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2009 in spaceflight

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Field	Value
year	2009
image	STS-125 FD9 Release.jpg
caption	The Hubble Space Telescope was serviced for the last time during the STS-125 mission
first	18 January
last	29 December
total	78
success	73
failed	4
partial	1
catalogued	75
maidens	Delta IV-M+ (5,4)
H-IIB
Naro-1
Taurus-XL 3110
Unha-2
retired	Ariane 5GS
Falcon 1
Tsyklon-3
orbital	9
totalcrew	46
firstsat
firstlaunch
firstflight

H-IIB Naro-1 Taurus-XL 3110 Unha-2 Falcon 1 Tsyklon-3

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. 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.

Overview

The internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is any flight which crosses the Kármán line, 100 kilometres above sea level. The first spaceflight launch of the year was that of a Delta IV Heavy, carrying the USA-202 ELINT satellite, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 02:47 GMT on 18 January. This was also the first orbital launch of the year.

On 2 February, Iran conducted its first successful orbital launch, when a Safir was used to place the Omid satellite into low Earth orbit.

At 16:56 GMT on 10 February, the first major collision between two satellites in orbit occurred, resulting in the destruction of Kosmos 2251 and Iridium 33, launched in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Up until the collision, Iridium 33 was operational, and an active part of the Iridium network of satellites, whilst Kosmos 2251 was an inactive piece of space junk.

On 25 August, the Russo- South Korean Naro-1 rocket made its maiden flight on 25 August, marking South Korea's first involvement in conducting a satellite launch attempt, however the rocket failed to reach orbit after its payload fairing malfunctioned.

The first flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrier rocket was scheduled to occur in November, but was delayed to February 2010 to allow more time for preparations. The SpaceX Dragon, a commercial uncrewed logistics spacecraft which was developed as part of NASA's COTS programme, was also scheduled to make its first flight in 2009, however its launch has also slipped to 2010 as a result of knock-on delays. The first H-II Transfer Vehicle, HTV-1, was successfully launched on the maiden flight of the H-IIB carrier rocket on 10 September. The first Swiss satellite, SwissCube-1, was launched on 23 September aboard a PSLV.

On 18 December, the Ariane 5GS made its final flight, delivering the Helios-IIB satellite into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The last orbital launch of the year was conducted eleven days later, on 29 December, when a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage launched the DirecTV-12 satellite.

Space exploration

Although no planetary probes were launched in 2009, four astronomical observatories were placed into orbit. The Kepler spacecraft, which was launched by a Delta II on 7 March, entered an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit from where it will search for exoplanets. On 14 May, and Ariane 5ECA launched the Herschel and Planck spacecraft. Both were placed at the L2 Lagrangian point between the Earth and Sun, from where they will be used for astronomy. Herschel carries an infrared telescope whilst Planck carries an optical one. The fourth observatory to be launched was the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, which is a replacement for the Wide Field Infrared Explorer which failed shortly after launch. WISE was launched into a Sun-synchronous orbit by a Delta II on 14 December, and will be used for infrared astronomy. Repairs made to the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-125 restored it to full operations after a series of malfunctions in 2008.

Two lunar probes were launched in 2009; the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite were launched on a single Atlas V rocket on 18 June. LRO entered selenocentric orbit and began a series of experiments, whilst LCROSS remained attached to the Centaur upper stage of the carrier rocket, and flew past the Moon. After orbiting the Earth twice, LCROSS separated from the upper stage and both it and the Centaur impacted the Cabeus crater at the South Pole of the Moon, on 9 October. By observing the Centaur's impact, LCROSS was able to confirm the presence of water on the Moon. Several other Lunar probes ceased operations in 2009; Okina impacted the far side of the Moon on 12 February, Chang'e 1 was deorbited on 1 March, having completed its operations. Kaguya was also deorbited following a successful mission, impacting near Gill crater on 12 June. The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft failed on 29 August, having operated for less than half of its design life.

The Mars Science Laboratory and Fobos-Grunt missions to Mars had been scheduled for launch at the end of 2009, however both were delayed to 2011 to allow more time for the spacecraft to be developed. Fobos-Grunt, a sample return mission to Mars' natural satellite Phobos, would have carried the first Chinese planetary probe, Yinghuo-1.

