2005 in spaceflight
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Launch of the last Titan rocket, a Titan IVB, from Vandenberg SLC-4E |
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| Fact Sheet | |
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| Orbital Launches | |
| First | 12 January |
| Last | 29 December |
| Total | 55 |
| Successes | 52 |
| Failures | 3 |
| Partial Failures | 0 |
| Catalogued | 52 |
| National Firsts | |
| Satellite | |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden Flights | Ariane 5GS Atlas V 431 H-IIA 2022 |
| Retirements | Atlas IIIB Titan IVB |
| Manned flights | |
| Orbital | 4 |
| Total travellers | 15 |
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[edit] Launches
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[edit] January |
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| 12 January 18:37 |
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| NASA | Heliocentric | Probe to comet Tempel 1 | In orbit | Successful | |||
| NASA | Heliocentric | Comet impactor | 4 July | Successful | |||
| Impactor impacted comet Tempel 1 to test composition | |||||||
| 20 January | |||||||
| Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||||
[edit] February |
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| 3 February 02:27 |
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| SES Americom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 3 February 07:41 |
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| NRO | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Final flight of Atlas IIIB | |||||||
| 12 February 21:03 |
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| XTAR-EUR | Loral/Hisdesat | Geosynchronous | Military communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Maqsat-B2 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Sloshsat-FLEVO | Geosynchronous | In orbit | Operational | ||||
| 26 February 09:25 |
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| Japanese government | Geosynchronous | ATC and weather satellite | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Maiden flight of H-IIA 2022 | |||||||
| 28 February 19:09 |
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| Roskosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | 15 June | Successful | |||
| ISS flight 17P | |||||||
[edit] March |
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| 1 March 03:51 |
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| XM Satellite Radio | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 11 March 21:42 |
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| Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Maiden flight of Atlas V 431 | |||||||
| 29 March 22:31 |
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| RSCC | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
[edit] April |
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| 11 April 13:35 |
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| US Air Force Research Laboratory | Low Earth | Experimental microsatellite | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 12 April 12:00 |
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| Apstar VI | APT Satellite Holdings | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 15 April 00:46 |
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| Roskosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Expedition 11 | 11 October | Successful | |||
| Manned orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts | |||||||
| 15 April 17:27 |
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| NASA | Low Earth | Test rendezvous techniques | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | |||
| Rendezvous with MUBLCOM communications satellite failed due to navigation malfunction which led to satellites colliding in orbit. | |||||||
| 26 April 07:31 |
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| DirecTV | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 30 April 00:50 |
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| NRO | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| NRO Launch 16 | |||||||
[edit] May |
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| 5 May 04:44 |
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| ISRO | Low Earth (polar) | Remote sensing | In orbit | Operational | |||
| HAMSAT (VO-52/VUSat) | AMSAT-VU | Low Earth (polar) | Amateur communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 20 May 10:22 |
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| NOAA | Low Earth | Weather satellite | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 22 May 17:59 |
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| DirecTV | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 31 May 12:00 |
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| Roskosmos/ESA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 16 June | Successful | |||
| Recovered intact | |||||||
[edit] June |
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| 16 June 23:09 |
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| Roskosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | 7 September | Successful | |||
| ISS flight 18P | |||||||
| 21 June 00:49 |
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| Roskosmos | Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: Suborbital |
Communications | 21 June 00:59 |
Launch failure | |||
| Failed to achieve orbit following 3rd stage malfunction | |||||||
| 21 June 19:49 |
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| Cosmos 1 | Planetary Society | Intended: Low Earth | Experimental solar sail | 21 June | Launch failure | ||
| First stage shut off 17 seconds early; second stage failed to separate | |||||||
| 23 June 14:03 |
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| Intelsat Americas 8 (Telstar 8) | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 June 19:41 |
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| RSCC | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
[edit] July |
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| 5 July 22:40 |
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| MAI | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 10 July 03:30 |
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| JAXA | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 26 July 14:39 |
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| NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS assembly | 9 August | Successful | |||
| ASI/NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | Successful | ||||
| Manned orbital flight with 7 astronauts Return to Flight mission after Columbia disaster, required repairs on-orbit. |
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[edit] August |
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| 11 August 08:20 |
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| Shin Satellite | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Maiden flight of Ariane 5GS | |||||||
| 12 August 11:43 |
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| NASA | Areocentric | Mars orbiter | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 13 August 23:20 |
