These events from the history of spaceflight and astronomy share today's date. Each entry lists its source.
1960-11-03 – Explorer 8 – launch
Juno II launched on the Explorer 8 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC26B. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1966-11-03 – Gemini B/MOL – launch
Titan IIIC launched on the Gemini B/MOL flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1967-11-03 – Kosmos-190 – launch
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-190 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1968-11-03 – CORONA 129/1105 – launch
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the CORONA 129/1105 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1971-11-03 – DSCS II 1/2 – launch
Titan IIIC launched on the DSCS II 1/2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1972-11-03 – Kosmos-536 – launch
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-536 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1973-11-03 – Mariner 10 – launch
Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to perform a flyby of multiple planets. Mariner 10 was launched approximately two years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program. (Mariner 11 and Mariner 12 were allocated to the Voyager program and redesignated Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.) The mission objectives were to measure Mercury's environment, atmosphere, surface, and body characteristics and to make similar investigations of Venus. Secondary objectives were to perform experiments in the interplanetary medium and to obtain experience with a dual-planet gravity assist mission.
Launch outcome: success
1981-11-03 – Kosmos-1318 – launch
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1318 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1990-11-03 – Gorizont – launch
Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Gorizont flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1994-11-03 – Spacelab Atlas 3 – launch
Space Shuttle launched on the Spacelab Atlas 3 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2015-11-03 – Zhongxing 2C – launch
Chang Zheng 3B (G3) launched on the Zhongxing 2C flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2016-11-03 – Shi Jian 17 – launch
Chang Zheng 5/YZ-2 launched on the Shi Jian 17 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC101. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2018-11-03 – Kosmos-2529 – launch
Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Kosmos-2529 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2019-11-03 – GaoFen 7 – launch
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the GaoFen 7 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2021-11-03 – YG-32 02 zu – launch
Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S launched on the YG-32 02 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2022-11-03 – Hot Bird 13G – launch
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Hot Bird 13G flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2023-11-03 – TJS-10 – launch
Chang Zheng 7A launched on the TJS-10 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2025-11-03 – Yaogan 46 – launch
Chang Zheng 7A launched on the Yaogan 46 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
