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July 7 in spaceflight

20 launches flew on July 7, the earliest of them in 1961, and 20 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on July 7. Pick another date to see what happened on it.

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Launches

ON RECORD

20MISSIONS

20 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2026.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

2ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1959.

Pictures from this date

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What happened on July 7

  1. 1959

    Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.

    Venus ↗

  2. 2003

    NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.

    NASA ↗

Launches on July 7Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.

20 launches

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  1. 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
  2. 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-13SpXSUCCESS
  3. 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-21SpXSUCCESS
  4. 2022Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 16 (Kosmos 2557)VKSSUCCESS
  5. 2016Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS (MS-01)RFSASUCCESS
  6. 2008Ariane 5 ECA | Badr-6 & ProtoStar IASASUCCESS
  7. 2007Proton-M | DirecTV 10KhSCSUCCESS
  8. 1998Shtil'-1 | Tubsat-N & N1Makeyev Rocket Design BureauSUCCESS
  9. 1995Ariane 40 | Helios 1AASASUCCESS
  10. 1993Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 3RFSASUCCESS
  11. 1992Delta II | GPS IIA-5USAFSUCCESS
  12. 1988Proton-K/D-2 | Fobos-1CCCPSUCCESS
  13. 1988Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F43 29L 2CCCPSUCCESS
  14. 1982Kosmos-3M | Parus 34CCCPSUCCESS
  15. 1981Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 42CCCPSUCCESS
  16. 1978Soyuz U | Progress 2CCCPSUCCESS
  17. 1977Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 12CCCPSUCCESS
  18. 1972Titan IIID | KH-9 3USAFSUCCESS
  19. 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4 74CCCPSUCCESS
  20. 1961Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 26USAFSUCCESS

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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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Launch records are from The Space Devs’ Launch Library 2. Pictures are NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. Many of them belong to the photographer or a partner agency, so we only show the ones credited to NASA alone.

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