June 16 in Space History

21 events

1. 1961 65 years ago launch

   Discoverer 25 — launch

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

   Mission: Discoverer 25

   • Space transportation

   Thor Agena B launched on the Discoverer 25 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. 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)

2. 1963 63 years ago launch

   Transit VA-3 (N-3) — launch

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

   Mission: Transit VA-3 (N-3)

   • Space transportation

   Scout X-3 launched on the Transit VA-3 (N-3) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. 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. 1963 63 years ago launch

   Vostok-6 — launch

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

   Mission: Vostok-6

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Vostok-6 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)

4. 1966 60 years ago launch

   IDCSP — launch

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

   Mission: IDCSP

   • Space transportation

   Titan IIIC launched on the IDCSP 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. (CC BY 4.0)

5. 1967 59 years ago launch

   Kosmos-166 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-166

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-166 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. 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. 1967 59 years ago launch

   CORONA 118/1042 — launch

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

   Mission: CORONA 118/1042

   • Space transportation

   Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 118/1042 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. 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. 1976 50 years ago launch

   Kosmos-833 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-833

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-833 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. (CC BY 4.0)

8. 1977 49 years ago launch

   Kosmos-917 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-917

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-917 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)

9. 1977 49 years ago launch

   GOES 2 — launch

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

   Mission: GOES 2

   • Space transportation

   Delta 2914 launched on the GOES 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. 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. 1978 48 years ago launch

    GOES 3 — launch

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

    Mission: GOES 3

    • Space transportation

    Delta 2914 launched on the GOES 3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. 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. 1981 45 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1276 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-1276

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1276 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. (CC BY 4.0)

12. 1983 43 years ago launch

    ECS 1 — launch

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

    Mission: ECS 1

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 1 launched on the ECS 1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. 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. 1987 39 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1852/1859 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-1852/1859

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1852/1859 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)

14. 1989 37 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2028 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-2028

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2028 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)

15. 1993 33 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2251 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-2251

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2251 flight from GNIIP, VKS section, Plesetsk, Rossiya, 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)

16. 2001 25 years ago launch

    Astra 2C — launch

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

    Mission: Astra 2C

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the Astra 2C flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. 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)

17. 2004 22 years ago launch

    Intelsat 10-02 — launch

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

    Mission: Intelsat 10-02

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Intelsat 10-02 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. 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)

18. 2005 21 years ago launch

    Progress M-53 — launch

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

    Mission: Progress M-53

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-53 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)

19. 2012 14 years ago launch

    Shenzhou 9 — launch

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

    Mission: Shenzhou 9

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2F (G) launched on the Shenzhou 9 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC921. 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)

20. 2018 8 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2527 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-2527

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Kosmos-2527 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)

21. 2026 launch

    Shi Jian 31 — launch

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

    Mission: Shi Jian 31

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 3B launched on the Shi Jian 31 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. 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)