| 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 |