January edit
1 January edit
- 1958 - The Thor missile enters service
- 1990 - A Commercial Titan III launches Skynet 4A and JCSAT-2.
2 January edit
- 1959 - Luna 1 is launched towards the moon by a Luna rocket. It fails to hit, and becomes the first spacecraft to enter Heliocentric orbit
- 2004 - The Stardust spacecraft performs a flyby of comet 81P/Wild
3 January edit
- 1999 - A Delta II rocket launches NASA's Mars Polar Lander.
- 2000 - Galileo makes its 26th flyby of Europa
4 January edit
- 1959 - Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Pacific Test Range are declared operational.
- 1959 - Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to fly past the moon. It was intended to land, but did not due to a guidance error.
- 1963 - A Molniya fails to launch a Luna probe to the moon, after an upper stage malfunction.
- 1970 - The Apollo 20 mission is cancelled.
- 2004 - The Spirit rover lands on Mars.
5 January edit
- 1969 - A Molniya-M rocket launches Venera 5 to Venus.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M rocket launches eight Strela spacecraft.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 rocket launches a Meteor weather satellite.
- 2014 - A GSLV Mk II launches the GSAT-14 satellite. This is the first successful use of an Indian-built cryogenic upper stage.
6 January edit
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M rocket launches a Tselina satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Zenit-4MK spy satellite.
- 1977 - A Vostok-2M rocket launches a Meteor weather satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Zenit-4MKM spy satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Zenit-6U spy satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 rocket launches a Tselina satellite.
- 2003 - A Titan 23G rocket launches Coriolis.
- 2014 - A Falcon 9 v1.1 launches the Thaicom 6 satellite.
7 January edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a KH-4 satellite
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches a Zenit-2 satellite
- 1968 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor 7 lunar lander
- 1976 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-4MK satellite
- 1987 - An Atlas-Centaur launches an Intelsat spacecraft
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Strela satellite
- 1985 - A Mu-3 launches the Sagikake satellite
- 1998 - An Athena-2 launches the Lunar Prospector spacecraft
8 January edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite
- 1973 - A Proton-K/D launches Luna 21.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1990 - An EVA is performed by the crew of Mir to install star tracking equipment.
- 1991 - A Delta II rocket launches a NATO communication satellite
- 1994 - Soyuz TM-18 is launched to Mir, carrying three cosmonauts to the space station
9 January edit
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-6U spy satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 communication satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar-4K1 spy satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela communication satellites.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar-4K1 spy satellite.
- 1990 - The Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-32 to deploy Leasat-5 and collect the LDEF.
- 1998 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to repair the Kvant-2 airlock.
- 2001 - A Long March 2F launches Shenzhou 2, a test mission for the Shenzhou spacecraft.
- 2012 - A Long March 4B launches the Ziyuan 3 and VesselSat-2 satellites.
- 2014 - Cygnus CRS Orb-1, a Cygnus spacecraft flying its first commercial resupply mission for the ISS, is launched on an Antares rocket.
10 January edit
- 1969 - A Molniya-M rocket launches Venera 6 to Venus.
- 1975 - Soyuz 17 launches, carrying two cosmonauts to Salyut 4.
- 1978 - Soyuz 27 is launched, with two cosmonauts bound for Salyut 6.
- 1978 - A Vostok-2 launches a Tselina satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela communication satellites.
- 1989 - Three GLONASS satellites are launched by a Proton-K/DM-2.
- 1995 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Intelsat 704 communication satellite.
- 1998 - A Skynet satellite is launched by a Delta II rocket.
- 2001 - An Ariane 4 rocket is launched, with the Turksat 2A satellite.
- 2002 - Mars Odyssey completes aerobraking, finalising its orbit around Mars.
- 2007 - A PSLV launches four satellites, including SRE-1, India's first recoverable spacecraft.
11 January edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches an array of technology development spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches a Zenit spy satellite.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the Intelsat 2 F-2 communication satellite.
- 1968 - A drop test of parachutes intended for use on the Apollo spacecraft ends in failure.
- 1968 - Explorer 36 is launched by a Delta E.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-4M spy satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 communication satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-6U spy satellite.
- 1984 - A Parus navigation satellite was launched by a Kosmos-3M rocket.
- 1990 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to conduct materials experiments.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-72.
- 2004 - Estrela do Sul 1 is launched atop a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket.
- 2007 - China tests an Anti-satellite weapon, destroying the Fengyun 1C satellite.
12 January edit
- 1955 - Construction of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is authorised.
- 1959 - McDonnell is awarded a contract to build twelve Mercury spacecraft.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2 spy satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-4M spy satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches a Zenit-4M spy satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-4MT spy satellite.
- 1983 - A Parus navigation satellite launches atop a Kosmos-3M rocket.
- 1986 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-61-C, the last flight before the Challenger disaster, to deploy the Satcom K1 comsat.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Resurs satellite.
- 1993 - A Tsikada satellite is launched by a Kosmos-3M rocket.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Panamsat-3R and Measat-1 comsats.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-81 to Mir.
- 2005 - A Delta II launches with the Deep Impact asteroid probe.
13 January edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 37 spy satellite
- 1969 - The first manned launch scrub in the Soviet space programme occurs, when Soyuz 4 is delayed due to bad weather.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-2MKM spy satellite
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar-4K1 spy satellite
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 comsat
- 1993 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-54 to deploy the TDRS-6 satellite.
- 2003 - A Delta II rocket launches the ICESat and CHIPSat spacecraft.
- 2012 - A Long March 3A rocket launches the Fengyun 2-07 meteorology satellite.
14 January edit
- 1966 - Sergei Korolev, the head of the Soviet space programme, dies, aged 59.
- 1967 - A Thor-Agena launches with a KH-4A spy satellite
- 1969 - Soyuz 4 launches, carrying cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov
- 1970 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 spy satellite
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I rocket launches a DS-P1-I radar target satellite
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M rocket launches a Parus navigation spacecraft
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M rocket launches a Parus navigation spacecraft
- 1983 - A Tsyklon-3 rocket launches a Tselina SIGINT spacecraft
- 1991 - Progress M-6 is launched aboard a Soyuz-U2 rocket, to resupply Mir
- 1994 - Soyuz TM-17 lands, with the Mir EO-14 crew aboard.
- 1996 - A Delta II rocket launches Koreasat 2
- 1998 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to inspect the space station.
- 2002 - The crew of the ISS begin an EVA to move a crane from PMA-1 to Pirs.
- 2005 - The Cassini probe flies-by Titan, as the Huygens probe lands on its surface.
- 2008 - MESSENGER conducts its first flyby of Mercury.
15 January edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a KH-4A spy satellite.
- 1969 - Soyuz 5 launches on a mission to rendezvous and dock with Soyuz 4
- 1970 - A Delta M launches Intelsat 3-F6.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-P1-Yu experimental target satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan IIIE launches the Helios 2 spacecraft to investigate the Sun.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches two Strela comsats, and four boilerplate mockups.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar-4K1 spy satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela comsats.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the Italsat 1 and Eutelsat II F2 comsats
- 1995 - An Mu-3S-II rocket fails to launch the Express 1 satellite.
- 1996 - The crew of STS-72 perform an EVA to test techniques for ISS assembly
- 2003 - The crew of the ISS perform an EVA to deploy a radiator panel.
- 2004 - The Spirit rover begins its exploration of Mars
- 2006 - Samples taken by the Stardust spacecraft return to Earth.
- 2008 - A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL launches Thuraya 3.
- 2013 - A Rokot / Briz-KM rocket launches three Strela-3M military communication satellites.
16 January edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a Ferret SIGINT satellite
- 1968 - A Zenit-2 spy satellite is launched by a Voskhod rocket, but fails to separate from the upper stage of the rocket.
- 1969 - Cosmonauts Yevgeny Khrunov and Aleksei Yeliseyev perform an EVA to transfer from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4, the first crew transfer between two spacecraft in orbit.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-MO experimental spacecraft
- 1978 - Soyuz 26 lands after a mission to Salyut 6
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches with a Taifun-1 radar calibration spacecraft aboard
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-4MT spy satellite
- 1982 - A Delta 3910 launches RCA Satcom 4
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 comsat.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches Progress 27 to Mir
- 1996 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite
- 2002 - A Titan IVB launches a Milstar spacecraft.
- 2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-107. Debris falling from the external tank during launch damaged the orbiter's heat shield, causing it to break up during re-entry on 1 February, with the loss of all seven crew.
- 2010 - A Long March 3C launches the Compass-G1 navigation satellite
17 January edit
- 1968 - The Thor-Agena retires from service, its final launch orbiting a Ferret spy satellite.
- 1969 - 3 cosmonauts return to Earth aboard Soyuz 4, two of whom were launched aboard Soyuz 5, moving to Soyuz 4 as part of the first crew transfer between two spacecraft in orbit.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsyklon navigation satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
- 1976 - A Delta 2914 launches the CTS-1 communication satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Strela communication satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Teleina-D spy satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K/DM launches a Raduga communication satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1993 - The crew of STS-54 perform an EVA to test and develop new spacewalk techniques.
- 1996 - The crew of STS-72 perform an EVA to test and develop new spacewalk techniques.
- 1997 - A Delta II fails to launch the GPS-IIR-1, exploding 13 seconds after launch due to a booster problem.
- 2016 - A Falcon 9 v1.1 launches the Jason-3 Earth observation satellite. Its first stage lands on an ASDS, but breaks a landing leg and falls over.
18 January edit
- 1967 - A Titan IIIC launches eight IDCSP communication satellites.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 spy satellite.
- 1969 - Soyuz 5 lands, following a potentially fatal re-entry in which the service module failed to separate, and the braking rockets failed to ignite.
- 1979 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 communication satellite.
- 1980 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the FLTSATCOM-3 communication satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K/DM launches a Gorizont communication satellite.
- 1986 - Space Shuttle Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base, completing the STS-61-C mission
- 1988 - A Proton-K/DM fails to launch a Gorizont communication satellite, due to a malfunction of the rocket's third stage.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Strela communication satellite.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-2 launches an EORSAT spy satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-59 spacecraft to ressupply the ISS.
- 2009 - A Delta IV Heavy launches the classified USA-202 spy satellite.
19 January edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches two experimental AFP-43 satellites.
- 1965 - The first Thor-Burner launches a DMSP weather satellite.
- 1965 - A Titan II conducts the Gemini 2 sub-orbital test of the Gemini spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 spy satellite.
- 1967 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches a Zenit-2 spy satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tseleina spy satellite.
- 1974 - The first Delta 2313 fails to launch a Skynet spacecraft, after a second stage malfunction.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela communication satellites.
- 1993 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing mission STS-54.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite.
- 2006 - An Atlas V 551 launches New Horizons, the first spacecraft bound for Pluto, which was at the time designated a planet.
20 January edit
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft, due to a second stage engine failure.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-U2-MY scientific satellite.
- 1971 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor weather satellite.
- 1972 - A Titan IIID launches two spy satellites, a KH-9 and an SSF.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tselina spy satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsyklon navigation satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 1 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-6U spy satellite.
- 1983 - A Vostok-2M launches a Tselina spy satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 34 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle Columbia lands at the Edwards Air Force Base, completing STS-32.
- 1994 - A Proton-K/DM-2M launches the Gals communication satellite.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing STS-72.
- 2005 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite, and a student experiment.
- 2011 - The first Zenit-3F rocket launches the Elektro-L No.1 meteorology satellite.
- 2011 - A Delta IV Heavy rocket launches the USA-224 optical reconnaissance satellite.
- 2012 - A Delta IV rocket launches the USA-233 military communication satellite for the Wideband Global SATCOM system.
21 January edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena is damaged after the upper stage ignition sequence is accidentally initiated during a ground test, whilst attached to the first stage.
- 1964 - A Delta B launches the Relay 2 communication satellite
- 1965 - An Atlas-D fails to launch two OV1 scientific satellites
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-4 spy satellite
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite
- 1971 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8 spy satellite
- 1975 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-P1-Yu radar target satellite
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches a DS-P1-M ASAT target satellite
- 1982 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 spy satellite
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Strela communication satellite
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite
- 2000 - An Atlas IIA launches a DSCS communication satellite
- 2008 - A PSLV launches the Israeli TecSAR spy satellite.
22 January edit
- 1965 - A Delta C launches the Tiros 9 weather satellite
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches a Zenit-2 spy satellite
- 1968 - A Saturn IB launches Apollo 5, an unmanned test of the Apollo Lunar Module
- 1969 - A Delta C launches the OSO scientific satellite
- 1969 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 spy satellite
- 1975 - A Delta 2910 launches the Landsat 2 Earth resources satellite
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 communication satellite
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tselina-O spy satellite
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Taifun-2 calibration satellite
- 1987 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 communication satellite
- 1990 - An Ariane 4 (40) launches the SPOT 2 remote sensing spacecraft, and six Oscar amateur radio satellites.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-42.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center after mission STS-81 to Mir.
- 1998 - A Shavit-1 fails to launch the Ofek-4 spy satellite, due to a second stage malfunction.
- 2003 - NASA receives the last transmission from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, the farthest man-made object from Earth.
- 2011 - An H-IIB rocket launches JAXA's Kounotori 2 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.
23 January edit
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 spy satellite
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-4M spy satellite
- 1970 - A Delta N launches the ITOS 1 weather satellite, and an Oscar amateur radio spacecraft.
- 1972 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 4 F4 communication satellite
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-4MK spy satellite
- 1980 - A Tsyklon-3 launches an Okean experimental spy satellite
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-3 fails to launch a Geo-IK geodesy research satellite, due to a payload fairing malfunction.
- 1984 - An N-II launches the Yuri-2A communication satellite
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-2 launches an EORSAT spy satellite
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsikada navigation satellite
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 communication satellite
- 1991 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to install the strela boom.
- 1998 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-89 to Mir
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 (42L) launches the INSAT-3C communication satellite
- 2009 - An H-IIA launches the GOSAT, Sohla-1, Sprite-Sat, SDS-1, Kagayaki, PRISM, STARS and KKS-1 satellites
24 January edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Ablestar fails to launch a collection of five satellites.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a KH-4A spy satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-P1-Yu radar target satellite
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite and a Nauka scientific spacecraft.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 communications satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-2MKM spy satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 12 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Tselina spy satellite
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-51-C to deploy a Magnum spy satellite
- 1990 - A Mu-3S-II launches the Hiten and Hagoromo Lunar orbiters.
- 1990 - A Delta II 6925 launches a GPS satellite.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches an Oko missile defence spacecraft.
- 1993 - Soyuz TM-16 launches to Mir, with the two-man EO-13 crew aboard.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 (44LP) fails to launch the Eutelsat II-F5 and Türksat 1A communications satellites, due to a third stage turbopump malfunction.
- 1995 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsikada navigation satellite
- 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M1-5, on a mission to deorbit the Mir space station.
- 2006 - An H-IIA launches the Daichi remote sensing spacecraft.
- 2014 - An Atlas V launches the TDRS-L data relay satellite for NASA.
25 January edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the Echo 2 communication satellite.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2M launches a DS-P1 radar target satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36M-O launches on a FOBS demonstration mission, placing a boilerplate nuclear warhead into a fractional orbit.
- 1969 - The last Tsyklon-2A fails to launch a boilerplate RORSAT spy satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-P1-Yu radar target satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok rocket launches a Meteor weather satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch a Romb radar calibration satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-11 to resupply Mir.
- 1979 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor weather satellite, and the Tubsat-B student spacecraft.
- 1994 - A Titan 23G launches the Clementine Lunar orbiter and ISA satellite.
- 1995 - A number of civilians are killed when a Long March 2E rocket fails to launch the Apstar 2 communication satellite, falling on a village after being blown off course by windshear.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont communication satellite.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 (42L) launches the Galaxy 10R communication satellite.
- 2000 - A Long March 3A launches the Zhongxing-22 communication satellite.
- 2002 - The crew of the ISS perform an EVA to modify attitude control thrusters, and conduct experiments.
- 2003 - A Pegasus-XL launches the SORCE astronomy satellite.
- 2004 - The Opportunity rover lands on Mars.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-14M to resupply the ISS.
26 January edit
- 1957 - The maiden flight of the Thor missile ends in failure, after the rocket exploded on the launch pad, destroying the launch tower.
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 3 Lunar probe. An upper stage malfunction led to the spacecraft's failure to land on the Moon.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the ESSA-4 weather satellite.
- 1971 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 4 F-2 communication satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-P1-Yu radar target satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsyklon navigation satellite.
- 1978 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW spy satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2914 launches the IUE astronomy satellite.
- 1983 - A Delta 3910 launches the IRAS and PIX astronomy satellites.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U2 launches a Zenit-6U spy satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Taifun-1 radar calibration satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches the Gorizont 17 communication satellite.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Strela communication satellite.
- 1990 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to test space suits and examine the space station.
- 1991 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to install support equipment for solar arrays.
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches an Oko missile defence satellite.
- 2005 - The crew of the ISS perform an EVA to conduct scientific experiments.
27 January edit
- 1967 - Three astronauts are killed when a fire breaks out aboard the AS-204 spacecraft, during a pre-launch test
- 1981 - A Vostok-2M rocket launches a Tselina spy satellite
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-6U spy satellite
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing mission STS-51-C.
- 1989 - An Ariane 2 launches Intelsat 5A F-15, a communication satellite
- 1999 - An Athena-1 launches ROCSAT-1, Taiwan's first satellite.
- 2000 - A Minotaur-I launches a collection of satellites, including JAWSAT, OCSE, OPAL, and FalconSat-1.
- 2013 - An H-IIA rocket launches two satellites for the Japanese Information Gathering Satellite reconnaissance system.
28 January edit
- 1966 - A Scout A launches a Transit navigation satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-P1-Yu radar target satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela communication satellites.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the NATO 3B communication satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit spy satellite.
- 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch on TDRS-B deployment mission STS-51-L, killing seven astronauts.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar-4K1 spy satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-21 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2004 - Mars Express completes orbital adjustments, establishing its operational areocentric orbit.
- 2008 - A Proton-M launches the Ekspress AM-33 communication satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches the Globus-1M No.12L military communication satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-09M to resupply the ISS.
29 January edit
- 1964 - A Saturn I launches on the SA-5 test flight, placing a Jupiter missile nosecone into orbit.
- 1976 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit spy satellite.
- 1976 - An Atlas-Centaur launches Intelsat 4A F-2, a communication satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Taifun-2 radar calibration satellite.
- 1984 - A Long March 3 launches a prototype DFH-2 communication satellite. The rocket's third stage failed to ignite, leaving the payload stranded in low Earth orbit, but all tests were completed successfully.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsikada navigation satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsikada navigation satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches an Informator communication satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K/DM-2 launches three GLONASS navigation satellites.
- 1995 - An Atlas II launches a UHF communication satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches Soyuz TM-27, with three cosmonauts bound for Mir.
- 1998 - An Atlas II launches a prototype Capricorn spy satellite.
- 2003 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite, and the XSS-10 experimental spacecraft.
- 2004 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M1-11 to resupply the ISS.
30 January edit
- 1964 - A Vostok-K launches two Elektron scientific satellites.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 6 Lunar probe.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-A1 technology development satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta E launches the Isis 1 scientific satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-4MK spy satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches an Oko missile defence satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-4MKM spy satellite.
- 1979 - A Delta 2914 launches the SCATHA technology development satellite.
- 1980 - A Vostok-2M launches a Tselina spy satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya communication satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K/DM-2 fails to launch an Ekran missile defence satellite, due to the upper stage failing to ignite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor weather satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Tselina spy satellite.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Discovery lands, completing mission STS-42.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 (44L) launches two communication satellites; GE-2 and Nahuel-1A.
- 2001 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.
- 2002 - Mars Odyssey completes its orbital corrections in areocentric orbit.
- 2007 - A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL fails to launch the NSS-8 communication satellite, exploding on the launch platform due to debris in the first stage engine's turbopump.
- 2009 - The Tsyklon-3 makes its final flight, launching the Koronas-Foton satellite.
- 2013 - South Korea, with Russian assistance, successfully made its first orbital launch when the last Naro-1 rocket launches the STSAT-2C satellite into orbit.
31 January edit
- 1961 - Mercury-Redstone 2 is launched, carrying Ham, a chimpanzee, on a suborbital flight with an apogee of 251 kilometres.
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena launches a Samos spy satellite.
- 1966 - Luna 9, the first spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the Moon, is launched atop a Molniya-M rocket.
- 1967 - A Scout B rocket fails to launch an OV3 scientific satellite.
- 1971 - A Saturn V launches Apollo 14, with three astronauts, on a mission to land on the Moon.
- 1973 - A Delta L launches HEOS 2, a scientific spacecraft.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-4MKM spy satellite
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches Kosmos 1074, an unmanned test of the Soyuz-T spacecraft.
- 1984 - A Titan 34D launches a Chalet spy satellite.
- 1998 - Space Shuttle Endeavour lands, completing mission STS-89.
- 2004 - The Opportunity rover begins its exploration of Mars.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches the TDRS-K data relay satellite for NASA.
February edit
1 February edit
- 1958 - A Juno-I rocket launches Explorer 1, America's first satellite.
- 1969 - A Vostok-2M rocket fails to launch a Meteor weather satellite, due to an upper stage malfunction.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite.
- 1986 - A Long March 3 launches the STTW-1 communication satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches an Oko missile defence satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-2 launches a RORSAT satellite.
- 1990 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to test new equipment.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Discovery begins its first ODMP refit.
- 1993 - Soyuz TM-15 lands, with two cosmonauts returning from Mir.
- 1996 - An Atlas IIAS launches Palapa-C1, a communication satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches the Progress M1-1 spacecraft to reboost Mir.
- 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during re-entry on mission STS-107, killing its crew of seven astronauts.
- 2011 - A Rokot / Briz-KM rocket failed to the Kosmos 2470 geodesy satellite into its planned orbit.
- 2013 - A Zenit-3SL rocket fails to launch Intelsat 27, crashing into the ocean near the launch pad.
2 February edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches a KH-4 spy satellite
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 spy satellite
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Taifun-2 radar calibration satellite
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches am IS-A ASAT. The launch is successful, but the satellite fails to destroy its target.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite
- 2003 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-47 to resupply the ISS
- 2007 - A Long March 3A launches a Beidou navigation satellite
- 2009 - Iran conducts its first orbital launch, with a Safir launching the Omid satellite.
3 February edit
- 1963 - A Molniya rocket fails to launch a Luna spacecraft, after an upper stage control failure.
- 1965 - A Delta C launches the OSO 2 scientific spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Delta C launches the ESSA 1 weather satellite.
- 1966 - Luna 9, a robotic spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union, makes the first soft-landing on the Moon.
- 1971 - A Delta M launches the NATO 2 communications satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 communication satellite.
- 1974 - The fourth crew of Skylab conduct an EVA to collect experiment results.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsyklon navigation satellite.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on mission STS-41-B, to deploy the Westar 6 and Palapa B2 satellites. Both comsats fail to reach their correct orbits after upper stage problems.
- 1988 - An Atlas E/F launches the DMSP-5D-F2 weather satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite. The launch is successful, however the satellite fails to function.
- 1993 - A Delta II 7925 launches a GPS satellite.
- 1994 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-60 to conduct scientific research, and deploy a number of experimental satellites.
- 1994 - The H-II rocket makes its maiden flight, launching the OREX satellite.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-63 to rendezvous with Mir and deploy a number of radar calibration satellites.
- 2000 - A Zenit-2 launches a Tselina spy satellite.
- 2000 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Hispasat 1C communications satellite.
- 2005 - A Proton-M launches the first Spacebus 4000 communications satellite, AMC-12.
- 2005 - The Atlas III makes its final flight, and the last launch out of LC-36 at Cape Canaveral, orbiting two NOSS spy satellites.
- 2006 - The crew of the ISS perform an EVA to deploy SuitSat, and prepare the station for future assembly.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches Progress M-04M to resupply the ISS.
- 2012 - An Iranian Safir rocket launches the Navid satellite.
4 February edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches a Discoverer spy satellite.
- 1961 - A Molniya rocket launches a Venera spacecraft, however it fails to reach heliocentric orbit due to an upper stage malfunction.
- 1970 - A Thorad-Agena launches SERT 2, a technology development satellite.
- 1976 - A Mu-3C fails to launch the Corsa A technology development satellite, after a second stage malfunction.
- 1978 - A Mu-3H launches the Kyokko Auroral research satellite.
- 1983 - An N-II rocket launches the Sakura 2A communication satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1990 - A Long March 3 launches the Zhongxing-3 communication satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the Brazilsat B3 and Inmarsat-3-F5 communication satellites.
- 2002 - An H-IIA rocket launches two technology development satellites.
5 February edit
- 1958 - A Vanguard rocket fails to launch a Vanguard satellite Vanguard_TV-3BU.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches Lunar Orbiter 3.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches the a CORONA satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-707 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-801 satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1984 - An Atlas H launches the NOSS-7 satellites.
- 1987 - A Mu-3S-II launches the Ginga satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-2 mission.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2123 satellite.
- 1992 - A Zenit-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga-1 satellite.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the N-Star B satellite.
- 2002 - A Pegasus-XL launches the HESSI satellite.
- 2004 - An Atlas IIAS launches the AMC-10 satellite.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-63 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2014 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-22M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
6 February edit
- 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-201 satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta M launches the Intelsat III F-3 satellite.
- 1970 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-631 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya satellite.
- 1975 - A Diamant launches the Starlette satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 2914 launches the SMS 2 satellite.
- 1977 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP 9 satellite.
- 1979 - An N-I launches the Ayame satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-21 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1439 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1628 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2059 satellite.
- 2009 - A Delta II 7320-10C launches the NOAA-19 satellite.
- 2011 - A Minotaur I launches the USA-225 military satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat launches six Globalstar satellites.
- 2014 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the ABS-2 and Athena-Fidus communication satellites.
7 February edit
- 1967 - A Soyuz rocket launches the Kosmos-140 satellite.
- 1968 - A Molniya-M fails to launch a satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-265 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 24 spacecraft.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1155 satellite.
- 1980 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-11 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1731 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1819 satellite.
- 1990 - An H-I launches the Momo-1B satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2124 satellite.
- 1994 - A Titan IV launches a Milstar satellite.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches the Stardust satellite.
- 2001 - An Ariane 4 launches the Sicral and Skynet 4F satellites.
- 2001 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-98, to deliver the Destiny module to the ISS.
