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22 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2026.
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July 5 in spaceflight
23 launches flew on July 5, the earliest of them in 1966, and 22 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on July 5. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on July 5
2016
The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
Juno (spacecraft) ↗2023
The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.
Ariane 5 ↗
Launches on July 5Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
23 launches
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- 2026Long March 8A | SpaceSail Polar Group #14CASCSUCCESS
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-50SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Ariane 5 ECA+ | Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat)ASASUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2-2 & rideshare payloadsRFSASUCCESS
- 2017Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Intelsat 35eSpXSUCCESS
- 2012Ariane 5 ECA | Echostar XVII & MSG-3ASASUCCESS
- 2007Long March 3B | Zhongxing 6BCASCSUCCESS
- 2005Long March 2D | Shi Jian 7CASCSUCCESS
- 2002Ariane 5 G | Stellat 5 & N-Star CASASUCCESS
- 1999Proton-K/Briz-M | Raduga 34KhSCFAILURE
- 1997Soyuz U | Progress M-35RFSASUCCESS
- 1995Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 21NPSUCCESS
- 1989Proton | Gorizont 18CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 83CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Molniya-M | US-K 47CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 80CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 55CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Molniya-M | Molniya-1 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U3-S 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Saturn IB | Apollo AS-203NASASUCCESS
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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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