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2006 in spaceflight

2006 in spaceflight

Spaceflight-related events during 2006

This article outlines notable events occurring in 2006 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2006 saw Brazil, Iran, and Sweden all get a national into space for the first time.

Quick Facts Orbital launches, First ...

First Falcon 1 launch

This paragraph is an excerpt from FalconSAT-2.[edit]
FalconSAT-2 was assigned as the payload for the maiden flight of the Falcon 1 rocket, which was launched from Omelek Island at 22:30 GMT on 24 March 2006.[1] At launch, a corroded nut caused an engine fire, leading to the failure of the engine 25 seconds into the flight.[2] The rocket fell into the Pacific Ocean close to the launch site. FalconSAT-2 was thrown clear of the rocket, and landed in a storage shed on Omelek Island, just a few feet from its own shipping container.[3]

Launches

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Deep Space Rendezvous in 2006

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EVAs

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Orbital launch summary

By country

China: 6Europe: 5India: 1Japan: 6North Korea: 1Russia: 22Ukraine: 8USA: 18
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By rocket

By family

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By type

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By configuration

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By launch site

5
10
15
20
China
France
India
International waters
Japan
Kazakhstan
Marshall Islands
North Korea
Russia
United States
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By orbit

  •   Transatmospheric
  •   Low Earth
  •   Low Earth (ISS)
  •   Low Earth (SSO)
  •   Low Earth (retrograde)
  •   Medium Earth
  •   Geosychronous
    (transfer)
  •   Inclined GSO
  •   High Earth
  •   Heliocentric
  •   Solar escape
More information Orbital regime, Launches ...

References

  • Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
  • Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
  • Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.[dead link]
  • Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
  • Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  • McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
  • Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
  • Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
  • Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
  • Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
  • "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
  • "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
  • "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[dead link]
  • "Space Information Center". JAXA.[dead link]
  • "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
Generic references:

 Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

  1. ArabSat-4A was catalogued but re-entered after a few weeks in wrong orbit
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    France, Marty; Lawrence, Tim. "FalconSAT-2 Launched (and Recovered)" (PDF). United States Air Force Academy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
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    "Press Release of the "Sounding Rocket V" Experiment". NSPO. 18 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
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