- 2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-122 to deliver the Columbus module to the ISS.
- 2013 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Amazonas 3 and Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a communication satellites.
8 February edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Delta rocket launches the Tiros 4 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP 2418 satellite.
- 1967 - A Diamant launches the D-1C satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-141 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-548 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-988 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1075 satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos-1536 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-10 mission.
- 1985 - A Titan 34B launches an SDS satellite.
- 1985 - An Ariane 3 launches the Arabsat 1A and Brasilsat 1 satellites.
- 1988 - A Delta 3910 launches the USA-30 SDIO satellite.
- 1994 - A Long March 3A launches the KF-1 and SJ-4 satellites.
- 2000 - A Delta II launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the IRDT and Gruzovoy Maket satellites.
- 2010 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-130 to deliver the Tranquility module and the Cupola to the ISS.
9 February edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS 1439 satellite.
- 1969 - A Titan IIIC launches the Tacsat 1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-394 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-892 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the FLTSATCOM 1 satellite.
- 1980 - An Atlas E/F launches a GPS satellite.
- 1983 - An Atlas H launches the NOSS-5 satellites.
- 1986 - An Atlas H launches the NOSS-8 satellites.
- 1993 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2233 satellite.
- 1993 - A Pegasus rocket launches the SCD-1 satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches several Globalstar satellites.
10 February edit
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos-107 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-323 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1440 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 40 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2000 satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-25 spacecraft to Mir.
- 1998 - A Taurus rocket launches the GFO and several Orbcomm satellites.
- 2000 - An M-V fails to launch the ASTRO-E satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-66 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2009 - Kosmos 2251 collides with Iridium 33, resulting in the destruction of both satellites.
11 February edit
- 1965 - A Titan IIIA launches the LES-1 satellite.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-108 satellite.
- 1970 - A Lambda-4S conducts Japan's first satellite launch, orbiting the Ōsumi satellite.
- 1970 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP 1524 satellite.
- 1974 - A Titan IIIE fails to launch on a mission to test the Centaur upper stage.
- 1976 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-802 satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Kosmos satellites.
- 1981 - An N-II rocket launches the Kiku-3 satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos-1337 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos-1732 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-9 mission.
- 1992 - An Atlas II launches a DSCS satellite.
- 1992 - An H-1 launches the Fuyo satellite.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-82, to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 2000 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-99, with the SRTM mapping payload.
- 2002 - A Delta II launches several Iridium satellites.
- 2008 - A Proton-M launches the Thor 5 communication satellite.
- 2009 - A Proton-M launches the Express-AM44 and MD1 satellites.
- 2010 - An Atlas V launches the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-18M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches the Landsat 8 Earth observation satellite.
12 February edit
- 1961 - A Molniya launches the Venera 1 probe to Venus.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-632 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-708 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-709 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-803 satellite.
- 1979 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos-1076 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos-1164 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1244 satellite.
- 1986 - A N-II rocket launches the BS-2B satellite.
- 1987 - A Titan 34B launches an SDS satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Kosmos satellites.
- 1994 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1997 - The M-V makes its maiden flight, launching the MUSES-B satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the Garuda-1 satellite.
- 2005 - An Ariane 5 launches the XTAR-EUR and Maqsat-B2 satellites.
- 2009 - An Ariane 5 launches the Hot Bird 10, and NSS-9 communication satellites, and two Spirale satellites.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches the Intelsat 16 satellite.
13 February edit
- 1974 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8A satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos-1077 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1245 satellite.
- 2012 - The first Vega rocket launches LARES and eight other satellites.
14 February edit
- 1963 - A Delta B launches the Syncom 1 satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-142 satellite.
- 1972 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 20 probe to the Moon.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-989 satellite.
- 1980 - A Delta 3910 launches the Solar Max satellite.
- 1984 - A Mu-3S launches the Ohzora satellite.
- 1987 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos-1820 satellite.
- 1989 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos-2001 satellite.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2002 satellite.
- 1989 - The Delta II makes its maiden flight, launching the first Block II GPS satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the LACE and RME satellites.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos-2133 satellite.
- 1996 - Several villagers are killed when a Long March 3B fails to launch the Intelsat 708 satellite.
- 1997 - A Tsyklon-3 launches three Gonets and three Strela satellites.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches four Globalstar satellites.
- 2004 - A Titan IV launches the DSP-22 satellite.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the SES-4 satellite.
- 2014 - A Proton-M launches the Türksat 4A satellite.
15 February edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1967 - A Diamant launches the D-1D satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Prognoz-3 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-893 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1989 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2134 satellite.
- 1991 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-26 to resupply Mir.
- 1999 - A Proton-K launches the Telstar 6 satellite.
- 2003 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 907 satellite.
- 2006 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Echostar 10 satellite.
16 February edit
- 1961 - A Scout X-1 launches the Explorer 9 satellite.
- 1965 - A Saturn I launches on the A-103 mission to test a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft and deploy the Pegasus-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Mu-4S launches the Tansei satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-474 satellite.
- 1972 - A Titan 33B fails to launch the OPS 1844 satellite.
- 1974 - A Mu-3C launches the Tansei-2 satellite.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos-804 satellite.
- 1978 - An N-I rocket launches the Ume 2 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1338 satellite.
- 1983 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos-1441 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1537 satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton spacecraft.
- 1999 - An Atlas IIAS launches the JCSAT-6 satellite.
- 2011 - An Ariane 5 ES launches the Johannes Kepler ATV spacecraft to the ISS.
17 February edit
- 1959 - A Vanguard launches the Vanguard II satellite.
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 20 satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 8 Lunar probe.
- 1966 - A Diamant launches the D-1A satellite.
- 1971 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP 3526 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thorad-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-395 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-990 satellite.
- 1980 - A Mu-3S launches the Tansei-4 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1339 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K fails to launch three GLONASS satellites.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2003 satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2180 satellite.
- 1993 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the NEAR asteroid probe.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIAS launches the JCSAT-4 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2349 satellite.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the THEMIS satellites.
18 February edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 21 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-396 satellite.
- 1974 - A Scout D-1 launches the San Marco 4 satellite.
- 1979 - A Scout D-1 launches the SAGE satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1246 satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1821 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1920 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches several Iridium satellites.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 launches the Superbird 4 satellite.
- 2004 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1T satellite.
- 2006 - An H-IIA launches the MTSAT-2 satellite.
- 2021 - The Perseverance (rover) has successfully landed on The Mars
19 February edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 10 satellite.
- 1963 - A Scout X-3M launches the OPS 240 satellite.
- 1964 - A Molniya-M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1966 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-109 satellite.
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1970 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1976 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1976 - A Delta 2914 launches the Marisat 1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Mu-3H launches the Tansei-3 satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos-1247 satellite.
- 1982 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos-1340 satellite.
- 1986 - The Core Module of the Mir space station is launched, atop a Proton-K rocket.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos-1733 satellite.
- 1987 - A N-II rocket launches the Momo satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1822 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1921 satellite.
- 1988 - An H-I launches the CS-3A satellite.
- 1994 - A Delta II launches the Galaxy-1R satellite.
- 1996 - A Tsyklon-3 launches three Gonets and three Strela satellites.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 2017 - First Falcon 9 flight from the historic LC-39A launchpad at Kennedy Space Center.
20 February edit
- 1962 - John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, launched atop an Atlas LV-3B rocket.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-202 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-203 satellite.
- 1975 - An Atlas-Centaur fails to launch the Intelsat 4 F-6 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-805 satellite.
- 1980 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1983 - A Mu-3S launches the Tenma satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos-1823 satellite.
- 1993 - A Mu-3S-II launches the Asuka satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-29 mission to Mir.
- 2001 - A Start-1 launches the Odin satellite.
- 2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at KSC, completing mission STS-122.
21 February edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the FTV 2301 satellite.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-1 launches three Kosmos satellites.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - The N-I rocket fails during its maiden flight due to first stage engine problems.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-894 satellite.
- 1979 - A Mu-3C launches the Hakucho satellite.
- 1979 - A Proton-K launches the Ekran satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1165 satellite.
- 1981 - A Mu-3S launches the Hinotori satellite.
- 1981 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Comstar D-4 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 19 resupply spacecraft to Salyut 7.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1538 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos-1629 satellite.
- 1989 - A Mu-3S-II launches the Akebono satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-16 resupply spacecraft to Mir.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-23 mission to Mir.
- 1998 - An H-II launches the COMETS satellite.
- 2002 - An Atlas IIIB launches the Echostar 7 satellite.
- 2006 - An M-V launches the ASTRO-F satellite.
- 2008 - An SM-3 missile destroys the USA-193 satellite.
- 2014 - A Delta IV launches the GPS IIF-5 satellite.
22 February edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Transit 3B satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-57 satellite.
- 1966 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-110 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas E/F launches a GPS satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1078 satellite.
- 1980 - A N-I rocket launches the Ayame 2 satellite.
- 1986 - An Ariane 1 launches the SPOT-1 and Viking satellites.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2004 satellite.
- 1990 - An Ariane 4 fails to launch the Superbird B and BS 2X satellites.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on the 75th Shuttle mission, STS-75, with the TSS-1R tether experiment.
- 2017 - The final Soyuz-U rocket launches the Progress MS-05 resupply module to haul cargo to the International Space Station.
- 2019 - Falcon 9 rocket launches the S5, Nusantara Satu communication satellite and Beresheet, Israeli private Lunar lander
23 February edit
- 1977 - An N-I rocket launches the Kiku 2 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.
- 1997 - A Titan IV launches the DSP-18 satellite.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches the ARGOS satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 904 satellite.
- 2008 - An H-IIA rocket launches the WINDS communication satellite.
24 February edit
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1975 - A Mu-3C launches the Taiyo satellite.
- 1979 - An Atlas E/F launches the P78-1 satellite.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the Polar satellite.
- 2007 - An H-IIA launches two IGS satellites.
- 2009 - A Taurus-XL fails to launch OCO due to a payload fairing malfunction.
- 2011 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-133 to deliver the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module and the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 to the ISS. This is Space Shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight.
- 2012 - A Long March 3C launches the Beidou-2 G5 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
- 2012 - An Atlas V launches the MUOS-1 military communication satellite.
25 February edit
- 1961 - A Juno II fails to launch the S-45 satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Mariner 6 probe.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-266 satellite.
- 1971 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos-397 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-475 satellite.
- 1978 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS 6031 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 32 mission.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1442 satellite.
- 2002 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2387 satellite.
- 2013 - A PSLV launches SARAL and six other satellites.
26 February edit
- 1960 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Midas 1 satellite.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos-58 satellite.
- 1966 - First flight of Saturn 1B with the AS-201
- 1969 - A Delta E launches the ESSA 9 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-267 satellite.
- 1971 - A Soyuz-L launches the Kosmos-398 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-710 satellite.
- 1977 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos-895 satellite.
- 1982 - A Delta 3910 launches the Westar 4 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1734 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1824 satellite.
- 1987 - A Delta 3914 launches the GOES 7 satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos-1922 satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2135 satellite.
- 1992 - An Ariane 4 launches the Superbird B1 and Arabsat 1C satellites.
- 1998 - A Pegasus-XL launches the SNOE satellite.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the Arabsat 3A and Skynet 4E satellites.
- 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-44 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2005 - An H-IIA launches the MTSAT-1R satellite.
- 2009 - A Zenit-3SLB launches the Telstar 11N satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat launches Kosmos 2471, the first GLONASS-K navigation satellite.
27 February edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 38 satellite.
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 25 satellite.
- 1967 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos-143 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-324 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-633 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1079 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-19 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1630 satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1631 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos-1735 satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Nadezhda satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the Hot Bird 4 satellite.
- 2001 - A Titan IV launches the Milstar 4 satellite.
28 February edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 1 satellite.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS 3722 satellite.
- 1966 - A Delta E launches the ESSA-2 satellite.
- 1967 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos-144 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-549 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Kosmos satellites.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-991 satellite.
- 1981 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8A satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1539 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Meteor-2 satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Okean satellite.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-36 launches with a classified payload, believed to be either a KH-12 or Misty spy satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-3 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1998 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Intelsat 806 satellite.
- 1999 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-52 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2006 - A Proton-M fails to launch the Arabsat 4A satellite after an upper stage failure.
- 2009 - A Proton-K/DM-2 launches a Raduga-1 satellite.
- 2014 - An H-IIA launches the GPM Core Observatory and 7 cubesats.
29 February edit
March edit
1 March edit
- 1966 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 111 satellite.
- 1966 - Venera 3 impacts Venus, the first space probe to hit the surface of another planet
- 1972 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-3 satellite.
- 1972 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 476 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 550 satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok-2M launches the Meteor-2 satellite.
- 1982 - Venera 13 successfully lands on Venus
- 1984 - A Delta 3920 launches the Landsat 5 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1632 satellite.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 801 satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 5 launches the Envisat satellite.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on the STS-109 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 2005 - A Zenit-3SL launches the XM-3 Rhythm satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches three GLONASS-M navigation satellites.
- 2013 - A Falcon 9 launches the second operational flight of the Dragon spacecraft to the ISS.
2 March edit
- 1965 - Atlas-Centaur AC-5 explodes on its launch pad during an attempt to launch a Surveyor spacecraft.
- 1968 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-18 satellite.
- 1968 - A Proton-K launches the Zond 4 spacecraft.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 28 mission to Salyut 6.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1443 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1444 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1540 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2005 satellite.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the Astra 1B and Meteosat 5 satellites.
- 1994 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Koronas-I satellite.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-67.
- 1995 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2306 satellite.
- 2004 - An Ariane 5 launches the Rosetta spacecraft.
3 March edit
- 1959 - A Juno II launches the Pioneer 4 spacecraft.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 145 satellite.
- 1969 - A Saturn V launches the manned Apollo 9 mission.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 399 satellite.
- 1971 - A Long March 1 launches the SJ-1 satellite.
- 1972 - Launch of the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, the first mission to successfully reach Jupiter.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 896 satellite.
- 1980 - An Atlas E/F launches a NOSS satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1341 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 28 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1825 satellite.
4 March edit
- 1968 - An Atlas-Agena launches the OGO 5 satellite.
- 1969 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 325 satellite.
- 1970 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 477 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 992 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1166 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1994 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-62.
- 1997 - A Start-1 launches the Zeya satellite.
- 2010 - A Delta IV launches the GOES 15 meteorology satellite.
- 2011 - A Taurus rocket fails to launch the Glory satellite and three other satellites when the payload fairing failed to separate.
5 March edit
- 1958 - A Juno I fails to launch the Explorer 2 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 204 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 205 satellite.
- 1968 - A Scout B launches the Explorer 37 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 268 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 269 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1974 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 634 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2910 launches the Landsat 3 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1248 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1249 satellite.
- 1982 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 504 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1342 satellite.
- 1984 - An Ariane 1 launches the Intelsat 508 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1633 satellite.
- 1999 - A Pegasus-XL launches the WIRE satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 4C launches three reconnaissance satellites of the Yaogan 9 constellation.
- 2011 - An Atlas V launches USA-226, the first flight of the second Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.
6 March edit
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 270 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 551 satellite.
- 1973 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-720 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1250/1257 satellite.
- 1982 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-13 satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1541 satellite.
- 1989 - An Ariane 4 launches the JCSAT-1 and Meteosat 4 satellites.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2136 satellite.
7 March edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Delta launches the OSO 1 satellite.
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Samos 6 satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-59 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Kosmos-1542 satellite.
- 1988 - A Long March 3 launches the Zhongxing 1 satellite.
- 1995 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS navigation satellites.
- 2009 - A Delta II 7925-10L launches the Kepler space photometer.
- 2017 - A Vega launched the Sentinel-2B satellite
8 March edit
- 1967 - A Delta C launches the OSO 3 satellite.
- 1991 - A Titan IV launches the USA 69 satellite.
- 1991 - A Delta II launches the Inmarsat II F-2 satellite.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIA launches the Tempo 2 satellite.
- 2001 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-102 to the International Space Station.
- 2001 - An Ariane 5 launches the Eurobird and BSAT-2a satellites.
- 2002 - An Atlas IIA launches the TDRS-9 satellite.
9 March edit
- 1961 - A Vostok-K launches the Korabl-Sputnik 4 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches the NRL Composite 5 satellite.
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1974 - A Scout D-1 launches the Miranda satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2181 satellite.
- 1996 - A Pegasus-XL launches the REX II satellite.
- 2007 - An Atlas V launches several STP satellites.
- 2008 - The Ariane 5ES makes its maiden flight, launching the first ATV, Jules Verne to resupply the ISS.
10 March edit
- 1967 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 146 satellite.
- 1970 - A Diamant-B launches the Mika and Wika satellites.
- 1975 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS 2439 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 806 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 897 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the Palapa A2 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 993 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1543 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1923 satellite.
- 1994 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.
11 March edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Able launches the Pioneer 5 spacecraft.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the NNS O-3 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1826 satellite.
- 1988 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight satellites.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1988 - An Ariane 3 launches the Telecom 1C and Spacenet 3R satellites.
- 2003 - A Delta IV-M launches the DSCS IIIA-3 satellite.
- 2005 - An Atlas V launches the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite.
- 2006 - An Ariane 5 launches the Hot Bird 7A and Spainsat satellites.
- 2007 - An Ariane 5 launches the Skynet 5A and Insat 4B satellites.
- 2008 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-123 to deliver the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM/Kibō) pressurised logistics module and the Dextre SPDM to the International Space Station.
- 2011 - A Delta IV launches the USA-227 reconnaissance-data relay satellite.
12 March edit
- 1965 - A Molniya fails to launch a Luna spacecraft.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1972 - A Delta N launches the TD-1A satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 719 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 807 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 5 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-4 mission to Salyut 6.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Nadezhda satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches an Ekspress satellite.
- 2000 - A Taurus rocket launches the MTI satellite.
- 2000 - A Zenit-3SL fails to launch the ICO F-1 satellite.
13 March edit
- 1967 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 147 satellite.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 326 satellite.
- 1971 - A Delta M launches the Explorer 43 spacecraft.
- 1977 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1985 - An Atlas E/F launches the Geosat satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz T-15 spacecraft to Mir.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1989 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-29 to deploy the TDRS-4 satellite.
- 1994 - The Taurus rocket makes its maiden flight, launching the STEP 0 satellite.
- 2004 - An Atlas III launches the MBSAT satellite.
- 2008 - The Atlas V makes its thirteenth launch, and its first from Vandenberg Air Force Base, launching USA-200.
14 March edit
- 1968 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 206 satellite.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 635 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1080 satellite.
- 1980 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1167 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1258 satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1634 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1932 satellite.
- 1990 - A Commercial Titan III launches the Intelsat 603 satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2060 satellite.
- 1992 - An Atlas I launches the Galaxy 5 satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-21 mission to Mir.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 707 satellite.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2331 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-38 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2008 - A Proton-M/Briz-M fails to launch the AMC-14 communication satellite, due to a malfunction of the Briz-M upper stage.
- 2016 - A Proton-M launches the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli demonstration lander to Mars in 2016 as part of the European Space Agency and the Roscosmos ExoMars programme
- 2019 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Soyuz MS-12 carrying Expedition 59\60 to the International Space Station
15 March edit
- 1965 - A Kosmos-1 rocket launches three Kosmos satellites.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 271 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 478 satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan IIIC launches the P74-1 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 994 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches six Strela satellites.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3MP launches a sub-scale Spiral test spacecraft.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1544 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1933 satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 2004 - A Proton-M launches the Eutelsat W3A satellite.
- 2008 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-19 satellite.
- 2009 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-119 to the International Space Station.
16 March edit
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the first satellite to be given a Kosmos designation, Kosmos-1.
- 1966 - An Atlas D launches a Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle.
- 1966 - A Titan II launches the manned Gemini 8 mission.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 148 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 207 satellite.
- 1974 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1976 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 808 satellite.
- 1978 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1979 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1981 - A Titan IIIC launches a DSP satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1446 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2006 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 41 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1998 - An Atlas II launches a UHF satellite.
17 March edit
- 1958 - A Vanguard rocket launches the Vanguard I satellite.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 112 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 272 satellite.
- 1970 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1972 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 898 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 995 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1168 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1259 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1343 satellite.
- 1988 - A Vostok-2M launches the IRS-1 satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-14 mission to Mir.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2274 satellite.
- 2002 - A Rokot launches the GRACE satellite.
- 2009 - A Rokot launches the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer.
- 2009 - Space Shuttle Discovery docks with the International Space Station during mission STS-119.
18 March edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 26 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Burner launches a DAPP satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod rocket launches the manned Voskhod 2 mission.
- 1965 - Alexey Leonov conducts the first EVA, from the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1969 - An Atlas E/F launches three OV1 satellites.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 327 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 400 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 809 satellite.
- 1980 - A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
- 1981 - A Proton-K launches the Raduga satellite.
- 1987 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1833 satellite.
- 1995 - An H-II launches the SFU and Himawari 5 satellites.
- 2001 - A Zenit-3SL launches the XM-2 Roll satellite.
- 2011 - MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury on March 18, 2011, becoming the first spacecraft to do so.
- 2016 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Soyuz TMA-20M carrying Expedition 47 to the International Space Station
19 March edit
- 1964 - A Delta B fails to launch the BE-A satellite.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 25 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-7 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2137 satellite.
- 2008 - A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL launches the DirecTV-11 communications satellite.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches the second geostationary satellite for the Space-Based Infrared System.
20 March edit
- 1970 - A Delta M launches the NATO 2A satellite.
- 1973 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 636 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1260 satellite.
- 1987 - A Delta 3920 launches the Palapa B2P satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2061 satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Dumsat satellite.
- 2004 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches the EchoStar XIV satellite.
21 March edit
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 13 satellite.
- 1964 - A Molniya-M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 9 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-113 satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 149 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 208 satellite.
- 1971 - A Titan 33B launches the OPS 4788 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 720 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1089 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1545 satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1635/1642 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1736 satellite.
- 1996 - A PSLV launches the IRS-P3 satellite.
- 1999 - A Proton-K launches the Asiasat 3S satellite.
- 2000 - An Ariane 5 launches the Asiastar and Insat 3B satellites.
- 2002 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M1-8 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2007 - The second Falcon 1 rocket fails to launch a demonstration spacecraft.
- 2018 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Soyuz MS-08 carrying Expedition 55 to the International Space Station
22 March edit
- 1967 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 150 satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36 fails during an orbital missile test mission.
- 1968 - A Tsyklon launches the Kosmos 209 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 273 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 479 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 552 satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 39 mission to Salyut 6.
- 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on test mission STS-3.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1985 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 510 satellite.
- 1988 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1934 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2062 satellite.
- 1991 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-22 spacecraft to resuppy Mir.
- 1995 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2310 satellite.
- 1995 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Intelsat 705 satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2311 satellite.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-76 to Mir.
- 2006 - A Pegasus-XL launches three ST-5 satellites.
23 March edit
- 1960 - A Juno II fails to launch a satellite for NASA.
- 1965 - A Titan II launches the first manned Gemini mission; Gemini 3.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the Intelsat II F-3 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches the Astron satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 35 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2007 satellite.
- 2012 - An Ariane 5 ES launches the Edoardo Amaldi ATV to resupply the ISS.
24 March edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - A Proton fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-3 launches the Kosmos 151 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 274 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1972 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 899 satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1344 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1447 satellite.
- 1987 - An ASLV fails to launch the SROSS A satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1935 satellite.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Kosmos satellites.
- 1989 - A Delta 3920 launches the Delta Star satellite.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-45.
- 1995 - An Atlas E/F launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the SPOT 4 satellite.
- 2006 - A Falcon 1 fails to launch the FalconSat-2 satellite.
- 2009 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-20 navigation satellite.
25 March edit
- 1961 - A Vostok-K launches the Korabl-Sputnik 5 spacecraft.
- 1961 - A Thor-Delta launches the Explorer 10 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 64 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 152 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 480 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 481 satellite.
- 1978 - A Titan IIIC fails to launch several DSCS satellites.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor-2 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1643 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos-1737 satellite.
- 1988 - A Scout G-1 launches the San Marco 5 satellite.
- 1993 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1993 - A Start-1 launches the EKA satellite.
- 1993 - An Atlas I launches the UHF-1 satellite.
- 1998 - A Long March 2C launches several Iridium satellites.
- 2000 - A Delta II launches the IMAGE satellite.
- 2002 - A Long March 2F launches the Shenzhou 3 spacecraft.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Intelsat 22 satellite.
26 March edit
- 1958 - A Juno I launches the Explorer 3 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-8 satellite.
- 1969 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1974 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 637 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 721 satellite.
- 1976 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 810 satellite.
- 1976 - A Delta 3914 launches the Satcom 2 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1987 - An Atlas-Centaur fails to launch the FLTSATCOM-6 satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the GPS II-7 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2138 satellite.
- 1993 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2237 satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-14 to the International Space Station.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the Satmex-8 satellite.
27 March edit
- 1964 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 27 satellite.
- 1964 - A Scout X-3 launches the Ariel 2 satellite.
- 1966 - A Molniya-M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Mariner 7 spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 328 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 401 satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches the Venera 8 spacecraft.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 722 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-13 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1169 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 8 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2063 satellite.
- 2004 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga-1 satellite.
- 2008 - Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing the STS-123 mission.
- 2008 - A Kosmos-3M launches the SAR-Lupe 4 satellite.
28 March edit
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 275 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 996 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1983 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA 8 satellite.
- 1986 - An Ariane 3 launches the Gstar 2/Brasilsat 2 satellite.
- 1995 - A Start fails to launch the Techsat and Unamsat satellites.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the Hot Bird 1 and Brasilsat B2 satellite.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-25 satellite.
- 1999 - Sea Launch conducts the maiden flight of the Zenit-3SL from the Ocean Odyssey platform, with a boilerplate satellite.
- 2003 - An H-IIA launches two IGS satellites.
29 March edit
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 900 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1546 satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 launches the Astra 3A and JCSAT-8 satellites.
- 2005 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress AM-2 satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-08M to the International Space Station.
30 March edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 22 satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-D launches the OV1-4, OV1-5 and Pod 28 satellites.
- 1967 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1972 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1978 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos-997 and 998 satellites.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 999 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1448 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1936 satellite.
- 1993 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-19 satellite.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2238 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches five Iridium satellites.
- 2002 - A Proton-K launches the Intelsat 903 satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-8 mission, with the first Brazilian in space, Marcos Pontes, and the ISS Expedition 13 crew aboard.
- 2012 - The last Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2479 missile warning satellite.
