December 27 in Space History

28 events

1. 1571 455 years ago

   Johannes Kepler: birth

   Category: Organizations and People › Type: Birth

   • Astronomy
   • Mathematics

   Role: Scientist, Mathematician

   Johannes Kepler: birth.

   • MacTutor History of Mathematics: Johannes Kepler (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on MacTutor History of Mathematics: Johannes Kepler. Original source retains its rights.

2. 1965 61 years ago launch

   Kosmos-102 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-102

   • Space transportation

   Vostok-2A 11A510 launched on the Kosmos-102 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)

3. 1967 59 years ago launch

   Kosmos-198 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-198

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-2A launched on the Kosmos-198 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. 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

   Ionosfernaya Stantsiya N — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Ionosfernaya Stantsiya N

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Ionosfernaya Stantsiya N flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. 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. 1971 55 years ago launch

   Kosmos-470 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-470

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz 11A511M launched on the Kosmos-470 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)

6. 1971 55 years ago launch

   Aureole 1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Aureole 1

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Aureole 1 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)

7. 1972 54 years ago launch

   Kosmos-541 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-541

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz 11A511M launched on the Kosmos-541 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)

8. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Kosmos-626 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-626

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-626 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. 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. 1974 52 years ago launch

   Kosmos-701 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-701

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-701 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)

10. 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)

11. 1976 50 years ago launch

    Kosmos-886 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-886

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-886 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)

12. 1977 49 years ago launch

    Kosmos-972 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-972

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-972 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)

13. 1977 49 years ago launch

    Kosmos-973 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-973

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-973 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)

14. 1983 43 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1516 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1516

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1516 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)

15. 1983 43 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1517 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1517

    • Space transportation

    K65M-RB launched on the Kosmos-1517 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC107. 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. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1713 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1713

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1713 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)

17. 1987 39 years ago launch

    Ekran — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Ekran

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Ekran 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. (CC BY 4.0)

18. 1989 37 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2053 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2053

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2053 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)

19. 1989 37 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2054 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2054

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2054 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)

20. 1990 36 years ago launch

    Raduga-1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Raduga-1

    • Space transportation

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

21. 2014 12 years ago launch

    Yaogan 26 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Yaogan 26

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Yaogan 26 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)

22. 2014 12 years ago launch

    Astra 2G — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Astra 2G

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Astra 2G 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)

23. 2018 8 years ago launch

    Kanopus-V-5,6 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kanopus-V-5,6

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1A (Fregat) launched on the Kanopus-V-5,6 flight from Vostochniy, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya, pad PU1S. 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)

24. 2019 7 years ago launch

    Shi Jian 20 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Shi Jian 20

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 5 launched on the Shi Jian 20 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)

25. 2020 6 years ago launch

    Yaogan 33 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Yaogan 33

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 33 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)

26. 2021 5 years ago launch

    IPN — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: IPN

    • Space transportation

    Angara A5/Persei launched on the IPN flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC35/1. 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)

27. 2022 4 years ago launch

    Gao Fen 11-04 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Gao Fen 11-04

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Gao Fen 11-04 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)

28. 2023 3 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2574 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2574

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1V launched on the Kosmos-2574 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)