Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/January 2009

…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)?