November 3 in Space History

18 events

1. 1960 66 years ago launch

   Explorer 8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Explorer 8

   • Space transportation

   Juno II launched on the Explorer 8 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC26B. 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. 1966 60 years ago launch

   Gemini B/MOL — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Gemini B/MOL

   • Space transportation

   Titan IIIC launched on the Gemini B/MOL 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)

3. 1967 59 years ago launch

   Kosmos-190 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-190

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-190 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)

4. 1968 58 years ago launch

   CORONA 129/1105 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 129/1105

   • Space transportation

   Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the CORONA 129/1105 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. 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. 1971 55 years ago launch

   DSCS II 1/2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: DSCS II 1/2

   • Space transportation

   Titan IIIC launched on the DSCS II 1/2 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)

6. 1972 54 years ago launch

   Kosmos-536 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-536

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-536 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)

7. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Mariner 10 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Mariner 10

   • Space transportation

   Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus.

   • 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 — Mariner 10 (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/Mariner_10 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
   • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA — Mariner 10 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Mariner 10 (opens in a new tab)

8. 1981 45 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1318 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1318

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1318 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)

9. 1990 36 years ago launch

   Gorizont — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Gorizont

   • Space transportation

   Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Gorizont 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)

10. 1994 32 years ago launch

    Spacelab Atlas 3 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Spacelab Atlas 3

    • Space transportation

    Space Shuttle launched on the Spacelab Atlas 3 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. 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. 2015 11 years ago launch

    Zhongxing 2C — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Zhongxing 2C

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 3B (G3) launched on the Zhongxing 2C 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. (CC BY 4.0)

12. 2016 10 years ago launch

    Shi Jian 17 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Shi Jian 17

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 5/YZ-2 launched on the Shi Jian 17 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC101. 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. 2018 8 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2529 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2529

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Kosmos-2529 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. (CC BY 4.0)

14. 2019 7 years ago launch

    GaoFen 7 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: GaoFen 7

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4B launched on the GaoFen 7 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. (CC BY 4.0)

15. 2021 5 years ago launch

    YG-32 02 zu — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: YG-32 02 zu

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S launched on the YG-32 02 zu 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. (CC BY 4.0)

16. 2022 4 years ago launch

    Hot Bird 13G — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Hot Bird 13G

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Hot Bird 13G 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)

17. 2023 3 years ago launch

    TJS-10 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: TJS-10

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 7A launched on the TJS-10 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. 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

    Yaogan 46 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Yaogan 46

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 7A launched on the Yaogan 46 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. 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)