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Name Status Launch Service Provider Rocket Mission Net Pad
Vanguard | Vanguard III Launch Successful US Navy Vanguard Vanguard III 09/18/1959 5:20 a.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-3 Launch Successful Soviet Space Program Vostok-L 8K72 Luna-3 10/04/1959 12:43 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Little Joe | LJ-6 Launch was a Partial Failure National Aeronautics and Space Administration Little Joe LJ-6 10/04/1959 10 a.m. Launch Area 1 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Juno II | Explorer 7 Launch Successful National Aeronautics and Space Administration Juno II Explorer 7 10/13/1959 3:30 p.m. Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Little Joe | LJ-1A Launch was a Partial Failure National Aeronautics and Space Administration Little Joe LJ-1A 11/04/1959 2:30 p.m. Launch Area 1 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 7 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor Agena A Discoverer 7 11/07/1959 8:28 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 8 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor Agena A Discoverer 8 11/20/1959 7:25 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Atlas-Able | P-3 Launch Failure United States Air Force Atlas-Able P-3 11/26/1959 7:26 a.m. Space Launch Complex 14 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Little Joe | LJ-2 Launch Successful National Aeronautics and Space Administration Little Joe LJ-2 12/04/1959 4:20 p.m. Launch Area 1 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-1B Launch Successful National Aeronautics and Space Administration Little Joe LJ-1B 01/21/1960 2:23 p.m. Launch Area 1 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 9 Launch Failure United States Air Force Thor Agena A Discoverer 9 02/04/1960 6:51 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 10 Launch Failure United States Air Force Thor Agena A Discoverer 10 02/19/1960 8:15 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Atlas Agena A | Midas 1 Launch Failure United States Air Force Atlas Agena A Midas 1 02/26/1960 5:25 p.m. Space Launch Complex 14 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Thor Able IV | Pioneer V Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor Able IV Pioneer V 03/11/1960 1 p.m. Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Juno II | NASA S-46 Launch Failure National Aeronautics and Space Administration Juno II NASA S-46 03/23/1960 1:35 p.m. Launch Complex 26B | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Thor Able II | Tiros 1 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor Able II Tiros 1 04/01/1960 11:40 a.m. Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 1B Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Ablestar Transit 1B 04/13/1960 12:02 p.m. Space Launch Complex 17B | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-4a Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Vostok-L 8K72 Luna-4a 04/15/1960 3:06 p.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 11 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor Agena A Discoverer 11 04/15/1960 8:30 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-4b Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Vostok-L 8K72 Luna-4b 04/16/1960 4:07 p.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Thor Delta | Echo Launch Failure United States Air Force Thor Delta Echo 05/13/1960 9:16 a.m. Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-1 Launch Successful Soviet Space Program Vostok 8K72 Korabl'-Sputnik-1 05/15/1960 midnight 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Atlas Agena A | Midas 2 Launch Successful United States Air Force Atlas Agena A Midas 2 05/24/1960 5:36 p.m. Space Launch Complex 14 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 2A Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Ablestar Transit 2A 06/22/1960 5:54 a.m. Space Launch Complex 17B | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 12 Launch Failure United States Air Force Thor Agena A Discoverer 12 06/29/1960 10 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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