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July 10 in spaceflight

26 launches flew on July 10, the earliest of them in 1962, and 23 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on July 10. Pick another date to see what happened on it.

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Launches

ON RECORD

26MISSIONS

23 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1962.

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What happened on July 10

  1. 1962

    Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

    Telstar 1 ↗

Launches on July 10Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.

26 launches

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  1. 2026Long March 10B | Demo FlightCASCSUCCESS
  2. 2024Hyperbola-1 | Yunyao-1 15-17i-SpaceFAILURE
  3. 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-5SpXSUCCESS
  4. 2020Kuaizhou 11 | Maiden FlightEPFAILURE
  5. 2019Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos 2535, Kosmos 2536, Kosmos 2537, Kosmos 2538VKSSUCCESS
  6. 2015PSLV XL | DMC-3A, DMC-3B, DMC-3C, CBNT-1 & DeOrbitSAILACLSUCCESS
  7. 2014Soyuz STB/Fregat | O3b FM3, FM6-FM8ASASUCCESS
  8. 2010Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | EchoStar XVILSSUCCESS
  9. 2006GSLV | INSAT-4CISROFAILURE
  10. 2005M-V | SuzakuJAXASUCCESS
  11. 1999Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 30,32,35,41USAFSUCCESS
  12. 1998Zenit-2 | Resurs-O1RFSASUCCESS
  13. 1995Titan 401A Centaur | Trumpet 2USAFSUCCESS
  14. 1991Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 1CCCPSUCCESS
  15. 1987Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 2CCCPSUCCESS
  16. 1986Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F40 59L 1CCCPSUCCESS
  17. 1985Soyuz U | Bion 7CCCPSUCCESS
  18. 1982Soyuz U | Progress 14CCCPSUCCESS
  19. 1981Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-Priroda 2-4CCCPSUCCESS
  20. 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 31CCCPSUCCESS
  21. 1972Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 15CCCPSUCCESS
  22. 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 61CCCPSUCCESS
  23. 1968Voskhod | Zenit-2 63CCCPSUCCESS
  24. 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 8USAFSUCCESS
  25. 1964Vostok | Elektron-3 &4CCCPSUCCESS
  26. 1962Thor Delta | Telstar 1USAFSUCCESS

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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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