1960 in spaceflight
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1960 in spaceflight featured a majority of launches conducted by the United States, with the Soviet Union launching less that a fourth of flights that year. The majority of flights this year were sub-orbital, and featured the maiden voyages of many astronauts.
First4 February
Last22 December
Total38
Successes19
The launch escape system fires following the failed launch of Mercury-Redstone 1 | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 4 February |
| Last | 22 December |
| Total | 38 |
| Successes | 19 |
| Failures | 19 |
| Partial failures | 0 |
| Catalogued | 19 |
| National firsts | |
| Spaceflight |  Japan China |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Atlas-Agena Molniya Scout Thor DM-18 Able-IV Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor DM-21 Agena-B Thor DM-19 Delta Vostok-L Vostok-K |
| Retirements | Atlas-Able Luna Thor-Able Thor DM-18 Agena-A Vostok-L |
Orbital and Suborbital launches
Orbital launch statistics
By country
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union |
9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
 United States |
29 | 16 | 13 | 0 | |
| World | 38 | 19 | 19 | 0 | |
By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas-Able | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Retired |
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-A | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Juno II | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luna 8K72 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Retired |
| Molniya 8K78 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Scout X-1 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DM-18 Able-II | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Thor DM-18 Able-IV | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Only flight |
| Thor DM-21 Ablestar | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DM-18 Agena-A | United States | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Retired |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Thor DM-19 Delta | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Vostok-L 8K72 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Only flights |
| Vostok-K 8K72K | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
By family
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jupiter | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| R7 | Soviet Union | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Scout | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thor | United States | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | |
By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | |
| Medium Earth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical orbits |
| Heliocentric | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
References
Further reading
- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
- Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
- Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
- Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
- "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
- "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
- "Rocket Launch Manifest". Next Spaceflight.
- "Space Launch Plans". Novosti Kosmonavtiki.
- "Space Satellite Tracking". N2YO.