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*'''[[1963 in spaceflight|1963]]''' - [[Telstar-2]] is launched by a [[Delta B]]
*'''[[1955 in spaceflight|1955]]''' - [[Kosmos 66]] is launched by a [[Vostok-2 (rocket)|Vostok-2]]
*'''[[1968 in spaceflight|1968]]''' - [[Kosmos 220]] is launched by a [[Kosmos-3M]]
*'''[[1971 in spaceflight|1971]]''' - Eight [[Strela (satellite)|Strela]] satellites are launched by a [[Kosmos-3M]]
*'''[[1975 in spaceflight|1975]]''' - [[Explorer-53]] is launched by a [[Scout (rocket)|Scout-F]] launched from the [[San Marco platform]].
*'''[[1975 in spaceflight|1975]]''' - [[Anik A3]] is launched by a [[Delta 2000|Delta 2914]]
*'''[[1980 in spaceflight|1980]]''' - [[Kosmos 1179]] is launched by a [[Soyuz-U]]{{Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/Temp|1981|[[Kosmos 1269]] is launched by a [[Kosmos-3M]]}}
*'''[[1983 in spaceflight|1983]]''' - [[Kosmos 1461]] is launched by a [[Tsyklon-2]]
*'''[[1984 in spaceflight|1984]]''' - [[Progress 21]] is launched by a [[Soyuz-U]]
*'''[[1990 in spaceflight|1990]]''' - [[Kosmos 2077]] is launched by a [[Soyuz-U]]
*'''[[1992 in spaceflight|1992]]''' - {{OV|105}} makes its maiden flight, [[STS-49]], a mission to reboost the [[Intelsat 603]] satellite, which had been placed in a useless orbit.
*'''[[1998 in spaceflight|1998]]''' - [[Kosmos 2351]] is launched by a [[Molniya-M]]
*'''[[1998 in spaceflight|1998]]''' - [[Echostar-4]] is launched by a [[Proton-K]]
*'''[[2002 in spaceflight|2002]]''' - [[DirecTV-5]] is launched by a [[Proton-K]]
*'''[[2009 in spaceflight|2009]]''' - A [[Soyuz-U]] launches [[Progress M-02M]].
*'''[[2011 in spaceflight|2011]]''' - An [[Atlas V]] launches [[USA-230]] for the [[Space Based Infrared System]].
*'''[[2013 in spaceflight|2013]]''' - The second [[Vega (rocket)|Vega rocket]] launches [[Proba-V]], [[VNREDSat 1A]] and [[ESTCube-1]].