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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

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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat | Meridian No. 12L

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 21, 2009, 9:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Russian highly elliptic communications satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Minotaur I | Tacsat 3

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
May 19, 2009, 11:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American eyperimental imaging satellite part of an effort to develop modular spacecraft buses.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-M Briz-M | SES-7 (Indostar 2/ProtoStar 2)

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 16, 2009, 12:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SES-7, previously named as Indostar 2 or ProtoStar2, is a geostationary communications satellite, providing coverage over Asia.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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