2005::: : :
- MAKROLAB mark V PROTOTYPE PRODUCTION START: January
- MAKROLAB mark V PROTOTYPE LAUNCH: July
- MAKROLAB mark IIex FIFTH OPERATIONAL SETUP: Southern Africa
- MAKROLAB mark IIex OPERATIONS: August-December
- MAKROLAB TRANSNATIONAL ANTARCTIC FOUNDATION ESTABLISHMENT: December, South Pole
- INSULAR TECHNOLOGIES NETWORK 10 NETWORK NODES OPERATIONAL: December
- INSULAR TECHNOLOGIES ANTARCTIC TEST: December