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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">1960 in spaceflight</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Escape_rocket_of_Mercury-Redstone_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Escape_rocket_of_Mercury-Redstone_1.jpg/250px-Escape_rocket_of_Mercury-Redstone_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Escape_rocket_of_Mercury-Redstone_1.jpg/375px-Escape_rocket_of_Mercury-Redstone_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Escape_rocket_of_Mercury-Redstone_1.jpg/500px-Escape_rocket_of_Mercury-Redstone_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3642" data-file-height="4688" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Launch_escape_system" title="Launch escape system">launch escape system</a> fires following the failed launch of <a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_1" title="Mercury-Redstone 1">Mercury-Redstone 1</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ffdead;">Orbital launches</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First</th><td class="infobox-data">4 February</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last</th><td class="infobox-data">22 December</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total</th><td class="infobox-data">38</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successes</th><td class="infobox-data">19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Failures</th><td class="infobox-data">19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Partial failures</th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">Catalogued</a></th><td class="infobox-data">19</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ffdead;">National firsts</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spaceflight</th><td class="infobox-data"><span 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spaceflight">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_spaceflight" title="1993 in spaceflight">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_spaceflight" title="1994 in spaceflight">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_spaceflight" title="1995 in spaceflight">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_spaceflight" title="1996 in spaceflight">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_spaceflight" title="1997 in spaceflight">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_spaceflight" title="1998 in spaceflight">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_spaceflight" title="1999 in spaceflight">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_spaceflight" title="2000 in spaceflight">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_spaceflight" title="2001 in spaceflight">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_spaceflight" title="2002 in spaceflight">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_spaceflight" title="2003 in spaceflight">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_spaceflight" title="2004 in spaceflight">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_spaceflight" title="2005 in spaceflight">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_spaceflight" title="2006 in spaceflight">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_spaceflight" title="2007 in spaceflight">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_spaceflight" title="2008 in spaceflight">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_spaceflight" title="2009 in spaceflight">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_spaceflight" title="2010 in spaceflight">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_spaceflight" title="2011 in spaceflight">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_spaceflight" title="2012 in spaceflight">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_spaceflight" title="2013 in spaceflight">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_spaceflight" title="2014 in spaceflight">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_spaceflight" title="2015 in spaceflight">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_spaceflight" title="2016 in spaceflight">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_spaceflight" title="2017 in spaceflight">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_spaceflight" title="2018 in spaceflight">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_spaceflight" title="2019 in spaceflight">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2020s_in_spaceflight" title="2020s in spaceflight">2020s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_spaceflight" title="2020 in spaceflight">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_spaceflight" title="2021 in spaceflight">2021</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2021" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021">H1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2021" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2021">H2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_spaceflight" title="2022 in spaceflight">2022</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2022" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2022">H1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2022" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2022">H2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_spaceflight" title="2023 in spaceflight">2023</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2023" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2023">H1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2023" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2023">H2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_spaceflight" title="2024 in spaceflight">2024</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January%E2%80%93June_2024" title="List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024">H1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2024" title="List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024">H2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_spaceflight" title="2025 in spaceflight">2025</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_in_spaceflight" title="2026 in spaceflight">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2027_in_spaceflight" title="2027 in spaceflight">2027</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_in_spaceflight" title="2028 in spaceflight">2028</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2029_in_spaceflight" title="2029 in spaceflight">2029</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_planned_future_spaceflight_launches" title="List of planned future spaceflight launches">Future</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table style="font-size:88%;border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_spaceflight" title="1959 in spaceflight">←</a> <a 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<li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_spaceflight_(July%E2%80%93December)#September" title="1960 in spaceflight (July–December)">Sep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_spaceflight_(July%E2%80%93December)#October" title="1960 in spaceflight (July–December)">Oct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_spaceflight_(July%E2%80%93December)#November" title="1960 in spaceflight (July–December)">Nov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_spaceflight_(July%E2%80%93December)#December" title="1960 in spaceflight (July–December)">Dec</a> <a href="/wiki/1961_in_spaceflight" title="1961 in spaceflight">→</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orbital_launch_summary">Orbital launch summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_in_spaceflight&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Orbital launch summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_country">By country</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_in_spaceflight&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="text-align:right;background:transparent;border:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1960_Launches.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/1960_Launches.svg/220px-1960_Launches.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/1960_Launches.svg/330px-1960_Launches.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/1960_Launches.svg/440px-1960_Launches.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="302" data-file-height="302" /></a></span> </td> <td width="5px"> </td> <td> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#a02c2c" width="15px" height="15px"> </td> <td><small>  Soviet Union</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0000ff" width="15px" height="15px"> </td> <td><small>  United States</small> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><small>Orbital launch attempts by country in 1960</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="left" class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Launches </th> <th>Successes </th> <th>Failures </th> <th>Partial<br />failures </th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Soviet Union"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span></td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_rocket">By rocket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_in_spaceflight&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: By rocket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rocket </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Launches </th> <th>Successes </th> <th>Failures </th> <th>Partial failures </th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Able" title="Atlas-Able">Atlas-Able</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>Retired </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Agena" title="Atlas-Agena">Atlas LV-3A Agena-A</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>Maiden flight </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Juno_II" title="Juno II">Juno II</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luna_(rocket)" title="Luna (rocket)">Luna</a> 8K72</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Soviet Union"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>Retired </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Molniya_(rocket)" title="Molniya (rocket)">Molniya</a> 8K78</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Soviet Union"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>Maiden flight </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-1" title="Scout X-1">Scout X-1</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>Maiden flight </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thor-Able" title="Thor-Able">Thor DM-18 Able-II</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>Retired </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thor-Able" title="Thor-Able">Thor DM-18 Able-IV</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>Only flight </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">Thor DM-21 Ablestar</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>Maiden flight </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Thor DM-18 Agena-A</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>Retired </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Thor DM-21 Agena-B</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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<td>0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit" title="Medium Earth orbit">Medium Earth</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Earth_orbit" title="High Earth orbit">High Earth</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>Including <a href="/wiki/Highly_elliptical_orbit" title="Highly elliptical orbit">Highly elliptical orbits</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heliocentric_orbit" title="Heliocentric orbit">Heliocentric</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_in_spaceflight&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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