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24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2025.
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November 11 in spaceflight
26 launches flew on November 11, the earliest of them in 1962, and 24 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 11. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1572.
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What happened on November 11
1982
Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program.
Space Shuttle Columbia ↗
Launches on November 11Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
26 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-87SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-69SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Koreasat 6ASpXSUCCESS
- 2024Kinetica 1 | 15 satellitesCASSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 6A | Yunhai 3CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 1SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Electron | It's Business Time (Rideshare)RLSUCCESS
- 2016Long March 2D | YunHai 1-01CASCSUCCESS
- 2016Atlas V 401 | WorldView-4ULASUCCESS
- 2013Proton-M Briz-M | Raduga-1M 3KhSCSUCCESS
- 2007Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 3CASCSUCCESS
- 2007Delta IV Heavy | DSP-23ULASUCCESS
- 1994Soyuz U | Progress M-25RFSASUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 11CCCPFAILURE
- 1987Soyuz U | Zenit-8 54CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 16CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-5ROISUCCESS
- 1982Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 70CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-2M 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Titan II GLV | Gemini XIINASASUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 12USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Molniya 8K78 | Zond-1aCCCPFAILURE
- 1962Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 5USAFSUCCESS
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
Sagan's tour of the universe and how we came to understand it. It keeps the science in.
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Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan
Sagan's case for people leaving Earth one day, and an honest look at how hard that would be.
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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
A science-fiction novel from the author of The Martian, built around solving one engineering problem after another.
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