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Launch Schedule 2010

Date Payload Launcher Launch Site Notes
4 September Gonets D1 M2, Rodnik N3/N4 Rokot / Briz KM CSG Kourou, French Guiana two Russian communications satellites
8 September Progress M-07-M (ISS 39P) Soyuz U Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station
11 September Michibiki (Quasi-Zenith Satellite) H-2A Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan Japanese navigation satellite
15 September BSAT 3b, W3B Ariane 5 CSG Kourou, French Guiana commercial communication satellites
20 September NRO L-41 Atlas V Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA US spy satellite
September Dragon C1 (COTS Demo 1) Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA first test flight of the Dragon spacecraft, duration four and a half hours
September Eros C Start-1 Svobodny, Russia Israeli Earth imaging satellite
September GIOVE A2 Soyuz-FG / Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan demonstration satellite for Galileo navigation system
September HYDROS (Hydrosphere State, ESSP-07)      
September Meridian 3 Soyuz 2.1a / Fregat    
September Space-Based Surveillance System 1 (SBSS 1) Minotaur IV Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA US military surveillance satellite to monitor orbiting satellites; first flight of the Minotaur IV
delayed Chinasat 6A Long March 3B Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China commercial communication satellite
1 October STPSat 2 (STP-S26), FalconSat 5, Fastrac A/B, FASTSat-HSV 01, NanoSail D, O/OREOS, RAX Minotaur IV Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA multiple small experimental and technology satellites
7 October Soyuz TMA-01M ISS 24S Soyuz FG Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan manned transport vessel to the International Space Station
14 October XM-5 Proton Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan radio broadcasting satellite
19 October Globalstar 2 (1-6) Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan six commercial communications satellites
19 October NRO L-32 Delta 4H Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida US spy satellite
27 October Progress M-08-M (ISS 40P) Soyuz U Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station
29 October Cosmo-SkyMed 4 Delta 2 Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA Italian military synthetic aperture radar surveillance satellite
October Chang'e 2 Long March 3A Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China Chinese lunar orbiter
October Geo IK-2 Rokot / Briz KM    
October Lunar Robotic 2 Delta    
October - December NSS 14 Proton Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
October Oko US-K N86 Molniya-M    
October SMEX-12 Small    
October Yubileyniy 2 Rokot / Briz KM    
October Zohreh 1 Soyuz-FG / Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
1 November Space Shuttle Discovery Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA shuttle visit to the International Space Station, delivery of Express Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4) and Permanent Logistics Module (PMM) to ISS
17 November GPS 2F-2 Atlas V Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA navigation satellite
22 November Glory, E1P, HERMES, KySat 1 Taurus XL Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA earth observation satellite (Glory)
30 November Uragan M / Glonass M30/M31/M32 Proton M / Blok DM-2 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan three Russian navigation satellites
November AKS-1/2, AtmoCube, CAPE 1, CubeSat RAFT, Funsat, KatySat 1, KiwiSat, UCISat 1 Dnepr-1 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan multiple small experimental and technology satellites
November Kanopus-V 1, Baumanets 2, Belka 2, Zond-PP Soyuz FG / Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan remote sensing satellite (Kanopus-V 1)
November Ka-Sat Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
November Koreasat 6   CSG Kourou, French Guiana commercial communications satellite
November NRO L-27 Delta-4M+ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida  
November Spektr-R/RadioAstron Zenit 3SLBF / Fregat SB Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan radiotelescope
November TacSat 4 Minotaur 4+ Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA first flight of the Minotaur 4+, experimental military communications satellite
6 December ATV 2 (Johannes Kepler) Ariane 5ES CSG Kourou, French Guiana unmanned supply ship to ISS
9 December Soyuz TMA-20 ISS 25S Soyuz FG Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan manned transport vessel to the International Space Station
10 December ORS 1 Minotaur 1 Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA US military reconnaissance satellite
17 December   Soyuz 2-1a / Fregat CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
25 December Glonass K Soyuz 2-1a / Fregat Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Russian navigation satellite
27 December Progress M-09M (ISS 41P) Soyuz U Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station
December Bissat Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia  
December Elektro-L N1 Zenit-3 / Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan  
December Garpun N-1 Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan military data relay satellite
December Geizer N21 Proton K Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan  
December Hispasat 1-E Ariane 5 CSG Kourou, French Guiana commercial communications satellite
December Intelsat New Dawn Ariane 5 CSG Kourou, French Guiana commercial communications satellite
December Kondor E 1 Strela Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan  
December Monitor IR1 Rokot KM    
December Prognoz N11 Proton K / Blok DM2 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan  
December Resurs-P 1 Soyuz 2-1b Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Russian remote sensing satellite
December Sich-2, RASAT, Edusat, NigeriaSat 2, NigeriaSat X, SpaceQuest (2 satellites) Dnepr 1 Dombarovskiy Launch Site, Yasny, Russia Turkish remote sensing satellite (RASAT), Ukrainian remote sensing satellite (Sich 2M)
December SkyTerra 1 (MSV 1) Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
December Tugsat 1 Dnepr 1    
??? ADM-Aeolus Vega CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? AMC-5R Zenit -3SLB / Blok DM-SLB Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellites
??? Argo (RapidEye 6) Falcon 1 Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands commercial earth observation satellite
??? Cosmo Skymet F-1 Vega CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? Docking Cargo Module (DCM)      
??? GCOM-B1      
??? Hylas     commercial communications satellite
??? IXV (Intermediate Experimental Vehicle) Vega CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? Kanopus-V 2      
??? KazSat-2     commercial communications satellite
??? KEO Ariane 5 CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? Lebed     communications satellite
??? Mars Gravity Biosatellite Falcon I Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands  
??? Metop 1 Soyuz-2    
??? MPE (Multiple Payload Ejector) Falcon    
??? MSG 3 Ariane 5 CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? MSG 4   CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? NRO L-P Delta 4 Heavy    
??? OS-1 Proton Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan  
??? Parom Soyuz-2-3   interorbital tug
??? Pleiades 2 Soyuz 2 CSG Kourou, French Guiana earth observation satellite
??? S2M Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial mobile television broadcast satellite
??? SBIRS H-3 Delta 4 Medium +    
??? Seosat   CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? Sicral 2 Ariane 5 CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? Sirius FM6 Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial radio broadcast satellite
??? SkyTerra 2 (MSV 2) Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
??? SmallSat-01      
??? SPACETECH-09      
??? Spektr-UF Zenit -3M / Fregat-SB Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan ultraviolet astronomical observatory
??? SSOT Soyuz 2 CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? Svea Falcon Ie Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands  
??? Swarm A, Swarm B, Swarm C Vega CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? Venus   CSG Kourou, French Guiana  
??? XSS-12 Delta 2    
??? YahSat 1B Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
??? Yamal 301, Yamal 302 Proton K / Blok DM2 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellites
 



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