Orbital launches in 2009
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites
* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered
Countries:
| Russia | |
| United States | |
| Europe | |
| China | |
| Japan | |
| India | |
| Iran | |
| North Korea | |
| South Korea | |
| Total | 78 |
Launches:
| Date | Site | Rocket | Payload | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-18 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 4H base | Orion 6 (RIO 6, USA 202, NROL 26) | success |
| 2009-01-23 | Tanegashima | H-2A 202 | GOSAT (Ibuki) | success |
| 2009-01-30 | Plesetsk | Tsyklon 3 11K68 | Koronas-Photon | success |
| 2009-02-02 | Semnan | Safir 1 | Omid (2) | success |
| 2009-02-06 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7320 | NOAA-N Prime | success |
| 2009-02-10 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-66 | success |
| 2009-02-11 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Ekspress AM 44 / Ekspress MD 1 | success |
| 2009-02-12 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | Hotbird 10/NSS 9 | success |
| 2009-02-24 | Vandenberg | Taurus 3110 | OCO | failure |
| 2009-02-26 | Baikonur | Zenit 3SLB DMSLB | Telstar 11N | success |
| 2009-02-28 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-2 | Raduga 1-8 | success |
| 2009-03-07 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925 | Kepler | success |
| 2009-03-15 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Discovery F36 / ITS-S6 | success |
| 2009-03-17 | Plesetsk | Rokot Briz KM | GOCE | success |
| 2009-03-24 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925 | GPS-2RM 7 (Navstar 49, USA 203) | success |
| 2009-03-26 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Soyuz TMA-14 | success |
| 2009-04-03 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Eutelsat W2A | success |
| 2009-04-04 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas V 421 | WGS 2 | success |
| 2009-04-05 | Tonghae | Unha 2 | Kwangmyongsong 2 | failure |
| 2009-04-14 | Xichang | CZ-3C | Beidou 2 G2 (2) | success |
| 2009-04-20 | Sriharikota | PSLV CA | RISAT 2 / ANUSAT | success |
| 2009-04-20 | Odyssey | Zenit 3SL DMSL | SICRAL 1B | success |
| 2009-04-22 | Taiyuan | CZ-2C | Yaogan 6 | success |
| 2009-04-29 | Plesetsk | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2450 (Kobal't-M) | success |
| 2009-05-05 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920 | STSS-ATRR | success |
| 2009-05-07 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-02M | success |
| 2009-05-11 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Atlantis F30 | success |
| 2009-05-14 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | Herschel/Planck | success |
| 2009-05-16 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | ProtoStar 2 | success |
| 2009-05-19 | Wallops Island | Minotaur 1 | TacSat 3 / 4 secondary | success |
| 2009-05-21 | Plesetsk | Soyuz 2 1a/Fregat | Meridian 2 (12L) | failure |
| 2009-05-27 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Soyuz TMA 15 | success |
| 2009-06-18 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas V 401 | LRO/LCROSS | success |
| 2009-06-21 | Baikonur | Zenit 3SLB DMSLB | Measat 3a | success |
| 2009-06-27 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 4M 4,2 | GOES O | success |
| 2009-06-30 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Sirius FM5 | success |
| 2009-07-01 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | TerreStar 1 | success |
| 2009-07-06 | Plesetsk | Rokot Briz KM | Kosmos 2451-53 | success |
| 2009-07-14 | Kwajalein | Falcon 1 Merlin C | RazakSAT | success |
| 2009-07-15 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Endeavour F23 / JEF (JEM-EF) / JLE (JEM-ELM-ES) / | success |
| 2009-07-21 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Parus/Sterkh 1 | success |
| 2009-07-24 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-67 | success |
| 2009-07-29 | Baikonur | Dnepr | Dubaisat 1/UK-DMC 2/4 secondary | success |
| 2009-08-11 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | AsiaSat 5 | success |
| 2009-08-17 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925 | GPS-2RM 8 (Navstar 50, USA 206) | success |
| 2009-08-21 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT 12/Optus D3 | success |
| 2009-08-25 | Naro | KSLV-1 | STSAT-2A | failure |
| 2009-08-29 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Discovery F37 / MPLM 1-06 (Leonardo F6) | success |
| 2009-08-31 | Xichang | CZ-3B | Palapa D1 | pfailure |
| 2009-09-08 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas V 401 | PAN | success |
| 2009-09-10 | Tanegashima | H-2B 304 | HTV-1 | success |
| 2009-09-17 | Baikonur | Soyuz 2 1b/Fregat | Meteor M1 +6microsats | success |
| 2009-09-17 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Nimiq 5 | success |
| 2009-09-23 | Sriharikota | PSLV CA | Oceansat 2 | success |
| 2009-09-25 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7920 | STSS Demo | success |
| 2009-09-30 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Soyuz TMA-16 | success |
| 2009-10-01 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | Amazonas 2/GMS | success |
| 2009-10-08 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920 | WorldView 2 | success |
| 2009-10-15 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-03M | success |
| 2009-10-18 | Vandenberg | Atlas V 401 | DMSP F18 | success |
| 2009-10-29 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | NSS 12/Thor 6 | success |
| 2009-11-02 | Plesetsk | Rokot Briz KM | SMOS/PROBA-2 | success |
| 2009-11-10 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-MRM2 / Piosk | success |
| 2009-11-12 | Jiuquan | CZ-2C | Shijian 11-01 | success |
| 2009-11-16 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Atlantis F31 / ELC 1 / ELC 2 | success |
| 2009-11-20 | Plesetsk | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2455 (Lotos S #801) | success |
| 2009-11-23 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas V 431 | Intelsat 14 | success |
| 2009-11-24 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Eutelsat W7 | success |
| 2009-11-28 | Tanegashima | H-2A 202 | IGS Optical 3 | success |
| 2009-11-30 | Baikonur | Zenit 3SLB DMSLB | Intelsat 15 | success |
| 2009-12-06 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 4M 5,4 | WGS 3 | success |
| 2009-12-09 | Jiuquan | CZ-2D | Yaogan 7 | success |
| 2009-12-14 | Baikonur | Proton M/DM-2 | Kosmos 2456 / 2457 / 2458 (Uragan-M #21 / #22 / #23, GLONASS-M #730 / #733 / #734) | success |
| 2009-12-14 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7320 | WISE | success |
| 2009-12-15 | Taiyuan | CZ-4C | Yaogan 8 | success |
| 2009-12-18 | Kourou | Ariane 5 GS | Helios 2B | success |
| 2009-12-20 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Soyuz TMA-17 | success |
| 2009-12-28 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | DirecTV 12 | success |