These events from the history of spaceflight and astronomy share today's date. Each entry lists its source.
1961-11-01 – Mercury-Scout 1 – launch
Blue Scout II launched on the Mercury-Scout 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC18B. Launch failure.
Launch outcome: failure
1962-11-01 – Mars-1 – launch
Mars 1, also known as 1962 Beta Nu 1, Mars 2MV-4 and Sputnik 23, was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars on November 1, 1962, the first of the Soviet Mars probe program, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000 km (6,800 mi). It was designed to image the surface and send back data on cosmic radiation, micrometeoroid impacts and Mars's magnetic field, radiation environment, atmospheric structure, and possible organic compounds. After leaving Earth orbit, the spacecraft and the Molniya booster's fourth stage separated and the solar panels were deployed. Early telemetry indicated that there was a leak in one of the gas valves in the orientation system so the spacecraft was transferred to gyroscopic stabilization.
Launch outcome: success
1963-11-01 – Polyot – launch
Polyot 11A59 launched on the Polyot flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1968-11-01 – Kosmos-252 – launch
Tsiklon-2A launched on the Kosmos-252 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1972-11-01 – Kosmos-528/535 – launch
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-528/535 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1974-11-01 – Kosmos-692 – launch
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-692 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1976-11-01 – Kosmos-865 – launch
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-865 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1978-11-01 – Kosmos-1046 – launch
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1046 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1979-11-01 – Interkosmos-20 – launch
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Interkosmos-20 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1994-11-01 – Astra 1D – launch
Ariane 42P (42P+) launched on the Astra 1D flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2007-11-01 – SAR-Lupe 3 – launch
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the SAR-Lupe 3 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2018-11-01 – Beidou DW41 – launch
Chang Zheng 3B (G3) launched on the Beidou DW41 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2022-11-01 – USSF-44 – launch
Falcon Heavy launched on the USSF-44 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
