June 7 in Space History

14 events

1. 1966 60 years ago launch

   OGO B — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: OGO B

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3 Agena B launched on the OGO B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

2. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1013/1020 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1013/1020

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1013/1020 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. (CC BY 4.0)

3. 1979 47 years ago launch

   Bhaskara — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Bhaskara

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Bhaskara flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC107/1. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

4. 1983 43 years ago launch

   Venera-16 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Venera-16

   • Space transportation

   Venera 16 was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union.

   • 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. (CC BY 4.0)
   • Wikipedia — Venera 16 (opens in a new tab) — Adapted from Wikipedia contributors; selected sentences retained and edited for length, reference markers and pronunciation glosses. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Article and edit history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_16 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
   • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA — Venera 16 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Venera 16 (opens in a new tab)

5. 1983 43 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1468 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1468

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1468 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

6. 1985 41 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1657 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1657

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-1657 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, 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. (CC BY 4.0)

7. 1988 38 years ago launch

   Soyuz TM-5 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Soyuz TM-5

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-5 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

8. 1989 37 years ago launch

   Kosmos-2026 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-2026

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2026 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

9. 1994 32 years ago launch

   Kosmos-2281 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-2281

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2281 flight from GNIIP, VKS section, Plesetsk, Rossiya, pad LC16/2. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

10. 2007 19 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2427 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2427

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2427 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

11. 2011 15 years ago launch

    Soyuz TMA-02M — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz TMA-02M

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-02M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

12. 2013 13 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2486 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2486

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1B launched on the Kosmos-2486 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. (CC BY 4.0)

13. 2025 1 year ago launch

    SXM-10 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: SXM-10

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the SXM-10 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

14. 2026 launch

    Starlink-397 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-397

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-397 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. 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. (CC BY 4.0)