1961 in spaceflight
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Orbital and Suborbital launches
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Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May | Venera 1 | First flyby of Venus | Spacecraft was already non-functional as communication had been lost en route, closest approach: Template:Convert[1] |
Notable creations of orbital debris
| Date/Time (UTC) | Source object | Event type | Pieces tracked | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June[2] | Thor-Able upper stage of Transit 4A navigation satellite | Rocket explosion | 294[2] | First explosion of a rocket stage in orbit creating hundreds of debris pieces |
Orbital launch statistics
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 41 | 23 | 16 | 2 | |
| World | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | |
By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-A | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | Script error: No such module "flag". | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Maiden flight |
| Atlas LV-3B | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | First orbital launch |
| RM-90 Blue Scout II | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | First orbital launch |
| Juno II | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Retired |
| Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Template:Flagcountry | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Molniya 8K78 | Template:Flagcountry | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scout X-1 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Script error: No such module "flag". | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | |
| Thor DM-19 Delta | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vostok-K 8K72K | Template:Flagcountry | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally Achieved | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 41 | 28 | 13 | 3 | |
| Medium Earth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical orbits |
| Heliocentric | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
References
Footnotes
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