2009 in spaceflight (January–June)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 2009. For launches between July and December, see 2009 in spaceflight (July–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 2009 in spaceflight.

Launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
18 January
02:47[1]		 United StatesDelta IV-H[2] United StatesCape Canaveral SLC-37B United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesUSA-202[3] (Mentor) NRO Geosynchronous ELINT In orbit Operational
NRO Launch 26
23 January
03:54[4]		 JapanH-IIA 202 JapanTanegashima LA-Y1 JapanMitsubishi
JapanIbuki (GOSAT) JAXA Low Earth Climatology In orbit Operational
JapanSDS-1 JAXA Low Earth Technology In orbit Successful[5]
JapanSohla-1 (Maido-1) SOHLA[6] Low Earth Technology In orbit Successful[7]
JapanRaijin (Sprite-Sat)[8] Tohoku Low Earth Sprite research In orbit Spacecraft failure[9]
JapanKagayaki[10] Sorun[11] Low Earth Technology In orbit Spacecraft failure[9]
JapanHitomi (PRISM)[12] Tokyo Low Earth Technology In orbit Operational
JapanKukai (STARS)[13][14] Kagawa Low Earth Technology In orbit Spacecraft failure[9]
JapanKiseki (KKS-1)[15] TMCIT Low Earth Technology In orbit Spacecraft failure[9]
Raijin failed to respond to commands from ground following electromagnetic boom deployment, Kagayaki failed to contact ground, STARS tether deployment failed, Kiseki failed to respond to commands from ground.[9]
26 January
00:15[16]		 JapanS-310 NorwayAndøya LA-U3 NorwayAndøya
JapanDelta-2 JAXA/Nagoya[16][17][18] Suborbital Auroral[16] 26 January Successful
29 January
09:49		 CanadaBlack Brant IX United StatesPoker Flat United StatesNASA
United StatesACES-I[19] Iowa Suborbital Auroral 09:59 Successful
29 January
09:51		 CanadaBlack Brant VB United StatesPoker Flat United StatesNASA
United StatesACES-II[19] Iowa Suborbital Auroral 10:01 Successful
30 January
13:30[20]		 UkraineTsyklon-3 RussiaPlesetsk Site 32/2 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaKoronas-Foton Roskosmos/MEPhI/NIIEM[21] Low Earth[21] Solar In orbit Spacecraft failure
Final flight of Tsyklon-3 rocket,[20] satellite problems during mid-2009, loss of signal in early December due to power system malfunction. Declared a total loss in April 2010.[22]
2 February
18:36[23]		 IranSafir IranSemnan IranISA
IranOmid[24] ISA Low Earth Technology 25 April Successful
First successful Iranian orbital launch[25]
6 February
10:22:01[26]		 United StatesDelta II 7320-10C United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesNOAA-19 (NOAA-N') NOAA/NASA Low Earth Weather In orbit Operational
10 February
05:49:46[27]		 RussiaSoyuz-U KazakhstanBaikonur Site 31/6 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaProgress M-66 Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Logistics 18 May
15:14:45		 Successful
ISS flight 32P
11 February
00:03[28]		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M Enhanced KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39 RussiaKhrunichev
RussiaEkspress-AM44[29] RSCC Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
RussiaEkspress-MD1 RSCC Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
12 February
22:09:00[30]		 European UnionAriane 5ECA FranceKourou ELA-3 FranceArianespace
FranceHot Bird 10 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
NetherlandsNSS-9 SES New Skies Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
FranceSpirale-A CNES Geosynchronous Transfer Technology In orbit Operational
FranceSpirale-B CNES Geosynchronous Transfer Technology In orbit Operational
13 February[31] United StatesUGM-133 Trident II D5 United StatesUSS Alabama, Pacific Ocean United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 13 February Successful
18 February
09:52:00[32]		 United StatesTerrier-Orion United StatesPoker Flat United StatesNASA
Clemson Suborbital Atmospheric 18 February Successful
18 February
10:29:00[32]		 United StatesTerrier-Orion United StatesPoker Flat United StatesNASA
Clemson Suborbital Atmospheric 18 February Successful
18 February
10:59:00[32]		 United StatesTerrier-Orion United StatesPoker Flat United StatesNASA
Clemson Suborbital Atmospheric 18 February Successful
18 February
11:47:00[32]		 United StatesTerrier-Orion United StatesPoker Flat United StatesNASA
Clemson Suborbital Atmospheric 18 February Successful
24 February
