1960 in spaceflight featured a majority of launches conducted by the United States, with the Soviet Union launching less than a fourth of flights that year. The majority of flights this year were sub-orbital.
Orbital and Suborbital launches
Orbital launch statistics By country
Country Launches Successes Failures Partialfailures 9 3 6 0 29 16 13 0 World 38 19 19 0
By rocket Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas-Able Atlas 2 0 2 0 Retired Atlas LV-3A Agena-A Atlas 3 1 2 0 Maiden flight Juno II Jupiter 2 1 1 0 Luna 8K72 R-7 2 0 2 0 Retired Molniya 8K78 R-7 2 0 2 0 Maiden flight Scout X-1 Scout 1 0 1 0 Maiden flight Thor DM-18 Able-II Thor 1 1 0 0 Retired Thor DM-18 Able-IV Thor 1 1 0 0 Only flight Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor 5 3 2 0 Maiden flight Thor DM-18 Agena-A Thor 7 4 3 0 Retired Thor DM-21 Agena-B Thor 4 3 1 0 Maiden flight Thor DM-19 Delta Thor 3 2 1 0 Maiden flight Vostok-L 8K72 R-7 4 3 1 0 Only flights Vostok-K 8K72K R-7 1 0 1 0 Maiden flight
By family Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas 5 1 4 0 Jupiter 2 1 1 0 R7 9 3 6 0 Scout 1 0 1 0 Thor 21 14 7 0
By orbit Orbital regime Launches Successes Failures AccidentallyAchieved Remarks Low Earth 26 16 10 0 Medium Earth 4 2 2 0 High Earth 1 0 1 0 Including Highly elliptical orbits Heliocentric 7 1 6 0
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