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Space history on September 3
17 events
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Kosmos-80/84 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-80/84
Kosmos 65S3 launched on the Kosmos-80/84 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC41/15. 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.
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Kosmos-854 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-854
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-854 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.
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Viking 2 lands on Mars
Category: Mission Operations and MilestonesType: Landing
Mission: Viking 2
Viking 2 touched down in Utopia Planitia.
- NASA NSSDCA — Viking (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.
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Kosmos-1209 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1209
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1209 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.
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Kosmos-1495 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1495
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1495 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.
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Kosmos-1775 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1775
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1775 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.
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Kosmos-1776 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1776
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1776 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.
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Kosmos-1874 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1874
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1874 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.
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Ekran — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Ekran
Proton-K/DM launched on the Ekran flight from NIIP-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.
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Feng Yun 1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Feng Yun 1
Chang Zheng 4 launched on the Feng Yun 1 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. 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.
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Soyuz TM-22 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz TM-22
Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-22 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.
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Fahrenheit 451 — 1954 Retro Hugo Award, Best Novel
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
Fahrenheit 451 (Novel) by Ray BradburyAward: Hugo Award — Best NovelRole: Science fiction writer
Fahrenheit 451 — 1954 Retro Hugo Award, Best Novel (2004-09-03).
- The Hugo Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on The Hugo Awards. Original source retains its rights.
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SSMS — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: SSMS
Vega (1) launched on the SSMS flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. 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.
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Starlink-12 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-12
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-12 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. 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.
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Yaogan 43-02 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 43-02
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Yaogan 43-02 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.
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Starlink-300 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-300
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-300 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.
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Starlink-301 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-301
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-301 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.