| Year: | 1960 |
| First: | 4 February |
| Last: | 22 December |
| Total: | 38 |
| Success: | 19 |
| Failed: | 19 |
| Partial: | 0 |
| Catalogued: | 19 |
| Maidens: | Atlas-Agena Molniya Scout Thor DM-18 Able-IV Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor DM-21 Agena-B Thor DM-19 Delta Vostok-L Vostok-K |
| Retired: | Atlas-Able Luna Thor-Able Thor DM-18 Agena-A Vostok-L |
| Firstflight: |  Japan China |
| Programme: | Timeline of spaceflight |
| Previous Mission: | 1959 |
| Next Mission: | 1961 |
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 29 | 16 | 13 | 0 |
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas-Able | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Retired | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight | |||
| Juno II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Luna 8K72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Molniya 8K78 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Scout X-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Only flight | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Maiden flight | |||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Retired | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | |||
| Vostok-L 8K72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Only flights | ||
| Vostok-K 8K72K | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical orbits | ||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 |