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Delta II 7320-10C | WISE

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 14, 2009, 2:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope, used to discover planets and star clusters.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-M | Uragan-M 21 to 23

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 14, 2009, 10:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Long March 2D | Yaogan Weixing 7

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 9, 2009, 8:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese Earth observation satellite, likely also used for military reconnaissance

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Delta IV M+(5,4) | WGS-3 (USA-211)

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 6, 2009, 1:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Wideband Global SATCOM system (WGS) is a high capacity satellite communications system for use by US DoD and Australian Department of Defence. Providing communications for warfighters.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Zenit | Intelsat IS-15

Land Launch | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 30, 2009, 9 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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H-IIA 202 | IGS-Optical 3

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Nov. 28, 2009, 1:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The IGS Optical 3 is a Japanese optical reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite serves both Japan's national defense and civil natural disaster monitoring.

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Proton-M | Eutelsat W7

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 24, 2009, 2:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Eutelsat geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Atlas V 431 | Intelsat 14

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 2009, 6:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A commercial communications satellite owned and operated by Intelsat.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Lotos-S 1

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 20, 2009, 10:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental Russian next-generation Liana ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-129

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 16, 2009, 7:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-129 (ISS assembly flight ULF3) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Atlantis. STS-129 focused on staging spare components outside the station. The 11-day flight included three spacewalks. The payload bay carried two large ExPRESS Logistics Carriers holding two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter, and a high-pressure gas tank. STS-129 was the first flight of an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier.

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