2005 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 2005 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2005 saw Iran launch its first satellite.

2005 in spaceflight

Launch of the last Titan rocket, a Titan IVB, from Vandenberg SLC-4E
Orbital launches
First	12 January
Last	29 December
Total	55
Successes	52
Failures	3
Partial failures	0
Catalogued	52
National firsts
Satellite	Iran
Rockets
Maiden flights	Ariane 5GS Atlas V 431 H-IIA 2022
Retirements	Atlas IIIB Titan IVB
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	15
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2005 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2004 2006 →

Orbital launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
12 January 18:47:08[1]	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS
		Deep Impact	NASA	Heliocentric	Comet flyby	In orbit	Successful
		Deep Impact impactor	NASA	Heliocentric	Comet impactor	4 July 05:52	Successful
		Visited 9P/Tempel. Impactor impacted comet to test composition, main probe subsequently reused for EPOXI mission to study extrasolar planets and conduct a flyby of comet 103P/Hartley. Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet to inspect the crater caused by the impactor, as debris thrown up prevented Deep Impact from doing so.
20 January 03:00:07[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1
		Kosmos 2414 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Universitetsky-Tatyana (RS-23)	MGU	Low Earth	Technology[2]	In orbit	Successful
		Universitetsky-Tatyana ceased operations at around 21:00 UTC on 6 March 2007[3]
February
3 February 02:27:32	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services
		AMC-12 (WORLDSAT 2)	SES Americom	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
3 February 07:41	Atlas IIIB			Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
		USA-181 (NOSS-3 F3A)	NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		USA-181 (NOSS-3 F3B)	NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 23 "Canis Minor", final flight of Atlas IIIB
12 February 21:03:01	Ariane 5ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		XTAR-EUR	XTAR[4]	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Maqsat-B2	Arianespace	Geosynchronous transfer	Technology	3 December 2012	Successful
		Sloshsat-FLEVO	SRON	Geosynchronous transfer	Microgravity	In orbit	Successful
		Sloshsat-FLEVO deployed from Maqsat-B2
26 February 09:25	H-IIA 2022			Tanegashima LA-Y1		JAXA
		Himawari 6 (MTSAT 1R)	MLIT/JMA	Geosynchronous	ATC/Weather	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of H-IIA 2022
28 February 19:09:18	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-52	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	16 June 00:02	Successful
		TNS-0	RNII KP	Low Earth	Technology	30 August[5]	Successful
		ISS flight 17P, TNS-0 deployed from the International Space Station at 08:30 UTC on 28 March, during an EVA
March
1 March 03:50:59	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
		XM-3 "Rhythm"	XM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 March 21:42	Atlas V 431			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		International Launch Services
		Inmarsat-4 F1	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Atlas V 431
29 March 22:31L00	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
		Ekspress AM-2	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
April
11 April 13:35	Minotaur I			Vandenberg SLC-8		Orbital Sciences
		USA-165 (XSS-11)	USAFRL	Low Earth	Technology	11 November 2013	Successful
12 April 12:00	Long March 3B			Xichang LA-2		CASC
		Apstar VI	APT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 April 00:46:25	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-6	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 11	11 October 01:09:00	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts
15 April 17:26:50	Pegasus-XL			Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
		DART	NASA	Low Earth	Technology	7 May 2016 08:32	Spacecraft failure
		Rendezvous with MUBLCOM communications satellite failed due to navigation malfunction which led to satellites colliding in orbit. Deactivated eleven hours after launch.
26 April 07:31:29	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
		Spaceway 1	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
30 April 00:50	Titan IV(405)B			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		Lockheed Martin
		USA-182 (Lacrosse 5)	NRO	Low Earth	Radar imaging	In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 16, final Titan launch from Cape Canaveral
May
5 May 04:45	PSLV			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		CARTOSAT-1	ISRO	Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
		HAMSAT (VUSat-Oscar 52)	AMSAT-India	Sun-synchronous	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
20 May 10:22:01	Delta II 7320			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
		NOAA-18 (NOAA-N)	NOAA	Sun-synchronous	Weather	In orbit	Operational
22 May 17:59:08	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		DirecTV-8	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
31 May 12:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Foton-M2	Roskosmos/ESA	Low Earth	Microgravity	16 June	Successful
		Recovered intact
June
16 June 23:09:34	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-53	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	7 September 14:12:40	Successful
		ISS flight 18P
21 June 00:49:37	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Molniya-3K #12L	VKS	Intended: Molniya	Communications	+6 minutes	Launch failure
		Failed to achieve orbit following third stage malfunction
21 June 19:46:09	Volna			K-496 Borisoglebsk, Barents Sea		VMF
		Cosmos 1	Planetary Society	Intended: Low Earth	Technology	21 June	Launch failure
		Experimental solar sail, first stage engine failure 83 seconds after launch
23 June 14:03:00	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
		Intelsat Americas 8 (2005–2007) Galaxy 28 (2007—)	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Originally ordered as Telstar 8 for Loral Space & Communications, sold to Intelsat before launch
24 June 19:41:00	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
		Ekspress AM-3	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
July
5 July 22:40	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1[6]		CASC
		Shijian 7	CASC	Low Earth	Scientific	In orbit	Operational
10 July 03:30	M-V			Uchinoura		JAXA
		Suzaku (ASTRO-EII)	JAXA	Low Earth	X-ray astronomy	5 January 2025	Successful
26 July 14:39:00	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
		STS-114	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	9 August 12:11:22	Successful
		Raffaello MPLM	ASI/NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics		Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts, first Return to Flight mission after Columbia accident, Orbiter required repairs whilst in orbit.
August
2 August 07:30[1]	Long March 2C			Jiuquan		CNSA
		FSW-21 (FSW-3 #4)[8]	CNSA	Low Earth	Remote sensing	28 August 23:38[9]	Successful
