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SPACEFLIGHT CHRONOLOGY

Global Spaceflight Register of 1959

ID	Y	M	D	Country	Project	Vehicle	Reference	Result	Launch Site	Altitude Peak	Rocket Mass	Payload Mass	Launch Mass	Payload Identity (A)	Class (A)	Objective (A)	Altitude (A)	Mass (A)	Payload Identity (B)	Class (B)	Objective (B)	Altitude (B)	Mass (B)	Payload Identity (C)	Class (C)	Objective (C)	Altitude (C)	Mass (C)
1	1959	Jan	02	USSR	Luna 1	Vostok-L	B1-6	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	0	103,400.00	361.00	103,761.00	Luna 1	Probe	Lunar Research	S-ORB	361.00
2	1959	Jan	16	USA	Test for Atlas-B	Atlas-B	13B	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	100.00	32,700.00						100.00
3	1959	Jan	21	USA	Test for Thor-Agena-A	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-160-Agena	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	0	53,130.00						0
4	1959	Jan	22	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	CM-21	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
5	1959	Jan	23	USA	Test for Thor-Able-II	Thor-Able-II	Thor-128	Partial	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	0	51,608.00						0
6	1959	Jan	27	USA	Test for Atlas-C	Atlas-C	4C	Partial	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	990.00	32,700.00						990.00
7	1959	Jan	30	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-154	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
8	1959	Feb	04	USA	Test for Atlas-B	Atlas-B	11B	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	990.00	32,700.00						990.00
9	1959	Feb	06	USA	Test for Titan-I	Titan-I	A-3	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,000.00	105,142.00						1,000.00
10	1959	Feb	17	USA	Vanguard 2	Vanguard	SLV-4	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	3,049.00	10,078.00	10.75	10,088.75	Vanguard 2	Satellite	Atmospheric Research	3,049.00	10.75
11	1959	Feb	20	USA	Test for Atlas-C	Atlas-C	5C	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	100.00	32,700.00						100.00
12	1959	Feb	25	USA	Test for Titan-I	Titan-I	A-5	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,000.00	105,142.00						1,000.00
13	1959	Feb	27	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	CM-22	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
14	1959	Feb	28	USA	Test for Thor-Able-II	Thor-Able-II	Thor-131	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	51,608.00						520.00
15	1959	Feb	28	USA	Discoverer 1	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-163-Agena-1022	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	968.00	53,130.00	618.00	53,748.00	Discoverer 1	Satellite	Military Surveillance	968.00	618.00
16	1959	Mar	03	USA	Pioneer 4	Juno-II	AM-14	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	0	55,061.00	6.10	55,067.10	Pioneer 4	Probe	Lunar Research	S-ORB	6.10
17	1959	Mar	17	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	41081	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
18	1959	Mar	19	USA	Test for Atlas-C	Atlas-C	7C	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	200.00	32,700.00						200.00
19	1959	Mar	21	USA	Test for Thor-Able-II	Thor-Able-II	Thor-132	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	51,608.00						520.00
20	1959	Mar	21	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-158	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
21	1959	Mar	25	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I3-18	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
22	1959	Mar	27	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-162	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
23	1959	Mar	30	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I3-20	Failure	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,000.00	84,694.77						1,000.00
24	1959	Apr	03	USA	Test for Titan-I	Titan-I	A-4	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,000.00	105,142.00						1,000.00
25	1959	Apr	04	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	CM-22A	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
26	1959	Apr	08	USA	Test for Thor-Able-II	Thor-Able-II	Thor-133	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,230.00	51,608.00						1,230.00
27	1959	Apr	13	USA	Discoverer 2	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-170-Agena-1018	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	346.00	53,130.00	743.00	53,873.00	Discoverer 2	Satellite	Military Surveillance	346.00	743.00
28	1959	Apr	14	USA	Vanguard 3A, Balance 1	Vanguard	SLV-5	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	100.00	10,078.00	11.30	10,089.30	Vanguard 3A	Satellite	Magnetospheric Research	100.00	10.30	Balance 1	Satellite	Air Density	100.00	1.00
29	1959	Apr	14	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	3D	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1.00	38,600.00						1.00
30	1959	Apr	16	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-161	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
31	1959	Apr	23	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-176	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
32	1959	Apr	25	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-164	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
33	1959	May	04	USA	Test for Titan-I	Titan-I	A-6	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,000.00	105,142.00						1,000.00
34	1959	May	07	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-12	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
