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2005 Space Launch Log

Every major space launch to orbit during the year 2005 is listed here. Please send any corrections to SPACE.com.

Failures resulting in loss of mission are noted in red.

January 12: Boeing Delta 2 rocket carries NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft on a mission to crash a probe into Comet Tempel 1 while a flyby vehicle looks on. 1:47:08 p.m. EST (1847:08 GMT). Read more. Follow the mission's countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.
February 2: A Proton launch vehicle and Breeze M upper stage will launch the AMC-12 (Worldsat 2)telecommunications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 9:27 p.m. EST (0227 Feb. 3 GMT). Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.
February 3: An Atlas 3B launch vehicle will loft the classifed payload for the National Reconnaissance Office in a flight staged from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 2:41 a.m. EST (0741 GMT). Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.

February 12: An Ariane 5 rocket with an ECA upper stage to carry the XTAR-EUR communications satellite and a test payload from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 2:49 p.m. (1949 GMT). Read more. Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.

February 26: Japan's H2A rocket carrying the Multi-functional Satellite Vehicle 1R in a flight staged from Tanegashima, Japan. 3:06 a.m. to 4:34 a.m. GMT (0806-0934 GMT). Read more.

February 28: A a Russian-built Soyuz rocket to loft the Progress 17 cargo ship to the ISS from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 2:09 p.m. EST (1909 GMT). Read more.

February 28: A Sea Launch Zenit 3SL booster will carry the XM 3 satellite radio spacecraft into orbit from the Odyssey launch platform on the Pacific Ocean. 10:51 p.m. to 11:51. p.m. EST (0351-0451 March 1 GMT). Read more.

March 11: Astrium-built Inmarsat I-4 satellite to ride Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 4:42 p.m. EST (2142 GMT) Read more.

March 29: A Russian-built Proton K rocket orbits the Express AM-2 comunications satellite in a launch to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 5:31 p.m. EST (2231 GMT). Read more.

April 11: A Minotaur rocket lofts the XSS-11 satellite in a launch for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to be staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 2:50-3:33 p.m. EST (1950-2033 GMT). Read more. Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.

April 12: A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched the AsiaSat-6 spacecraft for Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Limited at 8:00 p.m. Beijing local time at the Xichang launch center in China's Sichuan Provice according to the country's Xinhua News Agency. Read more.

April 14: Russian-built Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft and Soyuz booster to carry the crew of Expedition 11 to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 8:46 p.m. EDT (0046 April 15 GMT). Read more.

April 15: An Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL booster to orbit NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART). 1:25 p.m. EDT (1725 GMT). Read more. Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.

April 26: A Zenit-3SL rocket to loft the Spaceway 1 satellite for DIRECTV in a Sea Launch space shot staged from the Odyssey Launch Platform on the Pacific Ocean. 3:31:30 a.m. EDT (0731:30 GMT). Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

April 29: A Titan 4B rocket to loft a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. 8:50 p.m. EDT (0050 GMT). Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

May 5: A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying the Cartosat-1 Earth Mapping satellite lifted off from a newly built launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. 10:32 a.m. (0502 GMT) local time.Read more.

May 20: The 3,130-pound NOAA-N craft is orbited by a Boeing's Delta 2 rocket in a space shot staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. 6:22 a.m. EDT (1022 GMT ). Read more from Spaceflight Now.

May 21: A Russian-built Proton rocket carries the DIRECTV 8 communications satellite in a space shot staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

May 31: A Russian-built Soyuz rocket to loft the Foton-M spacecraft in a launch to be staged from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

June 16: A Russian-built Soyuz rocket carrying the cargo ship Progress 18 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. 7:09 p.m. EDT (2309 GMT). Read more.

June 21: A Molniya M rocket is set to loft the military payload for the Russian Defence Ministry in a space shot to be staged from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Read more.

June 21: A Volna rocket launched the privately built Cosmos-1 spacecraft, designed to use solar sails to move through space, from a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea. 3:46 p.m. EDT 1946 GMT (1946 GMT ). Read more.

June 23: A Sea launch Zenit 3SL rocket lofts the communications satellite Intelsat Americas 8 from the Odyssey launch platform on the Pacific Ocean. Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

June 24: A Russian Proton K rocket equipped with a Block DM upper stage to orbit the Express AM-3 satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 3:41 p.m. EDT (1941 GMT).

July 9: A Japanese M-5 booster to launch the ASTRO-E2 X-ray observatory in a spaceflight staged from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan. 11:30 p.m. EDT (0330 July 10 GMT).

July 26: The space shuttle Discovery launched from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida on STS-114, NASA's first return to flight mission since the Columbia disaster. 10:39 a.m. EDT (1439 GMT).

August 11: An Ariane 5G rocket launched the iPSTAR 1 communications satellite for Thailand-based Shin Satellite from Kourou, French Guiana. 4:20 a.m. EDT (0820 GMT).

