411 REFERENCE · Wikipedia
2005 in spaceflight
Reference material by Wikipedia contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
none
June 2019
June 2019
2005 Final Titan IV launch.jpg Launch of the last Titan rocket, a Titan IVB, from Vandenberg SLC-4E 12 January 29 December 55 52 3 0 52 Ariane 5GSAtlas V 431H-IIA 2022 Atlas IIIBTitan IVB 4 15
Timeline of spaceflight 2004 2006
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2005 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2005 saw Iran launch its first satellite.
right on
2
Orbital launches
2005
|colspan=8|
January
|-
2 12 January 18:47:08 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral SLC-17B USABoeing IDS Visited 9P/Tempel. Impactor impacted comet to test composition, main probe subsequently reused for EPOXI mission to study extrasolar planets and conduct a flyby of comet 103P/Hartley. Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet to inspect the crater caused by the impactor, as debris thrown up prevented Deep Impact from doing so. USADeep Impact
NASA
Heliocentric
Comet flyby
Successful
USADeep Impact impactor
NASA
Heliocentric
Comet impactor
Successful
4 July 05:52
2 20 January 03:00:07 RUSKosmos-3M RUSPlesetsk Site 132/1 RUS Universitetsky-Tatyana ceased operations at around 21:00 UTC on 6 March 2007http://www.sat-nd.com/failures/index.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sat-nd.com%2Ffailures%2Funiversitetsky.html Universitetsky [Tatyana, Tatiana] Sat ND 2007-04-06 2010-01-08 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716010112/http://www.sat-nd.com/failures/index.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sat-nd.com%2Ffailures%2Funiversitetsky.html live RUSKosmos 2414 (Parus)
Low Earth
Navigation
Operational
RUSUniversitetsky-Tatyana (RS-23)
MGU
Low Earth
Technologyhttp://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/universitetsky.htm Universitetsky (Tatyana, RS 23) Gunter Krebs Gunter's Space Page 2010-01-08 5 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101205224712/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/universitetsky.htm live
Successful
|colspan=8|
February
|-
1 3 February 02:27:32 RUSProton-M/Briz-M KAZBaikonur Site 81/24 RUSUSAInternational Launch Services USAAMC-12 (WORLDSAT 2)
SES Americom
Geosynchronous
Communication
Operational
2 3 February 07:41 USAAtlas IIIB USACape Canaveral SLC-36B RUSUSAInternational Launch Services NRO Launch 23 "Canis Minor", final flight of Atlas IIIB USAUSA-181 (NOSS-3 F3A)
NRO
Low Earth
ELINT
Operational
USAUSA-181 (NOSS-3 F3B)
NRO
Low Earth
ELINT
Operational
3 12 February 21:03:01 FRAAriane 5ECA FRAKourou ELA-3 FRAArianespace Sloshsat-FLEVO deployed from Maqsat-B2 USAXTAR-EUR
XTARhttp://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/xtar-eur.htm XTAR-EUR Gunter Krebs Gunter's Space Page 2010-01-08 27 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100127143637/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/xtar-eur.htm live
Geosynchronous
Communication
Operational
FRAMaqsat-B2
Arianespace
Geosynchronous transfer
Technology
Successful
3 December 2012
NEDSloshsat-FLEVO
SRON
Geosynchronous transfer
Microgravity
Successful
1 26 February 09:25 JPNH-IIA 2022 JPNTanegashima LA-Y1 JPNJAXA Maiden flight of H-IIA 2022 JPNHimawari 6 (MTSAT 1R)
MLIT/JMA
Geosynchronous
ATC/Weather
Operational
2 28 February 19:09:18 RUSSoyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUSRoskosmos ISS flight 17P, TNS-0 deployed from the International Space Station at 08:30 UTC on 28 March, during an EVA RUSProgress M-52
Roskosmos
Low Earth (ISS)
Logistics
Successful
16 June 00:02
RUSTNS-0
RNII KP
Low Earth
Technology
Successful
30 Augusthttp://planet4589.org/space/logs/satcat.txt Satellite Catalog Jonathan McDowell Jonathan's Space Page 2010-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20121111111926/http://www.planet4589.org/space/logs/satcat.txt 11 November 2012 dead
|colspan=8|
March
|-
1 1 March 03:50:59 UKRZenit-3SL NOROcean Odyssey UNSea Launch USAXM-3 "Rhythm"
XM
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 11 March 21:42 USAAtlas V 431 USACape Canaveral SLC-41 RUSUSAInternational Launch Services Maiden flight of Atlas V 431 UKInmarsat-4 F1
Inmarsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 29 March 22:31L00 RUSProton-K/DM-2M KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 RUSVKS RUSEkspress AM-2
RSCC
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
|colspan=8|
April
|-
1 11 April 13:35 USAMinotaur I USAVandenberg SLC-8 USAOrbital Sciences USAUSA-165 (XSS-11)
USAFRL
Low Earth
Technology
Successful
11 November 2013
1 12 April 12:00 PRCLong March 3B PRCXichang LA-2 PRCCASC PRCApstar VI
APT
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 15 April 00:46:25 RUSSoyuz-FG KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUSRoskosmos Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts RUSSoyuz TMA-6
Roskosmos
Low Earth (ISS)
Expedition 11
Successful
11 October 01:09:00
1 15 April 17:26:50 USAPegasus-XL USAStargazer, Vandenberg USAOrbital Sciences Rendezvous with MUBLCOM communications satellite failed due to navigation malfunction which led to satellites colliding in orbit. Deactivated eleven hours after launch. USADART
NASA
Low Earth
Technology
Spacecraft failure
7 May 2016 08:32
1 26 April 07:31:29 UKRZenit-3SL NOROcean Odyssey UNSea Launch USASpaceway 1
