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25 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2025.
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October 26 in spaceflight
27 launches flew on October 26, the earliest of them in 1960, and 25 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on October 26. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on October 26
Launches on October 26Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
27 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-21SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 3B/E | Gaofen-14 02CASCSUCCESS
- 2025H3-24 | HTV-X1MHISUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-8SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 17CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-21 (82P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2021H-IIA 202 | QZS-1RMHISUCCESS
- 2020Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-07CASCSUCCESS
- 2019SARGE | Launch 4EXOSFAILURE
- 2015Long March 2D | Tianhui-1CCASCSUCCESS
- 2007Proton | Uragan-M 9 to 11KhSCSUCCESS
- 2006Delta II | STEREO A & BUSAFSUCCESS
- 1993Delta II | GPS IIA-14USAFSUCCESS
- 1993Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 13NPSUCCESS
- 1987Titan 34D | KH-11 8USAFSUCCESS
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 21CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2-GVMCCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Proton-K/DM | EkranCCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Delta 1604 | IMP 8USAFSUCCESS
- 1972Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 13 (25L)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Soyuz | Soyuz 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Thor Delta E1 | INTELSAT II F-1USAFSUCCESS
- 1966Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor Model 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Agena D | Star-RadUSAFSUCCESS
- 1960Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 16USAFFAILURE
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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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