Three aeronomy rocket launches from WSMR to obtain data to compare with observations made by an SSH instrument (not SSD as in the cachet text) in an overpass of a DMSP satellite (possibly DMSP-5D1-F4 which was launched 1979-06-06); the Nike-Tomahawk mesospheric structure mission reached 190 km, the Nike-Tomahawk air density mission failed and reached only 18 km, and the Aerobee-170 ultraviolet mission reached 178 km.
United States 1979-10-17 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage) cachet on cover SPAR-6²⁷ microgravity mission; WSMR launch; reached 185 km
United States 1979-10-22 Wallops Island VA (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Nike-Orion aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 140 km
Japan 1980-01-18
1980-01-18 Uchinoura (text cancel)
Uchinoura (scenic cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover S-520-1 ionospheric mission to test a "solar power station" and to measure "ionosphere plasma [and] electron temperature"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 18 Jan 1980; reached 329 km
S-520-2 ionospheric mission to test a "solar power station" and "sub-rocket systems"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 29 Jan 1981; reached 323 km
S-520-4 ionospheric mission to measure "electron density"; also tested an EXOS-C satellite payload; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 5 Sep 1981; reached 224 km
Japan 1980-02-02
1980-02-02 Uchinoura (text cancel)
Uchinoura (scenic cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover S-310 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 179 km
United States 1980-02-16 WSMR, NM (Blue rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover Black Brant solar mission (solar corona measurements to compare with data from the African solar eclipse of the same date); WSMR launch; reached 268 km
Japan 1980-02-23
1980-02-23 Tanegashima (scenic cancel)
Minamitane (text cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MT-135P-T27 aeronomy mission "gathers meteorological data" (in cachet text); Tanegashima launch; reached 57 km
United States 1980-04-18 MSFC, AL (Space Voyage) cachet on cover "SPAR VII²⁷ shipped from MSFC" (Marshall Space Flight Center); it was launched by a Black Brant rocket on 14 May 1980 from the White Sands Missile Range and reached an altitude of 204 km
United States 1980-05-14 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Black-Brant SPAR-7²⁷ microgravity mission; WSMR launch; reached 204 km
Japan 1980-09-02 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage red and blue and pink) cachet on cover One Kappa-10 and three Kappa-9M launches: 17 Jan 1979 Kappa-9M aeronomy/ionosphere/"electron density" and "electron temperature" mission (reached 353 km); 27 Aug 1980 K-10 cosmic X-ray/IR astronomy mission (reached 219 km); 2 Sep 1980 Kappa-9M aeronomy/ionosphere/EXOS-C satellite data comparison mission (reached 230 km); 4 Sep 1980 aeronomy mission (reached 308 km [but payload failed]; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launches
Japan 1980-09-13
1980-09-13 Minamitane (text cancel)
Tanegashima (scenic cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Watanabe/NASDA no.?) cachet on cover MT-135P-T28 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 61 km
Sweden 1980-11-16 Kiruna (MBB) cachet on cover Aeronomy mission EBC-B E9B; (Super-Loki launch of E2 payload as part of the international research program Energy Budget Campaign); Esrange launch; reached 104 km
United States 1980-11-18 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage) cachet on cover SPAR-8²⁷ microgravity mission; WSMR launch; reached 198 km
Japan 1981-01-15
1981-01-15 Minamitane (text cancel)
Tanegashima (scenic cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover TT-500A Space Processing of Materials test mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 300 km
Japan 1981-01-22
1981-01-22 Uchinoura (scenic cancel)
Uchinoura (text cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover S-310-9 ionospheric mission to measure "electron density and electron temperature"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 22 Jan 1981; reached 174 km
S-310-10 ionospheric mission for "observation of [the] night temperature airglow; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 24 Aug 1981; reached 187 km
S-310-11 ionospheric and aeronomy mission to measure "ozone layer electron temperature and density"; also tested an EXOS-C satellite payload; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 7 Sep 1981; reached 193 km
Japan 1981-01-29
1981-01-29 Uchinoura (scenic cancel)
Uchinoura (text cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover S-520-1 ionospheric mission to test a "solar power station" and to measure "ionosphere plasma [and] electron temperature"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 18 Jan 1980; reached 329 km
S-520-2 ionospheric mission to test a "solar power station" and "sub-rocket systems"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 29 Jan 1981; reached 323 km
S-520-4 ionospheric mission to measure "electron density"; also tested an EXOS-C satellite payload; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 5 Sep 1981; reached 224 km
Japan 1981-02-12
1981-02-12 Minamtane (text cancel)
Tanegashima (scenic cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MT-135P-T28 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch on 13 September 1980; reached 61 km;
MT-135P-T29 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch on 15 September 1980; reached 60 km;
MT-135P-T30 aeronomy mission; Tanegashima launch on 12 February 1981; reached 61 km
United States 1981-05-04 WSMR, NM (Boudwin blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover Black-Brant-8C X-ray astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 294 km
United States 1981-08-10 Wallops Island VA (Black rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover Taurus-Orion plasma mission; Wallops Island launch on 8 August; reached 200 km
United States 1981-09-24 Wallops Island VA (Black rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover Orion plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 71 km
Japan 1982-02-18
1982-02-18 Uchinoura (scenic cancel)
Uchinoura (text cancel) (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Kappa-9M-72 ionospheric radio waves mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 13 February 1982; reached 328 km;
Kappa-9M-73 ionospheric/plasma/fields mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 15 January 1982; reached 303 km;
Kappa-9M-74 UV/X-ray astronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 18 February 1982; reached 315 km; [what appears to be a three-axis-stabilized satellite is a Galactic X-ray instrument]
United States 1982-06-17 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Aries extreme UV astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 247 km
United States 1986-10-27 Cape Canaveral FL (Blue printed) cachet on cover 25th anniv. Saturn-1 first sub-orbital launch (technology and systems test with water-filled dummy upper stages in anticipation of Project Highwater²³, which was carried out in the second and third Saturn-1 test missions); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 136 km
Japan 1987-02-22 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover S-310-16 E-region ionospheric mission with "study of aurora activity and plasma"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 1 February 1986; reached 201 km;
S-310-17 Airglow aeronomy mission with "study of aurora phenomena and plasma"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 6 September 1986; reached 202 km;
S-520-9 E-field ionosphere and aeronomy mission with "tests [of] electric equipment for EXOS-D"; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 15 January 1987; reached 365 km;
S-520-8 UV astronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch on 22 February 1987; reached 286 km
United States 1987-07-27 WSMR Branch NM (Boudwin magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover Black-Brant-8C solar mission; WSMR launch; reached 340 km
Japan 1987-09-09 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MT-135 three dropsonde meteorological missions; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launches (two 9 Sep and one 11 Sep, 1987 - the "1988" in the cachet for the 11 Sep launch is an error); reached 58, 57, and 56 km
United States 1989-08-20
1989-08-20 Minamitane (Japanese text cancel)
Minamitane (English text cancel) (Watanabe/NASDA no.38) cachet on cover, also insert TR-1-3 test flight (1/4 scale model of the H-II rocket); Tanegashima launch; reached 85 km
Japan 1990-01-20 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover DYANA³⁴ DUD³⁵-2 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 77 km
Japan 1990-01-29 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover DYANA³⁴ DUD³⁵-3 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launch; reached 80 km
Japan 1990-08-27 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover MT-135P-T52 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura launch on 27 August 1990;
MT-135P-T53 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura launch on 9 February 1991; reached 57 km;
MT-135P-T55 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura launch on 11 September 1991; reached 52 km;
MT-135P-T57 aeronomy mission; Uchinoura launch on 9 September 1992; reached 56 km
Sweden 1990-11-15 Kiruna (MBB/ERNO) cachet on cover Skylark-7 TEXUS⁴³-27 microgravity mission; Esrange launch; reached 249 km
Japan 1991-02-16 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Three S-520 launches: 16 Feb 1991 extreme UV astronomy mission (reached 337 km); 2 Feb 1992 IR astronomy mission (reached 338 km); and 18 Feb 1993 ionosphere/active "plasma study"/"electron density" mission (reached 272 km); Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launches
Japan 1991-09-11 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Four MT-135 ozone and aeronomy missions: 26 Aug 1990 (reached 57 km); 9 Feb 1991 (reached 57 km); 11 Sep 1991 (reached 52 km) and 9 Sep 1992 (reached 56 km); Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launches
United States 1991-11-16 WSMR, NM (Mission patch) cachet on cover Black-Brant-9 Consort⁴¹-4 microgravity mission; WSMR launch; reached 298 km
Japan 1992-02-02 Uchinoura (Scenic) cancel and (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Three S-520 launches: 16 Feb 1991 extreme UV astronomy mission (reached 337 km); 2 Feb 1992 IR astronomy mission (reached 338 km); and 18 Feb 1993 ionosphere/active "plasma study"/"electron density" mission (reached 272 km); Uchinoura (Kagoshima) launches
Japan 1993-09-17
1993-09-17 Minamitane (Japanese text cancel)
Minamitane (English text cancel) (Watanabe/NASDA no.55) cachet on cover, also insert TR-1A microgravity mission; Tanegashima launch; reached 264 km
Japan 1993-09-17 Minamitane (Space Voyage) cachet on cover Three TR-1A microgravity missions, all from Tanegashima: 16 Sep 1991 (reached 270 km); 20 Aug 1992 (reached 290 km); 17 Sep 1993 (reached 264 km)
United States 1994-07-19 WSMR, NM (Space Voyage grey and red and extra black) cachet on cover Black-Brant-9 UV astronomy mission to observe the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter (also HST and Galileo observations of the impact); WSMR launch; reached 163 km
Great Britain 1994-09-08 United Kingdon Postal Services (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back 50th anniv. the first V-2 rockets fired at England, from near The Hague in occupied Netherlands; probably reached around 80 km
Germany 1997-10-03 Penemunde (Blue-green rubber-stamp and blue hand-printed) cachet (and signature) on cover 55th anniv. V-2 test mission 4004; this was the first successful V-2 launch, at Peenemunde; altitude reached unknown; horizontal range attained was 190 km
United States 1997-11-13 WSMR, NM (Black printed) cachet on cover Black-Brant-9 UV astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 300 km
United States 1998-08-14 WSMR, NM (Black printed) cachet on cover Black-Brant-9 X-ray astronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 300 km
United States 1999-07-04 Wallops Island VA (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Black-Brant-5 chemical release⁵ ionosphere mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 250 km
United States 1999-07-04 Wallops Island VA (T. Chamberlain) cachet on cover
United States 1999-12-17 Wallops Island VA (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Terrier-Orion microgravity mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 168 km
United States 2001-08-15 Wallops Island VA (Swanson brown rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover Viper-3A (possible) aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; possibly reached around 75 km
United States 2006-02-08 WSMR, NM (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Terrier-Black Brant MOSES (Multi-order Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph) solar extreme UV mission; WSMR launch; reached 282 km
Sweden 2006-04-05 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet Hawk-Orion REXUS²⁰ science and technology mission; Esrange launch; reached 95 km
United States 2006-11-07 Las Cruces, WSMR Branch (Artopages) cachet on cover Black Brant-9 mission to verify the calibration of the SEM (Solar Extreme UV Monitor) instrument aboard the SOHO satellite; WSMR launch; reached 300 km.
