Launch of a V-2 from White Sands. The V-2 made its final flight in 1952.
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This is a list of spaceflight-related events which occurred in 1952.

[edit] Launches

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Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
[edit] January
30 January 20:45	Aerobee RTV-A-1a		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
		ARDC/Utah	Suborbital	Ionospheric	30 January	Launch failure
[edit] February
19 February 14:49	Aerobee RTV-A-1c		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
	Airglow	ARDC	Suborbital		19 February	Launch failure
[edit] April
22 April 17:28	Aerobee RTV-A-1		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
		ARDC	Suborbital	Ionospheric	22 April	Successful
	Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
30 April 13:30	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	30 April	Successful
	Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi)
[edit] May
1 May 14:59	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	1 May	Successful
	Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi)
5 May 13:44	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
		NRL	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	5 May	Successful
	Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi)
20 May 16:06	V-2		White Sands LC-33		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital		20 May	Successful
	Project Hermes launch, apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi)
[edit] June
6 June 17:30	Viking		White Sands ALA-1		US Navy
	Viking 8	NRL	Suborbital	Solar	6 June	Launch failure
	Accidentally launched during static fire ground test
18 June 17:50	Aerobee RTV-A-1		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
		ARDC	Suborbital		18 June	Successful
	Apogee: 137 kilometres (85 mi)
30 June 14:32	Aerobee RTV-A-1		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
	Airglow 1	ARDC	Suborbital		30 June	Successful
	Apogee: 101 kilometres (63 mi)
[edit] August
8 August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	8 August	Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
20 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	20 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	21 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 August	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	25 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 August 18:53	Aerobee RTV-A-1a		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
		ARDC/Utah	Suborbital	Ionospheric	26 August	Launch failure
	Apogee: 32 kilometres (20 mi)
August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
August	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
[edit] September
3 September 14:49	Aerobee RTV-N-10		White Sands LC-35		US Navy
	Sunfollower	NRL	Suborbital		3 September	Successful
	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
18 September	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	18 September	Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
19 September 15:49	V-2		White Sands LC-33		US Army
		US Army	Suborbital		19 September	Launch failure
	Final flight of V-2, project Hermes launch, apogee: 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
25 September 03:50	Aerobee XASR-SC-1		White Sands LC-35		US Army
	GRENADES	US Army	Suborbital		25 September	Successful
	Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
September	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
September	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
September	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
September	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
September	R-2		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test		Unknown
	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
[edit] October
10 October 14:24	Aerobee RTV-A-1		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
		ARDC	Suborbital		10 October	Successful
	Apogee: 101 kilometres (63 mi)
22 October 14:35	Aerobee RTV-A-1		Holloman LC-A		ARDC
	T-day	ARDC	Suborbital		22 October	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
23 October 03:45	Aerobee XASR-SC-2		White Sands LC-35		US Army
	GRENADES	US Army	Suborbital		23 October	Successful
	Apogee: 112 kilometres (70 mi)
29 October	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	29 October	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
30 October	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
30 October	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
[edit] November
21 November	R-1		Kapustin Yar		OKB-1
		OKB-1	Suborbital	Missile test	21 November	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
[edit] December
11 December 23:47	Aerobee XASR-SC-1		White Sands LC-35		US Army
	SPHERE	US Army	Suborbital		11 December	Successful
	Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
15 December 21:38	Viking		White Sands NLA-1		US Navy
	Viking 9	NRL	Suborbital	Solar	15 December	Successful
	Apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)

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[edit] References

Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Repot". http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/.  Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.  Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.  "Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.  McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.  "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.  "NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.  "Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.  "Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.  "Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.  "Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.  "Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.  Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.  "U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.  "Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.

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