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27 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2026.
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February 11 in spaceflight
28 launches flew on February 11, the earliest of them in 1965, and 27 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 5 spaceflight and astronomy events on February 11. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD5ENTRIES
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1970.
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What happened on February 11
1970
Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
Ohsumi (satellite) ↗1997
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space Shuttle Discovery ↗1999
Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
Pluto ↗2000
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
Space Shuttle Endeavour ↗2015
The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.
European Space Agency ↗
Launches on February 11Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
28 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-34SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-18SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-10SpXSUCCESS
- 2015Falcon 9 | DSCOVRSpXSUCCESS
- 2015Vega | IXVASASUCCESS
- 2013Atlas V 401 | Landsat 8 (DCM)ULASUCCESS
- 2013Soyuz-U | Progress M-18M (50P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2010Atlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)ULASUCCESS
- 2009Proton-M | Ekspress AM-44 & MD-1KhSCSUCCESS
- 2008Proton-M Briz-M | Thor 5KhSCSUCCESS
- 2002Delta II | Iridium 91USAFSUCCESS
- 2000Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-99USASUCCESS
- 1997Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-82LSOCSUCCESS
- 1992H-1 | Fuyo 1MHISUCCESS
- 1992Atlas II | DSCS-3 B14USAFSUCCESS
- 1990Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Tsiklon-2 | US-P 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981N-2 | Kiku-3NASDASUCCESS
- 1980Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 185-192CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Molniya-M | Molniya-2 17CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 55CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Titan IIIE | Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight)LMTFAILURE
- 1970Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-5A F1USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 5ISASSUCCESS
- 1966Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-U1-G 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Titan IIIA | LES 1USAFSUCCESS
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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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