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20 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2026.
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October 16 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on October 16, the earliest of them in 1965, and 20 of them succeeded. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Launches on October 16Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-481SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-52SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 12CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Atlas V 401 | LucyULASUCCESS
- 2016Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou-11CASCSUCCESS
- 2015Proton-M/Briz-M | Türksat 4BILSSUCCESS
- 2015Long March 3B/E | APStar-9CASCSUCCESS
- 2014Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat-30 & ARSAT-1ASASUCCESS
- 2000Soyuz U | Progress M-43RFSASUCCESS
- 1997Long March 3B | Apstar 2RCASCSUCCESS
- 1990Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 55CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Zenit-8 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 27CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Parus 21CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Delta 2914 | GOES 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1975Proton-K/D-1 | Luna-24aCCCPFAILURE
- 1973Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 65CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 57CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Voskhod | Zenit-4 35CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Voskhod | Zenit-4 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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