| Name | Status | Launch Service Provider | Rocket | Mission | Net | Pad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Joe | LJ-5B | Launch Successful | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Little Joe | LJ-5B | 04/28/1961 2:03 p.m. | Launch Area 4 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA |
| Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 3 | Launch Successful | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Redstone | Mercury-Redstone 3 | 05/05/1961 2:34 p.m. | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Juno II | S-45A | Launch Failure | Army Ballistic Missile Agency | Juno II | — | 05/24/1961 7:48 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 26B | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 3 | Launch Failure | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 3 | 06/08/1961 9:16 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 25 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | — | 06/16/1961 11:02 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 2E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 4A & Injun-1 & Solrad 3 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | — | 06/29/1961 4:23 a.m. | Space Launch Complex 17B | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Scout X-1 | S-55 | Launch Failure | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Scout X-1 | — | 06/30/1961 5:09 p.m. | Launch Area 3 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 26 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | — | 07/07/1961 11:29 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 1E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Delta DM-19 | Tiros-3 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Delta DM-19 | — | 07/12/1961 10:25 a.m. | Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Atlas LV-3A | MIDAS 3 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Atlas Agena B | — | 07/12/1961 3:11 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 3E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 4 | Launch Successful | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Redstone | Mercury-Redstone 4 | 07/21/1961 12:20 p.m. | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 4 | Launch Failure | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 4 | 07/21/1961 10:35 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 28 | Launch Failure | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | — | 08/04/1961 12:01 a.m. | Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Vostok-K | Vostok 2 | Launch Successful | Soviet Space Program | Vostok | Vostok 2 | 08/06/1961 6 a.m. | 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Delta DM-19 | Explorer 12 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Delta DM-19 | — | 08/16/1961 3:21 a.m. | Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Blue Scout Jr | O-1 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Blue Scout Jr | O-1 | 08/17/1961 2:29 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Atlas LV-3A | Ranger 1 | Launch was a Partial Failure | United States Air Force | Atlas Agena B | — | 08/23/1961 10:04 a.m. | Space Launch Complex 12 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Scout X-1 | Explorer 13 | Launch Failure | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Scout X-1 | — | 08/25/1961 6:29 p.m. | Launch Area 3 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 29 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | — | 08/30/1961 8 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Atlas LV-3A | Samos 3 | Launch Failure | United States Air Force | Atlas Agena B | — | 09/09/1961 7:28 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 3W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 30 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | — | 09/12/1961 7:59 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 1E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 4 | Launch Successful | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 4 | 09/13/1961 2:04 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 14 | Cape Canaveral, FL, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 31 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | — | 09/17/1961 9 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 2E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 32 | Launch Successful | United States Air Force | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | — | 10/13/1961 7:22 p.m. | Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| Scout X-1 | P-21 | Launch Successful | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Scout X-1 | P-21 | 10/19/1961 5:38 p.m. | Launch Area 3 | Wallops Island, Virginia, USA |
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