09:55:30[33]		 United StatesTaurus-XL 3110 United StatesVandenberg LC-576E United StatesOrbital Sciences
United StatesOCO NASA Intended: Sun-synchronous Climatology 24 February Launch failure
Maiden flight of Taurus-XL 3110, payload fairing failed to separate, failed to reach orbit.[34] Satellite was to have been part of A-train constellation
25 February
10:45[35]		 CanadaBlack Brant IX United StatesWhite Sands LC-36 United StatesNASA
United StatesCIBER Caltech Suborbital IR Astronomy[36] 10:55 Successful
26 February
18:29:55[37]		 UkraineZenit-3SLB KazakhstanBaikonur Site 45/1 United NationsLand Launch
CanadaTelstar 11N Telesat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
28 February
04:10		 RussiaProton-K/DM-2 KazakhstanBaikonur Site 81/24 RussiaKhrunichev
RussiaRaduga-1 VKS Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
February[23] United StatesUGM-133 Trident II D5 United StatesSubmarine, Pacific Ocean United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test February Successful
6 March
10:54[38]		 IndiaDhanush IndiaShip, Indian Ocean IndiaDRDO
DRDO Suborbital Target 6 March Successful
Target for successful Prithvi interceptor test, apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)[38]
7 March
03:49:57[39]		 United StatesDelta II 7925-10L United StatesCape Canaveral SLC-17B United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesKepler NASA Heliocentric Astronomy In orbit Operational
Exosolar planet research, operating in an Earth-trailing orbit[40]
15 March
23:43:44[41]		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Discovery[42] United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-119[43] NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS Assembly[44][45] 28 March
19:13[46]		 Successful
United NationsITS S6 Truss NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS component In orbit Operational
Manned flight with seven astronauts
17 March
14:21[47]		 RussiaRokot/Briz-KM RussiaPlesetsk Site 133/3[48] European UnionRussiaEurockot
European UnionGOCE ESA Low Earth Gravity 11 November 2013
00:16		 Successful
18 March[49]
00:25[50]		 United StatesTRBM United StatesUSS Tripoli, Barking Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army/MDA Suborbital Target 18 March Successful
Intercepted by THAAD launched at 00:30 UTC[49][50]
18 March[49]
00:30[50]		 United StatesTHAAD United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army/MDA Suborbital ABM test 18 March Successful
Intercepted target missile[49]
18 March[49]
00:30[50]		 United StatesTHAAD United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Army
US Army/MDA Suborbital ABM test 18 March Successful
Backup interceptor, destroyed by range safety after first missile succeeded[51]
20 March
11:04		 CanadaBlack Brant XII United StatesPoker Flat United StatesNASA
United StatesCascades-2 Dartmouth Suborbital Auroral 20 March Successful
24 March
08:34:00[52]		 United StatesDelta II 7925-9.5 United StatesCape Canaveral SLC-17A United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesUSA-203 (GPS IIR-20/M7) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Partial spacecraft failure
Operational
25 March
13:25[53]		 United StatesHera United StatesFort Wingate LC-96 United StatesUS Army
US Army Suborbital Target 25 March Successful
Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 test, interceptor failed
26 March
11:49:06		 RussiaSoyuz-FG KazakhstanBaikonur Site 1/5 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaSoyuz TMA-14[2] Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS Expedition 19 11 October
04:32		 Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts. First space tourist to make two flights.
3 April
16:24		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M Enhanced KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39 RussiaUnited StatesInternational Launch Services
FranceEutelsat W2A Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
4 April
00:31[54]		 United StatesAtlas V 421 United StatesCape Canaveral SLC-41 United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesUSA-204 (WGS-2) US Air Force Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
5 April
02:30:15[55]		 North KoreaUnha North KoreaTonghae North KoreaKCST
North KoreaKwangmyŏngsŏng-2 KCST Intended: Low Earth Technology 5 April Launch failure
North Korea claimed the launch was successful,[56] however no objects were tracked in orbit.
