2004 in spaceflight

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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
11 January 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
29 January 11:58 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-1, Baikonur	RFSA	Progress 13P	RFSA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	3 June 2004	Successful
5 February 23:46 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral	ILS	AMC 10	SES AMERICOM	GSO	Comsat	Still In Orbit	Successful so far
14 February 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
18 February 07:05 GMT	Molniya-M (R-7 8K78)	LC-16, Plesetsk	RFSA	Molniya-1T		Molniya	Comsat	Still In Orbit	Successful
2 March 07:17 GMT	Ariane 5G+	ELA-3, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Rosetta	ESA	Heliocentric	Comet probe	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Philae	ESA	Heliocentric	Comet lander	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
13 March 05:40 GMT	Atlas IIIA	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral	ILS	MBSAT	MBSAT	GSO	Comsat	Still In Orbit	Successful so far
15 March 23:06 GMT	Proton-M	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	Eutelsat W3A	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
20 March 17:53 GMT	Delta II (7925)	LC-17B, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	GPS 2R-11	NAVSTAR	MEO	Global Positioning System		Successful so far
27 March 03:30 GMT	Proton-K/DM-2	LC-81, Baikonur		Raduga-1 (Kosmos 2406)	Russian military	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
16 April 00:45 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral	ILS	Superbird 6	Space Communications Corporation	GSO	Comsat	Still In Orbit	Successful so far
18 April 15:59 GMT	Long March 2C (CZ-2C)	LC-1, Jiuquan		Tansuo 1 (Shiyan 1)	University of Harbin	LEO	Land resource mapping	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Naxing 1	Tsinghua University	LEO	Earth Imaging	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
19 April 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	24 October 2004	Successful	ISS Expedition 9
20 April 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
26 April 20:37 GMT	Proton-K/DM-2M	LC-200, Baikonur		Ekspress AM-11	PO Kosmicheskaya Sviaz	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
4 May 12:42 GMT	Zenit 3SL	Ocean Odyssey, Pacific Ocean	Sea Launch	DIRECTV 7S	DIRECTV	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still In orbit	Successful so far
19 May 22:22 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral	ILS	AMC 11	SES AMERICOM	GSO	Comsat	Still In Orbit	Successful so far
20 May 17:47 GMT	Taurus (3120)	LC-576E, Vandenberg AFB	Orbital Sciences	FORMOSAT-2 (ROCSAT-2)	NSPO	LEO	Earth Imaging	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
25 May 12:34 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-1, Baikonur	RFSA	Progress 14P	RFSA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	30 July 2004	Successful
28 May 06:00 GMT	Tsiklon-2	LC-90, Baikonur		Kosmos 2405	Russian Navy	LEO	Reconnaissance	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
10 June 01:28 GMT	Zenit-2	LC-45L, Baikonur		Kosmos 2406	VKA	LEO	Sigint	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
16 June 22:27 GMT	Proton-M	LC-200, Baikonur	ILS	Intelsat 10-02	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
21 June 14:47 GMT	SpaceShipOne	White Knight, Mojave Spaceport	Scaled Composites	Flight 15P 1 Astronaut (Mike Melvill)	Scaled Composites	Sub-orbital	Manned sub-orbital flight	21 June 2004	Successful	First privately funded manned spaceflight Maiden flight of SpaceShipOne as a spacecraft
23 June 22:54 GMT	Delta II (7925)	LC-17B, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	GPS 2R-12	NAVSTAR	MEO	Global Positioning System		Successful so far
29 June 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
