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Proton-M | Sirius FM-5
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 30, 2009, 7:10 p.m.
Delta IV M+(4,2) | GOES-14
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 27, 2009, 10:51 p.m.
Zenit | Measat 3A
Land Launch | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 21, 2009, 9:50 p.m.
Atlas V 401 | LRO/LCROSS
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape 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
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-15
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur 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
Low Earth OrbitSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat | Meridian No. 12L
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 21, 2009, 9:53 p.m.
Minotaur I | Tacsat 3
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
May 19, 2009, 11:55 p.m.
Proton-M Briz-M | SES-7 (Indostar 2/ProtoStar 2)
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 16, 2009, 12:57 a.m.
Ariane 5 ECA | Herschel & Planck
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 14, 2009, 1:12 p.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-125
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 11, 2009, 6:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-125, or HST-SM4 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4), was the fifth and final space shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Space Shuttle Atlantis carried two new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Wide Field Camera 3. The mission also replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor, six gyroscopes, and two battery unit modules to allow the telescope to continue to function at least through 2014. The crew also installed new thermal blanket insulating panels to provide improved thermal protection, and a soft-capture mechanism that would aid in the safe de-orbiting of the telescope by an unmanned spacecraft at the end of its operational lifespan.
Low Earth Orbit
