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Ares I | Ares I-X
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 28, 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Ares I-X vehicle used in the test flight was similar in shape, mass, and size to the planned configuration of later Ares I vehicles, but had largely dissimilar internal hardware consisting of only one powered stage. Ares I vehicles were intended to launch Orion crew exploration vehicles. Along with the Ares V launch system and the Altair lunar lander, Ares I and Orion were part of NASA's Constellation Program, which was developing the spacecraft for U.S. human spaceflight after the Space Shuttle fleet was retired.
Suborbital
Delta II 7920-10C | STSS-DEMO/GMD
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 25, 2009, 12:20 p.m.
PSLV | Oceansat-2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 23, 2009, 6:21 a.m.
Proton-M | Nimiq 5
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 17, 2009, 7:19 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M 1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 17, 2009, 3:55 p.m.
H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 1 (HTV-1)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sept. 10, 2009, 5:01 p.m.
Atlas V 401 | PAN (USA-207)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 8, 2009, 9:35 p.m.
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 OrbitNaro-1 | STSat-2A
Korea Aerospace Research Institute | South KoreaNaro Space Center, South Korea
Aug. 25, 2009, 8 a.m.
