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Long March 3B | Palapa-D
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 31, 2009, 9:28 a.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 29, 2009, 3:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-128 (ISS assembly flight 17A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 28 August 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for studying the physics and chemistry of microgravity. Three spacewalks were carried out during the mission, which removed and replaced a materials processing experiment outside ESA's Columbus module, and returned an empty ammonia tank assembly.
Low Earth Orbit
Naro-1 | STSat-2A
Korea Aerospace Research Institute | South KoreaNaro Space Center, South Korea
Aug. 25, 2009, 8 a.m.
Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-12 & Optus D3
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 21, 2009, 10:09 p.m.
Delta II 7925 | GPS IIR-M-8 (USA-206)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 17, 2009, 10:35 a.m.
Proton-M | Asiasat 5
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 11, 2009, 7:47 p.m.
Dnepr | DubaiSat 1
ISC Kosmotras | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 29, 2009, 6:46 p.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M-67
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 24, 2009, 10:56 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 98
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 21, 2009, 3:57 a.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-127
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy 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
