Space Launch Now Database

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This is a nearly complete collection of orbital spaceflight, we're working diligently to get to 100% coverage. We've collected all of manned spaceflight and are working to collect unmanned spaceflight's.

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Name Status Launch Service Provider Rocket Mission Net Pad
Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1 Launch Successful Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8K74PS Sputnik 1 10/04/1957 7:28 p.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 2 Launch Successful Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8K74PS Sputnik 2 11/03/1957 2:30 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vanguard | Vanguard Launch Failure US Navy Vanguard Vanguard 12/06/1957 4:44 p.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Juno-I | Explorer 1 Launch Successful Army Ballistic Missile Agency Juno-I Explorer 1 02/01/1958 3:47 a.m. Launch Complex 26A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vanguard | Vanguard Launch Failure US Navy Vanguard Vanguard 02/05/1958 7:33 a.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Juno-I | Explorer 2 Launch Failure Army Ballistic Missile Agency Juno-I Explorer 2 03/05/1958 6:27 p.m. Launch Complex 26A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vanguard | Vanguard Launch Successful US Navy Vanguard Vanguard 03/17/1958 12:15 p.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Juno-I | Explorer 3 Launch Successful Army Ballistic Missile Agency Juno-I Explorer 3 03/26/1958 5:38 p.m. Launch Complex 26A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1 Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8A91 D-1 1 04/27/1958 7 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vanguard | Vanguard Launch Failure US Navy Vanguard Vanguard 04/29/1958 2:53 a.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2 Launch Successful Soviet Space Program Sputnik 8A91 D1- 2 05/15/1958 7 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vanguard | Vanguard Launch Failure US Navy Vanguard Vanguard 05/28/1958 3:46 a.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vanguard | Vanguard Launch Failure US Navy Vanguard Vanguard 06/26/1958 5 a.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Project Pilot | NOTS 1 Launch Failure US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 1 07/25/1958 midnight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | Air launch to Suborbital flight
Juno-I | Explorer 4 Launch Successful Army Ballistic Missile Agency Juno-I Explorer 4 07/26/1958 3 p.m. Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Project Pilot | NOTS 2 Launch Failure US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 2 08/12/1958 midnight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | Air launch to Suborbital flight
Thor Able I | Able I (Pioneer) Launch Failure Army Ballistic Missile Agency Thor Able I Able I (Pioneer) 08/17/1958 12:18 p.m. Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Project Pilot | NOTS 3 Launch Failure US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 3 08/22/1958 midnight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | Air launch to Suborbital flight
Juno-I | Explorer 5 Launch Failure Army Ballistic Missile Agency Juno-I Explorer 5 08/24/1958 6:17 a.m. Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Project Pilot | NOTS 4 Launch Failure US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 4 08/25/1958 midnight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | Air launch to Suborbital flight
Project Pilot | NOTS 5 Launch Failure US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 5 08/26/1958 midnight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | Air launch to Suborbital flight
Project Pilot | NOTS 6 Launch Failure US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 6 08/28/1958 midnight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | Air launch to Suborbital flight
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-1a Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Vostok-L 8K72 Luna-1a 09/23/1958 7:40 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vanguard | Vanguard Launch Failure US Navy Vanguard Vanguard 09/26/1958 3:38 p.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Thor Able I | Pioneer 1 Launch Successful Army Ballistic Missile Agency Thor Able I Pioneer 1 10/11/1958 8:42 a.m. Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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