2009 in spaceflight
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 The Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2009 |
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| Fact Sheet | |
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| Orbital Launches | |
| First | 18 January |
| Total | 15 |
| Successes | 14 |
| Failures | 1 |
| National Firsts | |
| Orbital Launch |  Iran[1] |
| Rockets | |
| Retirements | Tsyklon-3 |
| Manned flights | |
| Orbital | 1 |
| Total travellers | 7 |
Several significant events in spaceflight are planned for 2009. Iran conducted its first successful orbital launch on 2 February.[1], whilst South Korea, intends to conduct theirs later in the year, albeit the latter with Russian assistance. The first Chinese planetary probe, Yinghuo-1, is scheduled for launch, along with Russia's Fobos-Grunt sample return mission. Eight rockets are scheduled to conduct maiden flights, whilst the Tsyklon-3 was retired from service.[2]
The internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is any flight which crosses the Kármán line, 100 kilometres above sea level. The first spaceflight launch of the year was that of a Delta IV Heavy, carrying the USA-202 ELINT satellite, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 02:47 GMT on 18 January.
At 16:56 on 10 February, the first major collision between two satellites in orbit occurred, resulting in the destruction of Kosmos-2251 and Iridium 33, launched in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Up until the collision, Iridium 33 was operational, and an active part of the Iridium network of satellites.
The first flight of the SpaceX Dragon, a commercial unmanned logistics spacecraft, is scheduled to occur in the second quarter, as part of NASA's COTS programme. In addition, the first H-II Transfer Vehicle is scheduled for launch on 1 September.
Nine manned launches are planned for 2009, the most since 1997. STS-119, using Space Shuttle Discovery, launched on 15 March. It will install the last set of solar arrays on the International Space Station. Soyuz TMA-14, the 100th manned Soyuz launch, will deliver the Expedition 19 crew in March. In May, Space Shuttle Atlantis will conduct the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, STS-125. Several days later, Soyuz TMA-15 will launch with the ISS Expedition 20 crew, which will bring the total ISS crew size up to six. Assuming that it does so, this will be the 100th Soyuz spaceflight, as the Soyuz T-10 mission failed to reach space. In June, Space Shuttle Endeavour will deliver the final component of the Japanese Experiment Module on mission STS-127. STS-128, using Discovery in August, will deliver supplies using the Leonardo MPLM,. September will see the launch of Soyuz TMA-16, with the ISS Expedition 21 crew. Assuming that it reaches orbit, this will be the 100th Soyuz mission to do so, as Soyuz 18a reached space, but failed to reach orbit. In November, Space Shuttle Atlantis will fly mission STS-129, delivering two EXPRESS Logistics Carriers to the ISS. The final manned flight of the year, Soyuz TMA-17, will be launched in December with the ISS Expedition 22 crew.
Although not spaceflights in their own right, several test flights of future manned spacecraft will be conducted in 2009. These will include the Ares I-X test flight, the first test of the Orion Launch Abort System, using the Orion Abort Test Booster, and the first unpowered test flights of the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, VSS Enterprise.
One failure has occurred so far in 2009. On 24 February, a Taurus-XL launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States, with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. The payload fairing did not separate from the rocket, resulting in it being too heavy to reach orbit, and the upper stage decayed, with spacecraft and fairing still attached, off the coast of Antarctica.
The next scheduled launch, that of the GPS-IIR-20/M7, is planned for 24 March at 08:34-08:49.
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[edit] Launches
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| Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
[edit] January |
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| 18 January 02:47[3] |
 Delta IV-H[4] |
Cape Canaveral LC-37B |
United Launch Alliance |
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| USA-202[5] (Mentor/Intruder) |
NRO | Geosynchronous | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
| NRO Launch 26 | |||||||
| 23 January 03:54[6] |
 H-IIA 202 |
Tanegashima LA-Y1 |
Mitsubishi |
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| Ibuki (GOSAT) |
JAXA | Low Earth | Climatology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| SDS-1 |
JAXA | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Sohla-1 |
SOHLA[7] | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Raijin (Sprite-Sat)[8] |
Tohoku | Low Earth | Sprite research | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Kagayaki[9] |
Sorun[10] | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Hitomi (PRISM)[11] |
Tokyo | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Kukai (STARS)[12][13] |
Kagawa | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Kiseki (KKS-1)[14] |
TMCIT | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| STARS consists of two spacecraft, connected by a tether | |||||||
| 26 January 00:15[15] |
S-310 |
 Andøya LA-U3 |
Andøya |
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| Delta-2 |
JAXA/Nagoya[15][16][17] | Suborbital | Auroral[15] | 26 January | Successful | ||
| 29 January 09:49 |
 Black Brant IX |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
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| ACES-I[18] |
Iowa | Suborbital | Auroral | 09:59 | Successful | ||
| 29 January 09:51 |
Black Brant VB |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
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| ACES-II[18] |
Iowa | Suborbital | Auroral | 10:01 | Successful | ||
| 30 January 13:30[2] |
 Tsyklon-3 |
 Plesetsk Site 32/2 |
Roskosmos |
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| Koronas-Foton |