United States 2007-03-20 Colorado Springs CO, Peterson AFB (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Falcon-1 technology test mission; Kwajalein Atoll (Omelek Island) launch; reached around 325 km [but mission failed when second stage shut down]
United States 2007-03-20 El Segundo CA (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover
United States 2007-11-06 WSMR, NM (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Black-Brant-9 solar extreme UV mission; WSMR launch; reached 300 km; studied "the physical properties of the solar corona"; observations provided calibrations for data from the "SOHO, TRACE, and Solar-B" satellites
Sweden 2010-03-04 Kiruna (Black rubber-stamp) cachet Hawk-Orion REXUS²⁰ science and technology mission; Esrange launch; reached 88 km
United States 2011-10-24 Sagamore MA (Coverscape) cachet on cover 65th anniv. launch of V-2 upper atmospheric and photographic mission; carried experiments for cosmic and solar radiation and wind measurement for the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University; also carried a motion picture camera that photographed Earth for the first time from a high altitude (around 100 km); flight reached 105 km
United States 2012-03-23 WSMR, NM (RES&C) cachet on cover Black-Brant IR astronomy mission; WSMR launch (on 22 March); reached 320 km
United States 2015-04-18 Wallops Island VA (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Terrier-Improved Malemute atmospheric sounding mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 174 km
United States 2018-10-18 Sagamore Beach MA (Coverscape) cachet on cover 55th anniv. CNES bioscience mission in which a cat named Félicette was launched in a special capsule aboard a Véronique rocket from Hammaguir, Algeria to an altitude of 155 km; (see also Spain private post stamp from 2013)
United States 2018-09-07 GSFC, Greenbelt MD (Red Eagle) cachet on cover Black-Brant-9 FOXSI (Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager) solar X-ray nanoflares mission; WSMR launch; reached 304 km
United States 2018-09-12 Las Cruces NM (Red Eagle) cachet on cover Spaceloft-XL technology test mission for NASA; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 114 km
United States 2018-09-17 Las Cruces NM (Red Eagle) cachet on cover Spaceloft-XL technology test and microgravity mission; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 114 km
United States 2019-06-20 Monument Beach MA (Coverscape) cachet on cover 75th anniv. V-2 rocket that became the first man-made object to rise above the Kármán line (100 km altitude); Peenemünde launch; reached 176 km
United States 2019-08-12 Wallops Island VA (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Terrier Black Brant ESIS (Extreme UV Snapshot Imaging Spectrograph) mission to observe solar eruptions; WSMR launch; reached 246 km
United States 2019-09-30 WSMR, NM (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover Terrier Improved Malemute science and technology mission (including, for example, testing re-entry and thermal protection systems and measuring cosmic rays); Wallops Island launch; reached 154 km
United States 2019-10-18 Monument Beach MA (Coverscape) cachet on cover 56th anniv. CNES bioscience mission in which a cat named Félicette was launched in a special capsule aboard a Véronique rocket from Hammaguir, Algeria to an altitude of 155 km; (see also Spain private post stamp from 2013)
United States 2020-09-08 White Sands NM (Red Eagle) cachet on cover Black Brant-9 DUST-2 (Determining Unknown yet Significant Traits-2) mission, to similate the formation and growth of tiny grains of space dust; WSMR launch; reached 346 km
United States 2020-12-15 Kodiak AK (Lollini) cachet on cover Astra rocket test mission 3.2; Kodiak Island launch; reached 390 km
United States 2021-02-26 Kennedy Space Center FL (Ranski) cachet on cover 55th anniv. launch Apollo-Saturn AS-201 (the first test of the launch vehicle and the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM)); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 488 km
United States 2022-10-24 White Sands PO (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back 76th anniv. launch of the V-2 #13 scientific mission for the Applied Physics Lab (Johns Hopkins University) and the US Army; it carried a movie camera and experiments to measure cosmic and solar radiation, and a chemical release package for upper wind measurements; WSMR launch; reached 105 km; the Johns Hopkins camera took motion pictures of Earth at over 100 km altitude; those pictures covered around 100,000 km² of area and were the first view of Earth from space (i.e. from above the von Kármán line, which is at 100 km)
United States 2023-03-23 Cape Canaveral FL (Sarmiento) cachet on cover Terran-1 "Good Luck, Have Fun" test flight (the goal was to place an instrumented upper stage into orbit); Cape Canaveral launch; [the mission failed when the second stage failed to ignite], so the rocket reached only around 130 km; no payload was orbited; this was the first and only launch of Terran-1; the designer and owner Relativity Space retired it to concentrate on their much larger Terran-R rocket
Atmospheric and other scientific research rockets (on other than rocket launch covers)
There exist a large number of covers with a Sokalsky cachet depicting 19 rockets. Details about the cachet, as well as images of the covers, are found in the Sokalsky page.
Austria 1967-10-04 Gmünd (Black printed) cachet on Sputnik-1 anniversary cover French research rockets Eridan, Dragon, and Centaure (from left to right); (see also Germany (West) cover 1967)
United States 1968-10-03 Vandenberg AFB, CA (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 front from ESRO-1A launch cover, also insert2 back and insert1 and cover front data were correlated with "measurements made simultaneously with sounding rockets launched from the ESRO range at Kiruna, Sweden"
United States 1969-10-01 Vandenberg AFB, CA (Orbit Covers) cachet on ESRO-1B launch cover experiments "coordinated with rockets from Kiruna, Sweden"
United States 1969-10-01 (insert1)
1969-10-01 (insert2 back) Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert1 and insert2 back from ESRO-1B launch cover, also insert2 front and cover front "measurements made simultaneously with sounding rockets launched from the ESRO launch site at Kiruna, Sweden"
United States 1969-10-01 (insert1)
1969-10-01 (insert2 back) Vandenberg AFB, CA (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert1 and insert2 back from ESRO-1B launch cover, also insert2 front and cover front
United States 1969-11-07 Vandenberg AFB, CA (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 front from Azur launch cover, also insert2 back and insert1 and cover front Preparatory work in 1966 and 1967 "consisted of a series of rocket launchings - from sites in Canada, Sweden, and Brazil - designed to check out the satellite's instrumentation"
United States 1969-11-07 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 front from Azur launch cover, also insert2 back and insert1 and cover front
United States 1969-11-07 Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 front from Azur launch cover, also insert2 back and insert1 and cover front (with signature)
United States 1976-03-16 Auburn MA (GSFC Stamp Club blue printed) cachet on 50th anniv. first liquid fuel rocket flight/launch cover "S/Rocket" (Sounding Rocket) - Nike-Apache research rocket; also "Robert H. Goddard - American Rocket Pioneer"
United States 1976-09-28 WSMR, NM (Boudwin? blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on stratospheric balloon launch cover V-2 research rocket
United States 1978-05-20 GSFC, MD (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same design as two above) on Pioneer-12 launch cover "S/Rocket" (Sounding Rocket) - Nike-Apache research rocket; also "Robert H. Goddard - American Rocket Pioneer"
United States 1978-10-24 GSFC, MD (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same) on Nimbus-7 and CAMEO launch cover "S/Rocket" (Sounding Rocket) - Nike-Apache research rocket; also "Robert H. Goddard - American Rocket Pioneer"
United States 1983-01-25 Greenbelt MD (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same) on IRAS and PIX-2 launch cover "S/Rocket" (Sounding Rocket) - Nike-Apache research rocket; also "Robert H. Goddard - American Rocket Pioneer"
French Guiana 2011-02-16 Kourou (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet (with reproduction of Russia 5060) on ATV-2 launch cover (probable) M-100 research rocket for ionospheric auroral studies

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(Sub-orbital) Research rockets in the LOWER atmosphere (troposphere and stratosphere)
United States	1946-03-15	US Navy	(Black-and-white photo and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Static-fire test of the first American-assembled V-2 rocket; also "June 28, 1946 marked the first successful launch at White Sands of a V-2 rocket fully instrumented for upper-air research [for the NRL⁵⁵]. The rocket attained a height of 67 miles [108 km]"; also "on October 24 [1946] [V-2] rocket #13 was launched, carrying a camera that took motion pictures of Earth from an altitude of approximately 65 mi [105 km]" (as part of a solar UV/cosmic radiation/chemical release mission)
United States	1947-09-08	USS Amphion	(Color photo) cachet on cover	Operation Sandy V-2 test launch from the USS Midway at Atlantic Ocean Launch Site 10 (27N,60W); ]mission failed when the rocket exploded at 1 km altitude]
United States	1959-02-16	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Draco (not "Green Quail") mission to test the hypersonic glide characteristics of the rocket; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 30 km
United States	1960-01-09	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover	Sergeant 5-stage Mercury model re-entry vehicle test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 34 km
United States	1960-01-21	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Little-Joe-1B Project Mercury systems test and biological mission (included physiological observations of the rhesus monkey 'Miss Sam'); Wallops Island launch; reached 14 km
United States	1960-04-19	Wallops Island VA	(Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover	Scout-X test mission; first Scout rocket launched from Wallops Island; reached 48 km; [mission failed when vehicle broke up after first-stage burnout]
United States	1960-04-19	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1960-05-09	Wallops Island VA	(Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Mercury-LES (Launch Escape System) test (the "Beach Abort-1" mission, in which the escape, landing and recovery systems of the first production model of a Mercury spacecraft were tested); Wallops Island launch; the capsule separated from the rocket at 775 m, descended by parachute, and was recovered by helicopter
United States	1960-07-13	Wallops Island VA	(Highway Stamp Club/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 28 km
United States	1960-07-13	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on (airmail) cover
United States	1960-11-08	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta and red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover	Mercury LJ-5 mission with a Mercury capsule to test an abort simulating the most severe launch conditions; Wallops Island launch; reached 16 km [but the mission failed]
United States	1960-11-08	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1960-12-16	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Mace test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 12 km
United States	1960-12-16	Patrick AFB, FL	(Fitzpatrick black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1960-12-16	Patrick AFB, FL	(DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-20	Port Canaveral FL	(Multi-color printed and black typed) cachet on cover	Titan-1 test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; [mission failed on the launch pad]
United States	1961-01-20	Port Canaveral FL	(C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp and hand-printed) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-20	Port Canaveral FL	(Black typed) cachet on cover
United States	1961-03-18	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover	Little-Joe LJ-5A mission [failed] to test the escape system and the structural integrity of the Mercury capsule; Wallops Island launch; reached 12 km
United States	1961-03-18	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-03-18	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-04-28	Wallops Island VA (hand cancel)	(Swanson/DuBeau? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Little-Joe LJ-5B mission to test the Mercury escape system under maximum dynamic pressure conditions (despite the lower-than-planned trajectory, the mission was a success); Wallops Island launch; reached 4 km
United States	1961-04-28	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson/DuBeau? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-05-09	Patrick AFB, FL	(Swanson black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout HETS²⁵ A1-2 plasma mission [failed]; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 10 km
United States	1961-06-01	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover	Matador test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 12 km
United States	1961-11-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(Sarzin?) cachet on cover	Atlas-E R&D mission with squirrel monkey 'Goliath' in the capsule; Cape Canaveral launch; [mission failed when the rocket had to be destroyed at 10 km altitude]
United States	1961-11-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft) cachet on cover
United States	1961-11-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States	1961-11-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(Harry Gordon? sticker) cachet on cover
United States	1961-11-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-11-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail, different) cover
United States	1962-04-12	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout-1 radiation measurement and re-entry test mission [failed when the second stage did not ignite]; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 30 km
United States	1962-04-12	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-12	Patrick AFB, FL	(A.B.Covers/Boerger) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-12	Port Canaveral FL	(SpaceCraft Type-C general-purpose and red typed) cachet on cover
United States	1962-05-08	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Atlas-Centaur R&D test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; [failed when the Centaur stage blew up at 6 km]
United States	1962-05-18	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft) cachet (see also 1959-11-19 launch cover and USA 1556 fdc) on cover	Nike-Smoke aeronomy mission (the separable nose cone filled with a titanium tetrachloride solution left a smoke trail in the sky, allowing the upper level winds to be determined by optical measurement); Cape Canaveral launch; probably reached around 14 km
United States	1962-11-16	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 29 km
