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[edit] January

[edit] 1 January

• 1958 - The Thor missile enters service
• 1990 - A Titan III launches Skynet 4A and JCSAT-2.

[edit] 2 January

• 1959 - Luna 1 is launched towards the moon. It fails to hit, and becomes the first spacecraft to enter Heliocentric orbit
• 2004 - The Stardust spacecraft performs a flyby of comet 81P/Wild

[edit] 3 January

• 1999 - A Delta II rocket launches NASA's Mars Polar Lander.
• 2000 - Galileo makes its 26th flyby of Europa

[edit] 4 January

• 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 8K78 fails to launch Sputnik 25 to the moon, after an upper stage malfunction.
• 1970 - The Apollo 20 mission is cancelled.
• 2004 - The Spirit rover lands on Mars.

[edit] 5 January

• 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.

[edit] 6 January

• 1976 - A Kosmos-3M rocket launches a Tselina satellite.
• 1977 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Zenit-4MK spy satellite.
• 1977 - A Vostok 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 II rocket launches Coriolis.

[edit] 7 January

• 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a KH-4 satellite
• 1966 - A Vostok 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

[edit] 8 January

• 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

[edit] 9 January

• 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.

[edit] 10 January

• 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 11 January

• 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches an aray of technology development spacecraft.
• 1965 - A Vostok 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 os launched bu a Kosmos-3M rocket.
• 1990 - The crew of Mir perform an EVA to conduct materials experiments.
• 1996 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-73.
• 2004 - Estrela do Sul 1 is launched atop a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket.
• 2007 - China tests an Anti-satellite weapon, destroying the Feng Yun 1C satellite.

[edit] 12 January

• 1955 - Constructioon 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 13 January

• 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 37 spy satellite
• 1969 - The first manned launch scrub in the history of 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
• 1983 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-54 to deploy a TDRS satellite.
• 2003 - A Delta II rocket launches the ICESat and CHIPSat spacecraft.

[edit] 14 January

• 1966 - Sergey Korolyov, 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 flys-by Titan, as the Huygens probe lands on its surface.
• 2008 - MESSENGER conducts its first flyby of Mercury.

[edit] 15 January

• 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.

[edit] 16 January

• 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.

[edit] 17 January

• 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 spacecraft, exploding 13 seconds after launch due to a booster problem.

[edit] 18 January

• 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 a Progress spacecraft to ressupply the ISS.

[edit] 19 January

• 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 rocket launches a Zenit-2 spy satellite.
• 1968 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tseleina spy satellite.
• 1974 - The first Delta 2000, in the 2313 configuration, 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 (at the time designated a planet).

[edit] 20 January

• 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-M 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 first Progress 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-M launches a Tselina spy satellite.
• 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches a Progress 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.

[edit] 21 January

• 1959 - The maiden flight of the Thor-Agena ends in failure after a problem with 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.

[edit] 22 January

• 1965 - A Delta-C launches the Tiros 9 weather satellite
• 1966 - A Vostok 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 recieves the last transmission from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, the farthest man-made object from Earth.

[edit] 23 January

• 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 Tskylon-3 fails to launch a Geo-IK geodesy research satellite, due to a payload fairing malfunction.
• 1984 - An N-2 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

[edit] 24 January

• 1962 - A Thor Able-Star 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 communication 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 a Progress 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-13 launches to Mir, with the two-man EO-13 crew aboard.
• 1994 - An Ariane 4 (44LP) fails to launch the Eutelsat II-F5 and Turksat-1A communication 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.

[edit] 25 January

• 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 FOBS demonstration mission, placing a dummy 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 a Progress spacecraft to resupply Mir.
• 1979 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor weather satellite, and the Tubsat-B student spacecraft.
• 1994 - A Titan II launches the Clementine 1 Lunar orbiter and ISA satellite.
• 1995 - A number of civillians 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.

[edit] 26 January

• 1957 - The maiden flight of the Thor rocket 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 perfrom an EVA to test space suits and examine the space station.
• 1991 - The crew of Mir perfrom 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.

[edit] 27 January

• 1967 - Three astronauts are killed when a fire breaks out aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft, during a pre-launch test
• 1981 - A Vostok 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 rocket launches a collection of satellites, including JAWSAT, OCSE, OPAL, and FalconSat-1.

[edit] 28 January

• 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 mission STS-51-L, seven astronauts.
• 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar-4K1 spy satellite.
• 1994 - A Soyuz-U launches a Progress spacecraft to resupply Mir.
• 2004 - Mars Express completes its orbital correction maneuvers in areocentric orbit.
• 2008 - A Proton-M launches the Ekspress AM-33 communication satellite.

