Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2005. Spaceflight is the use of Space technology to fly a Spacecraft into and through Outer space. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Deep Space Rendezvous in 2005

• 14 January — Cassini flyby of Titan - Tc (60,000 km)
• 14 January — Huygens landed on Titan
• 15 February — Cassini flyby of Titan - T3 (950 km)
• 17 February — Cassini flyby of Enceladus (1,180 km)
• 4 March — Rosetta 1^st flyby of the Earth
• 9 March — Cassini flyby of Enceladus (500 km)
• 31 March — Cassini flyby of Titan - T4 (2,523 km)
• 16 April — Cassini flyby of Titan - T5 (950 km)
• 4 July — Deep Impact's projectile hits 9P/Tempel 1
• 14 July — Cassini flyby of Enceladus (1,000 km)
• 2 August — MESSENGER flyby of the Earth
• 22 August — Cassini flyby of Titan - T6 (4,015 km)
• 7 September — Cassini flyby of Titan - T7 (950 km)
• 12 September — Hayabusa arrived at asteroid 25143 Itokawa
• 26 September — Cassini flyby of Hyperion (990 km)
• 11 October — Cassini flyby of Dione (500 km)
• 28 October — Cassini flyby of Titan - T8 (1,446 km)
• 12 November — Hayabusa failed in landing MINERVA on Itokawa
• 19 November — Hayabusa made a touch-and-go on Itokawa for sampling
• 26 November — Cassini flyby of Rhea (500 km)
• 26 December — Cassini flyby of Titan - T9 (10,429 km)

References

• Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
• JAXA
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Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Deep Impact is an ongoing NASA Space probe launched on 12 January 2005 that was designed to study the composition of the interior of the Comet 9P/Tempel, also known as Tempel 1 or 9P/Tempel 1, is a periodic Comet. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the The MErcury Surface Space ENvironment GEochemistry and Ranging ( MESSENGER) probe is a NASA Spacecraft, launched August 3, 2004 Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. 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• Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
• NASA
• NASA SpaceFlight.com
• Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
• Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
• Southwest Space Archive
• SPACE.com Launch Forecast
• SpaceFlightNow
• Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
• U.S. Space Objects Registry
• Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)

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