November 14 in Space History

20 events

1. 1969 57 years ago launch

   Apollo 12 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Apollo 12

   • Space transportation

   Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon.

   • 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 — Apollo 12 (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/Apollo_12 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
   • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA — Apollo 12 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Apollo 12 (opens in a new tab)

2. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Molniya-1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Molniya-1

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 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. (CC BY 4.0)

3. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Molniya-3 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Molniya-3

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 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. 1984 42 years ago launch

   NATO 3D — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: NATO 3D

   • Space transportation

   Delta 3914 launched on the NATO 3D 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)

5. 1984 42 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1608 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1608

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1608 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. (CC BY 4.0)

6. 1984 42 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1609 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1609

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1609 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. 1987 39 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1896 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1896

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1896 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. (CC BY 4.0)

8. 1990 36 years ago launch

   Kosmos-2103 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-2103

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2103 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. (CC BY 4.0)

9. 2003 23 years ago launch

   Zhongxing-20 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Zhongxing-20

   • Space transportation

   Chang Zheng 3A launched on the Zhongxing-20 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)

10. 2007 19 years ago launch

    Skynet 5B/StarOne C1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Skynet 5B/StarOne C1

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 5ECA launched on the Skynet 5B/StarOne C1 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. (CC BY 4.0)

11. 2008 18 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2445 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2445

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2445 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)

12. 2010 16 years ago launch

    SkyTerra 1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: SkyTerra 1

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/Briz-M (II) launched on the SkyTerra 1 flight from GIK-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. (CC BY 4.0)

13. 2011 15 years ago launch

    Soyuz TMA-22 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz TMA-22

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-22 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)

14. 2012 14 years ago launch

    Meridian No. 16L — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Meridian No. 16L

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1A (Fregat) launched on the Meridian No. 16L 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)

15. 2014 12 years ago launch

    Yaogan 23 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Yaogan 23

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the Yaogan 23 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)

16. 2017 9 years ago launch

    Fengyun 3 04 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Fengyun 3 04

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Fengyun 3 04 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)

17. 2018 8 years ago launch

    GSAT-29 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: GSAT-29

    • Space transportation

    GSLV Mk III launched on the GSAT-29 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. 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. 2024 2 years ago launch

    Starlink-207 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-207

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-207 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. (CC BY 4.0)

19. 2024 2 years ago launch

    Starlink-208 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-208

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-208 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. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Viasat-3 F2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › , type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Viasat-3 F2

    • Space transportation

    Atlas V 551 (G) launched on the Viasat-3 F2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. 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)