July 31 in Space History

16 events

1. 1963 63 years ago launch

   CORONA 68/LANYARD 3 — launch

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

   Mission: CORONA 68/LANYARD 3

   • Space transportation

   Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 68/LANYARD 3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. 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)

2. 1964 62 years ago impact

   Ranger 7: lunar impact

   Moon impact.

   • NASA — mission history (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.

3. 1967 59 years ago launch

   Kosmos-170 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-170

   • Space transportation

   R-36O 8K69 launched on the Kosmos-170 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC161/35. 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. 1969 57 years ago launch

   OPS 8285 — launch

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

   Mission: OPS 8285

   • Space transportation

   Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the OPS 8285 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)

5. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Kosmos-753 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-753

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-753 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)

6. 1979 47 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)

7. 1980 46 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1203 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-1203

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1203 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. 1980 46 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1204 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-1204

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1204 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)

9. 1984 42 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1585 — launch

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

   Mission: Kosmos-1585

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1585 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)

10. 1992 34 years ago launch

    TSS-1/Eureca — launch

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

    Mission: TSS-1/Eureca

    • Space transportation

    Space Shuttle launched on the TSS-1/Eureca 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)

11. 1996 30 years ago launch

    Progress M-32 — launch

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

    Mission: Progress M-32

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Progress M-32 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. 2001 25 years ago launch

    Koronas-F — launch

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

    Mission: Koronas-F

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-3 launched on the Koronas-F flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, 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)

13. 2010 16 years ago launch

    Beidou DW5 — launch

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

    Mission: Beidou DW5

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 3A launched on the Beidou DW5 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)

14. 2018 8 years ago launch

    Gao Fen 11 — launch

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

    Mission: Gao Fen 11

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Gao Fen 11 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. 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. 2019 7 years ago launch

    Progress MS-12 — launch

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

    Mission: Progress MS-12

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Progress MS-12 flight from GIK-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)

16. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Starlink-290 — launch

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

    Mission: Starlink-290

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-290 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)