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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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Delta II | NOAA 18

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 2005, 10:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NOAA-18, known before launch as NOAA-N, is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. NOAA-N (18) was launched on May 20, 2005, into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 854 km above the Earth, with an orbital period of 102 minutes. It hosts the AMSU-A, MHS, AVHRR, Space Environment Monitor SEM/2 instrument and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) instruments, as well as the SBUV/2 ozone-monitoring instrument. It is the first NOAA POES satellite to use MHS in place of AMSU-B. NOAA-18 also hosts Cospas-Sarsat payloads.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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PSLV | Cartosat-1

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
May 5, 2005, 4:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Cartosat-1 or IRS-P5 is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites. The eleventh satellite of ISRO in IRS series.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Titan 405B | NROL-16

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 30, 2005, 12:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Amateur observors believed this to be the fifth in the Lacrosse/Onyx radar spy satellite series built by Lockheed Martin.

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit | Spaceway 1

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
April 26, 2005, 7:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Hughes Network Systems is developing a global satellite network named Spaceway, which will provide high-bandwidth and high-speed communications for broadband and multimedia applications.

Geostationary Orbit
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Pegasus XL | Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART)

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
April 15, 2005, 5:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-6

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 15, 2005, 12:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TMA-6 begins Expedition 11 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev alongside Flight Engineers, John Phillips (NASA) & Roberto Vittori (ESA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 11, 2005, 01:09:00 UTC

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 3B | Apstar 6

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 12, 2005, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communications Ku and C band transponders.

Geostationary Orbit
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Minotaur I | XSS-11

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 11, 2005, 1:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

USA-165 or XSS-11 (Experimental Satellite System-11) is a small, washing-machine-sized, low-cost spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for proximity operations.

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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 29, 2005, 9:31 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.

Geostationary Orbit
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