		Recovered after reentry
11 August 08:20:44	Ariane 5GS			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Thaicom 4 (iPSTAR)	Shin Satellite	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Ariane 5GS
12 August 11:43:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		International Launch Services
		Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter	NASA	Areocentric	Mars orbiter	In orbit	Operational
13 August 23:28:26	Soyuz-FG/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem
		Galaxy 14	PanAmSat (2005–2006) Intelsat (2006—)	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 August 21:09:59	Dnepr			Baikonur Site 109/95		ISC Kosmotras
		Kirari (OICETS)	JAXA	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		Reimei (INDEX)	JAXA	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Kirari deactivated on 24 September 2009[10]
26 August 18:34:28[11]	Rokot / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS
		Monitor-E	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	22 September 2020 00:00[12]	Successful
		Control issues shortly after launch, resolved within a few months.
29 August 18:45	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-4		CASC
		FSW-22 (FSW-3 #5)	CNSA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	17 October	Successful
September
2 September 09:50	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		Kosmos 2415 (Yantar-1KFT/Kometa)	VKS	Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 October 21:44	Successful
		1,700th launch of R-7 derived rocket, film capsule and camera recovered after reentry
8 September 13:07:54	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-54	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	3 March 2006 13:05	Successful
		RadioSkaf (SuitSat/AO-54)	AMSAT	Low Earth	Amateur radio	7 September 2006 16:00	Partial spacecraft failure
		ISS flight 19P. RadioSkaf integrated into Orlan-M No. 14 to form SuitSat, which was deployed from the ISS at 23:05 UTC on 3 February 2006, during an EVA. SuitSat transmissions significantly weaker than expected.
8 September 21:53:40	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		Anik F1R	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 September 02:24:29	Minotaur I			Vandenberg SLC-8		Orbital Sciences
		USA-185 (STP-R1/Streak)	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
26 September 03:37:00	Delta II 7925-9.5			Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS
		USA-183 (GPS IIR-14/M1)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
October
1 October 03:54:53	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-7	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 12	8 April 2006 23:48	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
8 October 15:02:00	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		Eurockot
		CryoSat	ESA	Intended: Low Earth	Environmental	8 October	Launch failure
		Second stage failed to shut down and separate, failed to orbit.
12 October 01:00	Long March 2F			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1		CALT
		Shenzhou 6	CMSA	Low Earth	Technology/Biological	16 October 04:32:50	Successful
		Carried two crewmembers, first Chinese spaceflight with multiple crew
13 October 22:32:00	Ariane 5GS			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Syracuse 3A	DGA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Galaxy 15	PanAmSat (2005–2006) Intelsat (2006—)	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
19 October 18:05	Titan IV(404)B			Vandenberg SLC-4E		Lockheed Martin
		USA-186 (Improved Crystal)	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 20, Final flight of Titan IVB and the Titan family of rockets.
27 October 06:52:26	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		NPO Polyot
		Beijing-1 (China-DMC+4)	Tsinghua	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		TopSat	MoD	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Sinah-1	ISA	Low Earth	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
		SSETI Express (XO-53)	SSETI/ESA	Low Earth	Technology, CubeSat deployer	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		⚀ CubeSat XI-V (CO-58)	University of Tokyo	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ UWE-1	UWE	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		⚀ nCUBE-2	NSSP	Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Mozhaets-5 (RS-25)	Mozhaiskiy/NPO PM	Low Earth	Technology Amateur radio	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Rubin-5-ASOLANT	OHB System/AATiS	Low Earth	Technology		Successful
		Sinah-1 was the first Iranian satellite, SSETI Express lost due to power failure twelve and a half hours after launch as solar arrays were unable to recharge batteries;[13] Mozhaets 5 failed to separate from the carrier rocket, NCUBE-2 failed to contact the ground and Rubin-5 remained intentionally attached to the carrier rocket. UWE-1 operated until 17 November.[14]
November
8 November 14:06:59	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
		Inmarsat-4 F2	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 November 03:33:34	Soyuz-FG / Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem
		Venus Express	ESA	Cytherocentric	Venus orbiter	Late January 2015	Successful
16 November 23:46:00	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Spaceway-2	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Telkom-2	PT Telkom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful[15][16]
December
21 December 18:38:20	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-55	Roskomsos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	19 June 2006 17:53	Successful
		ISS flight 20P
21 December 19:34:20	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
		Gonets-M No.1	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2416 (Rodnik)	VKS	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 December 22:33	Ariane 5GS			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Meteosat-9 (MSG-2)	Eumetsat	Geosynchronous	Weather	In orbit	Operational
		INSAT-4A	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 December 05:07:10	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/24		VKS
		Kosmos 2417 (GLONASS-M)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2418 (GLONASS-M)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2419 (GLONASS)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
28 December 05:19	Soyuz-FG/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem
		GIOVE A	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation Technology	In orbit	Successful
		The satellite was deactivated on 24 November 2021.[17]
29 December 02:28	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		AMC-23 (2005–2007) GE-23 (2007—)	SES Americom (2005–2007) SAT-GE (2007—)	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Originally ordered by GE Americom as GE-2i, transferred to SES Americom before launch and renamed AMC-13, then transferred to Worldsat as Worldsat-3 before being transferred back to SES Americom as AMC-23 in early 2005. Transferred to SAT-GE when it split from SES Americom in 2007.[18]

