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Space history on October 21
18 events
Ursula K. Le Guin — birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Science fiction writer
Ursula K. Le Guin — birth (1929-10-21).
- SFWA: Ursula K. Le Guin (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on SFWA: Ursula K. Le Guin. Original source retains its rights.
Midas 4 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Midas 4
Atlas Agena B launched on the Midas 4 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-2. 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.
Kosmos-304 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-304
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-304 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.
ITOS B — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: ITOS B
Thor Delta N6 launched on the ITOS B flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. 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.
Kosmos-861 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-861
Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-861 flight from NIIP-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.
Kosmos-959 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-959
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-959 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.
Kosmos-1418 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1418
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1418 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.
Kosmos-1505 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1505
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1505 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, 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.
FSW — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: FSW
Chang Zheng 2C launched on the FSW flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LA2B. 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.
Kosmos-2217 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2217
Molniya 8K78M-PVB (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2217 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, 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.
ARD/Maqsat-3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: ARD/Maqsat-3
Ariane 5G launched on the ARD/Maqsat-3 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.
GE-6 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: GE-6
Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the GE-6 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.
CBERS-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: CBERS-2
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the CBERS-2 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.
Galileo IOV-1/2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Galileo IOV-1/2
Soyuz-ST-B (Fregat) launched on the Galileo IOV-1/2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. 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.
Ekspress AM-6 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Ekspress AM-6
Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Ekspress AM-6 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Partial launch success/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.
Kosmos-2561/2562 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2561/2562
Soyuz-2-1V (Volga) launched on the Kosmos-2561/2562 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, 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.
Starlink-117 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-117
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-117 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.
Nettle & Bone — 2023 Hugo Award, Best Novel
Category: Science FictionType: Award win
Nettle & Bone (Novel) by T. KingfisherAward: Hugo Award — Best NovelRole: Science fiction writer
Nettle & Bone — 2023 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2023-10-21).
- The Hugo Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on The Hugo Awards. Original source retains its rights.