Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/17 February
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- 1959 - A Vanguard launches the Vanguard II satellite.
- 1961 - A Thor-Agena launches the Discoverer 20 satellite.
- 1965 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Ranger 8 Lunar probe.
- 1966 - A Diamant launches the D-1A satellite.
- 1971 - A Thor-Burner launches the DAPP 3526 satellite.
- 1971 - A Thorad-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
- 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-395 satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-990 satellite.
- 1980 - A Mu-3S launches the Tansei-4 satellite.
- 1982 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-1339 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K fails to launch three GLONASS satellites.
- 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2003 satellite.
- 1992 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2180 satellite.
- 1993 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1996 - A Delta II launches the NEAR asteroid probe.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIAS launches the JCSAT-4 satellite.
- 1998 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-2349 satellite.
- 2007 - A Delta II launches the THEMIS satellites.