Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/2 October

• 1962 - A Delta A launches the Explorer 14 spacecraft.
• 1966 - A Delta E launches the ESSA-3 satellite.
• 1968 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos 244 satellite.
• 1972 - An Atlas E/F with a Burner upper stage launches the P72-1 satellite.
• 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
• 1982 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos 1412 satellite.
• 1985 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1688 satellite.
• 1991 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-13 mission to Mir.
• 2011 - A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat launches Kosmos 2474, a GLONASS-M navigation satellite.