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11 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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September 1 in spaceflight
15 launches flew on September 1, the earliest of them in 1962, and 11 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on September 1. 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 1804.
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What happened on September 1
1804
German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding discovered one of the largest main-belt asteroids, naming it Juno after the Roman goddess.
Karl Ludwig Harding ↗1804
3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
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Launches on September 1Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
15 launches
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- 2026Pallas-1 | Demo FlightGESUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-13SpXSUCCESS
- 2013Long March 4C | Yaogan 17A, B & CCASCSUCCESS
- 2000Long March 4B | Zi Yuan-2 01 xingCASCSUCCESS
- 1997Long March 2C/SD | Iridium MFS 1 & 2CASCSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 65CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Scout D-1 | TIP 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1976Molniya-M | Molniya-2CCCPFAILURE
- 1972Titan 24B | KH-8 36USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Voskhod | Zenit-2 52CCCPFAILURE
- 1964Titan IIIA | Transtage 1USAFFAILURE
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2bCCCPFAILURE
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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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