Spacecrafts launched in 1959

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ID n° Date Payload(s) Vehicle Site Country, Type
1959-001 02.01.59 Luna 1 [Ye-1 #4] (Mechta, AMS) Vostok-L Baikonur USSR
1959-F01 21.01.59 Discoverer 0 Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-4 US
1959-002 17.02.59 Vanguard 2 (20in Cloud cover #2) Vanguard SLV-4 CC, LC-18A US
1959-003 28.02.59 Discoverer 1 Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-4 US
1959-004 03.03.59 Pioneer 4 Juno-2 CC, LC-5 US
1959-005 13.04.59 Discoverer 2 Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-4 US
1959-F02 14.04.59 Vanguard (13in Magnetometer #1) Vanguard SLV-5 CC, LC-18A US
1959-F03 03.06.59 Discoverer 3 Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-4 US
1959-F04 18.06.59 Luna (Ye-1A #1) Vostok-L Baikonur USSR
1959-F05 22.06.59 Vanguard (20in Radiation balance #1) Vanguard SLV-6 CC, LC-18A US
1959-F06 25.06.59 Discoverer 4 (KH-1 1) Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-5 US
1959-F07 16.07.59 Explorer (S 1) Juno-2 CC, LC-5 US
1959-006 07.08.59 Explorer 6 (S 2) Thor-DM18 Able-3 CC, LC-17A US
1959-007 13.08.59 Discoverer 5 (KH-1 2) Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-4 US
1959-F08 15.08.59 Beacon 2 Juno-2 (3 St.) CC, LC-26B US
1959-008 19.08.59 Discoverer 6 (KH-1 3) Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-5 US
1959-Sub1 21.08.59 Mercury LJ-1 Little-Joe-1 Wallops Island US, suborbital LES test
1959-Sub2 09.09.59 Mercury BJ-1 Atlas 10D CC, LC14 US, suborbital test
1959-009 12.09.59 Luna 2 (Ye-1A #2] Vostok-L Baikonur USSR
1959-F09 17.09.59 Transit 1A Thor-DM18 Able-2 (mod.) CC, LC-17A US
1959-010 18.09.59 Vanguard 3 (20in Magnetometer, X-Ray, Env. #1) Vanguard SLV-7 CC, LC-18A US
1959-E02 24.09.59 Pioneer P-1 Atlas-C Able(1e launch) CC, LC-12 US, Exploded during static firing
1959-Sub3 04.10.59 Mercury LJ-6 Little-Joe-1 Wallops Island US, suborbital LES test
1959-011 04.10.59 Luna 3 (Ye-2A #1) Vostok-L Baikonur, LC1 USSR
1959-012 13.10.59 Explorer 7 (S 1a) Juno-2 CC LC-5 US
- - 04.11.59 Mercury LJ-1A Little-Joe-1 Wallops Island US, suborbital test
1959-013 07.11.59 Discoverer 7 (KH-1 4) Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-4 US
1959-014 20.11.59 Discoverer 8 (KH-1 5) Thor-DM18 Agena-A Va, 75-3-5 US
1959-F10 26.11.59 Pioneer (P 3) Atlas-D Able (#20D) CC, LC-14 US
1959-Sub5 04.12.59 Mercury LJ-2 (Monkey Sam) Little-Joe-1 Wallops Island US, suborbital launch

Note: "ID n° " in red are failed missions (rocket or satellite)

Summary:

 In 1959:

 24 spacecrafts launched
  • 14 successfull
    • 3 USSR
    • 11 USA
  • 10 failed
    • 1 USSR
    • 9 USA
 In orbit on 31 dec 2004: 5 spacecrafts
  • 3 in Earth orbit:
    • Vanguard 2 (59002), Vanguard 3 (59010), Explorer 7 (59012)
  • 2 in Heliocentric orbit:
    • Luna 1 (59001), Pioneer 4 (59004)


Ref: #1, #7, #14, #84 - update: 06.02.15