[edit] 29 January

• 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 fails to ignite, leaving the payload stranded in low Earth orbit, but all tests are 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 a Progress spacecraft to resupply the ISS.

[edit] 30 January

• 1964 - A Vostok rocket 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 rocket launches a Tselina spy satellite.
• 1981 - An 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.

[edit] 31 January

• 1961 - Mercury-Redstone 2 is launched, carrying Ham, a chimpanzee, on a sub-orbital 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 rocket fails to launch an OV3 scientific satellite.
• 1971 - A Saturn V rocket 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.

[edit] February

[edit] 1 February

• 1958 - A Juno-I rocket launches Explorer 1, America's first satellite.
• 1969 - A Vostok 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 technology demonstration 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 a Progress spacecraft to reboost Mir.
• 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during re-entry of mission STS-107, killing its crew of seven astronauts.

[edit] 2 February

• 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 a Progress spacecraft to resupply the ISS
• 2007 - A Long March 3A launches a Beidou navigation satellite

[edit] 3 February

• 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 communication 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 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 communication satellite.
• 2005 - A Proton-M launches the first Spacebus 4000 communication 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.

[edit] 4 February

• 1960 - A Thor-Agena launches a Discoverer spy satellite.
• 1961 - A Molniya rocket launches Sputnik 7, a Venera spacecraft which failed 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 Imarsat-3-F5 communication satellites.
• 2002 - An H-IIA rocket launches two technology development satellites.

[edit] 5 February

• 1958 - A Vanguard rocket fails to launch a Vanguard satellite.
• 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 a Progress spacecraft to resupply the ISS.

[edit] 6 February

• 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 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.

[edit] 7 February

• 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 International Space Station (ISS).
• 2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-122 to deliver the Columbus module to the ISS.

[edit] 8 February

• 1962 - A 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 D181) 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 GVM satellites.

[edit] 9 February

• 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-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.

[edit] 10 February

• 1966 - A Vostok 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 a Progress 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.

[edit] 11 February

• 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.

[edit] 12 February

• 1961 - A Molniya rocket launches the Venera 1 probe to Venus.
• 1965 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch the 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.

[edit] 13 February

• 1974 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8A satellite.
• 1979 - A Vostok-M launches the Kosmos-1077 satellite.
• 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1245 satellite.

[edit] 14 February

• 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.

[edit] 15 February

• 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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.

[edit] 16 February

• 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 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-M 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.

[edit] 17 February

• 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.

[edit] 18 February

• 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 - A H-IIA launches the Daichi satellite.

[edit] 19 February

• 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-M launches the Kosmos-1340 satellite.
• 1986 - 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.

[edit] 20 February

• 1962 - John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, launched atop an Atlas D 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.

[edit] 21 February

• 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 N1 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.

[edit] 22 February

• 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-F launches a GPS satellite.
• 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1078 satellite.
• 1980 - A N 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.

[edit] 23 February

• 1977 - An N 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.

[edit] 24 February

• 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
• 1975 - A Mu-3C launches the Taiyo satellite.
• 1979 - An Atlas-F launches the P78-1 satellite.
• 1996 - A Delta II launches the Polar satellite.
• 2007 - An H-IIA launches two IGS satellites.

[edit] 25 February

• 1961 - A Juno II fails to launch the NASA S-45 satellite.
• 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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.

[edit] 26 February

• 1960 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch the Midas 1 satellite.
• 1965 - A Vostok-M launches the Kosmos-58 satellite.
• 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-M 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 - A H-IIA launches the MTSAT-1R satellite.

[edit] 27 February

• 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 38 satellite.
• 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-25 satellite.
• 1967 - A Vostok 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.

[edit] 28 February

• 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-M 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 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 satellite.
• 2006 - A Proton-M fails to launch the Arabsat 4A satellite after an upper stage failure.

[edit] 29 February

• 1976 - An N rocket launches the Ume satellite.

[edit] March

[edit] 1 March

• 1966 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos-111 satellite.
• 1972 - A Titan IIIC launches the DSP-3 satellite.
• 1972 - A Vostok-M launches the Kosmos-476 satellite.
• 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-550 satellite.
• 1979 - A Vostok-M launches the Meteor-2 satellite.
• 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.

[edit] 2 March

• 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.

[edit] 3 March

• 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 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Pioneer 10 probe.
• 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-896 satellite.
• 1980 - An Atlas-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.

[edit] 4 March

• 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.

[edit] 5 March

• 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-M 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.

