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M-V | Suzaku

IHI Corporation | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
July 10, 2005, 3:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions, black holes and galactic clusters. It was launched on 10 July 2005 aboard the M-V rocket on the M-V-6 mission. After its successful launch, the satellite was renamed Suzaku after the mythical Vermilion bird of the South

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 2D | Shi Jian 7

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 5, 2005, 10:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese maneuverable military satellites, believed to have an interceptor / inspector / antisatellite mission. Launched from Jiuquan by the CZ-2D launch vehicle into 600 km, 97.7 deg inclination sun synchronous orbits.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Proton | Ekspress AM-3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 24, 2005, 7:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Ekspress-AM 2 and 3 series are communications satellites for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Alcatel.

Geostationary Orbit
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Zenit | Intelsat IA-8

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
June 23, 2005, 2:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Intelsat IA-8 is a geostationary communications satellite located at. 89 degrees W. The satellite provides coverage to North and South America customers for Intelsat.

Geostationary Orbit
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Volna | Cosmos-1

Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau | Russia
Sea Launch
June 21, 2005, 7:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Cosmos 1 was a project by Cosmos Studios and The Planetary Society to test a solar sail in space. As part of the project, an unmanned solar-sail spacecraft named Cosmos 1 was launched into space at 15:46:09 EDT (19:46:09 UTC) on June 21, 2005 from the submarine Borisoglebsk in the Barents Sea. However, a rocket failure prevented the spacecraft from reaching its intended orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3K

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 21, 2005, 12:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Military communications satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-53

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 16, 2005, 11:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Kaituozhe-1 | KT-1 satellite?

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 9, 2005, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Reported orbital launch failure.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Foton-M No. 2

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 31, 2005, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Foton-M No.2 was an unmanned Foton-M spacecraft which carried a European payload for the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft carried a 600-kilogram (1,300 lb) payload, including 385 kilograms (849 lb) of experiments; consisting of 39 experiments in fluid physics, biology, material science, meteoritics, radiation dosimetry and exobiology (BIOPAN-5). Some of the experiments were designed by the ESA's student programme. One notable experiment tested the ability of lichen to survive in space. It was successful, as the lichen survived over 14 days of exposure to space.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-M Briz-M | DirecTV-8

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 22, 2005, 5:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DirecTV 8 satellite provides selectable medium and high power Ku-band broadcast services to the U.S. on up to 32 transponders. The service is optimized to support the current and next generation higher coding rate services that DirecTV provides.

Geostationary Orbit
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