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July 6 in spaceflight
14 launches flew on July 6, the earliest of them in 1964, and 14 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on July 6. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on July 6
2003
The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
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Launches on July 6Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
14 launches
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- 2022Black Brant IX | SISTINEELASUCCESS
- 2021Long March 3C/E | Tianlian 1-05CASCSUCCESS
- 2020Shavit-2 | Ofek-16IAISUCCESS
- 2011Long March 2C | Shijian 10-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2009Rokot / Briz-KM | Strela-3 140 & 141VKSSUCCESS
- 1994Proton | US-KMO 3KhSCSUCCESS
- 1987Kosmos-3M | Parus 59CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 265-272CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 62CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz | Soyuz 21CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Voskhod | Zenit-4M 38CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966UR-500 | Proton 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Atlas Agena D | KH-7 9USAFSUCCESS
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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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