DirecTV
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 30 April 00:50 USATitan IV(405)B USACape Canaveral SLC-40 USALockheed Martin NRO Launch 16, final Titan launch from Cape Canaveral USAUSA-182 (Lacrosse 5)
NRO
Low Earth
Radar imaging
Operational
|colspan=8|
May
|-
2 5 May 04:45 INDPSLV INDSatish Dhawan SLP INDISRO INDCARTOSAT-1
ISRO
Sun-synchronous
Remote sensing
Operational
INDHAMSAT (VUSat-Oscar 52)
AMSAT-India
Sun-synchronous
Amateur radio
Operational
1 20 May 10:22:01 USADelta II 7320 USAVandenberg SLC-2W USABoeing IDS USANOAA-18 (NOAA-N)
NOAA
Sun-synchronous
Weather
Operational
1 22 May 17:59:08 RUSProton-M/Briz-M KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 RUSUSAInternational Launch Services USADirecTV-8
DirecTV
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 31 May 12:00 RUSSoyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUSRoskosmos Recovered intact RUS23pxFoton-M2
Roskosmos/ESA
Low Earth
Microgravity
Successful
16 June
|colspan=8|
June
|-
1 16 June 23:09:34 RUSSoyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUSRoskosmos ISS flight 18P RUSProgress M-53
Roskosmos
Low Earth (ISS)
Logistics
Successful
7 September 14:12:40
1 21 June 00:49:37 RUSMolniya-M/ML RUSPlesetsk Site 16/2 RUSVKS Failed to achieve orbit following third stage malfunction RUSMolniya-3K #12L
VKS
Intended: Molniya
Communications
Launch failure
+6 minutes
1 21 June 19:46:09 RUSVolna RUSK-496 Borisoglebsk, Barents Sea RUSVMF Experimental solar sail, first stage engine failure 83 seconds after launch USACosmos 1
Planetary Society
Intended: Low Earth
Technology
Launch failure
21 June
1 23 June 14:03:00 UKRZenit-3SL NOROcean Odyssey UNSea Launch Originally ordered as Telstar 8 for Loral Space & Communications, sold to Intelsat before launch UNIntelsat Americas 8 (2005–2007)Galaxy 28 (2007—)
Intelsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 24 June 19:41:00 RUSProton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 RUSVKS RUSEkspress AM-3
RSCC
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
|colspan=8|
July
|-
1 5 July 22:40 PRC Long March 2D PRC Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1http://www.cgwic.com/news/2005/0706_Launches_Shijian-7_Satellite.html LM-2D Successfully Launches Shijian-7 Satellite 2009-07-06 China Great Wall Industry Corporation 2010-01-09 21 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721020945/http://www.cgwic.com/news/2005/0706_Launches_Shijian-7_Satellite.html live PRC CASC PRC Shijian 7
CASC
Low Earth
Scientific
Operational
1 10 July 03:30 JPNM-V JPNUchinoura JPNJAXA JPNSuzaku (ASTRO-EII)
JAXA
Low Earth
X-ray astronomy
5 January 2025
Successful
2 26 July 14:39:00 USA103 USAKennedy LC-39B USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts, first Return to Flight mission after Columbia accident, Orbiter required repairs whilst in orbit. USASTS-114
NASA
Low Earth (ISS)
ISS assembly
Successful
9 August 12:11:22
2
ITAUSARaffaello MPLM
ASI/NASA
Low Earth (ISS)
Logistics
Successful
inherit
|colspan=8|
August
|-
1 2 August 07:30http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt Launch Log Jonathan McDowell Jonathan's Space Page 2010-01-08 23 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190920/https://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt live PRCLong March 2C PRCJiuquan PRCCNSA Recovered after reentry PRCFSW-21 (FSW-3 #4)http://www.astronautix.com/craft/fsw.htm FSW Mark Wade Encyclopedia Astronautica 2010-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116181654/http://astronautix.com/craft/fsw.htm 16 January 2010 dead
CNSA
Low Earth
Remote sensing
Successful
28 August 23:38http://www.cgwic.com/news/2005/0802_21st_Scientific_Satellite_Launched.html China's 21st Scientific Satellite Successfully Launched 2009-08-02 China Great Wall Industry Corporation 2010-01-09 21 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721021000/http://www.cgwic.com/news/2005/0802_21st_Scientific_Satellite_Launched.html live
1 11 August 08:20:44 FRAAriane 5GS FRAKourou ELA-3 FRAArianespace Maiden flight of Ariane 5GS THAThaicom 4 (iPSTAR)
Shin Satellite
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 12 August 11:43:00 USAAtlas V 401 USACape Canaveral SLC-41 RUSUSAInternational Launch Services USAMars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA
Areocentric
Mars orbiter
Operational
1 13 August 23:28:26 RUSSoyuz-FG/Fregat KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 FRARUSStarsem USAGalaxy 14
PanAmSat (2005–2006)Intelsat (2006—)
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
2 23 August 21:09:59 UKRDnepr KAZBaikonur Site 109/95 RUSISC Kosmotras Kirari deactivated on 24 September 2009http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/oicets/topics_e.html Project Topics Kirari JAXA 2009-09-24 2010-01-09 20 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110620063307/http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/oicets/topics_e.html dead JPNKirari (OICETS)
JAXA
Low Earth
Technology
Successful
JPNReimei (INDEX)
JAXA
Low Earth
Technology
Operational
1 26 August 18:34:28Clark Stephen https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0508/28monitore1/ Earth observation satellite launched by Russia Spaceflight Now 28 August 2005 22 September 2020 1 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201001232011/https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0508/28monitore1/ live RUS Rokot / Briz-KM RUS Plesetsk Site 133/3 RUS VKS Control issues shortly after launch, resolved within a few months. RUS Monitor-E