7 April IsraelBlue Sparrow IsraelF-15 Eagle, Israel IsraelIsraeli Air Force
Israeli Air Force Suborbital Arrow-2 target 7 April Successful
Arrow-2 target, successfully intercepted
7 April IsraelArrow-2 IsraelNegev IsraelIsrael Aerospace Industries
IAI/Israeli Defense Forces Suborbital ABM Test 7 April Successful
Successful intercept of a Blue Sparrow target over the Mediterranean
10 April
09:10		 RussiaRS-12M Topol RussiaPlesetsk RussiaRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 10 April Successful
14 April
16:16		 ChinaLong March 3C ChinaXichang LA-2 ChinaCNSA
ChinaCompass-G2 CNSA Geosynchronous Navigation In orbit Operational
17 April
11:17[57]		 United StatesFalconLaunch United StatesWhite Sands United StatesUS Air Force Academy
United StatesFalconLAUNCH VII US Air Force Academy Suborbital Technology 17 April Successful
Apogee: 108 kilometres (67 mi),[57] first student-built rocket to reach space
20 April
01:15		 IndiaPSLV-CA IndiaSatish Dhawan SLP IndiaISRO
IndiaRISAT-2 ISRO Low Earth Radar imaging In orbit Operational
IndiaANUSAT Anna Low Earth Technology 18 April 2012 Successful
20 April
08:16		 UkraineZenit-3SL NorwayOcean Odyssey United NationsSea Launch
ItalySicral-1B ASI Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
22 April
02:55		 ChinaLong March 2C ChinaTaiyuan LC-1 ChinaCNSA
ChinaYaogan-6 CNSA Sun-synchronous Remote sensing In orbit Operational
29 April
16:58		 RussiaSoyuz-U RussiaPlesetsk Site 16/2 RussiaVKS
RussiaKosmos 2450 (Kobal't-M) VKS Low Earth Optical imaging 27 July Successful
2 May
14:02[58]		 United StatesSpaceLoft XL United StatesSpaceport America United StatesUP Aerospace
United StatesSL-3 NMSGC Suborbital Student research 2 May Launch failure[59]
United StatesDiscovery Celestis Suborbital Space burial
Failed to reach space due to premature payload separation whilst rocket was still burning[58][60][59]
5 May
20:24:25[2][54]		 United StatesDelta II 7920-10C United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesUSA-205 (STSS-ATRR) US Air Force/MDA Low Earth Missile defence
Technology		 In orbit Operational
7 May
02:42:00[61]		 United StatesTerrier-Orion[61] AustraliaWoomera AustraliaDSTO
AustraliaUnited StatesHiFIRE 0 DSTO/AFRL Suborbital Technology 7 May Successful
7 May
18:37		 RussiaSoyuz-U KazakhstanBaikonur Site 1/5 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaProgress M-02M Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Logistics 13 July
16:28:47		 Successful
ISS flight 33P
11 May
18:01		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Atlantis[42] United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-125[62] NASA[63] Low Earth (HST) HST servicing flight[64][65] 24 May
15:39		 Successful
Manned flight with seven astronauts, final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope
14 May[66]
13:12		 European UnionAriane 5ECA FranceKourou ELA-3 FranceArianespace
European UnionHerschel[67] ESA Earth/Sun L2 IR astronomy In orbit Operational
European UnionPlanck[68] ESA Earth/Sun L2 Astronomy In orbit Operational
16 May
00:57		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M Enhanced KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39 RussiaUnited StatesInternational Launch Services
BermudaProtoStar II ProtoStar Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
19 May
04:36		 IndiaAgni II IndiaIntegrated Test Range IndiaIndian Army/DRDO
Indian Army/DRDO Suborbital Missile test +127 seconds Launch failure
Loss of control, landed in sea 203 kilometres (126 mi) downrange[69]
19 May
23:55		 United StatesMinotaur I United StatesMARS LP-0B United StatesOrbital Sciences
United StatesTacSat-3 USAF-RL Low Earth Technology 30 April 2012 Successful
United StatesPharmaSat NASA Low Earth Biological 14 August 2012 Successful
United StatesAeroCube 3 Aerospace Corporation Low Earth Technology 6 January 2011 Successful
