June 21 in Space History

21 events

1. 1966 60 years ago launch

   CORONA 110/1034 — launch

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

   Mission: CORONA 110/1034

   • Space transportation

   Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 110/1034 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. 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. 1968 58 years ago launch

   Kosmos-228 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-228

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-228 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)

3. 1969 57 years ago launch

   Explorer 41 — launch

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

   Mission: Explorer 41

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta E1 launched on the Explorer 41 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Partial launch success/failure.

   • 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. 1972 54 years ago launch

   Kosmos-493 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-493

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-493 flight from NIIP-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. (CC BY 4.0)

5. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Kosmos-575 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-575

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-575 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)

6. 1974 52 years ago launch

   Kosmos-661 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-661

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-661 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)

7. 1975 51 years ago launch

   OSO 8 — launch

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

   Mission: OSO 8

   • Space transportation

   Delta 1910 launched on the OSO 8 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)

8. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1023 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-1023

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1023 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)

9. 1980 46 years ago launch

   Molniya-1 — launch

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

   Mission: Molniya-1

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1 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)

10. 1984 42 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1574 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-1574

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1574 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)

11. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Progress-24 — launch

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

    Mission: Progress-24

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Progress-24 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)

12. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1663 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-1663

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1663 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)

13. 1985 41 years ago launch

    EPN No. 03.694 — launch

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

    Mission: EPN No. 03.694

    • Space transportation

    Zenit-2 launched on the EPN No. 03.694 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch failure.

    • 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. 1988 38 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1954 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-1954

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1954 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, 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. (CC BY 4.0)

15. 1989 37 years ago launch

    Raduga-1 — launch

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

    Mission: Raduga-1

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Raduga-1 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)

16. 1990 36 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2084 — launch

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

    Mission: Kosmos-2084

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2084 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Partial launch success/failure.

    • 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. 1993 33 years ago launch

    SH-01/SHOOT — launch

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

    Mission: SH-01/SHOOT

    • Space transportation

    Space Shuttle launched on the SH-01/SHOOT flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. 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 failure

    Molniya-3K — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests

    Mission: Molniya-3K

    Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3K flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch failure.

    • 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. 2006 20 years ago launch

    USA 187-189 (MITEX) — launch

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

    Mission: USA 187-189 (MITEX)

    • Space transportation

    Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 187-189 (MITEX) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. 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. 2011 15 years ago launch

    Progress M-11M — launch

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

    Mission: Progress M-11M

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-11M 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)

21. 2026 launch

    Starlink-402 — launch

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

    Mission: Starlink-402

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-402 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)