În anul 1959, au avut loc un total de 22 tentative de lansări orbitale, din care 8 eșecuri.
====================================== ȚARA SUCCESE EȘECURI TOTAL -------------------------------------- Statele Unite 11 7 18 Rusia 3 1 4 ======================================
În tabelul de mai jos sunt afișate toate tentativele de lansare orbitală din 1959.
=================================================================================================================== ID DATA LANSATOR SERIE MISIUNE ORB CENTRU TR R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1959-F09 1959-11-26 0726 Atlas Able 20D Able IVB EEO CAPE LC14 US F 1959 LAM 1959-11-20 1925 Thor Agena A 212/1050 Discoverer 8 (CORONA C-5) LEO VAND 75-3-5 US S 1959 KAP 1959-11-07 2028 Thor Agena A 206/1051 Discoverer 7 (CORONA C-4) LEO VAND 75-3-4 US S 1959 IOT 1959-10-13 1530 Juno II AM-19A Explorer 7 (NASA S-1A) LEO CAPE LC5 US S 1959 THE 1959-10-04 0043 Vostok-L 8K72 I1-8 Luna-3 (E-2A) EEO BKNR LC1 RU S 1959 ETA 1959-09-18 0520 Vanguard SLV-7 Vanguard III (Magne-Ray satellite) MEO CAPE LC18A US S 1959-F08 1959-09-17 1434 Thor Able II 136 Transit 1A LEO CAPE LC17A US F 1959 XI 1959-09-12 0639 Vostok-L 8K72 I1-7B Luna-2 (E-1 No. 6) EEO BKNR LC1 RU S 1959 ZET 1959-08-19 1924 Thor Agena A 200/1028 Discoverer 6 (CORONA C-3) LEO VAND 75-3-5 US S 1959-F07 1959-08-15 0031 Juno II AM-19B Beacon 2 (Beacon) LEO CAPE LC26B US F 1959 EPS 1959-08-13 1900 Thor Agena A 192/1029 Discoverer 5 (CORONA C-2) LEO VAND 75-3-4 US S 1959 DEL 1959-08-07 1424 Thor Able III 134 Explorer 6 (NASA S-2) HEO CAPE LC17A US S 1959-F05 1959-07-16 1737 Juno II AM-16 NASA S-1 LEO CAPE LC5 US F 1959-F03 1959-06-22 2016 Vanguard SLV-6 Vanguard SLV6 (Radiation Balance sat) MEO CAPE LC18A US F 1959-F06 1959-06-18 0808 Vostok-L 8K72 I1-7 Luna (E-1 No. 5) EEO BKNR LC1 RU F 1959-F02 1959-06-03 2009 Thor Agena A 174/1020 Discoverer 3 (CORONA BIO 2) LEO VAND 75-3-4 US F 1959-F01 1959-04-14 0249 Vanguard SLV-5 Vanguard SLV5 (Magnetometer satellite) MEO CAPE LC18A US F 1959 GAM 1959-04-13 2118 Thor Agena A 170/1018 Discoverer 2 (CORONA BIO 1) LEO VAND 75-3-4 US S 1959 NU 1959-03-03 0510 Juno II AM-14 Pioneer 4 EEO CAPE LC5 US S 1959 BET 1959-02-28 2149 Thor Agena A 163/1022 Discoverer 1 (CORONA Test Vehicle 2) LEO VAND 75-3-4 US S 1959 ALP 1959-02-17 1555 Vanguard SLV-4 Vanguard II (Cloud cover satellite) MEO CAPE LC18A US S 1959 MU 1959-01-02 1641 Vostok-L 8K72 B1-6 Luna-1 (E-1 No. 4) EEO BKNR LC1 RU S ===================================================================================================================