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23 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1958 and the latest in 2026.
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August 22 in spaceflight
28 launches flew on August 22, the earliest of them in 1958, and 23 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on August 22. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on August 22
1963
X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
X-15 Flight 91 ↗
Launches on August 22Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
28 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-20SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-6SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 7A | ChinaSat 4ACASCSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Delta IV M+(4,2) | GPS III SV02ULASUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-14 UncrewedRFSASUCCESS
- 2018Vega | ADM-AeolusASASUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02)ASAPARTIAL
- 2013Dnepr 1 | KOMPSat-5 (Arirang-5)ISCKSUCCESS
- 2006Zenit | Mugunghwa 5SLSUCCESS
- 2002Proton-K/DM-2M | Echostar VIIIKhSCSUCCESS
- 1992Atlas I | Galaxy 1RGDFAILURE
- 1991Kosmos-3M | Parus 73CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Zenit-8 86CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 42CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Molniya-M | Venera-8aCCCPFAILURE
- 1969Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Scout B | RAM C-2NASASUCCESS
- 1964Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Strela-1 4,5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 1bCCCPSUCCESS
- 1963X-15 | Flight 91USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 3CCCPFAILURE
- 1958Project Pilot | NOTS 3USNFAILURE
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