United States	1962-11-16	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and sticker) cachet on cover
United States	1963-05-29	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; failed due to a first stage failure; altitude reached not known
United States	1963-08-28	WSMR, NM	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover	Little-Joe-2, first mission to test Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and Command Module parachute recovery system; WSMR launch; reached 8.4 km
United States	1964-05-13	WSMR, NM	(Blue printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Little-Joe-2 test mission with Apollo Command Module (CM) boilerplate BP-12 (a CM mass simulator); WSMR launch; reached 5 km
United States	1964-05-13	WSMR, NM	(SpaceCraft, no logo) cachet on cover, also insert
United States	1964-05-13	WSMR, NM	(H.D.W.) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back
United States	1964-09-26	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson grey and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² Biospace-6 biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 35 km
United States	1964-12-09	WSMR, NM	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover	Little-Joe-2 boilerplate mission to test launch abort capability and launch escape vehicle performance; WSMR launch; reached 5 km
United States	1965-03-17	Waimea HI	(DuBeau magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² aeronomy mission; Pacific Missile Range (Kauai) launch; altitude reached not known
United States	1965-05-19	Las Cruces NM, WSMR Branch	(Boudwin? cyan rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover	Little-Joe-2, fourth mission to test Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and Command Module parachute recovery system; WSMR launch; reached 5.9 km; partial failure
United States	1965-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Brown printed) cachet on cover	15th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket (identified in this annotated image) which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States	1965-08-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² Biospace biological mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 35 km
United States	1965-08-20	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² Biospace biological mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 35 km
United States	1965-08-24	Wallops Island VA	(Black and magenta printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² Biospace biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
United States	1965-09-10	Wallops Island VA	(Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² and HASP⁴ meteorological missions; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; 15 launches took place from 3-10 September 1965; the HASP⁴ launches probably reached around 29 km; the ARCAS² launches reached around 60 km
United States	1965-10-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) "mother-daughter" ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch (on 9 October); reached 32 km
United States	1965-10-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1965-10-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1965-10-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States	1965-10-11	Wallops Island VA	(Sarzin? and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1966-05-13	Wallops Island VA	(Black printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² and HASP⁴ meteorological missions; part of the EXAMETNET⁹ program; 18 launches took place from 10-13 May 1966; the HASP⁴ launches probably reached around 29 km; the ARCAS² launches reached around 60 km
United States	1967-08-09	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
United States	1967-08-09	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States	1969-10-10	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Atlas-F ABRES³¹ re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached only 10 km because of a stage 1 failure ("secret testing")
United States	1969-10-10	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover (different)
Argentina	1970-02-06	BA Filatelia	(Pictorial) cancel and (cyan printed) cachet on cover	5th anniv. Gamma Centaur X-ray measurement mission from Matienzo Base (Antarctica) on 6 February 1965; reached 35 km
United States	1970-07-24	Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel)	(Whitney green) cachet on cover	20th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design of the Whitney covers includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States	1970-07-24	Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel)	(Whitney green) cachet on cover
United States	1970-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Whitney green) cachet on cover
United States	1970-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	Un-gummed cinderella and (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover)
United States	1970-08-04	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² biological mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
Australia	1971-06-21	Woomera SA	(Magenta and yellow-orange printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H9 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia	1971-07-14	Woomera SA	(Black and yellow printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H10 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia	1971-07-27	Woomera SA	(Magenta and yellow printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H11 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia	1971-10-22	Woomera SA	(Purple and green printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H14 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia	1971-11-05	Woomera SA	(Magenta and yellow printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H15 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
French Guiana	1971-11-05	Kourou	(Lollini) cachet on cover	Europa program flight F10; Europa program flight F10; Europa-2 mission to launch boilerplate satellite STV-4 (mass 360 kg); Kourou launch; [failed at 27 km due to a structural failure of the third stage]
French Guiana	1971-11-05	Kourou	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover
French Guiana	1971-11-05	Kourou	(Orbit Covers) cachet on cover
Australia	1971-11-17	Woomera SA	(Purple and yellow printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H18 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
Australia	1972-02-23	Woomera SA	(Green and black printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H66 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
United States	1972-02-29	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson grey and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Nike test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 11 km
United States	1972-06-13	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-170 CHASER ABM IR sensor technology mission; Vandenberg AFB launch (on 20 June, not 13 June as in the cancel); [mission failed at an altitude of 8 km]
United States	1972-06-20	Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB	(Vandy?/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-170 CHASER ABM IR sensor technology mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; [mission failed at an altitude of 8 km]
Australia	1972-08-22	Woomera SA	(Pink and black printed) cachet on cover	UAR⁸ HASP⁴ H88 mission; Woomera launch; altitude reached not known but design maximum was 29 km
United States	1973-11-02	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	TATER (TAlos-TErrier-Recruit) test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 4 km (apparent failure)
Argentina	1974-02-06	BA Filatelia	(Pictorial) cancel and (magenta and black printed) cachet on cover	9th anniv. Gamma Centaur X-ray measurement mission from Matienzo Base (Antarctica) on 6 February 1965; reached 35 km
United States	1974-05-03	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	TATER (TAlos-TErrier-Recruit) low altitude rocket test mission; Wallops Island launch; probably reached around 5 km
Australia	1974-09-06	Woomera SA	(Yellow and blue printed) cachet on cover	Test flight of Jabiru-2 rocket; Woomera launch; reached 30 km
United States	1975-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Whitney magenta and blue) cachet on cover	25th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States	1976-06-09	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike research rocket test; Wallops Island launch; reached 20 km
United States	1977-06-16	WSMR, NM	(Space Voyage) cachet on cover	27th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design showing the launch is similar to this photo)
United States	1977-06-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Space Voyage) cachet (different) on cover
United States	1980-01-21	Moffett Field CA	(NASA Ames Research Center) cachet on cover	20th anniv. Little-Joe-1 Project Mercury systems test and biological mission (included physiological observations of the rhesus monkey 'Miss Sam'); Wallops Island launch; reached 14 km
United States	1980-01-21	Wallops Island VA	(Red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1980-07-24	Kennedy Space Center FL	(MoF no.90) cachet on cover	30th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States	1980-07-24	Satellite Beach FL	(Whitney blue) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1985-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Missile Stamp Club) cachet on cover	35th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cachet design includes a drawing of the rocket which is similar to this photo of the launch)
United States	1988-11-17	Cape Canaveral FL	(E'PRIME Aerospace Corporation) cachet on cover, also insert	LOFT⁴⁰-1 test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 4 km
United States	1989-10-05	Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB	(Boudwin purple and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	AMROC-SET1 test mission at Vandenberg; this was the American Rocket Company's (AMROC) first (and only) test launch of a planned commercial rocket; it failed on the pad
United States	1991-06-18	Kennedy Space Center FL	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover	Prospector Joust⁴²-1 microgravity mission; Cape Canaveral launch; veered off course and was aborted by range safety officer at 1 km altitude
United States	1999-08-05	Wallops Island VA	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover	Orion Student Outreach Program education mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 40 km
United States	2000-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on cover	50th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude; (the cancel and the cachet designs include either a drawing of the rocket based on this photo of the launch, or part of the photo itself)
United States	2000-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet (different) on cover
United States	2000-07-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet (different) on cover
United States	2004-07-17	Wallops Island VA	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover	"Pathfinder sounding rocket" mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 4 km
United States	2006-03-25	Army Postal Service	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover	Falcon-1 test flight (the very first of the SpaceX rocket flights); Omelek (Marshall Islands) launch; altitude reached not known but relatively low [the mission failed at T+25 seconds when a fuel leak caused a fire in the first stage engine area]
United States	2009-10-28	Kennedy Space Center FL	(Ranski) cachet on cover	Ares-1X NASA technology test mission; Kennedy Space Center launch; reached 45 km
United States	2009-10-28	Cape Canaveral FL	(Ranski) cachet on cover
United States	2009-10-28	Kennedy Space Center FL	(Lollini) cachet on cover
United States	2009-10-28	Kennedy Space Center FL	(Mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert
United States	2015-07-24	Sagamore Beach MA	(Coverscape) cachet on cover	65th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude
United States	2018-03-29	Caddo Mills TX	(Multi-color printed) cachet on cover	"SARGE⁴⁶ hover test" (on 17 March 2018) at Caddo Mills TX
United States	2018-05-05	Las Cruces NM	(Red Eagle) cachet on cover	SARGE⁴⁶ test mission at Spaceport America NM, delayed until August
United States	2018-08-25	Las Cruces NM	(Red Eagle) cachet on cover	SARGE⁴⁶ test mission [failed when an onboard GPS guidance system failed]; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 28 km
United States	2019-06-29	Las Cruces NM	(Red Eagle) cachet on cover	SARGE⁴⁶ test mission [failed when the navigation and directional control system failed]; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 4 km
United States	2019-10-26	Truth or Consequences NM	(Black printed and multi-color logo) cachet on cover	SARGE⁴⁶ test mission [failed due to a materials stress failure]; Spaceport America NM launch; reached 12 km
United States	2020-01-21	Monument Beach MA	(Coverscape) cachet on cover	60th anniv. Little-Joe-1 Project Mercury systems test and biological mission (included physiological observations of the rhesus monkey 'Miss Sam'); Wallops Island launch on 21 January 1960; reached 14 km
United States	2020-07-24	Monument Beach MA	(Coverscape) cachet on cover	70th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8^7,21 launch from Cape Canaveral, 24 July 1950; [the test mission failed when the first-stage V-2 exploded at 16 km]; however the second-stage Corporal did successfully separate, though it barely gained any more altitude
(Sub-orbital) Research rockets in the UPPER atmosphere (mesosphere and ionosphere)
Germany	1945-10-03	Bremen	(Black printed) cachet on postal card, also back	Allied Forces Operation Backfire V-2 rocket test (on 2 and 4 Oct); rocket was launched from Cuxhaven into the North Sea; the operational personnel were composed of a German field unit; altitude reached is unknown; typical V-2 long-range launches reached around 80 km
United States	1948-06-11	El Paso TX	(Black-and-white sticker and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back	V-2 Blossom-III Biology/Ionosphere/Aeronomy mission ("carried pressure, temperature, composition, ionosphere, sky brightness and solar radiation experiments for the Air Research and Development Command. Also carried Albert, the first American primate in space, who died of suffocation"); White Sands Proving Ground launch; reached 62 km
United States	1950-03-31	Las Cruces NM	(Black-and-white sticker and red printed) cachet on (airmail) cover	V-2 mission (on 17 February, not on the cancel date) with "cosmic and solar radiation, pressure (and) temperature experiments"; WSMR launch; reached 149 km
United States	1958-04-23	Patrick AFB, FL	(H. Flick) cachet on cover	Thor-Able RTV (Re-entry Test Vehicle) flight, with the mouse "Mia"; Cape Canaveral launch; [the mission failed at 80 km; the mouse "Mia" was lost]
United States	1958-12-13	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets orange-brown) cachet on cover	Jupiter Bioflight-1 biological mission (carried the squirrel monkey 'Gordo'); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km
