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2000s

50 records

  1. 2004

    1. 2004-12-18 launch

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      Ariane 5G+ launched on the Helios-2A/ASAP flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2004-12-21 launch

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      Delta 4H launched on the Demosat flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Partial launch success/failure.

    3. 2004-12-23 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-51 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2004-12-24 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Sich-1M flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC32/2. Partial launch success/failure.

    5. 2004-12-26 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2411/2413 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 2005

    1. 2005-01-12 launch

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      Deep Impact was a NASA space probe launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 12, 2005.

    2. 2005-01-14 planetary landing

      ESA’s Huygens probe descended through Titan’s atmosphere and transmitted from its surface.

    3. 2005-01-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2414 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2005-02-03 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the AMC-12 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2005-02-12 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the XTAR-EUR/Maqsat-B2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2005-02-28 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-52 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2005-03-29 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM-2M) launched on the Ekspress AM-2 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2005-04-12 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B launched on the Apstar 6 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2005-04-15 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-6 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2005-05-05 launch

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      PSLV (C) launched on the Cartosat flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2005-05-20 launch

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      Delta 7320-10C launched on the NOAA N flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2005-05-22 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the DirecTV-8 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2005-05-31 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Foton-M No. 2 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 2005-06-16 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-53 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2005-06-21 launch failure

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3K flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch failure.

    16. 2005-06-24 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Ekspress AM-3 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 2005-07-05 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2D launched on the SJ-7 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 2005-07-26 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS LF-1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 2005-08-02 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the FSW 21 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2005-08-11 launch

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      Ariane 5GS launched on the Thaicom 4 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2005-08-26 launch

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      Rokot launched on the Monitor-E flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 2005-08-29 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2D launched on the FSW 22 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2005-09-02 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2415 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 2005-09-08 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-54 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 2005-09-08 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Anik F1R flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 2005-09-26 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 183 (GPS IIRM-1) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 2005-10-01 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-7 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 2005-10-12 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2F launched on the Shenzhou 6 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC921. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2005-10-13 launch

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      Ariane 5GS launched on the Syracuse 3A/Gal. 15 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 2005-10-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Topsat/DMC-3/Mozh. flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 2005-11-16 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Spaceway 2/Telkom 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 2005-12-21 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-55 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2005-12-21 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Gonets/Kosmos-2416 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2005-12-21 launch

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      Ariane 5GS launched on the Insat 4A/MSG 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 2005-12-25 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2417/2419 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 2005-12-29 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the AMC-23 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

  3. 2006

    1. 2006-01-15 sample return

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      Stardust delivered collected material from comet Wild 2 to Earth.

    2. 2006-02-28 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Arabsat 4A flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Partial launch success/failure.

    3. 2006-03-11 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Hot Bird 7A/Spainsat flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2006-03-24 launch failure

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      Falcon 1 launched on the Falconsat-2 flight from US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA), Marshall Islands, pad OM. Launch failure.

    5. 2006-03-30 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-8 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2006-04-24 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-56 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2006-04-26 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 1 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2006-04-28 launch

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      Delta 7420-10C launched on the Calipso/Cloudsat flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2006-05-03 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2420 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

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