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22 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2025.
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October 22 in spaceflight
23 launches flew on October 22, the earliest of them in 1966, and 22 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 5 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 22. 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 -2137.
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What happened on October 22
-2137
A solar eclipse occurred over China, one of the earliest recorded eclipses in history.
22nd century BC ↗-2137
A solar eclipse occurs over China, one of the earliest recorded in human history, reportedly resulting in the executions of two astronomers who failed to predict it.
Solar eclipse of October 22, 2137 BC ↗1992
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
Space Shuttle Columbia ↗
Launches on October 22Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
23 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-5SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 6 | Tianping-3CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-24SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-DRFSASUCCESS
- 2022LVM-3 | OneWeb 14ISROSUCCESS
- 2008PSLV XL | Chandrayaan-1ISROSUCCESS
- 2001PSLV | TESISROSUCCESS
- 1997Pegasus XL | Space Test Experiments Platform-4 (STEP-4)OSCSUCCESS
- 1995Atlas II | UHF F/O F6LMTSUCCESS
- 1993Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 701ASASUCCESS
- 1992Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52LSOCSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 34CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Soyuz U | Zenit-8 39CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Zenit-2 | Taifun-1B 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Molniya-M | US-K 44CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Delta 2914 | ISEE 1 & 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1976Molniya-M | US-K 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Soyuz U | Bion 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Proton | Luna-16bCCCPFAILURE
- 1967Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Molniya-M | Luna-12CCCPSUCCESS
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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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