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Suborbital launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
18 January 13:58:00[19]	Super Loki			Andøya		DLR
		ROMA 2005 RWCH05[20]	DLR	Suborbital	Weather	18 January	Successful
18 January 16:07[19]	Super Loki			Andøya		DLR
		ROMA 2005 RWCH08[20]	DLR	Suborbital	Weather	18 January	Successful
18 January 17:57[19]	Super Loki			Andøya		DLR
		ROMA 2005 RWCH11[20]	DLR	Suborbital	Weather	18 January	Successful
20 January 09:16[19]	Super Loki			Andøya		DLR
		ROMA 2005 RWCH14[20]	DLR	Suborbital	Weather	18 January	Successful
February
1 February	M45			Biscarosse		French Navy
			French Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	1 February	Successful
		Apogee: 800 kilometres (500 mi)[21]
2 February 20:57:00[21]	Terrier-Orion			Barking Sands		NASA
			NAWC	Suborbital	Target[21]	2 February	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)[21]
14 February 06:22[21]	UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)			Kodiak		SMDC
		IFT-14 Target	MDA	Suborbital	Target[21]	14 February	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi),[21] interceptor launch cancelled[22]
24 February 21:03[21]	Aries			Barking Sands		US Navy
		FTM-04-1 Target	MDA	Suborbital	Target[21]	24 February	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi),[21] intercepted by SM-3
24 February 21:04[21]	RIM-161 Standard Missile 3			USS Lake Erie[23]		MDA
		FTM-04-1 Interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	Aegis test	24 February	Successful
		"Stellar Dragon", apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi),[21] intercepted Aries
March
1 March 23:13:00[21]	Terrier-Orion			Barking Sands		NASA
			NAWC	Suborbital	Target	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
2 March 04:00:14[21]	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Tennessee, ETR LP-5		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), FCET-33
2 March 05:09:16[21]	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Tennessee, ETR LP-5		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), FCET-33
2 March 21:11:00[21]	Terrier-Orion			Barking Sands		NASA
			NAWC	Suborbital	Target	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
2 March 22:05:00[21]	Terrier-Oriole			Barking Sands		NASA
			NAWC	Suborbital	Target	2 March	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
6 March 10:31:17[24]	Black Brant XII			Poker Flat LC-4		NASA
		CASCADES	Dartmouth	Intended: Suborbital	Auroral	6 March	Launch failure
		Third stage failed to ignite,[25] apogee: 29 kilometres (18 mi)[24]
15 March 05:45:00[21]	Improved Orion			Poker Flat LC-3		NASA
		DUST	Dartmouth	Suborbital	Micrometeoroids[26]	15 March	Successful[27]
		Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
15 March 07:45:00[21]	Improved Orion			Poker Flat LC-2		NASA
		DUST	Dartmouth	Suborbital	Micrometeoroids[26]	15 March	Successful[27]
		Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
19 March	Shaheen-II			Sonmiani		Army of Pakistan
			Army of Pakistan	Suborbital	Missile test	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
April
8 April 05:56	RH-300 Mk.II			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
			PRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 April	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
8 April 17:30	Castor 4B MRT			C-17, Pacific Ocean		Orbital Sciences
			Orbital Sciences	Suborbital	Test flight	8 April	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
May
2 May 05:00	Skylark 7			Esrange Skylark Tower		Sounding Rocket Services[28]
		Maser-10	ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	2 May	Successful
		Final Skylark launch, apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
5 May 09:35:00	Terrier-Orion			Wallops		NASA
		MCAFT-1/IBSi	IBSi	Suborbital	Biological	5 May	Successful
		Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
27 May	R-17 Elbrus (B)			Minakh		Syrian Army
			Syrian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	27 May	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 May	R-17 Elbrus (D)			Minakh		Syrian Army
			Syrian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	27 May	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 May	R-17 Elbrus (D)			Minakh		Syrian Army
			Syrian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	27 May	Launch failure
		Disintegrated over Turkey
June
12 June	Ju Lang 2			Submarine, Yellow Sea		PLAN
			PLAN	Suborbital	Missile test	12 June	Successful
28 June 22:54	Terrier-ASAS			Wallops		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	28 June	Successful
July
4 July 08:41	Improved Orion			Andøya		FFI
		IMEF	Oslo	Suborbital	Aeronomy/Ionospheric	4 July	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 July 16:20:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA
		VAULT 3	NRL	Suborbital	Solar	7 July	Successful