31 March edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Burner launches the OPS 0340 satellite.
- 1966 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 10 probe.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 482 spacecraft.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 811 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1000 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 4A F-6 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1090 satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1261 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1345 satellite.
- 1982 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1346 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1449 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches the Kvant-1 module of Mir.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches the Almaz-1 spacecraft.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-17 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2003 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-9 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 3B launches the Apstar-7 satellite.
April edit
1 April edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Able launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - A Delta E launches the ISIS_(satellite) satellite.
- 1971 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 402 satellite.
- 1975 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1170 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2182 satellite.
- 1993 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2239 satellite.
- 2002 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2388 satellite.
2 April edit
- 1963 - A Molniya rocket launches the Luna 4 probe.
- 1964 - A Molniya-M launches the Zond 1 probe to Venus.
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 403 satellite.
- 1975 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 723 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1347 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1989 - An Ariane 2 launches the Tele-X satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2240 satellite.
- 1998 - A Pegasus-XL launches the TRACE satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-41 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the INSAT 2E satellite.
- 2003 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1T satellite.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-18 mission to the ISS.
3 April edit
- 1963 - A Delta B launches the Explorer 17 spacecraft.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the SNAPSHOT spacecraft.
- 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 210 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 329 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 483 satellite.
- 1973 - A Proton-K launches the Salyut 2 space station.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-638 (Soyuz 7K-TM) spacecraft.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1171 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-11 mission.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1644 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1990 - A Shavit launches the Ofeq-2 satellite.
- 1995 - A Pegasus-H launches several Orbcomm satellites.
- 1996 - An Atlas IIA launches the Inmarsat 3F1 satellite.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Eutelsat W2A satellite.
- 2012 - A Delta IV launches the USA-234 reconnaissance satellite.
4 April edit
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 28 satellite.
- 1967 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 153 satellite.
- 1968 - A Saturn V launches the Apollo 6 spacecraft.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 276 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 277 satellite.
- 1971 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 404 satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 639 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1001 satellite.
- 1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden flight, STS-6, launching the TDRS-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1547 satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1738 satellite.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2016 satellite.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the Anik E2 satellite.
- 1997 - A Titan 23G launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-83, a Spacelab microgravity research mission.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-30 spacecraft, with the last crew to visit Mir.
- 2009 - An Atlas V launches the WGS-2 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-21 mission to the ISS.
5 April edit
- 1963 - A Scout X-3 fails to launch the Transit VA-2 satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz rocket fails to launch a maned flight which would have been the Soyuz 18 mission had it reached orbit.
- 1977 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 901 satellite.
- 1988 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1937 satellite.
- 1990 - The Pegasus rocket makes its maiden flight, launching the Pegsat and NavySat satellites.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory on mission STS-37.
- 1995 - A Shavit launches the Ofeq-3 satellite.
- 2009 - A Unha fails to launch the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite.
- 2010 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station.
6 April edit
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 2 satellite.
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1965 - A Delta D launches the Intelsat I (Early Bird) satellite.
- 1966 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 114 satellite.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches the ATS-2 satellite.
- 1968 - An Atlas E/F launches the OV1-13 and 14 satellites.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 484 satellite.
- 1973 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Pioneer 11 probe.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 812 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1002 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1450 satellite.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on the STS-41-C mission to deploy the LDEF and repair the Solar Max satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2017 satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2064-Kosmos 2071 satellites.
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2241 satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-34 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
7 April edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 14 probe.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 330 satellite.
- 1971 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 405 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Interkosmos-6 satellite.
- 1975 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 724 satellite.
- 1976 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 902 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Agena launches the OPS 8790 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2914 launches the BSE satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1091 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1262 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1348 satellite.
- 1990 - A Long March 3 launches the Asiasat 1 satellite.
- 1995 - An Atlas IIA launches the AMSC 1 satellite.
- 1998 - A Proton-K/DM-5 launches seven Iridium satellites.
- 2001 - A Delta II launches the Mars Odyssey probe.
- 2001 - A Proton-M launches an Ekran-M satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-10 mission to the ISS.
8 April edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 23 satellite.
- 1964 - A Titan II launches the Gemini 1 spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Centaur fails to launch a boilerplate Surveyor spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the OAO A1 satellite.
- 1967 - A Proton-K fails to launch the Kosmos 154 spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Thorad-Agena launches the Nimbus 4 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 331 satellite.
- 1970 - A Titan IIIC launches the Vela 6A and 6B satellites.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 725 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1349 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1451 satellite.
- 1984 - A Long March 3 launches the first operational STW satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1834 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2183 satellite.
- 1993 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on the ATLAS-2 (Spacelab) mission, STS-56.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches the Astra 1F satellite.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-110 with the ITS S0 Truss for the ISS.
- 2003 - A Titan IV launches a Milstar satellite.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Soyuz TMA-12 mission to the ISS, with the first South Korean in space, and the first second-generation space traveller.
- 2010 - A Dnepr-1 launches the CryoSat-2 ice monitoring satellite.
9 April edit
- 1959 - NASA formally selected its first astronauts, the Mercury Seven.
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Midas 5 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 211 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 278 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 1410 launches the Geos 3 satellite.
- 1976 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 813 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 35 mission.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1263 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1739 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1835 satellite.
- 1994 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-59.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-27 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1997 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2340 satellite.
- 1999 - A Titan IV fails to launch a DSP satellite.
- 2003 - An Ariane 5 launches the Galaxy 12 and Insat 3A satellites.
- 2007 - A Proton-M launches the Anik F3 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 3A launches the Beidou-2 I1 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
- 2014 - A Shavit 2 launches the Israeli Ofeq-10 reconnaissance satellite
10 April edit
- 1965 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1974 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 33 mission.
- 1982 - A Delta 3910 launches the Insat 1A satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1548 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.
11 April edit
- 1969 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 332 satellite.
- 1970 - A Saturn V launches the manned Apollo 13 mission to the Moon.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 485 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 640 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 726 satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 903 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1092 satellite.
- 1983 - A Delta 3924 launches the Satcom 1R satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1938 satellite.
- 1990 - An Atlas E/F launches three P87-2 satellites.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton spacecraft.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2005 - A Minotaur I launches the XSS-11 satellite.
- 2007 - A Long March 2C launches the HY-1B satellite.
12 April edit
- 1961 - Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, aboard Vostok 1.
- 1964 - A Polyot launches the Polyot-2 spacecraft.
- 1967 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 155 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 553 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1979 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1172 satellite.
- 1981 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on the Space Shuttle programme's maiden flight, STS-1
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1452 satellite.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-51-D to deploy the TELESAT-l and SYNCOM IV-3 satellites.
- 1999 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Eutelsat W3 satellite.
- 2003 - An Atlas IIIB launches the Asiasat 4 satellite.
- 2005 - A Long March 3B launches the Apstar 6 satellite.
- 2006 - A Zenit-3SL launches the JCSAT-9 satellite.
- 2012 - A Unha fails to launch the first Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 satellite.
13 April edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 2 satellite.
- 1960 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Transit 1B satellite.
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 14 satellite.
- 1967 - A Lambda-4S fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-827 satellite.
- 1974 - A Delta 2914 launches the Westar 1 satellite.
- 1975 - An Atlas E/F fails to launch the STP P72-2 satellite.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 814 satellite.
- 1985 - A Zenit-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2072 satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the Palapa B2R satellite.
- 1991 - A Delta II launches the Spacenet 4 satellite.
- 1994 - An Atlas I launches the GOES 8 satellite.
- 2007 - A Long March 3A launches the Beidou 2A satellite.
14 April edit
- 1959 - A Vanguard rocket fails to launch a Vanguard satellite.
- 1967 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-12 satellite.
- 1968 - A Soyuz rocket launches the Kosmos-212 satellite.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches the Nimbus 3 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 406 satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Prognoz SO-M satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 486 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1093 satellite.
- 1984 - A Titan 34D launches the DSP-12 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 2008 - An Atlas V launches the ICO G1 satellite.
- 2009 - A Long March 3C launches the Beidou-2 G2 navigation satellite.
- 2015 - A Falcon 9 v1.1 launches SpaceX CRS-6 to resupply the ISS.
15 April edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 11 satellite.
- 1960 - A Vostok-L fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1968 - A Soyuz rocket launches the Kosmos-213 spacecraft.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 279 satellite.
- 1969 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 333 satellite.
- 1970 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8A satellite.
- 1971 - A Diamant-B launches the D-2A satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1264 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1350 satellite.
- 1983 - A Titan 24B launches the KH-8A satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 20 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1740 satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2184 satellite.
- 1992 - An Ariane 4 launches the Inmarsat 2F4 and Telstar 2B satellites.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches the Landsat 7 satellite.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-6 mission to the ISS.
- 2005 - A Pegasus-XL launches the DART satellite.
- 2006 - A Minotaur I launches five COSMIC satellites.
- 2010 - The first GSLV Mk.II fails to launch the GSAT-4 satellite.
- 2011 - An Atlas V launches the two USA-229 reconnaissance satellites.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the Anik G1 satellite.
16 April edit
- 1960 - A Vostok-L fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1972 - A Saturn V launches the manned Apollo 16 mission to the Moon.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 727 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1265 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1645 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1836 satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2142 satellite.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2242 satellite.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Thaicom 3 and BSAT 1a satellites.
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 launches the NSS 7 satellite.
- 2004 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Superbird 6 satellite.
- 2008 - A Pegasus-XL launches C/NOFS
- 2010 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2462 Kobal't-M reconnaissance satellite.
17 April edit
- 1965 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 65 satellite.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor 3 probe.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches the KH-8 satellite.
- 1971 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1173 satellite.
- 1983 - An SLV launches the Rohini 3 satellite.
- 1984 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1741 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2073 satellite.
- 1997 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2341 satellite.
- 1998 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on Neurolab mission STS-90.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the SESAT satellite.
- 2007 - A Dnepr launches the a collection of small satellites.
18 April edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 39 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 214 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 215 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 728 satellite.
- 1975 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1979 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1094 satellite.
- 1980 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1174 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 1175 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1646 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1986 - A Titan 34D fails to launch a KH-9 satellite.
- 1991 - An Atlas I fails to launch the Yuri 3H satellite.
- 2001 - The GSLV makes its maiden flight, launching the GSAT-1 satellite.
- 2004 - A Long March 2C launches the Shiyan-1 and NX-1 satellites.
- 2008 - An Ariane 5ECA launches Star One C-2, and Vinasat-1, Vietnam's first satellite.
19 April edit
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1971 - A Proton-K launches Salyut 1, the world's first space station.
- 1972 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 554 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kopernik 500 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Aryabhata satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches the Salyut 7 space station.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1453 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1549 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1647 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-12 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 launches the Galaxy 4R satellite.
- 2001 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-100 to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2004 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-4 mission to the International Space Station.
- 2008 - Soyuz TMA-11 lands in Russia, following a ballistic re-entry.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-2-1a launches the Bion-M1 biological science satellite and 6 cubesats.
- 2021 - Ingenuity, a small robotic helicopter operating on Mars performed the first powered aircraft flight on another planet in human history
20 April edit
- 1964 - A Molniya-M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 115 satellite.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the ESSA 5 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 216 satellite.
- 1973 - A Delta 1914 launches the Anik A2 satellite.
- 1974 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 904 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the Geos 1 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1003 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1095 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the crewed Soyuz T-8 mission.
- 1988 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1939 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2018 satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2074 satellite.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the MSAT-1 satellite.
- 2004 - A Delta II launches the Gravity Probe B satellite.
- 2006 - An Atlas V 411 launches the Astra 1KR satellite.
- 2009 - A PSLV launches the RISAT-2 and ANUSAT satellites.
- 2009 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Sicral 1B satellite.
- 2011 - A PSLV launches Resourcesat-2 and two other satellites.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-15M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2017 - A Soyuz-FG launches the crewed Soyuz MS-04 mission to the ISS
21 April edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Ablestar fails to launch a Transit satellite.
- 1968 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 487 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1266 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1351 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1352 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 29 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the ERS 2 satellite.
- 1997 - A Pegasus-XL launches the Minisat-1 satellite.
- 1999 - The Dnepr makes its maiden flight, launching the UoSAT-12 satellite.
- 2013 - The Antares rocket makes its maiden flight, launching a mass simulator and 4 cubesats.
22 April edit
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 15 satellite.
- 1966 - A Scout B launches the OV3-1 satellite.
- 1968 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1971 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1971 - A Soyuz rocket launches the manned Soyuz 10 mission.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 729 satellite.
- 1976 - A Delta 2914 launches the NATO 3A satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1454 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1837 satellite.
- 2009 - A Long March 2C launches the Yaogan-6 satellite.
- 2010 - An Atlas V launches the first flight of the Boeing X-37 unmanned spaceplane.
- 2011 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Yahsat 1A and Intelsat New Dawn satellites.
23 April edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 4 probe.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya rocket launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1967 - A Soyuz rocket launches the manned Soyuz 1 mission.
- 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 280 satellite.
- 1970 - A Delta M launches the Intelsat III F-7 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 334 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 407 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches six Strela satellites.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1353 satellite.
- 1983 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1455 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 26 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1994 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2278 satellite.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches the Priroda module of Mir.
- 2007 - A PSLV launches the AGILE satellite.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Yahsat 1B satellite.
24 April edit
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 3 satellite.
- 1967 - Vladimir Komarov becomes the first person to die as a result of an in-flight anomaly, when Soyuz 1 suffers a parachute failure during landing.
- 1968 - A Tsyklon launches the Kosmos 217 satellite.
- 1970 - China conducts its first satellite launch, when a Long March 1 places the DFH-1 satellite into orbit.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 335 satellite.
- 1971 - A Scout B launches the San Marco C satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 408 satellite.
- 1974 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 730 satellite.
- 1981 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS 7225 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K fails to launch three GLONASS satellites.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1841 satellite.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-31 to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the MSX satellite.
- 1996 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2332 satellite.
- 1996 - A Titan IV launches a Mercury satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 2003 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2397 satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-56 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2007 - A Minotaur I launches the NFIRE satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches the SES-1 satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-19M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
25 April edit
- 1961 - An Atlas LV-3B fails to launch the Mercury-Atlas 3 test mission.
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 29 satellite.
- 1966 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1968 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 218 spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight satellites.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1973 - A Tsyklon-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 555 satellite.
- 1979 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1979 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1096 satellite.
- 1981 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1267 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1456 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1648 satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2075 satellite.
- 1992 - A Titan 23G launches the USA-81 satellite.
- 1993 - A Pegasus rocket launches the Alexis satellite.
- 1997 - An Atlas I launches the GOES 10 satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M1-2 spacecraft to reboost Mir.
- 2002 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-34 mission to the ISS.
- 2006 - A Start-1 launches the EROS B satellite.
- 2007 - A Pegasus-XL launches the AIM satellite.
- 2008 - The Long March 3C makes its maiden flight, launching the Tianlian-1 satellite.
26 April edit
- 1962 - A Scout X-2 fails to launch the SR-4B satellite.
- 1962 - A Vostok-K launches the Kosmos 4 satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Delta launches the first British satellite, Ariel 1.
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV 2401 satellite.
- 1963 - A Scout X-2 fails to launch the OPS 1298 satellite.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 116 satellite.
- 1967 - A Scout B launches the San Marco 2 satellite.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB fails to launch a KH-8 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 219 satellite.
- 1974 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 905 satellite.
- 1978 - A Scout F launches the HCMM satellite.
- 1980 - An Atlas E/F launches the GPS-I-6 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1457 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Prognoz satellite.
- 1988 - A Scout G-1 launches the SOOS 3 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1940 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton spacecraft.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1993 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-55, a Spacelab research mission.
- 1994 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2279 satellite.
- 2003 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-2 mission to the ISS.
- 2004 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress AM-11 satellite.
- 2005 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Spaceway 1 satellite.
- 2006 - The first Long March 4C launches the Yaogan 1 satellite.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-FG/Fregat launches GIOVE-B.
- 2012 - A PSLV launches RISAT-1.
- 2013 - A Long March 2D launches Gaofen 1 and 3 cubesats.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-2-1b / Fregat launches the Kosmos 2485 GLONASS-M navigation satellite.
27 April edit
- 1958 - A Sputnik fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1961 - A Juno II launches the Explorer 11 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 156 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 906 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1097 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 9 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1842 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1941 satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2243 satellite.
- 1999 - An Athena-2 fails to launch the Ikonos-1 satellite.
- 2008 - The Mobile Service Structure at Cape Canaveral LC-40 is demolished.
- 2010 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2463 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-10M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
28 April edit
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 rocket launches the Kosmos 16 satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIC launches two Vela satellites.
- 1970 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 409 satellite.
- 1976 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 815 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 816 satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1268 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1354 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1458 satellite.
- 1983 - A Delta 3914 launches the GOES 6 satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2076 satellite.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-39.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2244 satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2280 satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the Nilesat 101 and BSAT 1b satellites.
- 1999 - A Kosmos-3M launches the ABRIXAS and Megsat satellites.
- 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-32 mission, with Dennis Tito, the first space tourist aboard.
- 2003 - A Pegasus-XL launches the GALEX satellite.
- 2006 - A Delta II launches the Calipso and Cloudsat satellites.
- 2008 - A PSLV launches the Cartosat-2A and 10 other satellites.
- 2008 - The first Zenit-3SLB launches the Amos-3 satellite.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-05M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
29 April edit
- 1958 - A Vanguard rocket fails to launch a Vanguard satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1965 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 27 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 649 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 650 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1980 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1176 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1177 satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1355 satellite.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on mission STS-51-B, a Spacelab research flight.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2185 satellite.
- 1998 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2350 satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2250 Kobal't-M satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 3B launches the Beidou-2 M3 and M4 satellites for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
30 April edit
- 1976 - An Atlas E/F launches a cluster of NOSS satellites.
- 1996 - An Atlas I launches the Beppo-SAX satellite.
- 1999 - A Titan IV fails to launch the Milstar 3 satellite.
- 2005 - A Titan IV launches the Lacrosse-5 satellite.
May edit
1 May edit
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1978 - A Thor DSV-2U launches a DMSP satellite.
- 2013 - A Long March 3B launches the Zhongxing 11 satellite.
2 May edit
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1998 - A Long March 2C launches three Iridium satellites.
3 May edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1986 - A Delta 3914 fails to launch the GOES-G satellite.
- 1994 - A Titan IV launches a Trumpet satellite.
- 2000 - An Atlas IIA launches the GOES L satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2370 satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2420 satellite.
4 May edit
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft.
- 1976 - A Delta 2913 launches the Lageos satellite.
- 1979 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Fltsatcom-2 satellite.
- 1989 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-30 to deploy the Magellan probe to Venus.
- 1994 - An ASLV launches the SROSS C2 satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 launches the SPOT-5 satellite.
- 2002 - A Delta II launches the Aqua satellite.
- 2004 - A Zenit-3SL launches the DirecTV 7S satellite.
- 2007 - An Ariane 5 launches the Astra 1L and Galaxy 17 satellites.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-2-1a / Fregat launches the Meridian 4 satellite.
- 2012 - An Atlas V launches the USA-235 military communication satellite for the AEHF system.
5 May edit
- 1961 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, and the first man to fly a sub-orbital spaceflight, aboard Mercury-Redstone 3.
- 1967 - A Scout A launches the Ariel 3 satellite.
- 1971 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-2 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 488 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 556 satellite.
- 1976 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 817 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 907 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1004 satellite.
- 1982 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1356 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1843 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2019 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 42 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-31 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches several Iridium satellites.
- 1999 - A Delta III fails to launch the Orion 3 satellite.
- 2005 - A PSLV launches the CartoSat-1 satellite.
- 2009 - A Delta II 7920-10C launches the USA-205 satellite.
- 2018 - An Atlas 5 401 launches the InSight lander and the MarCO-A and MarCO-B satellites.
6 May edit
- 1965 - A Titan IIIA launches the LES-2 satellite.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 117 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 410 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 489 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight satellites.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1459 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1460 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 2D launches the Tianhui-1-02 satellite.
7 May edit
- 1963 - Telstar-2 is launched by a Delta B
- 1955 - Kosmos 66 is launched by a Vostok-2
- 1968 - Kosmos 220 is launched by a Kosmos-3M
- 1971 - Eight Strela satellites are launched by a Kosmos-3M
- 1975 - Explorer-53 is launched by a Scout-F launched from the San Marco platform.
- 1975 - Anik A3 is launched by a Delta 2914
- 1980 - Kosmos 1179 is launched by a Soyuz-U
- 1981 - Kosmos 1269 is launched by a Kosmos-3M
- 1983 - Kosmos 1461 is launched by a Tsyklon-2
- 1984 - Progress 21 is launched by a Soyuz-U
- 1990 - Kosmos 2077 is launched by a Soyuz-U
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its maiden flight, STS-49, a mission to reboost the Intelsat 603 satellite, which had been placed in a useless orbit.
- 1998 - Kosmos 2351 is launched by a Molniya-M
- 1998 - Echostar-4 is launched by a Proton-K
- 2002 - DirecTV-5 is launched by a Proton-K
- 2009 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-02M.
- 2011 - An Atlas V launches USA-230 for the Space Based Infrared System.
- 2013 - The second Vega rocket launches Proba-V, VNREDSat 1A and ESTCube-1.
8 May edit
- 1985 - An Ariane 3 launches the Gstar 1 and Telecom 1B satellites.
- 2000 - A Titan IV launches the DSP-20 satellite.
- 2001 - A Zenit-3SL launches the XM-1 Rock satellite.
- 2003 - A GSLV launches the GSAT-2 satellite.
9 May edit
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Midas 7 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 5 probe.
- 1967 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - An Atlas-Centaur fails to launch the Mariner 8 probe.
- 1990 - A Scout G-1 launches the MACSAT-1 and 2 satellites.
- 1994 - A Scout G-1 launches the MSTI-2 satellite.
- 1998 - A Titan IV launches an Advanced Orion satellite.
- 2003 - A M-V launches the Hayabusa probe.
10 May edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Ablestar fails to launch the ANNA-1A satellite.
- 1971 - A Proton-K fails to launch the Kosmos 419 Mars probe.
- 1989 - A Titan 34D launches the USA-37 satellite.
- 1999 - A Long March 4B launches the FY-1C satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 4B launches the Yaogan 14 and Tiantuo-1 satellites.
11 May edit
- 1966 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 118 satellite.
- 1973 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 557 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 3914 launches the OTS 2 satellite.
- 1982 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1550 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1551 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six satellites.
- 1997 - A Long March 3A launches the Zhongxing-6 satellite.
- 2000 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.
- 2009 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-125, the last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
12 May edit
- 1967 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 157 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 344 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1977 - A Titan IIIC launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1978 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1005 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1006 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1942 satellite.
- 1993 - An Ariane 4 launches the Astra 1C and Arsene satellites.
- 1996 - A Titan IV launches a cluster of NOSS satellites.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-60 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
13 May edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Delta fails to launch an Echo satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 281 satellite.
- 1976 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Comstar-D1 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas E/F launches a GPS satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 6 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-5 mission.
- 1987 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1844 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1845 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 36 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1993 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.
- 1998 - A Titan 23G launches the NOAA-15 satellite.
- 2007 - A Long March 3B launches NigComSat-1, the first African geosynchronous communications satellite.
14 May edit
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1973 - A Saturn INT-21 launches the Skylab space station.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1179 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 40 mission.
- 1981 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1365 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1552 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1742 satellite.
- 1991 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-12 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the Palapa B4 satellite.
- 1995 - A Titan IV launches an Advanced Orion satellite.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1997 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2342 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-39 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2003 - An Atlas V launches HellasSat-2, the first Greek satellite.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-64 to resupply the ISS.
- 2009 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the Herschel and Planck spacecraft.
- 2010 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission with the Rassvet module and other equipment to the International Space Station.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the Eutelsat 3D satellite.
15 May edit
- 1958 - A Sputnik launches the Sputnik 3 satellite.
- 1960 - A Vostok-L launches a Korabl'-Sputnik satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas LV-3B launches the last Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9, with astronaut Gordon Cooper aboard.
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches the Nimbus 2 satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 158 satellite.
- 1974 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 651 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 652 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 653 satellite.
- 1976 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1098 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1180 satellite.
- 1981 - A Scout G-1 launches the Nova 1 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1649 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1743 satellite.
- 1987 - An Atlas H launches three NOSS satellites.
- 1987 - The first Energia rocket fails to launch the Polyus satellite.
- 1988 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1943 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2078 satellite.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-84 to visit Mir.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2343 satellite.
- 2001 - A Proton-K launches the PanAmSat-10 satellite.
- 2002 - A Long March 4B launches the FY-1D satellite.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-04M, carrying three of the Expedition 31 crew to the ISS.
- 2012 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2 satellites.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches GPS IIF-4, the first operational GPS satellite launched on an Atlas rocket.
16 May edit
- 1967 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 159 satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8A satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1007 satellite.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six satellites.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Palapa C2 and AMOS 1 satellites.
- 2000 - A Rokot launches the Simsat-1 and 2 satellites.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the ProtoStar II satellite.
- 2011 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-134 to deliver AMS-02 and the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 to the ISS. This is Space Shuttle Endeavour's final spaceflight.
17 May edit
- 1966 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch a target vehicle for Gemini 9.
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 160 satellite.
- 1968 - A Scout B launches the ESRO-2B satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 490 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 558 satellite.
- 1974 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 654 satellite.
- 1974 - A Delta 2914 launches the SMS-1 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-11 satellite.
- 1975 - A Diamant launches the D-5A and D-5B satellites.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 908 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1008 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1099 satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1366 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1462 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1553 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1988 - An Ariane 2 launches the Intelsat 513 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2020 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 706 satellite.
- 1996 - A Pegasus-H launches the MSTI-3 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches the final five satellites in the original 66-satellite Iridium constellation.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2480 reconnaissance satellite.
- 2012 - An H-IIA launches GCOM-W1, KOMPSAT-3 and 2 other satellites.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Nimiq 6 satellite.
18 May edit
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena fails to launch the Nimbus-B satellite.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 30 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-13 satellite.
- 1969 - A Saturn V launches the manned Apollo 10 mission to test the Apollo Lunar Module in selenocentric orbit.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 420 satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 559 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 818 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1270 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1944 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-12 mission to Mir, with the first British cosmonaut, Helen Sharman, aboard.
- 1999 - A Pegasus-XL launches the TERRIERS and MUBLCOM satellites.
- 2001 - A Delta II launches the GeoLITE satellite.
19 May edit
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1966 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-9 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 421 satellite.
