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25 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2023.
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October 5 in spaceflight
26 launches flew on October 5, the earliest of them in 1964, and 25 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on October 5. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on October 5
Launches on October 5Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
26 launches
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- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-21SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 2D | Yaogan 39 Group 03CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-29SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-5SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-19RFSASUCCESS
- 2016Ariane 5 ECA | Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18ASASUCCESS
- 2016New Shepard | NS-6BOSUCCESS
- 2011Zenit-3SLB | Intelsat 18SLSUCCESS
- 2007Ariane 5 GS | Intelsat 11 & Optus D2ASASUCCESS
- 2001Titan 404B | NROL-14USAFSUCCESS
- 1998Ariane 44L | Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3ASASUCCESS
- 1997Atlas IIAS | Echostar IIILMTSUCCESS
- 1997Soyuz U | Progress M-36RFSASUCCESS
- 1993Titan II SLV | Landsat 6USAFFAILURE
- 1990Long March 2C | FSW-1 3CASCSUCCESS
- 1984Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-GLSOCSUCCESS
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Proton-K/DM | Raduga 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 17CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 57CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Strawman 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1968Molniya-M | Molniya-1 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | RTS-1 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 25USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Atlas D | OV1-2USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 11USAFSUCCESS
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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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