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23 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2024.
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July 28 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on July 28, the earliest of them in 1960, and 23 of them succeeded. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Launches on July 28Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-4SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-4SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-7SpXSUCCESS
- 2017Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-05RFSASUCCESS
- 2016Atlas V 421 | NROL-61ULASUCCESS
- 2014Delta IV M+(4,2) | AFSPC-4ULASUCCESS
- 2012Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)VKOSUCCESS
- 2006Rokot / Briz-KM | Arirang-2ELSSUCCESS
- 2000Zenit | PAS 9SLSUCCESS
- 1998Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 20RFSASUCCESS
- 1997Atlas IIAS | Superbird 3LMTSUCCESS
- 1988Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Delta 3920/PAM | Telstar 301USAFSUCCESS
- 1973Saturn IB | Skylab 3NASASUCCESS
- 1972Voskhod | Zenit-2M 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Molniya-M | Molniya-1 18CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970R-36O 8K69 | R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Thor SLV-2A Agena D | OGO 4USAFSUCCESS
- 1966Voskhod | Zenit-4 20CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Atlas Agena B | Ranger 7USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 9USAFSUCCESS
- 1960Vostok 8K72 | Korabl-Sputnik (2)CCCPFAILURE
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
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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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