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LaunchLog Jun 2005

2005-06-30T20:28:00.000+10:00

Jun 16 @ 2310
Launched from Baykonur LC1 on a Soyuz-U
2005-21A - Progress M-53 Cargo

Jun 21 @ 0049
Launched from Plesetsk LC16/2 on a Molniya-M
2005-F01 - Molniya-3K Comms

Jun 21 @ 1946
Launched from Borisoglebsk,BAR on a Volna
2005-F02 - Cosmos-1 Tech

Jun 23 @ 1402
Launched from Odyssey,POR on a Zenit-3SL
2005-22A - Intelsat A-8 Comms

Jun 24 @ 1941
Launched from Baykonur on a Proton-K/DM2
2005-23A - Ekspress AM-3 Comms

Other launches shown as scheduled for June on the JPL Space calender are …
Jun ?? - PS-2 KT-1 Launch (China)
Jun 26 -[Jun 21] GOES-N Delta 4M Launch

Lancements projetés, mai - août 2005 en français

2005-05-27T23:01:00.000+10:00

Lancements projetés pour le prochain quart pour Le Tricorder, le Fanzine de l'USS Magellan, du JPL Space Calendar et du Spaceflight Now Tracking Station. Ce sont les lancements projetés pour mai à août comme à 27/05/05

Mai 2005
Mai 27 - Egyptsat 1/ Saudisat 3/Saudicomsat 3-7/ AKS 1 & 2/N-Cube 1 Dnepr 1
May 31 - Foton M-2/Fotino Soyuz U
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Juin 2005
Juin ?? - Intelsat Americas 8 Zenit 3SL
Juin ?? - Compass 2 Shtil-N
Juin ?? - GPS 2RM F-1 Delta 2
Juin 17 - Progress M-53 Soyuz U (International Space Station 18P)
Juin 21 -[Mai 24] Cosmos 1 Volna (Solar Sail Mission)
Juin 21 -[Mai 23] Spaceway 2/ Telcom 2 Ariane 5ECA
Juin 23 - GOES-N Delta 4M
Juin 24 - Express AM-3 Proton K
Juin 26 -[Mai 23] Astro E-2/Cute 1.7 M-V
Juin 30 - Monitor E N1 Rokot KM
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Juillet 2005
Juillet ?? - Yamal 203/204 Proton K
Juillet ?? - FSW-21 CZ-2D (China)
Juillet ?? - STP R-1 Minotaur
Juillet ?? - TacSat 1/Celestis 5 Falcon 1 (Inaugural Test )
Juillet ?? - Resurs-DK1 N1 Soyuz U
Juillet ?? - Syracuse 3-A/ Galaxy 15 Ariane 5GS
Juillet 06 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (0.824 AU)
Juillet 10 - NROL-20 (B-26) Titan 4B (Final launch of the Titan 4B)
Juillet 10 - Galaxy 14 Soyuz FG-Fregat
Juillet 13 -[Mai 27] STS-114 "Return To Flight" , Space Shuttle Discovery, PCSat 2 (International Space Station LF-1)
Juillet 15 - TWINS-A Pegasus XL
Juillet 22 -[Mai 27] Cloudsat/ Calipso Delta 2
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Août 2005
Août ?? - Measat 3 Proton K
Août ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-2 Zenit 3SL
Août ?? - OICETS/INDEX Dnepr 1
Août ?? - Resurs O1 Zenit 2
Août ?? - Resurs F2 Soyuz U
Août ?? - Meteor-M-N1 Tsyklon 3
Août ?? - Topsat/ China DMC/ SSETI-Express/Mozhayets 5/N-Cube 2/Sinah 1 Cosmos 3M
Août 10 -[Mai 27] Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Atlas V
Août 23 -[Mai 23] Insat 4-A/ MSG-2 Ariane 5GS
Août 24 - Progress M-54 Soyuz FG (International Space Station 19P)
Août 30 -[Mai 27] NROL-22 Delta 4 Medium

LaunchLog May 2005

2005-05-16T01:34:00.000+10:00

May 5 at 0445hrs
Launched from SDLC SLP on a PSLV
2005-17A - Cartosat Imaging

2005-17B - HAMSAT Comms

May 20 at 1022hrs
Launched from VAFB on a Delta II
2005-18A - NOAA-N Environmental

Launches shown as scheduled for May on the JPL Space calender …
May ?? - PS-2 KT-1 (China)
May ?? - TechSAR-1 Shavit 1 (Israel)
May 21 -[May 15] Direct-TV 8 Proton M-Briz M
May 25 - Cosmos-Oko N87 Molniya M
May 27 - Egyptsat 1/ Saudisat 3/Saudicomsat 3-7/ AKS 1 & 2/N-Cube 1 Dnepr 1
May 31 - Cosmos 1 Volna (Solar Sail Mission)
May 31 - Foton M-2/Fotino Soyuz U

Spacecraft in Paper, April 2005

2005-05-02T21:13:00.000+10:00

Very little has come up this month.

