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Launch History 2010

Date Payload Launcher Launch Site Notes
16 January BeiDou-3 (Compass-G1) Long March 3C Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China Chinese navigation satellite
28 January Raduga 1M-2 Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Russian military communications satellite
3 February Progress M-04M (ISS 36P) Soyuz U Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station
8 February Space Shuttle Endeavour ISS-32-20A Shuttle Endeavour (STS-130) the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA shuttle visit to the International Space Station, delivery of Node 3 and Cupola to ISS
11 February SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) Atlas V Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA space weather research satellite
12 February Intelsat 16 Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
1 March Uragan M / Glonass M24/M25/M26 Proton M / Blok DM-2 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan three Russian navigation satellites
4 March GOES-P Delta 4M+ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA meteorological satellite
5 March Yaogan 9 Long March 4C Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Kansu Province, China Chinese military reconnaissance satellite
21 March Echostar 14 Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial broadcast satellite
2 April Soyuz TMA-18 ISS 22S Soyuz FG Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan manned transport vessel to the International Space Station
5 April Space Shuttle Discovery ISS-33-19A Shuttle Discovery (STS-131) the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA shuttle visit to the International Space Station, delivery of Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) and Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC) to ISS
8 April Cryosat 2 Dnepr 1 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan European satellite to monitor changes to polar ice
15 April GSAT 4 GSLV D3 Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India launch failure – problem with 3rd stage. Indian experimental communications satellite
16 April Kobalt-M (Cosmos 2462) Soyuz U Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Russian optical military reconnaissance satellite
22 April X-37B F-1 (OTV-1) Atlas 5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA test flight of USAF prototype Orbital Test Vehicle space plane
24 April SES 1 Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
27 April Parus N99 Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Russian military navigation satellite
28 April Progress M-05M (ISS 37P) Soyuz U Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station
14 May Space Shuttle Atlantis ISS-34-ULF4 Shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA shuttle visit to the International Space Station, delivery of Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) and Mini Reserach Module (MRM 1) to ISS
20 May Venus Planet Orbiter Akatsuki (Planet-C), Ikaros, KSAT, Negai, UNITEC-1, Waseda-SAT2 H-2A Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan interplanetary probe to Venus (Akatsuki), solar sail demonstrator (Ikaros), technology microsatellites (KSAT, Negai, UNITEC-1, Waseda-SAT2)
21 May Astra 3B, ComSat BW-2 Ariane 5ECA CSG Kourou, French Guiana commercial communications satellite (Astra 3B), military communications satellite (ComSat BW-2B)
28 May GPS 2F-1 Delta 4 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA navigation satellite
2 June Servis 2 Rokot / Briz KM Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Japanese technology satellite
2 June BeiDou-2 (Compass-G3) Long March 3C Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China Chinese navigation satellite
3 June Badr 5 (Arabsat 5B) Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
4 June Dragon Qualification Unit Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA test launch; first flight of the Falcon 9
10 June STSAT 2B KSLV-1 Naro Space Center, Goheung, South Jeolla Province, South Korea launch failure – exploded 137 seconds into flight; Korean technology satellite
15 June Shijian 12 Long March 2D Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Kansu Province, China Chinese technology satellite
15 June Picard, Prisma-Mango, Prisma-Tango Dnepr 1 Dombarovskiy Launch Site, Yasny, Russia climate research satellite (Picard), technology demonstrator satellite pair (Prisma)
15 June Soyuz TMA-19 ISS 23S Soyuz FG Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan manned transport vessel to the International Space Station
21 June TanDEM-X Dnepr-1 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite
22 June Ofeq 9 Shavit 2 Palmahim Air Base, Israel Israeli military reconnaissance satellite
26 June Arabsat 5A, COMS 1 Ariane 5ECA CSG Kourou, French Guiana commercial communications satellites
30 June Progress M-06M (ISS 38P) Soyuz U Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station
10 July Echostar 15 Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite
11 July Cartosat 2, AISSat-1, AlSat-2A, STUDSAT, Tisat-1 PSLV Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India Indian remote sensing satellite (Cartosat 2B), Algerian remote sensing satellite (AlSat-2A), technology satellites (AISSat-1, STUDSAT, Tisat-1)
31 July BeiDou 2 IG1 (Compass-IG1) Long March 3A Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China Chinese navigation satellite
4 August Nilesat 2, Rascom-QAF 1R Ariane 5ECA CSG Kourou, French Guiana television broadcast satellite (Nilesat 2), commercial communications satellite (Rascom-QAF 1R)
9 August Yaogan 10 Long March 4C Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, Shanxi Province, China Chinese military reconnaissance satellite
14 August AEHF 1 (Advanced Extremely High Frequency 1) Atlas 5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA US military communications satellite
24 August TianHui 1 Long March 2D Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Kansu Province, China Chinese earth observation satellite
2 September Uragan M / Glonass M27/M28/M29 Proton M / Blok DM-2 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan three Russian navigation satellites
 



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