Roskosmos/MEPhI/NIIEM[19] | Low Earth[19] | Solar | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Final flight of Tsyklon-3 rocket[2] | |||||||
[edit] February |
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| 2 February 18:36[20] |
 Safir |
Semnan |
ISA |
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| Omid[21] |
ISA | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| First successful Iranian orbital launch[1] | |||||||
| 6 February 10:22:01[22] |
Delta II 7320-10C |
Vandenberg SLC-2W |
United Launch Alliance |
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| NOAA-19 (NOAA-N') |
NOAA/NASA | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 10 February 05:49:46[23] |
Soyuz-U |
 Baikonur Site 31/6 |
Roskosmos |
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| Progress M-66 |
Roskosmos | Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | In orbit | Operational | ||
| ISS flight 32P | |||||||
| 11 February 00:03[24] |
Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
Roskosmos |
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| Ekspress-AM44[25] |
RSCC | Geosynchronous | Communication | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Ekspress-MD1 |
RSCC | Geosynchronous | Communication | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 12 February 22:09:00[26] |
 Ariane 5ECA |
 Kourou ELA-3 |
Arianespace |
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| Hot Bird 10 |
Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communication | In orbit | Operational | ||
 NSS-9 |
SES New Skies | Geosynchronous | Communication | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Spirale-A |
CNES | Geosynchronous Transfer | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Spirale-B |
CNES | Geosynchronous Transfer | Technology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 13 February[27] | UGM-133 Trident II |
USS Alabama, Pacific Ocean |
US Navy |
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| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 February | Successful | |||
| 18 February 09:52:00[28] |
Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
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| Clemson | Suborbital | Atmospheric | 18 February | Successful | |||
| 18 February 10:29:00[28] |
Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
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| Clemson | Suborbital | Atmospheric | 18 February | Successful | |||
| 18 February 10:59:00[28] |
Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
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| Clemson | Suborbital | Atmospheric | 18 February | Successful | |||
| 18 February 11:47:00[28] |
Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
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| Clemson | Suborbital | Atmospheric | 18 February | Successful | |||
| 24 February 09:55:30[30] |
Taurus-XL 3110 |
Vandenberg LC-576E |
Orbital Sciences |
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| OCO |
NASA | Intended: Sun-synchronous | Climatology | 24 February | Launch failure | ||
| Maiden flight of Taurus-XL 3110, payload fairing failed to separate, failed to reach orbit.[29] Satellite was to have been part of A-train constellation | |||||||
| 25 February 10:45[31] |
Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| CIBER |
CalTech | Suborbital | IR Astronomy[32] | 10:55 | Successful | ||
| 26 February 18:29:55[33] |
Zenit-3SLB |
Baikonur Site 45/1 |
 Land Launch |
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| Telstar 11N |
Telesat | Geosynchronous | Communication | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 28 February 04:10 |
Proton-K/DM-2 |
Baikonur Site 81/24 |
Roskosmos |
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| Raduga-1 |
VKS | Geosynchronous | Communication | In orbit | Operational | ||
[edit] March |
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| 7 March 03:49:57[35] |
Delta II 7925-10L |
Cape Canaveral LC-17B |
United Launch Alliance |
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| Kepler |
NASA | Heliocentric | Astronomy | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Exosolar planet research, operating in an Earth-trailing orbit[34] | |||||||
| 15 March 23:43:44[36] |
Space Shuttle Discovery[37] |
Kennedy LC-39A |
United Space Alliance |
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| STS-119[38] |
NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Assembly[39][40] | In orbit | Operational | ||
| ITS S6 Truss |
NASA | Low Earth (ISS) | ISS component | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Manned flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
| 17 March 14:21[41] |
Rokot/Briz-KM |
Plesetsk Site 133/3[42] |
Eurockot |
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| GOCE |
ESA | Low Earth | Gravity | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 18 March[43] | USS Tripoli, Barking Sands |
US Army |
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| US Army/MDA | Suborbital | Target | 18 March | Successful | |||
| Intercepted by THAAD at about 00:30 UTC[43] | |||||||
| 18 March[43] | THAAD |
Barking Sands |
US Army |
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| US Army/MDA | Suborbital | ABM test | 18 March | Successful | |||
| Intercepted target missile at about 00:30 UTC[43] | |||||||
| 18 March[43] | THAAD |
Barking Sands |
US Army |
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| US Army/MDA | Suborbital | ABM test | 18 March | Successful | |||
| Backup interceptor, destroyed by range safety after first missile succeeded[44] | |||||||
| 20 March 11:04 |
Black Brant XII |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
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| Cascades-2 |
Dartmouth | Suborbital | Auroral | 20 March | Successful | ||
| 24 March 08:34:00[45] |
Delta II 7925-9.5 |
Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
United Launch Alliance |
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| USA-203 (GPS-IIR-20/M7) |
US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 26 March 11:49:06 |
Soyuz-FG |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