22/04/05 - Three paper models of the Deep Impact spacecraft:

one for ages 15 and up (approx. 8 hrs) with a 3D set of telescopes & removable impactor
A basic model for ages 12 and up (approx. 5 hrs) with the telescopes & impactor pictured on it
An Impactor model for ages 10 - 12 and up (approx. 1 hr) with a 3D antenna.

If you want to detail it, check out the thread about this model on the Space-Modelers Yahoo Group.

LaunchLog Apr 2005

2005-04-14T23:54:00.000+10:00

Apr 11 at 1335hrs
Launched from Vandenberg SLC8 on a Minotaur
2005-11A - XSS-11 Tech

Apr 12 at 1200hrs
Launched from Xichang on a CZ-3B
2005-12A - Apstar 6 Comms

Apr 15 at 0046 hrs
Launched from Baykonur LC1 on a Soyuz-FG
2005-13A - Soyuz TMA-6 Spaceship

Apr 15 at 1726 hrs
Launched from Vandenberg on a Pegasus XL/HAPS
2005-14A - DART Tech

Apr 26 at 0731 hrs
Launched from Odyssey on a Zenit-3SL
2005-15A - Spaceway 1 Comms

Apr 30 at 0050 hrs
Launched from Canaveral SLC40 on a Titan 4B
2005-16A - USA 182? Radar?

What happened to these launches shown on the JPL Space calender?
Apr ?? -[Mar 08] TacSat 1/Celestis 5 Falcon 1 Launch (Inaugural Test Launch)
Apr 06 - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)
Apr 14 - Syracuse 3-A/ Telcom 2 Ariane 5GS Launch

LaunchLog Mar 2005

2005-03-17T22:56:00.000+11:00

Mar 01 @ 0351hrs
Launched from Odyssey PO on a Zenit-3SL
2005-08A - XM Radio 3 Satellite Radio *

Mar 11 @ 2142hrs
Launched from Canaveral SLC41 on a Atlas V 431
2005-09A? - Inmarsat 4 F-1 Comms

Mar 28 @ 0830
Launched from ISS, LEO on a -
2005-05C - TNS-0 Nanosputnik Tech

Mar 29 @ 2131
Launched from Baykonur PL200 on a Proton-K/DM2M
2005-10A - Ekspress AM-2 Comms

Projected Launches, Mar - May 2005

2005-03-15T07:27:00.000+11:00

Every issue I add the projected launches for the next quarter to Tricorder, the Fanzine of the USS Magellan, from the JPL Space Calendar correlated against the Spaceflight Now Tracking Station. These are the projected launches for March to May as at 13/03/05

March 2005
Mar ?? - PS-2 KT-1 Launch (China)
Mar ?? - TechSAR-1 Shavit 1 Launch (Israel)
Mar 18 -[Mar 07] XSS-11 Minotaur Launch *
Mar 25 - Galaxy 14 Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
Mar 31 - Express AM-2 Proton K Launch *
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April 2005
Apr ?? - Cartosat 1/VU-Sat PSLV Launch (India)
Apr ?? - Apstar 6 CZ-3B Launch
Apr ?? - DART Pegasus XL Launch *
Apr ?? -[Mar 08] TacSat 1/Celestis 5 Falcon 1 Launch (Inaugural Test Launch)
Apr 06 - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)
Apr 06 - NROL-16 Titan 4B Launch *
Apr 12 - ***Yuri's Night - World Space Party ***
Apr 14 - Syracuse 3-A/ Telcom 2 Ariane 5GS Launch *
Apr 15 - Soyuz TMA-6 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Stations 11S) *
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May 2005
May ?? -[Mar 12] DIRECTV 8 Proton launch *)
May ?? -[Mar 08] Cosmos-Glonass Soyuz 2-Fregat Test Launch
May ?? - Spaceway 1 Zenit 3SL Launch (April ??)
May ?? - Astro F M- V Launch (Japan)
May ?? - IP-Star 1 Ariane 5 Launch
May ?? - Spaceway 2 Ariane 5 Launch
May ?? -[Mar 07] NROL-22 Delta 4 Medium Launch *
May ?? -[Mar 07] STP R-1 Minotaur Launch
May 04 -[Mar 10] GOES-N Delta 4M Launch *
May 11 - NOAA-N Delta 2 Launch *
May 15 - STS-114 "Return To Flight" Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, PCSat 2 (International Space Station LF-1) *
May 18 - Topsat/ China DMC/ SSETI-Express/Mozhayets 5/N-Cube 2/Sinah 1 Cosmos 3M Launch
May 20 - GPS 2RM F-1 Delta 2 Launch *)

Spacecraft in Paper, March 2005

2005-03-03T12:32:00.000+11:00

02/03/05 - As if on cue after the successful launching on Feb. 26 of the Japanese H-2A rocket with the MTSAT 1R spacecraft, Robin pointed out on the Papermodels Group that there is a papermodel of the Japanese ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) which, as best I can work out, is due for launch Sept. this year. It joins the other Japanese satellite models available of Aqua, ADEOS-II, DRTS and µ-Labsat
NB - The H2A model has moved to a new URL

07/03/05 – Jon Leslie posted photos of a Shutttle stack (version 2.0) that he had been Beta testing for Bill Spencer on the website of the Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Centre followed a half hour afterwards by the model itself. Someone suggested it would look "mighty purty with a scaled up Delta 7 studios shuttle to finish it off" Jon tells us on the Yahoo Space-Modelers Group that it is very strong and how some of his paper model designs are used in flying model rockets.

