2005 orbital launches

In 2005, ExGalactic records 54 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
19Kazakhstan
10USA
6Other
6Russia
5China
5French Guiana
2Japan
1India

Launches

  1. Deep Impact (DIF) — 12 January 2005, 18:47 UTC — Success
  2. Parus 96 — 20 January 2005, 03:00 UTC — Success
  3. AMC 12 — 3 February 2005, 02:27 UTC — Success
  4. NROL-23 — 3 February 2005, 07:41 UTC — Success
  5. XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2, Sloshsat — 12 February 2005, 21:03 UTC — Success
  6. Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R) — 26 February 2005, 09:25 UTC — Success
  7. Progress M-52 — 28 February 2005, 19:09 UTC — Success
  8. XM-3 — 1 March 2005, 03:50 UTC — Success
  9. INMARSAT 4 F1 — 11 March 2005, 21:42 UTC — Success
  10. Ekspress AM-2 — 29 March 2005, 21:31 UTC — Success
  11. XSS-11 — 11 April 2005, 13:35 UTC — Success
  12. Apstar 6 — 12 April 2005, 12:00 UTC — Success
  13. Soyuz TMA-6 — 15 April 2005, 00:46 UTC — Success
  14. Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) — 15 April 2005, 17:26 UTC — Success
  15. Spaceway 1 — 26 April 2005, 07:31 UTC — Success
  16. NROL-16 — 30 April 2005, 00:50 UTC — Success
  17. Cartosat-1 — 5 May 2005, 04:45 UTC — Success
  18. NOAA 18 — 20 May 2005, 10:22 UTC — Success
  19. DirecTV-8 — 22 May 2005, 17:59 UTC — Success
  20. Foton-M No. 2 — 31 May 2005, 12:00 UTC — Success
  21. KT-1 satellite? — 9 June 2005, 00:00 UTC — Failure
  22. Progress M-53 — 16 June 2005, 23:09 UTC — Success
  23. Molniya-3K — 21 June 2005, 00:48 UTC — Failure
  24. Cosmos-1 — 21 June 2005, 19:46 UTC — Failure
  25. Intelsat IA-8 — 23 June 2005, 14:03 UTC — Success
  26. Ekspress AM-3 — 24 June 2005, 19:41 UTC — Success
  27. Shi Jian 7 — 5 July 2005, 22:40 UTC — Success
  28. Suzaku — 10 July 2005, 03:30 UTC — Success
  29. STS-114 — 26 July 2005, 14:39 UTC — Success
  30. Fanhui Shi Weixing (21) — 2 August 2005, 07:30 UTC — Success
  31. Thaicom 4 — 11 August 2005, 08:20 UTC — Success
  32. Galaxy 14 — 13 August 2005, 23:28 UTC — Success
  33. Kirari — 23 August 2005, 21:09 UTC — Success
  34. Monitor-E No. 1 — 26 August 2005, 18:34 UTC — Success
  35. Fanhui Shi Weixing (22) — 29 August 2005, 08:45 UTC — Success
  36. Yantar-1KFT 21 — 2 September 2005, 09:50 UTC — Success
  37. Progress M-54 — 8 September 2005, 13:07 UTC — Success
  38. Anik F1R — 8 September 2005, 21:53 UTC — Success
  39. STP-R1 — 23 September 2005, 02:24 UTC — Success
  40. GPS IIR-14(M) — 26 September 2005, 03:37 UTC — Success
  41. Soyuz TMA-7 — 1 October 2005, 03:54 UTC — Success
  42. CRYOSAT — 8 October 2005, 15:02 UTC — Failure
  43. Syracuse 3A & Galaxy 15 — 13 October 2005, 22:32 UTC — Success
  44. NROL-20 — 19 October 2005, 18:05 UTC — Success
  45. Beijing-1 — 27 October 2005, 06:52 UTC — Success
  46. INMARSAT 4 F2 — 8 November 2005, 14:06 UTC — Success
  47. Venus Express — 9 November 2005, 03:33 UTC — Success
  48. Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 — 16 November 2005, 23:46 UTC — Success
  49. Progress M-55 — 21 December 2005, 18:38 UTC — Success
  50. Strela-3M 1 — 21 December 2005, 19:34 UTC — Success
  51. INSAT-4A, Meteosat 9 — 21 December 2005, 22:33 UTC — Success
  52. Uragan 87, Uragan-M 4 & 5 — 25 December 2005, 05:07 UTC — Success
  53. Giove A — 28 December 2005, 05:19 UTC — Success
  54. AMC 23 — 29 December 2005, 02:28 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

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