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Chronology - Quarter 3 2005
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2005 July 3 - - Deep Impact, Impactor Release, Successful Spacecraft: Deep Impact.
2005 July 4 - - Deep Impact, Comet Tempel 1 Impact/Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Deep Impact.
2005 July 5 - 22:40 GMT - Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Vehicle: CZ-2D. -
 SJ-7 Nation: China. Payload: Shi Jian 7. Spacecraft: SJ. Manufacturer: China Aerospace Corp. Perigee: 555 km (344 mi). Apogee: 573 km (356 mi). Inclination: 97.60 deg. Period: 95.90 min. COSPAR: 2005-024A. USAF Sat Cat: 28737.
2005 July 10 - 03:30 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: M-V. Launch Pad: M-V. Launch Vehicle: M-V. LV Configuration: M-V M-V-5. -
 Suzaku Nation: Japan. Payload: Astro E2. Mass: 1,680 kg (3,700 lb). Class: Astronomy. Type: X-Ray. Spacecraft: ASTRO E. Manufacturer: NEC Toshiba. Agency: JAXA. Perigee: 562 km (349 mi). Apogee: 573 km (356 mi). Inclination: 31.40 deg. Period: 96.00 min. COSPAR: 2005-025A. USAF Sat Cat: 28773. Delayed from February, June 26, July 6 and 8, 2005. CUTE-1.7 nanosat mistakenly reported on this flight. Astro-E2 was renamed Suzaku (after a legendary red bird) after launch. It replaced the Astro-E, which never reached orbit due to an M-V-4 launch failure in 2000. The satellite had five 0.4-meter diameter X-ray telescopes, one with an XRS microcalorimeter and the other four with X-ray CCD cameras. However it was revealed that the XRS failed on 9 August due to leaking of helium coolant.
2005 July 14 - - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Cassini.
2005 July 21 - 08:01 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. -
 SERV-1 Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Delayed from June. SERV-1 warhead technology test with Mk. 21 warhead.
2005 July 26 - 14:39 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Model: Space Shuttle. LV Configuration: STS-114 / ISS-LF1. - STS-114 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Payload: Discovery F31 / Raffaello. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Discovery. Manufacturer: Boeing. Agency: NASA. Perigee: 313 km (194 mi). Apogee: 350 km (210 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.20 min. COSPAR: 2005-026A. USAF Sat Cat: 28775. Duration: 13.90 days. Decay Date: 2005-08-09. Crew: Collins Eileen, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson, Thomas Andrew, Lawrence, Camarda. Flight: STS-114, ISS EO-11. Return to flight after loss of Columbia. Delayed extensively as NASA attempted to fix the external tank foam-shedding problem that resulted in the loss of Columbia (first planned for September 12, 2004, the launch slipped to March; May 14, 15 and 22; July 13, 2005). Discovery safely reached orbit at a total mass of 121,485 kg, but extensive video coverage detected external tank foam shedding during ascent. Discovery docked at the Pirs module of the ISS on 28 July 28 at 11:18 GMT. Following replenishment of the station (using the Raffaello MPLM-6 module with 8240 kg of supplies), a series of spacewalks verified the integrity of the shuttle's heat shield and tested repair techniques, Discovery undocked from the ISS at 07:24 GMT on 6 August and landed safely on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base at 12:11 GMT on 9 August. However the shuttle fleet was immediately grounded again while NASA attempted to find a permanent fix to the external tank foam woes.
2005 July 30 - - EVA STS-114-1 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Robinson, Noguchi. Flight: STS-114. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. Robinson and Noguchi demonstrated Shuttle thermal protection repair techniques in the Shuttle bay. They also installed a stowage platform and rerouted power to ISS Control Moment Gyroscope-2 (CMG-2). They also brought into the station two materials exposure experiments.
2005 August 1 - - EVA STS-114-2 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Robinson, Noguchi. Flight: STS-114. EVA Duration: 0.30 days. Robinson and Noguchi replaced ISS Control Moment Gyroscope-1, leaving the Station with four functioning CMG's.
