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Kosmos-3M | Parus 98

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 21, 2009, 3:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-127

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 15, 2009, 10:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-127 (ISS assembly flight 2J/A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the twenty-third flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module: the Exposed Facility (JEM EF), and the Exposed Section of the Experiment Logistics Module (ELM-ES). When Endeavour docked with the ISS on this mission in July 2009, it set a record for the most humans in space at the same time in the same vehicle, the first time thirteen people have been at the station at the same time. It also tied the record of thirteen people in space at any one time.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 1 | RazakSAT

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

RazakSAT is a Malaysian Earth observation satellite carrying a high-resolution camera. It was the first and only operational satellite to be put in orbit by SpaceX's Falcon 1.

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0005 - Maiden Flight Pacific Ocean
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Strela-3 140 & 141

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 6, 2009, 1:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | TerreStar-1

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 1, 2009, 5:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

An American communications satellite operated by TerreStar Corporation. Constructed by SSL is provides mobile communications to North America, and at the time of its launch was the larest commercial communications satellite ever built. It operates in geostationary orbit at 111 degrees West.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Proton-M | Sirius FM-5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 30, 2009, 7:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American direct radio broadcasting satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta IV M+(4,2) | GOES-14

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 27, 2009, 10:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A US weather satellite for NOAA. Adds to the Geostationary (GOES) constellation

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Zenit | Measat 3A

Land Launch | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 21, 2009, 9:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Malaysian geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas V 401 | LRO/LCROSS

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 18, 2009, 9:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

LRO is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA. Used to map the moon to identify safe landing sites, locating potential resources, characterizing the radiation environment and demonstrating new technologies. The LCROSS is the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, also for NASA. A low cost satellite in order to confirm the existance of water in the southern lunar crater, Cabeus.

Lunar Orbit
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Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-15

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 27, 2009, 10:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TMA-15 begins Expedition 20 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Roman Romanenko alongside Flight Engineers, Frank De Winne (ESA) & Robert Thirsk (CSA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on December 1, 2009, 07:17 UTC

Low Earth Orbit
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