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 Space Mail for HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.
From December 4th to 6th, 2009 the Club de Monte-Carlo and the OETP (the Monegasque Office for Stamp Issues) organized the MonacoPhil 2009 International Philatelic exhibition. The visitors could see 100 worldwide rarities from 100 world famous collections belonging to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 10 national postal museums, members of the Club de Monte-Carlo. The Exposition also included a collective exhibition devoted to Belgian philately as well as A selection of internationally renowned collections presented by philatelic federations and academies from a variety of countries.
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Soyuz TMA-17 / ISS docking.
On December 23, 2009 at 01:48 Moscow time (on December 22, 2009 at 22:48 UTC) the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft docked with the ISS.
The Soyuz TMA-17 crew, comprising Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, joint the current ISS crew of Russian Maxim Surayev and U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams, who have been on the ISS since early October.
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Date: 23.12.2009
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Soyuz TMA-17 launch.
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On December 21, 2009 the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft was launched at 00:52 (Moscow time) from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.
By UTC the launch was performed on December 20, 2009 at 21:52.
The spacecraft is piloted by commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov; flight-engineer, American astronaut Timothy Creamer and flight-engineer, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi; who are to join the current ISS crew of Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev and U.S. astronaut
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Date: 23.12.2009
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The launch of a French spy satellite.
On December 18 at 16:26 UTC France successfully launched a new spy satellite from French Guiana, using Europe's trusted Ariane 5 rocket.
The Helios 2B spacecraft joins an orbiting fleet of military platforms with optical and infrared imagers to map battlefields, monitor terrorist threats and enforce disarmament and non-proliferation treaties.
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Date: 23.12.2009
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First Moon walk and the ISS.
Soyuz TMA-16 up-to-the station letter.
The letter addressed to cosmonaut Roman Romanenko to the ISS was sent from Austria at the 40th anniversary of the day when the first Man went on the Moon (July 21 in according to European time).
The letter was paid by 3 Austrian postage stamps. 2 of them were issued by the limited edition and can be bought only in a special philatelic booklet.
The letter was postmarked with the ISS official board post mark dated October 02, 2009 the day when the Soyuz TMA-16 docked to the ISS.
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Date: 19.12.2009
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From Bulgaria 2009 to the ISS.
Progress M-67 up-to-the station letter.
The letter, sent from the Bulgaria 2009 European philatelic exhibition from Sofia by registered mail, was addressed to cosmonaut Roman Romanenko to the ISS.
The letter was sent to the home address of Russian cosmonaut-veteran Yuri Romanenko, the father of cosmonaut Roman Romanenko. Then the letter was delivered to the ISS by Progress M-67 unmanned supply spacecraft.
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Date: 19.12.2009
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China launched 2 satellites.
On December 15, 2009 at 02:31 UTC China launched its first public-welfare mini satellite.
Hope I was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province along with a remote-sensing satellite Yaogan VIII both on board a Chang Zheng-4B rocket-carrier.
The Hope I satellite will be used by students in China to study and experience aerospace science and technology.
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Date: 16.12.2009
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Russia launched 3 navigation satellites.
On December 14, 2009 at 10:38 UTC a Proton M booster rocket with three Glonass M navigation satellites was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome.
They were named as Kosmos-2456, Kosmos-2457 and Kosmos-2458.
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Date: 16.12.2009
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American space telescope launch.
On December 14, 2009 at 14:09 UTC a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket successfully boosted the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) space telescope into polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The two-stage rocket-carrier deployed the craft into an orbit 325 miles above Earth. NASA promises to discover millions of objects never seen before and revolutionize our view of the Universe.
The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer will use advanced technologies to scan the sky with the clarity of a modern digital camera to reveal asteroids, comets, brown dwarfs, ultraluminous galaxies and new born stars that humans haven't laid eyes on.
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Date: 16.12.2009
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