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Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-14

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 26, 2009, 11:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TMA-14 begins Expedition 19 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka alongside Flight Engineer, Michael Barratt (NASA) & spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté (Space Adventures) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 11, 2009, 04:32 UTC

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II 7925-9.5 | GPS IIR-M-7 (USA-203)

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 24, 2009, 8:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite forming part of the Global Positioning System.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Rokot / Briz-KM | GOCE

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 17, 2009, 2:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European Earth observation satellite complementing the CHAMP and GRACE missions

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 15, 2009, 11:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II 7925-10L | Kepler

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 7, 2009, 3:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A space observatory to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.

Heliocentric N/A
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Proton | Raduga-1 8

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 2009, 4:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Zenit | Telstar 11N

Land Launch | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 26, 2009, 6:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Taurus 3110 | OCO

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 24, 2009, 9:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

American satellite designed to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide. It was lost during launch due to the payload fairing failing to jettison.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 12, 2009, 10:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Hot Bird 10 is a French communications satellite operated by Eutelsat. It provides direct to home broadcasting from geostationary orbit at 13 degrees East. NSS9 is a communications satellite owned by SES, operating at 177 degrees West. Spirale is a French government programme to develop an early wanring system which will use infrared satellite imagery to detect the flights of ballistic missiles. This was a demonstration using two micro satellites.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Proton-M | Ekspress AM-44 & MD-1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 11, 2009, 12:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Two Russian geostationary communications satellites

Geostationary Orbit
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