Several flybys occurred in 2009, with Cassini continuing to orbit Saturn, passing close to a number of its natural satellites. In February, Dawn passed within 549 km of Mars, during a gravity assist manoeuvre for its journey to the asteroid belt. In September, MESSENGER made its third and final flyby of Mercury before entering orbit in 2011. Whilst the primary objective of the flyby, achieving a gravitational assist, was successful, the spacecraft entered safe mode shortly before its closest approach, which prevented it recording data as it flew away from the planet. In November, the Rosetta spacecraft performed its third and final gravity assist flyby of Earth.

Crewed spaceflight

Nine crewed launches occurred in 2009, the most since 1997. STS-119, using , was launched on 15 March. It installed the last set of solar arrays on the International Space Station. Soyuz TMA-14, the 100th crewed Soyuz launch, delivered the Expedition 19 crew in March. In May, conducted the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, STS-125. Several days later, Soyuz TMA-15 launched with the ISS Expedition 20 crew, brought the total ISS crew size up to six for the first time. This was also the 100th crewed spaceflight of the Soyuz programme, excluding the original Soyuz T-10 mission which failed to reach space. In July, delivered the final component of the Japanese Experiment Module on mission STS-127. STS-128, using Discovery in August, delivered supplies using the Leonardo MPLM. September saw the launch of Soyuz TMA-16, with the ISS Expedition 21 crew. This was the 100th crewed Soyuz mission reach orbit. In November, Space Shuttle Atlantis flew mission STS-129, delivering two EXPRESS Logistics Carriers to the ISS. The final crewed flight of the year, Soyuz TMA-17, was launched on 20 December with the ISS Expedition 22 crew.

Although not a spaceflight in its own right, the Ares I-X test flight was conducted on 28 October, with the rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center at 15:30 GMT. The flight was successful and reached an altitude of around 46 km, within the upper atmosphere. A parachute failure during descent resulted in some damage to the first stage, which was recovered.

Launch failures

Four orbital launch failures occurred in 2009. On 24 February, a Taurus-XL launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States, with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. The payload fairing did not separate from the rocket, leaving the upper stage with too much mass to reach orbit. The stage, with spacecraft and fairing still attached, reentered the atmosphere, coming down off the coast of Antarctica. The second failure was a controversial North Korean launch attempt using an Unha rocket to launch the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 communications satellite. The launch was conducted on 5 April, and North Korea maintains that it successfully reached orbit, however no objects from the launch were tracked as having orbital velocity, and US radar systems tracking the rocket detected that it failed at around the time of third stage ignition, with debris falling in the Pacific Ocean.

A Soyuz-2.1a suffered a failure during the launch of Meridian 2 on 21 May, due to the premature cutoff of the second core stage of the carrier rocket. The satellite was placed in a lower than planned orbit, which it was initially expected to be able to correct by means of its onboard propulsion system, and the launch was reported to be a partial failure. By the time of the next Meridian launch in 2010 it had been confirmed that the satellite could not correct its own orbit, and that the mission was a failure. On 25 August, the Naro-1 rocket was launched on its maiden flight, however one half of the payload fairing failed to separate, and it did not reach orbit.

On 31 August a Long March 3B placed the Palapa-D satellite into a lower than expected orbit after its third stage gas generator burned through, resulting in an engine failure at the start of the second burn. The satellite was able to raise itself to its correct orbit at the expense of fuel which would have been used for five or six years of operations.

Summary of launches

In total, seventy eight orbital launches were attempted in 2009, with seventy five catalogued as having reached orbit, and the three outright launch failures, including the North Korean launch, not being catalogued. This is an increase of nine attempts compared to 2008, and eight more launches reached orbit. This continues a four-year trend of increasing annual launch rates. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 123 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 2009.

Launch of a Delta IV-M+(4,2) EELV with [[GOES 14

Suborbital spaceflight in 2009 saw a number of sounding rocket and missile launches. New Zealand's Ātea-1 sounding rocket was launched on 30 November, marking that country's first suborbital flight. Russia twice attempted launches of its Bulava missile, however both launches failed. The second failure, which occurred on 9 December, resulted in a spiral pattern which was observed in the sky over Norway. The SpaceLoft-XL rocket experienced another launch failure during its third flight, on 2 May. The payload section separated from the rocket whilst it was still burning, and as a result the vehicle did not reach space. It had been carrying samples of cremated human remains for Celestis, and student experiments.

