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December 20: Hot Bird 9, W2M
launcher: Ariane 5 ECA
launch site: CSG Kourou, French Guiana
mission: commercial communications satellites
status: launch successful
December 23: Fengyun-2-06
launcher: Long March 3A
launch site: Xichang Satellite Launching Centre, Sichuan Province, China
mission: Chinese meteorological satellite
status: launch successful
December 25: Uragan/Glonass
launcher: Proton K / Blok DM-2
launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission: 3 Russian navigation satellites
status: launch successful
December: AprizeSat 3, AprizeSat 4, Deimos (DMC F6), Dubaisat 1, NanoSat 1B, UK-DMC 2
launcher: Dneipr 1
launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
December: Meridian N2
launcher: Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
mission:
December: Parus 97, Sterkh 1 (Cospas 11)
launcher: Kosmos-3M
launch site:
mission:
delayed: Genesat 2, PharmaSat 1, TacSat 3
launcher: Minotaur 1
launch site: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
mission: technology research satellite (TacSat 3)
delayed: GPS 2R-21 (M8)
launcher: Delta 2
launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA
mission: navigation satellite
2009:
January 13: NRO L-26
launcher: Delta 4-Heavy
launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA
mission: US spy satellite
January 20: Ibuki Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT)
launcher: H2A
launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
mission:
January 29: Koronas-Foton
launcher: Tsyklon-3
launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
mission: solar observatory
January: AirTV 1
launcher: Ariane 5
launch site: CSG Kourou, French Guiana
mission:
January: Beagle 2
launcher: Vega
launch site: CSG Kourou, French Guiana
mission:
January: Bluesat
launcher: Dniepr-1
launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
January: Dialog 1
launcher: Rockot Briz
launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
mission:
January: Geizer N21
launcher: Proton K
launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
January: Hausat 2
launcher: Dniepr-1
launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
January: Lapansat 2
launcher: Dniepr-1
launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
January: Microscope
launcher: Ariane 5
launch site: CSG Kourou, French Guiana
mission:
January: Unamsat 3
launcher: Dneipr 1
launch site:
mission:
January: XSS-12
launcher: Delta 2
launch site:
mission:
