Second Quarter 2005 Quarterly Launch Report

By Federal Aviation Administration

Book Id: WPLBN0000659536
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 588.38 KB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Second Quarter 2005 Quarterly Launch Report
Author:	Federal Aviation Administration
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration Command Center (U.S.), Mechanical engineering.
Collections:	Space and Aviation eDocuments Collection
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Publisher:	Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)


Citation APA MLA Chicago Administration, F. A. (n.d.). Second Quarter 2005 Quarterly Launch Report. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Excerpt: The Second Quarter 2005 Quarterly Launch Report features launch results from the first quarter of 2005 (January-March 2005) and forecasts for the second quarter of 2005 (April-June 2005) and third quarter of 2005 (July-September 2005). This report contains information on worldwide commercial, civil, and military orbital and commercial suborbital space launch events. Projected launches have been identified from open sources, including industry references, company manifests, periodicals, and government sources. Projected launches are subject to change. This report highlights commercial launch activities classifying commercial launches as one or both of the following...

Table of Contents
Contents First Quarter 2005 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Vehicle Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Commercial Launch Events by Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Commercial vs. Non-commercial Launch Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Orbital vs. Suborbital Launch Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Launch Successes vs. Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Payload Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Payload Mass Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Commercial Launch Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Commercial Launch History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Special Report: Non-Federal U.S. Spaceport Infrastructure and Investment . . . . . . . . . . .SR-1 Appendix A: First Quarter 2005 Orbital and Suborbital Launch Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1 Appendix B: Second Quarter 2005 Projected Orbital and Suborbital Launch Events . . . . . .B-1 Appendix C: Third Quarter 2005 Projected Orbital and Suborbital Launch Events . . . . . . .C-1