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2020s

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  1. 2020

    1. 2020-12-11 launch

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      Delta 4H (A) launched on the USA 311 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2020-12-13 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the SXM-7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2020-12-14 launch

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      Angara A5 launched on the IPM flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC35/1. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2020-12-15 launch

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      Electron launched on the The Owl's Night Begins flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2020-12-17 launch

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      PSLV-XL launched on the CMS-01 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2020-12-19 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the USA 312/USA 313 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2020-12-19 assembly

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      Bishop Airlock installed on the ISS.

    8. 2020-12-22 launch

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      Chang Zheng 8 launched on the XJY 7 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2020-12-27 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 33 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2020-12-29 launch

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      Soyuz-ST-A (Fregat) launched on the CSO 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 2021

    1. 2021-01-08 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Turksat 5A flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2021-01-19 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Tiantong-1 03 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2021-01-20 launch

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      Electron launched on the Another One Leaves.. flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2021-01-20 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-17 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2021-01-24 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Transporter-1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2021-01-29 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 31 02 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2021-02-02 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1B launched on the Kosmos-2549 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2021-02-04 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-19 (N18) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2021-02-04 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the TJS 6 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2021-02-10 orbital insertion

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      China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft entered Martian orbit for scientific exploration.

    11. 2021-02-15 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Progress MS-16 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2021-02-16 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-20 (N19) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2021-02-18 landing

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      Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater.

    14. 2021-02-24 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 31 03 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2021-02-28 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Arktika-M No. 1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 2021-03-04 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-21 (N20) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 2021-03-11 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-22 (N21) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 2021-03-11 launch

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      Chang Zheng 7A launched on the Shiyan 9 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 2021-03-13 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 31 04 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2021-03-14 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-23 (N22) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2021-03-22 launch

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      Electron launched on the They Go Up So Fast flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 2021-03-24 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-24 (N23) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2021-03-30 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Gao Fen 12-02 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 2021-04-07 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-25 (N24) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 2021-04-08 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Shiyan 6 03 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 2021-04-09 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Soyuz MS-18 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 2021-04-19 technology demonstration

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      Ingenuity achieved powered, controlled flight in the atmosphere of another planet.

    28. 2021-04-23 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon Crew-2 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2021-04-26 launch

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      Delta 4H (A) launched on the USA 314 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC6. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 2021-04-27 launch

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      Chang Zheng 6 launched on the Qilu-1/4 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC16. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 2021-04-29 launch

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      Vega (1) launched on the Pleiades Neo 3 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 2021-04-29 launch

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      Chang Zheng 5B launched on the Tianhe flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC101. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2021-04-29 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-26 (N25) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2021-04-30 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 34 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 2021-05-04 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-27 (N26) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 2021-05-06 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C launched on the Yaogan 30 08 zu flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 2021-05-09 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-28 (N27) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 2021-05-10 sample return

      The spacecraft departed Bennu carrying collected asteroid material.

    39. 2021-05-15 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-29 (N28) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 2021-05-15 launch failure

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      Electron launched on the Running out of Toes flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch failure.

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