Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/21 August

• 1964 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
• 1965 - A Titan II launches the manned Gemini 5 mission.
• 1972 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the OAO-3 satellite.
• 1972 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 516 satellite.
• 1973 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 579 satellite.
• 1973 - A Titan 33B launches the OPS-7724 satellite.
• 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1123 satellite.
• 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1298 satellite.
• 1986 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1772 satellite.
• 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches a Resurs-F satellite.
• 1996 - A Pegasus-XL launches the FAST satellite.
• 1997 - A Delta II launches a group of Iridium satellites.
• 2001 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-45 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
• 2002 - The Atlas V makes its maiden flight, launching the Hot Bird 6 satellite.
• 2009 - An Ariane 5ECA launches the JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 satellites.