Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/2 September


 * 1965 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch a CORONA satellite.
 * 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 297 satellite.
 * 1970 - The first British orbital launch attempt, using a Black Arrow rocket to launch the Orba X-2 satellite, fails due to a second stage problem.
 * 1971 - A Proton-K launches the Luna 18 probe.
 * 1972 - A Voskhod fails to launch an unknown satellite.
 * 1972 - A Scout B-1 launches the Triad satellite.
 * 1975 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
 * 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 948 satellite.
 * 1988 - A Titan 34D launches the USA-31 satellite.
 * 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the Hot Bird 3 and MTP satellites.
 * 2005 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2415 satellite.
 * 2007 - A GSLV launches the Insat 4CR satellite.
 * 2010 - A Proton-M launches three GLONASS satellites.