Orbital Launches of 2009
ID
Date
Payload(s)
Launch Vehicle
Site
Remark
January
2009-001
18.01.2009
Orion 6 (USA 202, NROL 26) Delta-4H CC SLC-37B
2009-002
23.01.2009
GOSAT (Ibuki 1) SOHLA 1 SDS 1 SpriteSat (Raijin) PRISM (Hitomi) Kagayaki KKS 1 (Kiseki) STARS 1 (Kukai) H-2A-202 Ta YLP-1
2009-003
30.01.2009
Koronas Foton Tsiklon-3 Pl LC-32/2
February
2009-004
02.02.2009
Omid Safir-1 Sem
2009-005
06.02.2009
NOAA 19 (NOAA N') Delta-7320-10C Va SLC-2W
2009-006
10.02.2009
Progress-M 66 Soyuz-U Ba LC-31/6
2009-007
11.02.2009
Ekspress-AM 44 Ekspress-MD 1 Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) Ba LC-200/39
2009-008
12.02.2009
Hotbird 10 → Atlantic Bird 4A → Eutelsat 3C → Hotbird 13D NSS 9 SPIRALE A SPIRALE B Ariane-5ECA Ko ELA-3
2009-F01
24.02.2009
OCO (ESSP 5) Taurus-3110 Va 576E
Version 1st flight, failed
2009-009
26.02.2009
Telstar 11N Zenit-3SLB Ba LC-45/1
2009-010
28.02.2009
Raduga-1 8 (Globus 18L) Proton-K Blok-DM-2 Ba LC-81/24
March
2009-011
07.03.2009
Kepler (Discovery 10) Delta-7925-10L CC SLC-17B
2009-012
15.03.2009
Discovery F-36 (STS-119) ITS-S6 ⇑Shuttle CC SLC-39A
2009-013
17.03.2009
GOCE Rokot-KM Pl LC-133/3
2009-014
24.03.2009
GPS-2RM 7 (GPS SVN 49, Navstar 63, USA 203) Delta-7925 CC SLC-17A
2009-015
26.03.2009
Soyuz-TMA 14 Soyuz-FG Ba LC-1/5
April
2009-016
03.04.2009
Eutelsat W2A → Eutelsat 10A Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) Ba LC-200/39
2009-017
04.04.2009
WGS 2 (USA 204) Atlas-5(421) CC SLC-41
2009-F02
05.04.2009
Kwangmyŏngsŏng 2 (KMS 2) Unha-2 To
Failed
2009-018
14.04.2009
BD-2 G2 (Beidou 2) CZ-3C Xi LC-2
2009-019
20.04.2009
RISAT 2 ANUSAT PSLV-CA Sr SLP
2009-020
20.04.2009
SICRAL 1B Zenit-3SL (2) SL
2009-021
22.04.2009
Yaogan 6 (JB-7 1 ?) CZ-2C (3) TY LC-7
2009-022
29.04.2009
Kosmos 2450 (Yantar-4K2M #5, Kobalt-M #5) Soyuz-U Pl LC-16/2
May
2009-023
05.05.2009
STSS-ATRR (USA 205) Delta-7920-10C Va SLC-2W
2009-024
07.05.2009
Progress-M 02M Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
2009-025
11.05.2009
Atlantis F31 (STS-125) Shuttle CC SLC-39A
2009-026
14.05.2009
Herschel Planck Ariane-5ECA Ko ELA-3
2009-027
16.05.2009
Indostar 2/ ProtoStar 2 → SES 7 Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) Ba LC-200/39
2009-028
19.05.2009
TacSat 3 PharmaSat 1 HawkSat 1 CP 6 AeroCube 3 Minotaur-1 WI LA-0B
2009-029
21.05.2009
Meridian 2 (12L) Soyuz-2-1a Fregat Pl LC-43/4
Partial failure
2009-030
27.05.2009
Soyuz-TMA 15 Soyuz-FG Ba LC-1/5
June
2009-031
18.06.2009
LRO LCROSS Atlas-5(401) CC SLC-41
2009-032
21.06.2009
MEASAT 3a Zenit-3SLB Ba LC-45/1
2009-033
27.06.2009
GOES 14 (GOES O) Delta-4M+(4,2) CC SLC-37B
2009-034
30.06.2009
Sirius FM5 (CD-Radio 5) Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) Ba LC-200/39
July
2009-035
01.07.2009
TerreStar 1 → EchoStar T1 Ariane-5ECA Ko ELA-3
2009-036
06.07.2009
Kosmos 2451 (Strela-3 #140) Kosmos 2452 (Strela-3M #2, Rodnik-S #2) Kosmos 2453 (Strela-3 #141) Rokot-KM Pl LC-133/3
2009-037
14.07.2009
RazakSat (MACSAT) Falcon-1 Om
2009-038
15.07.2009
Endeavour F23 (STS-127) JEF (JEM-EF) ⇑JLE (JEM-ELM-ES) ⇑SEDA-AP ⇑MAXI ⇑ICS-EF ⇑ANDE-2 AA ANDE-2 PA Bevo 1 (DRAGONSAT 1) AggieSat 2 (DRAGONSAT 2, AGS 2) Shuttle CC SLC-39A
2009-039
21.07.2009
Kosmos 2454 (Parus #98) Sterkh 1 Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
2009-040
24.07.2009
Progress-M 67 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
2009-041
29.07.2009
DubaiSat 1 Deimos 1 → GEOSAT 1 UK-DMC 2 Nanosat 1B AprizeSat 3 AprizeSat 4 Dnepr Ba LC-109/95
August
2009-042
11.08.2009
AsiaSat 5 Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) Ba LC-200/39
2009-043
17.08.2009
