Signals intelligence payload, also lnown as NROL-26
Spacetrack: 2009-001A/33490

Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite - known as GOSAT before launch. Accompanied by seven other small payloads.

Spacetrack:
2009-002A/33492 Ibuki.
2009-003F/33497 SDS-1.
2009-002E/33496 SOHLA 1.
2009-003C/33494 Spritesat.
2009-003D/33495 Kagayaki.
2009-003H/33499 KKS 1.
2009-003G/33498 Kukai.
2009-003B/33493 PRISM.

Solar physics satellite studies - extreme UV, X-ray and gamma rays.

Spacetrack:2009-003A/33505.

Battery powered satellite with minimal instrumentation.

Frequency - 465.000 MHz.

Spacetrack:2009-004A/33506.

465.0 MHz

Meteorological satellite.

Spacetrack: 2009-005A/33591.

Supplies to ISS.

Spacetrack: 2009-006A/33593.

Unintentional collision - produced several hundreds of fragments

Pair of comsats for GEO.
Spacetrack:
2009-07A/33595 - Express AM-44
2009-07B/33596 - Express MD-1

Pair of comsats for GEO. Launcher also carried a pair of small Spirale military satellites for France.

Spacetrack:
2009-008A/33749 - NNSS 9,
2009-008B/33750 - Hot Bird 10,
2009-008C/33751 - Spirale A,
2009-008D/33752 - Spirale B.

Docked with Pirs Module.

NASA's minor planet exploration spacecraft used Mars's gravity to adjust its trajectory on its way to rendezvous with Ceres and Vesta.

Science satellite, aimed at polar orbit, to study effects of global warrning. Failed when the launch vehicle shroud remained attached. Thought to have fallen near Antarctica.

Comsat for GEO, owned by a Canadian company.

Spacetrack: 2009-009A/34111.

Comsat for GEO. Also known as Globus.

Spacetrack:2009-010A/34264.

Space telescope looking for extra-solar planets.

Spacetrack: 2009-011A/34380.

151 km northeast of Dzezhkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Crew and equipment to ISS.

Spacetrack:2009-012A/34541.

Science satellite studying minor variations in the Earth's gravitational field.

Spacetrack: 2009-013A/34602.

Navigation satellite.

Spacetrack: 2009-014A/34661.

Crew to ISS.

Frequencies: 121.75 MHz, 166.000 MHz and 922.763 MHz.

Spacetrack: 2009-015A/34669.

Docked at the aft port of the Zvezda module.

Precise time: 19:13:17

Successful launch of comsat to GEO. 2009-016A(34710).

Successful launch of WGS comsat to GEO.

NORAD: 2009-017A/35713

No satellite reached orbit and it was unclear whether it was an intended orbital mission or whether the launch was a cover for a missile test.

Successful launch to geosynchronous orbit for China's navigation satellite system, known as "Compass". The satellite also provides time and messaging services for the Asia-Pacific region.

The initial geosynchronous location was near 80° east longitude.

NORAD: 2009-018A/34779

Successful twin launch of radar-carrying and imaging satellites. 2009-019A(34807) and 2009-019B(34808).

Successful launch of Italian comsat to GEO. 2009-020A(34810).

Successful launch of imaging or radar reconnaissance. 2009-021A(34839).

Natural decay.

2009-004A/33506.

Successful launch of military imaging satellite. 2009-022A(34871).

Successful launch of satellite for military technology experiments. STSS-ATRR is a small spacecraft that will serve as a pathfinder to validate next-generation sensor technology for future MDA space missions.

Test operations ceased around the end of 2010 and the satellite was handed over to the SSA (Space Situation Awareness Service) of AFSPC to carry on a monitoring job it was already performing at times it was not occupied by its main mission.

Spacetrack : 2009-023A/34903

Successful launch of cargo carrier with supplies for ISS. 2009-024A(34905). Precise time: 18:37:09

Successful launch with crew on Hubble Telescope Servicing mission.

Precise event time - 18:01:56 UTC.

NORAD: 2009-025A(34933).

Docking after five days following succesful test of new spacecraft electronics. Precise time: 19:24:23.

HST was berthed in the payload bay May 14 18:12 UTC to May 19 1045 UTC.

Successful twin launch of astronomical research satellites at the opening of a 60 minute launch window.

NORAD:
2009-026A/34937 - Herschel
2009-026B/34938 - Planck

Successful launch of comsat to GEO. 2009-027A(34941).