Roskosmos |
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| Soyuz TMA-14[4] |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Expedition 19 | ||||
| Manned flight with three cosmonauts. First space tourist to make two flights. | |||||||
| March |  Long March 3A |
Xichang |
CNSA |
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| Beidou-2B |
CNSA | Planned: Geosynchronous | Navigation | ||||
| March | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| NRL | Planned: Suborbital | Solar | |||||
| 1st Quarter |  STABILO[47] |
Balloon | ARCA |
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| ELL[47] |
ARCA | Planned: Suborbital[46] | Technology | ||||
| Prototype Lunar lander[46] | |||||||
[edit] April |
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| 1 April 00:32-01:35[48] |
Atlas V 421 |
Cape Canaveral LC-41 |
United Launch Alliance |
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| WGS-2 |
US Air Force | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 3 April 16:24 |
Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
International Launch Services |
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| Eutelsat W2A |
Eutelsat | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 4 April (NET) |  Unha |
Tonghae |
AGB |
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| Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 |
AGB | Planned: Low Earth (TBC)[49] | Technology | ||||
| May be cover for suborbital test of Taepodong-2 missile,[49] first successful North Korean orbital launch if it reaches orbit | |||||||
| 6 April (NET) |  PSLV-CA |
Satish Dhawan SLP |
ISRO |
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| RISAT-2 |
ISRO | Planned: Low Earth | Radar imaging | ||||
| Anusat |
Anna | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| 19 April 08:16-09:13 |
Zenit-3SL |
Ocean Odyssey |
Sea Launch |
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 Sicral-1B |
ASI | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 20 April (NET) | Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat |
Plesetsk Site 43/4 |
RVSN |
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| Meridian-2 |
VKS | Planned: Molniya | Communication | ||||
| 21 April | Terrier-Orion |
Wallops Island |
NASA |
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| NASA | Planned: Suborbital | ||||||
| 21 April | Falcon 1 |
 Omelek |
SpaceX |
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 RazakSat-1 (MACSat) |
ATSB | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging | ||||
| InnoSAT |
ATSB | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| CubeSAT |
ATSB | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| InnoSAT and CubeSAT are CubeSats | |||||||
| 25 April | PSLV |
Satish Dhawan FLP |
ISRO |
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| OceanSat-2 |
ISRO | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Oceanography | ||||
 BeeSat |
TU Berlin | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
| UWE-2 |
Würzburg | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
 ITU-pSat1 |
ITU | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
 SwissCube-1 |
EPFL | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Atmospheric | ||||
| First Swiss satellite | |||||||
| 28 April 22:24-23:24 |
Delta IV-M+ (4,2) |
Cape Canaveral LC-37B |
United Launch Alliance |
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| GOES-O |
NOAA/NASA | Planned: Geostationary | Weather | ||||
| 29 April (NET) | Ariane 5ECA |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Arianespace |
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| Herschel[50] |
ESA | Planned: Earth/Sun L2 | IR astronomy | ||||
| Planck[51] |
ESA | Planned: Earth/Sun L2 | Astronomy | ||||
| April |  VSB-30 |
 Esrange |
EuroLaunch |
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| TEXUS-46 |
ESA | Planned: Suborbital | Microgravity | ||||
| April | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| NASA | Planned: Suborbital | Solar | |||||
| April | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| SwRI | Planned: Suborbital | Solar | |||||
| April | Black Brant IX |
San Nicolas |
NASA |
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| US Air Force | Planned: Suborbital | ||||||
| April | Black Brant IX |
San Nicolas |
NASA |
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| US Air Force | Planned: Suborbital | ||||||
| April | Dnepr-1 |
Baikonur Site Site 109/95 |
ISC Kosmotras |
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 DubaiSat-1 |
EIAST | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging | ||||
 Deimos-1 |
Deimos Space | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging | ||||
 UK-DMC 2 |
BNSC | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging | ||||
| Nanosat 1B |
INTA | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging | ||||
 AprizeSat-3 |
LatinSat | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| AprizeSat-4 |
LatinSat | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
[edit] May |
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| 5 May[4][48] | Delta II 7920 |
Vandenberg SLC-2W |
United Launch Alliance |
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| STSS-ATRR |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| 5 May | Minotaur I |
MARS LP-0B |
Orbital Sciences |
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| TacSat-3 |
USAF-RL | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| GeneSat-2 |
NASA | Planned: Low Earth | Biological | ||||
| Pharmasat-1 |
NASA | Planned: Low Earth | Biological | ||||
| HawkSat-I[52] |
HISS | Planned: Low Earth | Technology[53][52] | ||||
| PolySat CP-6[52] |
CalPoly | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| All payloads except TacSat-3 are CubeSats | |||||||
| 7 May | Soyuz-U |
Baikonur |
Roskosmos |
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| Progress M-02M |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | ||||
| 12 May 17:11[54][55] |
Space Shuttle Atlantis[37] |
Kennedy LC-39A |
United Space Alliance |
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| STS-125[56] |
