2005 in spaceflight

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Contents 1 Launches 2 Deep Space Rendezvous in 2005 3 References 3.1 Footnotes

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2005.

← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec →

Launch date and time	Rocket	Launch site	Launch contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission function	Re-entry or destruction	Outcome	Remarks
12 January, 18:37 GMT	Delta II (7925)	LC-17B, Cape Canaveral	Boeing IDS	Deep Impact (EPOXI)	NASA	Heliocentric	Probe to Comet Tempel 1	N/A	Successful
				Deep Impact impactor	NASA	Heliocentric	Comet impactor	Hit Tempel 1 4 July 2005	Successful	Impacted comet to test composition
3 February, 02:27 GMT	Proton	LC-81, Baikonur Cosmodrome	ILS	AMC-12 (WORLDSAT 2)	SES Global	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
3 February, 07:41 GMT	Atlas IIIB	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral	ILS	USA-181 (NOSS)	US National Reconnaissance Office	LEO	Reconnaissance satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Final flight of Atlas III
12 February, 21:03 GMT	Ariane 5ECA	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	XTAR-EUR	Loral/Hisdesat	Geosynchronous	Military Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
26 February, 09:25 GMT	H-IIA	Tanegashima	JAXA	Himawari-6 (MTSAT 1R)	Japanese government	GEO	ATC and weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
28 February, 19:09 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Progress M-52 (17P)	RKA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	15 June 2005	Successful
1 March, 03:51 GMT	Zenit-3SL	Ocean Odyssey, Pacific Ocean	Sea Launch	XM-3	XM Satellite Radio	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
11 March, 21:42 GMT	Atlas V (431)	LC-41, Cape Canaveral	ILS	Inmarsat 4 F-1	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
29 March, 22:31 GMT	Proton-K	LC-81, Baikonur Cosmodrome	VKS	Express AM-2	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
11 April, 13:35 GMT	Minotaur	SLC-8, Vandenberg AFB	OSC	XSS-11 (USA 165)	US Air Force Research Laboratory	LEO	Experimental microsatellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
12 April, 12:00 GMT	Long March 3B	Xichang	CASC	Apstar 6	Apstar	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
15 April, 00:46 GMT	Soyuz-FG	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RKA	Soyuz TMA-6, 3 cosmonauts	RKA	LEO, docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	11 October 2005	Successful	ISS Expedition 11
15 April, 17:27 GMT	Pegasus-XL	L-1011, Vandenberg AFB	OSC	DART	NASA	LEO	Test rendezvous techniques	Still in orbit	Failure	Rendezvous with MUBLCOM communications satellite. Navigation malfunction led to satellites colliding in orbit
26 April, 07:31 GMT	Zenit 3SL	Ocean Odyssey, Pacific Ocean	Sea Launch	Spaceway 1	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
30 April, 00:50 GMT	Titan IVB	LC-40, Cape Canaveral	Lockheed Martin	USA-182 (Lacrosse 5)	US National Reconnaissance Office	LEO	Reconnaissance	Still in orbit	Successful so far
5 May, 04:44 GMT	PSLV	Sriharikota	ISRO	CARTOSAT 1	ISRO	Polar LEO	Remote sensing spacecraft	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				HAMSAT (VO-52/VUSat)	AMSAT-VU	LEO, Polar	Amateur radio Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
20 May, 10:22 GMT	Delta II (7320)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	Boeing IDS	NOAA 18 (NOAA-N)	NOAA	LEO	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
22 May, 17:59 GMT	Proton-M	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	DirecTV 8	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
31 May, 12:00 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RKA	Foton-M2	RKA/ESA	LEO	Microgravity research	16 June 2005	Successful	Recovered intact
16 June, 23:09 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RKA	Progress M-53 (18P)	RKA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	7 September 2005	Successful
21 June, 00:49 GMT	Molniya-M	LC-16/2, Plesetsk	VKS	Molniya 3K	RKA	Geosynchronous	Comsat	21 June 2005, 00:59 GMT	Failure	Failed to achieve orbit following 3rd stage malfunction
21 June, 19:49 GMT	Volna	Submarine, Barents Sea	VMF	Cosmos 1	Planetary Society	Intended: LEO	Experimental Solar Sail	21 June 2005	Failure	First stage shut off 17 seconds early; second stage failed to separate
23 June, 14:03 GMT	Zenit-3SL	Ocean Odyssey, Pacific Ocean	Sea Launch	Intelsat Americas 8 (Telstar 8)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
24 June, 19:41 GMT	Proton-K/DM-2M	LC-200/39, Baikonur	VKS	Express AM-3		Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
5 July, 22:40 GMT	Long March CZ-2D	SLS-2, Jiuquan	CASC	SJ-7	MAI	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
10 July, 03:30 GMT	M-V (M-5/Mu-5)	Uchinoura	JAXA	ASTRO-E2	JAXA	LEO	X-ray astronomy	Still in orbit	Successful so far
26 July, 14:39 GMT	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39B, KSC	USA	STS-114, 7 Astronauts	NASA	LEO, Docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	9 August 2005	Successful	First Shuttle mission after Columbia disaster. Required repairs in orbit.
				Raffaello MPLM	NASA/ESA	LEO, Docked to ISS	Resupply ISS		Successful so far
11 August, 08:20 GMT	Ariane 5G	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	iPSTAR 1	Shin Satellite	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
12 August, 11:43 GMT	Atlas V (401)	LC-41, Cape Canaveral	ILS	Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter	NASA	Areocentric	Mars orbiter	Still in orbit	Successful so far
