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In 2009 several postal stationeries on space thematic were issued in Russia.
Cosmonautic museum in the village of Shorshely.
It is the place of birth of Russian cosmonaut A.Nikolaev (Vostok-3, Soyuz-9).
Print quantity – 11500 copies.
The 100th birth anniversary of academician V.P.Barmin, designer of the launchers for rocket-carriers.
Print quantity – 12000 copies.
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A Music Satellite is in orbit.
On June 30, 2009 at 23.15 (Moscow time) the "Sirius FM5” satellite was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The satellite was delivered to orbit by the "Proton-M” Russian rocket-carrier equipped with the "Breeze-M” booster (upper stage).
The Sirius FM5 mission is the 5th Proton launch of 2009 and the 346th Proton flight overall.
Sirius FM5 is a Communications Satellite. It is a new high-EIRP geostationary satellite launched for Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. It will join the company’s three satellites that broadcast 100% commercial-free music, plus sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data over the United States.
The satellite constellation now provides over 65 music channels with no advertising, over 70 voice channels (e.g., news, sports, commentary, humor, traffic, weather, etc.) and a few television channels to more than 7 million mobile and fixed subscribers. Service is additionally provided throughout Can
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Date: 01.07.2009
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Memorial Museum of Astronautics in Moscow.
In April in Moscow the Memorial Museum of Astronautics was opened after a long reconstruction. It was closed for repairing in 2006. The square of the renovated museum was enlarged in 4 times and now it is about 8 000 square metres. Now there are a lot of new exhibits here. In the museum there is a cinema, a conference hall, a picture gallery, children and youth club of aerospace education, the club of the veterans of cosmonautic, a café. Visitors can enter a full-size copy of the base block of the Mir space station.
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Date: 28.06.2009
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Kosmos-2451 satellite is in orbit.
On May 22, 2009 at 01.53 Moscow time the “Soyuz-2” rocket-carrier equipped with the “Frigate” booster was launched from Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome to orbit the Russian military satellite of the ‘Meridian” type. Having been orbited, the satellite was officially named as the “Kosmos-2451”.
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Date: 19.06.2009
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Kosmos-2450 satellite is in orbit.
On April 29, 2009 at 16.58 UTC the “Soyuz-U” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome to orbit the “Kosmos-2450” Russian military satellite.
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Date: 19.06.2009
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SoyuzTMA-15 docked with the International Space station.
May 29, 2009.
SoyuzTMA-15 docked with the International Space station.
On May 29, 2009 at 12.34 GMT the Russian SoyuzTMA-15 spacecraft docked with the International Space station, beginning Expedition 20 and six-person crew operations.
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SoyuzTMA-15 launch.
May 27, 2009.
SoyuzTMA-15 launch.
On May 27, 2009 at 10.34 GMT the Russian SoyuzTMA-15 spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. 
The crew:
Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, SoyuzTMA-15 Commander;
European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (Belgium), flight-engineer;
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, flight-engineer.
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Astrophilatelic seminar in Sofia.
The “BULGARIA 2009” European Philatelic Exhibition was held in Sofia since 27 May till 31 May 2009. The Exhibition was organized on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of communications and postal stamps in Bulgaria.
The event took place under the honorable patronage of Mr. Georgi Paravanov, President of Republic of Bulgaria.
International support – FIP (Federation Internationale de Philatelie).
International Patronage – European Philatelic Federation (FEPA).
The Exhibition took place at the National Palace of Culture.
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