NASA[57] | Planned: Low Earth | HST servicing flight | ||||
| Manned flight with seven astronauts, final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope | |||||||
| 15 May | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
Baikonur Site 31/6 |
Roskosmos |
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| Meteor M-1 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Weather | ||||
| Universitetsky-2 (Tatyana)[58] |
MSU | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
| Sterkh-2 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Communication Search and rescue |
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| IRIS |
ISRO | Planned: Sun-synchronous | |||||
| UGATUSAT |
UGATU | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Imaging[59] | ||||
 Sumbandila |
Stellenbosch | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
| Planned: Sun-synchronous | Radar calibration | ||||||
| 20 May 20:28 |
Atlas V 401 |
Cape Canaveral LC-41 |
United Launch Alliance |
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| LRO |
NASA | Planned: Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | ||||
| LCROSS |
NASA | Planned: High Earth (TLI) |
Lunar impactor | ||||
| LCROSS will observe the upper stage impacting the Moon shortly before its own impact | |||||||
| 27 May | Soyuz-FG |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
Roskosmos |
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| Soyuz TMA-15 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Expedition 20 | ||||
| Manned flight with three cosmonauts, will establish first six-man crew on the ISS | |||||||
| 27 May | Ariane 5ECA |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Arianespace |
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| TerreStar-1 |
TerreStar | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| May | Nike-Orion |
Esrange |
EuroLaunch |
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| MAPHEUS |
DLR | Planned: Suborbital | |||||
| May | GSLV-II |
Satish Dhawan SLP |
ISRO |
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| GSAT-4 (Healthsat) |
ISRO | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
 TAUVEX-2 |
ISA | Planned: Geosynchronous | Astronomy | ||||
| Maiden flight of GSLV-II | |||||||
| May | Long March 2C |
Taiyuan |
CNSA |
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| Huan Jing 1C |
CNSA | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Remote sensing | ||||
| May | VSB-30 |
Esrange |
EuroLaunch |
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| TEXUS-47 |
ESA | Planned: Suborbital | Microgravity | ||||
| May | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| Colorado | Planned: Suborbital | UV Astronomy | |||||
[edit] June |
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| 2 June | Black Brant XI |
Wallops Island |
NASA |
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| NRL | Planned: Suborbital | ||||||
| 10 June | Terrier-Orion |
Wallops Island |
NASA |
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| SubTec-III |
NASA | Planned: Suborbital | Technology | ||||
| 13 June 11:25 |
Space Shuttle Endeavour[38] |
Kennedy LC-39A |
United Space Alliance |
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| STS-127 |
NASA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Assembly | ||||
| JEM-EF |
JAXA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS component | ||||
| Manned flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
| 16 June | Delta II 7920 |
Cape Canaveral LC-17B |
United Launch Alliance |
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| STSS-Demo 1 |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology Missile defence |
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| STSS-Demo 2 |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology Missile defence |
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| 26 June | Terrier-Orion |
Wallops Island |
NASA |
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| Colorado | Planned: Suborbital | Student research | |||||
| June[60] | Dnepr-1 |
Dombarovsky |
ISC Kosmotras |
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| Prisma |
SSC | Planned: Sun-synchronous[61] | Technology | ||||
| Prisma target |
SSC | Planned: Sun-synchronous[61] | Technology | ||||
| Picard |
CNES | Planned: Sun-synchronous[61] | Solar | ||||
| June | Black Brant IX |
San Nicolas |
NASA |
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| US Air Force | Planned: Suborbital | ||||||
| June | Black Brant IX |
San Nicolas |
NASA |
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| US Air Force | Planned: Suborbital | ||||||
| June | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| Colorado | Planned: Suborbital | Astronomy | |||||
| June/July | Zenit-3SLB |
Baikonur Site 45/1 |
Land Launch |
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| Measat-3A |
MEASAT | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 2nd Quarter | Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
International Launch Services |
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 ProtoStar-II |
ProtoStar | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 2nd Quarter[62] | Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
International Launch Services |
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| Sirius 5 |
SES Sirius | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 2nd Quarter[62] | Zenit-3SLB |
Baikonur Site 45/1 |
Land Launch |
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| Intelsat 15 |
Intelsat | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 2nd Quarter[63] |  KSLV-I[64] |
Naro[64] |
KARI[64] |
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| STSAT-2 |
KARI | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| Maiden flight of KSLV, first South Korean orbital launch (with Russian assistance) | |||||||
[edit] July |
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| 9 July | Delta II 7920 |
Vandenberg SLC-2W |
United Launch Alliance |
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| Worldview-2 |
DigitalGlobe | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging | ||||
