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23 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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February 15 in spaceflight
23 launches flew on February 15, the earliest of them in 1964, and 23 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on February 15. 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 1996.
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What happened on February 15
1996
A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satellite Intelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknown number of inhabitants.
Long March 3B ↗1996
At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket carrying Intelsat 708 veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.
Xichang Satellite Launch Center ↗2003
The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907.
Ariane 4 ↗
Launches on February 15Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
23 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-13SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-8SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-14SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-26 (87P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-19 (80P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-16 (77P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2020Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-13 (S.S. Robert H. Lawrence.)NGSSSUCCESS
- 2017PSLV XL | Cartosat-2D & 103 othersISROSUCCESS
- 2006Zenit | Echostar XSLSUCCESS
- 2003Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 907ASASUCCESS
- 1999Proton-K/DM-2M | Telstar 6KhSCSUCCESS
- 1995Soyuz U | Progress M-26RFSASUCCESS
- 1991Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 80CCCPSUCCESS
- 1991Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1990Proton | Raduga 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 75CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Proton-K/DM | Raduga 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-IK GVMCCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Molniya-M | Prognoz-3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Diamant A | Diademe D-1DCNESSUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 25USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 3USAFSUCCESS
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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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