September 24 in Space History

22 events

1. 1964 62 years ago launch

   Kosmos-46 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-46

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-46 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)

2. 1969 57 years ago launch

   Kosmos-301 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-301

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-301 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)

3. 1971 55 years ago launch

   Kosmos-440 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-440

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-440 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)

4. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Kosmos-770 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-770

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-770 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)

5. 1976 50 years ago launch

   Kosmos-857 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-857

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-857 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. 1977 49 years ago launch

   Kosmos-956 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-956

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-956 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)

7. 1977 49 years ago launch

   Interkosmos-17 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Interkosmos-17

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Interkosmos-17 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)

8. 1981 45 years ago launch

   SBS 2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: SBS 2

   • Space transportation

   Delta 3910/PAM launched on the SBS 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. 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. 1982 44 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1410 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1410

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1410 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, 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)

10. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1684 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1684

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1684 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)

11. 1995 31 years ago launch

    Telstar 402R — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Telstar 402R

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 42L (42L-3) launched on the Telstar 402R flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. 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. 1997 29 years ago launch

    Molniya-1T — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Molniya-1T

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1T 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)

13. 2004 22 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2410 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2410

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2410 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. 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)

14. 2014 12 years ago orbital insertion

    Mars Orbiter Mission reaches Mars

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

    Mission: Mars Orbiter Mission

    India's Mars Orbiter Mission entered orbit around Mars on its first attempt.

    • ISRO — Mars Orbiter Mission anniversary (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to ISRO.

15. 2017 9 years ago launch

    USA 278 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: USA 278

    • Space transportation

    Atlas V 541 (C) launched on the USA 278 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3E. 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. 2019 7 years ago launch

    HTV-8 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: HTV-8

    • Space transportation

    H-IIB launched on the HTV-8 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y2. 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. 2022 4 years ago launch

    USA 338 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: USA 338

    • Space transportation

    Delta 4H (B) launched on the USA 338 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)

18. 2022 4 years ago launch

    Starlink-64 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-64

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-64 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)

19. 2023 3 years ago launch

    Starlink-110 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-110

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-110 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)

20. 2023 3 years ago sample return

    OSIRIS-REx sample capsule lands

    Category: Returns and Mission Endings › Type: Sample return

    Mission: OSIRIS-REx

    • Sample return

    The Bennu sample capsule landed in Utah for recovery and scientific study.

    • NASA — OSIRIS-REx sample return (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.

21. 2025 1 year ago launch

    IMAP — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: IMAP

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the IMAP 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)

22. 2026 launch

    Yaogan 40-04 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Yaogan 40-04

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 6A launched on the Yaogan 40-04 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9A. 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)