2005 August 1 - - SMART-1, End of Primary Mission Spacecraft: SMART-1.
2005 August 2 - - Messenger, Earth Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Messenger.
2005 August 2 - - Cassini, Mimas Non-Targeted Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Cassini.
2005 August 2 - 07:30 GMT - Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Vehicle: CZ-2C. LV Configuration: Stretched CZ-2C-3. - FSW-3 No. 4 Nation: China. Payload: FSW-21. Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: FSW. Manufacturer: SAST. Agency: CAST. Perigee: 153 km (95 mi). Apogee: 259 km (160 mi). Inclination: 63.00 deg. Period: 88.60 min. COSPAR: 2005-027A. USAF Sat Cat: 28776. Duration: 27.00 days. Decay Date: 2005-08-29. Military reconnaisance satellite, which maneuvered to raise its apogee on Aug 5 and 7 to a 166 x 552 km x 63.0 orbit; and again to the same altitude on Aug 19 after the apogee decayed to 535 km. Return capsule with film aboard recovered on 29 August.
2005 August 3 - - EVA STS-114-3 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Robinson, Noguchi. Flight: STS-114. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. Robinson pulled two protruding gap fillers from between thermal protection tiles on Discovery's underside. Robinson and Noguchi also installed an external spare parts stowage platform outside the station and a materials exposure experiment.
2005 August 4 - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. - CMCM-1-F1 Nation: USA. Manufacturer: Lincoln Laboratories/Sandia. Agency: Missile Defense Agency. Missile Defense Technology
2005 August 11 - 08:20 GMT - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: ELA3. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5G. LV Configuration: Ariane 5GS V166. -
 Ipstar 1 Nation: Thailand. Payload: Thaicom 4, LS-1300SX. Mass: 6,486 kg (14,299 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: FS-1300. Manufacturer: Space Systems/Loral. Agency: Shin Satellite. Perigee: 35,777 km (22,230 mi). Apogee: 35,797 km (22,243 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. COSPAR: 2005-028A. USAF Sat Cat: 28786. Ariane 5GS version maiden flight. Launch delayed from July 8 and 11, 2005. Heaviest geosynchronous transfer orbit payload to date. As of 2007 Mar 11 located at 119.46E drifting at 0.009W degrees per day.
2005 August 12 - 11:43 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Pad: SLC41. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V. LV Configuration: Atlas 5/401 s/n AV-007. - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Nation: USA. Mass: 2,180 kg (4,800 lb). Class: Planetary. Type: Mars. Spacecraft: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Agency: NASA/JPL. COSPAR: 2005-029A. USAF Sat Cat: 28788. Transferred from Atlas 3B. Delayed from August 10 and 11, 2005.
2005 August 13 - 23:28 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz FG. LV Configuration: Soyuz FG s/n 011 / Fregat ST-13 s/n 007. - Galaxy 14 Nation: USA. Program: Galaxy. Mass: 2,087 kg (4,601 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Star bus. Manufacturer: Orbital Sciences. Agency: PanAmSat. Perigee: 35,782 km (22,233 mi). Apogee: 35,790 km (22,230 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. COSPAR: 2005-030A. USAF Sat Cat: 28790. Payload swapped from Ariane 5. Launch delayed from December 2004; February 25, March 16 and 25, April 25, June 17, July 10 and 28, August 1, 6 and 12, 2005. As of 2007 Mar 9 located at 125.05W drifting at 0.008W degrees per day.
2005 August 17 - Launch Site: Barents Sea. Launch Pad: SSBN Yekaterinenburg . Launch Vehicle: R-29. Model: R-29RM. -
 RSM-54 test Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF.
