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24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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October 20 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on October 20, the earliest of them in 1962, and 24 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 20. 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 1995.
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What happened on October 20
Launches on October 20Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | OneWeb 20SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-36SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Ariane 5 ECA | BepiColomboASASUCCESS
- 2014Long March 4C | Yaogan-22CASCSUCCESS
- 2007Soyuz-FG | Globalstar 66,67,68,70RFSASUCCESS
- 2000Atlas IIA | DSCS-3 B11LMTSUCCESS
- 1998Atlas IIA | UHF F/O F9LMTSUCCESS
- 1996Long March 2D | Fanhui Shi Weixing (17)CASCSUCCESS
- 1995Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-73LMSOSUCCESS
- 1992Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 83 to 88VKSSUCCESS
- 1988Proton | Raduga 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 62CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Molniya-M | Molniya-3 41LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Progress 18CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 45CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 16CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Proton / UR-500 K/D | Zond 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Tsiklon-2 | I2M 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Voskhod | Zenit-4 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 1CCCPSUCCESS
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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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