United States	1958-12-13	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets red-brown) cachet on cover
United States	1958-12-16	Lopoc CA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Thor-DM-18A Series IV R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 520 km
United States	1958-12-23	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Atlas-C R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 900 km
United States	1959-02-06	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Titan-1 test mission with dummy second stage; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1959-05-04	Orsino FL	(Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover	Titan-1 test flight, with successful dummy second stage separation; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1959-05-28	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Jupiter-IRBM Bioflight-2 mission to test the effects of cosmic radiation, increased gravity and weightlessness on live passengers (rhesus monkey 'Able' and squirrel monkey 'Baker') and biological samples (yeast, corn, mustard seeds, fruit-fly larvae, human blood, mould spores and fish eggs) housed in the nose cone. Able and Baker were recovered unharmed within one and a half hours after lift-off. The launch was from Cape Canaveral and the rocket reached 483 km.
United States	1959-05-28	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets and red rubber-stamp and photo/sticker) cachet on cover
United States	1959-07-14	Lompoc CA	(Historical Space Covers) cachet on cover	Nike-Asp solar X-ray/solar flares mission (Project Sunflare II); Point Arguello launch; reached 200 km
United States	1959-07-14	Lompoc CA	(Historical Space Covers) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1959-07-14	Lompoc CA	(Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover
United States	1959-07-21	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Redstone R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 90 km [but mission failed because of a guidance control system failure]
United States	1959-09-09	Port Canaveral FL	(Blue rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover	Atlas-D BJ-1 (Big Joe-1) mission (test of a boilerplate model of the Mercury capsule and its re-entry characteristics); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 153 km
United States	1959-09-17	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover	Jupiter Bioflight-3 biological mission; Cape Canaveral launch on 15 Sept; reached 500 km [but failed when the rocket exploded]
United States	1959-10-29	Port Canaveral FL	(Picture) postcard as cover	Atlas-D R&D/photography mission (a nose cone camera took a series of photos of cloud cover from an altitude of 500 km); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km
United States	1959-10-29	Port Canaveral FL	(Picture) postcard as cover, also back
United States	1959-11-02	Port Canaveral FL	(Picture) postcard as cover	Thor DM-18A R&D/Meteorites mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 520 km
United States	1959-11-19	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on cover	Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 255 km
United States	1959-11-19	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (different) on cover
United States	1959-11-19	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet (different) on cover; (see also 1962-05-18 launch cover and USA 1556 fdc)
Canada	1959-11-19	Port Churchill MB	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150 B-field profile ionosphere mission; Churchill launch; reached 106 km [but the mission failed] (the "Sparrow-B" in the cachet text is probably a misinterpretation of the "Aerobee" name)
United States	1959-11-20	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover	Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 236 km
United States	1959-11-20	Wallops Island VA	(Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1959-12-01	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Thor DM-18A photo mission with film camera; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 520 km
United States	1959-12-01	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft) cachet on (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) cover	Trailblazer-1 re-entry vehicle test; Wallops Island launch; reached 260 km
United States	1959-12-04	Wallops Island VA	(Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Mercury Little-Joe mission 2 (LJ-2) (tested Mercury systems and the effects of acceleration on the rhesus monkey 'Sam'); Wallops Island launch; reached 89 km
United States	1959-12-04	Wallops Island VA	(Magenta rubber-stamp and hand-written) cachet on cover
United States	1959-12-04	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1959-12-22	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Javelin mission to measure galactic radio noise; Wallops Island launch; reached 901 km
United States	1960-01-15	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Javelin test and astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1200 km
United States	1960-01-26	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Javelin (Argo-D4) test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 951 km
United States	1960-03-25	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on (airmail) cover	Aerobee-150A (Aerobee-Hi) test and micrometeorite impact count mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 212 km
United States	1960-03-25	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet on (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) cover
France	1960-05-05	Île du Levant	(Rocket) cinderellas and (blue printed) cachet on cover	Stromboli test mission; Île du Levant launch; reached 150 km
United States	1960-06-24	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover	Aerobee-150A (Aerobee-Hi) UV star photometer UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 211 km
United States	1960-07-13	Wallops Island VA	(Highway Stamp Club/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Strongarm ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 670 km
United States	1960-07-13	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachets (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States	1960-08-09	Patrick AFB, FL	(Sokalsky blue) cachet on cover	Atlas-D R&D / aeronomy mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km (but Telstar depicted)
United States	1960-08-23	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella 1959) on cover	Aerobee-150A cosmic rays mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 190 km
United States	1960-08-28	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Trailblazer-1 re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 260 km; (a 13 cm sphere was "rammed" downward at re-entry speeds from the apogee; the spectrum and luminance of the "artificial meteorite" thus created were measured remotely from the ground)
United States	1960-08-28	Wallops Island VA	(Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover
United States	1960-08-28	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson red and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1960-08-29	Wallops Island VA	(Highway Stamp Club) cachet on cover	Trailblazer-1 re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 260 km; (a 13 cm sphere was "rammed" downward at re-entry speeds from the apogee; the spectrum and luminance of the "artificial meteorite" thus created were measured remotely from the ground)
United States	1960-08-29	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1960-09-19	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Zaso printed and black typed) cachet on cover	Argo-D8 (Journeyman) cosmic rays mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1884 km
United States	1960-09-20	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson black rubber-stamp and hand-printed) cachet on cover	Atlas-D R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km
United States	1960-09-20	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout-Jr magnetospheric and radiation probe 1 mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 21 September); reached 27,600 km, but no data were received due to telemetry failure
United States	1960-09-21	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1960-10-04	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Scout-X1 radiation probe magnetospheric plasma mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 5600 km
United States	1960-10-04	Wallops Island VA	(Highway Stamp Club/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1960-10-04	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover
United States	1960-10-13	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin cyan and red) cachet on cover	Atlas-D R&D/biological mission, with three mice in the nosecone; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km
United States	1960-10-13	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin blue and orange) cachet on cover
United States	1960-10-13	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet on cover
United States	1960-10-18	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	2nd Iris rocket launch; aeronomy test flight; reached 225 km
United States	1960-10-24	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Titan-1 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1960-11-22	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (with rocket design similar to USA cinderella2 1959) on cover	Aerobee-150A (Aerobee-Hi) UV spectrograph and UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 183 km
United States	1960-11-22	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover
United States	1960-12-08	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun Langmuir probe ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 152 km
United States	1960-12-10	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 716 km
United States	1960-12-12	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Javelin magnetosphere and magnetic fields mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1140 km
United States	1960-12-12	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-01-07	Patrick AFB, FL	(Jim Fitzpatrick magenta and black rubber-stamp and hand-written) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout HETS²⁵ A1-1 plasma/radio astronomy mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1600 km
United States	1961-01-07	Patrick AFB, FL	(DuBeau? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-01-07	Patrick AFB, FL	(Swanson magenta and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-01-19	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	3rd Iris rocket launch; aeronomy test flight [failed at 138 km]
United States	1961-01-19	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-24	Port Canaveral FL	(C. Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-E USAF R&D mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km [but mission failed]
United States	1961-01-30	Eglin AFB, FL	(Air Proving Ground Center) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150 mass spectrometer aeronomy mission; Eglin AFB launch; reached 204 km
United States	1961-01-31	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover	MRLV (Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle) MR2 mission with 'Ham' the chimp in the capsule; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 251 km
United States	1961-01-31	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft and NASA red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-31	Port Canaveral FL	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-31	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-31	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin, slightly different and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-31	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin, slightly different and black and red rubber-stamps) cachet on cover
United States	1961-01-31	Patrick AFB, FL	(Jim Fitzpatrick) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-02-05	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A (Aerobee Hi) liquid hydrogen technology test mission (for Lewis Research Center); Wallops Island launch; reached 152 km
United States	1961-02-05	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover
United States	1961-02-10	Port Canaveral FL	(Black rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover	Titan-J test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-02-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(Jim Fitzpatrick purple and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-02-10	Patrick AFB, FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-02-16	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 85 km
United States	1961-02-16	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States	1961-02-16	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1961-02-24	Patrick AFB, FL	(Sokalsky red) cachet on cover	Atlas-E R&D test mission (and the first successful flight test of the Series E Atlas missile); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1500 km
United States	1961-03-03	Patrick AFB, FL	(Swanson black and magenta and cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout HETS²⁵ A2-1 plasma mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 2540 km
United States	1961-03-03	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1961-03-09	Patrick AFB, FL	(Sokalsky magenta, and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Redstone test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 90 km [but the mission failed during re-entry due to a control system malfunction]
United States	1961-03-09	Patrick AFB, FL	(Sokalsky red) cachet on cover
United States	1961-03-26	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-300A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 386 km
United States	1961-03-28	Patrick AFB, FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-1_Mk-4 re-entry vehicle test; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-04-12	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout-2 HETS²⁵ A2-2 plasma mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1931 km
United States	1961-04-20	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 180 km
United States	1961-05-16	Eglin AFB, FL	(Air Proving Ground Center) cachet on cover	ARCAS² falling sphere aeronomy mission; Eglin AFB launch; reached 64 km
United States	1961-05-23	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-06-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun inflating sphere¹¹ aeronomy mission on 6 Jun (cover is dated 7 Jun); Wallops Island launch; reached 150 km
United States	1961-06-15	Eglin AFB, FL	(Air Proving Ground Center) cachet on cover	(possible) ARCAS² Arcasonde¹⁰ mission; Eglin AFB launch; possibly reached around 60 km
United States	1961-06-26	Wallops Island VA	(Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch on June 24; reached 1018 km
United States	1961-06-26	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-06-26	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back
United States	1961-07-20	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 124 km
