This article outlines notable events occurring in 2004 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

First privately funded human spaceflight

First Delta IV Heavy

Launches

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks2 January Stardust Flyby of 81P/Wild (Wild 2) Dust collection (samples returned to Earth in 2006)3 January Spirit Landing on Mars Gusev Crater24 January Opportunity Landing on Mars Meridiani Planum4 February Ulysses 2nd flyby of Jupiter 19 May Hayabusa Flyby of the Earth 11 June Cassini Flyby of Phoebe Closest approach: 1 July Cassini First orbiter of Saturn Saturnian orbit injection8 September Genesis Capsule crash-landing on Earth of solar sample aboard26 October Cassini Flyby of Titan Closest approach: 15 November SMART-1 Selenocentric orbit injection First European Lunar mission13 December Cassini Flyby of Titan Closest approach:

EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewFunctionRemarks26 February21:173 hours01:12ISS PirsAlexander KaleriReplaced microgravity experiment cassette containers, attached the Russian experiment Matryoshka to Zvezda, and removed a JAXA micro-meteor impact experiment.Reduced duration due a cooling system malfunction in Kaleri's spacesuit.24 June21:5614 minutes22:10Expedition 9ISS PirsGennady PadalkaMichael FinckeSpacewalk cut short due to a pressure problem in Fincke's prime oxygen tank in his spacesuit.Rescheduled for 30 June.30 June21:195 hours40 minutes1 July02:59Expedition 9ISS PirsGennady PadalkaMichael FinckeReplaced a Remote Power Controller (RPC) that failed in late April, causing a loss of power in Control Moment Gyroscope No. 2 (CMG 2).3 August06:584 hours30 minutes11:28Expedition 9ISS PirsGennady PadalkaMichael FinckeRemoved laser retro reflectors from the Zvezda assembly compartment, and installed three updated laser retro reflectors and one internal videometer target in preparation for the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). Installed two antennas, and removed and replaced Kromka experiment packages.3 September16:435 hours20 minutes22:04Expedition 9ISS PirsGennady PadalkaMichael FinckeReplaced the Zarya Control Module flow control panel, installed four safety tether fairleads on Zarya's handrails, installed three communications antennas, and removed covers from the antennas.

Orbital launch statistics By country For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.

Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures 8 8 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 18 18 0 0 7 5 0 2 16 15 0 1 World

By rocket

By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Ariane 3 3 0 0 Atlas 6 6 0 0 Delta 8 7 0 1 GSLV 1 1 0 0 Long March 8 8 0 0 Minotaur 1 1 0 0 R-7 8 8 0 0 R-14 2 2 0 0 R-36 3 2 0 1 Shavit 1 0 1 0 Titan 1 1 0 0 Universal Rocket 8 8 0 0 Zenit 4 3 0 1

By type Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Ariane 5 Ariane 3 3 0 0 Atlas II Atlas 4 4 0 0 Final flight Atlas III Atlas 1 1 0 0 Atlas V Atlas 1 1 0 0 Delta II Delta 7 7 0 0 Delta IV Delta 1 0 0 1 Dnepr R-36 1 1 0 0 GSLV GSLV 1 1 0 0 Kosmos R-14 2 2 0 0 Long March 2 Long March 5 5 0 0 Long March 3 Long March 1 1 0 0 Long March 4 Long March 2 2 0 0 Molniya-M R-7 1 1 0 0 Proton-K Universal Rocket 4 4 0 0 Proton-M Universal Rocket 4 4 0 0 Shavit Shavit 1 0 1 0 Soyuz-U R-7 5 5 0 0 Soyuz-FG R-7 2 2 0 0 Taurus Minotaur 1 1 0 0 Titan IV Titan 1 1 0 0 Tsyklon R-36 2 1 0 1 Zenit Zenit 4 3 0 1

By configuration Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Ariane 5G+ Ariane 5 3 3 0 0 Maiden and final flights Atlas IIAS Atlas II 4 4 0 0 Final flight Atlas IIIA Atlas III 1 1 0 0 Final flight Atlas V 521 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Final flight Delta II 7320 Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta II 7920 Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta II 7920-10L Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta II 7925 Delta II 3 3 0 0 Delta II 7925H Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta IV Heavy Delta IV 1 0 0 1 Maiden flight Dnepr Dnepr 1 1 0 0 GSLV Mk I GSLV 1 1 0 0 Kosmos-3M Kosmos 2 2 0 0 Long March 2C Long March 2 4 4 0 0 Long March 2D Long March 2 1 1 0 0 Long March 3A Long March 3 1 1 0 0 Long March 4B Long March 4 2 2 0 0 Molniya-M Molniya-M 1 1 0 0 Proton-K / DM-2 Proton-K 4 4 0 0 Proton-M / Briz-M Proton-M 4 4 0 0 Shavit-1 Shavit 1 0 1 0 Soyuz-U Soyuz-U 5 5 0 0 Soyuz-FG Soyuz-FG 2 2 0 0 Taurus 3120 Taurus 1 1 0 0 Titan IV-B (402B) / IUS Titan IV 1 1 0 0 Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon 1 1 0 0 Tsyklon-3 Tsyklon 1 0 0 1 Zenit-2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 Zenit-3SL Zenit 3 2 0 1

By spaceport

SiteCountryLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks Baikonur 17 17 0 0 Cape Canaveral 13 12 0 1 Jiuquan 3 3 0 0 Kourou 3 3 0 0 Ocean Odyssey International 3 2 0 1 Palmachim 1 0 1 0 Plesetsk 5 4 0 1 Satish Dhawan 1 1 0 0 Taiyuan 3 3 0 0 Vandenberg 3 3 0 0 Xichang 2 2 0 0 Total 54 50 1 3

By orbit

Orbital regime Launches Failures Accidentallyachieved RemarksTransatmospheric 0 0 0 0 Low Earth 23 22 1 0 6 to ISS Medium Earth / Molniya 5 5 0 2 Geosynchronous / GTO 23 21 2 0 High Earth / Lunar transfer 1 1 0 0 Heliocentric / Planetary transfer 2 2 0 0 Total 54 51 3 2

References

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