7 July 16:20:00	Dong Feng 21			Xichang		PLA
			PLA	Suborbital	ASAT test	7 July	Launch failure
		Intercept failed
21 July 08:01	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force
		SERV-1	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 July	Successful
August
3 August 18:45	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA
		USC-6	USCLA	Suborbital	Solar	3 August	Successful
3 August	Castor 4B			Barking Sands		US Army
		CHCM-1	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	3 August	Successful
		Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
17 August 07:06	R-29RMU Sineva			Severodvinsk, Barents Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	17 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 August	Castor 4B			Barking Sands		US Army
		CHCM-1	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	18 August	Successful
		Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
26 August 08:01	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-26		US Air Force
		GT-188GM/SERV-2	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	26 August	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
September
7 September 08:53	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force
		GT-187-1GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	7 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 September 08:01	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force
		GT-189GM/ALCS	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	14 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
26 September	LRALT			C-17, Midway		MDA
			MDA	Suborbital	Target	26 September	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), test of COBRA DANE radar system
27 September 13:22	RSM-56 Bulava			Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	27 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), maiden flight of Bulava, launched whilst submarine was surfaced
30 September 07:06	R-29R Volna			Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets, Okhotsk Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
October
7 October 21:30	Volna			Borisoglebsk, Barents Sea		VMF
		IRDT-2R	ESA/NPO Lavochkin	Suborbital	Technology	6 October	Spacecraft failure
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi), recovery failed
10 October 21:10:08[21]	UGM-133 Trident II D5			HMS Vanguard, ETR		Royal Navy
			Royal Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 October	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), DASO-8
20 October 07:30[21]	RS-18B UR-100NU			Baikonur Site 175/2[29]		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	20 October	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
27 October 13:45	VS-30/Orion			Andøya		DLR
		SHEFEX	DLR	Suborbital	Test flight	27 October	Successful
		Apogee: 211 kilometres (131 mi)
November
1 November 17:10	RT-2PM Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
		IP-10	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	1 November	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 November 22:34	Terrier Mk.70-Oriole			Barking Sands		NASA
			NAWC	Suborbital	Target	2 November	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
14 November 20:30	Terrier-Improved Orion			White Sands		NASA
			NAWC	Suborbital	Target	14 November	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
18 November 18:12	Castor 4B (MRT)			Barking Sands		U.S. Navy
		FTM-04-2 Target	U.S. Navy	Suborbital	Target	18 November	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi), intercepted by SM-3.
18 November 18:16	RIM-161 Standard Missile 3			USS Lake Erie		U.S. Navy
		FTM-04-2 Interceptor	U.S. Navy	Suborbital	Aegis test	18 November	Successful
		"Stellar Valkyrie", apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi), intercepted MRT.
18 November 20:13	Terrier-Improved Orion			White Sands		NASA
			NAWC	Suborbital	Target	18 November	Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
22 November	THAAD			White Sands		Lockheed Martin[21]
		FTT-1	Lockheed Martin	Suborbital	Test flight	22 November	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
29 November 07:44	RT-2PM Topol			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	29 November	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
December
9 December 19:02:42	UGM-133 Trident II D5			Submarine, ETR LP-5		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	9 December	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), FCET-34
14 December 03:04	Orbital Boost Vehicle			Meck		MDA
		FT-1	MDA	Suborbital	GBI test	14 December	Successful
		Apogee: 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi)
20 December 19:30	Terrier-Orion			Wallops		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Technology	20 December	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 December 05:19	RSM-56 Bulava			Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	21 December	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), first submerged Bulava launch