29 June 06:30 GMT	Dnepr (Dnipro)	LC-109, Baikonur	ISC Kosmotras	LatinSat D (AprizeSat 2)	Aprize	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Demeter	CNES	LEO	Seismology	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Saudicomsat 1	Riyadh Space Research Institute	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Saudicomsat 2	Riyadh Space Research Institute	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Saudisat 2	Riyadh Space Research Institute	LEO	Earth Imaging	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				LatinSat C (AprizeSat 1)	Aprize	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Unisat 3	La Sapienza	LEO	Technology Development	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Amsat Echo	Amsat	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
15 July 10:02 GMT	Delta II (7920)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB		Aura	NASA	LEO	Atmospheric research	Still In Orbit	Successful so far
18 July 00:44 GMT	Aérospatiale Ariane 5G	ELA-3 CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	Anik F2	Telesat Canada	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
22 July 17:46 GMT	Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)	LC-132, Plesetsk		Kosmos-2409		LEO	Navigation satellite	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
25 July 07:05 GMT	Long March 2C (CZ-2C)	LC-1, Taiyuan		Tan Ce 2	CASC/ESA	LEO/HEO (High-eccentricity)	Magnetosphere research	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
3 August 07:18 GMT	Boeing Delta II (7925H)	LC-17B, Cape Canaveral		MESSENGER	NASA	Currently: Heliocentric orbit Planned:Mercurian Orbit	Probe to explore Mercury	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Will become first spacecraft to orbit Mercury
4 August 22:32 GMT	Proton-M	LC-200, Baikonur	ILS	Amazonas	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
11 August 05:03 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-1, Baikonur	RFSA	Progress 15P	RFSA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	22 December 2004	Successful
29 August 07:50 GMT	Long March 2C	SLS, Jiuquan		FSW-2 (FSW-19)		Geosynchronous	Earth Imaging	7 November, 23:55 GMT	Successful
31 August 23:17 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral	ILS	Classified (USA-179)	NRO		Classified	Still In Orbit	Successful so far	Final flight of Atlas II
6 September 10:35 GMT	Shaviyt 1	Palmachim Beach		'Ofeq-6	Tsahal	Intended: LEO	Reconnaissance	T+270	Failure	Loss of control during third stage burn
8 September 23:14 GMT	Long March 4B (CZ-4B)	LC-1, Taiyuan		Shi Jian 6A	CASC	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Shi Jian 6B	CASC	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
20 September 10:31 GMT	GSLV	Sriharikota		EDUSAT (GSAT-3)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Educational comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
23 September 15:07 GMT	Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)	LC-132, Plesetsk		Kosmos 2408	Russian military	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Kosmos 2409	Russian military	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
24 September 16:50 GMT	Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)	LC-16, Plesetsk		Kosmos 2410	Russian military	LEO	Reconnaissance	9 January 2005	Failure	Re-entry capsule could not be located
27 September 08:00 GMT	Long March 2D	SLS, Jiuquan		FSW-3 (FSW 20)		LEO	Earth Imaging	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
29 September 15:12 GMT	SpaceShipOne	White Knight, Mojave Spaceport	Scaled Composites	Flight 16P 1 Astronaut (Mike Melvill)	Scaled Composites	Sub-orbital	Manned sub-orbital flight	29 September 2004	Successful	First of two flights necessary to claim Ansari X Prize.
4 October 14:49 GMT	SpaceShipOne	White Knight, Mojave Spaceport	Scaled Composites	Flight 17P 1 Astronaut (Brian Binnie)	Scaled Composites	Sub-orbital	Manned sub-orbital flight	4 October 2004	Successful	Second of two flights necessary to claim Ansari X Prize Final flight of SpaceShipOne
14 October 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	24 April 2005	Successful	ISS Expedition 10
14 October 21:23 GMT	Proton-M	LC-200, Baikonur	ILS	Americom 15	SES Americom	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
19 October 01:20 GMT	Long March 3A (CZ-3A)	LC-2, Xichang		Feng Yun 2C		Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
29 October 22:11 GMT	Proton-K/DM-2M	LC-200, Baikonur		Ekspress AM-1		Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
