2006 in spaceflight
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[edit] Launches
This is a list of spacecraft which were launched into space during the year 2006.
Date and time of launch (GMT) |
Rocket | Launch site | Spacecraft | Owner of spacecraft | Mission | Notes | |
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19 January 19:00 |
Atlas V | Cape Canaveral | New Horizons | NASA | Interplanetry | Flyby of Pluto in 2015 | |
24 January 01:33 |
H-IIA | Tanegashima | Daichi | JAXA | Earth observation | ||
15 February 23:35 |
Zenit-3 | Pacific Ocean | EchoStar 10 | EchoStar | Communication | ||
16 February 08:01 |
Minuteman | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Dummy bomb | US Air Force | ICBM test | ||
18 February 06:27 |
H-IIA | Tanegashima | MTSAT-2 | Japanese government | Air Traffic Control and weather | ||
21 February 21:28 |
M-V | Uchinoura | Akari | JAXA | Astronomy | ||
CUTE-1.7+APD | Nanosat (Very small satellite) | ||||||
28 February 20:10 |
Proton | Baikonur | ARABSAT 4A | Arab Satellite Communications Organisation | Communications | Did not reach correct orbit after problems with rocket | |
11 March 22:33 |
Ariane 5 | Kourou | SPAINSAT | Spanish government | Communications | ||
Hot Bird 7A | Eutelsat | Communications | |||||
22 March 14:03 |
Pegasus | Aircraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base | Space Technology 5 (Forward) | NASA | Study Earth | ||
Space Technology 5 (Middle) | NASA | Study Earth | |||||
Space Technology 5 (Aft) | NASA | Study Earth | |||||
24 March 22:30 |
Falcon 1 | Omelek Island | FalconSat 2 | US Air Force | Study plasma | First flight of Falcon 1 rocket Engine failed 23 seconds after launch and the rocket crashed into the Pacific Ocean |
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30 March 02:30 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Soyuz TMA-8 | Russian Space Agency | Manned mission to International Space Station | Crew of 3 ISS Expedition 13 |
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7 April 13:00 |
Minuteman | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Dummy bomb | US Air Force | ICBM test | ||
12 April 23:30 |
Zenit-3 | Pacific Ocean | JCSAT-9 | JCSAT | Communication | ||
14 April 01:40 |
Minotaur | Vandenberg Air Force Base | COSMIC-1 | COSMIC | Study Atmosphere | ||
COSMIC-2 | COSMIC | Study Atmosphere | |||||
COSMIC-3 | COSMIC | Study Atmosphere | |||||
COSMIC-4 | COSMIC | Study Atmosphere | |||||
COSMIC-5 | COSMIC | Study Atmosphere | |||||
COSMIC-6 | COSMIC | Study Atmosphere | |||||
20 April 20:27 |
Atlas V | Cape Canaveral | Astra 1KR | SES Astra | Communication | ||
24 April 16:03 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Progress | Russian Space Agency | Deliver supplies to International Space Station | ||
25 April 16:47 |
Start-1 | Svobodniy | EROS-B | ImageSat | Earth imaging | ||
26 April 22:48 |
Long March 4 | Taiyuan | Yaogan 1 | Spy satellite | |||
28 April 10:02 |
Delta II | Vandenberg Air Force Base | CALIPSO | NASA | Study aerosols | ||
CloudSat | NASA | Study clouds | |||||
3 May 17:38 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Kosmos-2420 | Russian government | Spy satellite | ||
24 May 22:11 |
Delta IV | Cape Canaveral | GOES-13 | NASA/NOAA | Weather | ||
26 May 18:50 |
Shtil' | Barents Sea | Kompass 2 | Izmiran | Earthquake detection | ||
27 May 21:09 |
Ariane 5 | Kourou | SATMEX 6 | Satellites Mexicanas | Communication | ||
THAICOM 5 | Shin Satellite | Communication | |||||
14 June 14:08 |
Minuteman | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Dummy bomb | US Air Force | ICBM test | ||
