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This article or section documents scheduled or expected spaceflights. Details may change as the launch dates approach or more information becomes available. |
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Launches
This is a list of spaceflights scheduled to be launched in 2009.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
| ← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec → |
| Date/Time (GMT) |
Rocket | Site | LSP | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (GMT) |
Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January |  Zenit-3SLB |
 LC-45/1, Baikonur |
 Land Launch |
 Telstar 11N |
Telesat | Planned: GSO | Comsat | |||
| 14 January |  Atlas V (421) |
LC-41, Cape Canaveral |
ULA |
WGS-2 |
US Air Force | Planned: GEO | Comsat | |||
| 15 January | Taurus-XL |
LC-576E, Vandenberg AFB |
Orbital Sciences |
OCO |
NASA | Planned: LEO | Earth Sciences | Maiden flight of Taurus-XL | ||
| 21 January 03:54 - 04:161 |
 H-IIA |
Area Y, Tanegashima |
JAXA |
GOSAT (Ibuki) |
JAXA | Planned: LEO | Earth Climate Observation | |||
| SDS-1 |
JAXA | Planned: LEO | Technology Demonstration | |||||||
| Sohla-1 |
SOHLA2 | Planned: LEO | Technology Demonstration | |||||||
| Sprite SAT3 |
Tohoku University | Planned: LEO | Sprite research | |||||||
| Kagayaki4 |
Sorun5 | Planned: LEO | Technology Demonstration | |||||||
| PRISM6 |
University of Tokyo | Planned: LEO | Technology Demonstration | |||||||
| STARS7 |
Kagawa University | Planned: LEO | Technology Demonstration | |||||||
| KKS-18 |
Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology | Planned: LEO | Technology Demonstration | |||||||
| 23 January9 | Delta II (7920) |
LC-17B, Cape Canaveral |
ULA/NASA |
STSS Demo 1 |
MDA | Planned: LEO | Technology research and development | |||
| STSS Demo 2 |
MDA | Planned: LEO | Technology research and development | |||||||
| 31 January10 | Minotaur |
LP-0B, MARS (Wallops Island) |
OSC |
TacSat-3 |
USAF Research Laboratory | Planned: LEO | Experimental satellite | |||
| GeneSat-2 |
NASA | Planned: LEO | Biological research | CubeSat | ||||||
| Pharmasat-1 |
NASA | Planned: LEO | Biological research | CubeSat | ||||||
| HawkSat-I11 |
HISS | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration1211 | CubeSat | ||||||
| PolySat CP-611 |
CalPoly | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration11 | CubeSat | ||||||
| January (TBC) | Zenit-3SL |
 Ocean Odyssey |
Sea Launch |
 Sicral-1B |
ASI | Planned: GEO | Comsat | |||
| January |  Long March 2D |
Jiuquan |
CNSA |
FSW-23 |
SAST/CAST | Planned: LEO | Recoverable biological research | Seed growth experiment | ||
| 4 February 10:22-10:329 |
Delta II (7320-10C) |
SLC-2W, Vandenberg |
ULA |
NOAA-N' |
NOAA/NASA | Planned: LEO | Weather satellite | |||
| 10 February910 |  Soyuz-U |
LC-1/5, Baikonur |
RKA |
Progress M-66 |
RKA | Planned: LEO, Docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | |||
| 10 February | Proton-M/Briz-M |
LC-200/39, Baikonur |
VKS |
Ekspress-AM4413 |
RSCC | Planned: Geosynchronous orbit | Comsat | |||
| Ekspress-MD1 |
RSCC | Planned: Geosynchronous orbit | Comsat | |||||||
| 12 February14 | Space Shuttle Discovery15 |
LC-39A, Kennedy |
USA |
STS-119 |
NASA | Planned: LEO, docked to ISS | Manned Orbital Flight | ISS assembly flight | ||
| ITS S6 Truss |
NASA | Planned: LEO, attached to ISS | ISS component | |||||||
| 13 February |  Ariane 5-ECA |
 ELA-3, Kourou |
Arianespace |
Hot Bird 10 |
Eutelsat | Planned: GSO |
Comsat | |||
 NSS-9 (TBC) |
SES New Skies | Planned: GSO |
Comsat | |||||||
| Spirale |
CNES | Planned: GTO |
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| 23 February10 | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) |
LC-37B, Cape Canaveral |
ULA/NASA |
GOES-O |
NOAA/NASA | Planned: Geostationary | Weather satellite | |||
| 28 February | Pegasus-XL |
L-1011, Vandenberg AFB |
Orbital |
ST-8 |
NASA | Planned: LEO | Technology development | |||
| February (TBC) | Rokot/Briz-KM |
Plesetsk16 |
/Eurockot |
GOCE |
ESA | Planned: LEO | Gravity research | |||
| 24 March | Delta II (7925-9.5) |
LC-17, Cape Canaveral |
ULA |
GPS IIR-20 |
US Air Force | Planned: MEO | Navigation | |||
| 25 March910 | Soyuz-FG |
LC-1/5, Baikonur |
RKA |
Soyuz TMA-14 |
RKA | Planned: LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | ISS Expedition 19 | ||
| 25 March | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat |
