Launches
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19 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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June 4 in spaceflight
22 launches flew on June 4, the earliest of them in 1964, and 19 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 4. 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 June 4
1996
The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
Ariane 5 ↗2010
Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit ↗
Launches on June 4Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
22 launches
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- 2026Long March 6A | SpaceSail Polar Group #11CASCSUCCESS
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-43SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-22SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-4SpXSUCCESS
- 2022New Shepard | NS-21BOSUCCESS
- 2020Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 7SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Falcon 9 Block 4 | SES-12SpXSUCCESS
- 2016Rokot/Briz-KM | Geo-IK-2 No.12L (Kosmos 2517)VKSSUCCESS
- 2010Falcon 9 v1.0 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)SpXSUCCESS
- 2003Kosmos-3M | Parus 94NPSUCCESS
- 1996Ariane 5 G | ClusterASAFAILURE
- 1991Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Molniya-M | US-K 53CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Kosmos-3M | Parus 27CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-KCCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Kosmos-3M | Sfera 2CCCPFAILURE
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-4 41CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 38USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 1aCCCPFAILURE
- 1964Scout X-4 | Transit VCUSAFSUCCESS
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
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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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