By country

China conducted six launches in 2009; satellite problems early in the year followed by the fallout of the August partial launch failure resulted in many planned launches slipping into 2010. Europe launched seven Ariane 5 rockets, six in the ECA configuration and one in the GS configuration. It had also intended to launch the first Vega rocket, however this was delayed due to ongoing development issues, which had already left the project several years behind schedule. India conducted two launches of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles, however the first flight of a new variant of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle with an Indian-built upper stage slipped into 2010. Japan conducted three launches; two using the H-IIA, plus the first H-IIB. Russia and the former Soviet Union conducted twenty nine launches, not including the international Sea and Land launch programmes, which conducted four, and the single Naro-1 launch conducted in cooperation with South Korea.

The United States made twenty four launch attempts, with the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles accounting for eight; the most EELV launches in a single year to date. Eight Delta II launches were also made, including its last mission with a GPS satellite, and its last flight with a payload for the United States armed forces. As the Delta II programme wound down, Space Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, one of the oldest operational launch pads in the world, was deactivated. SpaceX launched a single Falcon 1, which successfully placed an operational satellite into orbit for the first time. This was the final flight of the Falcon 1, which was subsequently retired from service in favour of the Falcon 1e. At the start of the year, a mockup Falcon 9 was erected on its launch pad at Canaveral, however the type's maiden flight slipped into 2010.

Sea Launch only conducted a single launch in 2009; a Zenit-3SL launched Sicral 1B in April. In June, the company was declared bankrupt, and subsequently it lost a number of launch contracts. By the end of the year it was expecting to resume launches in 2010. Its subsidiary, Land Launch, conducted three launches. Iran made its first successful indigenous orbital launch, however planned follow-up launches had not been conducted by the end of the year. North Korea made one launch which it claimed had successfully placed a satellite into orbit, however no such satellite was detected by any country capable of doing so. Israel was not reported to have scheduled or conducted an orbital launch attempt.

Orbital launches

January

February

|- |d-date = 25 April

|d-date = 18 May |d-time = 15:14:45

|d-date = 24 February

March

|d-date = 28 March |d-time = 19:13

|d-date = 11 November 2013 |d-time = 00:16

Operational |d-date = In orbit

|d-date = 11 October |d-time = 04:32

April

|d-date = 5 April

|d-date = 30 October 2022 |d-time = 00:06 |d-date = 18 April 2012

|d-date = 27 July

May

|- Technology demonstration

|d-date = 13 July |d-time = 16:28:47

|d-date = 24 May |d-time = 15:39

Achieved: Medium Earth |d-date = 23 April 2021 |d-time = 04:48

|d-date = 1 December |d-time=07:17

June

|- |d-date = 9 October |d-time = 11:37

July

Communications Search and rescue

|d-date = 27 September |d-time = 10:19:11

UKSA (2010—)

August

|d-date = 25 August

|d-date = 11 September |d-time = 00:53 |d-span=2 |d-span = inherit

Operational

September

|d-date = 1 November |d-time = 21:26

|d-date = 12 March 2021 Search and rescue |d-date = 10 December 2021

Missile defence Missile defence

|d-date = 18 March 2010

October

|d-date = 27 April 2010 |d-time = 18:50:56

Please do not add Ares I-X, it was not a spaceflight. See the talk page for further details

