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Space history on February 9
10 events
First issue of MNRAS published
Category: Discoveries and Scientific ResultsType: Research publication
The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society began publication.
- NASA HEASARC — 1800–1899 (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.
OPS 1439 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: OPS 1439
Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 1439 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Tacsat — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Tacsat
Titan IIIC launched on the Tacsat flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-394 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-394
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-394 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-892 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-892
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-892 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
FLTSATCOM 1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: FLTSATCOM 1
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur launched on the FLTSATCOM 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-2233 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2233
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2233 flight from GNIIP, VKS section, Plesetsk, Rossiya, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
IGS O-7 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: IGS O-7
H-IIA 202 (1) launched on the IGS O-7 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Progress MS-22 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Progress MS-22
Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Progress MS-22 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-2575 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2575
Soyuz-2-1V launched on the Kosmos-2575 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.