Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/19 December


 * 1962 - A Scout X-3 launches the Transit 5A-1 satellite.
 * 1963 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 24 satellite.
 * 1963 - A Scout X-4 launches the Explorer 19 spacecraft.
 * 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
 * 1966 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 136 satellite.
 * 1967 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 196 satellite.
 * 1968 - A Delta M launches the Intelsat 302 satellite.
 * 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 261 satellite.
 * 1971 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
 * 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
 * 1974 - A Delta 2914 launches the Symphonie 1 satellite.
 * 1975 - A Kosmos-3M fails to launch an unknown satellite.
 * 1976 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-11 satellite.
 * 1978 - A Vostok-2M launches the Kosmos 1063 satellite.
 * 1978 - A Proton-K launches a Gorizont satellite.
 * 1981 - An Atlas E/F fails to launch the GPS-7 satellite.
 * 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1330 satellite.
 * 1984 - A Kosmos-3MP launches the Kosmos 1614 spacecraft.
 * 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1709 satellite.
 * 1991 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
 * 1998 - A Long March 2C launches two Iridium satellites.
 * 2006 - A Kosmos-3M launches the SAR-Lupe 1 satellite.
 * 2011 - A Long March 3B launches the Nigcomsat 1R satellite.
 * 2012 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-07M, carrying three of the Expedition 34 crew to the ISS.
 * 2012 - An Ariane 5 ECA launches the Skynet 5D and MEXSAT-3 satellites.
 * 2013 - A Soyuz-STB/Fregat launches ESA's Gaia mission.