Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/September 2009

…that 2008 in spaceflight saw an increase in orbital launch rates for the third year in a row?
…that Iran conducted its first indigenous launch on 2 February 2009, with a Safir and the Omid spacecraft?
…that the South Korean launch system Naro-1, which made its first flight on 25 August 2009, is based on the Russian Angara (pictured)?