2009 in spaceflight
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.
The Hubble Space Telescope was serviced for the last time during the STS-125 mission | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 18 January |
| Last | 29 December |
| Total | 78 |
| Successes | 73 |
| Failures | 4 |
| Partial failures | 1 |
| Catalogued | 75 |
| National firsts | |
| Spaceflight | New Zealand |
| Satellite | Switzerland |
| Orbital launch | Iran |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Delta IV-M+ (5,4) H-IIB Naro-1 Taurus-XL 3110 Unha-2 |
| Retirements | Ariane 5GS Falcon 1 Tsyklon-3 |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 9 |
| Total travellers | 46 |
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