Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/18 April

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• 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.