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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
Molniya 8K78 | Venera-1VA 2 Launch Successful Soviet Space Program Molniya 8K78 02/12/1961 12:34 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Molniya 8K78 | Venera-1VA 1 Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Molniya 8K78 02/04/1961 1:18 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Atlas LV-3A | Samos 2 Launch Successful United States Air Force Atlas Agena B 01/31/1961 8:21 p.m. Space Launch Complex 3W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 2 Launch Successful National Aeronautics and Space Administration Redstone Mercury-Redstone 2 01/31/1961 4:55 p.m. Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vostok | Korabl-Sputnik (4) Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Vostok Korabl-Sputnik (4) 12/22/1960 7:45 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 19 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Agena-B Discoverer 19 12/20/1960 8:32 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 1A Launch Successful National Aeronautics and Space Administration Redstone Mercury-Redstone 1A 12/19/1960 4:15 p.m. Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Atlas-Able | P-31 Launch Failure United States Air Force Atlas-Able P-31 12/15/1960 9:10 a.m. Launch Complex 12 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 18 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Agena-B Discoverer 18 12/07/1960 8:20 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Scout X-1 | NASA S-56 Launch Failure National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout X-1 NASA S-56 12/04/1960 9:14 p.m. Launch Area 3 | Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-3 Launch Successful Soviet Space Program Vostok 8K72 Korabl'-Sputnik-3 12/01/1960 7:30 a.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 3A Launch Failure United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Ablestar Transit 3A 11/30/1960 7:50 p.m. Space Launch Complex 17B | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Thor Delta | Tiros 2 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor Delta Tiros 2 11/23/1960 11:13 a.m. Space Launch Complex 17A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 1 Launch Failure National Aeronautics and Space Administration Redstone Mercury-Redstone 1 11/21/1960 2 p.m. Launch Complex 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 17 Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Agena-B Discoverer 17 11/12/1960 8:42 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1E | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Little Joe | LJ-5 Launch Failure National Aeronautics and Space Administration Little Joe LJ-5 11/08/1960 3:18 p.m. Launch Area 1 | Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Juno II | Explorer 8 Launch Successful National Aeronautics and Space Administration Juno II Explorer 8 11/03/1960 5:23 a.m. Launch Complex 26B | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 16 Launch Failure United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Agena-B Discoverer 16 10/26/1960 8:26 p.m. Space Launch Complex 1W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Molniya 8K78 | Mars-1b Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Molniya 8K78 Mars-1b 10/14/1960 1:51 p.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Atlas Agena A | Samos 1 Launch Failure United States Air Force Atlas Agena A Samos 1 10/11/1960 8:33 p.m. Space Launch Complex 3W | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Molniya 8K78 | Mars-1a Launch Failure Soviet Space Program Molniya 8K78 Mars-1a 10/10/1960 2:27 p.m. 1/5 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Courier 1B Launch Successful United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Ablestar Courier 1B 10/04/1960 5:50 p.m. Space Launch Complex 17B | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Scout X-1 | ST-2 Launch Successful National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scout X-1 ST-2 10/04/1960 3:23 p.m. Launch Area 3 | Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Atlas-Able | P-30 (Able VA) Launch Failure United States Air Force Atlas-Able P-30 (Able VA) 09/25/1960 3:13 p.m. Launch Complex 12 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Blue Scout Jr | Blue Scout D-1 Launch Successful United States Air Force Blue Scout Jr Blue Scout D-1 09/21/1960 1:01 p.m. Launch Complex 18A | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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