| 24 July | Soyuz |
Baikonur |
Roskosmos |
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| Progress M-67 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | ||||
| 29 July 16:12-16:22 |
Atlas V 401 |
Vandenberg SLC-3E |
United Launch Alliance |
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| DMSP-5D3 F18 |
US Air Force/NOAA | Planned: Low Earth | Weather | ||||
| July | Zenit-3SL |
Ocean Odyssey |
Sea Launch |
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| Eutelsat W7 |
Eutelsat | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| July | Rokot/Briz-KM |
Plesetsk Site 133/3 |
Eurockot[65] |
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| SMOS[66] |
ESA | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Earth science | ||||
| Proba-2 |
ESA | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Earth science | ||||
[edit] August |
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| 5 August | Delta IV-M+ (5,4) |
Cape Canaveral LC-37B |
United Launch Alliance |
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| WGS-3 |
US Air Force | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| Maiden flight of Delta IV-M+ (5,4) | |||||||
| 6 August[67] 13:25 |
Space Shuttle Discovery |
Kennedy LC-39A |
United Space Alliance |
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| STS-128 |
NASA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS assembly | ||||
| Leonardo MPLM |
ASI/NASA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | ||||
| Manned flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
| 14 August | Delta II 7925-9.5 |
Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
United Launch Alliance |
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| GPS IIR-21/M8 |
NASA | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| Final scheduled launch from LC-17A[45] | |||||||
| 27 August | Atlas V 431 |
Cape Canaveral LC-41 |
United Launch Alliance |
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| Intelsat 14 |
Intelsat | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| August | Black Brant IX |
Wallops Island |
NASA |
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| IRVE-II |
NASA | Planned: Suborbital | IR Astronomy | ||||
[edit] September |
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| 1 September[48] | H-IIB |
Tanegashima LA-Y2 |
Mitsubishi |
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| HTV-1 |
JAXA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | ||||
| Maiden flight of H-IIB and H-II Transfer Vehicle, first launch from LA-Y2 | |||||||
| 15 September | Minotaur IV |
Kodiak LP-1 |
Orbital Sciences |
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| TacSat-4 |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| 30 September | Soyuz-FG |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Soyuz TMA-16 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Expedition 21 | ||||
| Manned flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
| September | Proton-M/DM-2 Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 81/24 |
Roskosmos |
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| GLONASS-M |
VKS | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| GLONASS-M |
VKS | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| GLONASS-M |
VKS | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| September | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| NRL | Planned: Suborbital | Solar | |||||
| September | Long March 3B |
Xichang |
CNSA |
||||
 Palapa-D1 |
Telkom | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | Proton-M/Briz-M |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
International Launch Services |
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| AsiaSat-5 |
AsiaSat | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
Kourou ELS |
Arianespace |
||||
| Thor-6 |
Telenor | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
Kourou ELS |
Arianespace |
||||
| Globalstar-2-1 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-2 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-3 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-4 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-5 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-6 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral LC-40 |
SpaceX |
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| DemoSat (TBC) |
SpaceX | Planned: Low Earth | Test flight | ||||
| Maiden flight of Falcon 9 | |||||||
| 3rd Quarter | Falcon 1 |
Omelek |
SpaceX |
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| SpaceDev | Planned: Low Earth | ||||||
[edit] October |
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| 14 October | Atlas V 401 |
Cape Canaveral LC-41 |
United Launch Alliance |
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| SDO |
NASA | Planned: Geosynchronous | Solar | ||||
| 15 October | Soyuz |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
Roskosmos |
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| Progress M-03M |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | ||||
| 22 October | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) |
Cape Canaveral LC-37B |
United Launch Alliance |
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| GPS IIF-1 |
US Air Force | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| October | Ariane 5GS |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Arianespace |
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| Helios IIB |
DGA | Planned: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | ||||
| Final flight of Ariane 5GS | |||||||
| October | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| Colorado | Planned: Suborbital | UV Astronomy | |||||
| October | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| Washington | Planned: Suborbital | Solar | |||||
| October | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| California-Berkeley | Planned: Suborbital | Solar | |||||
| October | Black Brant IX |
White Sands LC-36 |
NASA |
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| Wisconsin-Madison | Planned: Suborbital | UV Astronomy | |||||
| October | Zenit/Fregat |
Baikonur Site 45/1 |
