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Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1956.

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Launch date and time Rocket Launch
site		 Launch contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission
function		 Re-entry or
destruction		 Outcome Remarks
20 September Jupiter-C Cape Canaveral ABMA ABMA Sub-orbital 20 September 1956 Successful Lofted an 39.25 kg (86.5 lb) payload to an altitude of 1,094 km (680 mi) [1]
8 December, 06:03 GMT Viking LC-18A, Cape Canaveral (Air Force Missile Test Center) Martin/US Navy Vanguard TV-0 NRL Sub-orbital 8 December 1956 Successful achieved an altitude of 203.5 km (126.4 mi)[2]

References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ NASA History Office - Explorer Information
  2. ^ NASA History Office - Early Test Firings


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