LC-31/6, Baikonur |
VKS |
Meteor M-1 |
RKA | Planned: SSO | Weather satellite | |||
| Universitetsky-2 (Tatyana)17 |
Moscow State University | Planned: SSO | Technology development17 | |||||||
| Sterkh-2 |
RKA | Planned: SSO | Comsat/Search and rescue | |||||||
 IRIS |
Planned: SSO | |||||||||
| UGATUSAT |
UGATU | Planned: LEO | Earth observation18 | |||||||
 Sumbandila |
University of Stellenbosch | Planned: LEO | Technology development | |||||||
| March (TBC) | Falcon 1 |
 Omelek |
SpaceX |
 RazakSat-1 (MACSat) |
ATSB | Planned:LEO | Earth imaging | |||
| DSAT |
ATSB | Planned:LEO | Technology demonstration | |||||||
| InnoSAT |
ATSB | Planned:LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| CubeSAT |
ATSB | Planned:LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
 Aysem |
Bahcesehir University | Planned:LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| Electra |
Montana State University | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
 CASsat |
University of Sydney | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| SPEECH-1 |
Tethers Unlimited | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| SPEECH-2 |
Tethers Unlimited | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| SPEECH-3 |
Tethers Unlimited | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
 PACE |
NCK University | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| YamSat |
NCK University | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| UMESSat-1 |
UMES/HISS | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| CTSB-2 |
Boeing | Planned: LEO | Technology demonstration | CubeSat | ||||||
| March (TBC) | GSLV |
Sriharikota |
ISRO |
Healthsat (GSAT-4) |
ISRO | Planned: Geosynchronous | Comsat | |||
 TAUVEX-2 |
ISA | Planned: Geosynchronous | Astronomy | |||||||
| March (NET) | Terrier-Orion |
Wallops Island |
NASA |
SubTec-III |
NASA | Planned: Sub-orbital | Technology development | |||
| 1st Quarter (TBC) | Falcon 9 |
LC-40, Cape Canaveral |
SpaceX |
DemoSat |
SpaceX | Planned: LEO | Test rocket | Maiden flight of Falcon 9 | ||
| 1st Quarter (TBC) | Minotaur IV |
SLC-8, Vandenberg AFB |
OSC |
SBSS |
US Air Force | Planned: LEO | Missile defence | Maiden flight of Minotaur IV | ||
| 1st Quarter (TBC) | Proton-M/Briz-M |
LC-200/39, Baikonur |
/ILS |
 ProtoStar-II |
ProtoStar | Planned: GSO | Comsat | |||
| 1st Quarter (TBC) | Proton-M/Briz-M |
Baikonur |
VKS |
Garpun-1 |
VKS | Planned: GSO | Comsat | |||
| 1st Quarter (TBC) | Proton-M/Briz-M |
LC-200/39, Baikonur |
/ILS |
Eutelsat W2A |
Eutelsat | Planned: GSO | Comsat | |||
| 10 April910 | Delta II |
LC-17, Cape Canaveral |
ULA |
Kepler |
NASA | Planned: Heliocentric (Earth-trailing) | Astronomy | Extrasolar planet research satellite | ||
| 22 April910 | Soyuz |
Baikonur |
RKA |
Progress M-2M |
RKA | Planned: LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | |||
| 24 April10 | Atlas V (401) |
LC-41, Cape Canaveral |
ULA |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter |
NASA | Planned: Selenocentric | Lunar orbiter | |||
| LCROSS |
NASA | Planned: HEO (TLI) | Lunar impactor, Centaur impact observer | |||||||
| 30 April910 | Delta II (7920) |
SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB |
ULA/NASA |
STSS ARR |
US Air Force/NASA | Technology research and development | ||||
| April | Zenit-3SLB |
LC-45/1, Baikonur |
Land Launch |
Measat 3A |
MEASAT | Planned: GEO | Comsat | |||
| April (TBC) | Ariane 5-ECA |
ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) |
Arianespace |
Herschel19 |
ESA | Planned: Earth/Sun L2 | Infrared research | |||
| Planck20 |
ESA | Planned: Earth/Sun L2 | Microwave research | |||||||
| April (TBC) | Rockot |
Plesetsk |
/Eurockot21 |
SMOS22 |
ESA | Planned: SSO | Soil research | |||
| Proba-2 |
ESA | Planned: SSO | Technology demonstration | |||||||
| 12 May2324 | Space Shuttle Atlantis15 |
LC-39A, Kennedy |
USA |
STS-125, 7 Astronauts25 |
NASA26 | Planned: LEO | Manned Orbital Flight | Final Hubble servicing flight (HST-SM4) | ||
| 25 May910 | Soyuz-FG |
LC-1/5, Baikonur |
RKA |
Soyuz TMA-15 |
RKA | Planned: LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | ISS Expedition 19, first 6-man ISS crew | ||
| May (TBC) | Long March 2C |
LC-2, Taiyuan |
CNSA |
HJ-1C |
CNSA | Planned: SSO | Remote Sensing | |||
| 15 June | Taurus-XL |
LC-576E, Vandenberg AFB |
Orbital |
Glory |
NASA | Planned: LEO | Climate research | |||
| 23 June | Atlas V (431) |