2005 August 18 - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. - CMCM-1-F2 Nation: USA. Manufacturer: Lincoln Laboratories/Sandia. Agency: Missile Defense Agency. Missile Defense Technology
2005 August 18 - - EVA ISS EO-11-1 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Krikalyov, Phillips. Flight: ISS EO-11. EVA Duration: 0.21 days. Krikalyov and Phillips retrieved external exposure experiments (Biorisk, left on the Pirs module by the EO-11 crew seven months earlier; Micro-Particles Capturer and Space Environment Exposure Device on the Zarya module). On the Zvezda module they installed a backup television camerafor future use in docking the European Automated Transfer Vehicle. After checking and collecting other external experiments, they were 45 minutes behind timeline, and the planned relocation of a Strela cargo crane adapter from Zarya to the Unity node was cancelled.
2005 August 22 - - Cassini, Titan Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Cassini.
2005 August 23 - 21:10 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: R-36M2. Model: Dnepr. LV Configuration: Dnepr 1. - Oicets Nation: Japan. Mass: 570 kg (1,250 lb). Class: Technology. Manufacturer: NEC Toshiba. Agency: JAXA. Perigee: 596 km (370 mi). Apogee: 614 km (381 mi). Inclination: 97.80 deg. Period: 96.80 min. COSPAR: 2005-031A. USAF Sat Cat: 28809. Moved from J-1A . Delayed from August 15. Optical Inter-Orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite. Its laser communications experiment was be used in with ESA's Artemis geostationary satellite. The satellite was renamed Kirari (twinkle) after launch.
- Reimei Nation: Japan. Payload: Index. Mass: 60 kg (132 lb). Class: Technology. Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Electric. Agency: JAXA. Perigee: 601 km (373 mi). Apogee: 650 km (400 mi). Inclination: 97.80 deg. Period: 97.20 min. COSPAR: 2005-031B. USAF Sat Cat: 28810. Plasma Science Technology. INDEX, renamed Reimei ("Dawn") after launch, was a test satellite with new lightweight satellite components, and a demonstration auroral imager payload.
2005 August 25 - 08:01 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. - SERV-2 Nation: USA. Manufacturer: Sandia. Agency: USAF. Warhead technology test.
2005 August 26 - 18:34 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Rokot. LV Configuration: Rokot KM / Breeze KM s/n 72507. - Monitor-E Nation: Russia. Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Resources. Spacecraft: Monitor. Manufacturer: GKNPTs Khrunichev. Agency: Roskosmos. Perigee: 522 km (324 mi). Apogee: 545 km (338 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 95.30 min. COSPAR: 2005-032A. USAF Sat Cat: 28822. Delayed from June 30, July 30, August 18 2005. Prototype lightweight earth monitoring satellite with
8-meter and 20-meter resolution cameras.
2005 August 29 - 08:45 GMT - Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Vehicle: CZ-2D. - FSW-3 No. 5 Nation: China. Payload: FSW-22. Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: FSW. Manufacturer: SAST. Agency: CAST. Perigee: 178 km (110 mi). Apogee: 224 km (139 mi). Inclination: 63.00 deg. Period: 88.50 min. COSPAR: 2005-033A. USAF Sat Cat: 28824. Duration: 49.00 days. Decay Date: 2005-10-17. Decayed 17 October 2005.
2005 September 2 - 09:50 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. - Cosmos 2415 Nation: Russia. Payload: Kometa s/n 21. Mass: 6,600 kg (14,500 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Cartography. Spacecraft: Yantar-1KFT. Manufacturer: TsSKB-Progress. Agency: VKS. Perigee: 205 km (127 mi). Apogee: 272 km (169 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 89.30 min. COSPAR: 2005-034A. USAF Sat Cat: 28841. Duration: 44.00 days. 1,700th launch of a vehicle derived from the R-7 ICBM put a Kometa-type cartographic satellite into orbit. The surveillance satellite's primary camera and film payload was recovered at 21:44 on 15 or 16 October.
2005 September 7 - - Cassini, Titan Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Cassini.
2005 September 7 - 09:53 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. LV Configuration: Minuteman 3 GT-187GM-1. - GT-187GM-1 operational test launch Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Minuteman operational missile test. Delayed from February 9, March 23, 25 and 26. Initial missile replaced after contamination by rain on March 22. Failed to launch on April 27 and June 1. 2 dummy warheads.