Roscosmos
Low Earth (SSO)
Earth observation
Successful
22 September 2020
00:00Sohail Daniyal https://www.urdupoint.com/en/technology/roscosmos-confirms-russias-defunct-monitor-e-1036795.html Roscosmos Confirms Russia's Defunct Monitor-E Satellite Burnt In Atmosphere Over Atlantic UrduPoint 22 September 2020 22 September 2020 2 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201002013756/https://www.urdupoint.com/en/technology/roscosmos-confirms-russias-defunct-monitor-e-1036795.html live
1 29 August 18:45 PRCLong March 2D PRCJiuquan LA-4 PRCCASC PRCFSW-22 (FSW-3 #5)
CNSA
Low Earth
Reconnaissance
Successful
17 October
|colspan=8|
September
|-
1 2 September 09:50 RUSSoyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 RUSVKS 1,700th launch of R-7 derived rocket, film capsule and camera recovered after reentry RUSKosmos 2415 (Yantar-1KFT/Kometa)
VKS
Low Earth
Optical imaging
Successful
15 October
21:44
2 8 September 13:07:54 RUSSoyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUSRoskosmos ISS flight 19P. RadioSkaf integrated into Orlan-M No. 14 to form SuitSat, which was deployed from the ISS at 23:05 UTC on 3 February 2006, during an EVA. SuitSat transmissions significantly weaker than expected. RUSProgress M-54
Roskosmos
Low Earth (ISS)
Logistics
Successful
3 March 2006 13:05
RUSUSARadioSkaf (SuitSat/AO-54)
AMSAT
Low Earth
Amateur radio
Partial spacecraft failure
7 September 2006 16:00
1 8 September 21:53:40 RUSProton-M/Briz-M KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 RUSUSAInternational Launch Services CANAnik F1R
Telesat
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 23 September 02:24:29 USAMinotaur I USAVandenberg SLC-8 USAOrbital Sciences USAUSA-185 (STP-R1/Streak)
DARPA
Low Earth
Technology
Operational
1 26 September 03:37:00 USADelta II 7925-9.5 USACape Canaveral SLC-17A USABoeing IDS USAUSA-183 (GPS IIR-14/M1)
US Air Force
Medium Earth
Navigation
Operational
|colspan=8|
October
|-
1 1 October 03:54:53 RUSSoyuz-FG KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUSRoskosmos Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts RUSSoyuz TMA-7
Roskosmos
Low Earth (ISS)
Expedition 12
Successful
8 April 2006 23:48
1 8 October 15:02:00 RUSRokot/Briz-KM RUSPlesetsk Site 133/3 FRARUSEurockot Second stage failed to shut down and separate, failed to orbit. 23pxCryoSat
ESA
Intended: Low Earth
Environmental
Launch failure
8 October
1 12 October 01:00 PRCLong March 2F PRCJiuquan LA-4/SLS-1 PRCCALT Carried two crewmembers, first Chinese spaceflight with multiple crew PRCShenzhou 6
CMSA
Low Earth
Technology/Biological
Successful
16 October 04:32:50
2 13 October 22:32:00 FRAAriane 5GS FRAKourou ELA-3 FRAArianespace FRASyracuse 3A
DGA
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
USAGalaxy 15
PanAmSat (2005–2006)Intelsat (2006—)
Geosynchronous
Communications
Spacecraft failure
1 19 October 18:05 USATitan IV(404)B USAVandenberg SLC-4E USALockheed Martin NRO Launch 20, Final flight of Titan IVB and the Titan family of rockets. USAUSA-186 (Improved Crystal)
NRO
Low Earth
Reconnaissance
Operational
9 27 October 06:52:26 RUSKosmos-3M RUSPlesetsk Site 132/1 RUSNPO Polyot Sinah-1 was the first Iranian satellite, SSETI Express lost due to power failure twelve and a half hours after launch as solar arrays were unable to recharge batteries;http://www.esa.int/esaMI/sseti_express/SEMDUENFGLE_0.html SSETI Express nominated for 'Space Oscar' 2006-04-06 European Space Agency 2010-01-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100209205551/http://www.esa.int/esaMI/sseti_express/SEMDUENFGLE_0.html 9 February 2010 live 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. UWE-1 operated until 17 November.http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=103&retURL=/satellites/status.php UWE-1 AMSAT 2010-01-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100618003444/http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=103&retURL=%2Fsatellites%2Fstatus.php 18 June 2010 PRCBeijing-1 (China-DMC+4)
Tsinghua
Low Earth
Optical imaging
Operational
UKTopSat
MoD
Low Earth
Optical imaging
Operational
IRNSinah-1
ISA
Low Earth
Remote sensing
Operational
23pxSSETI Express (XO-53)
SSETI/ESA
Low Earth
Technology, CubeSat deployer
Spacecraft failure
JPNCubeSat XI-V (CO-58)
University of Tokyo
Low Earth
Technology
Operational yes
GERUWE-1
UWE
Low Earth
Technology
Successful yes
NORnCUBE-2
NSSP
Low Earth
Amateur radio
Spacecraft failure yes
RUSMozhaets-5 (RS-25)
Mozhaiskiy/NPO PM
Low Earth
TechnologyAmateur radio
Spacecraft failure
2
GERRubin-5-ASOLANT
OHB System/AATiS
Low Earth
Technology
Successful
inherit
|colspan=8|
November
|-
1 8 November 14:06:59 UKR Zenit-3SL NOR Ocean Odyssey UN Sea Launch UK Inmarsat-4 F2
Inmarsat
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
1 9 November 03:33:34 RUS Soyuz-FG / Fregat KAZ Baikonur Site 31/6 FRA RUS Starsem 23px Venus Express
ESA
Cytherocentric
Venus orbiter
Successful
Late January 2015
2 16 November 23:46:00 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace USA Spaceway-2
DirecTV
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
IDN Telkom-2
PT Telkom
Geosynchronous
Communications
