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August- December 2006:
2006
August 21: A
SEA
LAUNCH
Zenit
3SL rocket to orbit the Koreasat
5 satellite for communications and
military use in a space shot to be staged from the Odyssey
Launch Platform atop the equatorial
waters of the Pacific Ocean. 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 Aug. 22
GMT).
NET August 27:
NASA's
STS-115 shuttle flight aboard the
Atlantis orbiter is slated to deliver a new truss segment and solar
arrays to the International Space Station ISS in a launch to be staged from
Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Launch window runs
through Sept. 18. 4:25-4:35 p.m. EDT (2025-2035 GMT).
August 31:
NASA's
STEREO mission to launch two solar
observatories to generate three dimensional images of the Sun to
launch atop a Delta
2 rocket from
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, Florida. 3:12-3:14 p.m. EDT
(1912-1914 GMT) or 4:20-4:35 p.m. EDT (2020-2035 GMT).
September 14: The 14th
astronaut crew to the International Space Station (ISS) will launch from Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on a two-day
trip to the orbital platform. 1:44 a.m. EDT (0544 GMT).
September 14: A Delta
2 rocket is slated to launch the
NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite GPS
2R-M2 in a space shot staged from
Pad 17 at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station in Florida.
October 7: The European Space Agency's MetOp-A meteorological
satellite to launch atop a Russian-built Soyuz rocket from Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
October 18: A
Russian-built Soyuz rocket is set to launch the automated supply ship
Progress 23 to the restock the International Space Station in a
flight to begin at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
November
2: An Atlas 5 rocket to boost a clutch
of seven satellites, among them the Orbital Express demonstration
vehicle, under the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program 1 (STP 1)
mission to fly from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
November
4: A Delta 4 rocket is slated to loft
the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Program-17 (DMSP-17) in
a spaceflight to be staged from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida.
November
27: NASA's THEMIS spacecraft is set to
ride a Delta 2 rocket spaceward in a launch to be staged from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
November
15: An Atlas 5 rocket to loft a
classified spy satellite NROL-28 for the U.S. National Reconnaissance
Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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December 14: NASA's STS-116 space
shuttle mission to launch the Discovery orbiter toward the
International Space Station from Launch Complex-39 at Kennedy Space
Center, Florida. 6:55 p.m. EST (2355 GMT).
December 20: A Russian-built Soyuz rocket is set to launch the
automated supply ship Progress 24 to the restock the International
Space Station in a flight to begin at Kazakhstan's Baikonur
Cosmodrome
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