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21 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1967 and the latest in 2026.
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September 19 in spaceflight
23 launches flew on September 19, the earliest of them in 1967, and 21 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on September 19. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1852.
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What happened on September 19
1852
Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
Annibale de Gasparis ↗
Launches on September 19Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
23 launches
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- 2026Long March 2D | PIESAT-2 13-16CASCSUCCESS
- 2026Electron | Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)RLSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-12SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M25 & M27CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Electron | We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2)RLFAILURE
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-34SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Long March 11 | Zhuhai-1-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M13 & M14CASCSUCCESS
- 2015Long March 6 | 20 Amateur satellitesCASCSUCCESS
- 2008Proton-M Briz-M | Nimiq 4KhSCSUCCESS
- 2007Long March 4B | Zi Yuan 1-2BCASCSUCCESS
- 1991Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 60CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Shavit | Ofeq-1ISASUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Zenit-8 21CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Tsiklon-2 | US-P 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Feng Bao 1 | Shi Jian 2, 2A, 2BCASCSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 90CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 73-80CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Molniya-M | US-K 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-1USAFFAILURE
- 1967Titan IIIB | KH-8 8USAFSUCCESS
- 1967R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 13CCCPSUCCESS
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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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