- 1971 - A Proton-K launches the Mars 2 probe.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 909 satellite.
- 1978 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1009 satellite.
- 1981 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1271 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1463 satellite.
- 1983 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 506 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 30 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1945 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1994 - A Pegasus/HAPS launches the STEP-2 satellite.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-77.
- 2000 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-101 mission to the ISS.
- 2004 - An Atlas IIAS launches the AMC-11 satellite.
- 2009 - A Minotaur I launches the TacSat-3, PharmaSat, AeroCube 3, HawkSat I and CP6 satellites.
20 May edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Burner launches the OPS 8386 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 282 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 345 satellite.
- 1970 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1972 - A Titan 24B fails to launch a KH-8 satellite.
- 1975 - A Titan IIIC launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1976 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 819 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Pioneer Venus Orbiter.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1181 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1367 satellite.
- 1992 - An ASLV launches the SROSS-C satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1995 - A Proton-K launches the Spektr module of Mir.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches the Thor 2 satellite.
- 1997 - A Zenit-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1999 - A Proton-K launches a Nimiq satellite.
- 2001 - The Soyuz-FG makes its maiden flight, launching the Progress M1-6 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2004 - A Taurus launches the ROCSAT-2 satellite.
- 2005 - A Delta II launches the NOAA 18 satellite.
- 2010 - An H-IIA launches the Akatsuki Venus orbiter and 5 cubesats.
- 2011 - A Proton-M launches the Telstar 14R satellite.
- 2011 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the ST-2 and GSAT-8 satellites.
21 May edit
- 1973 - A Diamant-B fails to launch the D-5A and D-5B satellites.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 655 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 731 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 820 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1272 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1368 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the unmanned Soyuz TM-1 test mission.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1744 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1846 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 2008 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Galaxy 18 satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat places the Meridian 2 satellite into a lower than planned orbit after an upper stage malfunction caused by human error.
- 2010 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the Astra 3B and COMSATBw-2 satellites.
22 May edit
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 17 satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 161 satellite.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta M launches the Intelsat-3F4 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 422 satellite.
- 1975 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat-4F1 satellite.
- 1976 - A Scout B-1 launches the P76-5 satellite.
- 1979 - A Proton-K launches two satellites.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1273 satellite.
- 1981 - A Delta 3914 launches the GOES 5 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1557 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1653 satellite.
- 1990 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2082 satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-18 spacecraft to resupply the Mir Space Station.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-23 spacecraft to resupply the Mir Space Station.
- 1999 - A Titan IVB launches the USA-144 satellite.
- 2005 - A Proton-M launches the DirecTV-8 satellite.
- 2012 - A Falcon 9 launches Dragon C2+, the first commercially operated logistics spacecraft to the ISS.
23 May edit
- 1968 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP 5421 satellite.
- 1969 - A Titan IIIC launches the Vela 5A and 5B satellites.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 560 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 910 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-827 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1010 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1011 satellite.
- 1980 - An Ariane 1 fails to launch the Firewheel satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1182 satellite.
- 1981 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 501 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 13 spacecraft to resupply the Salyut 7 Space Station.
- 1984 - An Ariane 1 launches the Spacenet-1 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1654 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1745 satellite.
- 1995 - An Atlas I launches the GOES 9 satellite.
- 2008 - A Rokot launches three Gonets satellites and Yubileiny.
24 May edit
- 1960 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Midas 2 satellite.
- 1961 - A Juno II fails to launch the S-45A satellite.
- 1962 - A Scout X-2 fails to launch the FTV 3501 satellite.
- 1962 - An Atlas LV-3B launches the manned Mercury-Atlas 7 mission.
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 18 satellite.
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 119 satellite.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the Explorer 34 spacecraft.
- 1967 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 221 satellite.
- 1975 - A Thor-Burner launches the DMSP 10533 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 18 mission to Salyut 4.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1464 satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2021 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2149 satellite.
- 1995 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2312 satellite.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the Galaxy 9 satellite.
- 1997 - A Proton-K launches the Telstar 5 satellite.
- 2000 - An Atlas III launches the Eutelsat W4 satellite.
- 2003 - A Long March 3A launches a Beidou satellite.
- 2006 - A Delta IV launches the GOES 13 satellite.
25 May edit
- 1961 - In a famous speech before the United States Congress, President Kennedy announced his support for Project Apollo.
- 1965 - A Saturn I launches the A-104 and Pegasus 2 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 67 satellite.
- 1966 - A Delta C launches the Explorer 32 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 491 satellite.
- 1972 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1973 - A Saturn IB launches the manned Skylab 2 mission.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 561 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 911 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1012 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1102 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1369 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1558 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1994 - A Tsyklon-3 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 2004 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-49 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2007 - A Long March 2D conducts China's 100th successful orbital launch, with the Yaogan 2 satellite.
- 2008 - The Phoenix robotic spacecraft lands on Mars.
- 2013 - A Delta IV launches USA-243 for the Wideband Global SATCOM system.
26 May edit
- 1976 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 821 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 912 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 4AF4 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 36 mission to Salyut 6.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1465 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1466 satellite.
- 1983 - A Delta 3914 launches the Exosat satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1847 satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1999 - A PSLV launches the IRS P4 satellite.
- 2006 - A Shtil' launches the Kompass-2 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 3B launches the ChinaSat-2A satellite.
27 May edit
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 283 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 423 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 656 satellite.
- 1978 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1993 - A Proton-K fails to launch a Gorizont satellite.
- 1999 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-96 to the ISS.
- 2006 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the Satmex 6 and Thaicom 5 satellites.
- 2008 - A Long March 4C launches the FY-3A weather satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-15, with the Expedition 20 crew of the ISS, to establish the first six-man crew on the station.
28 May edit
- 1958 - A Vanguard fails to launch a Vanguard satellite.
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 5 satellite.
- 1964 - A Saturn I launches the A-101 boilerplate Apollo spacecraft.
- 1965 - An Atlas D fails to launch the OV1-3 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 424 satellite.
- 1971 - A Proton-K launches the Mars 3 probe.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the eight satellites.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 740 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 822 satellite.
- 1979 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1183 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1370 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 22 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight satellites.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1746 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1848 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1949 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2186 satellite.
- 2002 - A Shavit launches the Ofek-5 satellite.
- 2002 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2389 satellite.
- 2004 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2405 satellite.
- 2010 - A Delta IV launches the GPS IIF-1 navigation satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-09M, carrying three of the Expedition 36 crew to the ISS.
- 2014 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-13M, carrying three of the Expedition 40 crew to the ISS.
29 May edit
- 1965 - A Delta C launches the Explorer 28 spacecraft.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 284 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 425 satellite.
- 1973 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1974 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 22 probe.
- 1980 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-B satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1747 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1991 - A Delta II launches the Aurora 2 satellite.
- 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2377 satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-FG launches four Globalstar satellites.
- 2012 - A Long March 4C launches the Yaogan 15 satellite.
30 May edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor 1 probe.
- 1967 - A Scout B fails to launch the ESRO 2A satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 222 satellite.
- 1971 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Mariner 9 probe.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 657 satellite.
- 1974 - A Titan IIIC launches the ATS-6 spacecraft.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 741 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 913 satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1567 satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1655 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1656 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1950 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-8 spacecraft to resupply the Mir Space Station.
- 1998 - A Long March 3B launches the ChinaSat-1 satellite.
31 May edit
- 1967 - A Thor-Agena launches the NRL Composite 6 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 914 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1103 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1104 satellite.
- 1981 - An SLV launches the RS-D-1 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1467 satellite.
- 1986 - An Ariane 2 fails to launch the Intelsat 514 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1951 satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches the Kristall module of Mir.
- 1995 - An Atlas II launches the USA-111 satellite.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-U launches the Foton-M2 satellite.
- 2007 - A Long March 3A launches the Sinosat-3 satellite.
- 2008 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-124 to deliver the Japanese Experiment Module PM to the ISS
June edit
1 June edit
- 1962 - A Vostok-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas SLV-3 launches the ATDA docking target for Gemini 9.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 162 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 223 satellite.
- 1970 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 9 mission.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1371 satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1372 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1568 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2025 satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the ROSAT satellite.
- 2012 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Intelsat 19 satellite.
2 June edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS-7837 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 823 satellite.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1979 - A Scout D-1 launches the Ariel 6 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1373 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton launches the Venera 15 probe.
- 1998 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-91, the last Shuttle mission to visit Mir.
- 2003 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Mars Express probe.
- 2010 - A Rokot launches the SERVIS-2 satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 3C launches the Beidou-2 G3 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
3 June edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 3 satellite.
- 1965 - A Titan II launches the manned Gemini 4 mission.
- 1965 - Ed White becomes the first American to walk in space.
- 1966 - A Titan II launches the manned Gemini 9 mission.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 285 satellite.
- 1969 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1974 - A Scout E-1 launches the Explorer 52 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 742 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1274 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3MP launches the Kosmos 1374 satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the eight satellites.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Inmarsat-3F4 and Insat-2D satellites.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches the Badr-5 satellite.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the SES-6 satellite.
4 June edit
- 1964 - A Scout X-4 launches the Transit-5C satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 224 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 426 satellite.
- 1980 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1184 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1275 satellite.
- 1987 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1849 satellite.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches an Okean satellite.
- 1996 - The Ariane 5 fails during its maiden flight, destroying four Cluster satellites.
- 2003 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2398 satellite.
- 2010 - The Falcon 9 rocket performs its maiden flight, deploying a mass simulator into orbit.
5 June edit
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 163 satellite.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches the OGO-6 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 562 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Thor DSV-2U launches the DMSP-5D-F-2 satellite.
- 1979 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-2 mission.
- 1989 - An Ariane 4 launches the Superbird-A and DFS-1 satellites.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-40, a manned Spacelab research mission.
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 905 satellite.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-111 to the ISS.
- 2013 - An Ariane 5 ES launches the Albert Einstein ATV to resupply the ISS.
- 2022 - An Long March 2F launches the Shenzhou 14 ninth crewed Chinese mission to the Tiangong space station
6 June edit
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 31 satellite.
- 1971 - A Soyuz launches Soyuz 11, which became the first manned spacecraft to dock with a Space Station.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 563 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 658 satellite.
- 1974 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 34 mission.
- 1979 - A Thor DSV-2U launches the DMSP-5D-F4 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1185 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1186 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1375 satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1569 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz T-13 mission.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight satellites.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1756 satellite.
- 1997 - A Proton-K/DM-5 launches the Kosmos 2344 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K/Briz-M launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 2003 - A Proton-K/Briz-M launches the AMC-9 satellite.
- 2018 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz MS-09, carrying Expedition 56/57 crew to the ISS.
7 June edit
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the OGO-B satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the eight Strela satellites.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Bhaskara satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton launches the Venera 16 probe.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1468 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1657 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-5 mission to Mir.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2026 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the EUVE satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2281 satellite.
- 2000 - A Pegasus-XL launches the TSX-5 satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2427 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-02M, carrying three of the Expedition 28 crew to the ISS.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-2-1b launches the Kosmos 2486 military imaging satellite.
8 June edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer-24 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 6 probe.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 120 satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 164 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thor-Burner launches the P70-1 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the eight Strela satellites.
- 1975 - A Proton-K launches the Venera 9 probe.
- 1975 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1976 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 824 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 915 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1105 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1376 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1377 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1570 satellite.
- 1989 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1990 - A Titan IV launches an SLDCOM and three NOSS satellites.
- 1995 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2313 satellite.
- 2001 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2378 satellite.
- 2003 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M1-10 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the COSMO-1 satellite.
- 2007 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-117, to deliver the ITS-S3/4 truss to the ISS.
9 June edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-1351 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 492 satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1982 - A Delta 3910 launches the Westar 5 satellite.
- 1983 - An Atlas H launches three NOSS satellites.
- 1984 - An Atlas-Centaur failed to place Intelsat 5 F-9 into a useful orbit.[1]
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1850 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 fails to launch an Okean satellite.
- 2001 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 901 satellite.
- 2008 - A Long March 3B launches the Zhongxing 9 satellite.
10 June edit
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 32 satellite.
- 1966 - A Scout B launches the OV3-4 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 346 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 572 satellite.
- 1973 - A Delta 1913 launches the Explorer 49 spacecraft.
- 1976 - A Delta 2914 launches the Marisat 2 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 916 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1021 satellite.
- 1978 - A Titan IIIC launches the OPS 9454 satellite.
- 1979 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-11 satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1378 satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1989 - A Delta II launches the GPS II-2 satellite.
- 1992 - An Atlas IIA launches the Intelsat-K satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the DBS-3 satellite.
- 1997 - A Long March 3 launches the Fengyun 2 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches the Thor III satellite.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 2002 - A Proton-K launches an Ekspress satellite.
- 2003 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Thuraya 2 satellite.
- 2003 - A Delta II launches the Spirit rover to explore Mars.
- 2004 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2406 satellite.
- 2007 - A Shavit launches the Ofeq-7 satellite.
- 2010 - The second Naro-1 rocket fails to launches the STSAT-2B satellite into orbit.
- 2011 - A Delta II launches the SAC-D satellite.
11 June edit
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 225 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 427 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1571 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1658 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1757 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1952 satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2150 satellite.
- 1999 - A Long March 2C launches two Iridium satellites.
- 2003 - An Ariane 5 launches the Optus-C1 and BSAT-2C satellites.
- 2008 - A Delta II 7920H-10C launches the GLAST space telescope.
- 2013 - The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, is launched on a Long March 2F rocket on the second manned mission to the Tiangong 1 space station.
12 June edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Midas 8 satellite.
- 1967 - A Molniya-M launches the Venera 4 probe.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 165 satellite.
- 1968 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 226 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 347 satellite.
- 1970 - A Europa fails to launch a demonstration satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-4 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 2910 launches the Nimbus 6 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 743 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1022 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1106 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1187 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1758 satellite.
- 1987 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1851 satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta 4925, the last original series Delta, launches the INSAT-1D satellite.
- 2008 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A satellites.
13 June edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIC launches some IDCSP satellites.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 348 satellite.
- 1972 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 405 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 659 satellite.
- 1984 - An Atlas E/F launches the GPS-9 satellite, the first spacecraft to be given a USA designation.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1659 satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2151 satellite.
- 2012 - A Pegasus rocket launches the NuSTAR X-ray telescope.
14 June edit
- 1963 - A Vostok-K launches the manned Vostok 5 spacecraft.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Mariner 5 probe.
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1975 - A Proton-K launches the Venera 10 probe.
- 1978 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-11 satellite.
- 1980 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1188 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1469 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1660 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1953 satellite.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2027 satellite.
- 1989 - A Titan IV launches the DSP-14 satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton spacecraft.
15 June edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the NRL Composite 3 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 68 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-3 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 286 satellite.
- 1971 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 573 spacecraft, an unmanned test of the Soyuz spacecraft.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 29 mission.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1107 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1572 satellite.
- 1988 - An Ariane 4 launches the Meteosat 3 and Panamsat-1 satellites.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 709 satellite.
- 1998 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 2002 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Galaxy 3C satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-U launches the Resurs DK-1 satellite.
- 2007 - A Dnepr-1 launches the TerraSAR-X satellite.
- 2007 - An Atlas V fails during the launch of a pair of NOSS satellites. The spacecraft were placed in an incorrect orbit, but were able to correct it by means of their own thrusters.
- 2010 - A Long March 2D launches the Shijian-12 satellite.
- 2010 - A Dnepr-1 launches the Prisma and Picard satellites.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-19, carrying three of the Expedition 24 crew to the ISS.
- 2011 - Iran conducts its second orbital launch, with a Safir launching the Rasad satellite.
16 June edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 25 satellite.
- 1963 - A Scout X-3 launches the Transit VA-3 satellite.
- 1963 - A Vostok-K launches Vostok 6, with cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who becomes the first woman to fly in space.
- 1966 - A Titan IIIC launches some IDCSP satellites.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 166 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1976 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 833 satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 917 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the GOES 2 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2914 launches the GOES 3 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1276 satellite.
- 1983 - An Ariane 1 launches the ECS-1 satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1988 - A Scout G-1 launches the Nova-2 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2028 satellite.
- 1993 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2251 satellite.
- 2001 - A Proton-K launches the Astra 2C satellite.
- 2004 - A Proton-M launches the Intelsat 10-02 satellite.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-53 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2012 - The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, is launched on a Long March 2F rocket on the first manned mission to the Tiangong 1 space station.
17 June edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-2402 satellite.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 121 satellite.
- 1967 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 167 spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 349 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Signe-3 satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 918 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1277 satellite.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-51-G, to deploy the Arabsat 1B, Telstar 3D and Morelos I satellites.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 702 and ASAP-5 satellites.
- 2006 - A Proton-K launches the Kazsat-1 satellite.
18 June edit
- 1959 - A Luna fails to launch a Luna probe.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the FTV-2312 satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS-4467A satellites.
- 1965 - A Titan IIIC launches a Transtage on a test flight.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 227 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 660 satellite.
- 1975 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-827 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 919 satellite.
- 1980 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1980 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1379 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch the Kosmos 1380 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1381 satellite.
- 1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on mission STS-7, with the Anik C2 and Palapa B1 satellites. Mission specialist Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1661 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1759 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1860 satellite.
- 1991 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1997 - A Proton-K/DM-5 launches several Iridium satellites.
- 1998 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Intelsat 805 satellite.
- 1999 - A Proton-K launches the Astra 1H satellite.
- 2006 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Galaxy 16 satellite.
- 2009 - An Atlas V 401 launches the LRO and LCROSS probes to the Moon.
19 June edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Delta launches the Tiros-5 satellite.
- 1963 - A Delta B launches the Tiros-7 satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1970 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-720 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-15 satellite.
- 1981 - An Ariane 1 launches the Meteosat 2 and Apple satellites.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1278 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1573 satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1662 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1760 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2083 satellite.
- 2001 - An Atlas IIAS launches the ICO-F2 satellite.
- 2003 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 2008 - A Kosmos-3M launches six Orbcomm satellites.
20 June edit
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 574 satellite.
- 1975 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 744 satellite.
- 1983 - A Titan 34D launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1987 - An Atlas E/F launches the DMSP-F8 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on Spacelab mission STS-78.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1999 - A Titan 23G launches the Quikscat satellite.
- 2002 - A Rokot launches two Iridium satellites.
- 2008 - A Delta II launches the Jason-2 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 3B launches the Zhongxing 10 satellite.
- 2012 - An Atlas V launches the USA-236 satellite for the Satellite Data System.
21 June edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 228 satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta E launches the Explorer 41 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 493 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 575 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 661 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 1910 launches the OSO-8 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1023 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1574 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 24 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1663 satellite.
- 1985 - A Zenit-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1988 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1954 satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 2084 satellite.
- 1993 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on the first SpaceHab mission, STS-57.
- 2004 - SpaceShipOne conducts the first privately funded and developed manned spaceflight, Flight 15P
- 2005 - A Molniya-M fails to launch a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 2005 - A Volna fails to launch the Cosmos 1 solar sail.
- 2006 - A Delta II launches three MiTEx satellites.
- 2009 - A Zenit-3SLB launches the MEASAT-3a satellite.
- 2010 - A Dnepr-1 launches the TanDEM-X satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-11M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
22 June edit
- 1959 - A Vanguard fails to launch a Vanguard satellite.
- 1960 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Transit-2A satellite.
- 1976 - A Proton-K launches the Salyut 5 space station.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 920 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1108 satellite.
- 1983 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1470 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1575 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1955 satellite.
- 1995 - A Pegasus-XL fails to launch the STEP-3 satellite.
- 2010 - A Shavit launches the Ofeq-9 satellite.
23 June edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 33 satellite.
- 1970 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 494 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 495 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas E/F launches the P76-4 satellite.
- 1981 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-7 satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1861 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1956 satellite.
- 1990 - A Commercial Titan III launches the Intelsat 604 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 2004 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-12 satellite.
- 2005 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Intelsat Americas 8 satellite.
24 June edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the NNS O-4 satellite.
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches the Pageos satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 287 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 428 satellite.
- 1974 - A Proton-K launches the Salyut 3 space station.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 745 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 834 satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 921 satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-6 mission.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1994 - An Atlas I launches the UHF F-3 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2358 satellite.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches the FUSE satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress 3 satellite.
- 2002 - A Titan 23G launches the NOAA-17 satellite.
- 2005 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress AM-3 satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-57 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
25 June edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 4 satellite.
- 1964 - A Scout X-4 fails to launch the ESRS satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 69 satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 122 satellite.
- 1970 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 746 satellite.
- 1981 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1382 satellite.
- 1984 - A Titan 34D launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on the STS-50 Spacelab mission.
- 1993 - An Ariane 4 launches the Galaxy 4H satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1993 - A Scout G-1 launches the RADCAL satellite.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 802 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2359 satellite.
- 2000 - A Long March 3 launches an FY-2 satellite.
- 2006 - The last Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2421 satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-2.1b launches the Resurs-P No.1 satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-STB/Fregat launches 4 O3b communication satellites.
26 June edit
- 1958 - A Vanguard fails to launch a Vanguard satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 229 satellite.
- 1970 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 350 satellite.
- 1971 - An N1 fails during a test flight.
- 1972 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 496 satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan 24B fails to launch a KH-8 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 662 satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-6 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1189 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1576 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1664 satellite.
- 1993 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-21 satellite.
- 2002 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-46 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2003 - A Pegasus-XL launches the Orbview-3 satellite.
- 2008 - A Proton-K/DM-2 launches a Prognoz satellite.
- 2010 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the Arabsat-5A and COMS-1 satellites.
27 June edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 288 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 351 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 576 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 663 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 747 satellite.
- 1977 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Seasat satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 30 mission.
- 1979 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA 6 satellite.
- 1979 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1109 satellite.
- 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on its last test flight, STS-4.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-9 mission.
- 1983 - A Scout D-1 launches the P83-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1577 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1994 - A Pegasus-XL fails to launch the STEP 1 satellite.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-71, the first Shuttle mission to dock with Mir.
- 2009 - A Delta IV-M+(4,2) launches the GOES 14 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2472 reconnaissance satellite.
- 2013 - A Strela launches the Kosmos 2487 reconnaissance satellite.
28 June edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1963 - A Scout X-4 launches the GRS satellite.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1024 satellite.
- 1978 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1025 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 7 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1110 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1471 satellite.
- 1983 - A Delta 3920 launches the Galaxy 1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1578 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2314 satellite.
- 2000 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Nadezhda and Tsinghua satellites.
- 2006 - A Delta IV launches the USA-184 satellite.
- 2007 - A Dnepr-1 launches the Genesis-2 prototype Space Station module.
- 2013 - A Pegasus-XL launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph.
29 June edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer-12 satellite.
- 1961 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Transit 4A satellite.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS-1440 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thor-Burner launches the P67-1 satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta N launches the Biosatellite-3 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches the Prognoz-2 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 664 satellite.
- 1974 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 665 satellite.
- 1976 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 835 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 836 satellite.
- 1977 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Comstar D-3 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1111 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 10 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1383 satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1579 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1580 satellite.
- 1991 - A Scout G-1 launches the REX satellite.
- 2004 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Telstar 18 satellite.
- 2004 - A Dnepr-1 launches the Demeter and Latinsat satellites.
- 2007 - A Zenit-2M launches the Kosmos 2428 satellite.
- 2012 - A Delta IV Heavy launches the USA-237 reconnaissance satellite.
30 June edit
- 1961 - A Scout X-1 fails to launch the S-55 satellite.
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 6 satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Centaur fails during a test flight.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos-7 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 497 satellite.
- 1972 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 922 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1384 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1985 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat-511 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-13 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2000 - An Atlas IIA launches the TDRS-7 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the Sirius-1 satellite.
- 2001 - A Delta II launches the MAP satellite.
- 2003 - A Rokot launches nine satellites.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Sirius FM-5 satellite.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-06M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2011 - A Minotaur I launches the USA-231 satellite.
July edit
1 July edit
- 1964 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 34 satellite.
- 1966 - A Delta E launches the Explorer 33 spacecraft.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIC launches four IDCSP satellites, LES-5, and DODGE.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 837 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 923 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1190 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1279 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches the Prognoz-9 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1862 satellite.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2195 satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-17 mission to Mir.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-19 mission to Mir.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on Spacelab mission STS-94.
- 1998 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 2004 - Cassini becomes the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.
- 2009 - An Ariane 5ECA launches TerreStar-1, the largest single spacecraft placed into geosynchronous transfer orbit to date.
- 2013 - A PSLV-XL launches the IRNSS-1A navigation satellite.
2 July edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS-3395 satellite.
- 1965 - A Delta C launches the Tiros 10 satellite.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 70 satellite.
- 1969 - A Europa rocket fails during a test flight.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 838 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1026 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1191 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1280 satellite.
- 1985 - An Ariane 1 launches the Giotto probe.
- 1990 - Giotto flies by Earth, the first Earth encounter by a spacecraft returning from deep space.
- 1992 - An Atlas II launches the DSCS IIIB-12 satellite.
- 1996 - A Pegasus-XL launches the TOMS-EP satellite.
- 2007 - A Kosmos-3M launches the SAR-Lupe 2 satellite.
- 2013 - A Proton-M/Blok-DM fails to launch 3 GLONASS-M navigation satellites.
3 July edit
- 1969 - An N1 explodes during a test flight, destroying its launch pad.
- 1974 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 14 mission.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 748 satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1581 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1665 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1992 - A Scout G-1 launches the SAMPEX satellite.
- 1994 - A Long March 2D launches a FSW-2 satellite.
- 1996 - A Titan IV launches an SDS satellite.
- 1996 - A Long March 3 launches the Apstar-1A satellite.
- 1998 - A M-V launches the Nozomi probe, making Japan the third nation to launch a planetary mission.
- 2002 - A Delta II launches CONTOUR, a space probe that failed shortly after launch.
4 July edit
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 168 satellite.
- 1968 - A Delta J launches the Explorer 38 spacecraft.
- 1973 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 749 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 924 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1863 satellite.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Nadezhda satellite.
- 1991 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-11 satellite.
- 1997 - Mars Pathfinder lands in the Ares Vallis region on Mars.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2371 satellite.
- 2005 - The Deep Impact spacecraft encounters comet 9P/Tempel and blasts a crater in its surface.
- 2006 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-121.
5 July edit
- 1966 - A Saturn IB launches on the AS-203 test flight.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 230 satellite.
- 1968 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 498 satellite.