35	1959	May	09	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I3-21	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,000.00	84,694.77						1,000.00
36	1959	May	12	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-187	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
37	1959	May	14	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-17	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
38	1959	May	19	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	7D	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1.00	38,600.00						1.00
39	1959	May	21	USA	Test for Thor-Able-II	Thor-Able-II	Thor-135	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	51,608.00						520.00
40	1959	May	23	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-184	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
41	1959	May	28	USA	Bioflight, Bioflight B	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-18	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	483.00	49,800.00	8.80	49,808.80	Bioflight	Biological	Rhesus Monkey, Able	483.00	7.70	Bioflight B	Biological	Squirrel Monkey, Baker	483.00	1.10
42	1959	May	30	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I3-22	Failure	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,000.00	84,694.77						1,000.00
43	1959	Jun	03	USA	Discoverer 3, SRV, Bioflight	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-174-Agena-1020	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	100.00	53,130.00	1,532.20	54,662.20	Discoverer 3	Satellite	Military Surveillance	100.00	753.00	SRV	Satellite	Military Surveillance	100.00	779.00	Bioflight	Biological	4 Mice	100.00	0.20
44	1959	Jun	06	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	5D	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	0	38,600.00						0
45	1959	Jun	09	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I3-23	Failure	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,000.00	84,694.77						1,000.00
46	1959	Jun	11	USA	Test for Thor-Able-II	Thor-Able-II	Thor-137	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	51,608.00						520.00
47	1959	Jun	16	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-191	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	0	49,800.00						0
48	1959	Jun	18	USSR	Luna 2	Vostok-L	I1-7	Failure	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,000.00	103,400.00	390.00	103,790.00	Luna 2	Probe	Lunar Research	1,000.00	390.00
49	1959	Jun	22	USA	Vanguard SLV 6	Vanguard	SLV-6	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	140.00	10,078.00	10.80	10,088.80	Vanguard SLV 6	Satellite	Magnetospheric Research	140.00	10.80
50	1959	Jun	25	USA	Discoverer 4, SRV-102	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-179-Agena-1023	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	100.00	53,130.00	1,522.00	54,652.00	Discoverer 4	Satellite	Military Surveillance	100.00	743.00	SRV-102	Satellite	Military Surveillance	100.00	779.00
51	1959	Jun	26	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-198	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
52	1959	Jun	30	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-194	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,000.00	49,800.00						1,000.00
53	1959	Jul	10	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-15	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
54	1959	Jul	16	USA	Explorer S-1	Juno-II	AM-16	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	0.10	55,061.00	41.50	55,102.50	Explorer S-1	Satellite	Magnetospheric Research	0.10	41.50
55	1959	Jul	18	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I1-7	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
56	1959	Jul	20	USSR	Aeronomy 8	R-11A	A-8	Success	Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome, Astrakhan Oblast	200.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 8	Probe	Atmospheric Research	200.00	400.00
57	1959	Jul	21	USSR	Aeronomy 9	R-11A	A-9	Success	Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome, Astrakhan Oblast	105.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 9	Probe	Atmospheric Research	105.00	400.00
58	1959	Jul	21	USSR	Aeronomy 10	R-11A	A-10	Success	Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome, Astrakhan Oblast	105.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 10	Probe	Atmospheric Research	105.00	400.00
59	1959	Jul	21	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-203	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1.00	49,800.00						1.00
60	1959	Jul	21	USA	Test for Atlas-C	Atlas-C	8C	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	900.00	32,700.00						900.00
61	1959	Jul	22	USSR	Aeronomy 11	R-11A	A-11	Success	Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome, Astrakhan Oblast	211.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 11	Probe	Atmospheric Research	211.00	400.00
62	1959	Jul	24	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-202	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
63	1959	Jul	29	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	11D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
64	1959	Jul	30	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	41082	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
65	1959	Aug	03	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-175	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
