List of orbital rocket launches (2010)

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This list shows all 74 launchers starts and -startversuche of 2010 on, where an Earth orbit or escape path should be achieved. Atmospheric and suborbital test flights are not included. Manned missions and missile first flights are shown in bold .

Start list

January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

Date ( UTC )	Missile type	Launch site	payload	Type / purpose	COSPAR ID
January 2010
Jan 16, 2010 4:12 pm	China People's Republic CZ-3C	Xichang 2	Beidou-2 G1	navigation	01A
Jan 28, 2010 12:18 am	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 81/24	Raduga-1M	communication	02A
February 2010
Feb 3, 2010 3:45 am	Russia Soyuz-U	Baikonur 1/5	Progress M-04M	ISS supply	03A
Feb 8, 2010 9:14 am	United States Space Shuttle Endeavor United States	KSC 39A	STS-130 Tranquility Cupola	manned ISS mission ISS module ISS module	04A
Feb 11, 2010 3:23 pm	United States Atlas V (401)	CCAFS 41	SDO	Solar research	05A
Feb 12, 2010 12:39 am	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	Luxembourg Intelsat 16	communication	06A
March 2010
March 1, 2010 9:19 PM	Russia Proton / Blk.D	Baikonur 1/5	Glonass-M	3 × navigation	07A , 07C , 07B
March 4, 2010 11:57 PM	United States Delta IV	CCAFS 37B	GOES-P	Weather satellite	08A
March 5, 2010 4:55 am	China People's Republic CZ-4C	Jiuquan S-2	Yaogan 9	3 × Earth observation , reconnaissance 3 ×	09A , 09B , 09C
March 20, 2010 6:27 PM	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	United States EchoStar 14	broadcast	10A
April 2010
April 2, 2010 4:04 am	Russia Soyuz-FG	Baikonur 1/5	Soyuz TMA-18	manned ISS mission	11A
April 5, 2010 10:21 am	United States Space Shuttle Discovery United States	KSC 39A	STS-131	manned ISS mission	12A
April 8, 2010 1:57 pm	Ukraine Russia Dnepr	Baikonur 109/95	European space agency CryoSat-2	research	13A
April 15, 2010 10:57 am	India GSLV Mk II	SHAR 2	GSAT-4	TE / communication	Failure
April 16, 2010 3:00 p.m.	Russia Soyuz-U	Plesetsk 16/2	Jantar-4K2M No. 6 ( Kosmos 2462)	enlightenment	14A
April 22, 2010 11:52 pm	United States Atlas V (501) first flight 501	CCAFS 41	X-37 OTV-1	military. Space glider	15A
April 24, 2010 11:19 am	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	United States SES-1	broadcast	16A
April 27, 2010 1:05 am	Russia Kosmos-3M last flight	Plesetsk 132/1	Parus 99 ( cosmos 2463)	Military navigation	17A
April 28, 2010 5:15 pm	Russia Soyuz-U	Baikonur 1/5	Progress M-05M	ISS supply	18A
May 2010
May 14, 2010 6:20 pm	United States Space Shuttle Atlantis United States	KSC LC-39	STS-132	manned ISS mission	19A
May 20, 2010 9:58 PM	Japan H-IIA (202)	TNSC Y1	Akatsuki Unitec-1 Ikaros other payloads	Venus probe Venus probe technology testing 3 university projects ◻	20D, 20F, 20E, 20A , 20B , 20C
May 21, 2010 10:01 PM	France Europe Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Luxembourg Astra 3B COMSATBw-2 Germany	Broadcasting military communications	21A 21B
May 28, 2010 3:00 am	United States Delta IV	CCAFS 37B	GPS 2F-1	navigation	22A
June 2010
June 2, 2010 1:59 am	Russia Rockot	Plesetsk 133/3	Japan Servis 2	Technology testing	23A
June 2, 2010 3:53 PM	China People's Republic CZ-3C	Xichang 2	Beidou-2 G3	navigation	24A
June 3, 2010 22:00	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	Saudi Arabia BADR-5	broadcast	25A
June 4, 2010 6:45 PM	United States Falcon 9 maiden flight	CCAFS 40	Dragon demonstrator	Test flight to the ISS	26A
June 10, 2010 8:01 am	Korea South Naro (KSLV)	Naro	STSAT-2B	TE / astronomy	Failure
June 15, 2010 1:39 AM	China People's Republic CZ-2D	Jiuquan S-2	Shijian-12	Technology testing	27A
June 15, 2010 2:42 pm	Ukraine Russia Dnepr	Jasny 370/13	France Picard prism Sweden	Solar research 2 × TE	28A, 28B , 28F
June 15, 2010 9:35 pm	Russia Soyuz-FG	Baikonur 1/5	Soyuz TMA-19	manned ISS mission	29A
June 21, 2010 2:14 am	Ukraine Russia Dnepr	Baikonur 109/95	Germany TanDEM-X	Earth observation	30A
June 22, 2010 7:00 p.m.	Israel Shavit	Palmachim	Ofeq 9	enlightenment	31A
June 26, 2010 9:41 PM	France Europe Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Saudi Arabia Arabsat 5A COMS 1 Korea South	Communication weather satellite	32B 32A
June 30, 2010 3:35 pm	Russia Soyuz-U	Baikonur 1/5	Progress M-06M	ISS supply	33A
July 2010
July 10, 2010 6:40 pm	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	United States EchoStar 15	broadcast	34A
