List of orbital rocket launches (1958)

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This list will only every 28 launchers starts and -startversuche of 1958 on, where an Earth orbit or escape path should be achieved. Atmospheric and suborbital test flights are not included. Manned missions and missile first flights are shown in bold .

Start list

February - March - April - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

Date ( UT ) Missile type Launch site payload annotation ID
February 1958
Feb 1, 1958
3:48 am 		United StatesUnited States Jupiter-C / Juno I RS-29 CCAFS 26A Explorer 1 ( research satellite ) success 01A
Feb 5, 1958
7:33 a.m. 		United StatesUnited States Vanguard CCAFS 18A Vanguard TV3BU (research satellite ) Failure
March 1958
March 5, 1958
6:28 PM 		United StatesUnited States Jupiter-C / Juno I RS-29 CCAFS 26A Explorer 2 (research satellite) Failure
March 17, 1958
12:15 pm 		United StatesUnited States Vanguard CCAFS 18A Vanguard 1 (research satellite) success 02B
March 26, 1958
5:31 PM 		United StatesUnited States Jupiter-C / Juno I RS-29 CCAFS 5 Explorer 3 (research satellite) success 03A
April 1958
April 27, 1958
9:01 am 		Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik (8A91) Baikonur 1 Sputnik (3) (research satellite) Failure
April 29, 1958
2:53 AM 		United StatesUnited States Vanguard CCAFS 18A Vanguard TV5 (research satellite ) Failure
May 1958
May 15, 1958
7:12 a.m. 		Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik (8A91) Baikonur 1 Sputnik 3 (research satellite) success 04B
May 28, 1958
3:46 AM 		United StatesUnited States Vanguard CCAFS 18A Vanguard SLV1 (research satellite ) Failure
June 1958
June 26, 1958
5:00 am 		United StatesUnited States Vanguard CCAFS 18A Vanguard SLV2 (research satellite ) Failure
July 25, 1958 United StatesUnited States NOTS-EV-1 pilot Point Mugu Pilot-1 Failure
July 1958
July 26, 1958
15:00:57 		United StatesUnited States Juno I CCAFS 5 Explorer 4 (research satellite) success 05A
August 1958
Aug 12, 1958 United StatesUnited States NOTS-EV-1 pilot Point Mugu Pilot-2 Failure
Aug 17, 1958
12:18 PM 		United StatesUnited States Thor CCAFS 17 Pioneer 0 ( lunar probe ) Failure
22 Aug 1958 United StatesUnited States NOTS-EV-1 pilot Point Mugu Pilot-3 Failure
Aug 24, 1958
6:17:22 AM 		United StatesUnited States Juno I CCAFS 5 Explorer 5 (research satellite) Failure
Aug 25, 1958 United StatesUnited States NOTS-EV-1 pilot Point Mugu Pilot-4 Failure
Aug 26, 1958 United StatesUnited States NOTS-EV-1 pilot Point Mugu Pilot-5 Failure
Aug 28, 1958 United StatesUnited States NOTS-EV-1 pilot Point Mugu Pilot-6 Failure
September 1958
23 Sep 1958
 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Vostok (8K72) Baikonur 1 Luna 1958A (moon probe) Failure
Sep 26, 1958 3:38 pm
 United StatesUnited States Vanguard CCAFS 18A Vanguard SLV3 (research satellite ) Failure
October 1958
Oct 11, 1958
 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Vostok (8K72) Baikonur 1 Luna 1958B (lunar probe) Failure
Oct 11, 1958
11:21 PM 		United StatesUnited States Thor Able CCAFS 17 Pioneer 1 (lunar probe) Partial success 07A
Oct. 24, 1958
3:21 		United StatesUnited States Juno 1 CCAFS 5 Beacon 1 ( balloon satellite ) Failure
November 1958
Nov 8, 1958
7:30 am 		United StatesUnited States Thor Able CCAFS 17 Pioneer 2 (lunar probe) Failure
December 1958
Dec. 4, 1958
 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Vostok (8K72) Baikonur 1 Luna 1958C (lunar probe) Failure
Dec 6, 1958
5:45 am 		United StatesUnited States Juno II CCAFS 5 Pioneer 3 (lunar probe) Partial success 08A
Dec 18, 1958
11:02 pm 		United StatesUnited States Atlas-B 10B CCAFS 11 SCORE ( communications satellite ) success 06A

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