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21 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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January 30 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on January 30, the earliest of them in 1964, and 21 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on January 30. 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 2013.
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What happened on January 30
2013
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.
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Launches on January 30Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
24 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-101SpXSUCCESS
- 2026Electron | Bridging The Swarm (NeonSat-1A)RLSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpainSat NG ISpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-20 (S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson)SpXSUCCESS
- 2013Naro-1 | STSAT-2CKARISUCCESS
- 2009Tsiklon-3 | Koronas-FotonVKSSUCCESS
- 2007Zenit | NSS 8SLFAILURE
- 2001Delta II | GPS IIR-7USAFSUCCESS
- 1997Ariane 44L | GE 2 & Nahuel 1AASASUCCESS
- 1990Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Proton | Ekran-M 11LCCCPFAILURE
- 1982Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 49CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Delta 2914 | SCATHAUSAFSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 27CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Molniya-M | US-K 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 20CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 7CCCPFAILURE
- 1969Thor Delta E1 | Isis 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Atlas Agena B | Ranger 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Vostok | Elektron-1 & 2CCCPSUCCESS
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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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