United States	1961-07-20	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-07-20	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-07-20	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover	Nike-Apache magnetic fields/magnetospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 193 km
United States	1961-07-25	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets/Space Age Cover) cachet on cover	Titan-1 inertial guidance and re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-08-17	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout-Jr HETS²⁵ magnetospheric mission to measure particle densities in the Van Allen radiation belts (but a telemetry failure meant that no data were received); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 225,000 km
United States	1961-08-17	Patrick AFB, FL	(Swanson/DuBeau magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-09-07	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-1 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-09-07	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-09-08	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-1 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-09-13	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp and brown printed) cachet on (airmail) cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 331 km
United States	1961-09-14	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 13 Sep); reached 431 km
United States	1961-09-14	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-09-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ and inflating sphere¹¹ aeronomy mission [failed] on 16 September (cover is dated 18 September); Wallops Island launch; reached 88 km
United States	1961-09-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-09-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission on 16 September (cover is dated 18 September); Wallops Island launch; reached 208 km
United States	1961-09-23	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Holden black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Titan-1 R&D and re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-10-10	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) mission to study electrically-charged helium atoms in the upper atmosphere; Wallops Island launch; reached 1544 km
United States	1961-10-14	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1055 km
United States	1961-10-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Aerobee-150A Lewis Research Center liquid hydrogen technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 152 km
United States	1961-10-19	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Scout plasma study mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 6855 km
United States	1961-10-19	Wallops Island VA (hand cancel)	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-10-25	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan mission to test the detection of its exhaust trail and the relaying of that information by MIDAS-4; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1961-10-27	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover	Saturn-1 first sub-orbital launch (technology and systems test with water-filled dummy upper stages in anticipation of Project Highwater²³, which was carried out in the second and third Saturn-1 test missions); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 136 km
United States	1961-10-27	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States	1961-10-27	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft red) cachet on cover
United States	1961-10-27	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft red and grey-green) cachet on cover
United States	1961-10-27	Port Canaveral FL	(Zaso printed) cachet on cover
United States	1961-10-27	Port Canaveral FL	(C. Swanson/SpaceCraft) cachet on cover
United States	1961-10-27	Cleveland OH	(Blue printed) cachet on cover
United States	1961-10-27	Patrick AFB, FL	(Black printed) cachet on cover
United States	1961-11-15	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover	Argo-D8 (Journeyman) BIOS¹³-1 (NASA #11.04 GB) biological mission; included measuring radiation effects on biological specimens; Point Arguello launch; reached 1057 km
United States	1961-11-18	Lompoc CA	(Sarzin) cachet on cover	Argo-D8 (Journeyman) BIOS¹³-1 (NASA #11.05 GB) biological mission; included measuring radiation effects on biological specimens; Point Arguello launch; reached 1057 km
United States	1961-11-24	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-F test ionospheric aeronomy mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 22 November); reached 1400 km
United States	1961-12-04	Lompoc CA	(Sarzin?) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout-Jr magnetospheric/solar proton mission; Point Arguello launch; reached 44,400 km
United States	1961-12-07	Lompoc CA	(Blue printed) cachet on cover	Astrobee-1500 CAMBRIDGE project geodetic mission (using chemical release flares⁵); Point Arguello launch; reached 2190 km
United States	1961-12-14	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson purple and green rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Titan-1 test mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 13 Dec); reached 1000 km
United States	1961-12-14	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (note reversed colors) on (airmail, different) cover
United States	1961-12-14	Wallops Island VA (hand cancel)	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Trailblazer-2 re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 157 km; (the nosecone was "rammed" downward at re-entry speeds from the apogee; the spectrum and luminance of the "artificial meteorite" thus created were measured remotely from the ground)
United States	1961-12-14	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-12-14	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States	1961-12-19	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Atlas-E R&D mission with rhesus monkey "Scatback" in the capsule; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1800 km, but "Scatback" was lost at sea after the landing
United States	1961-12-20	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1961-12-21	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 99 km
United States	1961-12-21	Wallops Island VA (hand cancel)	(Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1961-12-22	Wallops Island VA	(Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-300A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island Dec 21 launch; reached 365 km
United States	1962-01-15	Port Canaveral FL	(Green printed) cachet on (airmail) cover	Thor-DSV-2D Project Echo balloon test mission 1 (also known as Big Shot-1); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km; [the mission failed when the balloon ruptured during inflation]
United States	1962-01-15	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1962-02-12	Port Canaveral FL	(Boerger/A.B.Covers) cachet on cover	Atlas-Agena R&D technology test mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on Feb 13); reached 1600 km
United States	1962-02-23	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Holden black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-1 (not Titan-4 as in text) R&D test flight; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 50 km [but then failed]
United States	1962-02-23	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Holden black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1962-02-23	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Holden magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1962-03-01	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Scout-X-1A re-entry vehicle test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 214 km
United States	1962-03-01	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States	1962-03-01	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson cyan and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-03-01	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1962-03-02	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; 6:23 pm (1 March) Wallops Island launch; reached 135 km
United States	1962-03-02	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; 7:05 pm (1 March) Wallops Island launch; reached 113 km
United States	1962-03-02	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun water vapor mission; 5:47 am Wallops Island launch; reached 145 km
United States	1962-03-16	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover	Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1962-03-16	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-05	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun ozone release⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 70 km
United States	1962-04-05	Wallops Island VA (hand cancel)	(Swanson green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover
United States	1962-04-25	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Saturn-1 second sub-orbital test launch; included Project Highwater²³; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 145 km
United States	1962-04-25	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-25	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-25	Port Canaveral FL	(Sarzin?) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-25	Port Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-25	Port Canaveral FL	(Zaso printed) cachet on cover
United States	1962-04-26	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun US-Japan D-region ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 128 km
United States	1962-05-16	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun US-Japan ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 121 km
United States	1962-05-17	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun US-Japan ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 127 km
United States	1962-05-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun atmospheric composition aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 135 km
United States	1962-05-25	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A sea recovery test and ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 200 km
United States	1962-06-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache Pitot-1 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 125 km
United States	1962-06-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-06-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Nike-Asp sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 162 km
United States	1962-06-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
Pakistan	1962-06-09	Lahore	(Orange and black printed) cachet on cover, also back	Nike-Cajun Rehbar-1 (Pakistan's first atmospheric research rocket); carried sodium flares which left trails that were photographed by specially-designed cameras installed at Karachi, Hyderabad and Lasbela; (see also Pakistan 771 and Pakistan 1150 cover (2011), both in the stamps table above); Sonmiani Beach (Pakistan) launch on 7 June 1962; reached 130 km
United States	1962-06-15	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Black-Brant-3 test mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 98 km
United States	1962-06-15	Colorado Springs CO	(R.E. Nichol black and red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back	Two Black-Brant-3 test missions, launched from Wallops Island on 15 June 1962; reached 92 and 98 km [but failed]; they were possibly originally scheduled to be launched in Jan 1962 from the Churchill range in Canada (as in the red printed part of the cachet) but a fire there in Dec 1961 damaged the facilities and some launches were apparently transferred to Wallops Island until they were able to start again at Churchill on 1 Oct 1962
United States	1962-06-15	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 143 km
United States	1962-06-29	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A airglow 2 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 208 km
United States	1962-06-29	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-06-30	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A airglow 1 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 210 km
United States	1962-07-11	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1962-07-18	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Thor-DSV-2D Project Echo balloon test mission 2 (also known as Big Shot-2); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1484 km
United States	1962-07-18	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft Type-B general-purpose and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-07-18	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft Type-C general-purpose and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-07-18	Port Canaveral FL	(Harry Gordon) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1962-07-18	Port Canaveral FL	(Hand-printed) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1962-07-18	Port Canaveral FL	(Sokalsky orange) cachet on cover
United States	1962-07-25	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1962-08-01	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Sarzin) cachet on cover	Atlas-F R&D test; this was the first Atlas-F launched from Vandenberg AFB; it reached 1400 km
Sweden	1962-08-07	Kabdalis	(Black printed) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun air sample aeronomy, magnetic storms and noctilucent clouds mission; Kronogard (Sweden) launch; reached 120 km
Norway	1962-08-18	Andenes	(Black printed and black typed) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun air sample aeronomy, magnetic storms and noctilucent clouds mission; Kronogard (Sweden) launch (on 7 August); reached 120 km
Norway	1962-08-18	Andenes	(Black printed) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun Ferdinand-1⁵⁶ ionospheric mission ("to study what causes the radio blackouts during periods of sunspots and northern lights eruptions"); Andøya Rocket Range launch; reached 100 km
Japan	1962-08-21	Uchinoura/Kagoshima	(Blue and purple and black printed) cachet on cover	Kappa-8L test mission (this was the first rocket launched from Uchinoura (Kagoshima); reached 173 km
United States	1962-08-31	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Scout-X3A re-entry test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 217 km [but failed due to late stage 3 ignition]
United States	1962-09-12	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1962-09-12	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1962-09-19	Patrick AFB, FL	(Sokalsky blue) cachet on cover	Atlas-F R&D flight for the USAF; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km (but Telstar depicted)
United States	1962-09-19	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-F R&D flight for the USAF; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km
United States	1962-10-12	Cape Canaveral FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 Mk-6 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1962-10-16	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache Langmuir probe/ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 166 km