Unknown date
Unknown	RH-300 Mk.II			Satish Dhawan		ISRO
			ISRO	Suborbital	Test flight		Successful
		Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)
Unknown	UGM-133 Trident II D5			Submarine, WTR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test		Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
14 January	Cassini	Flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 60,000 kilometres (37,000 mi)
14 January	Huygens	First soft landing on planet's satellite outside Moon and on Titan
15 February	Cassini	3rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
17 February	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 1,180 kilometres (730 mi)
4 March	Rosetta	1st flyby of the Earth	Gravity assist
9 March	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
31 March	Cassini	4th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,523 kilometres (1,568 mi)
16 April	Cassini	5th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
4 July	Deep Impact	First impact to comet	Projectile impacts 9P/Tempel 1
14 July	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 August	MESSENGER	Flyby of the Earth	Gravity assist
22 August	Cassini	6th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 4,015 kilometres (2,495 mi)
7 September	Cassini	7th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
12 September	Hayabusa	Arrival at asteroid 25143 Itokawa
26 September	Cassini	Flyby of Hyperion	Closest approach: 990 kilometres (620 mi)
11 October	Cassini	Flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
28 October	Cassini	8th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,446 kilometres (899 mi)
12 November	MINERVA	Failed to land on Itokawa
19 November	Hayabusa	Accidentally landed on Itokawa The first asteroid ascent	Stayed for 30 min
25 November	Hayabusa	Made a touch-and-go on Itokawa for sampling	Status unclear
26 November	Cassini	Flyby of Rhea	Closest approach: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
26 December	Cassini	9th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 10,429 kilometres (6,480 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time (UTC)	Duration	End Time (UTC)	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
26 January 07:43	5 hours 28 minutes	13:11	Expedition 10 ISS Pirs	Leroy Chiao Salizhan Sharipov	Completed the installation of the Universal Work Platform, mounted the European commercial experiment Rokviss (Robotic Components Verification on ISS) and its antenna, installed the Russian Biorisk experiment, and relocated a Japanese exposure experiment.[30][31]
28 March 06:25	4 hours 30 minutes	10:55	Expedition 10 ISS Pirs	Leroy Chiao Salizhan Sharipov	Installed navigational and communications equipment for the arrival of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and deployed the 5-kilogram (11-pound) Russian TNS-0 nanosatellite.[30][32]
30 July 09:48	6 hours 50 minutes	17:36	STS-114 Discovery	Soichi Noguchi Stephen Robinson	Performed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. Demonstrated shuttle thermal protection repair techniques and enhancements to the Station's attitude control system. installed a base and cabling for an External Stowage Platform, rerouted power to Control Moment Gyroscope-2 (CMG-2), retrieved two exposure experiments, and replaced a faulty global positioning system antenna on the station.[33]
1 August 08:42	7 hours 14 minutes	15:56	STS-114 Discovery	Soichi Noguchi Stephen Robinson	Performed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. Removed faulty CMG-1 from the Z1 truss, installed faulty CMG-1 into Discovery's payload bay, and installed new CMG-1 onto the Z1 truss segment.[34][35]
3 August 08:48	6 hours 1 minute	14:49	STS-114 Discovery	Soichi Noguchi Stephen Robinson	Performed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. Photographed and inspected Discovery's heat shield, removed two protruding gap fillers from between tiles in the forward area of the orbiter's underside, and installed amateur radio satellite PCSAT2.[36]
18 August 19:02	4 hours 58 minutes	19 August 00:00	Expedition 11 ISS Pirs	Sergei Krikalyov John L. Phillips	Retrieved one of three canisters from the Biorisk experiment, removed Micro-Particles Capturer experiment and Space Environment Exposure Device from Zvezda, retrieved Matroska experiment, installed an ATV docking television camera.[37][38]
7 November 15:32	5 hours 22 minutes	20:54	Expedition 12 ISS Quest	William S. McArthur Valery Tokarev	Installed and set up the P1 Truss camera, retrieved a failed Rotary Joint Motor Controller (RJMC), jettisoned a Floating Potential Probe, and removed and replaced a remote power controller module on the Mobile Transporter.[39] First Quest-based spacewalk since April 2003.

