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Space history in 2021

138 records

2020s

38 records

  1. 2021

    1. 2021-10-28 launch

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

    2. 2021-11-03 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S launched on the YG-32 02 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2021-11-05 launch

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      Chang Zheng 6 launched on the Guangmu (CASEarth) flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC16. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2021-11-06 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2D launched on the YG-35A,B,C flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2021-11-09 launch

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      Epsilon (2PBS) launched on the RAISE-2 flight from Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima), pad EP. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2021-11-11 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon Crew-3 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2021-11-13 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-33 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2021-11-16 launch

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

    9. 2021-11-18 launch

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      Electron launched on the Love at First Insight flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2021-11-20 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Gao Fen 11-03 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2021-11-22 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Gao Fen 3-02 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2021-11-24 launch

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      The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission to test a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs).

    13. 2021-11-24 launch

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

    14. 2021-11-25 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Kosmos-2552 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2021-11-26 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B (G3) launched on the Zhongxing 1D flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 2021-11-26 assembly

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      Prichal installed on the ISS.

    17. 2021-12-02 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-34 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 2021-12-05 launch

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      Soyuz-ST-B (Fregat) launched on the Galileo FOC M9 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 2021-12-07 launch

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      Atlas V 551 (G) launched on the STP-3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2021-12-08 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Soyuz MS-20 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2021-12-08

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      2 participants; see description and linked people.

    22. 2021-12-09 launch

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      Electron launched on the Data With Destiny flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2021-12-09 launch

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

    24. 2021-12-10 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the SJ6 05 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 2021-12-11

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      6 participants; see description and linked people.

    26. 2021-12-13 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Ekspress-AMU3/AMU7 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Partial launch success/failure.

    27. 2021-12-13 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B (G3) launched on the Tian Lian 2-02 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 2021-12-18 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-35 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2021-12-18

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      Network Effect () by Martha WellsAward: Hugo Award — Best NovelRole:

      Network Effect — 2021 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2021-12-18).

    30. 2021-12-19 launch

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

    31. 2021-12-21 launch

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      Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon CRS-24 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 2021-12-22 launch

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      H-IIA 204 (2) launched on the Inmarsat 6F1 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2021-12-23 launch

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      Chang Zheng 7A launched on the SY-12 01/02 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2021-12-25 launch

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      The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy.

    35. 2021-12-26 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the ZY-1-02E flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 2021-12-27 launch

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

    37. 2021-12-29 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Tianhui-4 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 2021-12-29 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B (G3) launched on the TJS 9 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

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