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Space history in 2004

44 records

2000s

44 records

  1. 2004

    1. 2004-01-04 landing

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      Spirit landed at Gusev Crater.

    2. 2004-01-25 landing

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      Opportunity landed at Meridiani Planum.

    3. 2004-02-18 launch

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

    4. 2004-03-02 launch

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      Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency that launched on 2 March 2004.

    5. 2004-03-15 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M launched on the Eutelsat W3A flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2004-03-20 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 177 (GPS IIR-11) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2004-03-27 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Raduga-1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2004-04-18 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (a) launched on the Shiyan-1/NX-1 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2004-04-19 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-4 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2004-04-20 launch

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      Delta 7920-10C launched on the GP-B flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2004-04-26 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM-2M) launched on the Ekspress AM-11 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2004-05-25 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-49 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2004-05-28 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2405 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 2004-06-10 launch

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      Zenit-2 launched on the Kosmos-2406 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2004-06-16 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Intelsat 10-02 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 2004-06-23 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 178 (GPS IIR-12) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 2004-07-01 orbital insertion

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      Cassini became the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.

    18. 2004-07-15 launch

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      Delta 7920-10L launched on the Aura flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 2004-07-18 launch

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      Ariane 5G+ launched on the Anik F2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2004-07-22 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2407 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2004-07-25 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (SM) launched on the TC-2 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 2004-08-03 launch

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      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.

    23. 2004-08-04 launch

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

    24. 2004-08-11 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Progress M-50 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 2004-08-29 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the FSW 19 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 2004-09-08 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the SJ-6A/SJ-6B flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 2004-09-20 launch

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      GSLV Mk I (b) launched on the GSAT-3 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 2004-09-23 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2408/2409 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2004-09-24 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2410 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 2004-09-27 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2D launched on the FSW 20 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 2004-10-14 launch

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

    32. 2004-10-14 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the AMC-15 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2004-10-19 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3A launched on the FY-2C flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2004-10-29 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM-2M) launched on the Ekspress AM-1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 2004-11-06 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the ZY-2C flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 2004-11-06 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 180 (GPS IIR-13) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 2004-11-18 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (a) launched on the SW-2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 2004-11-20 launch

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      Delta 7320-10C launched on the Swift flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 2004-12-16 mission operations

      Voyager 1 entered the heliosheath beyond the solar wind’s termination shock.

    40. 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.

    41. 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.

    42. 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.

    43. 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.

    44. 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.

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