November

|d-date = 8 December |d-time = 05:27

|d-date = 27 November |d-time = 14:44

December

|d-date = 2 June 2010 |d-time = 03:25

Suborbital flights

|d-date = 26 January

|d-date = 09:59

|d-date = 10:01

|d-date = 13 February

|d-date = 18 February

|d-date = 10:55

|d-date = February

|d-date = 6 March

|d-date = 18 March

|d-date = 20 March

|d-date = 25 March

|d-date = 7 April

|d-date = 10 April

|d-date = 17 April

|d-date = 7 May

|d-date = +127 seconds

|d-date = 20 May

|d-date = 22 May

|d-date = 26 July

|d-date = 28 May

||payload = {{TLS-PL |d-date = 29 May

|d-date = 6 June

|d-date = 13 June

|d-time = 09:45

|d-time = 07:40

|d-date = 29 June |d-date = 5 July |d-date = 5 July |d-date = 13 July

|d-date = 14 July

|d-date = 16 July

|d-date = 22 July

|d-date = 31 July

|d-date = 11 August

|d-date = 17 August

|d-date = 23 August

|d-date = 3 September

|d-date = 4 September

|d-date = 14 September

|d-date = 19 September

|d-date = 27 September

|d-date = 28 September

|d-date = 6 October

|d-date = 7 October

|d-date = 12 October

|d-date = 16 October

|d-date = 28 October

|d-date = 1 November

|d-date = 5 November

|d-date = 14 November

|d-date = 22 November

|d-date = 23 November

|d-date = 29 November

|d-date = 30 November

|d-date = 9 December

|d-date = 10 December

|d-date = 11 December

|d-date = 13 December

|d-date = 16 December

|d-date = 17 December

|d-date = 19 December

|d-date = 24 December

Deep space rendezvous

Date	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
7 February	Cassini	50th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 960 km
12 February	Okina	Lunar impact	Farside of the Moon
17 February	Dawn	Flyby of Mars	Gravity assist, closest approach 549 km at 00:28 GMT
url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/01/content_10923205.htm	title=China's lunar probe Chang'e-1 impacts moon	last=Guodong	first=Du	date=1 March 2009	publisher=Xinhua	access-date=1 March 2009	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090302170937/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/01/content_10923205.htm	archive-date= 2 March 2009	url-status= dead}}	Chang'e 1	Lunar impact	Deorbited at 07:36 and impacted at 08:13
27 March	Cassini	51st flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 960 km
4 April	Cassini	52nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 4150 km
20 April	Cassini	53rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3600 km
5 May	Cassini	54th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3244 km
21 May	Cassini	55th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 965 km
6 June	Cassini	56th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 965 km
10 June	Kaguya	Lunar Impact	at 18:25 UTC, around Gill crater.
22 June	Cassini	57th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 955 km
23 June	LRO	Selenocentric orbit insertion	Orbital insersion burn lasted from 09:47 to 10:26 UTC
23 June	LCROSS/Centaur	Lunar flyby	Gravity assist to align for impact in October, closest approach: 3200 km at 10:30:33 UTC
8 July	Cassini	58th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 965 km
24 July	Cassini	59th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 955 km
9 August	Cassini	60th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 970 km
25 August	Cassini	61st flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 970 km
17 September	Artemis P1	Lunar flyby	Closest approach: 43875 km at 00:49 UTC
30 September	MESSENGER	3rd flyby of Mercury	Gravity assist, closest approach: 229 km
9 October	AV-020 Centaur	Lunar impact	2000 kg upper stage of the Atlas V rocket used to launch LRO and LCROSS. Impacted Cabeus crater at Lunar South Pole. Impact occurred at 11:31 UTC, and was observed by LCROSS.
	LCROSS (S-S/C)	Lunar impact	700 kg shepherding spacecraft. Detached from Centaur at 01:50 UTC, and impacted same crater at 11:37.
12 October	Cassini	62nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1300 km
	2 November	Cassini	7th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 103 km
	13 November	Rosetta	3rd flyby of Earth	Gravity assist
	21 November	Cassini	8th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 1607 km
8 December	Artemis P1	Lunar flyby	Closest approach: 16101 km at 01:25 UTC
12 December	Cassini	63rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 4850 km
28 December	Cassini	64th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 955 km

:Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Mimas, Rhea, Tethys and Titan by Cassini occurred throughout the year.