HST was berthed in the payload bay May 14 18:12 UTC to May 19 1045 UTC.

Successful multiple launch of five small science/technology satellites. 2009-028A to 2009-028E (35001-35005).

Successful launch of comsat into molniya-type HEO. 2009-029A(35008).

Successful landing, delayed from KSC May 22 and diverted due to weather. Precise time - 15:39:05 UTC.

Successful launch of crew to ISS. Precise time - 10:34:53 UTC.

NORAD: 2009-030A(35010)

Successful docking.

Successful launch of two vehicles - lunar orbiter (LRO) and lunar impact experiment (LCROSS and Centaur stage). 2009-031A(35315), 2009-031B (35316) and 2009-31C(35317). Tracking frequency: 2271.2 MHz.

LCROSS and LRO follow separate routes to Moon - LRO arrival 2009 Jun, LCROSS/Centaur impacts 2009 Oct 9. Precise event time 11:16:43 UTC

Malaysian comsat succesfully launched into geosynchronous transfer orbit at start of 17 min launch window. Separated from launch vehicle 2009 Jun 22 04:15 UTC. Planned for 91.5 deg east location. Launch delayed due to damage during an incident with a handling crane 2008 August. 2009-032A/35362.

Successful engine firing for LOI (40 minutes)

Meteorology & Earth Observation from GEO. Successfully launched 37 min into 60 min launch window after delay caused by presence of thunderstorms. Previous launch attempt June 26 scrubbed because of weather-related electrical activity. Will be renamed GOES 14 after successful conclusion to testing. 2009-33A/35491.

Successful. Three dummy warheads targeted near Kwajalein.

Ulysses (formerly ISPM) - end of mission.

Successful lift-off of digital radio broadcasting satellite towards GEO ("FM" stands for "Flight Model"), Launch delayed 24 hrs from Jul 29 due to a minor problem with a fuelling valve. Intended GEO location - 96 deg west longitude. Frequencies: 1018.5 MHz, 1020.5 MHz (Briz-M rocket stage). 2009-034A/35493

Successful undocking from Pirs module prior to ISS approach test Jul 12. Precise time - 18:29:43 UTC, following a radio command at 18:27 UTC that released the mooring latches.

Successful delivery of Sirius FM-5 into intended geosynchronous transfer orbit by Briz-M rocket.

Comsat - delayed from Jun 24. Successful launch during two hour launch window that opened at 16:13 UTC. Injection into geosynchronous transfer orbit occurred 18:18 UTC. Intended orbital slot is 111 deg west longitude. 2009-035A/35496.

Move from Zvezda docking port to Pirs module (vacated by Progress M-02M Jun 30). Soyuz piloted manually and occupied by Padalka, Barratt & Wakata. Operation took place over S America.

Triple satellite launch from LC-133. 2009-36A/35498, 2009-36B/35499, 2009-36C/35500. Intercepted radio transmissions (244.512 MHz and 261.035 MHz) indicate that two of the payloads are Strela-3 store/dump communications satellites. The third is possibly a Rodnik type - also store/dump.

Test location at 90 degrees west longitude. Renamed GOES 14.

Max Launch Abort System - test/demonstration of potential spacecraft safety system

1990-084A/20813. Natural decay, time unknown.

Third launch attempt (middle of 10 minute window) postponed as a result of technical checks after lightning strikes in the area of the pad on launch day.

Approximate time. Successful approach in automatic mode to the upper port of the Zvezda docking module as test of new equipment installed on Zvezda during recent EVA. Closest approach was 17:04 UTC at a distance of 17m. This was followed by an engine firing to back away at 17:10 UTC.

Fourth launch attempt (middle of 10 minute window) postponed shortly before planned lift-off due to thunderstorms.

162.9s retro-fire followed by destructive re-entry above the southern Pacific Ocean at 16:28:47 UTC, and then impact of remaining debris.

Fifth launch attempt (middle of 10 minute window) postponed shortly before planned lift-off due to thunderstorms.

