Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/8 December
- 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 965 satellite.
- 1977 - An Atlas E/F launches three NOSS satellites.
- 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1060 satellite.
- 1982 - A Molniya-M fails to launch the Kosmos 1423 satellite.
- 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1513 satellite.
- 1988 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 1983 satellite.
- 1990 - A Proton-K launches three GLONASS satellites.
- 1993 - A Delta II launches the USA-98 satellite.
- 1997 - A Long March 2C launches two Iridium satellites.
- 1997 - An Atlas IIAS launches the Galaxy 8i satellite.
- 2006 - A Long March 3A launches the FY-2D satellite.
- 2006 - An Ariane 5 launches the WildBlue 1 and AMC-18 satellites.
- 2010 - Dragon C1, the prototype Dragon spacecraft, is launched on a test flight by a Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket along with 8 cubesats.
- 2012 - A Proton-M launches the Yamal-402 satellite, placing it in a lower than planned but salvageable orbit.
- 2013 - A Proton-M launches the Inmarsat-5 F1 satellite.