Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/5 December
- 1963 - A Thor-Ablestar launches the Transit VBN-2 satellite.
- 1966 - An Atlas-Agena launches a KH-7 satellite.
- 1967 - A Scout B launches the OV3-6 satellite.
- 1967 - A Titan IIIB launches a KH-8 satellite.
- 1968 - A Delta E launches the HEOS-1 satellite.
- 1971 - A Diamant-B fails to launch the Polaire satellite.
- 1978 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight Strela satellites.
- 1979 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1146 satellite.
- 1980 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1225 satellite.
- 1986 - An Atlas-Centaur launches the USA-20 satellite.
- 1995 - A Titan IV launches the USA-116 satellite.
- 2000 - A Start-1 launches the EROS A satellite.
- 2001 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on ISS resupply mission STS-108 with the Raffaello MPLM.
- 2002 - An Atlas IIA launches the TDRS-10 satellite.
- 2003 - The Strela makes its maiden flight, launching the Gruzomaket satellite.
- 2010 - A Proton-M fails to launch 3 GLONASS-M navigation satellites.