[edit] 6 March

• 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 the 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.

[edit] 7 March

• 1962 - A Delta rocket 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.

[edit] 8 March

• 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.

[edit] 9 March

• 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.

[edit] 10 March

• 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.

[edit] 11 March

• 1960 - A Thor-Able launches the Pioneer 5 spacecraft.
• 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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 3A-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.

[edit] 12 March

• 1965 - A Molniya rocket fails to launch a Luna spacecraft.
• 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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.

[edit] 13 March

• 1967 - A Vostok 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 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 fourth TDRS 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 a classified NRO payload.

[edit] 14 March

• 1968 - A Vostok-M 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 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.

[edit] 15 March

• 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.

[edit] 16 March

• 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.

[edit] 17 March

• 1958 - A Vanguard rocket launches the Vanguard I satellite.
• 1966 - A Vostok rocket launches the Kosmos-112 satellite.
• 1969 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-272 satellite.
• 1970 - A Vostok-M 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-M 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.

[edit] 18 March

• 1963 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
• 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-26 satellite.
• 1965 - A Thor launches the DAPP satellite.
• 1965 - A Voskhod rocket launches the manned Voskhod 2 mission.
• 1965 - Alexey Leonov conducts the first ever EVA, from the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
• 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the AFP-206 satellite.
• 1969 - An Atlas-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.
• 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.

[edit] 19 March

• 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.

[edit] 20 March

• 1970 - A Delta-M launches the NATO 2A satellite.
• 1973 - A Vostok-M 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.

[edit] 21 March

• 1963 - A Vostok 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.

[edit] 22 March

• 1967 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-150 satellite.
• 1967 - A 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.

[edit] 23 March

• 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 24 March

• 1964 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
• 1966 - A Proton rocket 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 launches a DMSP satellite.
• 1998 - An Ariane 4 launches the SPOT 4 satellite.
• 2006 - A Falcon 1 fails to launch the FalconSat-2 satellite.

[edit] 25 March

• 1961 - A Vostok-K launches the Korabl-Sputnik 5 spacecraft.
• 1961 - A Delta rocket launches the Explorer 10 spacecraft.
• 1965 - A Vostok rocket 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.

[edit] 26 March

• 1958 - A Juno I launches the Explorer 3 spacecraft.
• 1966 - A Scout-A launches the NNS O-8 satellite.
• 1969 - A Vostok-M 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.

[edit] 27 March

• 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.

[edit] 28 March

• 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 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 - A H-IIA launches two IGS satellites.

[edit] 29 March

• 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.

[edit] 30 March

• 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-M 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 Brazillian in space, Marcos Pontes, and the ISS Expedition 13 crew aboard.

[edit] 31 March

• 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-M 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.

[edit] April

[edit] 1 April

• 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 2 satellite.
• 1971 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos-402 satellite.
• 1975 - A Vostok-M 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.

[edit] 2 April

• 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.

[edit] 3 April

• 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.

[edit] 4 April

• 1964 - A Vostok rocket launches the Kosmos-28 satellite.
• 1967 - A Vostok 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 it's maiden flight, STS-6, launching the first TDRS 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 II 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 long-term Mir crew.

[edit] 5 April

• 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 the manned Soyuz 18 mission. (later redesignated Soyuz 18a)
• 1977 - A Vostok-M 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.

[edit] 6 April

• 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-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-2064-2071 satellites.
• 1993 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos-2241 satellite.
• 1997 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-34 spacecraft to resupply the Space Station.

[edit] 7 April

• 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-M 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-M 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.

[edit] 8 April

• 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 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.

[edit] 9 April

• 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.

[edit] 10 April

• 1965 - A Molniya rocket 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.

[edit] 11 April

• 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 launches three P87-2 satellites.
• 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Foton spacecraft.
• 1994 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
• 2005 - A Minotaur launches the XSS-11 satellite.
• 2007 - A Long March 2C launches the HY-1B satellite.

[edit] 12 April

• 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.

[edit] 13 April

• 1959 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 2 satellite.
• 1960 - A Thor Able-Star 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 the AFP-827 satellite.
• 1974 - A Delta 2914 launches the Westar 1 satellite.
• 1975 - An Atlas-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.

[edit] 14 April

• 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 satellite.
• 1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-486 satellite.
• 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
• 1979 - A Vostok-M 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.

[edit] 15 April

• 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 the Salyut 7 Space Station.
• 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 launches five COSMIC satellites.

[edit] 16 April

• 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

[edit] 17 April

• 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-M 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.

[edit] 18 April

• 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.