United States	1962-10-19	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-F R&D test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1400 km
United States	1962-10-26	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1962-10-26	Cape Canaveral FL	(A.B. Covers/Boerger) cachet on cover
United States	1962-10-30	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A UV astronomy for OAO sensors mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 188 km
United States	1962-11-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 132 km
United States	1962-11-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 165 km
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Harry A. Gordon sticker and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Saturn-1 third sub-orbital test launch; included the second Project Highwater²³ experiment (but in this case telemetry problems made the results questionable); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 167 km
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? magenta and grey-green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple and grey-green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Centennial) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Zaso black-and-white sticker and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover; (see also Saturn-1 cover 1963-03-28)
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Goldcraft) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Rank velvet?) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Purple rubber-stamp?) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(A.B.Covers/Boerger and grey-green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-16	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sarzin and extra black printed and black typed) cachet on cover
United States	1962-11-19	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 206 km
United States	1962-11-21	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-300A (Sparobee? -- no info on this name was found) thermosphere probe 1 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 20 Nov); reached 345 km
United States	1962-11-30	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 122 km
United States	1962-12-01	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Two Nike-Apache launches from Wallops Island; ionospheric mission (1:06 PM) reached 169 km; aeronomy mission (3:34 PM) reached 131 km
United States	1962-12-03	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 126 km
United States	1962-12-03	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States	1962-12-06	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 128 km
United States	1962-12-06	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-12-06	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-12-06	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache Langmuir probe/sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 100 km
United States	1962-12-06	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-12-06	Patrick AFB, FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-F R&D mission (the last of 10 such missions); Cape Canaveral launch, on 5 December; reached 1400 km
United States	1962-12-06	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? dark magenta and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 mission to test a method for reducing the "pogo" longitudinal oscillations that occurred in other missions; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km [but mission failed because the "pogo" oscillations were doubled]
United States	1962-12-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission [failed]; Wallops Island launch; reached 52 km
United States	1962-12-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
Norway	1962-12-11	Andenes	(Black printed and black typed) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun-Ferdinand-2⁵⁷ polar ionospheric mission; joint NASA-Norway-Denmark project; Andoya, Norway launch; reached 123 km; "Purpose (was) to study the cosmic particles north of the Polar circle"
United States	1962-12-13	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Black-Brant-3 test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 98 km
United States	1962-12-13	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1962-12-18	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Sarzin) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout-Jr ion engine test technology mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 2000 km
United States	1962-12-18	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States	1963-01-31	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? blue and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-D ABM test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1800 km
United States	1963-02-06	Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel)	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1963-02-06	Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel)	(Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-02-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson/DuBeau? blue and red and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D8 (Journeyman) electron spectrometer magnetospheric mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1675 km
United States	1963-02-21	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 20 February); reached 113 km
United States	1963-02-21	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 20 February); reached 164 km
United States	1963-03-08	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 155 km
United States	1963-03-28	Cape Canaveral FL	(SpaceCraft) cachet on cover, also insert	Saturn-1 mission SA-4 (fourth sub-orbital test); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 129 km
United States	1963-03-28	Cape Canaveral FL	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover
United States	1963-03-28	Cape Canaveral FL	(Zaso black-and-white sticker) cachet on cover; (see also Saturn-1 cover 1962-11-16)
United States	1963-04-12	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A CSIRO¹² VLF ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 198 km
United States	1963-04-27	Vandenerg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? cyan and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 R&D mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1963-05-17	Vandenerg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout-Jr ERCS (Emergency Rocket Communications System) test mission (designed to be used in the case of a nuclear war); Vandenberg launch; reached 1000 km
United States	1963-05-22	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Scout-X3 RFD-1 (Re-entry Flight Demonstration #1) technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 145 km
United States	1963-05-22	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States	1963-05-24	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? black and purple rubber-stamp and hand-printed) cachet on (airmail) cover	Titan-2 R&D and re-entry test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1963-06-19	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover	Aerobee-150-0428 technology test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 189 km
United States	1963-07-02	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Javelin (Argo-D4) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 934 km
United States	1963-07-02	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-07-23	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A UV spectrograph and UV astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 177 km
Sweden	1963-08-07	Kabdalis	(Black printed) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades aeronomy mission ("to study the bright night [noctilucent] clouds and magnetic storms in polar regions"); Kronogard launch; reached 130 km
Norway	1963-09-12	Andenes	(Pre Bon) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun Ferdinand-4⁵⁷ ionospheric/plasma/solar mission (studied ionospheric and solar effects on radio blackout at 100 km altitude); Andoya launch; reached 136 km
Norway	1963-09-12	Andenes	(Black printed and black typed) cachet on cover
United States	1963-09-18	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert	Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-1 re-entry vehicle test mission (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 59 km
United States	1963-09-18	Cape Canaveral FL	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States	1963-09-18	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson/DuBeau? purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-09-18	Cape Canaveral FL	(Centennial) cachet on cover
United States	1963-09-18	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1963-09-18 1964-03-24	Cape Canaveral FL Cape Canaveral FL	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover	Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-1 and 2 re-entry vehicle test missions (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch, on 18 September 1963 and 24 March 1964; ASSET-1 reached 59 km; ASSET-2 reached 55 km [but was destroyed due to a second-stage malfunction]
United States	1963-09-25	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson magenta and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 224 km
United States	1963-09-25	Wallops Island VA	(SpaceCraft Type-B general-purpose and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-09-28	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A joint US and Japan ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 224 km
United States	1963-09-28	Wallops Island VA (machine cancel)	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover
United States	1963-09-28	Wallops Island VA (hand cancel)	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back
United States	1963-09-30	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Javelin (Argo-D4) Topside Sounder²⁸ ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch on 28 September; reached 1037 km
United States	1963-09-30	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-10-11	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache chemical release aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 158 km
United States	1963-10-17	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 187 km
France	1963-10-18	Poste aux Armées	(Magenta and dark-blue printed and dark-purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back	Véronique CNES bioscience mission; the cat Félicette was launched in a special capsule from Hammaguir, Algeria, to an altitude of 155 km
United States	1963-10-31	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Nike-Apache vehicle environmental test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 134 km
United States	1963-10-31	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-10-31	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 187 km
United States	1963-10-31	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States	1963-11-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150A airglow aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch (on 17 November); reached 370 km
United States	1963-11-26	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache atmospheric composition and density mission (reached 172 km); and Nike-Cajun inflating sphere¹¹ and atmospheric structure mission (reached 151 km); both launches from Wallops Island
United States	1963-11-26	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-12-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission (reached 103 km); and Nike-Apache Pitot-3 aeronomy mission (reached 141 km); upper atmospheric "temperatures, densities, pressures and winds" were measured; both launches from Wallops Island
United States	1963-12-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1963-12-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1963-12-12	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sokalsky black, and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Titan-2 R&D mission N-29 (the third of five flights that tested the Gemini MDS (Malfunction Detection System)); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1964-01-15	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sokalsky green) cachet on cover	Titan-2 R&D mission N-31 (the fourth of five flights that tested the Gemini MDS (Malfunction Detection System)); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1300 km
United States	1964-01-15	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache auroral mission for Rice University; Wallops Island launch (on 14 January); reached 90 km
United States	1964-01-15	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
United States	1964-01-15	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-01-16	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Four Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ missions; Wallops Island launches (two 15 January and two 16 January); reached 45 km (failure), 114 km, 170 km and 200 km
United States	1964-01-16	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-01-29	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch (on 28 January); reached 254 km
United States	1964-01-29	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-01-29	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-300A thermosphere probe mission; Wallops Island launch (on 28 January); reached 309 km
United States	1964-01-29	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-02-04	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch (on 3 February); reached 116 km
United States	1964-03-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Boosted ARCAS² sodium/lithium grenades⁵ aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch on 6 March; reached 97 km
United States	1964-03-13	Cape Canaveral FL	(Centennial) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout USAF OAR³⁸ / AFCRL¹⁵ magnetospheric mission; Cape Canaveral launch; unsuccessful despite reaching 600 km because a fourth stage failure prevented the rocket from reaching the planned 37,000 km
United States	1964-03-13	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sokalsky green) cachet on cover
United States	1964-03-14	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Honest John Nike-Nike Livermore Research Labs HAD-3 solar X-ray mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 143 km
United States	1964-03-24 1963-09-18	Cape Canaveral FL Cape Canaveral FL	(Rank velvet) cachet on cover	Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-1 and 2 re-entry vehicle test missions (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch, on 18 September 1963 and 24 March 1964; ASSET-1 reached 59 km; ASSET-2 reached 55 km [but was destroyed due to a second-stage malfunction]
United States	1964-02-25	Cape Canaveral CA	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	ABRES³¹ WAC²¹-3 re-entry vehicle test mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 1600 km
United States	1964-04-10	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	RAM²²-B3 re-entry radio communications blackout test mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 100 km
