These events from the history of spaceflight and astronomy share today's date. Each entry lists its source.
1962-11-04 – 2MV-3 No. 1 – launch
Mars 2MV-3 No.1 also known as Sputnik 24 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars program, and was intended to land on the surface of Mars. Due to a problem with the rocket which launched it, it did not depart low Earth orbit, and it decayed several days later. It was the only Mars 2MV-3 spacecraft to be launched. The spacecraft was launched at 15:35:15 UTC on 4 November 1962, atop a Molniya 8K78 carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. About 260 seconds into the flight, the oxidiser pressurisation system malfunctioned, resulting in cavitation within the feed lines and turbopump.
Launch outcome: partial success
1964-11-04 – OPS 3062 – launch
Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 3062 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1965-11-04 – Kosmos-95 – launch
Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-95 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1969-11-04 – Kosmos-308 – launch
Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-308 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1974-11-04 – Kosmos-693 – launch
Soyuz 11A511M launched on the Kosmos-693 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1975-11-04 – Kosmos-778 – launch
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-778 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1975-11-04 – Kosmos-779 – launch
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-779 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1980-11-04 – Kosmos-1220 – launch
Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1220 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1981-11-04 – Venera-14 – launch
Venera 14 (called Venus 14 in English) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. Venera 14 was identical to the Venera 13 spacecraft, built to take advantage of the 1981 Venus launch opportunity. Venera 14 was launched on 4 November 1981 at 05:31:00 UTC, five days after Venera 13 launched on 30 October 1981 at 06:04:00 UTC. Both had an on-orbit dry mass of 760 kg (1,680 lb). Each mission consisted of a cruise stage and an attached descent craft. As the cruise stage flew by Venus, the bus acted as a data relay for the lander before continuing on to a heliocentric orbit.
Launch outcome: success
1986-11-04 – Kosmos-1790 – launch
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1790 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1994-11-04 – Resurs-O1 – launch
Zenit-2 launched on the Resurs-O1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
1998-11-04 – PAS 8 – launch
Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the PAS 8 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2006-11-04 – USA 191 (DMSP 17) – launch
Delta 4M launched on the USA 191 (DMSP 17) flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC6. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2010-11-04 – FY-3B – launch
Chang Zheng 4C launched on the FY-3B flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2011-11-04 – Kosmos-2475/2477 – launch
Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Kosmos-2475/2477 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2019-11-04 – Beidou DW49 – launch
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Beidou DW49 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3?. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2022-11-04 – Catch Me If You Can – launch
Electron launched on the Catch Me If You Can flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1B. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2023-11-04 – Starlink-121 – launch
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-121 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2024-11-04 – Kirameki 3 – launch
H3-22S launched on the Kirameki 3 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y2. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2024-11-04 – Ionosfera-M No. 1/2 – launch
Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Ionosfera-M No. 1/2 flight from Vostochniy, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya, pad PU1S. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
2025-11-04 – Sentinel-1D – launch
Ariane 62 launched on the Sentinel-1D flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA4. Launch vehicle success.
Launch outcome: success
