Orbital Launch Log

Every orbital launch attempt since 1957

Industry / Launches

7,207 launches. Dates are UTC; older records may know only the month or year.

DateMissionVehicleProviderSiteResult
1 Apr 1960 A-1 Thor Able II US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Success
23 Mar 1960 NASA S-46 Juno II NASA Marshall Space Flight Center CC Failure
26 Feb 1960 Midas ETS-I F1 Atlas Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Failure
19 Feb 1960 CORONA C-7 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Failure
4 Feb 1960 CORONA C-6 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Failure
26 Nov 1959 Able IVB Atlas Able US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Failure
20 Nov 1959 CORONA C-5 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Success
7 Nov 1959 CORONA C-4 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Success
13 Oct 1959 NASA S-1A Juno II U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Success
24 Sep 1959 Able IVA Atlas C Able US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Unknown
18 Sep 1959 Magne-Ray satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Success
17 Sep 1959 Transit 1A Thor Able II US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Failure
19 Aug 1959 CORONA C-3 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Success
15 Aug 1959 Beacon Juno II U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Failure
13 Aug 1959 CORONA C-2 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Success
7 Aug 1959 NASA S-2 Thor Able III US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Success
16 Jul 1959 NASA S-1 Juno II U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Failure
25 Jun 1959 CORONA C-1 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Failure
22 Jun 1959 Radiation Balance sat Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
18 Jun 1959 E-1 No. 5 Vostok-L 8K72 Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 Failure
3 Jun 1959 CORONA BIO 2 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Failure
14 Apr 1959 Magnetometer satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
13 Apr 1959 CORONA BIO 1 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Success
28 Feb 1959 CORONA Test Vehicle 2 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Failure
17 Feb 1959 Cloud cover satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Success
21 Jan 1959 Discoverer 0 Thor Agena A US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division V Unknown
18 Dec 1958 SCORE Atlas B US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Success
6 Dec 1958 Pioneer 3 Juno II U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Success
4 Dec 1958 E-1 No. 3 Vostok-L 8K72 Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 Failure
8 Nov 1958 Able 3 Thor Able I US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Failure
23 Oct 1958 Beacon Jupiter C U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Failure
11 Oct 1958 E-1 No. 2 Vostok-L 8K72 Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 Failure
11 Oct 1958 Able 2 Thor Able I US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Success
26 Sep 1958 Cloud cover satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
23 Sep 1958 E-1 No. 1 Vostok-L 8K72 Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 Failure
28 Aug 1958 Radiation Payload 3 NOTS EV1 Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS Failure
26 Aug 1958 Radiation Payload 2 NOTS EV1 Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS Failure
25 Aug 1958 Radiation Payload 1 NOTS EV1 Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS Failure
24 Aug 1958 Explorer 5 Jupiter C U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Failure
22 Aug 1958 Diagnostic Payload 3 NOTS EV1 Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS Failure
17 Aug 1958 Able 1 Thor Able I US Air Force Ballistic Missile Division CC Failure
12 Aug 1958 Diagnostic Payload 2 NOTS EV1 Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS Failure
26 Jul 1958 Explorer 4 Jupiter C U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Success
25 Jul 1958 Diagnostic Payload 1 NOTS EV1 Naval Ordnance Test Station NOTS Failure
26 Jun 1958 X-ray satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
28 May 1958 Lyman Alpha satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
15 May 1958 D-1 No. 2 Sputnik 8A91 Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 Success
29 Apr 1958 X-ray satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
27 Apr 1958 D-1 No. 1 Sputnik 8A91 Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 Failure
26 Mar 1958 Explorer 3 Jupiter C U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Success

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.