66	1959	Aug	06	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-208	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
67	1959	Aug	07	USA	Explorer 6	Thor-Able-III	Thor-134	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	42,400.00	51,846.00	64.40	51,910.40	Explorer 6	Satellite	Magnetospheric Research	42,400.00	64.40
68	1959	Aug	11	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	14D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
69	1959	Aug	13	USA	Discoverer 5, Discoverer 5 Capsule	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-192-Agena-1029	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	1,700.00	53,130.00	1,560.00	54,690.00	Discoverer 5	Satellite	Military Surveillance	731.00	781.00	Discoverer 5 Capsule	Satellite	Military Surveillance	1,700.00	779.00
70	1959	Aug	13	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I3-25	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
71	1959	Aug	14	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-204	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
72	1959	Aug	14	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-190	Partial	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	0	49,800.00						0
73	1959	Aug	14	USA	Test for Titan-I	Titan-I	B-5	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	0	105,142.00						0
74	1959	Aug	15	USA	Beacon 2	Juno-II	AM-19B	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	25.00	55,061.00	4.20	55,065.20	Beacon 2	Satellite	Navigation	25.00	4.20
75	1959	Aug	19	USA	Discoverer 6	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-200-Agena-1028	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	846.00	53,130.00	794.00	53,924.00	Discoverer 6	Satellite	Military Surveillance	846.00	794.00
76	1959	Aug	24	USA	Test for Atlas-C	Atlas-C	11C	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,400.00	32,700.00						1,400.00
77	1959	Aug	27	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-19	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
78	1959	Aug	27	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-216	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
79	1959	Sep	09	USA	Big Joe	Atlas-D	10D	Partial	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	153.00	38,600.00	1,159.00	39,759.00	Big Joe	Spacecraft	Spacecraft Heat Shield Test	153.00	1,159.00
80	1959	Sep	09	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	12D	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
81	1959	Sep	12	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-217	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
82	1959	Sep	12	USSR	Luna 2	Vostok-L	I1-7B	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	0	103,400.00	390.00	103,790.00	Luna 2	Probe	Lunar Research	L-IMP	390.00
83	1959	Sep	15	USA	Biological	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-23	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00	0.70	49,800.70	Biological	Biological	14 Mice	500.00	0.70
84	1959	Sep	17	USA	Transit 1A	Thor-Able-II	Thor-136	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	640.00	51,608.00	119.00	51,727.00	Transit 1A	Satellite	Navigation	640.00	119.00
85	1959	Sep	17	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-228	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
86	1959	Sep	17	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	17D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,000.00	38,600.00						1,000.00
87	1959	Sep	18	USA	Vanguard 3	Vanguard	SLV-7	Partial	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	3,413.00	10,078.00	23.70	10,101.70	Vanguard 3	Satellite	Magnetospheric Research	3,413.00	23.70
88	1959	Sep	18	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I1-1T	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
89	1959	Sep	24	USA	Test for Atlas-C-Able	Atlas-C-Able	9C	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	0	43,051.00
90	1959	Sep	22	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-222	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
91	1959	Oct	01	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-24	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
92	1959	Oct	04	USSR	Luna 3	Vostok-L	I1-8	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	500,000.00	103,400.00	278.50	103,678.50	Luna 3	Probe	Lunar Research	500,000.00	278.50
93	1959	Oct	04	USA	Little Joe IV	Little Joe IV	LJ-1	Success	Wallops Flight Facility, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia	59.00	16,800.00	1,400.00	18,200.00	Little Joe IV	Spacecraft	Escape Vehicle Test	59.00	1,400.00
94	1959	Oct	06	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-235	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
95	1959	Oct	06	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-239	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
96	1959	Oct	06	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	18D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
97	1959	Oct	10	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	22D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
98	1959	Oct	13	USA	Explorer 7	Juno-II	AM-19A	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	857.00	55,061.00	41.50	55,102.50	Explorer 7	Satellite	Magnetospheric Research	857.00	41.50
99	1959	Oct	14	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-221	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