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| PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 23 August 21:20 |
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| JAXA | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Operational | |||
| JAXA | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 26 August 18:34 |
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| Monitor E | Kruniche | Low Earth | Environmental research | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 29 August 18:45 |
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| MAI | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
[edit] September |
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| 2 September 09:50 |
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| MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 15 October 21:44 |
Successful | |||
| 1,700th launch of R-7 derived rocket Satellite recovered intact |
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| 8 September 13:08 |
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| Roskosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | 3 March 13:05 |
Successful | |||
| RadioSkaf | FKA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| ISS flight 19P | |||||||
| 8 September 21:53 |
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| Telesat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 23 September 02:24 |
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| DARPA | Low Earth | Experimental satellite | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 26 September 03:37 |
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| US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
[edit] October |
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| 1 October 03:55 |
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| Roskosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Expedition 12 | 8 April 2006 23:48 |
Successful | |||
| Manned orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts | |||||||
| 8 October 15:02 |
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| ESA | Intended: Low Earth | Scientific research | 8 October | Launch failure | |||
| First stage failed to separate, failed to orbit. | |||||||
| 12 October 01:00 |
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| CASC | Low Earth | Manned orbital flight | 16 October 04:32:50 |
Successful | |||
| First Chinese multi-person spaceflight (2 astronauts) | |||||||
| 13 October 22:32 |
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| French Government | Geosynchronous | Military communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 19 October 18:05 |
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| NRO | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Final flight of Titan IVB and the Titan family of rockets. | |||||||
| 27 October 06:52 |
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| Tsinghua University | Low Earth | Observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| UK MoD | Low Earth | Imaging | In orbit | Operational | |||
| UWE | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| OSIRI | Low Earth | Earth imaging | In orbit | Operational | |||
| SSETI Express XO-53 | SSETI | Low Earth | Student experiments | In orbit | Satellite failure | ||
| University of Tokyo | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Mozhaiskiy Military Space Engineering Academy | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | |||
| NCUBE-2 | NSC | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
| Rubin-5 | AATiS/ESA | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Sinah-1 is the first Iranian satellite SSETI Express XO-53 Cubesat carrier suffered a power failure several hours after launch; Mozhaets 5 failed to separate from the carrier rocket, NCUBE-2 failed to contact the ground and Rubin-5 remained intentionally attached to the carrier rocket |
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[edit] November |
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| 8 November 14:07 |
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| Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 9 November 03:33 |
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| ESA | Cytherean | Venus orbiter | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 16 November 23:46 |
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| DirecTV | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| PT Telkom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
[edit] December |
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| 21 December 18:38 |
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| Roskomsos | Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | 19 June 2006 17:53 |
Successful | |||
| ISS flight 20P | |||||||
| 21 December 18:38 |
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| MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Low Earth | Defence satellite | In orbit | Operational | ||||
| 21 December 22:33 |
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| Eumetsat | Geosynchronous | Weather satellite | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ISRO | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 25 December 05:07 |
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| KNITs | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| KNITs | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| KNITs | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 28 December 05:19 |
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| ESA | Medium Earth | Prototype navigation satellite | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 29 December 02:28 |
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| SES Americom | Geosynchronous | Communication | In orbit | Operational | |||
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[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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| 14 January | Cassini | Flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 60,000 kilometres (37,000 mi) |
| 14 January | Huygens | Landed on Titan | |
| 15 February | Cassini | 3rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi) |
| 17 February | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 1,180 kilometres (730 mi) |
| 4 March | Rosetta | 1st flyby of the Earth | Gravity assist |
| 9 March | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 500 kilometres (310 mi) |
| 31 March | Cassini | 4th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 2,523 kilometres (1,568 mi) |
| 16 April | Cassini | 5th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi) |
| 4 July | Deep Impact | Projectile impacts 9P/Tempel 1 | |
| 14 July | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) |
| 2 August | MESSENGER | Flyby of the Earth | Gravity assist |
| 22 August | Cassini | 6th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 4,015 kilometres (2,495 mi) |
| 7 September | Cassini | 7th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi) |
| 12 September | Hayabusa | Arrival at asteroid 25143 Itokawa | |
| 26 September | Cassini | Flyby of Hyperion | Closest approach: 990 kilometres (620 mi) |
| 11 October | Cassini | Flyby of Dione | Closest approach: 500 kilometres (310 mi) |
