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27 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2026.
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August 4 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on August 4, the earliest of them in 1961, and 27 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on August 4. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1984.
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What happened on August 4
1984
The Ariane 3 rocket is launched for the first time, carrying the Eutelsat I F-2 and Télécom 1A satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Ariane 3 ↗
Launches on August 4Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-53SpXSUCCESS
- 2026Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 23CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group 07CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-30SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Danuri (KPLO - Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter)SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2F/G | Chinese Reusable Space VehicleCASCSUCCESS
- 2022New Shepard | NS-22BOSUCCESS
- 2022Atlas V 421 | SBIRS GEO-6ULASUCCESS
- 2022Electron | Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199)RLSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 4B | Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite (TECIS)CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 6 | KL-BetaCASCSUCCESS
- 2020Starship SN5 | 150m HopSpXSUCCESS
- 2017SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF06VGSUCCESS
- 2010Ariane 5 ECA | RASCOM-QAF1R & NILESAT 201ASASUCCESS
- 2007Delta II 7925 | PhoenixULASUCCESS
- 2006Proton-M Briz-M | Hot Bird 8KhSCSUCCESS
- 2004Proton-M Briz-M | Amazonas-1KhSCSUCCESS
- 1993Molniya-M | Molniya-3 58LPRSCSUCCESS
- 1986Tsiklon-2 | US-P 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Ariane 3 | ECS 2 & Télécom 1AASASUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Tsiklon-2 | US-P 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Molniya-M | US-K 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Proton | TKS-VA 3 & 4CCCPFAILURE
- 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Scout B | OV3-3USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 28USAFFAILURE
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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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