[edit] 19 April

• 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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.

[edit] 20 April

• 1964 - A Molniya-M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1966 - A Vostok 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 manned Soyuz T-8 mission.
• 1988 - A Vostok-M 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 launches the Astra 1KR satellite.

[edit] 21 April

• 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.

[edit] 22 April

• 1963 - A Vostok 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.

[edit] 23 April

• 1962 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 4 probe.
• 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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.

[edit] 24 April

• 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-M 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 launches the NFIRE satellite.

[edit] 25 April

• 1961 - An Atlas-D fails to launch the Mercury-Atlas 3 test mission.
• 1964 - A Vostok 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 II 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.

[edit] 26 April

• 1962 - A Scout X-2 fails to launch the SR-4B satellite.
• 1962 - A Vostok-K launches the Kosmos-4 satellite.
• 1962 - A Delta rocket launches the United Kingdom's first 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 D-1 launches the HCMM satellite.
• 1980 - An Atlas-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.

[edit] 27 April

• 1958 - A Sputnik rocket 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-M 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.

[edit] 28 April

• 1963 - A Vostok rocket launches the Kosmos-16 satellite.
• 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the AFP-206 satellite.
• 1967 - A Titan IIIC launches two Vela satellites.
• 1970 - A Vostok-M 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.

[edit] 29 April

• 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.

[edit] 30 April

• 1976 - An Atlas-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.

[edit] May

[edit] 1 May

• 1968 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1978 - A Thor launches a DMSP satellite.

[edit] 2 May

• 1969 - A Thorad-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1998 - A Long March 2C launches three Iridium satellites.

[edit] 3 May

• 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.

[edit] 4 May

• 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.

[edit] 5 May

• 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 rocket launches the Kosmos-488 satellite.
• 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-556 satellite.
• 1976 - A Voskhod rocket 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-M 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 satellite.

[edit] 6 May

• 1965 - A Titan IIIA launches the LES-2 satellite.
• 1966 - A Vostok rocket launches the Kosmos-117 satellite.
• 1971 - A Voskhod rocket 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.

[edit] 7 May

• 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 2000
• 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 6 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

[edit] 8 May

• 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.

[edit] 9 May

• 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.

[edit] 10 May

• 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.

[edit] 11 May

• 1966 - A Vostok-M 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 the six satellites.
• 1997 - A Long March 3A launches the Zhongxing-6 satellite.
• 2000 - A Delta II launches a GPS satellite.

[edit] 12 May

• 1967 - A Vostok rocket launches the Kosmos-157 satellite.
• 1970 - A Voskhod rocket 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-M 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.

[edit] 13 May

• 1960 - A Delta rocket fails to launch an Echo satellite.
• 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-281 satellite.
• 1976 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Comstar-D1 satellite.
• 1978 - An Atlas-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 II launches the NOAA-15 satellite.
• 2007 - A Long March 3B launches NigComSat-1, the first African geosynchronous communications satellite.

[edit] 14 May

• 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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-M 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 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.

[edit] 15 May

• 1958 - A Sputnik rocket launches the Sputnik 3 satellite.
• 1960 - A Vostok rocket launches a Korabl'-Sputnik satellite.
• 1962 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1963 - An Atlas-D 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 rocket launches the Kosmos-653 satellite.
• 1976 - A Vostok-M 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 a 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.

[edit] 16 May

• 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.

[edit] 17 May

• 1966 - A Voskhod rocket fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1966 - An Atlas-Agena fails to launch a target vehicle for Gemini 9.
• 1967 - A R-36 launches the Kosmos-160 satellite.
• 1968 - A Scout-B launches the ESRO-2B satellite.
• 1972 - A Voskhod rocket 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 five Iridium satellites.

[edit] 18 May

• 1968 - A Thorad-Agena fails to launch the Nimbus-B satellite.
• 1963 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1964 - A Voskhod rocket 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 19 May

• 1964 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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-M 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.

[edit] 20 May

• 1965 - A Thor-Burner launches the OPS 8386 satellite.
• 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-282 satellite.
• 1970 - A Voskhod rocket 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 rocket 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 rocket launches the ROCSAT-2 satellite.
• 2005 - A Delta II launches the NOAA-N satellite.

[edit] 21 May

• 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 22 May

• 1963 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-17 satellite.
• 1967 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-161 satellite.
• 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches the 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.

[edit] 23 May

• 1968 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP 5421 satellite.
• 1969 - A Titan IIIC launches the Vela 5A and 5B satellites.
• 1973 - A Voskhod rocket 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 the 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.

