Mission Launch Chronology

Updated to: March 22nd, 1964, or Episode 15 of For All Kerbalkind

1951

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
April 1st	Brownsville, TX	WACK Korporal	N/A
April 1st	Brownsville, TX	Trainer/WACK Korporal	N/A
April 24th	Brownsville, TX	Trainer/WACK Korporal	N/A
May 17th	Brownsville, TX	Trainer/WACK Korporal	N/A
June 9th	Brownsville, TX	Trainer/WACK Korporal	N/A
June 14th	Brownsville, TX	WACK Korporal II	Classified
August 21st	Brownsville, TX	WACK Korporal II	Classified
November 26th	Brownsville, TX	WACK Korporal II	Fruit Flies
December 13th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-1	N/A
December 24th	Brownsville, TX	Keteor	N/A

1952

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
January 2nd	Brownsville, TX	Keteor	N/A
January 24th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-1	N/A
February 25th	Brownsville, TX	WACK Korporal III	N/A
April 21st	Brownsville, TX	Keteor	N/A
June 23rd	Brownsville, TX	K-4	N/A
August 24th	Brownsville, TX	WACK Korporal IV	N/A
October 13th	Brownsville, TX	X-1	N/A
December 2nd	Brownsville, TX	K-4 II	Fruit Flies

1953

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
February 22nd	Brownsville, TX	K-4 II	Fruit Flies
March 24th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-1	N/A
May 10th	Brownsville, TX	K-4 II	Fruit Flies
July 27th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-2	N/A
July 27th	Brownsville, TX	K-4 III	Film Return
October 5th	Brownsville, TX	K-4 III	Film Retrun
December 24th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-2	N/A
December 24th	Brownsville, TX	K-4 II	Fruit Flies

1954

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
February 4th	Brownsville, TX	K-4 III	Film Return
February 15th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-2	N/A
April 6th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-2	N/A
April 27th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-2	N/A
May 5th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone I	Return Capsule
August 11th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone I	Fruit Flies
August 12th	Wallops, VA	KBRM I	Classified
September 22nd	Wallops, VA	KBRM I	Classified
November 6th	Wallops, VA	KBRM I	Classified
November 6th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-2	N/A
November 14th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone I	Return Capsule
December 25th	Wallops, VA	KBRM I	Classified

1955

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
February 3rd	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone II	Explorer 1
April 25th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone I	Monkey
May 13th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
May 22nd	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
June 9th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
July 9th	Wallops, VA	KBRM II	Classified
July 23rd	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone II	Explorer 2
October 23rd	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone II	Explorer 3
November 19th	Wallops, VA	KBRM II	Classified
December 10th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A

1956

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
January 2nd	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
January 19th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone II	Explorer 4
March 16th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone II	Monkey
April 14th	Wallops, VA	KBRM II	Classified
June 10th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone II	Explorer 5
June 24th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
September 16th	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	Pathfinder 1
December 2nd	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	SONAR
December 2nd	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
December 4th	Wallops, VA	KBRM II	Classified
December 6th	Wallops, VA	KBRM II	Classified

1957

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
February 3rd	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	Kelstar 1
March 26th	Brownsville, TX	K-100	N/A
April 19th	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	Explorer 6
June 22nd	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	Kelstar 2
September 1st	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	Pathfinder 2
October 29th	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	Kelstar 3

1958

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
January 3rd	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
January 11th	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder	PILGRIM
February 9th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
March 9th	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-3	N/A
April 2nd	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder B	Discoverer 1
August 19th	Wallops, VA	Skout	Skout 1
August 23rd	Brownsville, TX	Katlas A	Discoverer 2
October 15th	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder C	Pathfinder 3
December 8th	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder C	Pathfinder 4

1959

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
January 23rd	Wallops, VA	Skout	Skout 2
February 1st	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder C	Pathfinder 5
March 27th	Brownsville, TX	Pathfinder C	Pathfinder 6
August 26th	Brownsville, TX	Kedstone II	Merkury
October 17th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas A	Merkury 1
October 23rd	Brownsville, TX	Kell X-4 "Black Knight"	N/A
December 28th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas A	Explorer 7

1960

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
March 26th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas A	Merkury 2
June 9th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas B	Merkury 3
August 8th	Wallops, VA	Skout	Skout 3
August 16th	Wallops, VA	Skout	Skout 4
September 12th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas B	Synkom 1
September 16th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas Vega	Markiner 1
November 15th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas B	Explorer 8

1961

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
January 14th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas Vega	Markiner 2
February 11th	Wallops, VA	Skout	Skout 5
February 26th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas B	Discoverer 3
November 6th	Brownsville, TX	Katurn I	Mayflower / LO 1&2
November 28th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Discoverer 4&5

1962

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
March 1st	Wallops, VA	Pathfinder D	Kiros 1
March 26th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Gemini 1
May 17th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	OSCS-1
June 9th	Wallops, VA	Pathfinder D	NSTA
June 24th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Gemini 2
August 7th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas C	Explorer 9
September 6th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Explorer 10
October 1st	Wallops, VA	Pathfinder D	OSCS-2
November 6th	Brownsville, TX	Katurn I	Gemini 3
December 22nd	Wallops, VA	Skout	Skout 6
December 30th	Brownsville, TX	KX-20 Dynasoar	N/A

1963

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
February 9th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Dynasoar
February 26th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas C	Docking Target
February 27th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Gemini 4
March 26th	Brownsville, TX	Katurn I	Santa Maria
April 14th	Wallops, VA	Pathfinder D	OSCS-3
June 2nd	Brownsville, TX	Katurn I	Wanderer 1
August 19th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Gemini 5
August 20th	Brownsville, TX	Katurn I 1204	Fortune
September 2nd	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Dynasoar
September 7th	Wallops, VA	Katlas D	OSCS-4
October 16th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas D	Loros B
October 17th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas D	Surveyor 1
December 17th	Brownsville, TX	Katurn I	KIV Station
December 18th	Brownsville, TX	Kitan II	Gemini 6

1964

Date	Launch Site	Vehicle	Payload	Status
January 21st	Brownsville, TX	Katlas D	Surveyor 2
February 3rd	Wallops, VA	Katlas D	OSCS-5
February 23rd	Brownsville, TX	Kitan III	Gemini 7
March 13th	Brownsville, TX	Katlas D	Surveyor 3
March 22nd	Brownsville, TX	Kitan IIIE	Markiner 3

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