Orbital launch statistics

By country

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
	China	5	5	0	0
	France	5	5	0	0
	India	1	1	0	0
	Japan	2	2	0	0
	Russia	25	22	3	0
	Ukraine	5	5	0	0
	United States	12	12	0	0
World		55	52	3	0

By rocket

5

10

15

20

Ariane

Atlas

Delta

Long March

Minotaur

R-7

R-14

Titan

Universal Rocket

Zenit

Others

•   Ariane 5
•   Atlas III
•   Atlas V
•   Delta II
•   Long March 2
•   Long March 3
•   Minotaur I
•   Molniya-M
•   Soyuz-U
•   Soyuz-FG
•   Kosmos-3M
•   Titan IV
•   Proton-K
•   Proton-M
•   Rokot
•   Zenit-3SL
•   Others
•  

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane	France	5	5	0	0
Atlas	United States	3	3	0	0
Delta	United States	3	3	0	0
H-II	Japan	1	1	0	0
Long March	China	5	5	0	0
Minotaur	United States	2	2	0	0
Mu	Japan	1	1	0	0
Pegasus	United States	1	1	0	0
PSLV	India	1	1	0	0
R-7	Russia	12	11	1	0
R-14	Russia	3	3	0	0
R-29	Russia	1	0	1	0
R-36	Ukraine	1	1	0	0
Space Shuttle	United States	1	1	0	0
Titan	United States	2	2	0	0	Final flight
Universal Rocket	Russia	9	8	1	0
Zenit	Ukraine	4	4	0	0