Successfulhttps://www.telkomsat.co.id/id/berita/telkomsat-adakan-kick-off-de-orbit-satelit-telkom-2-242 Telkomsat Adakan Kick Off De-Orbit Satelit Telkom-2 Telkom Indonesia 1 June 2021 7 July 2021 id 7 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210707061622/https://www.telkomsat.co.id/id/berita/telkomsat-adakan-kick-off-de-orbit-satelit-telkom-2-242 live McDowell Jonathan Jonathan McDowell planet4589 1412646647662776326 The Indonesian TELKOM 2 satellite, built by Orbital (now Northrop Grumman) was launched in 2005 to GEO 118E. It appears to have been retired on Jun 4. 6 July 2021 7 July 2021
|colspan=8|
December
|-
1 21 December 18:38:20 RUSSoyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUSRoskosmos ISS flight 20P RUSProgress M-55
Roskomsos
Low Earth (ISS)
Logistics
Successful
19 June 2006
17:53
2 21 December 19:34:20 RUSKosmos-3M RUSPlesetsk Site 132/1 RUSVKS RUSGonets-M No.1
Gonets Satellite System
Low Earth
Communications
Operational
RUSKosmos 2416 (Rodnik)
VKS
Low Earth
Communications
Operational
2 21 December 22:33 FRAAriane 5GS FRAKourou ELA-3 FRAArianespace 23pxMeteosat-9 (MSG-2)
Eumetsat
Geosynchronous
Weather
Operational
INDINSAT-4A
ISRO
Geosynchronous
Communications
Operational
3 25 December 05:07:10 RUSProton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/24 RUSVKS RUSKosmos 2417 (GLONASS-M)
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation
Operational
RUSKosmos 2418 (GLONASS-M)
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation
Operational
RUSKosmos 2419 (GLONASS)
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation
Operational
1 28 December 05:19 RUSSoyuz-FG/Fregat KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 FRARUSStarsem The satellite was deactivated on 24 November 2021.https://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_prototype_GIOVE-A_switched_off_after_16_years_in_orbit Galileo prototype GIOVE-A switched off after 16 years in orbit 24 November 2021 24 November 2021 ESA 24 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211124143850/https://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_prototype_GIOVE-A_switched_off_after_16_years_in_orbit live 23pxGIOVE A
ESA
Medium Earth
NavigationTechnology
Successful
1 29 December 02:28 RUSProton-M/Briz-M KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 RUSUSAInternational Launch Services Originally ordered by GE Americom as GE-2i, transferred to SES Americom before launch and renamed AMC-13, then transferred to Worldsat as Worldsat-3 before being transferred back to SES Americom as AMC-23 in early 2005. Transferred to SAT-GE when it split from SES Americom in 2007.http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amc-23.htm AMC 23 -> GE 23 Gunter Krebs Gunter's Space Page 2010-01-11 20 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101120235704/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amc-23.htm live USAAMC-23 (2005–2007)GE-23 (2007—)
SES Americom (2005–2007)SAT-GE (2007—)
Geosynchronous
Communication
Operational
|}
2005
Suborbital launches
2005
|colspan=8|
January
|-
1 18 January 13:58:00http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/Y.lis Y: Suborbital weather rocket launches Orbital and Suborbital Launch Database Jonathan McDowell Jonathan's Space Page 2010-01-08 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101014111357/http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/Y.lis live USASuper Loki NORAndøya GERDLR GERROMA 2005 RWCH05http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/loki.htm Loki Mark Wade Encyclopedia Astronautica 2010-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100102233831/http://astronautix.com/lvs/loki.htm 2 January 2010 dead
DLR
Suborbital
Weather
Successful
18 January
1 18 January 16:07 USASuper Loki NORAndøya GERDLR GERROMA 2005 RWCH08
DLR
Suborbital
Weather
Successful
18 January
1 18 January 17:57 USASuper Loki NORAndøya GERDLR GERROMA 2005 RWCH11
DLR
Suborbital
Weather
Successful
18 January
1 20 January 09:16 USASuper Loki NORAndøya GERDLR GERROMA 2005 RWCH14
DLR
Suborbital
Weather
Successful
18 January
|colspan=8|
February
|-
1 1 February FRAM45 FRABiscarosse FRAFrench Navy Apogee: 800 kmhttp://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/S.lis S: Suborbital launches (apogee 80+ km) Orbital and Suborbital Launch Database Jonathan McDowell Jonathan's Space Page 2010-01-08 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101014111342/http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/S.lis live French Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
1 February
1 2 February 20:57:00 USATerrier-Orion USABarking Sands USANASA Apogee: 130 km NAWC
Suborbital
Target
Successful
2 February
1 14 February 06:22 USAUGM-27 Polaris (STARS) USAKodiak USASMDC Apogee: 1000 km, interceptor launch cancelledhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/nmd-test.htm Ground Based Interceptor Testing 2008-03-01 GlobalSecurity.org 2010-01-08 12 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090912073824/http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/nmd-test.htm live USAIFT-14 Target
MDA
Suborbital
Target
Successful
14 February
1 24 February 21:03 USAAries USABarking Sands USAUS Navy Apogee: 150 km, intercepted by SM-3 USAFTM-04-1 Target
MDA
Suborbital
Target
Successful
24 February
