Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to reach orbit on 31 January 1958.
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Overview
Orbital and Suborbital flights
Orbital launch summary
By country
Soviet Union
United States
Orbital launch attempts by country in 1958
Country
Launches
Successes
Failures
Partial failures
Remarks
Soviet Union 5
1
4
0
United States 23
5
16
2
First successful orbital launch
By rocket
By family
By type and configuration
By launch site
By orbit
See also
References
Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com" . Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now" . Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)" . CelesTrak. Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches" . Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report" . Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022 . McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log" . Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive" . Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica" . Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive" . Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web" . "ISS Calendar" . Spaceflight 101 ."NSSDCA Master Catalog" . NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive . NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ."Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian)."Rocket Launch Manifest" . Next Spaceflight .
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline . Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics . Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).
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