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Space history in 2006

46 records

2000s

46 records

  1. 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.

    10. 2006-05-24 launch

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      Delta 4M+(4,2) launched on the GOES N flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2006-05-27 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Satmex 6/Thaicom 5 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2006-06-15 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Resurs DK-1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2006-06-17 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the Kazsat flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 2006-06-21 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 187-189 (MITEX) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2006-06-24 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-57 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 2006-06-25 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2421 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 2006-06-28 launch

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      Delta 4M+(4,2) launched on the USA 184 [JS11] flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC6. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 2006-07-04 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS ULF-1.1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 2006-07-10 launch failure

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      GSLV Mk I (b) launched on the Insat 4C flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch failure.

    20. 2006-07-21 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2422 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2006-08-04 launch

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

    22. 2006-08-11 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the JCSAT-10/Syracuse 3B flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2006-09-09 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the SJ-8 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 2006-09-09 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 12A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 2006-09-11 launch

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      H-IIA 202 launched on the IGS O-2 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 2006-09-12 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3A launched on the ZX-22A flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 2006-09-14 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2423 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 2006-09-18 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-9 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2006-09-25 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 190 (GPS IIRM-2) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 2006-10-13 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the DirecTV-9S/Optus D1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 2006-10-23 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-58 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 2006-10-23 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the SJ-6-2A/SJ-6-2B flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2006-10-26 launch

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      Delta 7925-10L launched on the STEREO A/B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2006-10-28 launch

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

    35. 2006-11-04 launch

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      Delta 4M launched on the USA 191 (DMSP 17) flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC6. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 2006-11-08 launch

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

    37. 2006-11-17 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 192 (GPS IIRM-3) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 2006-12-08 launch

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

    39. 2006-12-08 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the WildBlue 1/AMC 18 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 2006-12-10 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 12A.1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 2006-12-11 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Measat 3 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 2006-12-14 launch

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      Delta 7920-10C launched on the USA 193 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 2006-12-18 launch

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      H-IIA 204 launched on the ETS-8 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 2006-12-19 launch

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

    45. 2006-12-24 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A (Fregat) launched on the Meridian 1 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 2006-12-25 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2424/2426 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

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