Successful launch of former "MACSat" Earth observation for Malaysia. Launched 4 hours 35 mins into a five hour launch window after a four hour technical delay and a further delay due to rain. Previously postponed from Apr 20 due to "incompatibity problems" with launch vehicle. 2009-037A/35578

Successful launch on the sixth attempt at 22:03:10 UTC in middle of 10 min window. Carrying JEM - external extension for Japanese Kibo module - to ISS. Delayed by fuelling leak and conflict with LRO/LCROSS after previous launch attempts Jun 13 and Jun 17. Postponed again from Jul 11, Jul 12 and Jul 13 due to thunderstorms around KSC. Frequencies: 259.7 MHz, 2217.5 MHz. 2009-038A/35633

Followed by move to storage location at 105 deg west longitude. To be handed over to NOAA late 2009. No information available on whether this occurred.

Official time - 17:47:11 UTC. Location: PMA-2, Harmony Node. Approximately eight minutes earlier than timetabled.

Parus comsat plus Sterkh 1 COSPAS-SARSAT vehicle. Launch delayed from 2008 and then from 2009 April. Precise time: 03:57:43.

2009-039A/35635 - Cosmos 2454
2009-039B/35636 - Sterkh 1.

The two satellites were joined together until about 10 hours after launch.

Frequencies: transmissions detected at 149.940 MHz and 399.840 MHz (Cosmos 2454).

Successful launch at 10:56:56 UTC. Carrying supplies to the ISS. Originally planned for June 24. Longer than usual (5 days vs 2 days) approach to ISS due to sticking with the planned launch time but delaying docking until after departure of STS-127. Frequencies: 121.75, 166.0, 922.763 MHz. 2009-040A/35641.

Imaging satellite - launched 2009 May 29. Probably recovered. 2009-22A/34871

Seven minutes later than planned.

Successful docking at 11:12:10 UTC, four minutes earlier than planned. At about 120m distance, the automatic systems were producing conflicting data so Gennady Padalka used the TORU manual system to complete the approach and docking.

Successful launch one minute into a one hour long launch window. Originally scheduled for 2008. Launch shifted from 2009 Jul 25 due to need for additional testing of the launch vehicle.

Deimos-1 (Spain) - 2009-041A/35681
DubaiSat-1 (United Arab Emirates) - 2009-41B/35682
UK DMC-2 (Great Britain) - 2009-041C/35683
NanoSat-1B (Spain) - 2009-041E/35685
AprizeSat-3 (USA) - 2009-041F/35686
AprizeSat-4 (USA) - 2009-041D/35684

Successful release of Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite (DRAGONSat) from Endeavour cargo bay at 12:34:30. AggieSat 2 and BEVO 1 - pair of picosats to test components for future autonomous rendezvous and docking experiments. They were released joined together but the separation springs did not release so they are still attached to each other. 2009-38B/35690.

Successful release of pair of small satellites named Castor and Pollux at 17:23:02 UTC from cargo bay of Endeavour. Spherical microsatellites for atmosphere density studies.

Successful landing by Endeavour - wheel stop at 14:49:13. Touchdown on the first landing opportunity.

Set of tools lost overboard during EVA from ISS 2008 November 18. Time is +/- 2 hrs.

Successful launch of comsat to replace AsiaSat 2 at 100°.5 east longitude. Switched from Sea Launch Zenit to Proton in 2009 Feb.

Frequencies: 1018.5 MHz, 1020.5 MHz (Briz-M). 2009-042A/35696

Successful launch of eighth and final GPS IIR 21 (M) version navsat at start of 14 minute launch window. 2009-043A/35752

Succesful launch at opening of one hour launch window - dual payload of Japanese and Australian comsats. Both for GEO. 2009-044A/35755 (JCSat) & 2009-044B/35756 (Optus)

Launch failure on second attempt at launching STSat-2 satellite. Launcher did not reach orbital velocity because the payload shroud did not detach. Postponed three times from late-2008, Tentative date of Aug 12 or 13 set after completion of launch vehicle engine tests Jul 30. 2009 March, and Jul 30. First launch attempt aborted 8 mins before intended lift-off on Aug 20.

Indian Space Research Organisation unexpectedly loses contact with its lunar orbiting spacecraft.

Successful launch at start of ten minute launch window. Carrying ISS supplies and equipment using MPLM.

Date moved from Aug 18 following delays to the STS-127 mission. Postponed from Aug 25 due to weather and then delayed further by a problem with a fuel valve.

Precise time - 03:59:37 UTC.

