Launches
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21 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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October 9 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on October 9, the earliest of them in 1962, and 21 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 9. 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 1604.
Pictures from this date
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What happened on October 9
1604
Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
Kepler's Supernova ↗1992
The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York.
Peekskill meteorite ↗
Launches on October 9Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
21 launches
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- 2026Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group 27CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-4SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Vega | THEOS-2, TRITON & othersASASUCCESS
- 2019Proton-M/Briz-M | Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1ILSSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Yaogan-32-01CASCSUCCESS
- 2017H-IIA 202 | Michibiki 4 (QZS-4)MHISUCCESS
- 2017Falcon 9 Block 4 | Iridium-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2017Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)CASCSUCCESS
- 2000Pegasus Hybrid | High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2)OSCSUCCESS
- 1998Atlas IIA | Hot Bird 5LMTSUCCESS
- 1997Soyuz U | Foton 11 & MirkaRVSN RFSUCCESS
- 1991Soyuz-U | Orlets-1 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz U | Zenit-8 53CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 7 to 12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Atlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 11USAFSUCCESS
- 1981Proton-K/DM | Raduga 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Soyuz 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Titan 24B | KH-8 45USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4M 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 7USAFSUCCESS
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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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