Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/27 May

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• 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the AFP-206 satellite.
• 1969 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-283 satellite.
• 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-423 satellite.
• 1974 - A Soyuz rocket 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.