Frequencies: 259.7 MHz, 2217.5 MHz. 2009-045A/35811

Successful docking ten minutes early compared with the time issued soon after launch. Hatches were opened at 01:33 UTC,

Unsucccessful launch of Indonesian comsat aimed for GEO - probably 113° east longitude. The CZ (Long March) rocket malfunctioned and placed Palapa D1 in a significantly lower altitude orbit than planned. PALAPA may have sufficient fuel reserves still to reach GEO. 2009-046A/35812.

Inserted into incorrect orbit on Aug 31 by the launch vehicle. Palapa used its own engines to correct the deficit. Will now transfer to GEO.

Navstar GPS Navsat- launched Aug 17 declared operational.

Classified US government comsat for GEO. Launched at the beginning of 129 minute window. Originally due 2008. Slippage from2009 Aug 12 to Aug 28. Frequency: 2252.507 MHz. 2009-047A/35815.

Successful launch of first H-II Transfer Vehicle with supplies to ISS, Rescheduled from Aug 1. Precise time is 17:01:46. 2009-048A.

Discovery lands Edwards AFB after being diverted from KSC because of weather. Weather conditions at KSC also precluded originally planned landing Sep 10, 23:05 UTC, and a second opportunity 1.5 hours later.

Successful launch of meteorological satellite plus five small satellites: Sumbandila (remote sensing), Sterkh (SARSAT search and rescue), Tatyana-2, UGATUSat, BLITS, and IRIS. Precise time 15:55:07 UTC. Launch postponed from Sep 15 due to weather, then delayed from Sep 16 for technical reasons.

2009-049A/35865 - Meteor M-1
2009-049B/35865 - Sterkh 2
2009-049C/35866 - IRIS/Fregat
2009-049D/35867 - Tatiana 2
2009-049E/35868 - UGATUSat
2009-049F/35870 - Sumbandila
2009-049G/35871 - BLITS

Successful lift-off carrying comsat for Telesat of Canada. Precise time: 19:19:19 UTC. Planned location 72.7° west. Frequencies: 1018.5 MHz, 1020.5 MHz (Briz-M). 2009-050A/35873

HTV captured by station manipulator arm at 19:51 UTC then berthed with the Harmony node. Time is when all locks were in place and all electrical connections were completed.

In free flight for several days conducting geophysics science investigations.

Successful launch, postponed from Sep 15. Launch vehicle also carried four nanosats: Beesat (Berlin Technical University), UWE-2 (University of Wuerzburg), ITU-Sat (Istanbul Technical University) and SwissCube-1 (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne). Two other payloads - Rubin 9.1, Rubin 9.2 (both German) to be used for tracking ships are integrated into the lauch vehicle final stage.

Oceansat 2: 2009-051A/35931
2009-51B/35932
2009-51C/35933
2009-51D/35934
2009-51E/35935
PSLV & Rubin 9.1/9.2: 2009-51F/35936

Frequency: 2250.004 MHz (Oceansat 2)

Successful launch 20 mins in to one hour window. Dual payload - "Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrators" Program (STSS-Demo) for US Missile Development Agency. Missile tracking technology demonstrator.

Rescheduled several times from 2008 Nov to 2009 Sep 18.

2009 Sep 8 - announced that one-hour launch window moved later by 12 hrs. Recheduled

Launch postponed from Sep 18 and 19. Postponed Sep 23 due to weather. Postponed Sep 24 due to problem with ground-based equipment.

USA 208 - 2009-052A/35937
USA 209 - 2009-052B/35938

Frequencies:
USA 208 - 2247.500 MHz
USA 209 - 2272.500 MHz.

Transmissions at 2247.5 MHz (SGLS Channel 10) detected from the UK, fitting with the expected time for USA-208 and USA-209.

2272.5 MHz (SGLS Channel 15) detect about two hours later from South Africa. Doppler shifts measured in the UK and South Africa pin them down to the STSS Demonstrators pair.

Destruction above Southern Pacific after retro-fire at 9:32:00. Precise time given as 10:11:19 UTC, co-ordinates 139 deg 53 min west, 47deg 18 min south.

Pavel Popovich was the fourth cosmonaut to go into space - as the pilot of Vostok 4 on a three day mission launched 1962 Aug 12. Vostok 4 flew alongside Vostok 3.

He also commanded Soyuz 14 on a visit to the Salyut 3 space station 1974 July.

Born 1929 Oct 5, he was a few days short of his 80th birthday.

Successful launch of ISS Expedition 21 crew.

Precise time 07:14:42.

Frequencies: 121.75, 166.0, 922.763 MHz.

