Space history on September 27

24 events

1. 1962 64 years ago launch

   Kosmos-9 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-9

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-9 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.

2. 1963 63 years ago launch failure

   OPS 1610 (AF-5) — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: OPS 1610 (AF-5)

   • Space transportation

   Scout X-2B launched on the OPS 1610 (AF-5) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. 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.

3. 1967 59 years ago launch failure

   Tsiklon GVM — launch

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Tsiklon GVM flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. 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.

4. 1967 59 years ago launch failure

   L-1 No. 4L — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: L-1 No. 4L

   • Space transportation

   Proton-K/D launched on the L-1 No. 4L flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. 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.

5. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Soyuz-12 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Soyuz-12

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz-12 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.

6. 1973 53 years ago launch

   KH-8A — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: KH-8A

   • Space transportation

   Titan 24B launched on the KH-8A flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. 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.

7. 1984 42 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1600 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1600

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1600 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.

8. 1984 42 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1601 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1601

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1601 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. 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.

9. 1985 41 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1686 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1686

   • Space transportation

   Proton-K launched on the Kosmos-1686 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.

10. 1989 37 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.

11. 1989 37 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2046 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2046

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2046 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. 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.

12. 1990 36 years ago launch

    Progress M-5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Progress M-5

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress M-5 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.

13. 1994 32 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2292 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2292

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2292 flight from GNIIP, VKS section, Plesetsk, Rossiya, 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.

14. 1997 29 years ago launch

    Iridium MS-4 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Iridium MS-4

    • Space transportation

    Delta 7920-10C launched on the Iridium MS-4 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. 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.

15. 2003 23 years ago launch

    STSat-1/DMC-2/Mozh. — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: STSat-1/DMC-2/Mozh.

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the STSat-1/DMC-2/Mozh. 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.

16. 2003 23 years ago launch

    Insat 3E/e-Bird — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Insat 3E/e-Bird

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 5G launched on the Insat 3E/e-Bird 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.

17. 2004 22 years ago launch

    FSW 20 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: FSW 20

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2D launched on the FSW 20 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. 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.

18. 2007 19 years ago launch

    Dawn — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Dawn

    • Space transportation

    Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres.

    • 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.
    • Wikipedia — Dawn (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/Dawn_(spacecraft)
    • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
    • NASA — Dawn (opens in a new tab)
    • NASA NSSDCA — Dawn (opens in a new tab)

19. 2014 12 years ago launch

    Luch — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Luch

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Luch flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. 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.

20. 2020 6 years ago launch

    Huanjing Jianzai 02A/B — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Huanjing Jianzai 02A/B

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Huanjing Jianzai 02A/B 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.

21. 2021 5 years ago launch

    Shiyan 10 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Shiyan 10

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Shiyan 10 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.

22. 2021 5 years ago launch

    Landsat 9 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Landsat 9

    • Space transportation

    Atlas V 401 (C) launched on the Landsat 9 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, 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.

23. 2024 2 years ago launch

    Shi Jian 19 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Shi Jian 19

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Shi Jian 19 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. 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.

24. 2025 1 year ago launch

    WHDW 11 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: WHDW 11

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 6A launched on the WHDW 11 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.