1960 in spaceflight
The launch escape system fires following the failed launch of Mercury-Redstone 1 | |
Orbital launches | |
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First | 4 February |
Last | 22 December |
Total | 38 |
Successes | 19 |
Failures | 19 |
Partial failures | 0 |
Catalogued | 19 |
National firsts | |
Spaceflight |
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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 launch summary
By country
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Orbital launch attempts by country in 1960 |
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
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9 | 3 | 6 | |||
29 | 16 | 13 | 0 |
By rocket
Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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Atlas-Able | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Retired | |
Atlas LV-3A Agena-A | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
Juno II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Luna 8K72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Retired | |
Molniya 8K78 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
Scout X-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
Thor DM-18 Able-II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired | |
Thor DM-18 Able-IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Only flight | |
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
Thor DM-18 Agena-A | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Retired | |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
Thor DM-19 Delta | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
Vostok-L 8K72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Only flights | |
Vostok-K 8K72K | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
By orbit
Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
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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
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