Launches
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22 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1969 and the latest in 2025.
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December 23 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on December 23, the earliest of them in 1969, and 22 of them succeeded. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Launches on December 23Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2025Long March 12A | Demo FlightCASCSUCCESS
- 2025HANBIT-Nano | SpacewardISFAILURE
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-2SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-32SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 7A | Shiyan 12-01 & 02CASCSUCCESS
- 2018Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV01SpXSUCCESS
- 2017Long March 2D | LKW-2 (Land Survey Satellite-2)CASCSUCCESS
- 2017Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Iridium-4SpXSUCCESS
- 2017H-IIA 202 | GCOM-C1 & SLATSMHISUCCESS
- 2014Angara A5/Briz-M | IPMKhSCSUCCESS
- 2011Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Meridian 5VKOFAILURE
- 2008Long March 3A | Feng Yun 2ECASCSUCCESS
- 2007Soyuz U | Progress M-62RFSASUCCESS
- 2004Soyuz U | Progress M-51RFSASUCCESS
- 1997Pegasus XL HAPS | Orbcomm-A1 - A8OSCSUCCESS
- 1988Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Kosmos-3M | Parus 61CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz-U | Zenit-6U 71CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 52CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 201-208CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Vostok 8A92M | AstrofizikaCCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | Parus 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Tsiklon-2 | I2P 3CCCPSUCCESS
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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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