| 28 October | Cassini | 8th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,446 kilometres (899 mi) |
| 12 November | Hayabusa | Failed to land MINERVA on Itokawa | |
| 19 November | Hayabusa | The first asteroid ascent | Accidentary landed on Itokawa and stayed for 30 min |
| 25 November | Hayabusa | Made a touch-and-go on Itokawa for sampling | |
| 26 November | Cassini | Flyby of Rhea | Closest approach: 500 kilometres (310 mi) |
| 26 December | Cassini | 9th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 10,429 kilometres (6,480 mi) |
[edit] EVAs
| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Function | Remarks |
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| 26 January 07:43 |
5 hours 28 minutes |
13:11 | Expedition 10 ISS Pirs |
Completed the installation of the Universal Work Platform, mounted the European commercial experiment Rokviss (Robotic Components Verification on ISS) and its antenna, installed the Russian Biorisk experiment, and relocated a Japanese exposure experiment.[1][2] | ||
| 28 March 06:25 |
4 hours 30 minutes |
10:55 | Expedition 10 ISS Pirs |
Installed navigational and communications equipment for the arrival of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and deployed an 11-pound Russian Nanosatellite.[1][3] | ||
| 30 July 09:48 |
6 hours 50 minutes |
17:36 | STS-114 ISS Discovery |
Demonstrated shuttle thermal protection repair techniques and enhancements to the Station’s attitude control system. installed a base and cabling for an External Stowage Platform, rerouted power to Control Moment Gyroscope-2 (CMG-2), retrieved two exposure experiments, and replaced a faulty global positioning system antenna on the station.[4] | ||
| 1 August 08:42 |
7 hours 14 minutes |
15:56 | STS-114 ISS Discovery |
Removed faulty CMG-1 from the Z1 truss, installed faulty CMG-1 into Discovery's payload bay, and installed new CMG-1 onto the Z1 truss segment.[5][6] | ||
| 3 August 08:48 |
6 hours 1 minute |
14:49 | STS-114 ISS Discovery |
Photographed and inspected Discovery's heat shield, removed two protruding gap fillers from between tiles in the forward area of the orbiter’s underside, and installed amateur radio satellite PCSAT2.[7] | ||
| 18 August 19:02 |
4 hours 58 minutes |
19 August 00:00 |
Expedition 11 ISS Pirs |
Retrieved one of three canisters from the Biorisk experiment, removed Micro-Particles Capturer experiment and Space Environment Exposure Device from Zvezda, retrieved Matroska experiment, installed an ATV docking television camera.[8][9] | ||
| 7 November 15:32 |
5 hours 22 minutes |
20:54 | Expedition 12 ISS Quest |
Installed and setup the P1 Truss camera, retrieved a failed Rotary Joint Motor Controller (RJMC), jettisoned a Floating Potential Probe, and removed and replaced a remote power controller module on the Mobile Transporter.[10] | First Quest-based spacewalk since April 2003. |
[edit] Orbital launch summary
[edit] By country
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Sea Launch | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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| Ariane 5ECA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ariane 5GS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | |
| Atlas IIIB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired | |
| Atlas V | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delta II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dnepr-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kosmos-3M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Long March 2D | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Long March 2F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Long March 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M-V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minotaur I | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molniya-M | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pegasus-XL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Proton-K | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Proton-M | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rockot | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Soyuz-FG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Soyuz-U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Space Shuttle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Titan IVB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired | |
| Volna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zenit-3SL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
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| Low Earth orbit | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | |
| Medium Earth orbit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geosynchronous/transfer | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heliocentric orbit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Including planetary transfer orbits |
[edit] References
Generic references:
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.
- "Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.
- "NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.
- "Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.
- "Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.
- "Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.
- "Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.
- "Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.
- "U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.
- "Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b NASA (2005). "Expedition 10 Spacewalks". NASA. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp10/eva/index.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "International Space Station Status Report #05-4". NASA. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-4.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "International Space Station Status Report #05-16". NASA. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-16.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "STS-114 MCC Status Report #09". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-09.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "STS-114 MCC Status Report #13". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-13.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ Tariq Malik (2005). "Shuttle Astronauts Repair ISS Gyroscope in Second Spacewalk". Space.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050801_sts114_eva2.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "STS-114 MCC Status Report #17". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-17.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "Station Crew Completes Spacewalk". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition11/exp11_spacewalk.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "International Space Station Status Report #05-40". NASA. http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-40.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2005). "International Space Station Status Report #05-55". NASA. http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-55.html. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
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