EVAs

Start date/time	Duration	End time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
10 March
16:22	4 hours
49 minutes	21:11	Expedition 18
ISS Pirs	RUS Yuri Lonchakov
USA Michael Fincke	Installed the EXPOSE-R experiment, removed tape straps from a docking target on the Pirs docking compartment, inspected and photographed the exterior of the Russian portion of the station.
19 March
17:16	6 hours
7 minutes	23:23	STS-119
ISS Quest	USA Steven Swanson
USA Richard R. Arnold	Installed the S6 truss to the S5 truss, connected S5/S6 umbilicals, released launch restraints, removed keel pins, stored and removed thermal covers, and deployed the S6 photovoltaic radiator.
21 March
16:51	6 hours
30 minutes	23:21	STS-119
ISS Quest	USASteven Swanson
USA Joseph M. Acaba	Advanced preparation of worksite for STS-127, installation of an unpressurised cargo carrier attachment system on the P3 truss, installation of a Global Positioning System antenna to the Kibo laboratory, and infrared imagery of panels of the radiators on the P1 and S1 trusses. Cargo carrier installation unsuccessful
23 March
15:37	6 hours
27 minutes	22:04	STS-119
ISS Quest	USAJoseph M. Acaba
USARichard R. Arnold	Relocation of a crew equipment cart, complete the deployment of a cargo carrier, lubricated the station robotic arm's latching end effector B snare bearings, and finish swapping electrical relays to the station's gyroscopes. Cargo carrier deployment unsuccessful
14 May
12:52	7 hours
20 minutes	20:12	STS-125
USA John M. Grunsfeld
USA Andrew J. Feustel	HST servicing: Replaced the WFPC-2 with WFC-3, replaced the Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit, lubricated three shroud doors, installed SCM.
15 May
12:49	7 hours
56 minutes	20:46	STS-125
Atlantis	USA Michael J. Massimino
USA Michael T. Good	url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts125/090515fd5/index4.html	title=Spacewalk No. 2 ends	access-date=22 May 2009	publisher=Spaceflight Now	date=15 May 2009	author=William Harwood for CBS News	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090519032724/http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts125/090515fd5/index4.html	archive-date= 19 May 2009	url-status= live}}
16 May
13:35	6 hours
36 minutes	20:11	STS-125
Atlantis	USAJohn M. Grunsfeld
USAAndrew J. Feustel	HST servicing: Replaced COSTAR with COS. Repaired ACS, performed get-ahead tasks from EVA-5.
17 May
13:45	8 hours
2 minutes	21:47	STS-125
Atlantis	USAMichael J. Massimino
USAMichael T. Good	url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/news/STS-125-13.html	title=STS-125 MCC Status Report No. 13	access-date=22 May 2009	publisher=NASA	date=17 May 2009	author=NASA	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090520015417/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/news/STS-125-13.html	archive-date= 20 May 2009	url-status= live}}
18 May
13:20	7 hours
2 minutes	20:22	STS-125
Atlantis	USAJohn M. Grunsfeld
USAAndrew J. Feustel	HST servicing: Final HST servicing EVA, final EVA from Space Shuttle. Replaced second battery, installed FGS-3, replaced some insulation and a low-gain antenna cover.
5 June
07:52	4 hours
54 minutes	12:46	Expedition 20
ISS Pirs	RUS Gennady Padalka
USA Michael R. Barratt	Prepared the Zvezda service module transfer compartment for the arrival of the Poisk module, installed docking antenna for the module, photographed antenna for evaluation on the ground, and photographed the Strela-2 crane. First use of the Orlan-MK spacesuit.
10 June
06:55	12 minutes	07:07	Expedition 20
ISS Zvezda	RUSGennady Padalka
USAMichael R. Barratt	Internal spacewalk in the depressurised Zvezda transfer compartment, replaced one of the Zvezda hatches with a docking cone, in preparation for the docking of Poisk, later this year.
18 July
16:19	5 hours
32 minutes	21:51	STS-127
ISS Quest	USA David Wolf
USA Timothy L. Kopra	JEF installed and P3 nadir UCCAS deployed. S3 zenith outboard PAS deploy postponed due to time constraints.