July 12, 2010 3:52 am	India PSLV-CA	SHAR 2	Cartosat-2B Studsat Alsat-2A AISSat 1 TIsat-1 Algeria Norway Switzerland	Earth observation university project ◻ Earth observation TE / AIS university project ◻	35A 35B 35D 35C 35E
July 31, 2010 9:30 pm	China People's Republic CZ-3A	Xichang 3	Beidou-2 IGSO1	navigation	36A
August 2010
Aug 4, 2010 8:59 PM	France Europe Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Egypt Nilesat 201 Rascom-QAF 1R Mauritius	Communication communication	37A 37B
Aug 9, 2010 10:49 PM	China People's Republic CZ-4C	Taiyuan 9	Yaogan 10	Earth observation, reconnaissance	38A
Aug 14, 2010 11:07 am	United States Atlas V (531) first flight 531	CCAFS 41	AEHF 1	communication	39A
Aug. 24, 2010 7:10 am	China People's Republic CZ-2D	Jiuquan S-2	Tianhui	Earth observation	40A
September 2010
Sep 2 2010 00:53	Russia Proton-M / Blk.D	Baikonur 81/24	Glonass-M	3 × navigation	41C , 41B , 41A
4th Sep 2010 4:14 pm	China People's Republic CZ-3B	Xichang 2	Chinasat 6A	broadcast	42A
8 Sep 2010 3:30	Russia Rockot	Plesetsk 133/3	Gonets-M2 Strela-3 No. 142 Rodnik-S No. 3	Communication military communication military communication	43A 43B 43C
Sep 10 2010 10:22	Russia Soyuz-U	Baikonur 31/6	Progress M-07M	ISS supply	44A
Sep 11 2010 11:17 am	Japan H-IIA (202)	TNSC Y1	Michibiki	navigation	45A
21 Sep 2010 4:03 am	United States Atlas V (501)	VAFB 3E	NROL-41	enlightenment	46A
22 Sep 2010 02:42	China People's Republic CZ-2D	Jiuquan S-2	Yaogan 11 Zheda Pixing 1B Zheda Pixing 1C	Earth observation, reconnaissance, technology testing, technology testing	47A 47B 47C
26 Sep 2010 4:41 am	United States Minotaur IV first flight	VAFB 8	SBSS	Space surveillance	48A
Sep 30 2010 5:01 pm	Russia Molnija-M last flight	Plesetsk 16/2	Cosmos 2469	enlightenment	49A
October 2010
Oct 1, 2010 10:59 am	China People's Republic CZ-3C	Xichang 2	Chang'e-2	Lunar probe	50A
Oct 6, 2010 12:49 AM	China People's Republic CZ-4B	Taiyuan 9	Shijian 6G, 6H	2 × research	51A , 51B
Oct 7, 2010 11:10 PM	Russia Soyuz-FG	Baikonur 1/5	Soyuz TMA-01M	manned ISS mission	52A
Oct 14, 2010 6:53 PM	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 81/24	United States XM-5	broadcast	53A
Oct 19, 2010 5:11 pm	Russia Soyuz-2 / Fri	Baikonur 31/6	United States6 × Globalstar	communication	54F , 54B , 54E , 54C ...
Oct 27, 2010 3:11 PM	Russia Soyuz-U	Baikonur 1/5	Progress M-08M	ISS supply	55A
Oct 28, 2010 9:51 pm	France Europe Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	France Eutelsat W3B BSAT 3b Japan	Communication broadcasting	56A 56B
Oct 31, 2010 4:26 pm	China People's Republic CZ-3C	Xichang 2	Beidou-2 G4	navigation	57A
November 2010
Nov 2, 2019 00:59	Russia Soyuz-2 / Fri	Plesetsk 43/4	Meridian-3	communication	58A
Nov 4, 2010 6:37 pm	China People's Republic CZ-4C	Taiyuan 9	Fengyun 3B	Weather satellite	59A
Nov 6, 2010 2:20 am	United States Delta II 7420-10C	VAFB 2W	Italy Cosmo-SkyMed 4	Earth observation	60A
Nov 14, 2010 5:29 PM	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	Canada SkyTerra-1	communication	61A
Nov 20, 2010 1:25 am	United States Minotaur IV HAPS	Kodiak 1	STPSat 2 Fastsat Fastrac 1 , 2 Falconsat 5 O / OREOS RAX NanoSail D2	Technology Verification Technology Experiment 2 × TE / amateur radio TE / Research TE / Research ◻ research ◻ TE ◻	62A 62D 62F , 62M 62E 62C 62B 62L
Nov 21, 2010 10:58 pm	United States Delta IV	CCAFS 37B	NROL-32	enlightenment	63A
Nov 24, 2010 4:09 pm	China People's Republic CZ-3A	Xichang 3	Zhongxing-20A	communication	64A
Nov 26, 2010 6:39 pm	France Europe Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Luxembourg Intelsat 17 Hylas 1 United Kingdom	Communication communication	65B 65A
December 2010
Dec. 5, 2010 10:25 am	Russia Proton / Blk.D	Baikonur 81/24	Glonass-M	3 × navigation	Failure
Dec 8, 2010 3:43 pm	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Dragon C1 more payloads	ISS supply (test flight) 8 Cubesats ◻	66A, 66C , 66B , 66F , 66E ...
Dec 15, 2010 7:09 pm	Russia Soyuz-FG	Baikonur 1/5	Soyuz TMA-20	manned ISS mission	67A
Dec 17, 2010 8:20 pm	China People's Republic CZ-3A	Xichang 3	Beidou-2 IGSO2	navigation	68A
Dec 25, 2010 10:34 am	India GSLV Mk I	SHAR 2	GSAT-5P	communication	Failure
Dec. 26, 2010 9:51 pm	Russia Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	France KA-Sat	communication	69A
Dec 29, 2010 9:27 pm	France Europe Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Spain Hispasat 1E Koreasat 6 Korea South	Communication broadcasting	70A 70B

