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19 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2025.
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November 18 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on November 18, the earliest of them in 1961, and 19 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on November 18. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on November 18
Launches on November 18Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
21 launches
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- 2025HASTE | Prometheus Run (VAN)RLSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-12SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Starship | Integrated Flight Test 2SpXPARTIAL
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-28SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Electron | Love At First Insight (BlackSky 10-11)RLSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M17 & M18CASCSUCCESS
- 2017Delta II 7920-10 | JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)ULASUCCESS
- 2013Atlas V 401 | MAVENULASUCCESS
- 2012Long March 2C | Huanjing 1CCASCSUCCESS
- 2004Long March 2C | Shiyan Weixing 2CASCSUCCESS
- 1997Soyuz U | Resurs F-1MRVSN RFSUCCESS
- 1993Proton | Rimsat G1KhSCSUCCESS
- 1989Delta 5920-8 | COBEUSAFSUCCESS
- 1988Tsiklon-2 | US-P 29CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F7USAFSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 69CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 12USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 14USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Atlas LV-3A | Ranger 2USAFFAILURE
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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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