November 28 in Space History

21 events

1. 1963 63 years ago launch failure

   Zenit-2 No. 14 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Zenit-2 No. 14

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8A92 launched on the Zenit-2 No. 14 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

2. 1964 62 years ago launch

   Mariner 4 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Mariner 4

   • Space transportation

   Mariner 4 (Mariner C-3, together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode.

   • 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 4 (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_4 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
   • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA — Mariner 4 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Mariner 4 (opens in a new tab)

3. 1966 60 years ago launch

   Kosmos-133 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-133

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Kosmos-133 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)

4. 1969 57 years ago launch failure

   L-1e No 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: L-1e No 1

   • Space transportation

   Proton-K/D launched on the L-1e No 1 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. (CC BY 4.0)

5. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Kosmos-611 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-611

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-611 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)

6. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Kosmos-612 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-612

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-612 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. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Kosmos-783 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-783

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-783 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. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1050 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1050

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1050 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)

9. 1981 45 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1320/1327 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1320/1327

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1320/1327 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

10. 1983 43 years ago launch

    Spacelab 1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Spacelab 1

    • Space transportation

    Space Shuttle launched on the Spacelab 1 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)

11. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1704 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1704

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1704 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)

12. 1989 37 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)

13. 1990 36 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2106 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2106

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2106 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)

14. 1995 31 years ago launch

    Asiasat 2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Asiasat 2

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2E launched on the Asiasat 2 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)

15. 2002 24 years ago launch

    DMC-1/Mozhaets — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: DMC-1/Mozhaets

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the DMC-1/Mozhaets 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. (CC BY 4.0)

16. 2009 17 years ago launch

    IGS O-3 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: IGS O-3

    • Space transportation

    H-IIA 202 launched on the IGS O-3 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. 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. 2011 15 years ago launch

    Glonass-M46 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Glonass-M46

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Glonass-M46 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)

18. 2017 9 years ago launch failure

    Meteor-M No. 2-1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Meteor-M No. 2-1

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Meteor-M No. 2-1 flight from Vostochniy, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya, pad PU1S. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

19. 2022 4 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2564 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2564

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Kosmos-2564 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)

20. 2023 3 years ago launch

    Starlink-126 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-126

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-126 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)

21. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Transporter-15 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Transporter-15

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Transporter-15 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)