June 28 in Space History

20 events

1. 1952 74 years ago

   A Sound of Thunder: publication

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Science fiction publication

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   A Sound of Thunder (Short story) by Ray Bradbury

   A Sound of Thunder: publication.

   • The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Ray Bradbury (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Ray Bradbury. Original source retains its rights.

2. 1962 64 years ago launch

   CORONA 45/9038 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 45/9038

   • Space transportation

   Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 45/9038 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. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1024 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1024

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1024 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)

4. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1025 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1025

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1025 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)

5. 1979 47 years ago launch

   Progress-7 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Progress-7

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Progress-7 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)

6. 1979 47 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1110 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1110

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1110 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)

7. 1983 43 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1471 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1471

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1471 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)

8. 1983 43 years ago launch

   Galaxy 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Galaxy 1

   • Space transportation

   Delta 3920/PAM launched on the Galaxy 1 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)

9. 1984 42 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1578 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1578

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1578 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)

10. 1991 35 years ago launch

    Resurs-F — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Resurs-F

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Resurs-F 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. 1995 31 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2314 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2314

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2314 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, 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. 2006 20 years ago launch

    USA 184 [JS11] — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: USA 184 [JS11]

    • Space transportation

    Delta 4M+(4,2) launched on the USA 184 [JS11] flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC6. 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. 2015 11 years ago launch failure

    Dragon CRS-7 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Dragon CRS-7

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (1.1) launched on the Dragon CRS-7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. 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. 2017 9 years ago launch

    HellasSat 3/GSAT 17 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: HellasSat 3/GSAT 17

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 5ECA launched on the HellasSat 3/GSAT 17 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. 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. 2022 4 years ago launch

    CAPSTONE — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CAPSTONE

    • Space transportation

    CAPSTONE is a small lunar spacecraft operated by Advanced Space for a NASA-supported navigation and orbital-demonstration mission.

    • 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 — CAPSTONE (opens in a new tab) — Factual synthesis based on the cited Wikipedia and NASA pages; original editorial wording. (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
    • NASA — CAPSTONE (opens in a new tab)
    • NASA NSSDCA — CAPSTONE (opens in a new tab)

16. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Starlink-281 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-281

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-281 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)

17. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Symphony in the Stars — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Symphony in the Stars

    • Space transportation

    Electron launched on the Symphony in the Stars flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1B. 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. 2025 1 year ago launch

    GOSAT-GW — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: GOSAT-GW

    • Space transportation

    H-IIA 202 (1) launched on the GOSAT-GW 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. (CC BY 4.0)

19. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Starlink-282 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-282

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-282 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)

20. 2026 launch

    Starlink-404 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-404

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-404 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)