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15 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2024.
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February 10 in spaceflight
17 launches flew on February 10, the earliest of them in 1966, and 15 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on February 10. 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 2009.
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What happened on February 10
2009
The satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 destroyed each other in the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit.
Iridium 33 ↗2009
The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
Communications satellite ↗
Launches on February 10Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
17 launches
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- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-13SpXSUCCESS
- 2023SSLV | EOS-7 & rideshare (Demo 2)ISROSUCCESS
- 2022Astra Rocket 3 | ELaNa 41ASFAILURE
- 2022Soyuz STB/Fregat | OneWeb 13ASASUCCESS
- 2020Atlas V 411 | Solar OrbiterULASUCCESS
- 2016Delta IV M+(5,2) | NROL-45 (Topaz-4) (USA-267)ULASUCCESS
- 2009Soyuz U | Progress M-66RFSASUCCESS
- 2000M-V | ASTRO EISASFAILURE
- 1998Taurus 2210 | GFOOSCSUCCESS
- 1997Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-25RFSASUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Zenit-8 76CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 37 to 42CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz-U2 | Progress 40CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 20LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4 69CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 35CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Scout X-4A | Reentry 4BNASASUCCESS
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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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