1957-1959 Launch Schedule1957 1958 1959 Explorer 1Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Success Sat • Feb 1st, 1958 3:47 AM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA VanguardVanguard US Navy Failure Wed • Feb 5th, 1958 7:33 AM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Explorer 2Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Failure Wed • Mar 5th, 1958 6:27 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA VanguardVanguard US Navy Success Mon • Mar 17th, 1958 12:15 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Explorer 3Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Success Wed • Mar 26th, 1958 5:38 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA D-1 1Sputnik 8A91 Soviet Space Program Failure Sun • Apr 27th, 1958 7:00 AM UTC Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan VanguardVanguard US Navy Failure Tue • Apr 29th, 1958 2:53 AM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA D1- 2Sputnik 8A91 Soviet Space Program Success Thu • May 15th, 1958 7:12 AM UTC Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan VanguardVanguard US Navy Failure Wed • May 28th, 1958 3:46 AM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA VanguardVanguard US Navy Failure Thu • Jun 26th, 1958 5:00 AM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA NOTS 1Project Pilot US Navy Failure Fri • Jul 25th, 1958 12:00 AM UTC Air launch to Suborbital flight Explorer 4Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Success Sat • Jul 26th, 1958 3:00 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA NOTS 2Project Pilot US Navy Failure Tue • Aug 12th, 1958 12:00 AM UTC Air launch to Suborbital flight Able I (Pioneer)Thor Able I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Failure Sun • Aug 17th, 1958 12:18 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA NOTS 3Project Pilot US Navy Failure Fri • Aug 22nd, 1958 12:00 AM UTC Air launch to Suborbital flight 12Next >
Explorer 1Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Success Sat • Feb 1st, 1958 3:47 AM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Explorer 2Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Failure Wed • Mar 5th, 1958 6:27 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Explorer 3Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Success Wed • Mar 26th, 1958 5:38 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
D-1 1Sputnik 8A91 Soviet Space Program Failure Sun • Apr 27th, 1958 7:00 AM UTC Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
D1- 2Sputnik 8A91 Soviet Space Program Success Thu • May 15th, 1958 7:12 AM UTC Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
NOTS 1Project Pilot US Navy Failure Fri • Jul 25th, 1958 12:00 AM UTC Air launch to Suborbital flight
Explorer 4Juno-I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Success Sat • Jul 26th, 1958 3:00 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
NOTS 2Project Pilot US Navy Failure Tue • Aug 12th, 1958 12:00 AM UTC Air launch to Suborbital flight
Able I (Pioneer)Thor Able I Army Ballistic Missile Agency Failure Sun • Aug 17th, 1958 12:18 PM UTC Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
NOTS 3Project Pilot US Navy Failure Fri • Aug 22nd, 1958 12:00 AM UTC Air launch to Suborbital flight
