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27 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1959 and the latest in 2026.
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August 19 in spaceflight
28 launches flew on August 19, the earliest of them in 1959, and 27 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on August 19. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on August 19
1960
Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
List of spacecraft called Sputnik ↗1964
Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Syncom ↗
Launches on August 19Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
28 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-50SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Kinetica 1 | 7 satellitesCASSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-27SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2D | Yaogan 35 Group 04CASCSUCCESS
- 2019Electron | Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)RLSUCCESS
- 2019Long March 3B/E | Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18)CASCSUCCESS
- 2017H-IIA 204 | Michibiki 3 (QZS-3)MHISUCCESS
- 2016Delta IV M+(4,2) | AFSPC-6ULASUCCESS
- 2015H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 5 (HTV-5)MHISUCCESS
- 2014Long March 4B | Gaofen 2 & HeweliuszCASCSUCCESS
- 2012Zenit 3SL | Intelsat 21SLSUCCESS
- 2003Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 133 & 134NPSUCCESS
- 1998Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 76 & 78CASCSUCCESS
- 1997Long March 3B | Agila 2CASCSUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz U | Resurs-F 16VKSSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz U | Zenit-8 51CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Long March 2C | FSW-0 5CASCSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Luna | Luna-24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Mu-4S | DenpaISASSUCCESS
- 1971Voskhod | Zenit-4M 21CCCPFAILURE
- 1970Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 35CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Thor Delta M | Skynet IBUSAFSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 62CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | RTS-1 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Thor Delta D | Syncom 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1960Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1959Thor Agena A | Discoverer 6USAFSUCCESS
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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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