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[edit] Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2004.
| Launch Date/Time
| Rocket
| Launch
Site
| Launch Contractor
| Payload
| Operator
| Orbit
| Mission/
Function
| Re-Entry/
Destruction
| Outcome
| Remarks
|
January 11
04:13 GMT
| Zenit 3SL
| Ocean Odyssey,
Pacific Ocean
| Sea Launch
| Estrela do Sul 1 (Telstar 14)
|
| Geosynchronous
| Comsat
| Still In orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
January 29
11:58 GMT
| Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
| LC-1, Baikonur
| RFSA
| Progress 13P
| RFSA
| LEO, docked to ISS
| Resupply ISS
| June 3 2004
| Successful
|
|
February 5
23:46 GMT
| Atlas IIAS
| LC-36A, Cape Canaveral
| ILS
| AMC 10
| SES AMERICOM
| GSO
| Comsat
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
February 14
18:50 GMT
| Titan IVB/IUS
| LC-40, Cape Canaveral
| US Air Force
| DSP 22
| US Air Force
| GSO
| Missile Warning
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
February 18
07:05 GMT
| Molniya M
| Plesetsk
| RFSA
| Classified
|
|
| Classified
| Still In Orbit
| Successful
|
|
March 13
05:40 GMT
| Atlas IIIA
| LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
| ILS
| MBSAT
| MBSAT
| GSO
| Comsat
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
March 20
17:53 GMT
| Delta II (7925)
| LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
| US Air Force
| GPS 2R-11
| NAVSTAR
| MEO
| Global Positioning System
|
| Successful so far
|
|
April 16
00:45 GMT
| Atlas IIAS
| LC-36A, Cape Canaveral
| ILS
| Superbird 6
| Space Communications Corporation
| GSO
| Comsat
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
April 19
03:19 GMT
| Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
| LC-1, Baikonur
| RFSA
| Soyuz TMA-4
3 Cosmonauts
| RFSA
| LEO - docked to ISS
| Manned orbital flight
| October 24, 2004
| Successful
| ISS Expedition 9
|
April 20
16:57 GMT
| Delta II (7920)
| SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
|
| Gravity Probe B
| NASA
| LEO
| Test Einstein's Theory of relativity.
| Still In Orbit
| Successful
|
|
May 4
12:42 GMT
| Zenit 3SL
| Ocean Odyssey,
Pacific Ocean
| Sea Launch
| DIRECTV 7S
| DIRECTV
| Geosynchronous
| Comsat
| Still In orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
May 19
22:22 GMT
| Atlas IIAS
| LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
| ILS
| AMC 11
| SES AMERICOM
| GSO
| Comsat
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
May 25
12:34 GMT
| Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
| LC-1, Baikonur
| RFSA
| Progress 14P
| RFSA
| LEO, docked to ISS
| Resupply ISS
| July 30 2004
| Successful
|
|
June 21
14:47 GMT
| SpaceShipOne
| White Knight, Mojave Spaceport
| Scaled Composites
| Flight 15P
1 Astronaut (Mike Melvill)
| Scaled Composites
| Sub-orbital
| Manned sub-orbital flight
| June 21, 2004
| Successful
| First privately funded manned spaceflight.
|
June 23
22:54 GMT
| Delta II (7925)
| LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
| US Air Force
| GPS 2R-12
| NAVSTAR
| MEO
| Global Positioning System
|
| Successful so far
|
|
June 29
03:59 GMT
| Zenit 3SL
| Ocean Odyssey,
Pacific Ocean
| Sea Launch
| Telstar 18
| Loral/APT
| Intended: Geosynchronous
Actual: HEO
| Comsat
| Still In orbit
| Failure
| Premature Cutout left payload in useless orbit
|
July 18
00:44 GMT
| Aérospatiale Ariane 5G
| ELA-3 CSG (Kourou)
| Arianespace
| Anik F2
| Telesat Canada
| Geosynchronous
| Comsat
| Still in orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
July 15
10:02 GMT
| Delta II (7920)
| SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
|
| Aura
| NASA
| LEO
| Atmospheric research
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
August 3
07:18 GMT
| Boeing Delta II (7925H)
| LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
|
| MESSENGER
| NASA
| CurrentlyHeliocentric orbit
Planned:Mercurian Orbit
| Probe to explore Mercury
| Still in orbit
| Successful so far
| Will become first spacecraft to orbit Mercury
|
August 11
05:03 GMT
| Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
| LC-1, Baikonur
| RFSA
| Progress 15P
| RFSA
| LEO, docked to ISS
| Resupply ISS
| December 22 2004
| Successful
|
|
August 31
23:17 GMT
| Atlas IIAS
| LC-36A, Cape Canaveral
| ILS
| Classified
| NRO
|
| Classified
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
| Final flight of Atlas II
|
September 29
15:12 GMT
| SpaceShipOne
| White Knight, Mojave Spaceport
| Scaled Composites
| Flight 16P
1 Astronaut (Mike Melvill)
| Scaled Composites
| Sub-orbital
| Manned sub-orbital flight
| September 29, 2004
| Successful
| First of two flights necessary to claim Ansari X Prize.
|
October 4
14:49 GMT
| SpaceShipOne
| White Knight, Mojave Spaceport
| Scaled Composites
| Flight 17P
1 Astronaut (Brian Binnie)
| Scaled Composites
| Sub-orbital
| Manned sub-orbital flight
| October 4, 2004
| Successful
| Second of two flights necessary to claim Ansari X Prize.
|
October 14
03:06 GMT
| Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
| LC-1, Baikonur
| RFSA
| Soyuz TMA-5
3 Cosmonauts
| RFSA
| LEO - docked to ISS
| Manned orbital flight
| April 24, 2005
| Successful
| ISS Expedition 10
|
November 6
05:39 GMT
| Delta II (7925)
| LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
| US Air Force
| GPS 2R-13
| NAVSTAR
| MEO
| Global Positioning System
|
| Successful so far
|
|
November 20
17:16 GMT
| Delta II (7320)
| LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|
| Swift
| NASA
| LEO
| Gamma-ray research
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
December 17
12:07 GMT
| Atlas V (521)
| LC-41, Cape Canaveral
| ILS
| AMC 16
| SES AMERICOM
| GSO
| Comsat
| Still In Orbit
| Successful so far
|
|
December 23
22:19 GMT
| Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
| LC-1, Baikonur
| RFSA
| Progress 16P
| RFSA
| LEO, docked to ISS
| Resupply ISS
| March 9, 2005
| Successful
|
|
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