Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/11 August

• 1960 - The return capsule of Discoverer 13 becomes the first object to be recovered after returning from orbit.
• 1962 - A Vostok-K launches the manned Vostok 3 mission.
• 1965 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the Surveyor SD-2 test satellite.
• 1979 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1120 satellite.
• 1994 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
• 2004 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M-50 spacecraft to resupply the ISS.
• 2005 - An Ariane 5 launches the Thaicom 4 satellite.
• 2006 - An Ariane 5 launches the JCSAT-10 and Syracuse 3B satellites.
• 2009 - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the AsiaSat 5 spacecraft.
• 2011 - A Long March 3B launches the Paksat-1R satellite.