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Space history on December 24
17 events
CORONA 104/1028 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: CORONA 104/1028
Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 104/1028 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. 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.
Luna 13: lunar landing
Category: Mission Operations and MilestonesType: Landing
Mission: Luna 13
Moon landing.
- NASA — mission history (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.
Apollo 8 photographs Earthrise
Apollo 8’s crew photographed Earth rising above the lunar horizon.
- NASA — 60 moments in NASA history (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.
Kosmos-699 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-699
Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-699 flight from NIIP-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.
CAT — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: CAT
Ariane 1 launched on the CAT flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. 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.
Gran' No. 22L — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Gran' No. 22L
Proton-K/DM launched on the Gran' No. 22L flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. 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.
Molniya-3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Molniya-3
Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 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.
Kosmos-1710/1712 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1710/1712
Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-1710/1712 flight from NIIP-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.
Bion No. 11 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Bion No. 11
Soyuz-U launched on the Bion No. 11 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.
Asiasat 3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Asiasat 3
AsiaSat 3, previously known as HGS-1 and then PAS-22, was a geosynchronous communications satellite, which was salvaged from an unusable geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) by means of the Moon's gravity.
- 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.
- Wikipedia — AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 (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/AsiaSat_3
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 (opens in a new tab)
Kosmos-2393 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2393
Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2393 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.
Sich-1M — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Sich-1M
Tsiklon-3 launched on the Sich-1M flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC32/2. 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.
Meridian 1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Meridian 1
Soyuz-2-1A (Fregat) launched on the Meridian 1 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.
Ekspress-AMU1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Ekspress-AMU1
Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Ekspress-AMU1 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.
TJS 3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: TJS 3
Chang Zheng 3C (G2?) launched on the TJS 3 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.
Elektro-L No. 3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Elektro-L No. 3
Proton-M/DM-3 launched on the Elektro-L No. 3 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.
SARAH-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: SARAH-2
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the SARAH-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.