1 24 February 21:04 USARIM-161 Standard Missile 3 USALake Erie CG-70 6http://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/05news0008.pdf Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Flight Test Successful Missile Defense Agency 2005-03-24 2010-01-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101207103926/http://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/05news0008.pdf 7 December 2010 USAMDA "Stellar Dragon", apogee: 150 km, intercepted Aries USAFTM-04-1 Interceptor
MDA
Suborbital
Aegis test
Successful
24 February
|colspan=8|
March
|-
1 1 March 23:13:00 USATerrier-Orion USABarking Sands USANASA Apogee: 130 km NAWC
Suborbital
Target
Successful
1 March
1 2 March 04:00:14 USAUGM-133 Trident II D5 USATennessee SSBN-734 6, ETR LP-5 USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km, FCET-33 US Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
2 March
1 2 March 05:09:16 USAUGM-133 Trident II D5 USAUSS Tennessee, ETR LP-5 USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km, FCET-33 US Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
2 March
1 2 March 21:11:00 USATerrier-Orion USABarking Sands USANASA Apogee: 130 km NAWC
Suborbital
Target
Successful
2 March
1 2 March 22:05:00 USATerrier-Oriole USABarking Sands USANASA Apogee: 300 km NAWC
Suborbital
Target
Successful
2 March
1 6 March 10:31:17http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/A.lis A: Atmospheric launches (apogee 0–50 km) Orbital and Suborbital Launch Database Jonathan McDowell Jonathan's Space Page 2010-01-08 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101014111316/http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/A.lis live CANBlack Brant XII USAPoker Flat LC-4 USANASA Third stage failed to ignite,http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/cascades/updates/03_08_05.html CASCADES - Update 2005-03-08 2010-01-08 Kristina Lynch Dartmouth College 7 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081007140318/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/cascades/updates/03_08_05.html live apogee: 29 km USACASCADES
Dartmouth
Intended: Suborbital
Auroral
Launch failure
6 March
1 15 March 05:45:00 USAImproved Orion USAPoker Flat LC-3 USANASA Apogee: 105 km USADUST
Dartmouth
Suborbital
Micrometeoroidshttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/dust.html DUST - DustOrions, a Study of Mesospheric Meteoric Dust Layers 2010-01-08 Dartmouth College 28 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100528043915/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/dust.html live
Successfulhttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/dust/updates/3_15_05.html DUST - Update 2005-03-15 2010-01-08 Dartmouth College 15 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121015122242/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/dust/updates/3_15_05.html live
15 March
1 15 March 07:45:00 USAImproved Orion USAPoker Flat LC-2 USANASA Apogee: 105 km USADUST
Dartmouth
Suborbital
Micrometeoroids
Successful
15 March
1 19 March PAKShaheen-II PAKSonmiani PAKArmy of Pakistan Apogee: 300 km Army of Pakistan
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
19 March
|colspan=8|
April
|-
1 8 April 05:56 INDRH-300 Mk.II INDSatish Dhawan INDISRO Apogee: 130 km PRL
Suborbital
Aeronomy
Successful
8 April
1 8 April 17:30 USACastor 4B MRT USAC-17, Pacific Ocean USAOrbital Sciences Apogee: 300 km Orbital Sciences
Suborbital
Test flight
Successful
8 April
|colspan=8|
May
|-
1 2 May 05:00 UKSkylark 7 SWEEsrange Skylark Tower UKSounding Rocket Serviceshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4490253.stm Last launch for UK Skylark rocket BBC News 2005-04-29 2010-01-09 3 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141229/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4490253.stm live Final Skylark launch, apogee: 252 km 23pxMaser-10
ESA
Suborbital
Microgravity
Successful
2 May
1 5 May 09:35:00 USATerrier-Orion USAWallops USANASA Apogee: 156 km USAMCAFT-1/IBSi
IBSi
Suborbital
Biological
Successful
5 May
1 27 May RUSR-17 Elbrus (B) SYR 1980Minakh SYR 1980Syrian Army Apogee: 100 km Syrian Army
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
27 May
1 27 May RUSR-17 Elbrus (D) SYR 1980Minakh SYR 1980Syrian Army Apogee: 100 km Syrian Army
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
27 May
1 27 May RUSR-17 Elbrus (D) SYR 1980Minakh SYR 1980Syrian Army Disintegrated over Turkey Syrian Army
Suborbital
Missile test
Launch failure
27 May
|colspan=8|
June
|-
1 12 June PRCJu Lang 2 PRCSubmarine, Yellow Sea PRCPLAN PLAN
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
12 June
1 28 June 22:54 USATerrier-ASAS USAWallops USANASA NASA
Suborbital
Test flight
Successful
28 June
|colspan=8|
July
|-
1 4 July 08:41 USAImproved Orion NORAndøya NORFFI Apogee: 100 km NORIMEF
Oslo
Suborbital
Aeronomy/Ionospheric
Successful
4 July
1 7 July 16:20:00 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands USANASA USAVAULT 3
NRL
Suborbital
Solar
Successful
7 July
1 7 July 16:20:00 PRCDong Feng 21 PRCXichang PRCPLA Intercept failed PLA
Suborbital
ASAT test
Launch failure
7 July
1 21 July 08:01 USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-10 USAUS Air Force USASERV-1
US Air Force
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
21 July
|colspan=8|
August
|-
1 3 August 18:45 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands USANASA USAUSC-6
USCLA
Suborbital
Solar
Successful
3 August
