1954 in spaceflight

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Launches

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Launch date and time	Rocket	Launch site	Launch contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission function	Re-entry or destruction	Outcome	Remarks
7 May 1954, 17:00 GMT	Viking 9	LC-33, White Sands	Martin/US Navy	Viking 10	NRL	Sub-orbital	Ionospheric and aeronomy research	7 May 1954	Successful	Apogee: 219 km (136 mi)
24 May 1954, 17:00 GMT	Viking 9	White Sands	Martin	Viking 11	NRL	Sub-orbital	Re-entry vehicle test	24 May 1954	Successful	Reached 254 km (158 mi)
5 October 1954	Aerobee	White Sands			NRL	Sub-orbital	photography		Successful	first image of a complete hurricane, from 100 mi. altitude^[1]^[2]

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