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| Table of the 44 Spacecrafts Launched in 1960 |
| # | Spacecraft | Sponsor | Launch Date | Mission Type | Categories | |
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| 1) | Discoverer 9 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
4 Feb 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, Fail, |
| 2) | Discoverer 10 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
19 Feb 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, Fail, |
| 3) | Midas 1 | U.S. Department
of Defense |
26 Feb 60 | M | Missile Early Warning (1st) | USA, Fail, |
| 4) | Pioneer 5 | NASA / USAF | 11 Mar 60 | C | Planetary Exploration
(1st Venus Attempt) |
USA, |
| 5) | Explorer S-46 / IE-B | NASA | 23 Mar 60 | C | Earth/Space Science | USA, Fail, |
| 6) | Tiros 1 | NASA | 1 Apr 60 | C | Meteorology (1st) | USA, |
| 7) | Transit 1B | U.S. Navy | 13 Apr 60 | M | Navigation (R&D) | USA, |
| 8) | GRAB | U.S. Navy | 13 Apr 60 | M | Science & Technology
(Dummy of a GRAB Elint) |
USA, |
| 9) | Luna | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 15 Apr 60 | C | Planetary Exploration (Moon) | USSR, Fail, |
| 10) | Discoverer 11 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
15 Apr 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, Fail, |
| 11) | Luna | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 19 Apr 60 | C | Planetary Exploration (Moon) | USSR, Fail, |
| 12) | Echo A-10 | NASA | 13 May 60 | C | Communications (R&D) (1st) | USA, Fail, |
| 13) | Korabl Sputnik 1 | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 15 May 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test (1st) | USSR, Fail, |
| 14) | Midas 2 | U.S. Department
of Defense |
24 May 60 | M | Missile Early Warning | USA, Fail, |
| 15) | Transit 2A | U.S. Navy | 22 Jun 60 | M | Navigation | USA, |
| 16) | Solrad 1 / GRAB 1 | U.S. Navy | 22 Jun 60 | M | Electronic Intelligence (1st) | USA, |
| 17) | Discoverer 12 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
29 Jun 60 | M | Technology
(Recon Sat Prototype) |
USA, Fail, |
| 18) | Korabl Sputnik | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 28 Jul 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test | USSR, Fail, |
| 19) | Mercury-Atlas 1 / MA-1 | NASA | 29 Jul 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test | USA, Fail, |
| 20) | Discoverer 13 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
10 Aug 60 | M | Technology
(Recon Sat Prototype) |
USA, |
| 21) | Echo 1 | NASA | 12 Aug 60 | C | Communications (R&D) | USA, |
| 22) | Discoverer 14 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
18 Aug 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, |
| 23) | Courier 1A | U.S. DARPA | 18 Aug 60 | M | Communications
(R&D) |
USA, Fail, |
| 24) | Korabl Sputnik 2 | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 19 Aug 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test | USSR |
| 25) | Discoverer 15 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
13 Sep 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, Fail, |
| 26) | Pioneer P-30 | NASA | 25 Sep 60 | C | Planetary Exploration (Moon) | USA, Fail, |
| 27) | Courier 1B | U.S. DARPA | 4 Oct 60 | M | Communications | USA, |
| 28) | Mars | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 10 Oct 60 | C | Planetary Exploration
(1st Mars Attempt) |
USSR, Fail, |
| 29) | Samos 1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
11 Oct 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, Fail, |
| 30) | Mars | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 14 Oct 60 | C | Planetary Exploration (Mars 1st) | USSR, Fail, |
| 31) | Discoverer 16 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
26 Oct 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, Fail, |
| 32) | Explorer 8 | NASA | 3 Nov 60 | C | Earth/Space Science | USA, |
| 33) | Discoverer 17 / KH-1 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
12 Nov 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, |
| 34) | Mercury-Redstone 1 / MR-1 | NASA | 21 Nov 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test | USA, Fail, |
| 35) | Tiros 2 | NASA | 23 Nov 60 | C | Meteorology | USA, |
| 36) | Transit 3A | U.S. Navy | 30 Nov 60 | M | Navigation | USA, Fail, |
| 37) | Solrad 2 / GRAB 2 | U.S. Navy | 30 Nov 60 | M | Electronic Intelligence | USA, Fail, |
| 38) | Korabl Sputnik 3 | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 1 Dec 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test | USSR, Fail, |
| 39) | Explorer S-56 | NASA | 4 Dec 60 | C | Earth/Space Science | USA, Fail, |
| 40) | Discoverer 18 / KH-2 | U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office |
7 Dec 60 | M | Photo Surveillance | USA, |
| 41) | Pioneer P-31 | NASA/USAF | 15 Dec 60 | C | Planetary Exploration (Moon) | USA, Fail, |
| 42) | Mercury-Redstone 1A / MR-1A | NASA | 19 Dec 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test | USA, |
| 43) | Discoverer 19 / RM 1 | U.S. Department
of Defense |
20 Dec 60 | M | Science & Technology | USA, |
| 44) | Korabl Sputnik | Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1) | 22 Dec 60 | C | Piloted Spaceship Test | USSR, Fail, |
| 1959 Summary | All Summaries | 1961 Summary |
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