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October-November 2004:
Latest changes:
09/17: Adding new date for
Delta/Swift
09/20: ISS Soyuz 9S/Expedition 10 delayed;
Delta 4-Heavy demo launch delayed; Delta 4/GOES-N delayed
09/21: Adding Pegasus/DART launch
window
09/22: Adding ISS Soyuz 9S/Expedition 10
launch time
09/24: Adding new launch dates for ISS
Progress 16P, 17P and 18P and Soyuz 10S
09/28: Delta/GPS 2R-13 delayed; ISS Soyuz
9S/Expedition 10 date uncertain; Delta/Swift date uncertain;
Atlas/AMC 16 delayed
09/29: New date and time for Proton/AMC
15
10/01: Adding new date and time of ISS
Soyuz 9S/Expedition 10 launch
10/02: Pegasus/DART delayed; Adding new
date and window for Delta/Swift; Shuttle return to flight
delayed
Oct. 14 Soyuz • ISS 9S
Launch time: 0306:25 GMT (11:06:25 p.m. EDT
on Oct. 13)
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the manned Soyuz
TMA-5 spacecraft to the
International Space Station carrying the
Expedition
Ten resident crew. The capsule will remain
at the station for about six months, providing an escape pod for the
crew. Delayed from Oct. 9 due to explosive bolt problem on the
spacecraft. Delayed from Oct. 11 due to further technical concerns
with the Soyuz. [Oct. 1]
Indefinite Delta 2 • GPS 2R-13
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, Florida
The Boeing Delta
2 rocket will launch the next
NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block 2R (
Navstar
GPS 2R-8) military navigation satellite.
The launch will be run by the U.S. Air Force. The rocket will fly in
the Delta
2 7925 vehicle configuration.
Delayed from Sept. 22 in the wake of Hurricane Frances. Delayed from
Oct. 8 due to Hurricane Jeanne. [Sept. 28]
Oct. 14 Proton • AMC 15
Launch time: 2123 GMT (5:23 p.m.
EDT)
An ILS Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper
stage will launch the AMC 15 telecommunications spacecraft for
operator SES
AMERICOM. The Lockheed Martin-built
satellite will provide video, Internet and broadband services across
the U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii. Pushed back from late August
and Sept. 14. Delayed from Sept. 23 for additional testing of an
avionics subsystem onboard the upper stage. [Sept. 29]
Oct. 26 Pegasus XL • DART
Launch window: 1813-1820 GMT (2:13-2:20
p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calif.
An Orbital
Sciences air-launched Pegasus XL
rocket will carry NASA's Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous
Technology spacecraft into orbit. DART
is a space flight demonstrator aimed
at testing technologies required for the Orbital
Space Plane to locate and rendezvous
with the space station. The DART craft will perform its autonomous
operations using the existing MUBLCOM
communications test satellite.
Delayed from April 15, Oct. 18 and Oct. 19. [Oct. 2]
Oct.? Ariane 5 • XTAR-EUR
Launch window: TBD
The Arianespace Ariane
5 rocket with the new ECA cryogenic upper stage will
fly a demonstration test flight. The rocket presumably will carry the
XTAR-EUR X-band military communications satellite for Loral
and Hisdesat and a satellite simulator mass. [July 18]
Late-Oct. Proton • Express AM-1
Launch time: TBA
A Russian government ILS-
PROTON rocket with a Block DM upper
stage will launch the domestic Express AM-1 communications satellite.
It will provide digital television, telephony, videoconferencing,
data transmission and the Internet access services. Delayed from
June. [July 22]
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