- 1979 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1472 satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1761 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches an Okean satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2029 satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1995 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2315 satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-35 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1999 - A Proton-K/Briz-M fails to launch a Raduga satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 5 launches the Stellat and NStar-C satellites.
- 2005 - A Long March 2D launches the SJ-7 satellite.
- 2007 - A Long March 3B launches the Chinasat-6B satellite.
- 2012 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the EchoStar XVII and MSG-3 satellites.
6 July edit
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1966 - A Proton launches the Proton-3 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 499 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 21 mission.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1112 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1385 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1864 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2282 satellite.
- 1997 - The Mars Pathfinder rover, Sojourner, rolls onto the martian surface.
- 2009 - A Rokot/Briz-KM launches the Kosmos 2451, 2452 and 2453 satellites.
- 2011 - A Long March 2C launches the Shijian XI-03 satellite.
7 July edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 26 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 352 satellite.
- 1972 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1977 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 925 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 2 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1281 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1386 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1957 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K/D-2 launches the Fobos-1 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-14 satellite.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2258 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the Helios 1A and ASAP-6 satellite.
- 1998 - A Shtil' launches the TUBSAT-N satellite.
- 2007 - A Proton-M Enhanced launches the DirecTV-10 satellite.
- 2008 - An Ariane 5 launches the Badr-6 and ProtoStar-1 satellites for Arabsat and ProtoStar.
8 July edit
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 123 satellite.
- 1971 - A Scout B launches the Explorer 44 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1976 - A Delta 2914 launches the Palapa A1 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 839 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 926 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1481 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1666 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1865 satellite.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2196 satellite.
- 1994 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on Spacelab mission STS-65.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 launches the BSAT 3N and PanAmSat 2 satellites.
- 1999 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 2002 - A Kosmos-3M launches two Strela satellites.
- 2003 - The first Delta IIH launches the Opportunity rover towards Mars.
- 2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-135, the final ever Space Shuttle mission.
9 July edit
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 353 satellite.
- 1974 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1200 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1866 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2152 satellite.
- 1992 - An Ariane 4 launches the Insat 2A and Eutelsat 2F4 satellites.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Turksat 1C and Arabsat 2A satellite.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches five Iridium satellites.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches four Globalstar satellites.
- 2012 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the SES-5 communication satellite.
10 July edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Delta launches Telstar 1, the first active communications satellite.
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Vostok-K launches two Elektron satellites.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 231 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 289 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 500 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1113 satellite.
- 1981 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 14 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1667 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1762 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1867 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2153 satellite.
- 1992 - Giotto passes within 200 km of the nucleus of the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup.
- 1995 - A Titan IV launches a Trumpet satellite.
- 1998 - A Zenit-2 launches a Resurs satellite.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 2005 - A M-V launches the ASTRO E2 satellite.
- 2006 - A GSLV fails to launch the Insat 4C satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the EchoStar XV communication satellite.
11 July edit
- 1968 - An Atlas E/F launches the OV1-15 and OV1-16 satellites.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1975 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1114 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Gamma satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 3C launches the Tianlian I-02 data relay satellite.
- 2014 - An Antares launches the Cygnus International Space Station resupply spacecraft.
12 July edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Delta launches the Tiros 3 satellite.
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Midas 3 satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 501 satellite.
- 1974 - A Feng Bao 1 fails to launch the JSSW satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 666 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 927 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K/D-2 launches the Fobos-2 satellite.
- 1989 - An Ariane 3 launches the Olympus satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2030 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the Zvezda ISS module.
- 2001 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-104 to the ISS, delivering the Quest airlock.
- 2001 - An Ariane 5 places the Artemis and BSAT-2b satellites in an incorrect orbit after a launch failure. Artemis later becomes the first satellite to correct for this using an ion engine. BSAT was unrecoverable.
- 2006 - A Dnepr-1 launches Genesis-1, the first prototype for a commercial space station module.
- 2010 - A PSLV-CA launches the Cartosat-2B satellite and four cubesats.
13 July edit
- 1965 - A Vostok-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 15 probe.
- 1972 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 502 satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 928 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1115 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1387 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1482 satellite.
- 1988 - An ASLV fails to launch the SROSS-B satellite.
- 1992 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-70, to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat launches six Globalstar satellites.
14 July edit
- 1966 - An Atlas D launches the OV1-7, OV1-8 and NC20.189 satellites.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 124 satellite.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor 4 probe.
- 1974 - An Atlas E/F launches the P73-3 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 840 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the GMS satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2914 launches the Geos 2 satellite.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1980 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1983 - An Atlas E/F launches a GPS satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1868 satellite.
- 1988 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1958 satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2259 satellite.
- 1994 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Nadezhda satellite.
- 2000 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Echostar VI satellite.
- 2009 - A Falcon 1 launches the RazakSat satellite.
15 July edit
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 35 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches Soyuz 19, and a Saturn IB launches an Apollo spacecraft, for the ASTP mission.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 841 satellite.
- 1980 - A Thor DSV-2U fails to launch a DMSP satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1201 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1282 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1668 satellite.
- 2000 - A Kosmos-3M launches the CHAMP, BIRD and MITA satellites.
- 2004 - A Delta II launches the Aura spacecraft.
- 2009 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-127, to deliver the final component of the Japanese Experiment Module to the ISS
- 2011 - A PSLV-XL launches the GSAT-12 satellite.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-05M, carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station.
- 2013 - A Long March 2C launches the Shijian XI-05 satellite.
16 July edit
- 1959 - A Juno II fails to launch the S-1 satellite.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-1 launches five satellites.
- 1965 - A Proton launches a Proton satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 232 satellite.
- 1969 - A Saturn V launches Apollo 11, the first manned mission to attempt a landing on the Moon.
- 1971 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1971 - A Thorad-Agena launches the OPS-8373 satellite.
- 1973 - A Delta 0300 fails to launch the ITOS-E satellite.
- 1974 - A Scout D-1 launches the Aeros 2 satellite.
- 1982 - A Delta 3920 launches the Landsat 4 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1763 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1869 satellite.
- 1990 - A Long March 2E launches the Badr-A satellite.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-26 satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-42 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2000 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-5 satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches two Cluster satellites.
- 2008 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Echostar XI satellite.
- 2011 - A Delta IV launches the GPS-IIF 2 navigation satellite.
17 July edit
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Vela 2A and 2B satellites.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS-8411 satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 169 spacecraft.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 750 satellite.
- 1977 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 929 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1283 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz T-12 mission.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1764 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the ERS-1 satellite.
- 1991 - A Pegasus fails to launch seven Microsat satellites.
- 1999 - A Zenit-2 launches an Okean satellite.
- 2003 - An Atlas V launches the Rainbow 1 satellite.
18 July edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-2403 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya launches the Zond 3 spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches a GATV spacecraft for use by Gemini 10.
- 1966 - A Titan II launches the Gemini 10 mission.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 233 satellite.
- 1978 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1980 - An SLV launches the IRS-1 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 37 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1988 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1959 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Kosmos 2031 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2085 satellite.
- 1998 - A Long March 3B launches the Sinosat-1 satellite.
- 2004 - An Ariane 5 launches the Anik F2 satellite.
- 2011 - A Zenit-3F launches the Spektr-R radio telescope.
19 July edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Midas 9 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the Explorer 35 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 503 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 930 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1582 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1669 satellite.
- 1993 - An Atlas II launches the USA-93 satellite.
- 2000 - A Minotaur I launches the Mightysat 2.1 satellite.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches the MUOS-2 military communication satellite.
- 2013 - A Long March 4C launches the Shijian 15, Shiyan 7 and Chuangxin 3 satellites.
20 July edit
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Vela 3A and 3B satellites.
- 1966 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 125 satellite.
- 1969 - The Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Eagle becomes the first crewed spacecraft to land on the Moon.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 429 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 931 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 932 satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1116 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1483 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2032 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2086 satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2283 satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-28 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2001 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
21 July edit
- 1961 - A Redstone rocket launches Mercury-Redstone 4 on a manned sub-orbital spaceflight.
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 27 satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon.
- 1970 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1973 - A Proton-K launches the Mars 4 probe.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 842 satellite.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 843 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1988 - An Ariane 3 launches the Insat 1C/ECS 5 satellite.
- 1994 - A Long March 3 launches the Apstar 1 satellite.
- 2006 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2422 satellite.
- 2009 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2454 and Sterkh-1 satellites.
- 2012 - A H-IIB launches the HTV-3 logistics spacecraft to the International Space Station.
22 July edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Mariner 1 probe.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 290 satellite.
- 1969 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 844 satellite.
- 1976 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Comstar D-2 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 933 satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-3 mission.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2260 satellite.
- 1993 - An Ariane 4 launches the Hispasat 1B and Insat 2B satellites.
- 2004 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2407 satellite.
- 2008 - A Kosmos-3M launches the SAR-Lupe 5 satellite.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-FG/Fregat launches the Kanopus-V 1, BelKA 2 and three other satellites.
- 2019 - A GSLV Mk III launches the Chandrayaan 2 probe
23 July edit
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 76 satellite.
- 1969 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP-7421 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1970 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1970 - A Delta M launches the Intelsat 308 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 430 satellite.
- 1972 - A Delta 0900 launches the ERTS-1 satellite.
- 1974 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 751 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 37 mission.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-2 satellite.
- 1999 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-93 to deploy the Chandra observatory.
- 2001 - An Atlas IIA launches the GOES 12 satellite.
24 July edit
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 752 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1202 satellite.
- 1983 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1484 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1583 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1765 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2033 satellite.
- 1990 - An Ariane 4 launches the TDF-2 and DFS-2 satellites.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the GEOTAIL spacecraft.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2203 satellite.
- 1995 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-67, the last flight of the Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft.
25 July edit
- 1958 - A Pilot fails to launch a test satellite.
- 1967 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS 1879 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 577 satellite.
- 1973 - A Proton-K launches the Mars 5 probe.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 667 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 668 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1117 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1870 satellite.
- 1989 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2034 satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2087 satellite.
- 1990 - An Atlas I launches the CRRES satellite.
- 1996 - An Atlas II launches the UHF-7 satellite.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 2002 - A Proton-K/DM-5 launches the Kosmos 2392 satellite.
- 2004 - A Long March 2C launches the TC-2 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 3C launches the Tianlian I-03 data relay satellite.
- 2013 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Alphasat I-XL and INSAT-3D satellites.
26 July edit
- 1958 - A Juno I launches the Explorer 4 satellite.
- 1963 - A Delta B launches the Syncom 2 satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta M fails to launch the Intelsat 305 satellite.
- 1971 - A Saturn V launches the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 669 satellite.
- 1975 - A Feng Bao 1 launches the JSSW satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1485 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 2005 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on the first Shuttle mission after the Columbia accident, STS-114.
- 2006 - A Dnepr-1 fails to launch twenty six satellites.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-2-1b launches the Kosmos 2441 military imaging satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 3A launches the Compass-IGSO 4 navigation satellite.
27 July edit
- 1967 - An Atlas D fails to launch three OV satellites.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 845 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-16 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 934 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1027 satellite.
- 1979 - A Feng Bao 1 fails to launch the SJ-2 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1118 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1396 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1584 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-15 mission.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-20M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
28 July edit
- 1960 - A Vostok-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1962 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 7 satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 7 probe.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 126 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thor-Agena launches the OGO-4 satellite.
- 1970 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 354 spacecraft.
- 1971 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 512 satellite.
- 1973 - A Saturn IB launches the manned Skylab 3 mission.
- 1983 - A Delta 3920 launches the Telstar 301 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1766 satellite.
- 1988 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1960 satellite.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Superbird-C satellite.
- 1998 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2360 satellite.
- 2000 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Panamsat-9 satellite.
- 2006 - A Rokot launches the Kompsat-2 satellite.
- 2012 - A Rokot launches the Kosmos 2481, MiR and two Gonets-M satellites.
29 July edit
- 1966 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1972 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1974 - A Proton-K launches a Molniya-1S satellite.
- 1976 - A Delta 2310 launches the NOAA-5 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 846 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 935 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1284 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1397 satellite.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on Spacelab mission STS-51-F. An engine failure during ascent necessitates an abort to orbit manoeuvre.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2284 satellite.
- 2009 - A Dnepr-1 launches the DubaiSat-1, Deimos-1, UK-DMC 2, AprizeSat-3 and AprizeSat-4 spacecraft.
- 2011 - A Long March 2C launches the Shijian XI-02 satellite.
30 July edit
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 36 satellite.
- 1965 - Saturn I launches the Pegasus-3 satellite, and a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, on mission A-105.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 234 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 431 satellite.
- 1981 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1986 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1767 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2088 satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2207 satellite.
- 2020 - An Atlas V 541 launches the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter as part of the Mars 2020 mission
31 July edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 170 satellite.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches the OPS-8285 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 753 satellite.
- 1979 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1203 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1204 satellite.
- 1983 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS-7304 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1585 satellite.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-46 to conduct the TSS-1 tether experiment, and deploy the EURECA satellite.
- 1995 - An Atlas IIA launches the DSCS III B-7 satellite.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-32 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2001 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Koronas-F satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 3A launches the Compass-IGSO 1 navigation satellite.
August edit
1 August edit
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Lunar Orbiter 5 probe.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 578 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1670 satellite.
- 1987 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1871 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1961 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-10 mission.
- 1991 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1997 - A Pegasus-XL launches the OrbView-2 satellite.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-16M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
2 August edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 513 satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1586 satellite.
- 1984 - An N-II rocket launches the GMS-3 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1671 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1768 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2035 satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the GPS II-8 satellite.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-48 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
- 1993 - A Titan IV fails to launch a triad of NOSS satellites.
- 1994 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2285 satellite.
- 1995 - A Molniya-M launches the Interbol-1 satellite.
- 1998 - A Pegasus-XL launches eight Orbcomm satellites.
- 2005 - A Long March 2C launches the FSW-21 satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-61 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2012 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Intelsat 20 and HYLAS 2 satellites.
- 2017 - An Vega launches the VENµS and OPTSAT-3000 satellites.
3 August edit
- 1965 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 77 satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 936 spacecraft.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1119 satellite.
- 1981 - A Delta 3913 launches the DE-1 and 2 satellites.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1398 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1486 satellite.
- 1985 - A Scout G-1 launches the SOOS-1 spacecraft.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 31 spacecraft to resupply the Mir Space Station.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2089 satellite.
- 1994 - A Pegasus rocket launches the APEX satellite.
- 1994 - An Atlas IIA launches the DBS-2 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the Panamsat-4 satellite.
- 2004 - A Delta IIH launches the MESSENGER probe.
- 2008 - A Falcon 1 fails to launch the Trailblazer, PREsat and NanoSail-D satellites.
- 2013 - A H-IIB launches the HTV-4 logistics spacecraft to the International Space Station.
4 August edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 28 satellite.
- 1966 - A Scout B launches the OV3-3 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 847 satellite.
- 1977 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1285 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1286 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1399 satellite.
- 1984 - An Ariane 3 launches the ECS-2 and Telecom 1A satellites.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1769 satellite.
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 2004 - A Proton-M launches the Amazonas-1 satellite.
- 2006 - A Proton-M launches the Hot Bird 8 satellite.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the Phoenix probe to Mars.
- 2010 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Nilesat 201 and RASCOM-QAF 1R satellites.
5 August edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-2404 satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 432 satellite.
- 1973 - A Proton-K launches the Mars 6 probe.
- 1978 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS-7310 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1028 satellite.
- 1982 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1400 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1487 satellite.
- 1983 - A N-II rocket launches the CS-2B satellite.
- 1987 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW satellite.
- 1988 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW-1 satellite.
- 1994 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2286 satellite.
- 1995 - A Delta II launches the Koreasat-1 satellite. Due to a booster separation problem, the satellite was placed in a lower orbit than intended, but was able to correct for this using onboard propulsion.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-26 mission.
- 2011 - An Atlas V launches the Juno probe to Jupiter.
6 August edit
- 1961 - A Vostok-K launches the manned Vostok 2 mission.
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 19 satellite.
- 1968 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-827 satellite.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1969 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 291 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 670 satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS-7940 satellite.
- 1981 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the FLTSATCOM-5 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1587 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1770 satellite.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M1-3 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2001 - A Titan IV launches the DSP-21 satellite.
- 2011 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Astra 1N and BSat 3c/JCSAT 110R satellites.
- 2012 - A Proton-M/Briz-M fails to launch the Telkom-3 and Ekspress MD2 communication satellites, due to a malfunction of the Briz-M upper stage.
7 August edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Able launches Explorer 6, the first satellite to transmit images of Earth back from orbit.
- 1967 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - A Proton-K launches the Zond 7 circumlunar Earth return mission.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos-3 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 355 satellite.
- 1971 - An Atlas E/F launches the OV1-20 and 21 satellites.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 671 satellite.
- 1976 - Viking 2 reaches Mars and enters areocentric orbit.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 3 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1981 - A Vostok-2M launches the Interkosmos-22 (Bulgaria-1300) satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1588 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1672 satellite.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-85 to conduct experiments in low Earth orbit.
8 August edit
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 127 satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 171 satellite.
- 1968 - A Scout B launches the Explorer 39 and Explorer 40 satellite.
- 1971 - An R-36-O launches the Kosmos 433 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1589 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1673 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1674 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1962 satellite.
- 1989 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-28 to deploy the USA-40 and USA-41 satellites.
- 1989 - An Ariane 4 launches the TV-SAT 2 and Hipparcos satellites.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Italsat 2 and Telecom 2D satellites.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Panamsat-6 satellite.
- 2001 - A Delta II launches the Genesis probe.
- 2003 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Echostar IX satellite.
- 2007 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on ISS assembly mission STS-118.
- 2013 - A Delta IV launches USA-244 for the Wideband Global SATCOM system.
9 August edit
- 1966 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 172 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 235 satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta N launches the OSO-6 satellite.
- 1973 - A Proton-K launches the Mars 7 probe.
- 1974 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 2913 launches the Cos-B satellite.
- 1976 - A Proton launches the Luna 24 probe.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1488 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1992 - A Long March 2D launches the FSW-2 satellite.
- 1993 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-13 satellite.
- 1995 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches two Cluster-2 satellites.
- 2010 - A Long March 4C launches the Yaogan-10 satellite.
10 August edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 13 satellite.
- 1965 - A Scout B launches the SECOR 5 spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena rocket launches the Lunar Orbiter 1 photographic mapping mission to the Moon.
- 1968 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the ATS-4 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 356 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1979 - A SLV fails to launch the RS-1 satellite.
- 1979 - A Delta 2914 launches the Westar 3 satellite.
- 1981 - A N-II rocket launches the GMS-2 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1489 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1990 - The Magellan spacecraft enters Cytherocentric orbit.
- 1992 - An Ariane 4 launches the TOPEX/Poseidon and ASAP-3 satellites.
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2261 satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-19 spacecraft to resupply the Mir Space Station.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 launches the Turksat 1B and Brasilsat B1 satellites.
- 2001 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on ISS resupply mission STS-105.
11 August edit
- 1960 - The return capsule of Discoverer 13 becomes the first object to be recovered after returning from orbit.
- 1962 - A Vostok-K launches the manned Vostok 3 mission.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor SD-2 test satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1120 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2004 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-50 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2005 - An Ariane 5 launches the Thaicom 4 satellite.
- 2006 - An Ariane 5 launches the JCSAT-10 and Syracuse 3B satellites.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the AsiaSat 5 spacecraft.
- 2011 - A Long March 3B launches the Paksat-1R satellite.
12 August edit
- 1958 - A NOTS-EV-1 Pilot fails to launch a demonstration satellite.
- 1960 - A Thor-Delta launches the Echo 1 satellite.
- 1962 - A Vostok-K launches the manned Vostok 4 mission.
- 1969 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the ATS-5 satellite.
- 1971 - A Soyuz-L launches the Kosmos 434 satellite.
- 1971 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 672 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 848 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the HEAO 1 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2914 launches the ISEE-3 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1205 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1295 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1675 satellite.
- 1986 - An H-I launches the EGP satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2208 satellite.
- 1998 - The last Titan IVA fails to launch a Mercury satellite.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the Telkom 1 satellite.
- 2003 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2399 satellite.
- 2005 - An Atlas V launches the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
13 August edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 5 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the NNS O-5 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 292 satellite.
- 1972 - A Scout D-1 launches the Explorer 46 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 754 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1296 satellite.
- 1992 - A Long March 2E launches the Optus B1 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-28 mission.
- 2003 - A Pegasus-XL launches the Scisat-1 satellite.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Galaxy 14 satellite.
14 August edit
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 37 satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 78 satellite.
- 1974 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 755 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1121 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 23 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 605 satellite.
- 1996 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1T satellite.
- 1997 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2345 satellite.
- 2007 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Spaceway 3 and BSAT-3A satellites.
- 2008 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Superbird C2 and AMC-21 satellites.
- 2010 - An Atlas V launches the USA-214 satellite for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency program.
15 August edit
- 1959 - A Juno II fails to launch the Beacon 2 satellite.
- 1980 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1206 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-4 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-14 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1995 - An Athena-1 fails to launch the Gemstar satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 4B launches the Haiyang-2A satellite.
16 August edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Delta launches the Explorer 12 spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1968 - A Delta N launches the ESSA-7 satellite.
- 1968 - An Atlas E/F with a Burner upper stage fails to launch the P68-1 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 293 satellite.
- 1971 - A Scout B-1 launches the Eole satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 514 satellite.
- 1974 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 673 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1590 satellite.
- 1984 - A Delta 3924 launches the AMPTE satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1676 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1963 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 2008 - An Iranian Safir rocket fails to launch an unknown payload.
17 August edit
- 1958 - A Thor-Able fails to launch a Pioneer spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - A Delta E launches the Pioneer 7 spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Molniya-M launches the Venera 7 probe.
- 1973 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1978 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1122 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 17 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1996 - An H-II launches the ADEOS satellite.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-24 mission.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches a group of Globalstar satellites.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 launches the Brasilsat B4 and Nilesat 102 satellites.
- 2000 - A Titan IV launches the Lacrosse-4 satellite.
- 2009 - In the final launch from SLC-17A at Cape Canaveral, the last Delta II 7925 launches the last GPS IIR satellite, USA-206.
- 2011 - A Dnepr-1 launches Sich-2 and 7 other satellites.
- 2011 - A Proton-M/Briz-M fails to launch the Ekspress AM4 communication satellite, due to a malfunction of the Briz-M upper stage.
18 August edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 14 satellite.
- 1960 - A Thor-Ablestar fails to launch the Courier 1A satellite.
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 8 satellite.
- 1964 - A Kosmos-1 launches three satellites.
- 1966 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-10 satellite.
- 1970 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 515 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 849 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1297 satellite.
- 1985 - A Mu-3S-II launches the Suisei spacecraft.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1989 - A Delta II launches the GPS II-3 satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the Marcopolo 2 satellite.
- 1996 - A Long March 3 fails to launch the Chinasat-7 satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2365 satellite.
- 2008 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Inmarsat 4-F3 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 2C fails to launch the Shijian XI-04 satellite.
19 August edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 6 satellite.
- 1960 - A Vostok-2 launches the Korabl'-Sputnik 2 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Delta D launches the Syncom 3 satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-1352 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 294 satellite.
- 1970 - A Delta M launches the Skynet 1B satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 357 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1972 - A Mu-4S launches the Denpa satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-7 mission.
- 1983 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1872 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1997 - A Long March 3B launches the Agila 2 satellite.
- 1998 - A Long March 2C launches two Iridium satellites.
- 2003 - A Kosmos-3M launches two satellites.
- 2012 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Intelsat 21 satellite.
20 August edit
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 358 satellite.
- 1975 - A Titan IIIE launches the Viking 1 probe to Mars.
- 1977 - A Titan IIIE launches the Voyager 2 probe to the gas giants.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1401 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1771 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-9 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
21 August edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1965 - A Titan II launches the manned Gemini 5 mission.
- 1972 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the OAO-3 satellite.
- 1972 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 516 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 579 satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan 33B launches the OPS-7724 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1123 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1298 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1772 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1996 - A Pegasus-XL launches the FAST satellite.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches a group of Iridium satellites.
- 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-45 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2002 - The Atlas V makes its maiden flight, launching the Hot Bird 6 satellite.
- 2009 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 satellites.
22 August edit
- 1958 - A NOTS-EV-1 Pilot fails to launch a demonstration satellite.
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - A Molniya launches the Kosmos 41 satellite.
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the two satellites.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 295 satellite.
- 1970 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 359 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 580 satellite.
- 1975 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 756 satellite.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1207 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2036 satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2154 satellite.
- 1992 - An Atlas I fails to launch the Galaxy 1R satellite.
- 2002 - A Proton-K launches the Echostar 8 satellite.
- 2006 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Koreasat-5 satellite.
- 2013 - A Dnepr-1 launches the KOMPSat-5 satellite.
23 August edit
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 1 probe.
- 1962 - A Scout X-2 launches the FTV-3502 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP-3419 satellite.
- 1969 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1973 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 407 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1493 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1677 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1964 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1965 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-1 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2096 satellite.
- 1994 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1997 - An Athena-1 launches the Lewis satellite.
- 2000 - The last Delta III fails to launch a demonstration satellite.
- 2005 - A Dnepr-1 launches the OICETS and INDEX satellites.
24 August edit
- 1958 - A Juno I fails to launch the Explorer 5 satellite.
- 1966 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 11 probe.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 173 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 581 satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 937 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 938 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1299 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1300 satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 2001 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2379 satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 2D launches the Tianhui-1-01 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch the Progress M-12M spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2017 - A Falcon 9 launches the FORMOSAT-5 satellite.
25 August edit
- 1958 - A Pilot fails to launch a scientific satellite.
- 1961 - A Scout X-1 launches the Explorer 13 satellite.
- 1962 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 20 satellite.
- 1965 - A Delta C fails to launch the OSO-C satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 79 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2313 launches the Sirio satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1988 - A Scout G-1 launches the SOOS 4 satellite.
- 1991 - An H-I launches the BS-3B satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-24 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches the ACE satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the ST-1 satellite.
- 2003 - A Delta IIH launches the SIRTF spacecraft
- 2009 - The Naro-1 fails during its maiden flight after only half of the fairing separates, resulting in the loss of the STSAT-2A spacecraft.
- 2012 - Neil Armstrong dies at the age of 82.
26 August edit
- 1958 - A NOTS-EV-1 Pilot fails to launch a scientific satellite.
- 1966 - A Titan IIIC fails to launch a DSCS satellite.
- 1970 - A Thorad-Agena launches the OPS-8329 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 15 mission.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 850 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 31 mission.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1208 satellite.
