The Manifest
Past launches, most recent first.
NASA·Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-2
Success
December 4, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Atlas-Able | P-3
Failure
November 26, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 8
Success
November 20, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 7
Success
November 7, 1959
NASA·Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-1A
Partial Failure
November 4, 1959
NASA·Launch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Juno II | Explorer 7
Success
October 13, 1959
NASA·Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-6
Partial Failure
October 4, 1959
CCCP·1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-3
Success
October 4, 1959
USN·Launch Complex 18A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vanguard | Vanguard III
Success
September 18, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Thor Able II | Transit 1A
Failure
September 17, 1959
CCCP·1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2
Success
September 12, 1959
NASA·Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Atlas LV-3B | Big Joe 1
Partial Failure
September 9, 1959
NASA·Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-1
Failure
August 21, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 6
Success
August 19, 1959
NASA·Launch Complex 26B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Juno II | Beacon
Failure
August 15, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 5
Success
August 13, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Thor Able III | Explorer 6
Success
August 7, 1959
NASA·Launch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Juno II | NASA S-1
Failure
July 16, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 4
Failure
June 25, 1959
USN·Launch Complex 18A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vanguard | Vanguard
Failure
June 22, 1959
CCCP·1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2a
Failure
June 18, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 3
Failure
June 3, 1959
USN·Launch Complex 18A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Vanguard | Vanguard
Failure
April 14, 1959
USAF·Space Launch Complex 1W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Thor Agena A | Discoverer 2
Success
April 13, 1959