Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/3 February

1963 - A Molniya rocket fails to launch a Luna spacecraft, after an upper stage control failure.
1965 - A Delta C launches the OSO 2 scientific spacecraft.
1966 - A Delta C launches the ESSA 1 weather satellite.
1966 - Luna 9, a robotic spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union, makes the first soft-landing on the Moon.
1971 - A Delta M launches the NATO 2 communications satellite.
1972 - A Voskhod rocket launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
1973 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 communication satellite.
1974 - The fourth crew of Skylab conduct an EVA to collect experiment results.
1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsyklon navigation satellite.
1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger launches on mission STS-41-B, to deploy the Westar 6 and Palapa B2 satellites. Both comsats fail to reach their correct orbits after upper stage problems.
1988 - An Atlas E/F launches the DMSP-5D-F2 weather satellite.
1988 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite. The launch is successful, however the satellite fails to function.
1993 - A Delta II 7925 launches a GPS satellite.
1994 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-60 to conduct scientific research, and deploy a number of experimental satellites.
1994 - The H-II rocket makes its maiden flight, launching the OREX satellite.
1995 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-63 to rendezvous with Mir and deploy a number of radar calibration satellites.
2000 - A Zenit-2 launches a Tselina spy satellite.
2000 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Hispasat 1C communications satellite.
2005 - A Proton-M launches the first Spacebus 4000 communications satellite, AMC-12.
2005 - The Atlas III makes its final flight, and the last launch out of LC-36 at Cape Canaveral, orbiting two NOSS spy satellites.
2006 - The crew of the ISS perform an EVA to deploy SuitSat, and prepare the station for future assembly.
2010 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches Progress M-04M to resupply the ISS.
2012 - An Iranian Safir rocket launches the Navid satellite.