Roskosmos |
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| Fobos-Grunt |
Roskosmos | Planned: Areocentric | Phobos sample return | ||||
| Yinghuo-1 |
CNSA | Planned: Areocentric | Mars orbiter | ||||
| If successful, first successful Russian interplanetary mission[68] First Chinese Mars probe |
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[edit] November |
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| 1 November | Delta II 7320 |
Vandenberg SLC-2W |
United Launch Alliance |
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| WISE |
NASA | Planned: Sun-synchronous | IR Astronomy | ||||
| 10 November[48] | Soyuz-FG |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
Roskosmos |
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| Progress M-SO2 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Orbital tug | ||||
| MRM-2 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS component | ||||
| ISS flight 5R | |||||||
| 13 November[67] | Space Shuttle Atlantis[38] |
Kennedy LC-39A |
United Space Alliance |
||||
| STS-129 |
NASA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS assembly | ||||
| ExPRESS-1 |
NASA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | ||||
| ExPRESS-2 |
NASA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS logistics | ||||
| Manned flight, launching with six astronauts, and landing with seven | |||||||
| November | Vega |
Kourou ELV |
Arianespace |
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| LARES |
ASI | Planned: Low Earth | Geodesy | ||||
| SwissCube-2 |
EPFL | Planned: Low Earth | Atmospheric | ||||
| Xatcobeo[69] |
Vigo/INTA | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| UNICubeSAT[69] |
Rome | Planned: Low Earth | Atmospheric | ||||
| Robusta[69] |
Montpellier | Planned: Low Earth | Radiation | ||||
| AtmoCube[69] |
Trieste | Planned: Low Earth | Ionospheric | ||||
| e-st@r[69] |
Torino | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
 OUFTI-1[69] |
Liège | Planned: Low Earth | Amateur radio | ||||
| Goliat[69] |
Bucharest | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging/Radiation | ||||
 PW-Sat[69] |
Warsaw | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| Maiden flight of Vega rocket, all payloads CubeSats except LARES | |||||||
| November | Nike-Orion |
Andøya |
Andøya |
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| ECOMA 2009-1 |
Andøya/DLR | Planned: Suborbital | Aeronomy | ||||
| November | Nike-Orion |
Andøya |
Andøya |
||||
| ECOMA 2009-2 |
Andøya/DLR | Planned: Suborbital | Aeronomy | ||||
| November | Maxus |
Esrange |
EuroLaunch |
||||
| MAXUS-8 |
SSC/ESA | Planned: Suborbital | Microgravity | ||||
| November | Dnepr-1 |
Baikonur Site 109/95 |
ISC Kosmotras |
||||
| Cryosat-2 |
ESA | Planned: Low Earth | Climatology | ||||
[edit] December |
|||||||
| 1 December | Minotaur IV |
Kodiak LP-1 |
Orbital Sciences |
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| STP-26 |
STP | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| FASTRAC-A |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| FASTRAC-B |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| FalconSat-5 |
USAFA | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| O/OREOS |
NASA Ames Research Center | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| 7 December | Soyuz-FG |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Soyuz TMA-17 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | ISS Expedition 22 | ||||
| Manned flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
| 15 December | Atlas V 501 |
Cape Canaveral LC-41 |
United Launch Alliance |
||||
| X-37B OTV-1 |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| Maiden flight of Atlas V 501 | |||||||
| 26 December | Soyuz |
Baikonur |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Progress M-04M |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Logistics | ||||
| December | Proton-M/DM-2 Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 81/24 |
Roskosmos |
||||
| GLONASS-M |
VKS | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| GLONASS-M |
VKS | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| GLONASS-M |
VKS | Planned: Medium Earth | Navigation | ||||
| December | Zenit-3SL |
Ocean Odyssey |
Sea Launch |
||||
| XM-5 |
XM Satellite Radio | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| December | Daedalus IV[70] |
Wallops Island |
SEDS-UCF |
||||
| SEDS-UCF | Planned: Suborbital | Student research | |||||
| If successful, first student rocket to reach space | |||||||
| 4th Quarter | Rokot/Briz-KM |
Plesetsk Site 133 |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Kanopus-B |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth | Remote sensing | ||||
 BelKA-2 |
NASRB | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging | ||||
| First Belarusian satellite | |||||||
| 4th Quarter | Zenit-3SLB |
Baikonur Site 45/1 |
Land Launch |
||||
| AMC-5R |
SES Americom | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Dnepr-1 |
Baikonur Site 109/95 |
ISC Kosmotras |
||||
| TanDEM-X |
DLR | Planned: Low Earth | Radar imaging | ||||
| TBD | Falcon 1 |
Omelek |
SpaceX |
||||
| TacSat-1[71] |
NRL | Planned: Low Earth | Technology | ||||
| TBD | Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral LC-40 |
SpaceX |
||||
| Dragon C1 |
SpaceX/NASA | Planned: Low Earth | Test spacecraft | ||||
| COTS Demo 1 | |||||||
| TBD | Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral LC-40 |
SpaceX |
||||
| Dragon C2 |
SpaceX/NASA | Planned: Low Earth (ISS) | Test spacecraft | ||||
| COTS Demo 2, ISS rendezvous | |||||||
| TBD | Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral LC-40 |
SpaceX |
||||
| Cassiope |
MDA Corporation | Planned: Low Earth | |||||
| TBD | Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral LC-40 |
SpaceX |
||||
| HYLAS |
Avanti Screenmedia | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
International Launch Services |
||||
| Echostar-13 |
Echostar | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
International Launch Services |
||||
| MSV-1 |
MSV | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
International Launch Services |
||||
 ArabSat-5A |