United States	1964-04-10	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover
United States	1964-04-10	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-04-10	Wallops Island VA	(Rank velvet, pink accents) cachet on cover
United States	1964-04-10	Wallops Island VA	(Rank velvet, red accents) cachet on cover
United States	1964-04-10	Wallops Island VA	(Centennial) cachet on cover
United States	1964-04-14	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover	Atlas-D FIRE-1³ mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 837 km
United States	1964-04-14	Cape Canaveral FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-04-14	Cape Canaveral FL	(Centennial) cachet on cover
United States	1964-04-14	Cape Canaveral FL	(Purple and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-04-14	Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel)	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States	1964-04-14	Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel)	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States	1964-04-15	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover	Atlas-D FIRE-1³ mission; Cape Canaveral launch (on 14 April); reached 837 km
United States	1964-04-16	Wallops Island VA	(SpaceCraft Type-A general-purpose and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric/test mission; Wallops Island launch (on 15 April); reached 727 km
United States	1964-04-16	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache IQSY mission to study the ionospheric E-layer; Wallops Island launch; reached 168 km
United States	1964-06-30	Cape Canaveral FL	(Centennial) cachet on cover	Atlas-Centaur test mission to place a payload into a geosynchronous transfer orbit; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 500 km [but mission failed]
United States	1964-06-30	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1964-06-30	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sokalsky black, no logo) cachet on cover
United States	1964-07-22	Cape Canaveral FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Thor-DSV-2G Project ASSET¹⁷-3 re-entry vehicle test mission (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the ASV-3, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured); Cape Canaveral launch; reached 71 km
United States	1964-07-22	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1964-07-22	Cape Canaveral FL	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
United States	1964-07-22	Patrick AFB, FL	(SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert
Iceland	1964-08-01	Vik	(Black printed) cachet on cover	(French rocket) Dragon-D10 ionospheric and Van Allen belt mission; launched from Myrdalssandur (Iceland); reached 440 km
Sweden	1964-08-07	Kabdalis	(Black printed and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Two launches from Kronogard, Sweden; Nike-Apache air sampling aeronomy mission (reached 125 km); and Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ aeronomy mission (reached 130 km); also IQSY
United States	1964-08-07	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch (on 6 August); reached 119 km
United States	1964-08-18	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Scout mission to test Apollo-type ablator materials at lunar re-entry heating levels; Wallops Island launch; reached 183 km
United States	1964-10-08	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson and Goldcraft hybrid black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric ion composition mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1004 km
United States	1964-10-08	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-10-09	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Scout RFD-2 re-entry vehicle test flight; Wallops Island launch; reached 132 km
United States	1964-10-09	Wallops Island VA	(HJM black and Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-10-19	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 840 km
United States	1964-10-19	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-10-19	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-10-19	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson cyan and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover
Australia	1964-10-20	Woomera SA	(Chuck Vukotich hand-drawn) cachet on cover	Europa program flight F2; Blue Streak test mission; Woomera launch; reached 243 km
United States	1964-10-23	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) radio astronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1100 km
United States	1964-10-28	Cape Canaveral FL	(Centennial) cachet on cover	Thor-SLV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-4 re-entry vehicle test mission 1 (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the AEV-1, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch, on 27 October; probably reached around 50 km
United States	1964-10-29	Patrick AFB, FL	(C. Swanson purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Thor-DSV-2 Project ASSET¹⁷-4 re-entry vehicle test mission 2 (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the AEV-2, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were measured). Cape Canaveral launch; reached 50 km
United States	1964-11-05	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Javelin (Argo-D4) JHU (Johns Hopkins University) Airglow 7 aeronomy mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 867 km
United States	1964-11-05	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover
United States	1964-11-05	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-11-06	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover	Nike-Cajun chemical release grenades⁵ mission; Wallops Island launch on 5 November; reached 120 km
United States	1964-11-06	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-11-10	Wallops Island VA	(Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache Sunrise ionosphere-4 ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 251 km
United States	1964-11-10	Wallops Island VA	(NASA printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1964-11-12	Wallops Island VA	(NASA printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ dual rocket aeronomy mission; one (reached 198 km) was launched from Wallops Island at 5:28 pm 10 November; the other (reached 200 km) was a ship launch from the USS Croatan at 5:25 pm 10 November
United States	1964-11-12	Wallops Island VA	(NASA printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (different date) on cover	Nike-Apache sodium release grenades⁵ dual rocket aeronomy mission (different); one (reached 202 km) was launched from Wallops Island at 5:27 pm 11 November; the other (reached 156 km) was a ship launch from the USS Croatan at 5:24 pm 11 November
United States	1965-01-12	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Swanson/Vandy? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-D R&D targeting mission; Vandenberg launch; reached 1800 km
United States	1965-01-13	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) "mother-daughter" ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 1006 km
United States	1965-01-13	Wallops Island VA	(Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1965-01-13	WSMR, NM	(Boudwin? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-15 Kitt Peak National Observatory dayglow aeronomy mission; WSMR launch; reached 228 km
United States	1965-01-21	WSMR, NM	(Boudwin? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Aerobee-150 solar extreme UV/X-ray mission; WSMR launch; reached 235 km
United States	1965-02-23	Cape Canaveral FL	(Sokalsky black) cachet on cover	Thor-DSV-2G Project ASSET¹⁷-6 re-entry vehicle test mission (the rocket released the test vehicle, a small spaceplane model called the ASV-6, whose high-speed re-entry aerodynamic and structural properties were to be measured); the model survived re-entry but sank after hitting the ocean and could not be recovered as planned; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 70 km
Australia	1965-03-22	Adelaide SA	(Green printed) cachet on cover	Europa program flight F3; Blue Streak test mission; Woomera launch; reached 263 km
Australia	1965-03-22	Woomera SA	(Green printed) cachet (different) on cover
Australia	1965-03-22	Woomera SA	(Chuck Vukotich hand-drawn) cachet on cover
United States	1965-04-09	Cape Canaveral FL	(Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout USAF OAR³⁸ / AFWL³⁹ magnetospheric mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 25,422 km
United States	1965-04-09	Cape Canaveral FL	(C. Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1965-05-12	Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel)	(Sarzin) cachet on cover	Blue-Scout AFCRL¹⁵ magnetospheric mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 13,586 km
United States	1965-05-12	Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel)	(Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1965-05-12	Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel)	(Celestial) cachet on cover
United States	1965-05-18	WSMR, NM	(HJM black and Boudwin? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	ARCAS² aeronomy mission; WSMR launch; possibly reached around 70 km
United States	1965-05-19	Wallops Island VA	(Swanson blue/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Argo-D4 (Javelin) "mother-daughter" ionospheric mission; Wallops Island launch; reached 947 km
United States	1965-05-19	Wallops Island VA	(Sarzin black printed/Hudson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover
United States	1965-05-22	Cape Canaveral FL	(Celestial) cachet on cover	Atlas-D FIRE-2³ mission; Cape Canaveral launch; reached 817 km
United States	1965-05-22	Patrick AFB, FL	(Sarzin) cachet on cover
United States	1965-06-08	Vandenberg AFB, CA	(Swanson/DuBeau? black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover	Atlas-D ABRES³¹ LORV³²-6 re-entry test mission; Vandenberg AFB launch; reached 1800 km

¹When a solar eclipse occurs, there is a sudden cut-off, or cessation, of solar radiation, followed by a sudden resumption of that radiation. Solar eclipses therefore present the opportunity to investigate the effects of fast-varying solar flux on the structure, photochemistry and electrodynamics of various parts of the upper atmosphere. This includes examination of anomalies in ionization, temperature and winds. Characteristics of the solar corona can also be observed (often in the far ultraviolet portion of the solar spectrum). Rockets have been used to carry instruments which can make such measurements into the upper atmosphere.
²The ARCAS (All-purpose Rocket for Collecting Atmospheric Soundings) was developed by the Atlantic Research Corporation for the Office of Naval Research with support from the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories. It was launched with a launching tube. It was first used in July 1959, and has undergone various modifications and improvements since then.
³The FIRE (Flight Investigation of Re-Entry) payload was an instrumented cone built like a small Project Apollo space capsule. It was launched by an Atlas-Antares rocket in a sub-orbital flight and released to fall through the atmosphere and mimic the re-entry of an Apollo space capsule. The goal of the mission was to measure the thermal characteristics and temperature of the capsule during the re-entry. A second mission with the same goal (FIRE-2) took place on 22 May 1965.
⁴The HASP (High Altitude Sounding Projectile) was a small research rocket based on the Loki-2 missile and modified by the Naval Ordnance Laboratory to be attached to a 127 mm (5 inch) shell. The unit was fired from a naval gun, after which the rocket took over to lift a 2.6 kg payload (an instrument container known as a "dart") up to around 29 km, where the dart opened to release an instrument package attached to a parachute. As the package descended, it measured temperatures and sent them to receiving stations below. The parachute had a metallic coating and so could be tracked by radar, allowing upper wind speeds and directions to be calculated. Here is a diagram of the HASP system, and here is a picture of the dart, the parachute and the instrument package.
⁵In these experiments, grenades of barium or other chemicals were carried aloft to explode in the upper atmosphere; the resulting clouds could be observed and tracked to estimate upper atmospheric winds, turbulence and cloud radiance properties. Also, by using the times of arrival of the sound waves created by the explosions at an array of ground stations, calculations estimating the upper winds could be made.
⁶Turana was a recoverable drone used for gunnery and missile defense training by the Royal Australian Navy. Rocket launch covers (canceled Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre or Sydney G.P.O) were issued for at least five launches in 1975, on covers with a cachet describing an aeronomy mission including sensing at levels between meteo balloon ceilings and satellite data, along with synoptic measurements of solar radiation, wind and ozone. This cachet text had already been used in at least one earlier rocket cover (e.g. A3-H upper atmospheric research rocket, from 12 October 1971). Its use on Turana launch covers is almost certainly misleading and incorrect. However, a hint of the true nature of the Turana vehicle is found in one supplementary word in the cachet on these covers: the word "intercept".
⁷At White Sands Missile Range, von Braun and his team experimented with a small WAC²¹ Corporal research rocket mounted on a V-2. Six launches took place between 13 May 1948 and 22 April 1949. Four were failures. This combination, called the "Bumper-WAC"²¹, was designed to investigate problems of stage separation and ignition at high altitude, and also to allow the WAC²¹ Corporal to attain a much higher altitude than would be possible if it was launched by itself. It could then make scientific measurements at those high altitudes. Two later Bumper-WAC²¹ launches took place at Cape Canaveral in 1950. Those missions were designed to allow the smaller rocket to obtain high altitude hypersonic aerodynamic data. The July 24 launch failed, but the July 29 launch (the last Bumper-WAC²¹ flight) worked as planned: the WAC²¹ Corporal reached Mach 9 at 35 km altitude.
⁸UAR: Upper Atmospheric Research
⁹EXAMETNET: Experimental Inter-American Meteorological Rocket Network
¹⁰The Rocketsonde was an instrumented package, ejected in the upper atmosphere by a rocket, that made meteorological observations as it descended by parachute. It was typically carried by the Loki-Datasonde, Deacon or ARCAS rockets. In the latter case, it was sometimes referred to as an Arcasonde.
¹¹The ROBINSphere (Radar OBservable INflation Sphere) system was designed to measure high altitude atmospheric density and wind through radar observations of an inflatable sphere with a diameter of about 1 m. When flown on rockets such as the Viper-Dart and Nike-Cajun, the system provided data as the sphere descended from approximately 90 km to approximately 40 km. It appears that the ROBINSphere was also flown on ARCAS rockets, which had a lower maximum altitude. With them, data would have been available in a lower slice of the atmosphere, possibly from around 60 km down to around 40 km.
