2009 in spaceflight

2009 in spaceflight
The Hubble Space Telescope was serviced for the last time during the STS-125 mission
Orbital launches
First18 January
Last29 December
Total78
Successes73
Failures4
Partial failures1
Catalogued75
National firsts
Spaceflight New Zealand
Satellite Switzerland[1]
Orbital launch Iran[2]
Rockets
Maiden flightsDelta IV-M+ (5,4)
H-IIB
Naro-1
Taurus-XL 3110
Unha-2
RetirementsAriane 5GS
Falcon 1
Tsyklon-3
Crewed flights
Orbital9
Total travellers46
2009 in spaceflight
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Several significant events in spaceflight occurred in 2009, including Iran conducting its first indigenous orbital launch, the first Swiss satellite being launched and New Zealand launching its first sounding rocket. The H-IIB and Naro-1 rockets conducted maiden flights, whilst the Tsyklon-3, Falcon 1 and Ariane 5GS were retired from service.[3][4] The permanent crew of the International Space Station increased from three to six in May, and in the last few months of the year, Japan's first resupply mission to the outpost, HTV-1, was conducted successfully.

  1. ^ "It's a First! Swiss Satellite in Space – This Cube Isn't Cheese". A celebration at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Satnews Daily. 21 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference JSR606 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NSF-T3-retired was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference F1-retired was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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