13 August, 23:20 GMT	Soyuz-FG	LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome	Starsem	Galaxy 14	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
23 August, 21:20 GMT	Dnepr	Baikonur	ISC Kosmotras	OICETS	JAXA	LEO	Technology development	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				INDEX	JAXA	LEO	Technology development	Still in orbit	Successful so far
26 August, 18:34 GMT	Rockot	LC-133, Plesetsk	Eurockot	Monitor E	Kruniche	LEO	Environmental research	Still in orbit	Successful so far
29 August, 18:45 GMT	Long March 2D (CZ-2D)	Jiuquan	CASC	FSW-22 (FSW-3-5)	MAI	LEO	Reconnaissance	Still in orbit	Successful so far
2 September, 09:50 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RFSA	Kosmos-2415	MO RF	LEO	Reconnaissance	15 October 2005, 21:44 GMT	Successful	1,700th launch of R-7 derived rocket Satellite recovered intact
8 September, 13:08 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RKA	Progress M-54 (19P)	RKA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	3 March 2006, 13:05 GMT	Successful
				RadioSkaf	FKA	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
8 September, 21:53 GMT	Proton-M	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	Anik F1R	Telesat Canada	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
23 September, 02:24 GMT	Minotaur	SLC-8, Vandenberg AFB	OSC	STP-R1 (USA-185)	DARPA	LEO	Experimental satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
26 September, 03:37 GMT	Boeing Delta II (7925-9.5)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	GPS 2R-M1 (USA-183)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
1 October, 03:55 GMT	Soyuz-FG	LC-1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome	RKA	Soyuz TMA-7, 3 cosmonauts	RKA	LEO, docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	8 April 2006, 23:48	Successful	ISS Expedition 12 (ISS 11S)
8 October, 15:02 GMT	Rockot	LC-133, Plesetsk	Eurockot	CryoSat	ESA	Intended: LEO	Scientific Research Satellite	8 October 2005	Failure	First stage failed to separate. Failed to orbit.
12 October, 01:00 GMT	Long March 2F (CZ-2F)	Jiuquan	CALT	Shenzhou 6, 2 yǔhángyuán	CASC	LEO	Manned orbital flight	16 October, 04:32:50 GMT	Successful	First Chinese multi-person spaceflight.
13 October, 22:32 GMT	Ariane 5GS	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	Syracuse 3A	French Government	Geosynchronous	Military Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Galaxy 15	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
19 October, 18:05 GMT	Titan IVB	SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB	Lockheed Martin	USA-186 (Improved Crystal)	US NRO	LEO	Reconnaissance	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Final flight of Titan rocket
27 October, 06:52 GMT	Kosmos-3M	LC-132, Plesetsk	COSMOS International	Beijing-1 (DMC)	Tsinghua University	LEO	Observation satellite	Still in Orbit	Successful so far
				TopSat	UK MoD	LEO	Imaging satellite	Still in Orbit	Successful so far
				UWE-1	UWE	LEO	Comsat	Still in Orbit	Successful so far
				Sinah-1	OSIRI	LEO	Earth imaging	Still in Orbit	Successful so far	First Iranian satellite
				SSETI Express XO-53	SSETI	LEO	Student experiments	Still in Orbit	Failure	Power failed after several hours Cubesat carrier
				Cubesat XI-V	University of Tokyo	LEO	Technology development	Still in Orbit	Successful so far
				Mozhaets 5	Mozhaiskiy Military Space Engineering Academy	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure	Failed to separate from carrier rocket
				NCUBE-2	NSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in Orbit	Failure	Failed to contact ground Mistaken for debris from SSETI Express XO-53
				Rubin-5	AATiS/ESA	LEO	Technology development	Still in orbit	Successful	Intentionally remained attached to carrier rocket
8 November, 14:07 GMT	Zenit-3SL	Ocean Odyssey, Pacific Ocean	Sea Launch	Inmarsat 4-F2	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
9 November, 03:33 GMT	Soyuz-FG	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Starsem	Venus Express	ESA	Cytherean Orbit	Venus orbiter	Still in orbit	Successful so far
16 November, 23:46 GMT	Ariane 5ECA	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	Spaceway 2	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Telkom 2	PT Telkom	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
21 December, 18:38 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RKA	Progress M-55 (20P)	RKA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	19 June 2006, 17:53 GMT	Successful
21 December, 18:38 GMT	Kosmos-3M	LC-113, Plesetsk	VKS	Gonets	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2416 (Rodnik)	PT Telkom	Geosynchronous	Defence Satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
21 December, 22:33 GMT	Ariane 5GS	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	MSG 2	Eumetsat	Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				INSAT 4A	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
25 December, 05:07 GMT	Proton-K	LC-81, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2417	KNITs	MEO	Navigation satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Glonass
				Kosmos-2418	KNITs	MEO	Navigation satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Glonass
				Kosmos-2419	KNITs	MEO	Navigation satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Glonass
28 December, 05:19 GMT	Soyuz-FG	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Starsem	GIOVE A	ESA	MEO	Prototype navigation satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
29 December, 02:28 GMT	Proton-M	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	AMC-23 (WORLDSAT 3)	SES Americom	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far

← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec →

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 2005

• 14 January — Cassini flyby of Titan - Tc (60,000 km)
• 14 January — Huygens landed on Titan
• 15 February — Cassini flyby of Titan - T3 (950 km)
• 17 February — Cassini flyby of Enceladus (1,180 km)
• 4 March — Rosetta 1^st flyby of the Earth
• 9 March — Cassini flyby of Enceladus (500 km)
• 31 March — Cassini flyby of Titan - T4 (2,523 km)
• 16 April — Cassini flyby of Titan - T5 (950 km)
• 4 July — Deep Impact's projectile hits 9P/Tempel 1
• 14 July — Cassini flyby of Enceladus (1,000 km)
• 2 August — MESSENGER flyby of the Earth
• 22 August — Cassini flyby of Titan - T6 (4,015 km)
• 7 September — Cassini flyby of Titan - T7 (950 km)
• 12 September — Hayabusa arrived at asteroid 25143 Itokawa
• 26 September — Cassini flyby of Hyperion (990 km)
• 11 October — Cassini flyby of Dione (500 km)
• 28 October — Cassini flyby of Titan - T8 (1,446 km)
• 12 November — Hayabusa failed in landing MINERVA on Itokawa
• 19 November — Hayabusa made a touch-and-go on Itokawa for sampling
• 26 November — Cassini flyby of Rhea (500 km)
• 26 December — Cassini flyby of Titan - T9 (10,429 km)

[edit] References

• Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
• JAXA
• Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
• Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
• NASA
• NASA SpaceFlight.com
• Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
• Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
• Southwest Space Archive
• SPACE.com Launch Forecast
• SpaceFlightNow
• Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
• U.S. Space Objects Registry
• Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)

[edit] Footnotes

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Preceded by: 2004 Timeline of spaceflight 2005 Succeeded by: 2006