- 1981 - Voyager 2 flies by Saturn, passing within 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi) of the cloud tops.
- 1982 - A Delta 3920 launches the Anik D1 satellite.
- 1994 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2290 satellite.
- 1999 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2366 satellite.
- 2005 - A Rokot launches the Monitor-E satellite.
27 August edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches Mariner 2 toward Venus, where it conducted the first successful planetary encounter.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 128 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-3 launches the Kosmos 236 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 237 satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta L fails to launch the Pioneer E spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Scout A launches the N-14 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 435 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 2914 launches the Symphonie 2 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 757 satellite.
- 1976 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 851 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 947 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1301 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-51-I, to deploy AUSSAT-1, ASC-1 and Syncom IV-4, and reboost Syncom IV-3.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1773 satellite.
- 1987 - An H-I launches the Kiku 5 satellite.
- 1989 - A Delta 4925 launches the Marcopolo 1 satellite.
- 1994 - A Titan IV launches the USA-105 satellite.
- 1994 - A Long March 2E launches the Optus B3 satellite.
- 1998 - The Delta III fails to launch the Galaxy 10 satellite during its maiden flight. Due to a hydraulics issue, the rocket was destroyed by range safety 75 seconds after launch.
28 August edit
- 1958 - A Pilot fails to launch a scientific satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the Nimbus 1 satellite.
- 1964 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 44 satellite.
- 1968 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 238 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 582 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 852 satellite.
- 1979 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1124 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1125 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1302 satellite.
- 1984 - A Titan 34B launches the USA-4 satellite.
- 1985 - A Titan 34D fails to launch a KH-11 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1774 satellite.
- 1987 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1873 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2037 satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2097 satellite.
- 1990 - An H-I launches the BS-3A satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2098 satellite.
- 1994 - An H-II launches the ETS-6 satellite.
- 1997 - A Proton-K launches the PanAmSat-5 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga-1 satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 5 launches the Atlantic Bird 1 and MSG-1 satellites.
- 2013 - A Delta IV Heavy launches the USA-245 reconnaissance satellite.
29 August edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 296 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 360 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 674 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 675 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1029 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1678 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1679 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-6 mission.
- 1991 - A Vostok-2M launches the IRS-1B satellite.
- 1994 - An Atlas E/F launches the USA 106 satellite.
- 1995 - An Atlas IIAS launches the JCSAT-3 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the N-Star a satellite.
- 1996 - A Molniya-M launches the Interbol-2 satellite.
- 1997 - A Pegasus-XL launches the FORTE satellite.
- 2001 - The first H-IIA launches the VEP-2 and LRE satellites.
- 2003 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-48 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2003 - A Delta IV-M launches the DSCS 3B6 satellite.
- 2004 - A Long March 2C launches the FSW-19 satellite.
- 2005 - A Long March 2D launches the FSW-22 satellite.
- 2008 - A Dnepr-1 launches five RapidEye satellites.
- 2009 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-128, carrying the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module for ISS logistics.
- 2013 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Eutelsat 25B and GSAT-7 satellites.
30 August edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 29 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 517 satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 583 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1974 - A Scout D-1 launches the ANS satellite.
- 1976 - A Feng Bao 1 launches the JSSW 701-07 satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1402 satellite.
- 1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on mission STS-8 to deploy the INSAT-1B satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1591 satellite.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its maiden flight, STS-41-D, a mission to deploy the SBS-D, Telstar 3-C and Syncom IV-2 satellites, and conduct the OAST-1 experiment..
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1966 satellite.
- 1990 - An Ariane 4 launches the Eutelsat 2F1 and Skynet 4C satellites.
- 1991 - A Mu-3S-II launches the Yohkoh satellite.
- 1991 - A Zenit-2 fails to launch a Tselina satellite, on the third consecutive attempt.
- 1993 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-22 satellite.
- 1995 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2319 satellite.
- 1998 - A Proton-K launches the Astra 2A satellite.
- 2001 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 902 satellite.
- 2007 - Voyager 2 enters the Heliosheath, 84 AU from the Sun.
- 2012 - An Atlas V launches the Van Allen Probes to study the Van Allen radiation belt.
31 August edit
- 1967 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 174 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1126 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1494 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2099 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the Satcom C4 satellite.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1995 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Sich-1 satellite.
- 1998 - North Korea claims to have launched Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 using a Paektusan rocket. Subsequent independent analysis proved that it did not reach orbit. It is unclear whether it failed, or was intentionally a sub-orbital flight.
- 2004 - An Atlas IIAS launches an SDS-3 satellite.
- 2009 - A Long March 3B places the Palapa-D satellite into a lower than planned orbit due to an upper stage malfunction.
- 2013 - A Zenit-3SLB launches the Amos-4 satellite.
September edit
1 September edit
- 1962 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Titan IIIA, carrying no payload, fails to reach orbit on its maiden flight.
- 1967 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1970 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-827 satellite.
- 1972 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 853 satellite.
- 1976 - A Scout D-1 launches the TIP-3 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1403 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1404 satellite.
- 1997 - A Long March 2C launches several Iridium satellite.
- 2000 - A Long March 4B launches the ZY-2 satellite.
- 2013 - A Long March 4C launches three reconnaissance satellites of the Yaogan 17 constellation.
- 2016 - Anomaly during a firing test causing the explosion and loss of Falcon 9 and AMOS-6 satellite.
2 September edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 297 satellite.
- 1970 - The first British orbital launch attempt, using a Black Arrow rocket to launch the Orba X-2 satellite, fails due to a second stage problem.
- 1971 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 18 probe.
- 1972 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1972 - A Scout B-1 launches the Triad satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 948 satellite.
- 1988 - A Titan 34D launches the USA-31 satellite.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Hot Bird 3 and MTP satellites.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2415 satellite.
- 2007 - A GSLV launches the Insat 4CR satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches three GLONASS satellites.
3 September edit
- 1965 - A Kosmos-1 launches five satellites.
- 1970 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP-2525 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 854 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1209 satellite.
- 1981 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-11 satellite.
- 1982 - An N-I launches the Kiku 4 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1495 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1775 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1776 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1874 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1990 - A Long March 4 launches a Feng Yun 1 satellite.
- 1993 - An Atlas I launches the UHF-F2 satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-22 mission to Mir.
4 September edit
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1303 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1304 satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1405 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1592 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches there GLONASS satellites.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1680 satellite.
- 1989 - A Titan 34D launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1996 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2333 satellite.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIAS launches the GE-3 satellite.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the Koreasat-3 satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 3B launches the ChinaSat 6A satellite.
5 September edit
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the OGO-1 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 239 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 758 satellite.
- 1977 - A Titan IIIE launches the Voyager 1 probe to Jupiter and Saturn.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1127 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1986 - A Delta 3920 launches the USA-19 satellite.
- 1988 - A Titan 23G launches the USA-32 satellite.
- 1989 - An H-I launches the GMS-4 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-8 mission.
- 1996 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2334 and UNAMSAT satellites.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the Sirius-2 satellite.
- 2007 - A Proton-M fails to launch the JCSAT-11 satellite.
6 September edit
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 584 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 949 satellite.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1030 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1681 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1967 satellite.
- 1988 - A Long March 4 launches a Fengyun 1 satellite.
- 1989 - A Titan 23G launches the USA-45 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches the Inmarsat 3F2 satellite.
- 1999 - A Proton-K launches the Yamal 101 and Yamal 102 satellites.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 launches the Eutelsat W1 satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 906 satellite.
- 2004 - A Shavit fails to launch the 'Ofeq-6 satellite.
- 2008 - A Long March 2C launches two Huan Jing satellites.
- 2008 - A Delta II launches the GeoEye-1 Earth imaging satellite.
7 September edit
- 1967 - A Delta G launches the Biosatellite 2 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 436 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1496 satellite.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1596 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Kosmos 2262 satellite.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-69 to conduct SPARTAN and WSF experiments.
- 2013 - The first Minotaur V rocket launches the LADEE lunar orbiter.
8 September edit
- 1967 - An Atlas-Centaur upper stage launches the Surveyor 5 lunar lander.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 361 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 585 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1406 satellite.
- 1983 - A Delta 3924 launches the Satcom 2R satellite.
- 1984 - An Atlas E/F launches a GPS satellite.
- 1988 - An Ariane 3 launches the Gstar 3 and SBS-5 satellites.
- 1996 - An Atlas IIA launches the GE-1 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches five Iridium satellites.
- 2000 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-106 to the ISS.
- 2001 - An Atlas IIAS launches two NOSS satellites.
- 2004 - A Long March 4B launches two SJ-6 satellites.
- 2004 - The attempted mid-air retrieval of the Genesis return capsule fails when its parachute fails to deploy.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-54 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2005 - A Proton-M launches the Anik F1R satellite.
- 2009 - An Atlas V 401 launches the USA-207 military communication satellite.
- 2010 - A Rokot launches the Kosmos 2467, Kosmos 2468 and one Gonets-M satellite.
9 September edit
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Samos 3 satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 85 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1975 - An N-I launches the Kiku-1 satellite.
- 1975 - A Titan IIIE with a Centaur upper stage launches the Viking 2 orbiter and lander spacecraft towards Mars.
- 1978 - A Proton launches the Venera 11 lander spacecraft towards Venus.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1031 satellite.
- 1980 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1980 - A Delta 3914 launches the GOES 4 satellite.
- 1982 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW satellite.
- 1982 - An Ariane 1 fails to launch the Marecs-B satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1497 satellite.
- 1987 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW-1 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1968 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 38 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-15 satellite.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 launches the Telstar 402 satellite.
- 1994 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on scientific research mission STS-64.
- 1998 - A Zenit-2 fails to launch a cluster of Globalstar satellites.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches the Foton-12 satellite.
- 2003 - A Titan IV launches an Advanced Orion satellite.
- 2006 - A Long March 2C launches the SJ-8 satellite.
- 2006 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-115, the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia accident.
- 2012 - A PSLV-CA launches the SPOT 6 and PROITERES satellites.
10 September edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Burner launches the OPS-8068 satellite.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 437 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1777 satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2209 satellite.
- 1992 - An Ariane 4 launches the Hispasat 1A and Satcom C3 satellites.
- 2002 - An H-IIA launches the USERS and DRTS satellites.
- 2009 - The H-IIB makes its maiden flight, launching the first H-II Transfer Vehicle, HTV-1
- 2011 - A Delta II Heavy launches the twin GRAIL probes to the Moon.
11 September edit
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 175 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 676 satellite.
- 1976 - A Thor DSV-2U launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1976 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1305 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1881 satellite.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Echostar-2 satellite.
- 1997 - The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft begins orbit insertion around Mars.
- 2006 - An H-IIA launches two IGS satellites.
- 2007 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2429 satellite.
- 2010 - An H-IIA launches the QZSS-1 navigation satellite.
- 2013 - A Rokot launches three Gonets-M satellites.
12 September edit
- 1959 - A Luna launches Luna 2, the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 30 satellite.
- 1962 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches a GATV rendezvous target.
- 1966 - A Titan II rocket launches Gemini 11, with astronauts Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon aboard, into low Earth orbit.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 176 satellite.
- 1970 - A Proton launches Luna 16, the first robotic sample return mission to the Moon.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 759 satellite.
- 1984 - A Long March 2C launches its sixth FSW-0 satellite.
- 1985 - An Ariane 3 fails to launch the ECS-3 and Spacenet 3 satellites.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-48 to deploy the UARS satellite.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on Spacelab mission STS-47.
- 1993 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-51 to deploy the ACTS satellite, and conduct the SPAS-Orfeus astronomy experiment.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-27 satellite.
- 2002 - A PSLV launches the METSAT satellite.
- 2006 - A Long March 3A launches the Chinasat-22A satellite.
13 September edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 15 satellite.
- 1961 - An Atlas LV-3B launches the Mercury-Atlas 4 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 45 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 950 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 951 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 3914 fails to launch the OTS-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1598 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1597 satellite.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2155 satellite.
- 2012 - An Atlas V launches the USA-238 NOSS reconnaissance satellites and 12 cubesats.
14 September edit
- 1959 - Luna 2 becomes the first spacecraft to impact the Moon's surface.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 240 satellite.
- 1968 - A Proton launches Zond 5 on a circumlunar trajectory.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 438 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 586 satellite.
- 1978 - A Proton launches the Venera 12 mission to Venus.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1128 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1306 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1498 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2100 satellite.
- 1997 - A Proton-K/DM-5 launches a group of Iridium satellites, including Iridium 33.
- 2000 - An Ariane 5 launches the Astra 2B and GE-7 satellites.
- 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-SO1 and the Pirs module of the International Space Station.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2423 satellite.
- 2007 - JAXA uses an H-IIA to launch the SELENE lunar orbiter.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-U launches the Foton-M3 satellite.
- 2013 - JAXA's Epsilon rocket made its maiden flight, launching the SPRINT-A astronomy observation satellite.
15 September edit
- 1967 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 298 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 518 spacecraft.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 22 mission.
- 1976 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1307 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1407 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1882 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1969 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2044 satellite.
- 2002 - A Kaituozhe-1 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
16 September edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP-1416 satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 177 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 241 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 362 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 519 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 760 satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 952 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 953 satellite.
- 1978 - A Mu-3H launches the Jikiken satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1408 satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches the Ekran satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1987 - An Ariane 3 launches the Aussat K3 and ECS-4 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1987 - A Scout G-1 launches the SOOS-2 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1988 - An H-I launches the CS-3B satellite.
- 1993 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2263 satellite.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on Shuttle-Mir mission STS-79.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the Panamsat-7 satellite.
- 2003 - A Kaituozhe-1 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
17 September edit
- 1857 - Maria Yumasheva gives birth to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in Izhevskoye, Russia.
- 1959 - A Thor-Able fails to launch the Transit 1A satellite.
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 31 satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - An R-36 launches an OGCh FOBS test spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 363 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1499 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz T-14 mission.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1781 satellite.
- 1986 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-10 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1886 satellite.
- 1991 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1993 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2264 satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat launches the Meteor M-1, Universitetsky-Tatyana-2, Sterkh-2, UGATUSAT, BLITS, SumbandilaSat and IRIS spacecraft.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Nimiq 5 satellite.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat launches the MetOp-B weather satellite.
18 September edit
- 1959 - A Vanguard launches the Vanguard 3 satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Delta launches the Tiros 6 satellite.
- 1964 - A Saturn I launches Apollo test flight A-102.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-1 launches five satellites.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - Zond 5 flies past the Moon, carrying a number of animals which are later safely recovered.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 299 satellite.
- 1973 - A Feng Bao 1 fails to launch the JSSW satellite.
- 1975 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 954 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 38 mission.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1308 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1309 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 15 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 2002 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Hispasat 1D satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-9 mission, carrying Anousheh Ansari, the first Iranian in space, and first female space tourist.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the WorldView-1 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 3B launches the ChinaSat-1A satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 3B launches the Beidou-2 M5 and M6 satellites for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches the USA-246 military communication satellite for the AEHF system.
- 2013 - An Antares launches Cygnus Orb-D1, the first Cygnus commercial logistics spacecraft to the ISS.
19 September edit
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 178 satellite.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1968 - A Delta M fails to launch the Intelsat 3F1 satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 520 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1032 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1210 satellite.
- 1981 - A Feng Bao 1 launches the SJ-2 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1682 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1683 satellite.
- 1988 - Israel conducts its first orbital launch, using a Shavit to launch the Ofeq-1 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2156 satellite.
- 2007 - A Long March 4B launches the CBERS-2B satellite.
- 2008 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Nimiq 4 satellite.
20 September edit
- 1966 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor 2 probe.
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 242 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 685 satellite.
- 1977 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 955 satellite.
- 1977 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1979 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the HEAO-3 satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1993 - A PSLV fails to launch the IRS-1E satellite, on its maiden flight.
- 2004 - A GSLV launches the GSAT-3 satellite.
- 2011 - A Proton-M launches the Kosmos 2473 military communication satellite.
21 September edit
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 439 satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 587 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 855 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Aureole 3 satellite.
- 1984 - A Delta 3920 launches the Galaxy 3 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2291 satellite.
- 2000 - A Titan 23G launches the NOAA-16 satellite.
- 2001 - A Taurus fails to launch the Orbview-4 and QuikTOMS satellites, along with a Celestis space burial payload.
- 2010 - An Atlas V launches the USA-215 reconnaissance satellite.
- 2011 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Arabsat 5C and SES-2 satellites.
22 September edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 179 satellite.
- 1969 - A Lambda-4S fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 364 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 856 satellite.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches the Prognoz-6 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1409 satellite.
- 1983 - A Delta 3920 launches the Galaxy 2 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1973 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2045 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2210 satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches several Globalstar satellites.
- 2006 - The M-V makes its final flight, launching the Hinode, HIT-Sat and SSSat satellites.
- 2010 - A Long March 2D launches the Yaogan 11 satellite.
23 September edit
- 1958 - A Luna fails to launch a Luna probe.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 91 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 243 satellite.
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch the Kosmos 300 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Delta 1604 launches the Explorer 47 spacecraft.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 769 satellite.
- 1977 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1211 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1310 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 32 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1997 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2346 and FAISAT satellites.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 803 satellite.
- 1998 - A Pegasus-XL launches eight Orbcomm satellites.
- 1999 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Echostar 5 satellite.
- 1999 - Due to a navigation error caused by confusion between metric and imperial units, the Mars Climate Orbiter burns up in the atmosphere of Mars.
- 2004 - A Kosmos-3M launches two satellites.
- 2005 - A Minotaur I launches the USA-185 satellite.
- 2009 - A PSLV launches the OceanSat-2, BeeSat, UWE-2, ITU-pSat1, SwissCube-1, Rubin 9.1 and Rubin 9.2 spacecraft.
- 2011 - An H-IIA launches a satellite for the Japanese IGS reconnaissance system.
- 2013 - A Long March 4C launches the FY-3C weather satellite.
24 September edit
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 46 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 301 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 440 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 770 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 857 satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 956 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-17 satellite.
- 1981 - A Delta 3910 launches the SBS-2 satellite.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1410 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1684 satellite.
- 1988 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-11 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the Telstar 402R satellite.
- 1997 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1T satellite.
- 1999 - An Athena-2 launches the Ikonos-2 satellite.
- 2004 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2410 satellite.
- 2008 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Galaxy 19 satellite.
- 2011 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Atlantic Bird 7 satellite.
25 September edit
- 1960 - An Atlas-Able fails to launch the Pioneer P-30 spacecraft.
- 1967 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-14 spacecraft.
- 1970 - An R-36O launches the Kosmos 365 satellite.
- 1970 - A Mu-4S fails to launch the MS-F1 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 771 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1129 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1599 satellite.
- 1989 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the USA-46 satellite.
- 1992 - A Commercial Titan III launches the Mars Observer spacecraft.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the Telstar 7 satellite.
- 2000 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2372 satellite.
- 2001 - An Ariane 4 launches the Atlantic Bird 2 satellite.
- 2002 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Progress M1-9 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2006 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-15 satellite.
- 2008 - A Proton-M/DM-2 launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2008 - A Long March 2F launches the manned Shenzhou 7 mission.
- 2009 - A Delta II 7920 launches the STSS-Demo spacecraft, USA-208 and USA-209.
- 2013 - The first Kuaizhou rocket launches the Kuaizhou-1 satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-10M, carrying three of the Expedition 37 crew to the ISS.
26 September edit
- 1958 - A Vanguard fails to launch a Vanguard satellite.
- 1966 - A Lambda-4S fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 180 satellite.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIC launches the OV2-5 and LES-6 satellites.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 686 satellite.
- 1975 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 4A-F1 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1212 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch a manned mission which would have been Soyuz T-10 if it had reached orbit. The rocket exploded after a fire on the launch pad, the three cosmonauts aboard survived through use of the launch escape system.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1685 satellite.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the Anik E1 satellite.
- 1993 - An Ariane 4 launches the SPOT-3, ASAP-4 and Stella satellites.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs satellite.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress-12 satellite.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on Shuttle-Mir mission STS-86.
- 1999 - A Proton-K launches the LMI-1 satellite.
- 2000 - A Dnepr-1 launches the Tiungsat and Megsat-1 satellites.
- 2002 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Nadezhda-M satellite.
- 2005 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-14 satellite.
- 2010 - A Minotaur IV launches the SBSS-1 satellite.
27 September edit
- 1962 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 9 satellite.
- 1963 - A Scout X-2B fails to launch the OPS 1610 satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1967 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 12 mission.
- 1973 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1975 - A Diamant launches the D-2B satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1600 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1601 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1686 spacecraft to Salyut 7.
- 1989 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2046 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-5 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1994 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2292 satellite.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches five Iridium satellites.
- 2003 - A Kosmos-3M launches the STSat-1, DMC-2 and Mozhazets satellites.
- 2003 - An Ariane 5 launches the Insat 3E and e-Bird satellites.
- 2004 - A Long March 2D launches the FSW-20 satellite.
- 2007 - A Delta IIH launches the Dawn probe.
- 2008 - Shenzhou 7 crewmembers Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming perform China's first EVA.
- 2011 - A Minotaur IV launches the TacSat-4 satellite.
- 2022 - DART crashes on asteroid Dimorphos
28 September edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Ablestar launches a Transit satellite.
- 1966 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the Intelsat II F-4 satellite.
- 1971 - A Mu-4S launches the Shinsei satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 441 satellite.
- 1971 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 19 probe.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1138 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 11 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1311 satellite.
- 1982 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 505 satellite.
- 1983 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1500 satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1602 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1603 satellite.
- 1985 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 512 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Interkosmos-24 satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1998 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1T satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs satellite.
- 2008 - SpaceX conducts the first successful launch of a Falcon 1 rocket, at the fourth attempt, making it the first privately funded liquid-fuelled rocket to reach orbit.
- 2012 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Astra 2F and GSAT-10 satellites.
29 September edit
- 1962 - An American Thor-Agena rocket launches Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1970 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Delta N launches the OSO-7 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 442 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 521 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 772 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 858 satellite.
- 1977 - A Proton-K launches the Salyut 6 space station.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1887 satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1988 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26, the first Shuttle mission after the Challenger accident, to deploy the TDRS-3 satellite.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2320 satellite.
- 1997 - A PSLV fails to launch the IRS-1D satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2373 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 2F launches Tiangong-1, China's first space station.
- 2011 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the QuetzSat-1 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 2D launches the VRSS-1 satellite.
- 2013 - The first Falcon 9 v1.1 launches the CASSIOPE satellite and 6 cubesats.
- 2013 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Astra 2E satellite.
30 September edit
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches the Composite-7 satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 773 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 957 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas-Centaur fails to launch the Intelsat 4A F5 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1312 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1411 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1501 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1687 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1782 satellite.
- 1993 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1994 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on Earth science mission STS-68.
- 2001 - An Athena-1 launches the Starshine 3, PICOSat, PCSat and Sapphire satellites.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-FG launcehs the Soyuz TMA-16 mission, with the Expedition 21 crew of the International Space Station
- 2010 - The last Molniya-M rocket launches the Kosmos 2469 satellite.
October edit
1 October edit
- 1969 - A Scout B launches the ESRO-1B satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 366 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 774 satellite.
- 1979 - A Titan IIIC launches the OPS-1948 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1313 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1888 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Kosmos 2101 satellite.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the GPS II-9 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the GE-1A satellite.
- 2003 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Horizons-1 satellite.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-7 mission to the ISS.
- 2008 - A Dnepr-1 launches the THEOS satellite.
- 2009 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the Amazonas-2 and COMSATBw-1 satellites.
- 2010 - A Long March 3C launches the Chang'e 2 lunar orbiter.
2 October edit
- 1962 - A Delta A launches the Explorer 14 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Delta E launches the ESSA-3 satellite.
- 1968 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 244 satellite.
- 1972 - An Atlas E/F with a Burner upper stage launches the P72-1 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1412 satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1688 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-13 mission to Mir.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat launches Kosmos 2474, a GLONASS-M navigation satellite.
3 October edit
- 1962 - An Atlas LV-3B launches the manned Mercury-Atlas 8 mission.
- 1967 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 245 satellite.
- 1968 - A Scout B launches the ESRO-1A satellite.
- 1970 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 367 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 596 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1033 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 4 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1979 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1213 satellite.
- 1985 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1689 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on its maiden flight, STS-51-J - a mission to deploy two DSCS satellites.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 1783 satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1974 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2047 satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-20 mission.
- 1998 - A Taurus launches the STEX satellite.
4 October edit
- 1957 - The Soviet Union launches Earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 atop a Sputnik-PS rocket, triggering the Space Race.
- 1959 - A Luna launches the Luna 3 probe.
- 1960 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Courier 1B satellite.
- 1964 - A Delta C launches the Explorer 21 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Molniya launches the Luna 7 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 522 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1604 satellite.
- 1990 - Launch Complex 45/2 at Baikonur is demolished by an exploding Zenit-2 rocket, during a failed attempt to launch a Tselina satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton satellite.
- 2012 - A Delta IV launches the GPS IIF-3 satellite.
5 October edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas D launches the OV1-2 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-1353 satellite.
- 1968 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches the OPS-0964 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 523 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1139 satellite.
- 1980 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1502 satellite.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on mission STS-41-G to deploy the ERBS satellite.
- 1990 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW-1 satellite.
- 1993 - A Titan 23G fails to launch the Landsat 6 satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-36 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Echostar 3 satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the Eutelsat W2 and Sirius 3 satellites.
- 2001 - A Titan IV launches a KH-12 satellite.
- 2007 - An Ariane 5 launches the Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 satellite.
- 2011 - A Zenit-3SLB launches the Intelsat 18 satellite.
6 October edit
- 1964 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 47 satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the NNS O-1 satellite.
- 1969 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 597 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 2910 launches the Explorer 54 spacecraft.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1042 satellite.
- 1981 - A Delta 2310 launches the SME satellite.
- 1986 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1784 satellite.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-41 to deploy the Ulysses spacecraft.
- 1992 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW-1 satellite.
- 1994 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Intelsat 703 satellite.
- 1995 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch the Kosmos 2321 satellite.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 launches the N-Sat 110 satellite.
- 2001 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 2008 - The MESSENGER probe gets a gravity assist as it swings by Mercury.
- 2010 - A Long March 4B launches two Shi Jian 6 satellites.
7 October edit
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 246 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 443 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas E/F launches the GPS- 3 satellite.
- 1999 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-3 satellite.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-112, to deliver the S1 Truss to the International Space Station.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-01M, carrying three of the Expedition 25 crew to the ISS.