United StatesHawkSat I[70] HISS Low Earth Technology[70][71] 4 September 2011 Successful
United StatesCP-6[70] CalPoly Low Earth Technology 6 October 2011 Successful
All payloads except TacSat-3 and Pharmasat are CubeSats
20 May[50] IranSejjil-2 IranSemnan IranIGRC
IGRC Suborbital Missile test 20 May Successful
Apogee: 800 kilometres (500 mi)
21 May
21:53		 RussiaSoyuz-2.1a/Fregat RussiaPlesetsk Site 43/4 RussiaRVSN
RussiaMeridian 2[50] VKS Intended: Molniya
Achieved: Medium Earth		 Communication In orbit Launch failure[72]
Core vehicle second stage shut down five seconds early,[73] attempt to compensate using Fregat resulted in propellent depletion during second of three burns[50] Satellite reached a lower orbit than expected, and despite being expected to be recoverable to fully operational status[74] was unable to recover[72]
22 May
10:32[75]		 United StatesNike-Orion SwedenEsrange European UnionEuroLaunch
GermanyMAPHEUS DLR Suborbital Technology 22 May Successful
Apogee: 140.8 kilometres (87.5 mi)[75]
26 May United StatesUGM-133 Trident II D5 United KingdomHMS Victorious United KingdomRoyal Navy
Royal Navy Suborbital Missile test 26 July Successful
27 May
10:34:42		 RussiaSoyuz-FG KazakhstanBaikonur Site 1/5 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaSoyuz TMA-15 Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS Expedition 20 1 December
07:17		 Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts, established first permanent six-man crew on the ISS
28 May
16:52		 United StatesTerrier-Orion United StatesWallops Island United StatesNASA
United StatesSOAREX VII NASA Suborbital 28 May Successful
29 May BrazilOrion BrazilAlcântara BrazilAEB
BrazilMaracati 1 INPE Suborbital Microgravity 29 May Successful
6 June United StatesTerrier-Lynx United StatesSan Nicolas United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital YAL-1 target 6 June Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 June United StatesTerrier-Lynx United StatesSan Nicolas United StatesUS Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital YAL-1 target 13 June Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 June[76]
21:32		 United StatesAtlas V 401 United StatesCape Canaveral SLC-41 United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesLRO NASA Selenocentric Lunar orbiter In orbit Operational
United StatesLCROSS NASA High Earth (TLI) Lunar impactor 9 October
11:37		 Successful
LCROSS observed the upper stage impacting the Cabeus crater on the Moon at 11:31 on 9 October shortly before its own impact into the same crater. The LCROSS spacecraft confirmed the presence of water at the Lunar South Pole.[77]
21 June
21:50		 UkraineZenit-3SLB KazakhstanBaikonur Site 45/1 United NationsLand Launch
MalaysiaMEASAT-3a MEASAT Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
26 June
09:30		 United StatesTerrier-Orion United StatesWallops Island LA-2 United StatesNASA
United StatesRockOn! Colorado Suborbital Student research 09:45 Successful
27 June
07:30		 CanadaBlack Brant IX United StatesWhite Sands LC-36 United StatesNASA
United StatesDICE Colorado Suborbital UV Astronomy 07:40 Spacecraft failure[78]
27 June
22:51[79]		 United StatesDelta IV-M+ (4,2) United StatesCape Canaveral SLC-37B United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesGOES 14 (GOES-O) NOAA/NASA Geostationary Weather In orbit Operational
29 June
10:01		 United StatesLGM-30G Minuteman III United StatesVandenberg United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesGT-199GM US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 29 June Successful
30 June
19:10		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M Enhanced KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39 RussiaUnited StatesInternational Launch Services
United StatesSirius FM-5 (RadioSat-5) Sirius XM Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational

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