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Soyuz U | Progress M-54

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 8, 2005, 1:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-1KFT 21

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 2, 2005, 9:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 2D | Fanhui Shi Weixing (22)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 29, 2005, 8:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military surveillance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Monitor-E No. 1

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 26, 2005, 6:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Monitor-E had a set of remote sensing devices. They were intended to make maps of the Earth's surface to be used for ecological monitoring and charting geological features. It was built by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Dnepr | Kirari

ISC Kosmotras | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 23, 2005, 9:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS), also called Kirari, was an experimental satellite launched by JAXA to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-FG | Galaxy 14

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 13, 2005, 11:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Galaxy 14 is an American geostationary communications satellite that was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur at 23:28 UT on 13 August 2005.

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 12, 2005, 11:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to study the geology and climate of Mars, provide reconnaissance of future landing sites, and relay data from surface missions back to Earth. It was launched on August 12, 2005 and reached Mars on March 10, 2006. In November 2006, after five months of aerobraking, it entered its final science orbit and began its primary science phase.

Mars Orbit
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Ariane 5 GS | Thaicom 4

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 11, 2005, 8:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A high throughput satellite built by SSL for Thaicom. Porivdes broadband in the Asia Pacific region at incredible speeds.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 2C | Fanhui Shi Weixing (21)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 2, 2005, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military surveillance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-114

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 26, 2005, 2:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on 13 July, its originally scheduled date.

Low Earth Orbit
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