1 3 August USACastor 4B USABarking Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 400 km USACHCM-1
US Army
Suborbital
Test flight
Successful
3 August
1 17 August 07:06 RUSR-29RMU Sineva RUSSeverodvinsk, Barents Sea RUSVMF Apogee: 1000 km VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
17 August
1 18 August USACastor 4B USABarking Sands USAUS Army Apogee: 400 km USACHCM-1
US Army
Suborbital
Test flight
Successful
18 August
1 26 August 08:01 USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-26 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km USAGT-188GM/SERV-2
US Air Force
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
26 August
|colspan=8|
September
|-
1 7 September 08:53 USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-04 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km USAGT-187-1GM
US Air Force
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
7 September
1 14 September 08:01 USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-09 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km USAGT-189GM/ALCS
US Air Force
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
14 September
1 26 September USALRALT USAC-17, Midway USAMDA Apogee: 300 km, test of COBRA DANE radar system MDA
Suborbital
Target
Successful
26 September
1 27 September 13:22 RUSRSM-56 Bulava RUSDmitri Donskoi, White Sea RUSVMF Apogee: 1000 km, maiden flight of Bulava, launched whilst submarine was surfaced VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
27 September
1 30 September 07:06 RUSR-29R Volna RUSSvyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets, Okhotsk Sea RUSVMF Apogee: 1000 km VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
30 September
|colspan=8|
October
|-
1 7 October 21:30 RUSVolna RUSBorisoglebsk, Barents Sea RUSVMF Apogee: 200 km, recovery failed 23pxRUSIRDT-2R
ESA/NPO Lavochkin
Suborbital
Technology
Spacecraft failure
6 October
1 10 October 21:10:08 USAUGM-133 Trident II D5 UKVanguard S28 6, ETR UKRoyal Navy Apogee: 1000 km, DASO-8 Royal Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
10 October
1 20 October 07:30 RUSRS-18B UR-100NU KAZBaikonur Site 175/2http://www.astronautix.com/sites/baic1752.htm Baikonur LC175/2 Mark Wade Encyclopedia Astronautica 2010-01-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100201082437/http://astronautix.com/sites/baic1752.htm 1 February 2010 dead RUSRVSN Apogee: 1000 km RVSN
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
20 October
1 27 October 13:45 BRAUSAVS-30/Orion NORAndøya GERDLR Apogee: 211 km GERSHEFEX
DLR
Suborbital
Test flight
Successful
27 October
|colspan=8|
November
|-
1 1 November 17:10 RUS RT-2PM Topol RUS Kapustin Yar RUS RVSN Apogee: 1000 km RUS IP-10
RVSN
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
1 November
1 2 November 22:34 USA Terrier Mk.70-Oriole USA Barking Sands USA NASA Apogee: 300 km NAWC
Suborbital
Target
Successful
2 November
1 14 November 20:30 USA Terrier-Improved Orion USA White Sands USA NASA Apogee: 130 km NAWC
Suborbital
Target
Successful
14 November
1 18 November 18:12 USA Castor 4B (MRT) USA Barking Sands USA U.S. Navy Apogee: 150 km, intercepted by SM-3. USA FTM-04-2 Target
U.S. Navy
Suborbital
Target
Successful
18 November
1 18 November 18:16 USA RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 USA USS Lake Erie USA U.S. Navy "Stellar Valkyrie", apogee: 150 km, intercepted MRT. USA FTM-04-2 Interceptor
U.S. Navy
Suborbital
Aegis test
Successful
18 November
1 18 November 20:13 USA Terrier-Improved Orion USA White Sands USA NASA Apogee: 130 km NAWC
Suborbital
Target
Successful
18 November
1 22 November USA THAAD USA White Sands USA Lockheed Martin Apogee: 100 km USA FTT-1
Lockheed Martin
Suborbital
Test flight
Successful
22 November
1 29 November 07:44 RUS RT-2PM Topol RUS Plesetsk RUS RVSN Apogee: 1000 km RVSN
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
29 November
|colspan=8|
December
|-
1 9 December 19:02:42 USAUGM-133 Trident II D5 USASubmarine, ETR LP-5 USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km, FCET-34 US Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
9 December
1 14 December 03:04 USAOrbital Boost Vehicle MHLMeck USAMDA Apogee: 1800 km USAFT-1
MDA
Suborbital
GBI test
Successful
14 December
1 20 December 19:30 USATerrier-Orion USAWallops USANASA Apogee: 100 km NASA
Suborbital
Technology
Successful
20 December
1 21 December 05:19 RUSRSM-56 Bulava RUSDmitri Donskoi, White Sea RUSVMF Apogee: 1000 km, first submerged Bulava launch VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
21 December
|colspan=8|
Unknown date
|-
1 Unknown INDRH-300 Mk.II INDSatish Dhawan INDISRO Apogee: 130 km ISRO
Suborbital
Test flight
Successful
1 Unknown USAUGM-133 Trident II D5 USASubmarine, WTR USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
Successful
|}
2005
Deep Space Rendezvous
Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks14 January Cassini Flyby of Titan Closest approach: 60000 km14 January Huygens First soft landing on planet's satellite outside Moon and on Titan15 February Cassini 3rd flyby of Titan Closest approach: 950 km17 February Cassini Flyby of Enceladus Closest approach: 1180 km4 March Rosetta 1st flyby of the Earth Gravity assist9 March Cassini Flyby of Enceladus Closest approach: 500 km31 March Cassini 4th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 2523 km16 April Cassini 5th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 950 km4 July Deep Impact First impact to comet Projectile impacts 9P/Tempel 114 July Cassini Flyby of Enceladus Closest approach: 1000 km2 August MESSENGER Flyby of the Earth Gravity assist22 August Cassini 6th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 4015 km7 September Cassini 7th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 950 km12 September Hayabusa Arrival at asteroid 25143 Itokawa26 September Cassini Flyby of Hyperion Closest approach: 990 km11 October Cassini Flyby of Dione Closest approach: 500 km28 October Cassini 8th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 1446 km12 November MINERVA Failed to land on Itokawa19 November Hayabusa Accidentally landed on ItokawaThe first asteroid ascent Stayed for 30 min 25 November Hayabusa Made a touch-and-go on Itokawa for sampling Status unclear26 November Cassini Flyby of Rhea Closest approach: 500 km26 December Cassini 9th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 10429 km
EVAs
Start date/time(UTC)DurationEnd time(UTC)SpacecraftCrewRemarks26 January07:435 hours28 minutes13:11Expedition 10ISS PirsUSALeroy ChiaoRUSSalizhan SharipovCompleted 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.http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp10/eva/index.html Expedition 10 Spacewalks 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20081005111313/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp10/eva/index.html 5 October 2008 deadhttp://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-4.html International Space Station Status Report #05-4 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20081011004642/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-4.html 11 October 2008 dead28 March06:254 hours30 minutes10:55Expedition 10ISS PirsUSALeroy ChiaoRUSSalizhan SharipovInstalled navigational and communications equipment for the arrival of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and deployed the 5-kilogram (11-pound) Russian TNS-0 nanosatellite.http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-16.html International Space Station Status Report #05-16 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20081011001636/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-16.html 11 October 2008 dead30 July09:486 hours50 minutes17:36STS-114103 noJPNSoichi NoguchiUSAStephen RobinsonPerformed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. 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.http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-09.html STS-114 MCC Status Report #09 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20081020011053/http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-09.html 20 October 2008 live1 August08:427 hours14 minutes15:56STS-114DiscoveryJPNSoichi NoguchiUSAStephen RobinsonPerformed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. 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.http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-13.html STS-114 MCC Status Report #13 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20081006111630/http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-13.html 6 October 2008 livehttp://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050801_sts114_eva2.html Shuttle Astronauts Repair ISS Gyroscope in Second Spacewalk 7 October 2008 Space.com 2005 Tariq Malik 23 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091223174445/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050801_sts114_eva2.html live3 August08:486 hours1 minute14:49STS-114DiscoveryJPNSoichi NoguchiUSAStephen RobinsonPerformed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. Photographed and inspected Discoverys 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.http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-17.html STS-114 MCC Status Report #17 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20081020010212/http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-17.html 20 October 2008 live18 August19:024 hours58 minutes19 August00:00Expedition 11ISS PirsRUSSergei KrikalyovUSAJohn L. PhillipsRetrieved 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.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition11/exp11_spacewalk.html Station Crew Completes Spacewalk 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20081020143825/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition11/exp11_spacewalk.html 20 October 2008 livehttp://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-40.html International Space Station Status Report #05-40 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090213040204/http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-40.html 13 February 20097 November15:325 hours22 minutes20:54Expedition 12ISS QuestUSAWilliam S. McArthurRUSValery TokarevInstalled and set up 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.http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-55.html International Space Station Status Report #05-55 7 October 2008 NASA 2005 NASA dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090213030811/http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2005/iss05-55.html 13 February 2009 First Quest-based spacewalk since April 2003.
Orbital launch statistics
By country
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.
