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Last
Update: September 27, 2005 |
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April 11 13:35Z Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Minotaur
Orbital Sciences Corp.Delayed from Nov. 9, 2004, Jan. 19, Mar. 18 Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
XSS-11
Military Autonomous Rendezvous Technology
U.S. Air Force Resarch Laboratory (U.S.)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Missiles & Space)
145 kg
April 12 12:00Z
CZ-3BSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Xichang (China)
CZ-3B
China Great Wall Industry Corp.Delayed from November, Dec. 4, 2004 Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Apstar 6 (Apstar 5B)
Communications
APT Satellite (China)
Alcatel Space
Spacebus 4000C2
4,680 kg
April 12? Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Kauai (U.S.), air-launched from a C-17.
Castor 4B
Orbital Sciences Corp.Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:MRT-1
Missile Defense Target Technology
Missile Defense Agency (U.S.)
Orbital Sciences Corp.
n.a.
April 15 00:45ZSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
Soyuz FG (N°014, ISS-10S)
TsSKB-ProgressPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Soyuz TMA-6 (Soyuz TMA N°216)
Manned, ISS Permanent Crew
FKA (Russia), NASA (U.S.), ESA (Europe)
RKK Energiya
7K-M
7,250 kg
April 15 17:26:57Z Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Pegasus XL
Orbital Sciences Corp.Delayed from Apr. 15, Oct. 18, 19, 26, 28, Nov. 4, 9 and 11, 2004, Mar. 2 Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
DART
Autonomous Rendezvous Technology
NASA (U.S.)
Orbital Sciences Corp.
360 kg
April 26 07:31:30Z Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Odyssey Launch Platform (Pacific Ocean)
Zenit 3SL (SL-15)
Sea LaunchHeaviest single payload to GTO to date Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Spaceway 1
Direct Broadcasting
DirecTV Inc. (U.S.)
Boeing Space Systems
BSS-702
6,080 kg
April 30 00:50Z Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Cape Canaveral (U.S.)
Titan 403B (B-30)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Astronautics)Last East Coast Titan launch.
Delayed from Dec. 18, 2001, July 3, 2002, Oct. 2004, Feb. 20, Apr. 6, 10 and 11Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
NRO L-16 (USA-182? Lacrosse F5? Onyx 2?)
Military Radar Observation?
National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Missiles & Space)
14,500 kg
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