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26 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1958 and the latest in 2026.
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September 26 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on September 26, the earliest of them in 1958, and 26 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on September 26. 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 1983.
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What happened on September 26
1983
Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew.
Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L ↗
Launches on September 26Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-385SpXSUCCESS
- 2026Electron | Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13)RLSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 4C | Fengyun-3HCASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2024H-IIA 202 | IGS Radar 8MHISUCCESS
- 2023Long March 4C | Yaogan 33-04CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 6 | Shiyan 16 A/B & Shiyan 17CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2D | Yaogan 36CASCSUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | EKS 3 (Tundra 3) (Kosmos 2541)VKSSUCCESS
- 2016PSLV | SCATSat-1ISROSUCCESS
- 2010Minotaur IV | SBSS (USA-216)OSCSUCCESS
- 2005Delta II | GPS IIR-14(M)USAFSUCCESS
- 2002Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda-MNPSUCCESS
- 2000Dnepr | SmallSat RideshareISCKSUCCESS
- 1999Proton-K/DM-2M | LMI 1KhSCSUCCESS
- 1997Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-86USASUCCESS
- 1996Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress 2KhSCSUCCESS
- 1995Soyuz U | Resurs-F2 10VKSSUCCESS
- 1993Ariane 40 | SPOT 3ASASUCCESS
- 1991Ariane 44P | Anik E1ASASUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Zenit-8 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz-U | Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz T-10a / T-10-1)CCCPFAILURE
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 16CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat-4A 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1974Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 72CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Titan IIIC | OV2-5USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Voskhod | Zenit-2 54CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 1ISASFAILURE
- 1958Vanguard | VanguardUSNFAILURE
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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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