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Orbital launches in 1961

Attempts49

Successes3163%

Failures18

Busiest vehicleThor Agena B17

By country

United States41

Soviet Union8

By vehicle family

Thor Agena B17

Atlas Agena B7

Vostok 8K725

Scout X-13

Thor Ablestar3

Juno II3

Thor Delta3

Atlas D3

Kosmos 63S12

Atlas Agena A1

Molniya 8K781

Blue Scout II1

Nearby years

19573

195828

195921

196037

1961 ◀49

196276

196369

196494

1965114

1966120

All launches

Date	Payload	Vehicle	Site	Result
1961-01-31	SAMOS F-1	Atlas Agena A	PA	Success
1961-02-04	1VA No. 1	Molniya 8K78	NIIP-5	Failure
1961-02-16	NASA S-56A	Scout X-1	WI	Success
1961-02-17	ARGON 1	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-02-18	CORONA RM-2	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-02-22	Transit 3B	Thor Ablestar	CC	Success
1961-02-25	NASA S-45	Juno II	CC	Failure
1961-03-09	Vostok-3 No. 1	Vostok 8K72	NIIP-5	Success
1961-03-25	Vostok-3 No. 2	Vostok 8K72	NIIP-5	Success
1961-03-25	P-14	Thor Delta	CC	Success
1961-03-30	CORONA C'-4	Thor Agena B	V	Failure
1961-04-08	ARGON 2	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-04-12	Vostok-3A No. 3	Vostok 8K72	NIIP-5	Success
1961-04-25	Mercury SC8	Atlas D	CC	Failure
1961-04-27	NASA S-15	Juno II	CC	Success
1961-05-24	NASA S-45A	Juno II	CC	Failure
1961-06-08	ARGON 3	Thor Agena B	V	Failure
1961-06-16	CORONA C'-5	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-06-29	Transit 4A	Thor Ablestar	CC	Success
1961-06-30	NASA S-55	Scout X-1	WI	Failure
1961-07-07	CORONA C'-6	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-07-12	NASA A-3	Thor Delta	CC	Success
1961-07-12	Midas ETS-II F1	Atlas Agena B	PA	Success
1961-07-21	ARGON 4	Thor Agena B	V	Failure
1961-08-04	CORONA C'-7	Thor Agena B	V	Failure
1961-08-06	Vostok-3A No. 4	Vostok 8K72	NIIP-5	Success
1961-08-16	NASA S-3	Thor Delta	CC	Success
1961-08-23	NASA P-32	Atlas Agena B	CC	Failure
1961-08-25	NASA S-55A	Scout X-1	WI	Success
1961-08-30	CORONA C'''-1	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-09-09	SAMOS E-2	Atlas Agena B	PA	Failure
1961-09-12	CORONA C'''-2	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-09-13	Mercury SC8A	Atlas D	CC	Success
1961-09-17	CORONA C'''-3	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-10-13	CORONA C'''-4	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-10-21	Midas ETS-II F2	Atlas Agena B	PA	Success
1961-10-23	CORONA C'-8	Thor Agena B	V	Failure
1961-10-27	DS-1 No. 1	Kosmos 63S1	GTsP-4	Failure
1961-11-01	Mercury MS-1	Blue Scout II	CC	Failure
1961-11-05	CORONA C'-9	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-11-15	CORONA C'-10	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-11-15	Transit 4B	Thor Ablestar	CC	Success
1961-11-18	NASA P-33	Atlas Agena B	CC	Failure
1961-11-22	Samos 4 (E-5)	Atlas Agena B	PA	Failure
1961-11-29	Mercury SC9	Atlas D	CC	Success
1961-12-11	Zenit-2 No. 1	Vostok 8K72	NIIP-5	Failure
1961-12-12	CORONA C'''-5	Thor Agena B	V	Success
1961-12-21	DS-1 No. 2	Kosmos 63S1	GTsP-4	Failure
1961-12-22	Samos E-5	Atlas Agena B	PA	Success

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Counts orbital launch attempts (successes and failures); suborbital flights excluded. Countries are those of the launching agency.