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23 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1963 and the latest in 2026.
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September 6 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on September 6, the earliest of them in 1963, and 23 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on September 6. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on September 6
2013
The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.
Minotaur V ↗
Launches on September 6Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
24 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-24SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-9SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 03CASCSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-113SpXSUCCESS
- 2023H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIMJAXASUCCESS
- 2023Long March 4C | Yaogan 33-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2D | Yaogan 35 Group 05CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Kuaizhou 1A | CentiSpace-1 S3 & S4EPSUCCESS
- 2008Delta II 7420-10 | GeoEye-1ULASUCCESS
- 2008Long March 2C/SMA | Huan Jing 1A & 1BCASCSUCCESS
- 2004Shavit-2 | Ofeq-6ISAFAILURE
- 2002Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 906LMTSUCCESS
- 2000Ariane 44P | Eutelsat W1ASASUCCESS
- 1999Proton-K/DM-2M | Yamal-101 & 102KhSCSUCCESS
- 1996Proton | INMARSAT III F-2KhSCSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Titan II SLV | P-11 5104USAFSUCCESS
- 1988Long March 4A | Feng Yun 1ACASCSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz U | Zenit-8 68CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 27CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Molniya-M | US-K 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 55CCCPSUCCESS
- 1963Atlas Agena D | KH-7 2USAFSUCCESS
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
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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
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