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Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/January 2009

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Angara
Angara
  • …that 2008 in spaceflight saw an increase in orbital launch rates for the third year in a row?
  • …that Iran intends to conduct its first indigenous launch in 2009, with a Safir and the Omid spacecraft?
  • …that the South Korean KSLV-I rocket, scheduled to make its maiden flight this year, is based on the Russian Angara (pictured)?