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H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 1 (HTV-1)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sept. 10, 2009, 5:01 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Maiden flight of the uncrewed cargo spacecraft to International Space Station.

Low Earth Orbit

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Atlas V 401 | PAN (USA-207)

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 8, 2009, 9:35 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A classified US SIGINT satellite. The Government hasn't confirmed which agencies operate the satellite, nor its purpose.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Long March 3B | Palapa-D

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 31, 2009, 9:28 a.m.

Status: Launch was a Partial Failure

Unknown Mission

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy 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

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Naro-1 | STSat-2A

Korea Aerospace Research Institute | South Korea
Naro Space Center, South Korea
Aug. 25, 2009, 8 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

South Korean astronomy satellite used as payload for Naro-1 test flights.

Low Earth Orbit

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Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-12 & Optus D3

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 21, 2009, 10:09 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

JCSAT-12 is a Japanese geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group. Optus D3 is a communications satellite serving many customers operating in a geostationary orbit at 156 degrees East.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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