This article outlines notable events occurring in 2005 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2005 saw Iran launch its first satellite.
| Year: | 2005 |
| First: | 12 January |
| Last: | 29 December |
| Total: | 55 |
| Success: | 52 |
| Failed: | 3 |
| Partial: | 0 |
| Catalogued: | 52 |
| Maidens: | Ariane 5GS Atlas V 431 H-IIA 2022 |
| Retired: | Atlas IIIB Titan IVB |
| Orbital: | 4 |
| Totalcrew: | 15 |
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| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January | Closest approach: | |||
| 14 January | First soft landing on planet's satellite outside Moon and on Titan | |||
| 15 February | Cassini | 3rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: | |
| 17 February | Cassini | Closest approach: | ||
| 4 March | 1st flyby of the Earth | Gravity assist | ||
| 9 March | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: | |
| 31 March | Cassini | 4th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: | |
| 16 April | Cassini | 5th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: | |
| 4 July | First impact to comet | Projectile impacts 9P/Tempel 1 | ||
| 14 July | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: | |
| 2 August | Flyby of the Earth | Gravity assist | ||
| 22 August | Cassini | 6th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: | |
| 7 September | Cassini | 7th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: | |
| 12 September | Arrival at asteroid 25143 Itokawa | |||
| 26 September | Cassini | Closest approach: | ||
| 11 October | Cassini | Closest approach: | ||
| 28 October | Cassini | 8th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: | |
| 12 November | Failed to land on Itokawa | |||
| 19 November | Hayabusa | Accidentally landed on Itokawa The first asteroid ascent | Stayed for 30 min | |
| 25 November | Hayabusa | Made a touch-and-go on Itokawa for sampling | Status unclear | |
| 26 November | Cassini | Closest approach: | ||
| 26 December | Cassini | 9th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: |
| Start Date/Time (UTC) | Duration | End Time (UTC) | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 07:43 | 5 hours | 13:11 | ISS Pirs | Completed the installation of the Universal Work Platform, mounted the European commercial experiment Rokviss (Robotic Components Verification on ISS) and its antenna, installed the Russian Biorisk experiment, and relocated a Japanese exposure experiment.[1] [2] | ||
| 28 March 06:25 | 4 hours 30 minutes | 10:55 | Expedition 10 ISS Pirs |  Leroy Chiao Salizhan Sharipov | Installed navigational and communications equipment for the arrival of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and deployed the 5-kilogram (11-pound) Russian TNS-0 nanosatellite.[3] | |
| 30 July 09:48 | 6 hours 50 minutes | 17:36 | STS-114 |  Soichi NoguchiStephen Robinson | Performed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. Demonstrated shuttle thermal protection repair techniques and enhancements to the Station's attitude control system. installed a base and cabling for an External Stowage Platform, rerouted power to Control Moment Gyroscope-2 (CMG-2), retrieved two exposure experiments, and replaced a faulty global positioning system antenna on the station.[4] | |
| 1 August 08:42 | 7 hours 14 minutes | 15:56 | STS-114 Discovery | Soichi NoguchiStephen Robinson | Performed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. Removed faulty CMG-1 from the Z1 truss, installed faulty CMG-1 into Discovery's payload bay, and installed new CMG-1 onto the Z1 truss segment.[5] [6] | |
| 3 August 08:48 | 6 hours 1 minute | 14:49 | STS-114 Discovery | Soichi NoguchiStephen Robinson | Performed using Shuttle airlock whilst docked to the ISS. Photographed and inspected Discoverys heat shield, removed two protruding gap fillers from between tiles in the forward area of the orbiter's underside, and installed amateur radio satellite PCSAT2.[7] | |
| 18 August 19:02 | 4 hours 58 minutes | 00:00 | Expedition 11 ISS Pirs | Sergei KrikalyovJohn L. Phillips | Retrieved one of three canisters from the Biorisk experiment, removed Micro-Particles Capturer experiment and Space Environment Exposure Device from Zvezda, retrieved Matroska experiment, installed an ATV docking television camera.[8] [9] | |
| 7 November 15:32 | 5 hours 22 minutes | 20:54 | Expedition 12 ISS Quest | Valery Tokarev | Installed and set up the P1 Truss camera, retrieved a failed Rotary Joint Motor Controller (RJMC), jettisoned a Floating Potential Probe, and removed and replaced a remote power controller module on the Mobile Transporter.[10] First Quest-based spacewalk since April 2003. |
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | 22 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| World | 55 | 52 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Atlas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| R-7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||
| R-14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R-29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| R-36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Space Shuttle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Titan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | |
| Universal Rocket | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zenit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 5 | Ariane | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Atlas III | Atlas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
| Atlas V | Atlas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delta II | Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dnepr | R-36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| H-IIA | H-II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| R-12/R-14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Long March 2 | Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Long March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Minotaur I | Minotaur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| M-V | Mu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Molniya | R-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pegasus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Universal Rocket | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Soyuz | R-7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Space Shuttle | Space Shuttle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Titan IV | Titan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
| Universal Rocket | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Volna | R-29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Zenit | Zenit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 5 ECA | Ariane 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ariane 5 GS | Ariane 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Atlas IIIB | Atlas III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
| Atlas V 401 | Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Atlas V 431 | Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Delta II 7320 | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delta II 7925 | Delta II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dnepr | Dnepr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| H-IIA 2022 | H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Kosmos-3M | Kosmos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Long March 2C | Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Long March 2D | Long March 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Long March 2F | Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Long March 3B | Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Minotaur I | Minotaur I | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| M-V | M-V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Molniya-M / ML | Molniya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Final flight | ||
| Pegasus-XL | Pegasus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Proton-K / DM-2 | Proton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Proton-K / DM-2M | Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Proton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| UR-100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Soyuz-FG | Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Soyuz-FG / Fregat | Soyuz | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Soyuz-U | Soyuz | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Space Shuttle | Space Shuttle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Titan IV-B (404B) | Titan IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
| Titan IV-B (405B) | Titan IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
| Volna | Volna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Zenit-3SL | Zenit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baikonur | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barents Sea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Launched from Borisoglebsk submarine | ||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kourou | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ocean Odyssey | International | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plesetsk | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tanegashima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Uchinoura | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vandenberg | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | One launch used Stargazer aircraft | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 52 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Orbital regime | Launches | Failures | Accidentally achieved | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Earth | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 7 to ISS | |
| Medium Earth / Molniya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 55 | 52 | 3 | 0 |