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This article or section documents scheduled or expected spaceflights. Details may change as the launch dates approach or more information becomes available. |
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Launches
This is a list of spaceflights scheduled to be launched in 2010.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
| Date/Time (GMT) |
Rocket | Site | LSP | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (GMT) |
Outcome | Remarks |
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| 26 January1 |  Atlas V (401) |
LC-41, Canaveral |
ULA |
SDO |
NASA | Planned: GEO |
Solar research | |||
| April | Delta IV M+ (4,2) |
LC-37B, Canaveral |
ULA |
NRO L-27 |
NRO | |||||
| 22 May | Delta II (7320) |
SLC-2W, Vandenberg |
ULA |
Aquarius |
NASA | Planned: LEO |
Ocean research | |||
| May |  H-IIA 202 |
LA-Y, Tanegashima |
MHI |
PLANET-C |
JAXA | Planned: Cytherocentric |
Observe climate of Venus | |||
| October | Delta II (7920-10) |
SLC-2W, Vandenberg |
ULA |
NPP-Bridge |
NOAA/NASA | Planned: Polar LEO |
Prototype weather satellite | |||
| 2nd Half2 |  Ariane 5-ECA |
 ELA-3, Kourou |
Arianespace |
BSAT-3b |
B-SAT | Planned: GEO |
Comsat | |||
| 2nd Half3 | Ariane 5-ECA (TBC) |
ELA-3, Kourou |
Arianespace |
 Koreasat 6 |
Koreasat | Planned: GEO |
Comsat | |||
| TBD4 | Ariane 5-ECA |
ELA-3, Kourou |
Arianespace |
 Yahsat 1A |
Yahsat | Planned: GEO |
Comsat | |||
| TBD |  Proton-M/Briz-M |
 LC-200/39, Baikonur |
/ILS |
Yahsat 1B |
Yahsat | Planned: GEO |
Comsat | |||
| TBD | Atlas V (401) |
LC-41, Canaveral |
ULA |
SBIRS-GEO 2 |
US Air Force | Planned: GEO |
Infrared surveillance | |||
| TBD | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
LC-39A, Kennedy |
USA |
STS-130 |
NASA | Planned: LEO (ISS) |
Manned orbital flight | |||
 Node 3 |
NASA | Planned: LEO, attached to ISS | ISS module | |||||||
| Cupola |
NASA | Planned: LEO, attached to ISS | ISS module | |||||||
| TBD | Space Shuttle Atlantis5 |
LC-39A, Kennedy |
United Space Alliance |
STS-131 |
NASA | Planned: LEO (ISS) |
Manned orbital flight | ISS logistics, Final flight of Atlantis Final flight of MPLM |
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| /Raffaello |
NASA/ESA | Planned: LEO (ISS) | ISS logistics | |||||||
| TBD | Space Shuttle Discovery |
LC-39A, Kennedy |
United Space Alliance |
STS-132 |
NASA | Planned: LEO (ISS) |
Manned orbital flight | ISS logistics and assembly, Final flight of Discovery | ||
| MRM1 |
RKA | Planned: LEO (ISS) |
ISS module | |||||||
| TBD6 | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
LC-39A, Kennedy |
United Space Alliance |
STS-133 |
NASA | Planned: LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | Final flight of Endeavour Final flight of Space Shuttle programme |
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| ExPRESS 3 |
NASA | Planned: LEO, attached to ISS | ISS logistics rack | |||||||
| ExPRESS 4 |
NASA | Planned: LEO, attached to ISS | ISS logistics rack |
Deep Space Rendezvous in 2010
| Date | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 January | Cassini | 65th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,073 kilometres (667 mi) |
| 28 January | Cassini | 66th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 7,490 kilometres (4,650 mi) |
| 2 March | Cassini | Flyby of Rhea | Closest approach: 100 kilometres (62 mi) |
| 3 March | Cassini | Flyby of Helene | Closest approach: 1,803 kilometres (1,120 mi) |
| 5 April | Cassini | 67th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 7,462 kilometres (4,637 mi) |
| 7 April | Cassini | Flyby of Dione | Closest approach: 504 kilometres (313 mi) |
| 28 April | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 103 kilometres (64 mi) |
| 18 May | Cassini | Flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 201 kilometres (125 mi) |
| 20 May | Cassini | 68th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) |
| 5 June | Cassini | 69th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 2,044 kilometres (1,270 mi) |
| 21 June | Cassini | 70th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 955 kilometres (593 mi) |
| 10 July | Rosetta | Flyby of 21 Lutetia | |
| July-September | MSL | Landing on Mars | |
| December | PLANET-C | Enters Cytherocentric orbit |
- Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, Rhea, Tethys and Titan by Cassini will occur throughout the first half of the year.
References
Generic references:
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
Footnotes
- ^ "NASA - NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions". Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
- ^ Arianespace to launch the BSAT-3b satellite for Japan
- ^ Arianespace To Launch Koreasat 6
- ^ Arianespace to launch Yahsat 1A satellite for United Arab Emirates
- ^ NASASpaceflight.com - Atlantis flying to 2010, Hubble slightly delayed - manifest re-aligned
- ^ Nasa reveals final shuttle dates
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