2009 orbital launches

In 2009, ExGalactic records 77 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
24Kazakhstan
22USA
8Russia
7French Guiana
6China
3Japan
3Other
2India
1Iran
1South Korea

Launches

  1. NROL-26 (USA-202) — 18 January 2009, 02:47 UTC — Success
  2. GOSAT — 23 January 2009, 03:54 UTC — Success
  3. Koronas-Foton — 30 January 2009, 13:30 UTC — Success
  4. Omid — 2 February 2009, 18:34 UTC — Success
  5. NOAA-19 (NOAA N) — 6 February 2009, 10:22 UTC — Success
  6. Progress M-66 — 10 February 2009, 05:49 UTC — Success
  7. Ekspress AM-44 & MD-1 — 11 February 2009, 00:03 UTC — Success
  8. Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B — 12 February 2009, 22:09 UTC — Success
  9. OCO — 24 February 2009, 09:55 UTC — Failure
  10. Telstar 11N — 26 February 2009, 18:29 UTC — Success
  11. Raduga-1 8 — 28 February 2009, 04:10 UTC — Success
  12. Kepler — 7 March 2009, 03:49 UTC — Success
  13. STS-119 — 15 March 2009, 23:43 UTC — Success
  14. GOCE — 17 March 2009, 14:21 UTC — Success
  15. GPS IIR-M-7 (USA-203) — 24 March 2009, 08:34 UTC — Success
  16. Soyuz TMA-14 — 26 March 2009, 11:49 UTC — Success
  17. Eutelsat W2A — 3 April 2009, 16:24 UTC — Success
  18. WGS-2 — 4 April 2009, 00:31 UTC — Success
  19. Kwangmyongsong-2 — 5 April 2009, 02:30 UTC — Failure
  20. Beidou DW 2 — 14 April 2009, 16:16 UTC — Success
  21. RISAT-2 — 20 April 2009, 01:15 UTC — Success
  22. SICRAL 1B — 20 April 2009, 08:15 UTC — Success
  23. Yaogan Weixing 6 — 22 April 2009, 02:55 UTC — Success
  24. Yantar-4K2M 5 — 29 April 2009, 16:58 UTC — Success
  25. STSS-ATRR/GMD (USA-205) — 5 May 2009, 20:24 UTC — Success
  26. Progress M-02M — 7 May 2009, 18:37 UTC — Success
  27. STS-125 — 11 May 2009, 18:01 UTC — Success
  28. Herschel & Planck — 14 May 2009, 13:12 UTC — Success
  29. SES-7 (Indostar 2/ProtoStar 2) — 16 May 2009, 00:57 UTC — Success
  30. Tacsat 3 — 19 May 2009, 23:55 UTC — Success
  31. Meridian No. 12L — 21 May 2009, 21:53 UTC — Failure
  32. Soyuz TMA-15 — 27 May 2009, 10:34 UTC — Success
  33. Measat 3A — 21 June 2009, 21:50 UTC — Success
  34. GOES-14 — 27 June 2009, 22:51 UTC — Success
  35. Sirius FM-5 — 30 June 2009, 19:10 UTC — Success
  36. TerreStar-1 — 1 July 2009, 17:52 UTC — Success
  37. Strela-3 140 & 141 — 6 July 2009, 01:26 UTC — Success
  38. RazakSAT — 14 July 2009, 03:36 UTC — Success
  39. STS-127 — 15 July 2009, 22:03 UTC — Success
  40. Parus 98 — 21 July 2009, 03:57 UTC — Success
  41. Progress M-67 — 24 July 2009, 10:56 UTC — Success
  42. DubaiSat 1 — 29 July 2009, 18:46 UTC — Success
  43. Asiasat 5 — 11 August 2009, 19:47 UTC — Success
  44. GPS IIR-M-8 (USA-206) — 17 August 2009, 10:35 UTC — Success
  45. JCSAT-12 & Optus D3 — 21 August 2009, 22:09 UTC — Success
  46. STSat-2A — 25 August 2009, 08:00 UTC — Failure
  47. STS-128 — 29 August 2009, 03:59 UTC — Success
  48. Palapa-D — 31 August 2009, 09:28 UTC — Partial Failure
  49. PAN (USA-207) — 8 September 2009, 21:35 UTC — Success
  50. Kounotori 1 (HTV-1) — 10 September 2009, 17:01 UTC — Success
  51. Meteor-M 1 — 17 September 2009, 15:55 UTC — Success
  52. Nimiq 5 — 17 September 2009, 19:19 UTC — Success
  53. Oceansat-2 — 23 September 2009, 06:21 UTC — Success
  54. STSS-DEMO/GMD — 25 September 2009, 12:20 UTC — Success
  55. Soyuz TMA-16 — 30 September 2009, 07:14 UTC — Success
  56. Amazonas 2 & COMSATBw-1 — 1 October 2009, 21:59 UTC — Success
  57. WorldView-2 — 8 October 2009, 18:51 UTC — Success
  58. Progress M-03M — 15 October 2009, 01:14 UTC — Success
  59. DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210) — 18 October 2009, 16:12 UTC — Success
  60. NSS-12 & Thor 6 — 29 October 2009, 20:00 UTC — Success
  61. SMOS — 2 November 2009, 01:50 UTC — Success
  62. Progress M-MIM2 — 10 November 2009, 14:22 UTC — Success
  63. Shi Jian 11-01 — 12 November 2009, 02:45 UTC — Success
  64. STS-129 — 16 November 2009, 19:28 UTC — Success
  65. Lotos-S 1 — 20 November 2009, 10:44 UTC — Success
  66. Intelsat 14 — 23 November 2009, 06:55 UTC — Success
  67. Eutelsat W7 — 24 November 2009, 14:19 UTC — Success
  68. IGS-Optical 3 — 28 November 2009, 01:21 UTC — Success
  69. Intelsat IS-15 — 30 November 2009, 21:00 UTC — Success
  70. WGS-3 (USA-211) — 6 December 2009, 01:47 UTC — Success
  71. Yaogan Weixing 7 — 9 December 2009, 08:42 UTC — Success
  72. Uragan-M 21 to 23 — 14 December 2009, 10:38 UTC — Success
  73. WISE — 14 December 2009, 14:09 UTC — Success
  74. Yaogan Weixing 8 — 15 December 2009, 02:31 UTC — Success
  75. Helios 2B — 18 December 2009, 16:26 UTC — Success
  76. Soyuz TMA-17 — 20 December 2009, 21:52 UTC — Success
  77. DirecTV 12 — 29 December 2009, 00:22 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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