Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/21 May
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- 1973 - A Diamant-B fails to launch the D-5A and D-5B satellites.
- 1974 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 655 satellite.
- 1975 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 731 satellite.
- 1976 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 820 satellite.
- 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1272 satellite.
- 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1368 satellite.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the unmanned Soyuz TM-1 test mission.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1744 satellite.
- 1987 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1846 satellite.
- 1988 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 1993 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
- 2008 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Galaxy 18 satellite.
- 2009 - A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat places the Meridian 2 satellite into a lower than planned orbit after an upper stage malfunction caused by human error.
- 2010 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the Astra 3B and COMSATBw-2 satellites.