| Year: | 1962 |
| First: | 13 January |
| Last: | 22 December |
| Total: | 81 |
| Success: | 65 |
| Failed: | 15 |
| Partial: | 1 |
| Catalogued: | 72 |
| Firstflight: | |
| Firstsat: |  |
| Maidens: | Delta A Delta B Scout X-2 Scout X-2M Scout X-3 Thor DM-21 Agena-D Vostok-2 |
| Retired: | Scout X-2 Thor DM-19 Delta Thor DM-21 Ablestar |
| Orbital: | 5 |
| Totalcrew: | 5 |
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 January | Failed impactor, closest approach: | ||
| 26 April | Lunar impact | Impacted far side, no data returned | |
| 21 October | Flyby of the Moon | Failed impactor, closest approach: | |
| 14 December | Closest approach: | ||
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 59 | 50 | 8 | 1 |
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Atlas LV-3B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delta A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Only flights | ||
| Delta B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Kosmos-2I 63S1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Molniya 8K78 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Scout X-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Only flights | ||
| Scout X-2M | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Scout X-3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Retired | |||
| 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | |||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Retired | |||
| Vostok-K 8K72K | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vostok-2 8A92 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 55 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical orbits | ||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 |