Launches
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14 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1981, the most recent 2023.
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September 4 in spaceflight
14 orbital launches flew on September 4, the earliest of them in 1981, and 14 reached orbit. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Wikipedia records no spaceflight or astronomy event on this date.
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Every launch on September 4
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- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-12SpXSUCCESS
- 2020Long March 2F/G | Chinese Reusable Space VehicleCASCSUCCESS
- 2014Long March 2D | Chuangxin 1-04 & LingqiaoCASCSUCCESS
- 2010Long March 3B | Chinasat-6ACASCSUCCESS
- 1999Ariane 42P | Mugunghwa 3ASASUCCESS
- 1997Atlas IIAS | GE 3LMTSUCCESS
- 1996Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 18RFSASUCCESS
- 1989Titan 34D Transtage | DSCS-2 15USAFSUCCESS
- 1985Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 37CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Proton | Uragan 8 & 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Zenit-8 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Tsiklon-2 | US-P 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 46CCCPSUCCESS
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Cosmos — Carl Sagan
Still the best single argument for why any of this matters, and it leaves the arithmetic in. For a reader who wants the science, not just the awe.
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Pale Blue Dot — Carl Sagan
The case for leaving Earth, written by someone unsentimental about how hard that is. Suits readers who want the argument rather than the poster.
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Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir
Hard-SF problem solving in The Martian's key — for anyone who liked the engineering more than the peril. The only novel on this list.
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Launch records are from The Space Devs’ Launch Library 2. Pictures are NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day; NASA imagery is generally not subject to copyright, but individual APOD entries are frequently the property of the photographer, and each caption says which applies.