Egypt's first ever communications satellite TIBA 1 is launched by Arianespace on an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre. 2019-11-26
The European Space Agency successfully launches the German Aerospace Center-operated EDRS-C laser communication satellite on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. 2019-08-6
SpaceX successfully launches Israeli communications satellite Amos-17 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch was provided by SpaceX for free following the destruction of Spacecom's Amos-6 satellite in 2016. 2019-08-6
SpaceX successfully launches and deploys 24 satellites, including LightSail 2, Green Propellant Infusion Mission, and the Deep Space Atomic Clock, into orbit via its Falcon Heavy rocket. Falcon Heavy's sideboosters both returned safely to their landing pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, while the rocket's center booster failed to land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean, exploding in the sea. 2019-06-25
SpaceX's unmanned spacecraft Dragon 2 successfully docks with the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time. 2019-03-3
SpaceX launches the first Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission, with the first stage of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle making a successful landing on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You". 2019-03-2
"Blue Origin" successfully launches its New Shepard 3 rocket and completes the tenth sub-orbital test flight, reaching an altitude of 106.9 km (351,000 ft), carrying its crew capsule and making a controlled upright landing in West Texas. 2019-01-23
"New Horizons" makes a flyby of Kuiper belt object 2014 MU, nicknamed Ultima Thule, at 05:33 UTC, becoming the farthest object in the Solar System visited by a spacecraft. It is a contact binary. 2019-01-1