Type / purpose: The abbreviation “TE” stands for “Technologieerprobung”, ie testing new satellite technology ; the ◻ symbol indicates CubeSats . See Satellite Types for further explanation.

Failures

↑ During the first flight of the rocket version GSLV Mk II, the engine of the new cryogenic upper stage did not ignite (according to The Hindu ). The payload did not enter Earth orbit.
↑ 137 seconds after take off, the missile exploded.
↑ During the first flight of a new version of the Blok-D upper stage, no earth orbit was reached. Roscosmos states that the step was too heavy because too much fuel was filled in because of a misstatement in the manual.
↑ Due to a deviation from the path of the rocket, its self-destruct was triggered one minute after it took off.

Web links

Worldwide launch log - Spaceflight Now
Space Exploration in 2010 - Russian Space Web (English)
Orbital Launches of 2010 - Gunter's Space Page (English)
Space Launch Report 2010 (English)

[1] During the first flight of the rocket version GSLV Mk II, the engine of the new cryogenic upper stage did not ignite (according to The Hindu ). The payload did not enter Earth orbit.

[2] 137 seconds after take off, the missile exploded.

[3] During the first flight of a new version of the Blok-D upper stage, no earth orbit was reached. Roscosmos states that the step was too heavy because too much fuel was filled in because of a misstatement in the manual.

[4] Due to a deviation from the path of the rocket, its self-destruct was triggered one minute after it took off.