- 2011 - A Long March 3B launches the Eutelsat W3C satellite.
8 October edit
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 368 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 369 satellite.
- 1975 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 775 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton satellite.
- 1993 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW-1 satellite.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 launches the Thaicom 2 and Solidarad 2 satellites.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-29 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2005 - A Rokot fails to launch the Cryosat satellite.
- 2009 - A Delta II 7920 launches the WorldView-2 satellite.
- 2012 - SpaceX CRS-1, a Dragon spacecraft flying the first ever commercial resupply mission for the ISS, is launched on a Falcon 9 rocket.
9 October edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 370 satellite.
- 1975 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8A satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 25 mission.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1314 satellite.
- 1981 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1985 - An Atlas E/F launches the GPS-11 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1889 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Kosmos 2163 satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton satellite.
- 1998 - An Atlas IIA launches the Hot Bird 5 satellite.
- 2000 - A Pegasus-H launches the HETE-2 satellite.
10 October edit
- 1960 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 22 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 598 satellite.
- 1974 - A Delta 2914 launches the Westar 2 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 859 satellite.
- 1978 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1043 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1214 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1890 satellite.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2164 satellite.
- 1999 - A Zenit-3SL launches the DirecTV-1R satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-11 mission.
11 October edit
- 1958 - A Thor-Able launches Pioneer 1.
- 1958 - A Vostok-L fails to launch a Luna probe.
- 1960 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Samos 1 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP-4417 satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 181 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 247 satellite.
- 1968 - A Saturn IB launches Apollo 7, the first manned mission of Project Apollo.
- 1969 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 6 mission.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 524 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 687 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 958 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1140 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1605 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1975 satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-20 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1994 - A Tsyklon-3 launches an Okean satellite.
- 1995 - A Proton-K launches the Luch-1 satellite.
- 2000 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on ISS assembly mission STS-92.
- 2001 - An Atlas IIAS launches the USA-162 satellite.
- 2007 - An Atlas V launches USA-195, the first WGS satellite.
12 October edit
- 1964 - A Voskhod launches Voskhod 1, the first spacecraft to carry a multi-person crew.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-206 satellite.
- 1969 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 7 mission.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 371 satellite.
- 1975 - A Scout D-1 launches the TIP-2 satellites.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1503 satellite.
- 1984 - A Scout G-1 launches the Nova 3 satellite.
- 1990 - An Ariane 4 launches the SBS-6 and Galaxy 6 satellites.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the DFS-3 satellite.
- 2005 - A Long March 2F launches Shenzhou 6, China's second manned spaceflight.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the ISS.
- 2011 - A PSLV-CA launches Megha-Tropiques and 3 other satellites.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-STB/Fregat launches 2 Galileo IOV navigation satellites.
13 October edit
- 1959 - A Juno II launches the Explorer 7 spacecraft.
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 32 satellite.
- 1969 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 8 mission.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas E/F launches the Tiros-N satellite.
- 1981 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1315 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1976 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress 11 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2005 - An Ariane 5 launches the Syracuse 3A and Galaxy 15 satellites.
- 2006 - An Ariane 5 launches the DirecTV-9S and Optus D1 satellites.
14 October edit
- 1960 - A Molniya fails to launch the Korabl-5 Mars misison.
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 48 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches the OGO-2 satellite.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 129 satellite.
- 1967 - Apollo 7 broadcasts to Earth the first live TV coverage of a human spaceflight from orbit.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos-1 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos-4 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 452 satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 23 mission.
- 1976 - A Delta 2914 launches the Marisat 3 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1215 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1416 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1504 satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1891 satellite.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1999 - A Long March 4B launches the Zi Yuan 1 and SACI-1 satellites.
- 2004 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-5 mission.
- 2004 - A Proton-M launches the AMC-15 satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches the Sirius XM-5 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 2C launches the two Shijian 9 satellites.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Intelsat 23 satellite.
15 October edit
- 1965 - A Titan IIIC launches the OV2-1 satellite.
- 1970 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1972 - A Delta 0300 launches the NOAA-2 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 599 satellite.
- 1974 - A Scout B-1 launches the Ariel 5 satellite.
- 1976 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1316 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1785 satellite.
- 1994 - A PSLV launches the IRS P2 satellite.
- 1997 - A Titan IV launches the Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn.
- 2002 - One soldier is killed when a Soyuz-U fails to launch the Foton-M1 satellite.
- 2003 - A Long March 2F launches Shenzhou 5, China's first manned spaceflight.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-03M to resupply the ISS
16 October edit
- 1965 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 92 satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 182 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 372 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 600 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 601 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 2914 launches the GOES 1 satellite.
- 1975 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1141 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1216 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1696 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2102 satellite.
- 1997 - A Long March 3B launches the Apstar 2R satellite.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-43 spacecraft to reboost Mir.
17 October edit
- 1962 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 10 satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena launches two Vela satellites.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 302 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thorad-Agena launches the P71-2 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 776 satellite.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 860 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1044 satellite.
- 1978 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2048 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-10 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2002 - A Proton-K/DM-5 launches the Integral satellite.
- 2003 - A PSLV launches the IRS P6 satellite.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-17 satellite.
18 October edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 5 probe.
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 20 satellite.
- 1967 - A Delta C launches the OSO-4 satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 183 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 303 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 525 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 688 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 689 satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1606 satellite.
- 1989 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-34 to deploy the Galileo probe bound for Jupiter.
- 1993 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on Spacelab mission STS-58.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches five Globalstar satellites.
- 2001 - A Delta II launches the QuickBird 2 satellite.
- 2003 - A Soyuz-FG launches the manned Soyuz TMA-3 mission.
- 2003 - The last Titan 23G rocket launches a DMSP satellite.
- 2009 - An Atlas V 401 launches a DMSP satellite, USA-210.
19 October edit
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 93 satellite.
- 1968 - A Tsyklon launches the Kosmos 248 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 453 satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1417 satellite.
- 1983 - An Ariane 1 launches the Intelsat 507 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the Astra 1E satellite.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the Orion 2 satellite.
- 2004 - A Long March 3A launches the FY-2C satellite.
- 2005 - The last Titan IV launches the USA-186 satellite, making the last flight of a Titan.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat launches the MetOp-A satellite.
- 2008 - A Pegasus-XL launches the Interstellar Boundary Explorer.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat launches six Globalstar satellites.
- 2011 - A Proton-M launches the ViaSat-1 satellite.
20 October edit
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 11 satellite.
- 1966 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 130 satellite.
- 1968 - A Tsyklon launches the Kosmos 249 satellite.
- 1970 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 373 satellite.
- 1970 - A Proton-K launches the Zond 8 probe.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 602 satellite.
- 1979 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 18 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1892 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1992 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on Spacelab mission STS-73.
- 1996 - A Long March 2D launches a FSW-2 satellite.
- 1998 - An Atlas IIA launches the USA-140 satellite.
- 2000 - An Atlas IIA launches the USA-153 satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-FG launches five Globalstar satellites.
21 October edit
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Midas 4 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 304 satellite.
- 1971 - A Delta N fails to launch the ITOS-B satellite.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 861 satellite.
- 1975 - Venera 9 becomes the first man-made object to enter Cytherocentric orbit.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 959 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1418 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1505 satellite.
- 1985 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW satellite.
- 1989 - A Delta II launches the GPS II-4 satellite.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2217 satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 5 launches the ARD and Maqsat-3 satellites.
- 2000 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Thuraya 1 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the GE-6 satellite.
- 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-33 mission to the ISS.
- 2003 - A Long March 4B launches the CBERS-2 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-STB/Fregat, the first Soyuz rocket ever to fly from the Guiana Space Center, launches 2 Galileo IOV navigation satellites.
22 October edit
- 1966 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 12 probe.
- 1967 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch the Kosmos 305 probe.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 690 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 862 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the ISEE 1 and 2 satellites.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1142 satellite.
- 1985 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1697 satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1698 satellite.
- 1986 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1786 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1787 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1893 satellite.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-52 to conduct microgravity research and deploy the LAGEOS-2 and IRIS satellites.
- 1993 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 701 satellite.
- 1995 - An Atlas II launches the USA-114 satellite.
- 1997 - A Pegasus-XL launches the STEP-4 satellite.
- 2001 - A PSLV launches the TES satellite.
- 2008 - A PSLV-XL launches Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar orbiter.
23 October edit
- 1958 - A Juno I fails to launch the Beacon 1 satellite.
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 33 satellite.
- 1964 - A Kosmos-1 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1968 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP-6422 satellite.
- 1970 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 374 satellite.
- 1970 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1971 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1995 - A Conestoga fails to launch the Meteor satellite.
- 1998 - A Pegasus-H launches the SCD-2 satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-58 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2006 - A Long March 4B launches two Shi Jian 6 satellites.
- 2007 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2430 Oko satellite.
- 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-120 to deliver the Harmony module to the ISS.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-06M, carrying three of the Expedition 33 crew to the ISS.
24 October edit
- 1960 - The first R-16 explodes prior to launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 41/3, killing 120.
- 1962 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 49 satellite.
- 1967 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 184 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 306 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 307 satellite.
- 1969 - A Titan 23B launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1974 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2910 launches the Nimbus 7 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-18 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1217 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1996 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1997 - A Titan IV launches the Lacrosse-3 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches the Deep Space 1 spacecraft.
- 2007 - A Long March 3A launches the Chang'e-1 Lunar orbiter.
25 October edit
- 1962 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch a Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1968 - A Soyuz rocket launches Soyuz 2, an unmanned test flight of the Soyuz spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 526 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 691 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 863 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 960 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1699 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1700 satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1977 satellite.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIA launches the USA-135 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-40 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2001 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 2008 - A Long March 4B launches two Shijian 6 satellites.
- 2008 - A Delta II launches the COSMO-3 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 3C launches the Beidou-2 G6 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
- 2013 - A Long March 4B launches the Shijian 16 satellite.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the Sirius FM-6 satellite.
26 October edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer 16 satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the SM-3 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Delta E launches the Intelsat 201 satellite.
- 1968 - A Soyuz rocket launches the manned Soyuz 3 mission.
- 1972 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1973 - A Delta 1604 launches the Explorer 50 satellite.
- 1976 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 961 satellite.
- 1978 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1045 satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1143 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1506 satellite.
- 1987 - A Titan 34D launches a KH-11 satellite.
- 1993 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2265 satellite.
- 1993 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-23 satellite.
- 2006 - A Delta II launches the STEREO spacecraft.
- 2007 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
27 October edit
- 1961 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1962 - A Delta A launches the Explorer 15 satellite.
- 1967 - A Tsyklon launches the Kosmos 185 satellite.
- 1967 - A Soyuz rocket launches the Kosmos 186 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 603 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1788 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1978 satellite.
- 1989 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 602 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-15 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1999 - A Proton-K fails to launch the Ekspress A1 satellite.
- 2002 - A Long March 4B launches the Zi Yau 2 satellite.
- 2005 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Mozhaets 5, Beijing DMC-1, TopSat, UWE-1, Sinah-1, Cubesat XI-V, NCUBE-2 and Rubin-5 satellites.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-08M to resupply the ISS.
28 October edit
- 1964 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 50 satellite.
- 1965 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 94 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - A Scout B launches the OV3-2 satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 187 satellite.
- 1971 - The last Black Arrow rocket makes Britain's first, and so far, only satellite launch, orbiting the Prospero X-3 satellite.
- 1974 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1974 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 23 probe.
- 1977 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1977 - A Scout D-1 launches the Transat satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 962 satellite.
- 1982 - A Delta 3924 launches the Satcom 5 satellite.
- 1983 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1894 satellite.
- 1988 - An Ariane 2 launches the TDF-1 satellite.
- 1992 - An Ariane 4 launches the Galaxy 7 satellite.
- 1993 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the Afristar and GE-5 satellites.
- 2006 - A Long March 3B launches the Sinosat-2 satellite.
- 2010 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Eutelsat W3B and BSat-3B satellites.
- 2011 - A Delta II launches the Suomi NPP weather satellite and 6 cubesats.
29 October edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1973 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 604 satellite.
- 1974 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1975 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 777 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 864 satellite.
- 1983 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1507 satellite.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 601 satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2218 satellite.
- 1998 - John Glenn becomes the oldest man to fly in space when Space Shuttle Discovery launches on Spacehab mission STS-95.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 launches the EuropeStar satellite.
- 2004 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress AM-1 satellite.
- 2008 - A Long March 3B launches Venesat-1, the first Venezuelan satellite.
- 2009 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the NSS-12 and Thor 6 satellites.
- 2013 - A Long March 2C launches the Yaogan 18 satellite.
30 October edit
- 1963 - NASA announces the cancellation of four planned Apollo missions using the Saturn I rocket.
- 1967 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 188 satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 189 satellite.
- 1968 - Soyuz 3, with cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi aboard, returns to Earth.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 250 satellite.
- 1970 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 375 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 376 satellite.
- 1973 - A Scout A-1 launches the NNS O-20 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-10 satellite.
- 1978 - A Molniya-M launches the Prognoz-7 satellite.
- 1979 - A Scout G-1 launches the Magsat satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1218 satellite.
- 1981 - Venera 13 is launched to Venus by a Proton.
- 1982 - A Titan 34D launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on its final successful flight, STS-61-A, a Spacelab mission with eight astronauts aboard - a record for the largest crew aboard a single spacecraft from launch to landing, which still stands.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the Inmarsat 2F-1 satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1997 - An Ariane 5 fails to launch a Maqsat boilerplate satellite.
- 2000 - A Long March 3A launches a Beidou satellite.
- 2002 - Soyuz TMA-1 launches to the ISS atop a Soyuz-FG rocket, with three cosmonauts aboard, marking the maiden flight of the TMA-class Soyuz spacecraft.
- 2003 - A Rokot launches the SERVIS-1 satellite.
- 2006 - A Zenit-3SL launches the XM-4 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-13M to resupply the ISS.
31 October edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the ANNA-1B satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 251 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 527 satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 605 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-12 satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1980 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the FLTSATCOM 4 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1219 satellite.
- 1981 - A Titan IIIC launches the OPS-4029 satellite.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1317 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress 16 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 7.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1607 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1789 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches the Elektro satellite.
- 1995 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2322 satellite.
- 2000 - Expedition 1, the first permanent crew of the ISS, consisting of three cosmonauts, launches aboard the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft, atop a Soyuz-U rocket.
- 2001 - Soyuz TM-32 returns three cosmonauts - the ISS Expedition 2 crew, to Earth.
- 2010 - A Long March 3C launches the Beidou-2 G4 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
- 2011 - A Long March 2F launches the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft to perform China's first docking in space with the Tiangong-1 station.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-17M to resupply the ISS.
November edit
1 November edit
- 1961 - A Blue Scout II fails to launch the Mercury-Scout 1 satellite.
- 1962 - A Molniya launches the Mars 1 probe.
- 1963 - A Polyot launches a prototype orbital anti-satellite weapon.
- 1968 - A Tsyklon launches the Kosmos 252 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 692 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 865 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1046 satellite.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-20 satellite.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 launches the Astra 1D satellite.
- 1994 - A Delta II launches the WIND satellite.
- 2007 - A Kosmos-3M launches the SAR-Lupe 3 satellite.
2 November edit
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1965 - A Proton rocket launches the Proton-2 satellite.
- 1966 - An R-36 launches an OGCh FOBS test spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1967 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 454 satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 606 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1144 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1419 satellite.
- 1993 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2266 satellite.
- 1994 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2293 satellite.
- 1997 - A VLS-1 fails to launch the SCD-2A satellite.
- 2009 - A Rokot launches the SMOS and Proba-2 spacecraft.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat launches the Meridian 4 satellite.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Luch-5B and Yamal-300K satellites.
3 November edit
- 1957 - A Sputnik-PS launches Sputnik 2, the first satellite to carry a living organism, Laika.
- 1960 - A Juno II launches the Explorer 8 satellite.
- 1966 - A Titan IIIC launches the Gemini-B, OPS 0855, OV1-6 and two OV4-1 spacecraft as part of the Manned Orbital Laboratory programme.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 190 satellite.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - A Titan IIIC launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 536 satellite.
- 1973 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Mariner 10 probe.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1318 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1994 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on Spacelab mission STS-66.
- 2003 - A Long March 2D launches an FSW-3 satellite.
4 November edit
- 1962 - A Molniya fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS-3062 satellite.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 95 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 308 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 693 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 778 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos 779 satellite.
- 1980 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1220 satellite.
- 1981 - A Proton rocket launches the Venera 14 probe.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1790 satellite.
- 1994 - A Zenit-2 launches a Resurs satellite.
- 1995 - A Delta II launches the RADARSAT-1 satellite.
- 1996 - A Pegasus-XL fails to launch the SAC-B and HETE satellites.
- 1998 - A Proton-K launches the Panamsat-8 satellite.
- 2006 - A Delta IVM launches the USA-191 satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 4C launches the Fengyun 3B weather satellite.
- 2011 - A Proton-M launches three GLONASS-M navigation satellites.
5 November edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 34 satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Mariner 3 probe.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches the ATS-3 satellite.
- 1971 - The only Europa II fails to launch a boilerplate satellite, in the last flight of a Europa rocket.
- 1974 - A Long March 2A fails to launch an FSW satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2267 satellite.
- 2008 - A Long March 2D launches the Chuang Xin 1B and Shiyan Weixing 3 satellites.
- 2008 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Astra 1M satellite.
- 2013 - A PSLV-XL launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary spacecraft.
6 November edit
- 1964 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 23 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Delta E launches the Explorer 29 spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Lunar Orbiter 2 probe.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1970 - A Titan IIIC launches a DSP satellite.
- 1973 - A Delta 0300 launches the NOAA-3 satellite.
- 1988 - A Titan 34D launches a KH-11 satellite.
- 1995 - A Titan IV launches the Milstar-2 satellite.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-28 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches five Iridium satellites.
- 2004 - A Long March 4B launches the Zi Yuan 2C satellite.
- 2004 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-13 satellite.
- 2010 - A Delta II launches the COSMO-Skymed 4 radar satellite.
7 November edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 7 satellite.
- 1967 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor 6 probe.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the Mars Global Surveyor probe.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-11M, carrying three of the Expedition 38 crew, along with the relay torch of the 2014 Winter Olympics to the ISS.
8 November edit
- 1958 - A Thor-Able fails to launch the Pioneer 2 probe.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1966 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1968 - A Delta E launches the Pioneer 9 probe.
- 1969 - A Scout B launches the Azur satellite.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-51-A to deploy the Anik D2 and Syncom IV-1 satellites, and reboost Palapa B-2 and Westar 6.
- 1991 - A Titan IV launches three NOSS satellites.
- 1997 - A Titan IV launches a Trumpet satellite.
- 2005 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite.
- 2006 - A Proton-M launches the Arabsat 4A satellite.
- 2011 - A Zenit-2M launches Russia's Fobos-Grunt Mars orbiter and Phobos sample return mission. The spacecraft lost control shortly after entering Earth orbit and later re-entered on 15 January 2012.
9 November edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - The Saturn V makes its maiden flight, the Apollo 4 test mission.
- 1970 - A Scout B launches the OFO satellite.
- 1972 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1701 satellite.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches five Iridium satellites.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Venus Express probe.
- 2011 - A Long March 4B launches the Yaogan 12 and Tiantuo-1 satellites.
10 November edit
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the ESSA-6 satellite.
- 1968 - A Proton-K launches the Zond 6 spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 17 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Delta 1914 launches the Anik A1 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 607 satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1976 - A Feng Bao 1 fails to launch the JSSW satellite.
- 1984 - An Ariane 3 launches the Spacenet 2 and Marecs 2 satellites.
- 2000 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-6 satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-MIM2 and the Poisk module of the International Space Station
- 2012 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Eutelsat 21B and Star One C3 satellites.
11 November edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-2405 satellite.
- 1963 - A Molniya fails to launch the Kosmos 21 spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches a Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle.
- 1966 - A Titan II launches Gemini 12, the last manned Gemini mission.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 377 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 866 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1420 satellite.
- 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on the first operational Space Shuttle mission, STS-5, to deploy the Anik C3 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1508 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1895 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-25 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 2007 - A Delta IVH launches the DSP-23 satellite.
- 2007 - A Long March 4C launches the Yaogan 3 satellite.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches a Globus-1M military communication satellite.
12 November edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 17 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya-M launches the Venera 2 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 131 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 309 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1221 satellite.
- 1981 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on test mission STS-2, becoming the first manned spacecraft to make two orbital flights.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on Shuttle-Mir mission STS-74, with a docking module for the Mir space station.
- 1997 - A Proton-K launches a Kupon satellite.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Sirius 2 and Cakrawarta satellites.
- 2009 - A Long March 2C launches the Shijian XI-01 satellite.
13 November edit
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 253 satellite.
- 1971 - Mariner 9 enters Areocentric orbit.
- 1978 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the HEAO-2 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1319 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1702 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1791 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1792 satellite.
- 1990 - A Titan IV launches a DSP satellite.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Arabsat 2B and Measat 2 satellites.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the GE-4 satellite.
14 November edit
- 1969 - A Saturn V launches the manned Apollo 12 mission to land on the Moon.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1984 - A Delta 3914 launches the NATO 3D satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1608 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1609 satellite.
- 1986 - A Scout G-1 launches the P87-1 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1896 satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2103 satellite.
- 2003 - A Long March 3A launches the Chinasat-20 satellite.
- 2007 - An Ariane 5 launches the Skynet 5B and Star One C1 satellites.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2445 satellite.
- 2008 - The Chandrayaan-1 orbiter releases its Moon Impact Probe, which successfully reaches the lunar surface.
- 2010 - A Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced launches SkyTerra-1.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-22, carrying three of the Expedition 29 crew to the ISS.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat launches the Meridian 6 satellite.
15 November edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 35 satellite.
- 1961 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Transit 4B satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 310 satellite.
- 1971 - A Scout B launches the Explorer 45 spacecraft.
- 1972 - A Scout D-1 launches the Explorer 48 spacecraft.
- 1974 - A Delta 2310 launches the NOAA-4 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1047 satellite.
- 1980 - A Delta 3910 launches the SBS-1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1610 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1988 - The last Energia rocket launches the only flight of the Soviet Buran spaceplane.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-38 to deploy an SDS satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs satellite.
- 1999 - An H-II fails to launch a MTSAT satellite.
- 2008 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-126 to the International Space Station.
16 November edit
- 1963 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 22 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya-M launches the Venera 3 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-3 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1968 - A Proton-K launches the Proton-4 satellite.
- 1973 - A Saturn IB launches Skylab 4, the final manned mission to the Skylab space station.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 694 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1048 satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2104 satellite.
- 1996 - A Proton-K fails to launch the Mars 96 spacecraft.
- 2000 - An Ariane 5 launches the Panamsat 1R, AMSAT-P3D, STRV-1C and 1D satellites.
- 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M1-4 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2005 - An Ariane 5 launches the Spaceway 2 and TELKOM-2 satellites.
- 2009 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-129 to deliver two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the ISS
- 2022 - Artemis 1 launches to the moon
17 November edit
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 378 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 455 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 20 mission.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1982 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-11 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1509 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2049 satellite.
- 1992 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2219 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the ISO satellite.
- 1995 - A Proton-K launches the Gals 2 satellite.
- 2006 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIRM-16 satellite.
- 2007 - A Proton-M launches the Sirius 4 satellite.
18 November edit
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 2 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1970 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1421 satellite.
- 1983 - An Atlas E/F launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1979 satellite.
- 1989 - The only Delta 5920 launches the COBE satellite.
- 1993 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs satellite.
- 2004 - A Long March 2C launches the Shi Yan 2 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 2C launches the Huanjing 1C, Xinyan-1 and Fengniao 1 satellites.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches the MAVEN Mars orbiter.
19 November edit
- 1965 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 30 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 132 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 456 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 2914 launches the NATO 3C satellite.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-80 to conduct the ORFEUS and WSF experiments.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-33 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-87, with the AERCam-Sprint and SPARTAN experiments.
- 1999 - The Long March 2F makes its maiden flight, launching the Shenzhou 1 spacecraft.
20 November edit
- 1959 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 8 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 457 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 608 satellite.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 695 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 2910 launches the Explorer 55 spacecraft.
- 1981 - A Delta 3910 launches the Satcom 3R satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Bhaskara 2 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1793 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 33 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1990 - An Ariane 4 launches the Satcom C1 and GSTAR-4 satellites.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2105 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2171 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2220 satellite.
- 1993 - An Ariane 4 launches the Solidarad 1 and Meteosat 6 satellites.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1998 - A Proton-K launches Zarya, the first module of the International Space Station.
- 2000 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch the QuickBird 1 satellite.
- 2002 - The Delta IV makes its maiden flight, launching the Eutelsat W5 satellite.
- 2004 - A Delta II launches the Swift satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2455 spacecraft.
- 2010 - A Minotaur IV launches the STPSat-2, NanoSail-D2, FASTSAT, RAX, O/OREOS, FalconSat-5, FASTRAC 1&2 satellites.
- 2011 - A Long March 2D launches the Shiyan Weixing 4 and Chuangxin 1-03 satellites.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Echostar XVI satellite.
- 2013 - A Minotaur I launches STPSat-3 and 28 other satellites, breaking the record for the most number of satellites launched at the same time.
- 2013 - A Long March 4C launches the Yaogan 19 satellite.
21 November edit
- 1964 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 24 and 25 spacecraft.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 191 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 254 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 609 satellite.
- 1974 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1974 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 408 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 780 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 781 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1049 satellite.
- 1979 - A Titan IIIC launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1980 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1222 satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1611 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1987 - An Ariane 2 launches the TV-SAT satellite.
- 1992 - A Scout G-1 launches the MSTI-1 satellite.
- 1996 - An Atlas IIA launches the Hot Bird 2 satellite.
- 2000 - A Delta II launches the Earth Observing-1, SAC-C, and Munin satellites.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 launches the Anik F1 satellite.
- 2010 - A Delta IV-Heavy launches USA-223 for the US NRO.
- 2013 - A Dnepr-1 launches 32 satellites including DubaiSat 2 and STSAT-3, breaking the record for the most number of satellites launched on a single rocket.
22 November edit
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Samos 4 satellite.
- 1967 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - A Delta M launches the Skynet 1A satellite.
- 1972 - A Scout D-1 launches the ESRO-4 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1703 satellite.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2172 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-16 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches the BONUM-1 satellite.
- 1999 - A Soyuz-U launches five Globalstar satellites.
- 2013 - A Rokot/Briz-KM launches ESA's SWARM mission.
