Launches
ON RECORD21MISSIONS
17 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2026.
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September 2 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on September 2, the earliest of them in 1965, and 17 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on September 2. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on September 2
1970
NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
NASA ↗2023
India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
Aditya-L1 ↗
Launches on September 2Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
21 launches
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- 2026Electron | Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)RLSUCCESS
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-23SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Shavit-2 | Ofek-19IAISUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 0BSpXSUCCESS
- 2023PSLV-XL | Aditya-L1ISROSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 4C | Yaogan 33-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2015Atlas V 551 | MUOS-4ULASUCCESS
- 2015Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-18MRFSASUCCESS
- 2010Proton-M/DM-2 Enhanced | 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2464, Kosmos 2465, Kosmos 2466)KhSCSUCCESS
- 2007GSLV | INSAT-4CRISROFAILURE
- 2005Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-1KFT 21RFSASUCCESS
- 1997Ariane 44LP | Hot Bird 3 & Meteosat 7ASASUCCESS
- 1988Titan 34D Transtage | Mercury 12USAFSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Molniya-M | Molniya-1 31CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Scout B-1 | Triad 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1972Voskhod | Zenit-4M 41CCCPFAILURE
- 1971Proton | Luna-18CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Black Arrow | X-2Royal Aircraft EstablishmentFAILURE
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2 Agena D | MRPVUSAFFAILURE
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
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Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan
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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
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