¹²CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia's national science agency)
¹³BIOS: Biological Investigation Of Space
¹⁴MPE: Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
¹⁵AFCRL: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (Cambridge MA) (this name was changed to the AFGL (Air Force Geophysics Laboratory) in 1976)
¹⁶The Starute was part of the Super-Loki Datasonde package that was carried aloft by the Super-Loki rocket and released at high altitudes. A thermistor in the Datasonde measured the temperature as it descended, while the balloon-like Starute, made of mylar, acted as a parachute and radar reflector for the Datasonde and therefore also as a wind sensor through data provided by radar tracking. In practice, the Datasonde could provide useful estimations of temperature and winds at levels between about 20 km and 70 km.
¹⁷ASSET: Aerothermodynamic-elastic Structural Systems Environmental Test
¹⁸ALADDIN: Atmospheric Layering and Density Distribution of Ions and Neutrals
¹⁹JASPIC: Joint American Soviet Particle InterCalibration
²⁰REXUS: Rocket-borne EXperiments for University Students
²¹The early US sounding rockets were named for enlisted ranks in the US Army: Private, Corporal and Sergeant³³. The plan was that each in the series would be bigger than the previous one and so would get a higher rank name. However, after the development of the Corporal, the pattern was broken: the next rocket supplied by the developers was smaller than the Corporal. As a result, the new rocket was named the WAC-Corporal, after the Women's Army Corps (WAC).
²²Radio Attenuation Measurements - the RAM missions tested the effectiveness of aerodynamic shaping (in the A series) and of water injected into the flow field (in the B and C series) in minimizing the loss of radio signals from a spacecraft in the radio blackout period of atmospheric re-entry.
²³In Project Highwater, the Saturn-1's dummy second and third stages were filled with 109,000 litres of water (weighing approximately 95 tons) to provide structural stability and the correct weight for a fully-fueled Saturn Apollo rocket. At its apogee of 145 km, the rocket was destroyed by the Apollo Control engineers to release the water into the upper atmosphere, to see what might be the effects on radio transmissions and on the local weather. A massive ice cloud and lightning-like effects were observed.
²⁴With the goal of eventual interplanetary missions in mind, scientists and engineers were preparing to make measurements of atmospheric structure and characteristics using instruments aboard an entry vehicle. The Planetary Atmospheric Entry Test (PAET) program tested instrument packages with accelerometers, radiometers, pressure, temperature and humidity sensors and a mass spectrometer to make various upper atmospheric measurements. The test results were used in support of later missions to Mars (Viking), Venus (Pioneer-Venus), Jupiter (Galileo) and Saturn (Cassini-Huygens).
²⁵HETS: Hyper Environmental Test System (USAF missions to investigate radiation in the magnetosphere)
²⁶These paired rocket tests were designed make measurements in the stratosphere and ionosphere and to then compare the results. A total of 22 such intercomparison tests, summarized in this table, took place from 10 August through 23 August 1977.
²⁷SPAR: Space Processing Applications Rocket
²⁸A Topside Sounder is a satellite designed to determine ion concentration within the ionosphere as measured from above the ionosphere.
²⁹Known fake cover, with a made-up Baikonur postmark, suspected to have been created by Boris Khoroshev from Moscow, and sold by a stamp dealer in Western Europe. There were no Baikonur Cosmodrome official postmarks until 1975 for the Apollo-Soyuz events. Reference the article written by Russian collector Oleg Vaisberg published as an Appendix called "Russian (Soviet) Space Covers" to Bruce Cranford's book Space Covers: Dictionary and Identifier. See also, an analysis of the situation in a book published in 2008 called Commemorative Space Covers from Collector Clubs of the Soviet Union, 1957 to 1980. Another indicator on these fakes is the use of a "first day" cachet that appears on most, but not all, of these fakes.
³⁰SPED: Supersonic Planetary Entry Decelerator
³¹ABRES: Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry System
³²LORV: Lunar Orbit Rescue Vehicle
³³The Sergeant was an American single-stage solid-propulsion tactical ballistic missile developed for the US Army in 1956-1962. Surplus rockets and the Sergeant's rocket motor (known commercially as Castor) became the basis for many sounding rockets and test vehicles.
³⁴DYANA (Dynamics Adapted Network for the Atmosphere) was an international co-operative project to observe the temperature and wind speed and direction in the high atmosphere. The observations were provided by the Super-Loki's Starute¹⁶ DUD³⁵ system.
³⁵DUD: DYANA-Uchinoura Datasonde
³⁶RVTO: Re-entry Vehicle Test and Observables payload
³⁷HEART: High Energy Atmospheric Re-entry Test (HEARTS probably means HEART System)
³⁸OAR: Office of Aeronautical Research
³⁹AFWL: Air Force Weapons Laboratory
⁴⁰LOFT-1 (the first Launch Operation Flight Test rocket) was a small rocket launched by the E'PRIME Aerospace Corporation, a private company that was hoping to get into the commercial rocket business. They were ahead of their time and no further LOFT launches ever took place. This newspaper article presents some information about the LOFT-1 mission.
⁴¹Consortium for Materials Development in Space series of rocket-based microgravity research flights (part of the NASA Office of Commercial Programs (OCP))
⁴²Joust is the name given to a companion series of rocket-based microgravity research flights, with the Consort⁴¹ series
⁴³TEXUS: Technologische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit (Technological experiments in weightlessness)
⁴⁴CIMO: Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation (part of the WMO)
⁴⁵Four countries participated in the intensive observation period of 20 Sep through 1 Oct 1973: France (14 Super-ARCAS rockets), GB (12 Skua rockets), USA (24 Super-Loki-Dart rockets) and USSR (15 M-100 rockets); Brazil is also indicated as participating in the two covers, but it was unable to do so.
⁴⁶EXOS Pathfinder SARGE (Sub-orbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE), is a research rocket built by EXOS Aerospace Systems and Technologies, Inc.
⁴⁷BMRS: Ballistic Missile Re-entry System
⁴⁸SFT: Supplemental Flight Test
⁴⁹The Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP) on Skylab took a comprehensive and systematic image survey of the Earth from space, taking some 36,000 photos in 1973 and 1974. Imaging was done by several cameras, the main one with six spectral bands. Skylab-2 made 13 EREP passes (i.e. 13 observational periods); Skylab-3 made 48, and Skylab-4 made 49.
⁵⁰The HARP (High Altitude Research Project) gun was used to launch projectiles or rockets into the atmosphere. The HARP-5-1 projectile was 116 cm long and had a mass of 10.4 kg. It was launched by a 5-inch HARP gun at various locations including Wallops Island, Barbados, Yuma, WSMR, Fort Greely (Alaska), and Highwater (Québec) from 1963 through 1968 (and again from 2002 through 2008 at Wallops Island and WSMR). It carried a meteorological payload which was deployed near the projectile's apogee (often around 60 km) and provided data as it descended, in some cases slowed by a parachute. 7-inch HARP guns and associated HARP-7 projectiles were developed but funding dried up and the authors have not found any records of their use. However, the much larger 16-inch HARP gun was developed and deployed in Barbados, Highwater and Yuma. It was designed to launch the Canadian Martlet. Martlets (some with integrated rocket motors, some without) were used to conduct atmospheric research at altitudes of up to 180 km. Around 200 flights were conducted between 1963 and 1967. The low cost per flight made the Martlet ideal for a wide variety of applications. Typical mission payloads included chemical ejection to produce an observable atmospheric trail and assorted sensors with multi-channel telemetry. The smaller American HASP⁴ system operated in a similar fashion, except all its projectiles had integrated rocket motors.
⁵¹The spin-stabilized four-stage Athena-RTV (Re-entry Test Vehicle) was used to simulate the trajectories of intercontinental missiles to study the effects of high-speed atmospheric re-entry on them. The first two stages lifted the upper-stages stack with the payload to an altitude of about 200 km. The third and fourth stages were then fired on the downward arc to increase the re-entry speed to up to 6700 m/s. Most of the Athena-RTV missions, from 1964 through 1971, were launched from Green River, Utah with the ABRES³¹ payload and came down around 760 km away in the White Sands Missile Range. Later launches from Wallops Island from 1973 through 1975 carried the HEART³⁷/HEARTS³⁷ payload in a trajectory that carried the rockets to an eventual impact with the Atlantic Ocean.
⁵²Some early astronomical measurements at infrared wavelengths were made with cooled IR radiometer-telescopes mounted in research rockets. They were able to observe the sky for several minutes during a typical flight. Project HISTAR surveyed the cosmos at wavelengths of 4, 10, and 20 micrometers. Its objective was to obtain the brightness and spatial distribution of a representative sample of celestial objects that emit strongly in the infrared, and in particular to determine the positions of unusual IR sources with sufficient accuracy that ground-based telescopes could find them for further detailed investigation. The HISTAR instrument was developed by the Hughes Aircraft Co. in 1970. The meaning of the acronym HISTAR is nebulous, but may be something like "Hughes Infrared STellar Astronomy Radiometer". Using Aerobee rockets, the AFCRL¹⁵ conducted one test and 12 operational HISTAR missions from WSMR (10 flights) and Woomera (3 flights) from 1970 through 1975 (for details, see Aerobee Family - Gunter's Space Page). Although the total observation time accumulated by those flights was only about 30 minutes, they successfully detected 2363 reliable infrared sources, which were published in July 1975 in the AFCRL¹⁵ Infrared Sky Survey.
⁵³The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was a solar observatory aboard the Skylab space station that was a product of the late 1960s Apollo Applications Program (hence "Apollo" in the name). It was manually operated by the Skylab astronauts. There were 8 major solar-observing instruments on the mount which together could observe the Sun in wavelengths from 2 to 7000 Å (angstroms), corresponding to soft X-ray, ultraviolet, and visible light wavelengths. Those instruments were two X-ray telescopes, two hydrogen alpha telescopes, an extreme UV spectroheliograph, a UV spectroheliometer, a UV spectrograph and a visible light coronagraph.
⁵⁴MBRV: Maneuvering Ballistic Reentry Vehicle
⁵⁵NRL: Naval Research Lab
⁵⁶This was the first rocket launch from the then-new Andøya Rocket Range (at 69° N on the Norwegian island of Andøya). The rocket was named "Ferdinand" after the story of the peaceful bull who would rather smell the flowers than fight, for two reasons: the area of the rocket range was known as the Oksebåsen ("Ox Pasture"), and also to signal the peaceful intentions of the rocket research to the nearby Soviets at the height of the Cold War.
⁵⁷The rocket was named "Ferdinand" after the story of the peaceful bull who would rather smell the flowers than fight, for two reasons: the area of the rocket range was known as the Oksebåsen ("Ox Pasture"), and also to signal the peaceful intentions of the rocket research to the nearby Soviets at the height of the Cold War.

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