National Advisory Council on Aeronautics: Government / agency (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

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0Orbital launches

305All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

National Advisory Council on Aeronautics is a government organisation based in the United States, founded in 1915. Our records show 305 launches.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

NACA Langley Research Center 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NACA Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Langley Aero. Lab. 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
1963	Parachute test	Arcas	White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico	Success
1963	Parachute test	Arcas	White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico	Success
1963	Parachute test	Arcas	White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico	Success
7 Apr 1961	Reentry Stability	Nike Recruit	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
25 Nov 1959	F131 Heat Transfer	HJ Nike Nike Recruit T55	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
22 Oct 1959	Corvus Model	HJ	White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico	Success
25 Sep 1959	Weather photo	Nike Cajun	Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida	Success
9 Sep 1959	Mercury model	HJ Nike Nike Recruit	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
2 Sep 1959	Corvus Model	HJ	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
18 Aug 1959	Corvus Model	HJ	White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico	Success
31 Jul 1959	Corvus Model	HJ	White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico	Success
12 Jul 1959	GE Ablative RV?	HJ Nike Nike Recruit T55	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success

Provenance

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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.