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29 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2025.
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November 21 in spaceflight
30 launches flew on November 21, the earliest of them in 1960, and 29 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on November 21. 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 1676.
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What happened on November 21
1676
The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
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Launches on November 21Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
30 launches
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- 2025Long March 3B/E | TJSW-21CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-78SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-66SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-29 (90P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2023Chollima-1 | Malligyong-1cNADASUCCESS
- 2020Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sentinel-6 Michael FreilichSpXSUCCESS
- 2018Vega | Mohammed VI-BASASUCCESS
- 2017Long March 6 | Jilin-1-04, Jilin-1-05 & Jilin-1-06CASCSUCCESS
- 2014Kuaizhou | Kuaizhou-2CASICSUCCESS
- 2013Dnepr 1 | Multipayload mission, 33 satellitesISCKSUCCESS
- 2010Delta IV Heavy | NROL-32 (Mentor) (USA-223)ULASUCCESS
- 2000Ariane 44L | Anik F1ASASUCCESS
- 2000Delta II | EO 1 & SAC CUSAFSUCCESS
- 1996Atlas IIA | Hot Bird 2LMTSUCCESS
- 1992Scout G-1 | MSTI-1USAFSUCCESS
- 1987Ariane 2 | TV-Sat 1ASASUCCESS
- 1986Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 313-320CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 27CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 13 & 14USAFSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 28CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Voskhod | Zenit-2M 62CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | INTELSAT IV F8USAFSUCCESS
- 1974Molniya-M | Molniya-3 11LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 59CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-4 50CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Scout X-4 | Explorer 24 & 25NASASUCCESS
- 1960Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 1NASAFAILURE
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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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