September 5 in Space History

19 events

1. 1964 62 years ago launch

   OGO 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: OGO 1

   • Space transportation

   Atlas Agena B launched on the OGO 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. 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-239 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-239

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-239 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)

3. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Kosmos-758 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-758

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-758 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. 1977 49 years ago launch

   Voyager 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Voyager 1

   • Space transportation

   Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.

   • 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 — Voyager 1 (opens in a new tab) — Adapted from Wikipedia contributors; selected sentences retained and edited for length, reference markers and pronunciation glosses. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Article and edit history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
   • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA — Voyager 1 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Voyager 1 (opens in a new tab)

5. 1979 47 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1127 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1127

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1127 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)

6. 1986 40 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 LC43/4. 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)

7. 1986 40 years ago launch

   USA 19 (SDIO D180) — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: USA 19 (SDIO D180)

   • Space transportation

   Delta 3920 launched on the USA 19 (SDIO D180) 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. 1989 37 years ago launch

   Soyuz TM-8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Soyuz TM-8

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-8 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)

9. 1990 36 years ago space policy

   NSPD-2: Commercial space launch policy

   Category: Programs, Policy, and Governance › Type: Space policy or directive

   • Space policy

   National: NSPD-2

   NSPD-2: Commercial space launch policy.

   • NASA: Key Documents in the History of Space Policy (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on NASA: Key Documents in the History of Space Policy. Original source retains its rights.

10. 1996 30 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2334/UNAMSAT — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2334/UNAMSAT

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2334/UNAMSAT flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, 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)

11. 2000 26 years ago launch

    Sirius CD Radio 2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Sirius CD Radio 2

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the Sirius CD Radio 2 flight from GIK-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)

12. 2007 19 years ago launch failure

    JCSAT 11 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: JCSAT 11

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the JCSAT 11 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. 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)

13. 2010 16 years ago

    The City & the City — 2010 Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The City & the City (Novel) by China Miéville · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The City & the City — 2010 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2010-09-05).

    • The Hugo Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on The Hugo Awards. Original source retains its rights.

14. 2010 16 years ago

    The Windup Girl — 2010 Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Windup Girl (Novel) by Paolo Bacigalupi · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Windup Girl — 2010 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2010-09-05).

    • The Hugo Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on The Hugo Awards. Original source retains its rights.

15. 2022 4 years ago launch

    Starlink-61 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-61

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-61 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)

16. 2024 2 years ago launch

    Sentinel-2C — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Sentinel-2C

    • Space transportation

    Vega (1) launched on the Sentinel-2C 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. (CC BY 4.0)

17. 2024 2 years ago launch

    Starlink-193 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-193

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-193 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)

18. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Shiyan 29 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Shiyan 29

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 launched on the Shiyan 29 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. 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-302 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-302

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-302 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. (CC BY 4.0)