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5	France	Ariane	5	5	0	0
Atlas III	United States	Atlas	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	2	2	0	0
Delta II	United States	Delta	3	3	0	0
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	1	1	0	0
Kosmos	Russia	R-12/R-14	3	3	0	0
Long March 2	China	Long March	4	4	0	0
Long March 3	China	Long March	1	1	0	0
Minotaur I	United States	Minotaur	2	2	0	0
M-V	Japan	Mu	1	1	0	0
Molniya	Russia	R-7	1	0	1	0
Pegasus	United States	Pegasus	1	1	0	0
PSLV	India	PSLV	1	1	0	0
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	7	7	0	0
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	11	11	0	0
Space Shuttle	United States	Space Shuttle	1	1	0	0
Titan IV	United States	Titan	2	2	0	0	Final flight
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	2	1	1	0
Volna	Russia	R-29	1	0	1	0
Zenit	Ukraine	Zenit	4	4	0	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA	France	Ariane 5	2	2	0	0
Ariane 5 GS	France	Ariane 5	3	3	0	0	Maiden flight
Atlas IIIB	United States	Atlas III	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Atlas V 401	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 431	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Delta II 7320	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta II 7925	United States	Delta II	2	2	0	0
Dnepr	Ukraine	Dnepr	1	1	0	0
H-IIA 2022	Japan	H-IIA	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos-3M	Russia	Kosmos	3	3	0	0
Long March 2C	China	Long March 2	1	1	0	0
Long March 2D	China	Long March 2	2	2	0	0
Long March 2F	China	Long March 2	1	1	0	0
Long March 3B	China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Minotaur I	United States	Minotaur I	2	2	0	0
M-V	Japan	M-V	1	1	0	0
Molniya-M / ML	Russia	Molniya	1	0	1	0	Final flight
Pegasus-XL	United States	Pegasus	1	1	0	0
PSLV-G	India	PSLV	1	1	0	0
Proton-K / DM-2	Russia	Proton	2	2	0	0
Proton-K / DM-2M	Russia	Proton	1	1	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M	Russia	Proton	4	4	0	0
Rokot / Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	2	1	1	0
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	2	2	0	0
Soyuz-FG / Fregat	Russia	Soyuz	3	3	0	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	6	6	0	0
Space Shuttle	United States	Space Shuttle	1	1	0	0
Titan IV-B (404B)	United States	Titan IV	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Titan IV-B (405B)	United States	Titan IV	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Volna	Russia	Volna	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Zenit-3SL	Ukraine	Zenit	4	4	0	0

By launch site

5

10

15

20

China

France

India

International waters

Japan

Kazakhstan

Russia

United States

•   Jiuquan
•   Taiyuan
•   Xichang
•   Kourou
•   Satish Dhawan
•   Ocean Odyssey
•   Tanegashima
•   Uchinoura
•   Baikonur
•   Barents Sea
•   Plesetsk
•   Cape Canaveral
•   Kennedy Space Center
•   Vandenberg

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	19	19	0	0
Barents Sea	Russia	1	0	1	0	Launched from Borisoglebsk submarine
Cape Canaveral	United States	6	6	0	0
Jiuquan	China	4	4	0	0
Kennedy	United States	1	1	0	0
Kourou	France	5	5	0	0
Ocean Odyssey	International	4	4	0	0
Plesetsk	Russia	6	4	2	0
Satish Dhawan	India	1	1	0	0
Tanegashima	Japan	1	1	0	0
Uchinoura	Japan	1	1	0	0
Vandenberg	United States	5	5	0	0	One launch used Stargazer aircraft
Xichang	China	1	1	0	0
Total		55	52	3	0

By orbit

5

10

15

20

25

30

Transatmospheric

Low Earth

Medium Earth

Geosynchronous / transfer

High Earth

Heliocentric

•   Transatmospheric
•   Low Earth
•   Low Earth (ISS)
•   Low Earth (SSO)
•   Low Earth (retrograde)
•   Medium Earth
•   Geosychronous
  (transfer)
•   Inclined GSO
•   High Earth
•   Heliocentric

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	29	27	2	0	7 to ISS
Medium Earth / Molniya	4	3	1	0
Geosynchronous / GTO	19	19	0	0
High Earth / Lunar transfer	0	0	0	0
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer	3	3	0	0
Total	55	52	3	0