20 July
15:27	6 hours
53 minutes	22:20	STS-127
ISS Quest	USADavid Wolf
USA Thomas Marshburn	Transferred Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) from the Shuttle Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) to the External Stowage Platform-3 (ESP-3). Transferred materials included a spare high-gain antenna, cooling-system pump module and spare parts for the Mobile Servicing System. JEF Visual Equipment (JEF-VE) installation on the forward section was postponed due to time constraints.
22 July
14:32	5 hours
59 minutes	20:31	STS-127
ISS Quest	USADavid Wolf
USA Christopher Cassidy	JPM preparation work, ICS-EF MLI, and P6 battery replacement (2 of 6 units). EVA was cut short due to high levels of in Cassidy's suit.
24 July
13:54	7 hours
12 minutes	21:06	STS-127
ISS Quest	USAChristopher Cassidy
USAThomas Marshburn	P6 battery replacement (final 4 of 6).
27 July
11:33	4 hours
54 minutes	16:27	STS-127
ISS Quest	USAChristopher Cassidy
USAThomas Marshburn	SPDM thermal cover adjustment, Z1 patch panel reconfiguration, JEM visual equipment (JEM-VE) installation (forward and aft), and JEM-LTA reconfigurations. S3 Nadir PAS (outboard) deployment postponed to later mission.
1 September
21:49	6 hours
35 minutes	2 September
04:24	STS-128
ISS Quest	USA John D. Olivas
USA Nicole P. Stott	Prepared for the replacement of an empty ammonia tank on the station's port truss by releasing its bolts. Retrieved the MISSE-6 and EuTEF experiments mounted outside Columbus, and stowed them in the Shuttle's payload bay for their return to Earth. Nicole Stott becomes the tenth woman to conduct a spacewalk.
3 September
22:13	6 hours
39 minutes	4 September
04:51	STS-128
ISS Quest	USAJohn D. Olivas
SWE Christer Fuglesang	Removed the new ammonia tank from the shuttle's payload bay and replaced it with the used tank from the station. The new tank, weighing about 1800 lb, was the most mass ever moved by spacewalking astronauts. With this spacewalk, Christer Fuglesang became the first person, who is not from either an American or Russian space program, to have participated in four or more spacewalks.
5 September
20:39	7 hours
1 minute	6 September
03:40	STS-128
ISS Quest	USAJohn D. Olivas
SWEChrister Fuglesang	Prepared for the arrival of Tranquility by attaching cables between the starboard truss and Unity, the area where Tranquility will be installed. The spacewalkers also replaced a communications sensor device, installed two new GPS antennas, deployed the PAS on the S3 truss, and replaced a circuit breaker.
19 November
14:24	6 hours
37 minutes	21:01	STS-129
ISS Quest	USA Michael Foreman
USA Robert Satcher	Installed a spare antenna on the station's truss and a bracket for ammonia lines on Unity. Lubricated the grapple mechanism on the Payload Orbital Replacement Unit Attachment Device on the Mobile Base System and lubricated the snares of the hand of the station's Japanese robotic arm. Deployed the S3 outboard Payload Attach System.
21 November
14:31	6 hours
8 minutes	20:39	STS-129
ISS Quest	USAMichael Foreman
USA Randolph Bresnik	Installed the GATOR (Grappling Adaptor to On-Orbit Railing) bracket to Columbus and an additional ham radio antenna. Installed on the truss an antenna for wireless helmet camera video. Relocated the Floating Potential Measurement Unit that records electrical potential around the station as it orbits the Earth. Deployed two brackets to attach cargo on the truss.
23 November
13:24	5 hours
42 minutes	19:06	STS-129
ISS Quest	USARobert Satcher
USARandolph Bresnik	Installed a new High Pressure Gas Tank (HPGT) on the Quest airlock. Installed MISSE-7A and 7B on ELC-2. Strapped two micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) shields to External Stowage Platform #2. Relocated foot restraint, released a bolt on Ammonia Tank Assembly, installed insulated covers on cameras on mobile servicing system and Canadarm 2's end effector. Worked heater cables on docking adapter.