2009-053A/35940

Successful launch of dual satellite payload at the start of a 131 minute launch window. Delayed from Sep 30 for technical checks of the launch vehicle. Amazonas 2 (comsat owned by HISPASAT Brazil, aimed for 61° west longitude) and ComSatBw - German military comsat for 63 deg east.

2009-054A/35942 - Amazonas-2
2009-054B/35943 - SatcomBw

Successful docking at aft-facing port of the Zvezda module, within the planned three minute window. Precise time: 18:35:07 UTC.

Observations match the radio reception reports and lead to a good orbit determination.

From the observations and the Doppler shifts - transmitters are:
2247.5 MHz - STSS Demonstrators SV1 (USA-208),
2272.5 MHz - STSS Demonstrators SV2 (USA-209).

Separation rate is 2.2 degrees per day - anticipated station keeping is 35 degrees separation based on pre-launch reports. USA-209 is the leader of the two.

Successful launch 13 minutes into 14 minute window after a short delay due to a battery issues in the Delta second stage. Previously delayed from October 6 due to scheduling pressures on the ground. Earth studies - energy balance.

2009-055A/35946

Separation rate now approx 1.1 degrees per day. Engine firing by USA-209 - (STSS Demonstrator SV2)

Approximate time.

Prior to lunar surface impact

Hits lunar surface. Precise time 11:32:58 UTC. Impact observed by LCROSS spacecraft

Hit lunar surface. Precise time 11:35:36 UTC.

Approximate time

Precise time 04:31:40 UTC.

Retro fire at 03:40 UTC for 4m 24s.

Successful launch at 01:14:37 UTC with supplies to ISS

2009-056A/35948

Frequencies: 121.75, 166.0, 922.763 MHz.

Satellites have passed the operational separation of 35 degrees and separation continues - determined by radio Doppler shift measurements.

Successful docking within the expected window - 01:41 +/-3 minutes

Successful launch at start of ten minute window. Multiple postponements since 2007. Previousl scheduled successively for Sep 3, Sep 23 and Oct 13.

Defence Meteorological Satellite.

2009-057A/35951

Centaur rocket stage sent to heliocentric orbit as part of a series of tests on fuel behaviour in micro-gravity..

Launched 30 mins before the end of four hour launch window. Postponed originally from 2009 April then further postponed from Aug 30 to Oct 31. Fast pre-launch processing allowed bringing forward by four days. Finally rescheduled from Oct 27 to Oct 28 due to weather concerns.

Ares launcher test mission for lift-off and launcher first stage/parachutes recovery. Powered flight for 2 mins and total flight time 6 mins. Parachute problem for booster recovery.

Sub-orbital so not catalogued.

Successful launch of a pair of comsats for GEO:
NSS-12 for 57 deg west
Thor 6 for 1 deg west

NNS-12 - 2009-058A/36032
Thor 6 - 2009-057A/36033

Originally docked 2009 Sep 18.

Unberthed using manipulator arm at 15:02 UTC, final release delayed 90 min due to collision concern during possible near encounter with orbital debris.

Planned launch time for first Minotaur IV rocket. Satellite for LEO carrying telescope for detecting satellites in GEO. Launch delayed from early-2009 and then from Oct 23.

2009 early Oct - launch cancelled and indefinite delay announced.

Destructive re-entry with any major surviving fragments falling into the southern Pacific Ocean about 12 minutes later.

Kounotori made a seven minute retro firing at 20:53 UTC.

Successful dual launch of ESA payloads. Delayed from 2009 Sep 9.

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) science satellite - 36036/2009-058A
Proba-2 (Project for On-Board Autonomy) technology demonstrator - 36037/2009-058B

Succesful launch of Mini Research Module (incl airlock) to ISS.
Precise Time 14:22:04 UTC.

36086/2009-060A

Frequencies: 121.75,166.0 MHz, 922.763 MHz

USA-208 and USA 209 are now approaching each other. Maximum separation reached was 63 deg of orbital angle, at which point they were near to their mutual horizons.

Engine firing was undertaken by USA-209 (STSS Demonstrator SV2).

Successful docking, delivery of "Poisk" module.

Precise time: 15:41:53 UTC - near the beginning of the six minute arrival window.

Rosetta passed over the ocean, just South of the Indonesian island of Java, at exactly 06:45:40 UTC, at a speed of 13.34 km/s with respect to Earth at an altitude of 2481 km.