15 June 08:00 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Resurs | Russian Space Agency | Earth observation | ||
18 June 07:50 |
Zenit-3 | Pacific Ocean | Galaxy 16 | PanAmSat | Communication | ||
18 June 22:44 |
Proton | Baikonur | KazSat | Government of Kazakhstan | Communication | ||
21 June 22:15 |
Delta II | Cape Canaveral | MITEX-A | US Air Force | Technology test | ||
MITEX-B | US Air Force | Technology test | |||||
MITEX-Carrier | US Air Force | Technology test | |||||
24 June 15:08 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Progress | Russian Space Agency | Deliver supplies to International Space Station | ||
25 June 04:00 |
Tsyklon-2 | Baikonur | Kosmos-2421 | Russian Navy | Spy satellite | Solar panels did not work | |
27 June 03:30 |
Delta IV | Vandenberg Air Force Base | NRO L-22 | NRO | Spy satellite | ||
4 July 18:38 |
Space Shuttle Discovery | Kennedy Space Center | STS-121 | NASA | Manned mission to International Space Station | Crew of 7 | |
Leonardo MPLM | NASA | Deliver supplies to International Space Station | |||||
10 July 12:38 |
GSLV | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | INSAT 4C | ISRO | Communications | Rocket destroyed after engine failure | |
12 July 15:53 |
Dnepr | Dombarovskiy | Genesis-1 | Bigelow Aerospace | Space Station | Prototype (no crew) | |
20 July 10:14 |
Minuteman | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Dummy bomb | US Air Force | ICBM test | ||
26 July 19:43 |
Dnepr | Baikonur | BelKA | National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus | Earth imaging | Crashed back to Earth after engine failure | |
Unisat-4 | Universita di Roma | Technology test | |||||
Baumanets | Moskovskiy Gosudarstvenniy Tekhnicheskiy Universitet | Earth imaging and radio | |||||
PICPOT | Politecnico di Torino | Earth imaging | |||||
SACRED | University of Arizona | CubeSat | |||||
ION | University of Illinois | Double CubeSat | |||||
Rincon 1 | University of Arizona | CubeSat | |||||
ICECube-1 | Cornell | CubeSat | |||||
KUTESat Pathfinder | University of Kansas | CubeSat | |||||
SEEDS | Nihon University | CubeSat | |||||
nCube | Government of Norway | CubeSat | |||||
HAUSAT-1 | Government of South Korea | CubeSat | |||||
MEROPE | University of Montana | CubeSat | |||||
CP-2 | CalPoly | CubeSat | |||||
AeroCube-1 | AerospaceCorp | CubeSat | |||||
CP-1 | CalPoly | CubeSat | |||||
Voyager | University of Hawaii | CubeSat | |||||
ICECube2 | Cornell | CubeSat | |||||
28 July 07:05 |
Rokot | Baikonur | KOMPSAT 2 | Earth imaging | |||
4 August 21:48 |
Proton | Baikonur | Hot Bird 8 | Eutelsat | Communication | ||
11 August 22:15 |
Ariane 5 | Kourou | JCSat-10 | Communication | |||
Syracuse 3B | Communication | ||||||
22 August 03:27 |
Zenit-3 | Pacific Ocean | Koreasat 5 | KT Corporation | Communication | ||
9 September 07:00 |
Long March 2 | Jiuquan | Shi Jian 8 | CASC | Grow seeds in space | ||
9 September 15:15 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis | Kennedy Space Center | STS-115 | NASA | Manned flight to International Space Station | Crew of 6 | |
ISS P3/4 Truss | NASA | Part of the International Space Station | |||||
11 September 04:35 |
H-IIA | Tanegashima | Information Gathering Satellite | Japanese government | Spy satellite | ||
12 September 16:02 |
Long March 3 | Taiyuan | Zhongxing 22A | ||||
14 September 13:41 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Kosmos-2423 | Spy satellite | |||
