Orbital and Suborbital launches
Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks19 May Venera 1 First flyby of Venus Spacecraft was already non-functional as communication had been lost en route, closest approach:
Notable creations of orbital debris Date/Time (UTC)Source objectEvent typePieces trackedRemarks 29 June Thor-Able upper stage of Transit 4A navigation satellite Rocket explosion 294 First explosion of a rocket stage in orbit creating hundreds of debris pieces
Orbital launch statistics
Country Launches Successes Failures Partialfailures 9 5 4 0 41 23 16 2 World
By rocket Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas LV-3A Agena-A Atlas 1 1 0 0 Retired Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Atlas 7 2 4 1 Maiden flight Atlas LV-3B Atlas 3 2 1 0 First orbital launch RM-90 Blue Scout II Scout 1 0 1 0 Only orbital launch Juno II Jupiter 3 1 2 0 Retired Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kosmos 2 0 2 0 Maiden flight Molniya 8K78 R-7 2 1 1 0 Scout X-1 Scout 3 1 2 0 Retired Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor 3 2 0 1 Thor DM-21 Agena-B Thor 17 11 6 0 Thor DM-19 Delta Thor 3 3 0 0 Vostok-K 8K72K R-7 5 4 1 0
By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas 11 5 5 1 Jupiter 3 1 2 0 Retired Kosmos (rocket) 2 0 2 0 Maiden flight R-7 8K78 7 5 2 0 Scout 4 1 3 0 Thor 23 16 6 1
By orbit Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved Accidentally Achieved Remarks Low Earth 41 28 13 3 Medium Earth 1 1 0 0 High Earth 6 2 4 0 Including Highly elliptical orbits Heliocentric 2 1 1 0
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