Every major space launch to orbit during the year 2004 is listed here. Please send any corrections to SPACE.com.

Failures resulting in loss of mission are noted in red.

• Jan. 10: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL with a single spacecraft known as Telstar 14 and Estrela do Sul 1 from the Odyssey Launch Platform. 11:13 p.m. EST (0413 GMT Jan. 11). Read more.

• Jan. 29: Russian Soyuz with Progress freighter to International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 6:58 a.m. EST (1158 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 5: International Launch Services Atlas 2AS with AMC-10 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 6:46 p.m. EST (2346 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 14: Air Force Titan 4B with Defense Support Program 22 missile warning satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 1:50 p.m. EST (1850 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 18: Russian Molniya with a classified military satellite into polar orbit from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. About 2:05 a.m. EST (0705 GMT).

• March 2: Arianespace Ariane 5 with Rosetta cometary probe from Guiana Space Center. 2:17:44 a.m. EST ( 0717:44 GMT) Read more.

• March 13: International Launch Services Atlas 3B with MBSAT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 12:40 a.m. EDT (0540 GMT). Read more.

• March 15: International Launch Services Proton with Eutelsat W3A from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 6:06 p.m. EST (23:06 GMT). Read more.

• March 20: Air Force Delta 2 with Navstar GPS 2R-11 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 12:53 p.m. EST (1753 GMT).

• March 26: Russian Proton K rocket with classified military satellite Kosmos 2407. 10:30 p.m. EST (0330 March 27 GMT).

• April 15: International Launch Services Atlas 2 (AC-163) with Superbird-6 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 8:45 p.m. EDT (0045 April 16 GMT) Read more.

• April 18: Russian Soyuz with Expedition Nine to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 11:19 p.m. EDT (0319 April 19 GMT) Read more.

• April 20: NASA's Gravity Probe-B rode a Boeing-built Delta 2 rocket into space from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to test Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and chart how the Earth drags space-time as it orbits the Sun. 12:57:24 p.m. EDT (1657:24 GMT) Read more.

• April 26: Russia's Proton K rocket launches the Express AM-11 communications satellite into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• May 4: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL booster carries the DirectTV 7S spacecraft into orbit for direct-to-home television service across the U.S. in a flight staged from the Odyssey launch platform on the Pacific Ocean.

• May 19: A Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket lofts the AMC 11 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

• May 20: The ROCSAT 2 satellite, a remote sensing spacecraft for China's National Space Program Office, is launched aboard a Taurus XL rocket from Vandenberh Air Force Base in California.

• May 25: Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the 14th Progress supply ship to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Read more.

• May 28: The Tsiklon 2 launch vehicle carried a classified Kosmos satellite into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• June 10: A Ukrainian Zenit 2 launch vehicle carried a classified Kosmos payload into orbit for Russia's military in a flight staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• June 16: International Launch Services Proton M rocket with Breeze M upper stage carrying the Intelsat 10-02 satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT). Read more.

• June 21: Scaled Composites of Mojave, California to launch SpaceShipOne, a privately-developed manned vehicle, on a sub-orbital flight to 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the Mojave Civilian Aerospace Test Center. 9:45 ET (1345 GMT). Read more.

• June 23: A Boeing Delta 2 rocket with the NAVSTAR GPS satellite 2R-12 for the U.S. Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 6:54 p.m. EDT (2254 GMT). Read more.

• June 28: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket with the Telstar 18 communications satellite from the Odyssey platform on the Pacific Ocean. 11:59 p.m. EDT (0359 June 29 GMT).

• July 15: A Delta 2 rocket with NASA's Aura spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 6:01:59 a.m. EDT (1001:59 GMT). Read more.

• July 17: An Ariane 5 G+ launch vehicle with the Anik F2 satellite for Canada Telesat from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. 8:44 p.m. EDT (0044 July 18 GMT).

• July 25: The Chinese Long March 2C rocket with a Double Star satellite - the second of two - from Xichang, China. 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731 GMT). Read more.

• August 3: Boeing Launch Services Delta 2 with the MESSENGER Mercury probe from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 2:15:56 a.m. EDT (0615:56 GMT). Read more.

• August 4: A Proton M rocket equipped with a Breeze M upper stage carrying the Amazonas commercial satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 6:32 p.m. EDT (2232 GMT). Read more.

• August 11: A Progress 15 supply ship atop a Soyuz rocket on a cargo mission to the ISS from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 GMT). Read more.

• August 31: A Lockheed Martin-built Atlas 2AS rocket with a national security satellite NROL-1 for the U.S. National Reconaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 6:49 p.m. EDT (2249 GMT). Read more.

• September 20: An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle orbits the EDUSAT satellet for educational services in a flight staged from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India.

• September 29: SpaceShipOne, a private human-carrying spacecraft developed by aviation innovator Burt Rutan, makes the first of two Ansari X Prize qualifying flights staged from Mojave Airport, California. 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT). Read more .

• October 4: SpaceShipOne, a private human-carrying spacecraft developed by aviation innovator Burt Rutan, makea its second of two Ansari X Prize qualifying flights staged from Mojave Airport, California. 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT). Read more .

• October 13: The two-person crew of Expedition 10 and one visiting cosmonaut launched toward the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in a flight staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Read more .

• October 14: An International Launch Services Proton rocket equipped with a Breeze M upper stage orbits the AMC 15 telecommunications satellite for the U.S. firm SES AMERICOM in a flight staged from Baikonnur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read more.

• October 19: A Long March 3-A rocket carries China's No. 2 Fengyun C satellite into orbit in a launch staged from the Xichang Satellite launch center in the southwest Sichuan province.

• October 29: A Russian Proton rocket with Block DM uper stage orbits the AM-1 Russian communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• November 6: A Boeing Delta 2 launched the GPS 2R-13 navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. 12:39 a.m. EST (0539 GMT).Read more .

• November 8: A Russian Soyuz-2A rocket with a mock payload launches from a Plestesk launch pad in a first flight of the new launch vehicle. Read more .

• November 20: Boeing Delta 2 carrying the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. 12:09-1:09 p.m. EST (1709-1809 GMT).Read more .

• November 22: A Swedish Space Corp. Maxus-6 sounding rocket carried eight scientific experiments into the edge of space from a northern Sweden launch pad. Read more .

• December 17: An Atlas 5 rocket launched the AMC-16 telecommunications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 7:07 a.m. EST (0941-1207 GMT). Read more .

• December 18: An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Helios 2A, a French military reconnaissance satellite, into orbit along with France's Parasol research spacecraft and six supplementary payloads. 11:26 a.m. EST (1626 GMT).Read more .
• December 21: Boeing's new Delta 4 Heavy launch vehicle lofts the test payload DemoSat and two smaller satellites into orbit in a demonstration flight for the U.S. Air Force to liftoff from Launch Complez 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 2:36-5:32 p.m. EST (1936-2232 GMT). Read more.

• December 23: A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the cargo ship Progress 16 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on a mission to resupply the International Space Station. 5:19 p.m. EST (2219 GMT). Read more.
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