2009 Worldwide Space Launches

	Date	Mission Designation	Launch Vehicle	Country of Launch	Payload Type	Notes
1.	January 18	NROL-26 (USA 202)	Delta-4 HLV	US/Mil.	Sigint
2.	January 23	Ibuki (GOSAT) SDS-1 SOHLA-1 SpriteSat Kagayaki KKS-1 Kukai (STARS) PRISM	H2-A (202)	Japan/Com	Remote Sensing Tech Imaging Science Tech Imaging Tech Imaging
3.	January 30	Koronas-Foton	Tsiklon-3	Russia	Solar Physics
4.	February 2	Omid	Safir	Iran	Test
5.	February 6	NOAA-19 (prev. NOAA-N')	Delta-2 7320	US/NASA	Weather
6.	February 10	Progress M-66	Soyuz-U	Russia/FKA	ISS Cargo	32P
7.	February 11	Ekspress AM-44 Ekspress MD-1	Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia/Com.	Comsat Comsat
8.	February 12	Hot Bird 10 NSS-9 Spirale A Spirale B	Ariane 5 ECA	Europe/Com.	Comsat Comsat EarlyWarn EarlyWarn
9.	February 24	OCO (Orb.Carbon Obs.)	Taurus XL	NASA	Science	failed
10.	February 26	Telstar 11N (Telesat/Can.)	Zenit-3SLB (Land Launch)	Russia/Com.	Comsat
11.	February 28	Raduga-1	Proton-K/DM-2	Russia/Mil.	Comsat
12.	March 7	Kepler	Delta 2	NASA	Astronomy

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