Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/16 March

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• 1962 - A Kosmos-2I launches the first satellite to be given a Kosmos designation, Kosmos-1.
• 1966 - An Atlas rocket 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-M 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.