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Atlas IIAS | NROL-1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 31, 2004, 11:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

63rd and last flight of Atlas IIAS. 576th and final launch of Rocketdyne-powered Atlas rockets. Final launch from LC36A after 42 years of use. Launch delayed from June 24 and 25, July 1 and 27, August 27, 28, 29 and 30. The payload was probably a communications satellite used to relay data from imaging spy satellites.

Geostationary Orbit
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Long March 2C | Fanhui Shi Weixing (19)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 29, 2004, 7:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Recoverable satellite officially stated to be conducting space scientific research, land surveying, mapping and other scientific experiments. Said to have improved experimental technology, with higher orientation precision and more complex on-board computers and software.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-50

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 11, 2004, 5:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Proton-M Briz-M | Amazonas-1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 4, 2004, 10:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Amazonas 1 Latin American satellite, launched in the summer of 2004, is the fifth and most powerful satellite launched by the Spanish telecommunications satellite organization Hispasat so far. It provides a full range of both fixed and broadcast communications services, including TV broadcasting, business services, VSAT and data broadcasting, to the whole of the American continent, together with a transatlantic link for Europe and North Africa, over a 15-year mission lifetime.

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II | Messenger

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 3, 2004, 6:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging", and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 2C/SM | Tan Ce 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 25, 2004, 7:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

It is the first space mission launched by China to investigate Earth's magnetosphere. It consists of two satellites: an Equatorial satellite (TC-1) and Polar satellite (TC-2).

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 95

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 2004, 5:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 5 G+ | Anik F2

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 18, 2004, 12:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Anik satellites are a series of geostationary communications satellites launched by Telesat Canada for television in Canada.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Delta 7920-10L | Aura

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 15, 2004, 10:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System following on Terra and Aqua.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Dnepr | Aprizesat-2

ISC Kosmotras | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 29, 2004, 6:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

AprizeSat, is a constellation of small Low-Earth-Orbit satellites (64 satellites planned) to achieve a global communication system of data transmission and fixed and mobile asset tracking and monitoring (GMPCS).

Low Earth Orbit
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