GPS-2RM 8 (GPS SVN 50, Navstar 64, USA 206) Delta-7925 CC SLC-17A
2009-044
21.08.2009
JSCat 12 (JCSat RA) Optus D3 Ariane-5ECA Ko ELA-3
2009-F03
25.08.2009
STSAT 2A Naro-1 (KSLV-1) Na LP-1
Version first flight, failure
2009-045
29.08.2009
Discovery F37 (STS-128) MPLM 1-06 (Leonardo F6) ⇑Shuttle CC SLC-39A
2009-046
30.08.2009
Palapa D CZ-3B Xi LC-2
Partial failure
September
2009-047
08.09.2009
Nemesis 1 (PAN, P360, USA 207) Atlas-5(401) CC SLC-41
2009-048
10.09.2009
HTV 1 HREP ⇑SMILES ⇑H-2B-304 Ta YLP-2
Version 1st flight
2009-049
16.09.2009
Meteor-M 1 Sterkh 2 Universitetsky 2 UGATUSAT Sumbandila (SO 67, OSCAR 67) BLITS IRIS Soyuz-2-1b Fregat Ba LC-31/6
2009-050
17.09.2009
Nimiq 5 Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) Ba LC-200/39
2009-051
23.09.2009
Oceansat 2 UWE 2 SwissCube 1 BeeSat 1 (Tubsat 8) IT-pSat 1 Rubin 9-AIS PSLV-CA Sr FLP
2009-052
25.09.2009
STSS 1 (USA 208) STSS 2 (USA 209) Delta-7920-10C CC SLC-17B
2009-053
30.09.2009
Soyuz-TMA 16 Soyuz-FG Ba LC-1/5
October
2009-054
01.10.2009
Amazonas 2 COMSATBw 1 Ariane-5ECA Ko ELA-3
2009-055
08.10.2009
WorldView 2 (WV 2) Delta-7920-10C Va SLC-2W
2009-056
15.10.2009
Progress-M 03M Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
2009-057
18.10.2009
DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA 210) Atlas-5(401) Va SLC-3E
2009-058
29.10.2009
NSS 12 Thor 6 Ariane-5ECA Ko ELA-3
November
2009-059
02.11.2009
SMOS PROBA 2 Rokot-KM Pl LC-133/3
2009-060
10.11.2009
MRM 2 (Poisk, Progress-M-MIM 2, MIM 2) Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
2009-061
12.11.2009
Shi Jian 11-01 (SJ 11-01) CZ-2C (3) Jq LC-43/94
2009-062
16.11.2009
Atlantis F31 (STS-129) ELC 1 ⇑ELC 2 ⇑Shuttle CC SLC-39A
2009-063
20.11.2009
Kosmos 2455 (Lotos-S #1) Soyuz-U Pl LC-16/2
2009-064
23.11.2009
Intelsat 14 Atlas-5(431) CC SLC-41
2009-065
24.11.2009
Eutelsat W7 → Eutelsat 36B Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) Ba LC-200/39
2009-066
28.11.2009
IGS-Optical 3 H-2A-202 Ta YLP-1
2009-067
30.11.2009
Intelsat 15 (JCSat 85) Zenit-3SLB Ba LC-45/1
December
2009-068
05.12.2009
WGS 3 (USA 211) Delta-4M+(5,4) CC SLC-37B
Version 1st flight
2009-069
09.12.2009
Yaogan 7 (JB-6 3) CZ-2D (2) Jq LC-43/94
2009-070
14.12.2009
Kosmos 2456 (Uragan-M #20, GLONASS-M №730) Proton-M Blok-DM-2 Ba LC-81/24
2009-071
14.12.2009
WISE (MIDEX 6, Explorer 92) → NEOWISE Delta-7320-10C Va SLC-2W
2009-072
15.12.2009
Yaogan 8 (JB-9 1) XW 1 (HO 68, OSCAR 68) CZ-4C TY LC-9
2009-073
18.12.2009
Helios 2B Ariane-5GS Ko ELA-3
2009-074
20.12.2009
Soyuz-TMA 17 Soyuz-FG Ba LC-1/5
2009-075
29.12.2009
DirecTV 12 Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) Ba LC-200/39
Launch sites:
Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, Kazakhstan
CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Jq = Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, China
Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
Om = Omelek Island, Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), Russia
Sem = Semnan Satellite Launch Center, Semnan province, Iran
SL = Sea Launch Platform, Pacific Ocean near Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Pacific Ocean
Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan
To = Tonghae (Musudan-ri), Hwadae County, Hamgyong Province, North Korea
TY = Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), Wuzhai, Shanxi, China
Va = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA
WI = Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Xi = Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China
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