Now on target for fly-by of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. Rosetta will fly-by minor planet 21, Lutetia 2010 July.

Successful launch of what is reported as an "experimental satellite". Its orbit suggests the payload has an Earth observation rôle.

It is probably a prototype as published graphics of the launch appear to show less sensors than on the later SJ-11-02.

Orbit: 688 x 704 km, 98°.2 inclination, sun-synchronous with descending node at 09:15 local time.

Spacetrack lists six objects in orbit including the satellite and the final rocket stage.


NORAD: 2009-062A/36088

Successful launch on time. Atlantis to ISS with components.

Rescheduled from Nov 12 to allow leeway in dates for the the Ares I-X launch

2009-62A/36094

Frequencies: 259.7 MHz, 2217.5 MHz

Successful docking, five minutes earlier than planned

Probably Lotos-S electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) satellite.

Delayed from 2009 July due to technical issues with the satellite.

2009-063A/36095

Cosmonaut (Voskhod 2) and designer of piloted spacecraft.

Successful launch of commercial comsat 5 mins into 90 minute launch window.

Original launch attempt cancelled about five hours before the event on Nov 14 due to a faulty component in a launch vehicle electrical system. The vehicle was returned to its vertical integration building to replace the item.

2009-064A/36097

Successful launch of European commercial comsat aimed for 36° east longitude.

Launch delayed from Nov 23 due to an objection by the government of Kazakhstan where Baikonur is located.

2009-065A/36101

Approx four minutes earlier than scheduled.

Successful landing on the KSC runway.

Successful launch of optical reconnaissance satellite. Replacement for IGS 1A (2003-009A/27698).

2009-066A/36104

Successful launch at the beginning of a one hour launch window.

Comsat for 85 degrees east longitude.

Original launch attempt scrubbed 3 hrs before intended lift off Nov 29 - no reason given.

2009-067A/36106

Precise time - 03:55:59 UTC

Precise time - 07:15:34 UTC.

Successful launch of US Air Force comsat at the last minute in the 84 min launch window.

Dec 3 launch attempt postponed due to bad weather forecast in the launch area. Postponed again during Dec 4 countdown due to an electronics fault in the launch control system.

Leaves Poisk available for EVA and docking use use by Soyuz or Progress.

Retrofire at 04:48:30 UTC for 637.2s duration with braking impulse of 89.2 m/s, surviving elements fell into the Pacific Ocean estimated time - 05:37:54 UTC, estimated location 50° 27' south, 135° 53' east.

Successful launch of possible reconnaissance satellite.

2009-069A/36110

Successful launch of three Uragan Navigation satellites for use by GLONASS.

Delayed from Sep 25 and later from Oct 29 due to production quality problem with one of the payloads.

Cosmos 2456 - 2009-070A/36111
Cosmos 2457 - 2009-070B/36112
Cosmos 2458 - 2009-070C/36113

Successful launch at the beginning of a 14 minutes duration.launch window. Precise time 14:09:33 UTC.

Date moved from Dec 10 to Dec 7 but then delayed by two days to Dec 9. Dec 5 - pushed back a further two days to Dec 11 due to knock-on effect of WGS-3 launch delay.

Delayed from Dec 11 to Dec 14 by a problem with a steering motor detected during tests Dec 10,

Infrared star mapping.

NORAD: 2009-071A/36119

Imaging satellite plus small satellite for student experiments.

Xiwang means "Hope". Once it was "handed over" to be managed by the AMSAT Organisation, the name was Americanised to "Hope-Oscar 68",

2009-072A/36121 - Yaogan 8
2009-072B/36122 - XW-1 (HO-68).

Succesful launch of European military observation satellite to sun-synchronous LEO.

Originally due for launch Sep 9, a postponement during the countdown was due to the need to replace a launch vehicle component. Rescheduled for Dec 17 but countdown stopped six minutes before planned lift off with no possibility of re-start because of the minimal duration of the launch window.

2009-073A/36124

Successful launch of crew towards ISS.

2009-074A/36129

Frequencies: 121.75, 166.0, 922.763 MHz.

Successful docking with the downward facing port of the Zvezda module ten minutes ahead of the planned time.

Hatches opened Dec 23, 00:30 UTC.

30th anniversary of Ariane L-01 launch.

Successful launch of comsat for geosynchronous orbit - aimed at 102.8 deg west longitude.

2009-075A/36161