Space Launch CalendarOrbital launches in 1959
Attempts21
Successes943%
Failures10
Busiest vehicleThor Agena A9
By country
20
1
By vehicle family
9
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
Nearby years
3
28
21
37
49
76
69
94
All launches
| Date | Payload | Vehicle | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-01-21 | Discoverer 0 | Thor Agena A | V | Other |
| 1959-02-17 | Cloud cover satellite | Vanguard | CC | Success |
| 1959-02-28 | CORONA Test Vehicle 2 | Thor Agena A | V | Failure |
| 1959-04-13 | CORONA BIO 1 | Thor Agena A | V | Success |
| 1959-04-14 | Magnetometer satellite | Vanguard | CC | Failure |
| 1959-06-03 | CORONA BIO 2 | Thor Agena A | V | Failure |
| 1959-06-18 | E-1 No. 5 | Vostok-L 8K72 | NIIP-5 | Failure |
| 1959-06-22 | Radiation Balance sat | Vanguard | CC | Failure |
| 1959-06-25 | CORONA C-1 | Thor Agena A | V | Failure |
| 1959-07-16 | NASA S-1 | Juno II | CC | Failure |
| 1959-08-07 | NASA S-2 | Thor Able III | CC | Success |
| 1959-08-13 | CORONA C-2 | Thor Agena A | V | Success |
| 1959-08-15 | Beacon | Juno II | CC | Failure |
| 1959-08-19 | CORONA C-3 | Thor Agena A | V | Success |
| 1959-09-17 | Transit 1A | Thor Able II | CC | Failure |
| 1959-09-18 | Magne-Ray satellite | Vanguard | CC | Success |
| 1959-09-24 | Able IVA | Atlas C Able | CC | Other |
| 1959-10-13 | NASA S-1A | Juno II | CC | Success |
| 1959-11-07 | CORONA C-4 | Thor Agena A | V | Success |
| 1959-11-20 | CORONA C-5 | Thor Agena A | V | Success |
| 1959-11-26 | Able IVB | Atlas Able | CC | Failure |
Counts orbital launch attempts (successes and failures); suborbital flights excluded. Countries are those of the launching agency.