--- title: "On This Day in Space History: November 11" id: 220636 type: "post" slug: "on-this-day-in-space-history-11-11-2026" author: "NSE" published: "2026-11-11T05:01:28+00:00" modified: "2026-11-11T05:01:33+00:00" canonical: "https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/11/11/on-this-day-in-space-history-11-11-2026/" markdown_url: "https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/11/11/on-this-day-in-space-history-11-11-2026.md" description: "Space and astronomy history for November 11: 23 events." language: "en-US" category: - "Current News" - "Space Economy" - "Space Exploration" - "Space History" - "Timelines" post_tag: - "Launch Vehicles" - "Launches" - "Rocket Launches" - "Spaceflight" - "Spaceflight History" --- # On This Day in Space History: November 11 These events from the history of spaceflight and astronomy share today's date. ### 1962-11-11 – [FTV 2405 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1962-b-pi/ftv-2405-launch-1962/) Atlas Agena B launched on the FTV 2405 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success. ### 1963-11-11 – [Kosmos-21 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1963-044/kosmos-21-launch-1963/) Kosmos 21, also known as 3MV-1A and 3MV-1 No.1, was a Soviet spacecraft. This mission has been tentatively identified by [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) as a technology test of the Venera series space probes. It may have been an attempted Venus impact, presumably similar to the later Kosmos 27 mission, or it may have been intended from the beginning to remain in geocentric orbit. In any case, the spacecraft never left Earth orbit after insertion by the Molniya launcher. The orbit decayed on 14 November 1963, three days after launch. Kosmos 21 was launched at 06:23:34 GMT on 11 November 1963, atop a Molniya 8K78 s/n G103-18 carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. ### 1970-11-11 – [Kosmos-377 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1970-096/kosmos-377-launch-1970/) Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-377 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success. ### 1976-11-11 – [Kosmos-866 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1976-110/kosmos-866-launch-1976/) Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-866 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success. ### 1982-11-11 – [Kosmos-1420 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1982-109/kosmos-1420-launch-1982/) Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1420 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success. ### 1982-11-11 – [PAM-D Deploy – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1982-110/pam-d-deploy-launch-1982/) Space Shuttle launched on the PAM-D Deploy flight from [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) John F. [Kennedy Space Center](https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/), Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success. ### 1983-11-11 – [Kosmos-1508 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1983-111/kosmos-1508-launch-1983/) Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1508 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success. ### 1987-11-11 – [Kosmos-1895 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1987-092/kosmos-1895-launch-1987/) Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1895 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success. ### 1988-11-11 – [Terilen – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1988-f05/terilen-launch-1988-2/) Soyuz-U launched on the Terilen flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch failure. ### 1994-11-11 – [Progress M-25 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1994-075/progress-m-25-launch-1994/) Soyuz-U launched on the Progress M-25 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success. ### 2007-11-11 – [USA 197 (DSP 23) – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2007-054/usa-197-dsp-23-launch-2007/) Delta 4H launched on the USA 197 (DSP 23) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success. ### 2007-11-11 – [Yaogan 3 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2007-055/yaogan-3-launch-2007/) Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 3 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success. ### 2013-11-11 – [Raduga-1M – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2013-062/raduga-1m-launch-2013/) Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Raduga-1M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success. ### 2016-11-11 – [WorldView-4 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2016-067/worldview-4-launch-2016/) Atlas V 401 (C) launched on the WorldView-4 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3E. Launch vehicle success. ### 2016-11-11 – [Yunhai-1 01 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2016-068/yunhai-1-01-launch-2016/) Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Yunhai-1 01 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success. ### 2018-11-11 – [It's Business Time – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2018-088/its-business-time-launch-2018/) Electron launched on the It's Business Time flight from [Rocket Lab](https://rocketlabcorp.com/home/) Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success. ### 2019-11-11 – [Starlink-2 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2019-074/starlink-2-launch-2019/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the [Starlink](https://www.starlink.com/)-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success. ### 2021-11-11 – [Dragon Crew-3 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2021-103/dragon-crew-3-launch-2021/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon Crew-3 flight from [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success. ### 2022-11-11 – [Yunhai-3 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2022-151/yunhai-3-launch-2022/) Chang Zheng 6A launched on the Yunhai-3 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9A. Launch vehicle success. ### 2023-11-11 – [Transporter-9 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2023-174/transporter-9-launch-2023/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Transporter-9 flight from South Base, [Vandenberg Space Force Base](https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/.), California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success. ### 2024-11-11 – [Koreasat-6A – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2024-206/koreasat-6a-launch-2024/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Koreasat-6A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success. ### 2024-11-11 – [Starlink-206 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2024-207/starlink-206-launch-2024/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the [Starlink](https://www.starlink.com/)-206 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success. ### 2025-11-11 – [Starlink-326 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2025-259/starlink-326-launch-2025/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the [Starlink](https://www.starlink.com/)-326 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.