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Soyuz U | Progress M-52

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 2005, 7:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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H-IIA 2022 | Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 26, 2005, 9:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Multi-functional satellite providing communications and navigational services for aircraft, and provide weather data to users throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region, as far south as Australia / New Zealand.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2, Sloshsat

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 12, 2005, 9:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

XTAR-EUR is a communication satellite operating at 29 degrees East. Serving the needs of US, Spanish and allied governments. Maqsat B2 was designed to represent a commercial passenger for vehicle evaluation but was used as a technology platform for several European experiments, including Sloshsat in this case. Sloshsat is a satellite to investigate the behavior of liquids in weightlessness.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Atlas | NROL-23

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 2005, 7:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Last launch of an Atlas model using the original, innovative, balloon propellant tanks conceived in 1947. Third launch of new generation paired satellites used for tracking, characterisation, and intelligence on naval vessels and civilian shipping worldwide.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 12

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 3, 2005, 2:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Americom 12 satellite, also known as Worldsat 2.

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 96

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 20, 2005, 3 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II | Deep Impact (DIF)

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 12, 2005, 6:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Deep Impact was to fly by Comet 9P/Tempel-1 on 3 July 2005. An impacter it released was to hit the comet on 4 July at 10.2 km/s, producing a crater and ejecta plume that would allow the flyby spacecraft to determine the composition and structure of the comet's nucleus.

Asteroid
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Proton | Uragan 85, 86 & Uragan-M 3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 26, 2004, 1:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Sich-1M

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 2004, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ukranian-built remote sensing satellite. Third stage apogee kick burn was too short, raising the perigee of the orbit from 78 km to 280 km, rather than the 650 km planned..

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-51

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 23, 2004, 10:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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