100	1959	Oct	15	USSR	Aeronomy 12	R-11A	A-12	Success	Ostrov Kheysa (Ernst Krenkel Observatory), Franz Josef Land	200.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 12	Probe	Atmospheric Research	200.00	400.00
101	1959	Oct	15	USSR	Aeronomy 13	R-11A	A-13	Success	Ostrov Kheysa (Ernst Krenkel Observatory), Franz Josef Land	200.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 13	Probe	Atmospheric Research	200.00	400.00
102	1959	Oct	21	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-220	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
103	1959	Oct	22	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	267432	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
104	1959	Oct	22	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-31	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
105	1959	Oct	25	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	267434	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
106	1959	Oct	29	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-230	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
107	1959	Oct	29	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	26D	Partial	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
108	1959	Nov	01	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	267431	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
109	1959	Nov	03	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-238	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
110	1959	Nov	04	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	28D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
111	1959	Nov	04	USA	Little Joe III	Little Joe III	LJ-2	Success	Wallops Flight Facility, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia	14.00	8,400.00	1,400.00	9,800.00	Little Joe III	Spacecraft	Escape Vehicle Test	14.00	1,400.00
112	1959	Nov	05	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	CM-33	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
113	1959	Nov	07	USA	Discoverer 7	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-206-Agena-1051	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	820.00	53,130.00	794.00	53,924.00	Discoverer 7	Satellite	Military Surveillance	820.00	794.00
114	1959	Nov	12	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-181	Success	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
115	1959	Nov	19	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-25	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
116	1959	Nov	19	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-244	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
117	1959	Nov	20	USA	Discoverer 8	Thor-Agena-A	Thor-212-Agena-1050	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	1,661.00	53,130.00	795.00	53,925.00	Discoverer 8	Satellite	Military Surveillance	1,661.00	795.00
118	1959	Nov	20	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	I2-1T	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
119	1959	Nov	24	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	15D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
120	1959	Nov	26	USA	Pioneer P-3	Atlas-D-Able	20D	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,000.00	43,051.00	168.70	43,219.70	Pioneer P-3	Probe	Lunar Research	1,000.00	168.70
121	1959	Nov	27	USSR	Test for R7-Semyorka-8K71	R7-Semyorka-8K71	267433	Success	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	84,694.77						1,350.00
122	1959	Dec	01	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-254	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
123	1959	Dec	02	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-265	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	0	49,800.00						0
124	1959	Dec	03	USSR	Aeronomy 14	R-11A	A-14	Success	Ostrov Kheysa (Ernst Krenkel Observatory), Franz Josef Land	200.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 14	Probe	Atmospheric Research	200.00	400.00
125	1959	Dec	03	USSR	Aeronomy 15	R-11A	A-15	Success	Ostrov Kheysa (Ernst Krenkel Observatory), Franz Josef Land	200.00	4,660.00	400.00	5,060.00	Aeronomy 15	Probe	Atmospheric Research	200.00	400.00
126	1959	Dec	04	USA	Bioflight	Little Joe II	LJ-3	Success	Wallops Flight Facility, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia	90.00	15,939.24	1,407.70	17,346.94	Bioflight	Biological	Rhesus Monkey, Sam (Male)	90.00	1,407.70
127	1959	Dec	09	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	31D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
128	1959	Dec	10	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-32	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
129	1959	Dec	12	USA	Test for Titan-I	Titan-I	B-5	Failure	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	0	105,142.00						0
130	1959	Dec	15	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-185	Failure	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	0	49,800.00						0
131	1959	Dec	17	USA	Test for Jupiter-SM-78	Jupiter-SM-78	AM-26	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	500.00	49,800.00						500.00
132	1959	Dec	17	USA	Test for Thor-DM-18A	Thor-DM-18A	Thor-255	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	520.00	49,800.00						520.00
133	1959	Dec	19	USA	Test for Atlas-D	Atlas-D	40D	Success	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	1,800.00	38,600.00						1,800.00
134	1959	Dec	23	USSR	Test for R7A-Semyorka-8K74	R7A-Semyorka-8K74	I1-1	Failure	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	1,350.00	101,700.00						1,350.00

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