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22 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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June 28 in spaceflight
23 launches flew on June 28, the earliest of them in 1962, and 22 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on June 28. 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 1911.
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What happened on June 28
1911
The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.
Nakhla meteorite ↗
Launches on June 28Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
23 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-40SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-7SpXSUCCESS
- 2025H-IIA 202 | GOSAT-GW (Ibuki GW)JAXASUCCESS
- 2025Electron | Symphony In The Stars (EchoStar Lyra-4)RLSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-34SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Electron | CAPSTONERLSUCCESS
- 2017Ariane 5 ECA | Hellas Sat 3 (Inmarsat S EAN) & GSAT-17ASASUCCESS
- 2015Falcon 9 v1.1 | SpX CRS-7SpXFAILURE
- 2013Pegasus XL | Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)OSCSUCCESS
- 2007Dnepr | Genesis-2ISCKSUCCESS
- 2006Delta IV M+(4,2) | NROL-22USAFSUCCESS
- 2000Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 9NPSUCCESS
- 1995Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 74VKSSUCCESS
- 1991Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Delta 3920/PAM | Galaxy 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 20CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Progress 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Molniya-M | US-K 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1963Scout X-4 | GRSUSAFSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Agena D | KH-4 7USAFSUCCESS
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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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