Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/2 December

• 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 381 satellite.
• 1970 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos 382 satellite.
• 1971 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Interkosmos-5 satellite.
• 1971 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 461 satellite.
• 1972 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
• 1974 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz 16 mission.
• 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 870 satellite.
• 1976 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-2 satellite.
• 1986 - A Tsyklon-3 launches the Kosmos 1803 satellite.
• 1988 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-27 to deploy the Lacrosse-1 satellite.
• 1990 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on astronomy mission STS-35.
• 1990 - A Soyuz-U2 launches the manned Soyuz TM-11 mission.
• 1992 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-3 satellite.
• 1992 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS-53 to deploy the USA-89 satellite.
• 1993 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on HST servicing mission STS-61.
• 1995 - An Atlas IIAS launches the SOHO spacecraft.
• 1997 - An Ariane 4 launches the JCSAT-5 and Equator-S satellites.
• 1997 - A Proton-K launches the Astra 1G satellite.
• 2003 - An Atlas IIAS launches a pair of NOSS satellites.
• 2008 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2446 satellite.
• 2012 - A Soyuz-STA/Fregat launches the Pleiades 1B satellite.