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1958 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1958 |
| image | Launch of Jupiter C with Explorer 1.jpg |
| caption | A Juno I launches the first American satellite, Explorer 1 |
| first | 1 February |
| last | 18 December |
| total | 28 |
| success | 6 |
| failed | 20 |
| partial | 2 |
| catalogued | 8 |
| maidens | Juno I |
| Sputnik | |
| Pilot | |
| Thor-Able | |
| Luna | |
| Juno II | |
| Atlas B | |
| retired | Sputnik |
| Pilot | |
| Juno I | |
| firstflight | CAN |
| firstlaunch | USA |
| firstsat | USA |
Sputnik Pilot Thor-Able Luna Juno II Atlas B Pilot Juno I
Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to reach orbit on 31 January 1958.
Overview
Orbital and Suborbital flights
Main article: 1958 in spaceflight (January–June), 1958 in spaceflight (July–December)
Orbital launch statistics
By country
| [ {"value":230, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 23 (82.14%)"}, {"value":50, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Soviet Union: 5 (17.86%) "}, ]
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | style="text-align:left;" | USSR | style="text-align:left;" | USA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
By rocket
By type and configuration
| Rocket | Country | Type | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas B | USA | SM-65 Atlas | Atlas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight, only orbital launch |
| Juno I | USA | Jupiter-C | Redstone | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Juno II | USA | Juno | Jupiter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Maiden flight |
| Luna | USSR | Vostok | R-7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Pilot II | USA | Pilot | NOTS-EV | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Only flights |
| Sputnik 8A91 | USSR | Sputnik | R-7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Only flights |
| Thor DM-18 Able-I | USA | Thor-Able | Thor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Maiden flight |
| Vanguard | USA | Vanguard | Viking | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
By family
| Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas | USA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First orbital launch |
| Redstone | USA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | First orbital launch |
| Jupiter | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Maiden flight |
| NOTS-EV | USA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Only orbital launches |
| R-7]] | USSR | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Thor | USA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Maiden flight |
| Viking | USA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
By launch site
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baikonur | USSR | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Cape Canaveral | USA | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |
| Point Mugu | USA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| achieved | Remarks | ||||
| Catalogued suborbital | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2 | Pioneer 1 and Pioneer 3 went more than on their way to the Moon but were ultimately suborbital due to insufficient velocity. |
| Low Earth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Medium Earth | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |
| Heliocentric | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
References
Footnotes
References
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