1956 in spaceflight

1956 in spaceflight

|20 September
|Jupiter-C
|Cape Canaveral
|ABMA
|ABMA
|Sub-orbital
|20 September 1956
|Successful
|Lofted an kg to lb|39.25|abbr=yes|wiki=yes|precision=1 payload to an altitude of km to mi|1094|abbr=yes|wiki=yes [ [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/expinfo.html NASA History Office - Explorer Information] ]
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|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 km to mi|203.5|abbr=yes|wiki=yes|precision=1 [ [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/chap10.html NASA History Office - Early Test Firings] ]
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