Orbital launch statistics

By country

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Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
failures			style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	World
6	5	0	1
7	7	0	0
2	2	0	0
1	1	0	0
3	3	0	0
1	0	1	0
27	26	1	0
1	0	1	0
6	6	0	0
24	23	1	0

By rocket

By family

Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Angara	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Ariane	7	7	0	0
Atlas	5	5	0	0
Delta	11	11	0	0
Falcon	1	1	0	0
H-II	3	3	0	0
Long March	6	5	0	1
Minotaur	2	1	1	0
PSLV	2	2	0	0
R-7	13	12	1	0
R-14	1	1	0	0
R-36	2	2	0	0
Safir	1	1	0	0	First successful launch
Space Shuttle	5	5	0	0
Unha	1	0	1	0
Universal Rocket	13	13	0	0
Zenit	4	4	0	0

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5		Ariane	7	7	0	0
Atlas V		Atlas	5	5	0	0
Delta II		Delta	8	8	0	0
Delta IV		Delta	3	3	0	0
Dnepr		R-36	1	1	0	0
Falcon 1		Falcon	1	1	0	0	Final flight
H-IIA		H-II	2	2	0	0
H-IIB		H-II	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos		R-12/R-14	1	1	0	0
Long March 2		Long March	3	3	0	0
Long March 3		Long March	2	1	0	1
Long March 4		Long March	1	1	0	0
Minotaur I		Minotaur	1	1	0	0
Naro
Angara	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Proton		Universal Rocket	10	10	0	0
PSLV		PSLV	2	2	0	0
Safir		Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz		R-7	11	11	0	0
Soyuz-2		R-7	2	1	1	0
Space Shuttle		Space Shuttle	5	5	0	0
Taurus		Minotaur	1	0	1	0
Tsyklon		R-36	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Unha		Unha	1	0	1	0
UR-100		Universal Rocket	3	3	0	0
Zenit		Zenit	4	4	0	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA		Ariane 5	6	6	0	0
Ariane 5 GS		Ariane 5	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Atlas V 401		Atlas V	3	3	0	0
Atlas V 421		Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 431		Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Delta II 7320		Delta II	2	2	0	0
Delta II 7920		Delta II	3	3	0	0
Delta II 7925		Delta II	3	3	0	0	Final flight
Delta IV-M+ (4,2)		Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Delta IV-M+ (5,4)		Delta IV	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Delta IV Heavy		Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr		Dnepr	1	1	0	0
Falcon 1		Falcon	1	1	0	0
H-IIA 202		H-IIA	2	2	0	0
H-IIB		H-IIB	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kosmos-3M		Kosmos	1	1	0	0
Long March 2C		Long March 2	2	2	0	0
Long March 2D		Long March 2	1	1	0	0
Long March 3B		Long March 3	1	0	0	1
Long March 3C		Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Long March 4C		Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Minotaur I		Minotaur I	1	1	0	0
Naro-1
Naro	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Proton-K / DM-2		Proton	1	1	0	0
Proton-M / DM-2		Proton	1	1	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M		Proton	8	8	0	0
PSLV-CA		PSLV	2	2	0	0
Rokot / Briz-KM		UR-100	3	3	0	0
Safir		Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat		Soyuz-2	1	0	1	0
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat		Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-FG		Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-U		Soyuz	7	7	0	0
Space Shuttle		Space Shuttle	5	5	0	0
Taurus-XL 3110		Taurus	1	0	1	0
Tsyklon-3		Tsyklon	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Unha		Unha	1	0	1	0
Zenit-3SL		Zenit	1	1	0	0
Zenit-3SLB		Zenit	3	3	0	0

By launch site

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur		24	24	0	0
Cape Canaveral		11	11	0	0
Jiuquan		2	2	0	0
Kennedy		5	5	0	0
Kwajalein		1	1	0	0
Kourou		7	7	0	0
MARS		1	1	0	0
Ocean Odyssey	UN International	1	1	0	0
Naro		1	0	1	0	First launch
Plesetsk		8	7	1	0
Satish Dhawan		2	2	0	0
Semnan		1	1	0	0
Taiyuan		2	2	0	0
Tanegashima		3	3	0	0
Tonghae		1	0	1	0
Vandenberg		6	5	1	0
Xichang		2	1	0	1

By orbit

(transfer) : Inclined GSO : High Earth : Heliocentric

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures	Accidentally
achieved	Remarks	Total	78	74	4	1
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	45	42	3	0	14 to ISS
Medium Earth / Molniya	4	3	1	1
Geosynchronous / GTO	26	26	0	0
High Earth / Lunar transfer	1	1	0	0
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer	2	2	0	0

Notes

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