ARABSAT | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Proton/DM-2 |
Baikonur Site 81/24 |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Geizer N21 |
VKS | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Rokot/Briz-KM[72] |
Plesetsk Site 133 |
Eurockot[73] |
||||
| SERVIS-2 |
USEF | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
| TBD | Rokot/Briz-KM |
Plesetsk Site 133 |
RVSN |
||||
| GONETS-D1M-2 |
Gonets SatCom[74] | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
| GONETS-D1M-3 |
Gonets SatCom[74] | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
| GONETS-D1M-4 |
Gonets SatCom[74] | Planned: Sun-synchronous | Technology | ||||
| TBD | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
Kourou ELS |
Arianespace |
||||
 Optus D2 |
Optus | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
Kourou ELS |
Arianespace |
||||
| Globalstar-2-7 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-8 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-9 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-10 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-11 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| Globalstar-2-12 |
Globalstar | Planned: Low Earth | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
Kourou ELS |
Arianespace |
||||
| Pléiades-1 |
CNES | Planned: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | ||||
| ELISA-1 |
DGA | Planned: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
| ELISA-2 |
DGA | Planned: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
| ELISA-3 |
DGA | Planned: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
| ELISA-4 |
DGA | Planned: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
| TBD | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
Kourou ELS |
Arianespace |
||||
| Pléiades-2 |
CNES | Planned: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | ||||
| TBD | Start-1 |
Vostochny |
United Start |
||||
| EROS-C |
IAI | Planned: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | ||||
| First launch from Vostochny (previously Svobodny) | |||||||
| TBD | Zenit-3M/Fregat-SB |
Baikonur Site 45/1 |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Elektro-L1 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Geostationary | Weather | ||||
| TBD | H-IIA |
Tanegashima LA-Y |
Mitsubishi |
||||
| IGS-4A |
Planned: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
| IGS-4B |
Planned: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | |||||
| TBD | Long March 3B |
Xichang |
CNSA |
||||
| SinoSat-4 |
SinoSat | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Long March 2D |
Jiuquan LA-4 |
CNSA |
||||
| FSW-23 |
CNSA | Planned: Low Earth | Biological | ||||
| Recoverable seed growth experiment | |||||||
| TBD | Long March 2D |
Jiuquan LA-4 |
CNSA |
||||
| Shi Jian 9 |
CNSA | Planned: Low Earth | Scientific | ||||
| TBD | Long March 2D |
Jiuquan LA-4 |
CNSA |
||||
| Shi Jian 10 |
CNSA | Planned: Low Earth | Scientific | ||||
| TBD | Long March 4B |
Taiyuan |
CNSA |
||||
| Feng Yun 3B |
CNSA | Planned: Low Earth | Weather | ||||
| TBD | PSLV |
Satish Dhawan |
ISRO |
||||
| Astrosat |
ISRO | Planned: Low Earth | Astronomy | ||||
| TBD | PSLV-XL |
Satish Dhawan |
ISRO |
||||
| RISAT-1 |
ISRO | Planned: Low Earth | Radar imaging[75] | ||||
| TBD | PSLV |
Satish Dhawan |
ISRO |
||||
| Megha-Tropiques |
ISRO/CNES | Planned: Low Earth | Climatology | ||||
| TBD | GSLV-I |
Satish Dhawan |
ISRO |
||||
| Insat-3D |
ISRO | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Strela |
Baikonur |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Kondor-E |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth | Imaging[76] | ||||
| TBD | Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Site 16/2 |
RVSN |
||||
| Kobal't-M |
VKS | Planned: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | ||||
| TBD | Molniya-M/2BL |
Plesetsk Site 16/2 |
RVSN |
||||
| Oko |
VKS | Planned: Molniya | Missile defence | ||||
| TBD | Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Site 16/2 |
RVSN |
||||
| Liana |
VKS | Planned: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
| TBD | Long March 3A |
Xichang |
CNSA |
||||
| Beidou-2C |
CNSA | Planned: Geosynchronous | Navigation | ||||
| TBD | Long March 3A |
Xichang |
CNSA |
||||
| Beidou-2D |
CNSA | Planned: Geosynchronous | Navigation | ||||
| TBD | Long March 3A |
Xichang |
CNSA |
||||
| Beidou-2E |
CNSA | Planned: Geosynchronous | Navigation | ||||
| TBD | Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Site 132/1 |
RVSN |
||||
| Parus |
VKS | Planned: Low Earth | Navigation | ||||
| Sterkh-1 |
Roskosmos | Planned: Low Earth | Communication Search and rescue |
||||
| TBD | Proton-M/DM-2 |
Baikonur Site 81/24 |
Roskosmos |
||||
| Garpun-1 (TBC) |
VKS | Planned: Geosynchronous | Communication | ||||
| TBD | Minotaur IV |
Vandenberg SLC-8 |
Orbital Sciences |
||||
| SBSS |
US Air Force | Planned: Low Earth | Technology Satellite tracking |
||||
| Maiden flight of Minotaur IV | |||||||
| ← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec → |
[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 February | Cassini | 50th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 960 kilometres (600 mi) |
| 12 February[77] | Okina | Lunar impact | Farside of the Moon |
| 17 February | Dawn | Flyby of Mars | Gravity assist, closest approach 549 kilometres (341 mi) at 00:28 GMT |
| 1 March[78] | Chang'e 1 | Lunar impact | Deorbited at 07:36 and impacted at 08:13[78] |
| 27 March | Cassini | 51st flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 960 kilometres (600 mi) |
| 4 April | Cassini | 52nd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 4,150 kilometres (2,580 mi) |
| 20 April | Cassini | 53rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) |
| April/May | LRO | Selenocentric orbit insertion | |
| 5 May | Cassini | 54th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 3,244 kilometres (2,016 mi) |
| 21 May | Cassini | 55th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 965 kilometres (600 mi) |
| before June[79] | Kaguya | Lunar Impact | |
| 6 June | Cassini | 56th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 965 kilometres (600 mi) |
