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13 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2025.
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November 22 in spaceflight
15 launches flew on November 22, the earliest of them in 1961, and 13 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on November 22. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on November 22
1989
NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
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Launches on November 22Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
15 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-79SpXSUCCESS
- 2024New Shepard | NS-28BOSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-29SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 4C | Gaofen-3 02CASCSUCCESS
- 2016Long March 3C | Tianlian 1-04CASCSUCCESS
- 2013Rokot / Briz-KM | Swarm A, B, CELSSUCCESS
- 1999Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 29,34,39,61RFSASUCCESS
- 1998Delta II | BONUM-1USAFSUCCESS
- 1992Delta II | GPS IIA-7USAFSUCCESS
- 1991Proton | Potok 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 51CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Scout D-1 | ESRO 4ESROSUCCESS
- 1969Thor Delta M | Skynet IAUSAFSUCCESS
- 1967Proton / UR-500 K/D | Soyuz 7K-L1 No.5LCCCPFAILURE
- 1961Atlas LV-3A | Samos 4USAFFAILURE
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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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