1960 in spaceflight

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For launches in the first half of the year, see 1960 in spaceflight (January–June), for launches in the second half, see 1960 in spaceflight (July–December)

1960 in spaceflight
File:Escape rocket of Mercury-Redstone 1.jpg
The launch escape system fires following the failed launch of Mercury-Redstone 1
Orbital launches
First4 February
Last22 December
Total38
Successes19
Failures19
Partial failures0
Catalogued19
National firsts
SpaceflightFile:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Rockets
Maiden flightsAtlas-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
RetirementsAtlas-Able
Luna
Thor-Able
Thor DM-18 Agena-A
Vostok-L
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Orbital launch summary

By country

File:1960 Launches.svg
  Soviet Union
  United States
Orbital launch attempts by country in 1960
Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures 		Remarks
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 9 3 6
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 29 16 13 0

By rocket

Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Atlas-Able File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2 0 2 0 Retired
Atlas LV-3A Agena-A File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 3 1 2 0 Maiden flight
Juno II File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2 1 1 0
Luna 8K72 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 Retired
Molniya 8K78 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 Maiden flight
Scout X-1 File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1 0 1 0 Maiden flight
Thor DM-18 Able-II File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1 1 0 0 Retired
Thor DM-18 Able-IV File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1 1 0 0 Only flight
Thor DM-21 Ablestar File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 5 3 2 0 Maiden flight
Thor DM-18 Agena-A File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 7 4 3 0 Retired
Thor DM-21 Agena-B File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 4 3 1 0 Maiden flight
Thor DM-19 Delta File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 3 2 1 0 Maiden flight
Vostok-L 8K72 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 0 1 0 Only flights
Vostok-K 8K72K File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1 0 1 0 Maiden flight

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

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  • Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
  • Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.[dead link‍]
  • 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.
  • "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[dead link‍]
  • "Space Information Center". JAXA.[dead link‍]
  • "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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