23 November edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Delta launches the Tiros 2 satellite.
- 1965 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 96 satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 192 satellite.
- 1972 - The final flight of the N1 fails to reach orbit.
- 1974 - A Delta 2313 launches the Skynet 2B satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 867 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the Meteosat 1 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1988 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1980 satellite.
- 1989 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-33 to deploy a Magnum satellite.
- 1989 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2050 satellite.
- 1990 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1999 - An Atlas IIA launches the USA-146 satellite.
- 2009 - An Atlas V 431 launches the Intelsat 14 satellite
24 November edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 311 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 312 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 380 satellite.
- 1970 - A Soyuz-L launches the Kosmos 379 spacecraft.
- 1971 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 963 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1983 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1510 satellite.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1802 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1981 satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2051 satellite.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-44 to deploy a DSP satellite.
- 1992 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2221 satellite.
- 1994 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2297 satellite.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on ISS assembly mission STS-113.
- 2003 - A Proton-K launches the Yamal-200 satellite.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the Eutelsat W7 satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 3A launches the ChinaSat 20A satellite.
25 November edit
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 193 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 537 satellite.
- 1975 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 782 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches the Prognoz-5 satellite.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2222 satellite.
- 2002 - A Proton-K fails to launch the Astra 1K satellite.
- 2011 - A Proton-M launches the AsiaSat 7 satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 4C launches three reconnaissance satellites of the Yaogan 16 constellation.
- 2013 - A Long March 2D launches the Shiyan Weixing 5 satellite.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-21M to resupply the ISS.
26 November edit
- 1959 - An Atlas-Able fails to launch the Pioneer P-3 probe.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 97 satellite.
- 1965 - France conducts its first satellite launch, when a Diamant launches the Asterix satellite.
- 1975 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW satellite.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 868 satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 1897 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-7 mission.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches the Kvant-2 Mir module.
- 1990 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-10 satellite.
- 2001 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Progress M1-7 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2008 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-01M spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station.
- 2010 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Intelsat 17 and HYLAS 1 satellites.
- 2011 - An Atlas V launches the Curiosity rover on the Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars.
27 November edit
- 1963 - A Delta C launches the Explorer 18 satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas-Centaur launches a boilerplate spacecraft.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 98 satellite.
- 1970 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 610 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 696 satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1145 satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz T-3 mission.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1223 satellite.
- 1984 - A Tsyklon-3 fails to launch the Kosmos 1612 satellite.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-61-B to deploy the AUSSAT-2, Morelos II and Satcom Ku-2 satellites, and conduct the EASE/ACCESS experiment.
- 1991 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2173 satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1997 - An H-II launches the TRMM and ETS-7 satellites.
- 2001 - An Ariane 4 launches the DirecTV-4S satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 3B launches the ChinaSat 12 satellite.
28 November edit
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Mariner 4 probe.
- 1966 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 133 satellite.
- 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 611 satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 612 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 783 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1050 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1983 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on Spacelab mission STS-9.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1704 satellite.
- 1989 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2106 satellite.
- 1991 - An Atlas E/F launches the USA-73 satellite.
- 1992 - A Titan IV launches an Improved Crystal satellite.
- 1993 - An Atlas II launches the USA-97 satellite.
- 1995 - A Long March 2E launches the Asiasat 2 satellite.
- 2002 - A Kosmos-3M launches the AlSat and Mozhaets satellites.
- 2009 - An H-IIA launches the IGS Optical 3 satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat launches Kosmos 2478, a GLONASS-M navigation satellite.
29 November edit
- 1961 - An Atlas D launches the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches the ISIS-X satellite.
- 1967 - A Sparta launches the first Australian satellite, WRESAT.
- 1968 - A Europa fails to launch a boilerplate payload.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 255 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 458 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 459 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 869 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1613 satellite.
- 1986 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1987 - A Titan 34D launches the USA-28 satellite.
- 1994 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Geo-IK satellite.
- 1994 - An Atlas IIA launches the Orion 1 satellite.
- 1994 - A Long March 3A launches the Chinasat-6 satellite.
- 2003 - An H-IIA fails to launch two IGS satellites.
- 2011 - A Long March 2C launches the Yaogan 13 satellite.
30 November edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Ablestar fails to launch the Transit 3A satellite.
- 1964 - A Molniya launches the Zond 2 spacecraft.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 256 satellite.
- 1970 - An Atlas-Centaur fails to launch the OAO-B satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 460 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos 8 satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 613 satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1511 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1982 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2052 satellite.
- 2000 - A Proton-K launches the Sirius 3 satellite.
- 2009 - A Zenit-3SLB launches the Intelsat 15 satellite
December= edit
1 December edit
- 1960 - A Vostok-2 launches the Korabl'-Sputnik 3 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1224 satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1898 satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton launches the Granat spacecraft.
- 1990 - An Atlas E/F launches the USA-68 satellite.
- 1992 - An Ariane 4 launches the Superbird A1 satellite.
- 1994 - An Ariane 4 fails to launch the PanAmSat-3 satellite.
- 2000 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on ISS assembly mission STS-97.
- 2001 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2008 - A Long March 2D launches the Yaogan-4 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 3A launches the Beidou-2 IGSO5 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
- 2013 - A Long March 3B launches Chang'e 3, China's first lunar lander mission, and the Yutu lunar rover.
2 December edit
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 381 satellite.
- 1970 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 382 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos-5 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 461 satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 16 mission.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 870 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1803 satellite.
- 1988 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-27 to deploy the Lacrosse-1 satellite.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on astronomy mission STS-35.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-11 mission.
- 1992 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1992 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-53 to deploy the USA-89 satellite.
- 1993 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on HST servicing mission STS-61.
- 1995 - An Atlas IIAS launches the SOHO spacecraft.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the JCSAT-5 and Equator-S satellites.
- 1997 - A Proton-K launches the Astra 1G satellite.
- 2003 - An Atlas IIAS launches a pair of NOSS satellites.
- 2008 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2446 satellite.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-STA/Fregat launches the Pleiades 1B satellite.
3 December edit
- 1965 - A Molniya launches the Luna 8 probe.
- 1966 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 134 satellite.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 194 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 257 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 313 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 383 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1971 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 462 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 784 satellite.
- 1981 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1328 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1422 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1705 satellite.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the Helios 1B and Clementine satellites.
- 2012 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Eutelsat 70B satellite.
- 2013 - A Falcon 9 v1.1 launches the SES-8 satellite.
4 December edit
- 1958 - A Luna fails to launch a Luna probe.
- 1960 - A Scout X-1 fails to launch the S-56 satellite.
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1965 - A Titan II launches the manned Gemini 7 mission.
- 1968 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch an AFP-827 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 614 satellite.
- 1975 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 964 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1329 satellite.
- 1984 - A Titan 34D launches the USA-6 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1804 satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2107 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2108 satellite.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the Mars Pathfinder probe.
- 1998 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on ISS assembly mission STS-88.
- 1999 - A Pegasus-XL launches eight Orbcomm satellites.
5 December edit
- 1963 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Transit VBN-2 satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1967 - A Scout B launches the OV3-6 satellite.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1968 - A Delta E launches the HEOS-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Diamant-B fails to launch the Polaire satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1146 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1225 satellite.
- 1986 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the USA-20 satellite.
- 1995 - A Titan IV launches the USA-116 satellite.
- 2000 - A Start-1 launches the EROS A satellite.
- 2001 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on ISS resupply mission STS-108 with the Raffaello MPLM.
- 2002 - An Atlas IIA launches the TDRS-10 satellite.
- 2003 - The Strela makes its maiden flight, launching the Gruzomaket satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M fails to launch 3 GLONASS-M navigation satellites.
6 December edit
- 1957 - The first US satellite launch attempt fails when the Vanguard rocket used explodes on its launch pad.
- 1958 - A Juno II launches the Pioneer 3 probe.
- 1965 - A Scout X-4 launches the FR-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 463 satellite.
- 1975 - A Scout F-1 fails to launch two DAD satellites.
- 1980 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 502 satellite.
- 1995 - An Ariane 4 launches the Insat 2C and Telecom 2C satellites.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the Satmex 5 satellite.
- 1998 - A Pegasus-XL launches the SWAS satellite.
- 2000 - An Atlas IIAS launches the USA-155 satellite.
- 2009 - The first Delta IV-M+(5,4) launches the USA-211 satellite.
- 2013 - An Atlas V launches the USA-247 reconnaissance satellite and 12 cubesats.
7 December edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 18 satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the ATS-1 satellite.
- 1968 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the OAO-2 satellite.
- 1972 - The last Saturn V launches Apollo 17, the last manned Apollo mission to the Moon.
- 1976 - A Long March 2C launches an FSW satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1059 satellite.
- 1979 - A Delta 3914 fails to launch the Satcom 3 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1512 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1899 satellite.
- 1991 - An Atlas II launches the Eutelsat 2F3 satellite.
- 2001 - A Delta II launches the Jason-1 and TIMED satellites.
8 December edit
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 965 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas E/F launches three NOSS satellites.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1060 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 1423 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1513 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1983 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1993 - A Delta II launches the USA-98 satellite.
- 1997 - A Long March 2C launches two Iridium satellites.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Galaxy 8i satellite.
- 2006 - A Long March 3A launches the FY-2D satellite.
- 2006 - An Ariane 5 launches the WildBlue 1 and AMC-18 satellites.
- 2010 - Dragon C1, the prototype Dragon spacecraft, is launched on a test flight by a Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket along with 8 cubesats.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Yamal-402 satellite, placing it in a lower than planned but salvageable orbit.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the Inmarsat-5 F1 satellite.
9 December edit
- 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 51 satellite.
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1967 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 879 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 880 satellite.
- 1980 - An Atlas E/F fails to launch three NOSS satellites.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2223 satellite.
- 1997 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2347 satellite.
- 2007 - A Proton-M launches the Kosmos 2434 satellite.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the COSMO-2 satellite.
- 2009 - A Long March 2D launches the Yaogan 7 satellite.
- 2013 - A Chang Zheng 4B fails to launch the CBERS-3 satellite.
10 December edit
- 1964 - A Titan IIIA launches on a Transtage test flight.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 99 satellite.
- 1968 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 258 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 384 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 464 satellite.
- 1974 - A Titan IIIE launches the Helios-1 spacecraft.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 26 mission.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1226 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1805 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2112 satellite.
- 1998 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Nadezhda-5 and Astrid-2 satellites.
- 1999 - An Ariane 5 launches the XMM-Newton spacecraft.
- 2001 - A Zenit-2 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 2003 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2006 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on ISS assembly mission STS-116.
- 2007 - An Atlas V launches the USA-198 satellite.
- 2008 - A Proton-M launches the Ciel-2 satellite.
11 December edit
- 1961 - A Vostok-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1964 - An Atlas-Centaur launches a Boilerplate Surveyor spacecraft.
- 1966 - An Atlas D launches the OV1-9 and 10 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 314 satellite.
- 1970 - A Delta N launches the NOAA-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Scout B-1 launches the Ariel 4 satellite.
- 1972 - A Delta 0900 launches the Nimbus 5 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Interkosmos-14 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas-Agena launches the OPS-4258 satellite.
- 1978 - An Atlas E/F launches the GPS-4 satellite.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1706 satellite.
- 1988 - An Ariane 4 launches the Skynet 4B and Astra 1A satellites.
- 1989 - A Delta II launches the GPS II-5 satellite.
- 1996 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2335 satellite.
- 1998 - A Delta II launches the Mars Climate Orbiter.
- 1999 - A VLS-1 fails to launch the SACI-2 satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 5 fails to launch the Hot Bird 7 and Stentor satellite.
- 2006 - A Proton-M launches the Measat 3 satellite.
- 2011 - A Proton-M launches the Luch-5A and Amos-5 satellites.
- 2012 - An Atlas V launches USA-240, the second flight of the first Boeing X-37B.
12 December edit
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 36 satellite.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 135 satellite.
- 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1970 - A Scout B launches the Uhuru spacecraft.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 385 satellite.
- 1970 - A Diamant-B launches the Peole satellite.
- 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1975 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 785 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 966 satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1147 satellite.
- 1984 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-9 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1707 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1806 satellite.
- 1987 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1900 satellite.
- 1999 - A Titan 23G launches the USA-147 satellite.
- 2011 - An H-IIA launches the IGS Radar 3 satellite.
- 2012 - North Korea conducts its first orbital launch when a Unha-3 launches the second Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 satellite.
13 December edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the NRL Composite 2 satellite.
- 1962 - A Delta B launches the Relay 1 satellite.
- 1963 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 23 satellite.
- 1964 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the NNS O-2 satellite.
- 1967 - A Delta E launches the Pioneer 8 probe.
- 1973 - A Titan IIIC launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 615 satellite.
- 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 697 satellite.
- 1975 - A Delta 3914 launches the Satcom 1 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 967 satellite.
- 1980 - A Titan 34B launches the OPS-5805 satellite.
- 1985 - A Scout G-1 launches the USA-13 and 14 satellites.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1708 satellite.
14 December edit
- 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - A Soyuz fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1966 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1966 - A Delta G launches the Biosatellite 1 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 259 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thorad-Agena launches the NRL Composite 8 satellite.
- 1972 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 538 satellite.
- 1975 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-5 satellite.
- 1977 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1978 - A Titan IIIC launches two DSCS satellites.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1061 satellite.
- 1982 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1514 spacecraft.
- 1984 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1901 satellite.
- 1994 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1T satellite.
- 1995 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2002 - An H-IIA launches the ADEOS-2 satellite.
- 2006 - A Delta II launches the USA-193 satellite.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Radarsat-2 satellite.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/DM-2 launches three GLONASS-M satellites; Kosmos 2456, 2457 and 2458.
- 2009 - A Delta II 7320-10C launches the WISE satellite.
- 2013 - China's Chang'e 3 lunar lander and the Yutu rover successfully lands at Mare Imbrium on the Moon, becoming the first operational lunar lander since 1976.
15 December edit
- 1960 - An Atlas-Able fails to launch the Pioneer P-31 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Scout X-4 launches the San Marco 1 satellite.
- 1965 - A Titan II launches the manned Gemini 6A mission to conduct the first rendezvous between two manned spacecraft in orbit, with Gemini 7.
- 1968 - A Delta N launches the ESSA-8 satellite.
- 1970 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 386 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 465 satellite.
- 1976 - A Proton-K launches two TKS spacecraft.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 883 satellite.
- 1977 - A Delta 2914 launches the Sakura satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1062 satellite.
- 1981 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 503 satellite.
- 1983 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1515 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton launches the Vega-1 satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1902 satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1995 - An Atlas IIA launches the Galaxy 3R satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2348 satellite.
- 2008 - A Long March 4B launches the Yaogan 5 satellite.
- 2009 - A Long March 4C launches the Yaogan 8 and Xi Wang 1 satellites.
- 2010 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-20, carrying three of the Expedition 26 crew to the ISS.
16 December edit
- 1962 - A Scout X-3 launches the Explorer 16 spacecraft.
- 1965 - A Delta E launches the Pioneer 6 spacecraft.
- 1967 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 195 satellite.
- 1968 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 260 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 387 satellite.
- 1971 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 466 satellite.
- 1972 - A Scout D-1 launches the Aeros satellite.
- 1973 - A Delta 1900 launches the Explorer 51 spacecraft.
- 1975 - A Feng Bao 1 launches the JSSW 701-06 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 786 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 968 satellite.
- 1978 - A Delta 3914 launches the Anik B satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the unmanned Soyuz T-1 test flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1227 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1424 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1807 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1984 satellite.
- 1991 - An Ariane 4 launches the Inmarsat 2F3 and Telecom 2A satellites.
- 1993 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Telstar 401 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches a Luch satellite.
- 2006 - A Minotaur launches the TacSat-2 satellite.
17 December edit
- 1962 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Midas 6 satellite.
- 1965 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 100 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 467 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 468 satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 616 satellite.
- 1974 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 884 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 885 satellite.
- 1981 - A Kosmos-3M launches six Radio Sputnik satellites.
- 1986 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1808 satellite.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2174 satellite.
- 1992 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2224 satellite.
- 2002 - An Ariane 4 launches the NSS-6 satellite.
- 2004 - An Atlas V launches the AMC-16 satellite.
- 2010 - A Long March 3A launches the Beidou-2 IGSO2 satellite for the Chinese Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-STA/Fregat launches the Pleiades 1A and 5 other satellites.
18 December edit
- 1958 - An Atlas B launches the SCORE satellite.
- 1963 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 388 satellite.
- 1970 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 389 satellite.
- 1973 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 13 mission.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 698 satellite.
- 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1809 satellite.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Interkosmos-25 satellite.
- 1992 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIA-17 satellite.
- 1993 - An Ariane 4 launches the DBS-1 and Thaicom 1 satellites.
- 1995 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-30 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1996 - An Atlas IIA launches the Inmarsat 3F3 satellite.
- 1999 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Terra satellite.
- 2003 - An Atlas IIIB launches the USA-174 satellite.
- 2004 - An Ariane 5 launches the Helios IIA and ASAP satellites.
- 2006 - An H-IIA launches the ETS-8 satellite.
- 2009 - The last Ariane 5GS launches the Helios IIB satellite.
- 2012 - A Long March 2D launches the Göktürk-2 satellite for Turkey.
19 December edit
- 1962 - A Scout X-3 launches the Transit 5A-1 satellite.
- 1963 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 24 satellite.
- 1963 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 19 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1966 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 136 satellite.
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 196 satellite.
- 1968 - A Delta M launches the Intelsat 302 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 261 satellite.
- 1971 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1974 - A Delta 2914 launches the Symphonie 1 satellite.
- 1975 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1976 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-11 satellite.
- 1978 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1063 satellite.
- 1978 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1981 - An Atlas E/F fails to launch the GPS-7 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1330 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3MP launches the Kosmos 1614 spacecraft.
- 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1709 satellite.
- 1991 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1998 - A Long March 2C launches two Iridium satellites.
- 2006 - A Kosmos-3M launches the SAR-Lupe 1 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 3B launches the Nigcomsat 1R satellite.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-07M, carrying three of the Expedition 34 crew to the ISS.
- 2012 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Skynet 5D and MEXSAT-3 satellites.
- 2013 - A Soyuz-STB/Fregat launches ESA's Gaia mission.
20 December edit
- 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 19 satellite.
- 1966 - A Lambda-4S fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 315 satellite.
- 1971 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 403 satellite.
- 1972 - An Atlas-Agena launches an AFP-827 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 969 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch the Kosmos 1064 satellite.
- 1981 - An Ariane 1 launches the Marecs 1 satellite.
- 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1615 satellite.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-2 spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1994 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2298 satellite.
- 1995 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2326 satellite.
- 1996 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2336 satellite.
- 1996 - A Titan IV launches the USA-129 satellite.
- 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-37 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1997 - A Delta II launches five Iridium satellites.
- 1999 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-103 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 2000 - An Ariane 5 launches the Astra 2D, GE-8 and LDREX satellites.
- 2000 - A Long March 3A launches a Beidou satellite.
- 2002 - A Dnepr-1 launches the LatinSat-1, LatinSat-2, SaudiSat-1S, UniSat-2 and Rubin-2 satellites.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-18 satellite.
- 2008 - An Ariane 5 launches the Hot Bird 9 and Eutelsat W2M satellites.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Soyuz TMA-17 mission with the Expedition 22 crew of the ISS.
- 2013 - A Long March 3B launches the Túpac Katari 1 satellite.
21 December edit
- 1961 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1963 - A Delta B launches the Tiros 8 satellite.
- 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1964 - A Delta C launches the Explorer 26 spacecraft.
- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the QUILL satellite.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 101 satellite.
- 1965 - A Titan IIIC launches the OV2-3, LES-3 and LES-4 satellites.
- 1966 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 13 spacecraft.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 137 satellite.
- 1968 - A Saturn V launches Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the Moon.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 539 satellite.
- 1972 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8A satellite.
- 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 625 satellite.
- 1974 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 970 satellite.
- 1982 - An Atlas E/F launches a DMSP satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1984 - A Proton launches the Vega 2 spacecraft.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-4 mission.
- 1987 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1903 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2113 satellite.
- 1992 - A Long March 2E fails to launch the Optus B2 satellite.
- 1999 - A Taurus launches the KOMPSAT and ACRIMSAT satellites.
- 2001 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2383 satellite.
- 2003 - A Delta II launches the GPS IIR-10 satellite.
- 2004 - The first Delta-IVH fails to place a Demosat into its target orbit.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-55 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2005 - A Kosmos-3M launches Kosmos 2416 and a Gonets satellite.
- 2005 - An Ariane 5 launches the Insat 4A and MSG-2 satellites.
- 2007 - An Ariane 5 launches the Rascom-QAF 1 and Horizons-2 satellites.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-03M, carrying three of the Expedition 30 crew to the ISS.
22 December edit
- 1960 - A Vostok-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1961 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Samos-5 satellite.
- 1962 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 12 satellite.
- 1965 - A Scout A launches the NNS O-6 satellite.
- 1970 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches the Prognoz-4 satellite.
- 1975 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1065 satellite.
- 1984 - A Titan 34D launches the USA-7 satellite.
- 1988 - A Long March 3 launches the Chinasat-2 satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1990 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2225 satellite.
- 1992 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2226 satellite.
- 1993 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1T satellite.
- 1994 - A Titan IV launches the USA-107 satellite.
- 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 804 satellite.
- 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the PanAmSat-6B satellite.
- 1999 - An Ariane 4 launches the Galaxy-11 satellite.
- 2011 - A Long March 4B launches the Zi Yuan 1-02C satellite.
- 2015 - The first Falcon 9 v1.1 FT launches eleven Orbcomm comsats. Its first stage lands successfully at Landing Zone 1, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, becoming the first rocket stage recovered after an orbital launch.
23 December edit
- 1969 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 316 satellite.
- 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 317 satellite.
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 971 satellite.
- 1978 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1066 satellites.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1981 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Kosmos 1425 satellite.
- 1987 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1904 satellite.
- 1988 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1985 satellite.
- 1997 - A Pegasus-XL launches eight Orbcomm satellites.
- 2004 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-51 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2007 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-62 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
- 2008 - A Long March 3A launches the Feng Yun 2E satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat fails to launch the Meridian 5 satellite.
24 December edit
- 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
- 1974 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 699 satellite.
- 1979 - An Ariane 1 launches an unknown satellite.
- 1982 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1985 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1985 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1996 - A Soyuz-U launches the Bion 11 satellite.
- 1997 - A Start-1 launches the EarlyBird satellite.
- 1997 - A Proton-K launches the Asiasat 3 satellite.
- 1998 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 2361 satellite.
- 2002 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2393 satellite.
- 2004 - A Tsyklon-3 fails to launch the Sich-1M satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-2.1a launches the Meridian 1 satellite.
25 December edit
- 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos-2 satellite.
- 1970 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 469 satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 540 satellite.
- 1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
- 1975 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1980 - A Molniya-M launches the Prognoz-8 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1905 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress 39 spacecraft to resupply Mir.
- 1992 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 2227 satellite.
- 1992 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2228 satellite.
- 2002 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2005 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2006 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2007 - A Proton-M launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2008 - A Proton-M launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2010 - A GSLV fails to launch the GSAT-5P satellite.
- 2013 - A Rokot/Briz-KM rocket launches three Strela-3M military communication satellites.
26 December edit
- 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 197 satellite.
- 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 262 satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Aureole 2 satellite.
- 1974 - A Proton-K launches the Salyut 4 space station.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 700 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1067 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1068 satellite.
- 1980 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1980 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1236 satellite.
- 1985 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1810 satellite.
- 1986 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1906 satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2120 satellite.
- 1994 - A Rokot launches the Radio-ROSTO satellite.
- 1994 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
- 1999 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 2367 satellite.
- 2004 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 2010 - A Proton-M launches the KA-SAT satellite.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the Ekspress AM5 satellite.
27 December edit
- 1965 - A Soyuz/Vostok launches the Kosmos 102 satellite.
- 1967 - A Tsyklon launches the Kosmos 198 satellite.
- 1969 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1971 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 470 satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Aureole-1 satellite.
- 1972 - A Soyuz-M launches the Kosmos 541 satellite.
- 1973 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 626 satellite.
- 1974 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 701 satellite.
- 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1976 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 886 satellite.
- 1977 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 972 satellite.
- 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 973 satellite.
- 1983 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1516 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3MP launches the Kosmos 1517 spacecraft.
- 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1713 satellite.
- 1987 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
- 1989 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 2053 satellite.
- 1989 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 2054 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1999 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2368 satellite.
- 2000 - A Tsyklon-3 fails to launch three Gonets and three Strela satellites.
- 2003 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Amos-2 satellite.
- 2006 - A Soyuz-2.1b launches the CoRoT satellite.
28 December edit
- 1965 - A Kosmos-1 launches the Kosmos 103 satellite.
- 1965 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
- 1972 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 542 satellite.
- 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
- 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 887 satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1069 satellite.
- 1979 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
- 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1148 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1426 satellite.
- 1983 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 1518 satellite.
- 1985 - A Zenit-2 launches the Kosmos 1714 satellite.
- 1988 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
- 1991 - A Long March 3 launches the Chinasat 4 satellite.
- 1994 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
- 1995 - A Molniya-M launches the IRS-1C satellite.
- 1995 - A Long March 2E launches the Echostar 1 satellite.
- 2001 - A Tsyklon-3 launches three Gonets and three Strela satellites.
- 2003 - A Proton-K launches the Ekspress AM-22 satellite.
- 2005 - A Soyuz-FG launches the GIOVE-A satellite.
- 2011 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat launches six Globalstar satellites.
- 2013 - The Soyuz-2-1v rocket performs its maiden flight, deploying Aist 1 and 2 other satellites into orbit.
29 December edit
- 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches the OPS-1584 satellite.
- 1971 - A Vostok-2M launches a Meteor satellite.
- 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 627 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1427 satellite.
- 1983 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1907 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1986 satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2229 satellite.
- 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2305 satellite.
- 2002 - A Long March 2F launches the Shenzhou 4 spacecraft.
- 2002 - A Proton-M launches the Nimiq 2 satellite.
- 2003 - A Long March 2C launches the TC-1 satellite.
- 2005 - A Proton-M launches the AMC-23 satellite.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the DirecTV-12 satellite.
- 2010 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Hispasat 1E and Koreasat 6 satellites.
30 December edit
- 1994 - An Atlas E/F launches the NOAA-14 satellite.
- 1995 - A Delta II launches the XTE satellite.
- 1998 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
31 December edit
- 2014 - A Chang Zheng 3A launches the Fengyun 2-08 weather satellite.