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Orbital launch summary
By country
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| Orbital launch attempts by country in 1960 | ||||||
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union |
9 | 3 | 6 | ||
 United States |
29 | 16 | 13 | 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 |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Only flights |
| Vostok-K 8K72K | 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
- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
- 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).
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