1958 in spaceflight

none March 2022 August 2021 July 2026 1958 Launch of Jupiter C with Explorer 1.jpg A Juno I launches the first American satellite, Explorer 1 1 February 18 December 28 6 20 2 8 Juno ISputnik 8A91PilotThor-AbleLunaJuno IIAtlas B Sputnik 8A91PilotJuno I CAN 1957 USA 1912 USA 1912 Timeline of spaceflight 1957 1959 Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to reach orbit on 31 January 1958.Orbital Launches of 1958 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau1958.htm 2025-08-31 space.skyrocket.de right on 2 Overview July 2026 Orbital and Suborbital flights 1958 in spaceflight (January–June) 1958 in spaceflight (July–December) Orbital launch statistics By country 120 false left [ {"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 USSR 1955 5 1 4 0 USA 1912 23 5First successful orbital launch 16 2 By rocket By type and configuration Rocket Country Type Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAtlas B USA 1912 SM-65 Atlas Atlas 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight, only orbital launchJuno I USA 1912 Jupiter-C Redstone 6 3 3 0 Maiden flightJuno II USA 1912 Juno Jupiter 1 0 0 1 Maiden flightLuna USSR 1955 Vostok R-7 3 0 3 0 Maiden flightPilot II USA 1912 Pilot NOTS-EV 6 0 6 0 Only flightsSputnik 8A91 USSR 1955 Sputnik R-7 2 1 1 0 Only flightsThor DM-18 Able-I USA 1912 Thor-Able Thor 3 0 2 1 Maiden flightVanguard USA 1912 Vanguard Viking 6 1 5 0 By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAtlas USA 1912 1 1 0 0 First orbital launchRedstone USA 1912 6 3 3 0 First orbital launchJupiter USA 1912 1 0 0 1 Maiden flightNOTS-EV USA 1912 6 0 6 0 Only orbital launchesR07R-7 USSR 1955 5 1 4 0 Thor USA 1912 3 0 2 1 Maiden flightViking USA 1912 6 1 5 0 By launch site Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksBaikonur USSR 1955 5 1 4 0 Cape Canaveral USA 1912 17 5 10 2 Point Mugu USA 1912 6 0 6 0 By orbit Orbital regime Launches Successes Failures Accidentallyachieved Remarks Catalogued suborbital N/A N/A N/A 2 Pioneer 1 and Pioneer 3 went more than 100000 km 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 See also Timeline of spaceflight References Footnotes 2 1958 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year