Launches
ON RECORD18MISSIONS
16 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2026.
ARCHIVE // DAY OF YEAR
February 16 in spaceflight
18 launches flew on February 16, the earliest of them in 1961, and 16 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on February 16. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD1ENTRY
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1961.
Pictures from this date
NONE0IMAGES
There's no Astronomy Picture of the Day we can show for this date.
What happened on February 16
Launches on February 16Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
18 launches
ONLINE
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-103SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 19SpXSUCCESS
- 2016Rokot / Briz-KM | Sentinel-3AELSSUCCESS
- 2011Ariane 5 ES | Johannes Kepler ATV (ATV-002)ASASUCCESS
- 1999Atlas IIAS | JCSAT 4ALMTSUCCESS
- 1995Soyuz U | Foton 10VKSSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 27LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 40CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 53CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 95CCCPFAILURE
- 1978N-I | Ume 2NASDASUCCESS
- 1976Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Mu-3C | Tansei-2ISASSUCCESS
- 1972Titan 33B | Jumpseat 2USAFFAILURE
- 1972Voskhod | Zenit-4M 31CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Mu-4S | Tansei-1ISASSUCCESS
- 1965Saturn I | Pegasus 1NASASUCCESS
- 1961Scout X-1 | Explorer 9NASASUCCESS
FIELD KIT / LIBRARY
SPONSORED
Astronomy and spaceflight books for a general reader. No textbooks.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Buying through these links doesn't cost you anything extra.
- VIEW
LISTING
Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
Sagan's tour of the universe and how we came to understand it. It keeps the science in.
- VIEW
LISTING
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.
- VIEW
LISTING
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
A science-fiction novel from the author of The Martian, built around solving one engineering problem after another.
BROWSE opens an Amazon search. It isn't a pick of one product.
LINKS AMAZON.COM
Sources and licences
Event text and thumbnails come from Wikipedia and are used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Images come only from Wikimedia Commons, which doesn't accept non-free content. Each thumbnail links to its file page, which lists its licence and author.
Launch records are from The Space Devs’ Launch Library 2. Pictures are NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. Many of them belong to the photographer or a partner agency, so we only show the ones credited to NASA alone.