18 September 04:09 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Soyuz TMA-9 | Russian Space Agency | Manned mission to International Space Station | Crew of 3 ISS Expedition 14 |
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22 September 21:36 |
M-V | Uchinoura | Hinode | JAXA | Observe the Sun | Last flight of the M-V rocket SSSat did not work |
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HIT-SAT | Hokkaido Institute of Technology | Technology test | |||||
SSSat | JAXA | Solar sail | |||||
25 September 18:50 |
Delta II | Cape Canaveral | GPS 2R-M2 | US Air Force | Navigation | ||
25 September 20:14 |
SpaceLoft | Spaceport America | Various | UP Aerospace | Scientific experiments | First flight of SpaceLoft First flight from Spaceport America Lost control and crashed |
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13 October 20:56 |
Ariane 5 | Kourou | DirecTV-9S | Communication | |||
Optus D1 | Communication | ||||||
LDREX-2 | Technology test | ||||||
19 October 16:28 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | MetOp-A | Eumetsat | Weather satellite | ||
23 October 13:41 |
Soyuz | Baikonur | Progress | Russian Space Agency | Deliver supplies to International Space Station | ||
24 October 23:34 |
Long March 4 | Taiyuan | Shi Jian 6-2A | Study environment | |||
Shi Jian 6-2B | Study environment | ||||||
26 October |
Delta II | Cape Canaveral | STEREO-A | NASA | Study Sun and Earth | ||
STEREO-B | NASA | Study Sun and Earth | |||||
28 October 16:20 |
Long March 3 | Xichang | Sinosat-2 | Sino Satellite Communications Company | Communication | Solar panels did not work | |
30 October 23:48 |
Zenit-3 | Pacific Ocean | XM-4 "Blues" | XM Satellite Radio | Communication | ||
4 November 13:53 |
Delta IV | Vandenberg Air Force Base | DMSP F17 | US Air Force | Weather | ||
8 November 20:01 |
Proton | Baikonur | Badr 4 | Arabsat | Communication | ||
17 November 19:12 |
Delta II | Cape Canaveral | GPS 2R-M3 | US Air Force | Navigation | ||
8 December 00:53 |
Long March 3 | Taiyuan | Feng Yun 2D | CSMA | Weather | ||
8 December 22:07 |
Ariane 5 | Kourou | Americom 18 | SES Americom | Communication | ||
WildBlue 1 | WildBlue | Communication | |||||
10 December 01:47 |
Space Shuttle Discovery | Kennedy Space Center | STS-116 | NASA | Manned flight to International Space Station | Crew of 7 | |
ISS P5 Truss | NASA | Part of the International Space Station | |||||
Spacehab module | NASA/Spacehab | Deliver supplies to International Space Station | |||||
ANDE | US Navy | Technology test | |||||
RAFT-1 | US Navy | Technology test | |||||
MARScom | US Navy | Technology test | |||||
MEPSI-2 | DARPA | Technology test | |||||
11 December 23:28 |
Proton | Baikonur | MEASAT 3 | Communication | |||
14 December 21:00 |
Delta II | Vandenberg Air Force Base | NRO L-21 | NRO | Spy satellite | ||
16 December 12:00 |
Minotaur | Wallops Island | TacSat 2 | US Navy | Technology test | ||
GeneSat | NASA | Scientific experiments | |||||
19 December 14:00 |
Kosmos 3M | Plesetsk | SAR-Lupe 1 | ||||
18 December 06:32 |
H-IIA | Tanegashima | ETS-8 | JAXA | Technology test | ||
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22 December |
Soyuz | Plesetsk | TBC | VKS | Communication | ||
25 December |
Proton | Baikonur | Glonass | KNITs | Navigation | ||
Glonass | KNITs | Navigation | |||||
Glonass | KNITs | Navigation | |||||
27 December |
Soyuz | Baikonur | CoRoT | CNES | Astronomy |
[edit] References
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- NASA
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
Came after: 2005 |
Timeline of spaceflight 2006 |
Came before: 2007 |