Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/16 May
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- 1967 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 159 satellite.
- 1973 - A Titan 24B launches a KH-8A satellite.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1007 satellite.
- 1991 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six satellites.
- 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Palapa C2 and AMOS 1 satellites.
- 2000 - A Rokot launches the Simsat-1 and 2 satellites.
- 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the ProtoStar II satellite.
- 2011 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-134 to deliver AMS-02 and the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 to the ISS. This is Space Shuttle Endeavour's final spaceflight.