[edit] 24 May

• 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-D launches the manned Mercury-Atlas 7 mission.
• 1963 - A Vostok rocket 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 rocket 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-N satellite.

[edit] 25 May

• 1961 - In a famous speech before the U.S. Congress, President Kennedy announced his support for Project Apollo.
• 1965 - A Saturn I launches the A-104 and Pegasus 2 spacecraft.
• 1965 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-67 satellite.
• 1966 - A Delta-C launches the Explorer 32 spacecraft.
• 1972 - A Voskhod rocket 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 rocket 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 the Gorizont satellite.
• 2004 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-49 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
• 2007 - A Long March 2D conducts China's 100^th successful orbital launch, with the Yaogan 2 satellite.
• 2008 - The Phoenix robotic spacecraft lands on Mars.

[edit] 26 May

• 1976 - A Voskhod rocket 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.

[edit] 27 May

• 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.

[edit] 28 May

• 1958 - A Vanguard rocket 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 rocket 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 29 May

• 1965 - A Delta-C launches the Explorer 28 spacecraft.
• 1969 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-284 satellite.
• 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-425 satellite.
• 1973 - A Vostok-M launches a Meteor satellite.
• 1974 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 22 probe.
• 1980 - An Atlas-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.

[edit] 30 May

• 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 rocket launches the Kosmos-657 satellite.
• 1974 - A Titan IIIC launches the ATS-6 spacecraft.
• 1975 - A Voskhod rocket 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.

[edit] 31 May

• 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

[edit] June

[edit] 1 June

• 1962 - A Vostok rocket fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1963 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1966 - An Atlas launches the GATV-ATDA target for Gemini 9.
• 1967 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-162 satellite.
• 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-223 satellite.
• 1970 - A Soyuz rocket 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.

[edit] 2 June

• 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 rocket launches the Venera 15 probe.
• 1998 - A Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-91, the last Shuttle mission to visit Mir.
• 2003 - A Soyuz-FG launches the Mars Express probe.

[edit] 3 June

• 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 the 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 4 June

• 1964 - A Scout X-4 launches the Transit-5C satellite.
• 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1964 - A Molniya rocket fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1967 - An Atlas-Agena launches the AFP-206 satellite.
• 1968 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1968 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-224 satellite.
• 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-426 satellite.
• 1980 - A Vostok-M 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.

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• 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 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.

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• 1964 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-31 satellite.
• 1971 - A Soyuz rocket launches Soyuz 11, which became the first manned spacecraft to dock with a Space Station.
• 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-563 satellite.
• 1974 - A Voskhod rocket 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 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-KM launches a Gorizont satellite.
• 2003 - A Proton-KM launches the AMC-9 satellite.

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• 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 rocket 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.

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• 1961 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the Discoverer-24 satellite.
• 1965 - A Molniya-M launches the Luna 6 probe.
• 1966 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-120 satellite.
• 1967 - A Voskhod rocket 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 rocket 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.

[edit] 9 June

• 1965 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches the FTV-1351 satellite.
• 1972 - A Voskhod rocket 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.

[edit] 10 June

• 1964 - A Vostok rocket launches the Kosmos-32 satellite.
• 1966 - A Scout-B launches the OV3-4 satellite.
• 1970 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-346 satellite.
• 1973 - A Voskhod rocket 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 Feng Yun 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.

[edit] 11 June

• 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-225 satellite.
• 1971 - A Voskhod rocket 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.

[edit] 12 June

• 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-M 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 rocket 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 rocket, launches the INSAT-1D satellite.

[edit] 13 June

• 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1968 - A Titan IIIC launches an IDCSP satellite.
• 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos-348 satellite.
• 1972 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Intelsat 405 satellite.
• 1974 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-659 satellite.
• 1984 - An Atlas-E 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.

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• 1963: - NASA announces the cancellation of four planned Apollo missions using the Saturn I rocket.
• 1968: - Soyuz 3 lands, with cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi aboard, returns to Earth.
• 1981: - Venera 13 is launched to Venus by a Proton rocket.
• 1985: - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on its final successful mission, STS-61-A, with eight astronauts aboard (a record for the largest crew of a single spacecraft, which stands to this day.)
• 2002: - Soyuz TMA-1 launches to the ISS, with three cosmonauts aboard. First flight of the TMA-class Soyuz spacecraft.

[edit] 31 October

2000: - The first permanent crew (Expedition 1) of the ISS, consisting of three cosmonauts launch aboard the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft.
2001: - Soyuz TM-32 returns three cosmonauts - the ISS Expedition 2 crew, to Earth.

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