December 21 in Space History
40 events
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DS-1 No. 2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests
Mission: DS-1 No. 2
Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-1 No. 2 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-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. (CC BY 4.0)
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Tiros 8 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Tiros 8
Thor Delta B launched on the Tiros 8 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. 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)
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CORONA 75/9062 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: CORONA 75/9062
Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 75/9062 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. 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)
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Explorer 26 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Explorer 26
Thor Delta C launched on the Explorer 26 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)
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QUILL — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: QUILL
Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the QUILL flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. 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)
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Kosmos-101 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-101
Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-101 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. 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)
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OV2-3/LES 3/LES 4 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: OV2-3/LES 3/LES 4
Titan IIIC launched on the OV2-3/LES 3/LES 4 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. 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)
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Luna-13 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Luna-13
Luna 13 (E-6M series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program by Soviet Union.
- 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 — Luna 13 (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/Luna_13 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Luna 13 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Luna 13 (opens in a new tab)
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Kosmos-137 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-137
Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-137 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. 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)
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Apollo 8 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Apollo 8
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach 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 8 (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_8 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Apollo 8 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Apollo 8 (opens in a new tab)
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Kosmos-539 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-539
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-539 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. (CC BY 4.0)
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KH-8A — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: KH-8A
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. (CC BY 4.0)
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Kosmos-625 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-625
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-625 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)
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Molniya-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Molniya-2
Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-2 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)
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Kosmos-970 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-970
Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-970 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. (CC BY 4.0)
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Molniya-3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Molniya-3
Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 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)
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Vega-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Vega-2
Vega 2 (along with Vega 1) was a Soviet space probe part of the Vega program to explore Halley's Comet 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 — Vega 2 (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/Vega_2 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Vega 2 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Vega 2 (opens in a new tab)
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Soyuz TM-4 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz TM-4
Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-4 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)
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Kosmos-1903 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1903
Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1903 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)
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Kosmos-2113 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2113
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2113 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)
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Optus B2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Optus B2
Chang Zheng 2E launched on the Optus B2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. 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)
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Kosmos-2383 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2383
Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2383 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. 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)
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USA 175 (GPS IIR-10) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: USA 175 (GPS IIR-10)
Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 175 (GPS IIR-10) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. 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)
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Demosat — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Demosat
Delta 4H launched on the Demosat flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. 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)
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Progress M-55 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Progress M-55
Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-55 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)
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Gonets/Kosmos-2416 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gonets/Kosmos-2416
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Gonets/Kosmos-2416 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)
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Insat 4A/MSG 2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Insat 4A/MSG 2
Ariane 5GS launched on the Insat 4A/MSG 2 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)
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Rascom 1/Horizons 2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Rascom 1/Horizons 2
Ariane 5GS launched on the Rascom 1/Horizons 2 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)
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Soyuz TMA-03M — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz TMA-03M
Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-03M 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)
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Progress MS-01 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Progress MS-01
Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Progress MS-01 flight from GIK-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)
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Tan Weixing — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Tan Weixing
Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Tan Weixing 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. (CC BY 4.0)
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JCSAT-15/Star One D1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: JCSAT-15/Star One D1
Ariane 5ECA launched on the JCSAT-15/Star One D1 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)
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Kosmos-2533 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2533
Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Kosmos-2533 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. (CC BY 4.0)
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Hongyun Gongcheng — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Hongyun Gongcheng
Chang Zheng 11 launched on the Hongyun Gongcheng flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/95. 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)
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Dragon CRS-24 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Dragon CRS-24
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon CRS-24 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)
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Pleiades NEO 5/6 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests
Mission: Pleiades NEO 5/6
Vega C launched on the Pleiades NEO 5/6 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. 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)
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Kosmos-2573 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2573
Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Kosmos-2573 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)
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Bandwagon-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Bandwagon-2
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Bandwagon-2 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)
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Owl the Way Up — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Owl the Way Up
Electron launched on the Owl the Way Up flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1B. 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)
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The Wisdom God Guides — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: The Wisdom God Guides
Electron launched on the The Wisdom God Guides flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1B. 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)