View source for 1960 in spaceflight

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|year = 1960
|image = Escape rocket of Mercury-Redstone 1.jpg
|caption = The [[launch escape system]] fires following the failed launch of [[Mercury-Redstone 1]]
|first = 4 February
|last = 22 December
|total = 38
|success = 19
|failed = 19
|partial = 0
|catalogued = 19
|maidens = [[Atlas-Agena]]<br/>[[Molniya (rocket)|Molniya]]<br/>[[Scout (rocket family)|Scout]]<br/>[[Thor-Able|Thor DM-18 Able-IV]]<br/>[[Thor-Ablestar|Thor DM-21 Ablestar]]<br/>[[Thor-Agena|Thor DM-21 Agena-B]]<br/>[[Thor-Delta|Thor DM-19 Delta]]<br/>[[Vostok-L]]<br/>[[Vostok-K]]
|retired = [[Atlas-Able]]<br/>[[Luna (rocket)|Luna]]<br/>[[Thor-Able]]<br/>[[Thor-Agena|Thor DM-18 Agena-A]]<br/>[[Vostok-L]]
|firstflight = {{flag|Japan|1870}}<br/>{{flag|China}}
}}

{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme          = [[Timeline of spaceflight]]
| previous_mission   = [[1959 in spaceflight|1959]]
| next_mission       = [[1961 in spaceflight|1961]]
}}

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== Orbital and Suborbital launches ==
{{Main|1960 in spaceflight (January–June)|1960 in spaceflight (July–September)|1960 in spaceflight (October-December)}}

==Orbital launch statistics==
===By country===
{{Pie chart
| radius = 120
| legend = false
| thumb = left
| [ 
 {"value":290, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 29 (76.32%)"},
 {"value":90, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Soviet Union: 9 (23.68%) "},
]
}}

{| align="left" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope=col colspan=2 | Country
! scope=col| Launches
! scope=col| Successes
! scope=col| Failures
! scope=col| Partial<br/>failures
|-
! scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USSR}}
| 9 || 3 || 6 || 0
|-
! scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}
| 29 || 16 || 13 || 0
|-
! colspan="2" | World
| 38 || 19 || 19 || 0
|}
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===By rocket===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rocket
! Country
! Launches
! Successes
! Failures
! Partial failures
! Remarks
|-
| [[Atlas-Able]]                        || {{USA}}  || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || Retired
|-
| [[Atlas-Agena|Atlas LV-3A Agena-A]]   || {{USA}}  || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || Maiden flight
|-
| [[Juno II]]                           || {{USA}}  || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 
|-
| [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] 8K72           || {{flagcountry|USSR|1955}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || Retired
|-
| [[Molniya (rocket)|Molniya]] 8K78     || {{flagcountry|USSR|1955}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || Maiden flight
|-
| [[Scout X-1]]                         || {{USA}}  || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || Maiden flight
|-
| [[Thor-Able|Thor DM-18 Able-II]]      || {{USA}}  || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || Retired
|-
| [[Thor-Able|Thor DM-18 Able-IV]]      || {{USA}}  || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || Only flight
|-
| [[Thor-Ablestar|Thor DM-21 Ablestar]] || {{USA}}  || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || Maiden flight
|-
| [[Thor-Agena|Thor DM-18 Agena-A]]     || {{USA}}  || 7 || 4 || 3 || 0 || Retired
|-
| [[Thor-Agena|Thor DM-21 Agena-B]]     || {{USA}}  || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || Maiden flight
|-
| [[Thor-Delta|Thor DM-19 Delta]]       || {{USA}}  || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || Maiden flight
|-
| [[Vostok-L]] 8K72                     || {{flagcountry|USSR|1955}} || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || Only flights
|-
| [[Vostok-K]] 8K72K                    || {{flagcountry|USSR|1955}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || Maiden flight
|}

===By family===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rocket
! Country
! Launches
! Successes
! Failures
! Partial failures
! Remarks
|-
| [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas]]|| {{USA}}  || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 ||
|-
| [[PGM-19 Jupiter|Jupiter]]|| {{USA}}  || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 
|-
| [[R-7 (rocket family)|R7]]|| {{flagcountry|USSR|1955}} || 9 || 3 || 6 || 0 ||
|-
| [[Scout (rocket family)|Scout]]|| {{USA}}  || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 
|-
| [[Thor (rocket family)|Thor]]|| {{USA}}  || 21 || 14 || 7 || 0 || 
|-
|}

===By orbit===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Orbital regime
! Launches
! Successes
! Failures
! Accidentally<br />Achieved
! Remarks
|-
| [[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]       || 26 || 16 || 10 || 0 ||
|-
| [[Medium Earth orbit|Medium Earth]] ||  4 ||  2 ||  2 || 0 ||
|-
| [[High Earth orbit|High Earth]]     ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 || 0 || Including [[Highly elliptical orbit]]s
|-
| [[Heliocentric orbit|Heliocentric]] ||  7 ||  1 ||  6 || 0 || 
|}

==References==
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===Footnotes===
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