6 November 03:10 GMT	Long March 4B (CZ-4B)	LC-1, Taiyuan		Zi Yuan 2C		Geosynchronous	Earth Imaging	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
6 November 05:39 GMT	Delta II (7925)	LC-17B, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	GPS 2R-13	NAVSTAR	MEO	Global Positioning System	Still in orbit	Successful so far
8 November 18:30 GMT	Soyuz 2 (R-7/Soyuz ST)	LC-43, Plesetsk		Zenit 8 (Obilik)		Sub-orbital	Test carrier rocket	8 November 2004	Successful	Maiden flight of Soyuz 2.
18 November 10:45 GMT	Long March 2C (CZ-2C)	LC-1, Xichang		Shiyan Weixing 2		LEO	Earth Observation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
20 November 17:16 GMT	Delta II (7320)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral		Swift	NASA	LEO	Gamma-ray research	Still In Orbit	Successful so far
17 December 12:07 GMT	Atlas V (521)	LC-41, Cape Canaveral	ILS	AMC 16	SES AMERICOM	GSO	Comsat	Still In Orbit	Successful so far
18 December 16:26 GMT	Ariane 5G+	ELA-3, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Helios 2A	DGA	LEO	Reconnaissance	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Nanosat 01	INTA	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Essaim 1	DGA	LEO	ELINT	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Essaim 2	DGA	LEO	ELINT	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Essaim 3	DGA	LEO	ELINT	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Essaim 4	DGA	LEO	ELINT	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Parasol	CNES	LEO	Aeronomy	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
21 December 21:50 GMT	Delta IVH (9250H)	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral		DemoSat (USA 181)	US Air Force	Intended: Subsynchronous Actual: MEO	Test launch vehicle	Still in orbit	Partial Failure	Maiden flight of Delta IV Heavy Premature cut-off of second stage (burn one) left all payloads in wrong orbits. Both nanosats failed to contact ground after separation
				Sparkie (3CSat1)	US Air Force	LEO	Cloud imaging	~22 December 2004	Failure
				Ralphie (3CSat2)	US Air Force	LEO	Cloud imaging	~22 December 2004	Failure
22 December	R-36 (Satan)	Dombarovskiy	RVSN	Dummy warhead	RVSN	Sub-orbital	ICBM test	22 December 2004	Successful
23 December 22:19 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-1, Baikonur	RFSA	Progress 16P	RFSA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	9 March 2005	Successful
24 December 11:20 GMT	Tsiklon 3	LC-32, Plesetsk		Sich-1M	NKAU	LEO	Earth Observation	Still in orbit	Partial failure	Placed in incorrect orbit due to premature 3rd stage cutoff
				MK-1TS	NKAU	LEO	Earth Observation	Still in orbit
26 December 13:53 GMT	Proton-K/DM-2M	LC-200, Baikonur		Kosmos 2411	KNITs	MEO	Glonass Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Kosmos 2412	KNITs	MEO	Glonass Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Kosmos 2413	KNITs	MEO	Glonass Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far

Deep Space Rendezvous in 2004

• January 2 — Stardust flyby of 81P/Wild (Wild 2) collecting dust
• January 3 — Spirit landed on Mars (Gusev Crater)
• January 24 — Opportunity landed on Mars (Meridiani Planum)
• February 4 — Ulysses 2^nd flyby of Jupiter
• May 19 — Hayabusa flyby of the Earth
• June 11 — Cassini flyby of Phoebe (2,000 km)
• July 1 — Cassini entered Saturnian orbit
• September 8 — capsule from Genesis crashlanded on the Earth with 0.4 milligram of Solar sample
• 26 October — Cassini flyby of Titan, Ta (1,200 km)
• November 15 — SMART-1 entered Selenocentric orbit
• 13 December — Cassini flyby of Titan, Tb (2,336 km)

References

• Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
• JAXA
• Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
• Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
• NASA
• NASA SpaceFlight.com
• Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
• Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
• Southwest Space Archive
• SPACE.com Launch Forecast
• SpaceFlightNow
• Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
• U.S. Space Objects Registry
• Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)

Preceded by 2003

Timeline of spaceflight 2004

Succeeded by 2005

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