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10 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1977 and the latest in 2025.
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February 23 in spaceflight
10 launches flew on February 23, the earliest of them in 1977, and 10 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on February 23. 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 1987.
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What happened on February 23
1987
SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
SN 1987A ↗
Launches on February 23Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
10 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 5 | TJSW-11CASCSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-15SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 3B/E | ChinaSat 26CASCSUCCESS
- 2008H-IIA 2024 | KizunaJAXASUCCESS
- 2002Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 904ASASUCCESS
- 1999Delta II | ARGOSUSAFSUCCESS
- 1997Titan 402B IUS | DSP 18USAFSUCCESS
- 1992Delta II | GPS IIA-3USAFSUCCESS
- 1977N-I | Kiku 2NASDASUCCESS
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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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