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12 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2025.
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February 4 in spaceflight
15 launches flew on February 4, the earliest of them in 1960, and 12 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on February 4. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1967.
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What happened on February 4
1967
Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
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Launches on February 4Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
15 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 5 & 6SpXSUCCESS
- 2025New Shepard | NS-29BOSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 3B | TJSW-6CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 18SpXSUCCESS
- 2002H-IIA 2024 | TsubasaJAXASUCCESS
- 1998Ariane 44LP | Inmarsat-3 F5 & Brasilsat B3ASASUCCESS
- 1990Long March 3 | DFH-2A 4CASCSUCCESS
- 1986Soyuz U | Zenit-8 28CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983N-2 | Sakura 2ANASDASUCCESS
- 1978Mu-3H | KyokkoISASSUCCESS
- 1976Mu-3C | CORSAISASFAILURE
- 1970Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | SERT 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Molniya 8K78 | Venera-1VA 1CCCPFAILURE
- 1960Thor Agena A | Discoverer 9USAFFAILURE
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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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