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10 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1959 and the latest in 2025.
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August 15 in spaceflight
13 launches flew on August 15, the earliest of them in 1959, and 10 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on August 15. 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 1977.
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What happened on August 15
1977
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University, received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal (printout pictured).
Ohio State University Radio Observatory ↗
Launches on August 15Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
13 launches
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- 2025Zhuque-2E | 4 x SatNet test satellitesLSFAILURE
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 3 & 4SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-28 (89P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2020Ariane 5 ECA+ | Galaxy 30, MEV-2 & BSAT-4BASASUCCESS
- 2016Long March 2D | QUESS (Micius)CASCSUCCESS
- 2011Long March 4B | Hai Yang 2ACASCSUCCESS
- 1995Athena I | Gemstar DSS-1LMTFAILURE
- 1992Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-14RFSASUCCESS
- 1991Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1990Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Resurs-F2 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 26CCCPSUCCESS
- 1959Juno II | BeaconNASAFAILURE
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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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