| 22 June | Cassini | 57th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 955 kilometres (593 mi) |
| 8 July | Cassini | 58th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 965 kilometres (600 mi) |
| 24 July | Cassini | 59th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 955 kilometres (593 mi) |
| 9 August | Cassini | 60th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 970 kilometres (600 mi) |
| 25 August | Cassini | 61st flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 970 kilometres (600 mi) |
| 30 September | MESSENGER | 3rd flyby of Mercury | Gravity assist |
| 12 October | Cassini | 62nd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) |
| 2 November | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 103 kilometres (64 mi) |
| 13 November | Rosetta | 3rd flyby of Earth | Gravity assist |
| 21 November | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 1,607 kilometres (999 mi) |
| 12 December | Cassini | 63rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 4,850 kilometres (3,010 mi) |
| 28 December | Cassini | 64th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 955 kilometres (593 mi) |
| TBD | AV-020 Centaur | Lunar impact | In crater (TBD) at the North or South Pole. Mass: 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb)[80]. To be observed by LCROSS |
| LCROSS (S-S/C) | Lunar impact | Shepherding Spacecraft. Detaching from Centaur 7 hours before impact. Impact planned for 10 minutes after the Centaur's. Mass: 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) |
- Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Mimas, Rhea, Tethys and Titan by Cassini will occur throughout the year.
[edit] EVAs
| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Function | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March 16:22 |
4 hours 49 minutes |
21:11 | Expedition 18 ISS Pirs |
Yuri LonchakovMichael Fincke |
Installed the EXPOSE-R experiment, removed tape straps from a docking target on the Pirs docking compartment, inspected and photographed the exterior of the Russian portion of the station.[81][82] | |
| 19 March 17:16 |
6 hours 7 minutes |
23:23 | STS-119 ISS Quest |
Steven SwansonRichard R. Arnold |
Installed the S6 truss to the S5 truss, connected S5/S6 umbilicals, released launch restraints, removed keel pins, stored and removed thermal covers, and deployed the S6 photovoltaic radiator.[83] | |
| 21 March 16:51 |
6 hours 30 minutes |
23:21 | STS-119 ISS Quest |
Steven SwansonJoseph M. Acaba |
Advanced preparation of worksite for STS-127, installation of an unpressurized cargo carrier attachment system on the P3 truss, installation of a Global Positioning System antenna to the Kibo laboratory, and infrared imagery of panels of the radiators on the P1 and S1 trusses.[84][85] | Cargo carrier installation unsuccessful |
| 23 March 15:37 |
6 hours 27 minutes |
22:04 | STS-119 ISS Quest |
Joseph M. AcabaRichard R. Arnold |
Relocation of a crew equipment cart, complete the deployment of a cargo carrier, lubricated the station robotic arm’s latching end effector B snare bearings, and finish swapping electrical relays to the station’s gyroscopes.[86] | Cargo carrier deployment unsuccessful |
[edit] Orbital launch summary
[edit] By country
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| International |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sea/Land Launch |
| Iran |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First successful orbital launch[1] |
 Japan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 Russia/ CIS |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
 United States |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
[edit] By rocket
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 5ECA | Europe |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta IV | United States |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| H-IIA | Japan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton-K | Russia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton-M | Russia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rokot | Russia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Safir | Iran |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First successful launch[1] |
| Soyuz-U | Russia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Space Shuttle | United States |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taurus | United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tsyklon-3 |  Ukraine |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired[2] |
| Zenit-3SLB | International |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Medium Earth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geosynchronous/transfer | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heliocentric | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
Generic references:
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e McDowell, Jonathan. "Issue 606". Jonathan's Space Report. http://host.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.606. Retrieved on 2009-02-05.
- ^ a b c d Barbosa, Rui C. (2009-01-30). "Russian Tsyklon-3 bows out with CORONAS launch". NASASpaceflight.com. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/01/russian-tsyklon-3-bows-out-with-coronas-launch/. Retrieved on 2009-01-30.
- ^ Ray, Justin (2009-01-14). "Mission Status Center". D337 Delta Launch Report. Spaceflight Now. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d337/status.html. Retrieved on 2009-01-14.
- ^ a b c "Spaceflight Now - Tracking Station - Worldwide launch schedule". http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-15.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Issue 605". Jonathan's Space Report. http://host.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.605. Retrieved on 2009-01-18.
- ^ Launch Result of the IBUKI (GOSAT) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15. Press release. 2009-01-23. http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/01/20090123_h2a-f15_e.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-11.
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