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Orbital Launches in 1958

7,412 orbital launches since 1957

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7,412
Total launches
228
This year
92.9%
Success rate
161
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 28 orbital launches in 1958, part of 7,412 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

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28 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
1958-12-18SCORE1958 ZETAtlas BUS Air ForceCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1958-12-06Pioneer 31958 THEJuno IIABMACape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1958-12-04E-1 No. 31958-F20Vostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1958-11-08Able 31958-F19Thor Able IUS Air ForceCape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-10-23Beacon1958-F18Jupiter C JunoIABMACape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-10-11E-1 No. 21958-F17Vostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1958-10-11Able 21958 ETAThor Able IUS Air ForceCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1958-09-26Cloud cover satellite1958-U01VanguardNRLCape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-09-23E-1 No. 11958-F15Vostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1958-08-28Radiation Payload 31958-F14NOTS EV1NOTSNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake—LEOfailure
1958-08-26Radiation Payload 21958-F13NOTS EV1NOTSNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake—LEOfailure
1958-08-25Radiation Payload 11958-F12NOTS EV1NOTSNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake—LEOfailure
1958-08-24Explorer 51958-F11Jupiter C JunoIABMACape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-08-22Diagnostic Payload 31958-F10NOTS EV1NOTSNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake—LEOfailure
1958-08-17Able 11958-F09Thor Able IUS Air ForceCape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-08-12Diagnostic Payload 21958-F08NOTS EV1NOTSNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake—LEOfailure
1958-07-26Explorer 41958 EPSJupiter C JunoIABMACape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗MEOsuccess
1958-07-25Diagnostic Payload 11958-F07NOTS EV1NOTSNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake—LEOfailure
1958-06-26X-ray satellite1958-F06VanguardNRLCape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-05-28Lyman Alpha satellite1958-F05VanguardNRLCape Canaveral Space Force Station—MEOfailure
1958-05-15D-1 No. 21958 DELSputnik 8A91MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1958-04-29X-ray satellite1958-F04VanguardNRLCape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-04-27D-1 No. 11958-F03Sputnik 8A91MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1958-03-26Explorer 31958 GAMJupiter C JunoIABMACape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗MEOsuccess
1958-03-17Vanguard Test Satellite1958 BETVanguardNRLCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗MEOsuccess
1958-03-05Explorer 21958-F02Jupiter C JunoIABMACape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-02-05Vanguard Test Satellite1958-F01VanguardNRLCape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1958-02-01Explorer 11958 ALPJupiter C JunoIABMACape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗MEOsuccess

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,412 in total, 161 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is maintained in Orbital Radar's launch archive and matched continuously to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 2282025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,183Falcon 9 688Long March 668Kosmos 622Atlas 437Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 906SpaceX 719CASC 653NASA 463Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,884Failed 520Unconfirmed 8Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,689Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,561Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 1,113

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Full launch index (28 launches)
SCORE (1958-12-18)Pioneer 3 (1958-12-06)E-1 No. 3 (1958-12-04)Able 3 (1958-11-08)Beacon (1958-10-23)Able 2 (1958-10-11)E-1 No. 2 (1958-10-11)Cloud cover satellite (1958-09-26)E-1 No. 1 (1958-09-23)Radiation Payload 3 (1958-08-28)Radiation Payload 2 (1958-08-26)Radiation Payload 1 (1958-08-25)Explorer 5 (1958-08-24)Diagnostic Payload 3 (1958-08-22)Able 1 (1958-08-17)Diagnostic Payload 2 (1958-08-12)Explorer 4 (1958-07-26)Diagnostic Payload 1 (1958-07-25)X-ray satellite (1958-06-26)Lyman Alpha satellite (1958-05-28)D-1 No. 2 (1958-05-15)X-ray satellite (1958-04-29)D-1 No. 1 (1958-04-27)Explorer 3 (1958-03-26)Vanguard Test Satellite (1958-03-17)Explorer 2 (1958-03-05)Vanguard Test Satellite (1958-02-05)Explorer 1 (1958-02-01)

Last updated 2026-09-19 · Data: Orbital Radar launch & satellite archives — sources & methodology.