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15 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1959 and the latest in 2024.
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June 22 in spaceflight
17 launches flew on June 22, the earliest of them in 1959, and 15 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 22. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on June 22
1633
The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ↗1978
Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
Charon (moon) ↗
Launches on June 22Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2024Long March 2C | Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Delta IV Heavy | NROL-68ULASUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-7SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Ariane 5 ECA+ | Measat-3d & GSAT 24ASASUCCESS
- 2022Kuaizhou 1A | Tianxing-1EPSUCCESS
- 2016PSLV XL | Cartosat-2C & 19 small satellitesISROSUCCESS
- 2010Shavit-2 | Ofek-9IAISUCCESS
- 1995Pegasus XL | Space Test Experiments Platform-3 (STEP-3)OSCFAILURE
- 1988Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 39CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 48LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Proton-K/DM | Raduga 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 42CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 80CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Proton | Salyut-5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1960Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 2AUSAFSUCCESS
- 1959Vanguard | VanguardUSNFAILURE
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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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