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2000s

50 records

  1. 2009

    1. 2009-02-12 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Hot Bird 10/NSS 9 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2009-02-28 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Raduga-1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2009-03-07 launch

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      The Kepler space telescope was a space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars.

    4. 2009-03-15 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 15A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2009-03-24 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 203 (GPS IIRM-7) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2009-03-26 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-14 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2009-03-26

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      1 participants; see description and linked people.

    8. 2009-04-03 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (II) launched on the Eutelsat W2A flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2009-04-04 launch

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      Atlas V 421 launched on the USA (WGS SV-2) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2009-04-14 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3C launched on the Beidou DW2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2?. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2009-04-20 launch

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      PSLV (CA) launched on the RISAT-2/Anusat flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2009-04-22 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the Yaogan 6 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7?. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2009-04-25

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      Pride and Prometheus () by John KesselAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

      Pride and Prometheus won Best Novelette.

    14. 2009-04-25

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      Powers () by Ursula K. Le GuinAward: Nebula Award — Best NovelRole:

      Powers — 2008 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2009-04-25).

    15. 2009-04-25

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      Trophy Wives () by Nina Kiriki HoffmanAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

      Trophy Wives won Best Short Story.

    16. 2009-04-25

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      The Spacetime Pool () by Catherine AsaroAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella

      The Spacetime Pool won Best Novella.

    17. 2009-04-25

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      WALL-E () by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim ReardonAward: Nebula Award — Best Script

      WALL-E won Best Script.

    18. 2009-04-25

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      Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) () by Ysabeau S. WilceAward: Andre Norton Award — Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

      Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) won Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle…

    19. 2009-04-29 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2450 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2009-05-05 launch

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      Delta 7920-10C launched on the USA 205 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2009-05-07 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-02M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 2009-05-11 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the HST SM-4 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2009-05-14 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Herschel/Planck flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 2009-05-16 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (II) launched on the Protostar 2 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 2009-05-19 deployment

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      The STS-125 crew released Hubble back into free flight after servicing.

    26. 2009-05-21 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A (Fregat) launched on the Meridian No. 12 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Partial launch success/failure.

    27. 2009-05-27 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-15 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 2009-06-18 launch

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      Atlas V 401 launched on the LRO/LCROSS flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2009-06-27 launch

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      Delta 4M+(4,2) launched on the GOES O flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 2009-06-30 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (II) launched on the Sirius FM5 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 2009-07-01 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Terrestar 1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 2009-07-06 launch

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      Rokot launched on the Kosmos-2451-2453 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2009-07-14 launch

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      Falcon 1 launched on the Razaksat flight from US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA), Marshall Islands, pad OM. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2009-07-15 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 2J/A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 2009-07-18 assembly

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      Kibo Exposed Facility installed on the ISS.

    36. 2009-07-21 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2454/Sterkh flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 2009-07-24 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-67 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 2009-08-11 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (II) launched on the Asiasat 5 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 2009-08-17 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 206 (GPS IIRM8) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 2009-08-21 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the JCSAT 12/Optus D3 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 2009-08-29 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 17A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 2009-08-31 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B launched on the Palapa D flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2?. Partial launch success/failure.

    43. 2009-09-08 launch

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      Atlas V 401 launched on the PAN flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 2009-09-10 launch

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      H-IIB launched on the HTV-1 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y2. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 2009-09-17 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Meteor-M No. 1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 2009-09-17 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (II) launched on the Nimiq 5 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 2009-09-23 launch

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      PSLV (CA) launched on the Oceansat-2 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 2009-09-25 launch

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      Delta 7920-10C launched on the USA 208/USA 209 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 2009-09-30 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-16 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 2009-09-30

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