2005 September 8 - 13:08 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. LV Configuration: Soyuz 11A511U s/n 095 / ISS-19P. - Progress M-54 Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Payload: Progress M s/n 354. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Logistics. Spacecraft: Progress M. Manufacturer: TsSKB-Progress. Agency: RKA. Perigee: 347 km (215 mi). Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.50 min. COSPAR: 2005-035A. USAF Sat Cat: 28866. Duration: 176.00 days. Flight: ISS EO-11. Delayed from August 24. Resupply spacecraft which docked with the ISS Zvezda module at 14:42 GMT on 10 September. Undocked from the Zvezda module on March 3 2006 at 10:06 GMT and fired its engines to reenter over the Pacific at 13:05 GMT.
2005 September 8 - 19:53 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82M. LV Configuration: Proton M s/n 53512/ Breeze M s/n 88513. -
 Anik F1-R Nation: Canada. Payload: Eurostar 3000S. Mass: 4,500 kg (9,900 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Eurostar 3000. Manufacturer: EADS Astrium. Agency: Télésat Canada. Perigee: 35,778 km (22,231 mi). Apogee: 35,794 km (22,241 mi). Inclination: 0.10 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. COSPAR: 2005-036A. USAF Sat Cat: 28868. Moved up from October, delayed from August 9, moved up from September 15 . Telesat Canada communications satellite operating in C- and Ku-band. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 107.32W drifting at 0.005W degrees per day.
2005 September 12 - - Hayabusa (MUSES-C), Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Arrival, Successful Spacecraft: Hayabusa.
2005 September 12 - - Yohkoh Reenters Into Earth's Atmosphere
2005 September 14 - 08:01 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. LV Configuration: Minuteman 3 GT-188GM. - GT-188GM operational test launch Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Minuteman operational missile test.
2005 September 23 - 02:24 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Model: Minotaur 1. - USA 185 Nation: USA. Payload: Streak STP-R1. Mass: 417 kg (919 lb). Manufacturer: General Dynamics C4 Systems. Agency: DARPA. Perigee: 295 km (183 mi). Apogee: 318 km (197 mi). Inclination: 96.30 deg. Period: 90.70 min. COSPAR: 2005-037A. USAF Sat Cat: 28871. Delayed from May, June, July, 2005. Classified research satellite, said to carry instruments to characterise the space environment in a sun-synchronous orbit.
2005 September 24 - - Cassini, Tethys Non-Targeted Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Cassini.
2005 September 26 - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: C-17. Launch Vehicle: LRALT. - Cobra Dane Test Nation: USA. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Agency: Missile Defense Agency. Air-launched from a C-17. Missile Defense Radar Technology target.
2005 September 26 - - Cassini, Hyperion Flyby, Successful Spacecraft: Cassini.
2005 September 26 - 03:37 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7000. LV Configuration: Delta 7925-9.5. - USA 183 Nation: USA. Program: Navstar. Payload: GPS 2R-14M / Navstar 57. Mass: 2,032 kg (4,479 lb). Class: Navigation. Spacecraft: GPS Block 2R. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 20,006 km (12,431 mi). Apogee: 20,187 km (12,543 mi). Inclination: 55.00 deg. Period: 714.50 min. COSPAR: 2005-038A. USAF Sat Cat: 28874. Delayed from December 2004; February 1, March 17, 2005. Moved up from May 20 2005. Then delayed from May 4, July 29, August 26, September 22, 2005. First GPS Block IIR-M version, which added extra navigation signals for both civil and military users.
2005 September 27 - 13:22 GMT - Launch Site: White Sea. Launch Vehicle: Bulava. - Bulava SLBM first flight. Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. SLBM Development - first flight of new SLBM. Launched from TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy.
2005 September 30 - 08:22 GMT - Launch Site: Sea of Okhotsk. Launch Vehicle: R-29. Model: R-29RL. - RSM-50 Test Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Launched from SSBN Borisoglebsk. Suborbital - search for payload still underway at reentry site. Delayed from fourth quarter 2003, May and October 2004, July 5/8, September 15 and 27, 2005.
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