Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/15 June

• 1963 - A Thor-Agena fails to launch the NRL Composite 3 spacecraft.
• 1965 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 68 satellite.
• 1968 - A Kosmos-3 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1969 - A Voskhod launches the Kosmos 286 satellite.
• 1971 - A Titan IIID launches a KH-9 satellite.
• 1973 - A Soyuz launches the Kosmos 573 spacecraft, an unmanned test of the Soyuz spacecraft.
• 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
• 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 29 mission.
• 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1107 satellite.
• 1984 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1572 satellite.
• 1988 - An Ariane 4 launches the Meteosat 3 and Panamsat-1 satellites.
• 1996 - An Ariane 4 launches the Intelsat 709 satellite.
• 1998 - A Tsyklon-3 launches six Strela satellites.
• 2002 - A Zenit-3SL launches the Galaxy 3C satellite.
• 2006 - A Soyuz-U launches the Resurs DK-1 satellite.
• 2007 - A Dnepr-1 launches the TerraSAR-X satellite.
• 2007 - An Atlas V fails during the launch of a pair of NOSS satellites. The spacecraft were placed in an incorrect orbit, but were able to correct it by means of their own thrusters.
• 2010 - A Long March 2D launches the Shijian-12 satellite.
• 2010 - A Dnepr-1 launches the Prisma and Picard satellites.
• 2010 - A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-19, carrying three of the Expedition 24 crew to the ISS.
• 2011 - Iran conducts its second orbital launch, with a Safir launching the Rasad satellite.