- 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches the Echo 2 communication satellite.
- 1966 - A Kosmos-2M launches a DS-P1 radar target satellite.
- 1967 - An R-36M-O launches on a FOBS demonstration mission, placing a boilerplate nuclear warhead into a fractional orbit.
- 1969 - The last Tsyklon-2A fails to launch a boilerplate RORSAT spy satellite.
- 1972 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-P1-Yu radar target satellite.
- 1979 - A Vostok rocket launches a Meteor weather satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch a Romb radar calibration satellite.
- 1990 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite.
- 1992 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the Progress M-11 to resupply Mir.
- 1979 - A Tsyklon-3 launches a Meteor weather satellite, and the Tubsat-B student spacecraft.
- 1994 - A Titan 23G launches the Clementine Lunar orbiter and ISA satellite.
- 1995 - A number of civilians are killed when a Long March 2E rocket fails to launch the Apstar 2 communication satellite, falling on a village after being blown off course by windshear.
- 1996 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont communication satellite.
- 2000 - An Ariane 4 (42L) launches the Galaxy 10R communication satellite.
- 2000 - A Long March 3A launches the Zhongxing-22 communication satellite.
- 2002 - The crew of the ISS perform an EVA to modify attitude control thrusters, and conduct experiments.
- 2003 - A Pegasus-XL launches the SORCE astronomy satellite.
- 2004 - The Opportunity rover lands on Mars.
- 2012 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-14M to resupply the ISS.