20/03/05 - A post earlier this month brought a new group to my attention, Space-Paper-Models Yahoo! Group, a relatively new group. Probably the major point of interest in it is that it is the repository of Bill Kastenmeier's Von Braun rocket to 1/100 scale which is the orbital vehicle of Von Braun's Cargo rocket featured in Colliers magazine during 1952 (You might also want to checkout the 1/150 Von Braun Saturn Shuttle on the Delta-7 Retro Rockets CD). It brought back memories for me since I have a copy of Von Braun's "The First Men To The Moon", first published in 1958 although his foreword is dated 1960. I read it as a kid and it fired my imagination! I dragged it out, blew the dust off it and scanned a few pages that I've lodged in the Group's photo section if anyone else wants a full-sized copy of the Crew Return Vehicle cutaway, contact me and I'll send you one out.

LaunchLog Feb 2005

2005-02-18T21:37:00.000+11:00

Feb 03 @ 0227hrs
Launched from Baykonur * PL81/24 * on a Proton-M/Briz-M
2005-003A - AMC 12 Communications

Feb 03 @ 0741hrs
Launched from Canaveral SLC36B on a Atlas 3B
2005-004A - USA 181 SigInt
2005-004C - USA 181 P/L2 SigInt

Feb 12 @ 2103hrs
Launched from Kourou ELA3 on a Ariane 5ECA
2005-005A - XTAR-EUR Communications
2005-005C - SLOSHSAT Technology
2005-005D - Maqsat-B2 Technology

Feb 26 * @ 0925hrs
Launched from Tanegashima * on a H-2A F7 *
2005-006A - MTSAT-1R Weather, Comms

Feb 28 @ 1909hrs
Launched from Baykonur * on a Soyuz-U
2005-007A - Progress M52 ISS Cargo

Spacecraft in Paper, February 2005

2005-02-17T18:20:00.000+11:00

06/02/05 - Laszlo Vadasz has created a Soyuz spacecraft to add to Lars Folman's R-7 launch Vehicle. He also has a Launch table for Michael Urban's 1:48 Mercury-Redstone. If you look on Laszlo's Tips page you will see that he also has Lars' R-7 Sputnik model available by permission as well as a number of add-ons: a Railroad Transporter for the R-7 Vostok, a stand for Ralph Currell's SpaceShip One and a modified launch tower for Michael Urbans Little Joe-Mercury.

16/02/05 - Erik te Groen spotted a new paper model of the recently launched SWIFT satellite. On the Main page scroll down just a little bit to find the paper model but be warned, it's a big file, listed as 9.3 Mb but actually over 15Mb [M."Chthulhu" H] and over 30 pages. "Nice detail: instead of the usual metals, this satellite seems to made out of wood (Cherry? Rose ?) and white silk.......! ;-)"

Spacecraft in Paper, January 2005

2005-02-13T18:05:00.000+11:00

The following summary of developments in the field of Spacecraft Paper Models is almost totally made up from posts on the PaperModels Smartgroup and it is hoped that this summary will introduce more to the hobby

02/01/05 Niels Jahn Knudsen has a test build up of Ariane 1 and the British Blue Streak rocket to add to his Martin RTV-N-12 Viking 7 and Martin RTV-N-12-a Viking 10

05/01/05 - Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite available in colour & B&W
... also ...
TERRIERS satellite, been around for a while but thanks for the reminder (Source - Gr. Arie)

07/01/05 - Lars has nearly finished a Zond Lunar lander from the USSR

07/01/05 - A new full size (1:1) version of the AAU CUBESAT (Source - Gr. Arie)

13/01/05 - There are three versions of the "Deep Impact" Spacecraft, a Detailed Model for ages 15 and up (aprox 8 hrs) a Basic Model for ages 12 and up (aprox 5 hrs) and a model just of the Impactor for ages 10-12 and up (aprox 1 hour) (Source - Mike 'Chthulhu' Hungerford)

As at 28/01/05

LaunchLog Jan 2005

2005-02-13T09:47:00.000+11:00

Launch data (courtesy of Jonathans Space Report) from Earth to Earth orbit in January, 2005

Jan 12 @ 1847hrs
Launched from Canaveral SLC17B on a Delta 7925 * *
2005-001A - Deep Impact Comet probe
Jan 20 @ 0300hrs
Launched from Plesetsk PL132/1 on a Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
2005-002A - Kosmos-2414 (Parus #96) * Navigation
2005-002B - Universitetskiy (Tatyana) * Technology demonstrator