August 12: An Atlas 5 rocket topped with a Centaur upper staged launched NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a six-month voyage to the red planet, where it will spend about seven months reaching the proper orbit before beginning its science mission. 7:43 a.m. EDT (1143 GMT). Read more.

August 13: A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the Galaxy 14 satellite into orbit for PanAmSat in a space shot staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 7:28 p.m. EDT (2328 GMT).

August 23: The OICETS and INDEX satellites, spacecraft owned by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), to launch atop an ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket in a space shot to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 5:10 p.m. EDT (2110 GMT). Read more.

August 27: The Russian Monitor-E Earth-watching satellite launched atop a Rockot booster from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia at 2:34 p.m. EDT (1834 GMT). Read more.

August 30: A Long March 2D rocket carrying China's 22nd FSW satellite on a science mission staged from Jiuquan Space Launch Center. Read more.

September 2: A Soyuz-U rocket carrying the Kosmos-2415 military satellite in a space shot staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:50 p.m. Moscow time.

September 8: A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress 19 cargo ship to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 9:08 a.m. EDT (1308 GMT). Read more.

September 8: A Proton rocket topped with a Breeze M upper stage lofts the Anik F-1R communications satellite in a launch to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 5:53 p.m. EDT (2153 GMT). Read more.

September 22: A Minotaur rocket carrying a satellite dubbed STP-R1 to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 10:24:29 p.m. EDT (0224:29 GMT). Read more. Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.

September 25: The next generation global positioning satellite GPS 2R-M1 launched atop Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 10:24:29 p.m. EDT (0224:29 GMT). Read more. Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.

September 30: A Soyuz booster capped with the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft will loft the Expedition 12 crew to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 11:54 p.m. EDT (0354 October 1 GMT). Read more.

October 7: The Demonstrator spacecraft - an inflatable vehicle designed to test reentry technology - was launched atop a Volna rocket from a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea and was reported to be on target during reentry, but flight controllers lost control of the spacecraft and have not yet been able to recover it. Read more.

October 8: A Rockot launch vehicle loaded with the European Space Agency's Cryosat science spacecraft from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. 11:02 a.m. EDT (1502 GMT). Read more.

October 11: A Long March 2F rocket carried two Chinese astronauts into space - the country's second manned spaceflight - on a five-day flight staged from Jinquan Space Launch Center in Inner Mongolia. 9:00 p.m. EDT (0100 Oct. 12 GMT or 0900 Local Time at launch site). Read more.

October 13: An Ariane 5G booster set to launch the Galaxy 15 and Syracuse 3A satellites into orbit in a flight staged from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 6:32 p.m. EDT (2232 GMT). Read more.

October 19: A Titan 4B booster, the last Titan 4 to fly, lofts a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 2:05 p.m. EDT (1805 GMT). Read more. Follow the countdown coverage by SpaceFlight Now.

October 27: The Student Space Education and Technology Initiative (SSETI) Express spacecraft, a student-built satellite developed under a European Space Agency (ESA) program, launches along with three CubeSats, Britain's TopSat, Iran's Sina-1, Russia's Mozhayets-5 satellite and China's DMC+4 - redubbed Beijing 1 - satellite atop a Kosmos 3M rocket in a space shot staged from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. 2:52 a.m. EDT (0652 GMT). Read more. Some failures reported after launch.

November 8: A Sea launch Zenit 3SL rocket launching the mobile communications satellite Inmarsat 4-F2 from the Odyssey launch platform on the Pacific Ocean. 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT). Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

November 8: A Russian-built Soyuz-Fregat rocket to loft the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 10:33 p.m. EST (0333 Nov. 9 GMT). Read more.

November 16: Spaceway 2, a DIRECTV television broadcasting satellite, to ride an Ariane 5 rocket into orbit during a launch from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 6:45 EST (2345 GMT). Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

December 1: A Texus-EML rocket powered by a Brazilian VSB-30 engine launched on a suborbital flight for microgravity tests ina space shot staged from northern Sweden's Esrange launch facility. Read more.

December 21: The Russian-built Progress 20 spacecraft will launch atop a Soyuz booster on an International Space Station supply mission to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 1:38 p.m. EST (1838 GMT).Read more.

December 21: An Arianespace Ariane 5G rocket to orbit the weather satellite MSG 2 and Indian Insat 4A communications satellite in a space shot to be staged from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 6:33 p.m. EST (2333 GMT). Read more.

December 25: A Russian Proton rocket to orbit three spacecraft to add to the Glonass navigation satellite constellation in a space shot to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

December 28: A Soyuz booster orbits the Galileo In-Orbit Validation Experiment A (GIOVE A), the first spacecraft in Europe's Galileo navigation constellation, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 12:19 a.m. EST (0519 GMT). Read more.

December 28: A Proton rocket is slated to loft the AMC-23 communications satellite in an International Launch Services space shot to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 9:28 p.m. EST (0228 Dec. 29 GMT). Read more from SpaceFlight Now.

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