Launches
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18 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2025.
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September 22 in spaceflight
20 launches flew on September 22, the earliest of them in 1965, and 18 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on September 22. 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 1979.
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What happened on September 22
1979
An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
Vela (satellite) ↗2014
The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.
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Launches on September 22Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
20 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-48SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M23 & M24CASCSUCCESS
- 2018H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 7 (HTV-7)MHISUCCESS
- 2017Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-M (Kosmos 2522)VKSSUCCESS
- 2012Safir 1B | FajrISAFAILURE
- 2010Long March 2D | Yaogan-11, Zheda Pixing 1B & Zheda Pixing 1CCASCSUCCESS
- 2006M-V | HinodeJAXASUCCESS
- 1999Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 33,50,55,58RFSASUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 66VKSSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Zenit-8 87CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 69CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Delta 3920/PAM | Galaxy 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1982Molniya-M | US-K 28CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Molniya-M | Prognoz-6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 71CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 52USAFSUCCESS
- 1969Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 4ISASFAILURE
- 1967R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 24USAFSUCCESS
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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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