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title: "On This Day in Space History: November 7"
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published: "2026-11-07T05:01:19+00:00"
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description: "Space and astronomy history for November 7: 5 events."
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# On This Day in Space History: November 7

These events from the history of spaceflight and astronomy share today's date.

### 1967-11-07 – [Surveyor 6 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1967-112/surveyor-6-launch-1967/)

Surveyor 6 is the sixth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon. Surveyor 6 landed on the Sinus Medii. A total of 30,027 images were transmitted to Earth. This spacecraft is the fourth of the Surveyor series to successfully achieve a soft landing on the Moon, obtain post landing television pictures, determine the abundance of the chemical elements in the lunar soil, obtain touchdown dynamics data, obtain thermal and radar reflectivity data, and conduct a Vernier engine erosion experiment. Virtually identical to Surveyor 5, this spacecraft carried a television camera, a small bar magnet attached to one footpad, and an alpha-scattering instrument as well as the necessary engineering equipment.

### 2013-11-07 – [Soyuz TMA-11M – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2013-061/soyuz-tma-11m-launch-2013/)

Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-11M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

### 2018-11-07 – [MetOp-C – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2018-087/metop-c-launch-2018/)

Soyuz-ST-B (Fregat) launched on the MetOp-C flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. Launch vehicle success.

### 2020-11-07 – [EOS-01 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2020-081/eos-01-launch-2020/)

PSLV-DL launched on the EOS-01 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.

### 2024-11-07 – [Starlink-204 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2024-202/starlink-204-launch-2024/)

Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the [Starlink](https://www.starlink.com/)-204 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.