Satellite Launch Schedule 2010
Satellite Launch Schedule 2010
Date
Payload
Launcher
Launch Site
Notes
8 September Gonets D1 M2, Rodnik N3/N4 Rokot / Briz KM Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia 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 20 September NRO L-41 Atlas V Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA US spy satellite 26 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 September Chinasat 6A Long March 3B Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China commercial communication satellite 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 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 BSAT 3b, W3B Ariane 5 CSG Kourou, French Guiana commercial communication satellites October Chang'e 2 Long March 3A Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China Chinese lunar orbiter October 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 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 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 Geo IK-2 Rokot / Briz KM 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 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 delayed TacSat 4 Minotaur 4+ Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA first flight of the Minotaur 4+, experimental military communications satellite 13 December Soyuz TMA-20 ISS 25S Soyuz FG Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan manned transport vessel to the International Space Station 16 December ATV 2 (Johannes Kepler) Ariane 5ES CSG Kourou, French Guiana unmanned supply ship to ISS 17 December Soyuz 2-1a / Fregat CSG Kourou, French Guiana 25 December Glonass K Soyuz 2-1a / Fregat Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Russian navigation satellite 28 December SkyTerra 1 (MSV 1) Proton M / Briz M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan commercial communications satellite December Bissat Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia 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 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 ??? Sudansat 1 Dnepr-1 ??? 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
