June 24 in Space History

19 events

1. 1965 61 years ago launch

   NNS O-4 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: NNS O-4

   • Space transportation

   Thor Ablestar (2) launched on the NNS O-4 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. 1966 60 years ago launch

   Pageos — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Pageos

   • Space transportation

   Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the Pageos 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)

3. 1969 57 years ago launch

   Kosmos-287 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-287

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-287 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)

4. 1971 55 years ago launch

   Kosmos-428 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-428

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-428 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. 1974 52 years ago launch

   Salyut-3 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Salyut-3

   • Space transportation

   Proton-K launched on the Salyut-3 flight from NIIP-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)

6. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Kosmos-745 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-745

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-745 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)

7. 1976 50 years ago launch

   Kosmos-834 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-834

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-834 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

   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 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)

9. 1977 49 years ago launch

   Kosmos-921 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-921

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-921 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. 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. 1981 45 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 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)

11. 1982 44 years ago launch

    Soyuz T-6 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz T-6

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Soyuz T-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)

12. 1993 33 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2252/2257 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2252/2257

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2252/2257 flight from GNIIP, VKS section, Plesetsk, Rossiya, pad LC32/1. 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. 1999 27 years ago launch

    FUSE — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: FUSE

    • Space transportation

    Delta 7320-10 launched on the FUSE 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)

14. 2000 26 years ago launch

    Ekspress A No. 3 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Ekspress A No. 3

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2M (DM-2M) launched on the Ekspress A No. 3 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)

15. 2005 21 years ago launch

    Ekspress AM-3 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Ekspress AM-3

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Ekspress AM-3 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. 2006 20 years ago launch

    Progress M-57 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Progress M-57

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-57 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)

17. 2016 10 years ago launch

    MUOS 5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: MUOS 5

    • Space transportation

    Atlas V 551 (C) launched on the MUOS 5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. 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. 2019 7 years ago launch

    Beidou DW46 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Beidou DW46

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Beidou DW46 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. 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. 2024 2 years ago launch

    Starlink-178 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-178

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-178 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)