120 false left [
{"value":250, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 25 (45.45%)"},
{"value":120, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 12 (21.82%)"},
{"value":50, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 5 (9.09%)"},
{"value":50, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 5 (9.09%)"},
{"value":50, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 5 (9.09%)"},
{"value":20, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 2 (3.64%)"},
{"value":10, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 1 (1.82%)"},
]
Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 25 22 3 0 5 5 0 0 12 12 0 0 World 5 5 1 2 25 5 12 5 5 1 2 22 5 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
By rocket
bar chart center 990 400 1 5:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0: 6:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0: 5:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 7 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 9 MediumBlue : Sienna : Goldenrod : SteelBlue : FireBrick : IndianRed : DarkGreen : DarkSlateGrey : Grey : DarkGrey : DarkTurquoise : Chocolate : Peru : Tan : Wheat : Orchid : LightGrey : White Ariane 5 : Atlas III : Atlas V : Delta II : Long March 2 : Long March 3 : Minotaur I : Molniya-M : Soyuz-U : Soyuz-FG : Kosmos-3M : Titan IV : Proton-K : Proton-M : Rokot : Zenit-3SL : Others : Ariane : Atlas : Delta : Long March : Minotaur : R-7 : R-14 : Titan : Universal Rocket : Zenit : Others _launches
By family
Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 5 5 0 0 Atlas 3 3 0 0 Delta 3 3 0 0 H-II 1 1 0 0 Long March 5 5 0 0 Minotaur 2 2 0 0 Mu 1 1 0 0 Pegasus 1 1 0 0 PSLV 1 1 0 0 R-7 12 11 1 0 R-14 3 3 0 0 R-29 1 0 1 0 R-36 1 1 0 0 Space Shuttle 1 1 0 0 Titan 2 2 0 0 Final flightUniversal Rocket 9 8 1 0 Zenit 4 4 0 0
By type
Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 5 Ariane 5 5 0 0 Atlas III Atlas 1 1 0 0 Final flightAtlas V Atlas 2 2 0 0 Delta II Delta 3 3 0 0 Dnepr R-36 1 1 0 0 H-IIA H-II 1 1 0 0 Kosmos R-12/R-14 3 3 0 0 Long March 2 Long March 4 4 0 0 Long March 3 Long March 1 1 0 0 Minotaur I Minotaur 2 2 0 0 M-V Mu 1 1 0 0 Molniya R-7 1 0 1 0 Pegasus Pegasus 1 1 0 0 PSLV PSLV 1 1 0 0 Proton Universal Rocket 7 7 0 0 Soyuz R-7 11 11 0 0 Space Shuttle Space Shuttle 1 1 0 0 Titan IV Titan 2 2 0 0 Final flightUR-100 Universal Rocket 2 1 1 0 Volna R-29 1 0 1 0 Zenit Zenit 4 4 0 0
By configuration
Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 5 ECA Ariane 5 2 2 0 0 Ariane 5 GS Ariane 5 3 3 0 0 Maiden flightAtlas IIIB Atlas III 1 1 0 0 Final flightAtlas V 401 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Atlas V 431 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Maiden flightDelta II 7320 Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta II 7925 Delta II 2 2 0 0 Dnepr Dnepr 1 1 0 0 H-IIA 2022 H-IIA 1 1 0 0 Maiden flightKosmos-3M Kosmos 3 3 0 0 Long March 2C Long March 2 1 1 0 0 Long March 2D Long March 2 2 2 0 0 Long March 2F Long March 2 1 1 0 0 Long March 3B Long March 3 1 1 0 0 Minotaur I Minotaur I 2 2 0 0 M-V M-V 1 1 0 0 Molniya-M / ML Molniya 1 0 1 0 Final flightPegasus-XL Pegasus 1 1 0 0 PSLV-G PSLV 1 1 0 0 Proton-K / DM-2 Proton 2 2 0 0 Proton-K / DM-2M Proton 1 1 0 0 Proton-M / Briz-M Proton 4 4 0 0 Rokot / Briz-KM UR-100 2 1 1 0 Soyuz-FG Soyuz 2 2 0 0 Soyuz-FG / Fregat Soyuz 3 3 0 0 Soyuz-U Soyuz 6 6 0 0 Space Shuttle Space Shuttle 1 1 0 0 Titan IV-B (404B) Titan IV 1 1 0 0 Final flightTitan IV-B (405B) Titan IV 1 1 0 0 Final flightVolna Volna 1 0 1 0 Maiden flightZenit-3SL Zenit 4 4 0 0
By launch site
bar chart center 850 400 1 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0: 5:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:19:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0 0:0:0:0:0:0: 6:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 5 FireBrick : Crimson : LightCoral : MediumBlue : Orange : Aquamarine : MediumPurple : Plum : LightSeaGreen : LightBlue : SteelBlue : Blue : DodgerBlue : SkyBlue Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Xichang : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Ocean Odyssey : Tanegashima : Uchinoura : Baikonur : Barents Sea : Plesetsk : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy Space Center : Vandenberg China : France : India : International waters : Japan : Kazakhstan : Russia : United States _launches
Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksBaikonur 19 19 0 0 Barents Sea 1 0 1 0 Launched from Borisoglebsk submarineCape Canaveral 6 6 0 0 Jiuquan 4 4 0 0 Kennedy 1 1 0 0 Kourou 5 5 0 0 Ocean Odyssey UN International 4 4 0 0 Plesetsk 6 4 2 0 Satish Dhawan 1 1 0 0 Tanegashima 1 1 0 0 Uchinoura 1 1 0 0 Vandenberg 5 5 0 0 One launch used Stargazer aircraftXichang 1 1 0 0 Total 55 52 3 0
By orbit
bar chart center 800 400 1 0:0:0:0:0:0 0:18:0:0:0:0 0: 7:0:0:0:0 0: 2:0:0:0:0 0: 0:0:0:0:0 0:0: 3:0:0:0 0:0:0:19:0:0 0:0:0: 0:0:0 0:0:0:0: 0:0 0:0:0:0:0: 3 DeepSkyBlue: Navy : MediumBlue : RoyalBlue : DodgerBlue : LightSeaGreen : SaddleBrown : Peru : Black: Gold Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (SSO) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Medium Earth : Geosychronous(transfer) : Inclined GSO : High Earth : Heliocentric Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Medium Earth : Geosynchronous / transfer : High Earth : Heliocentric _launches
Orbital regime Launches Successes At least one payload was placed in the target orbital regime Failures Accidentallyachieved RemarksTransatmospheric 0 0 0 0 Low Earth 29 27 2 0 7 to ISS Medium Earth / Molniya 4 3 1 0 Geosynchronous / GTO 19 19 0 0 High Earth / Lunar transfer 0 0 0 0 Heliocentric / Planetary transfer 3 3 0 0 Total 55 52 3 0
References
Footnotes
2
2005 on
expand
Category:Spaceflight by year