2010 Launch Log
by SPACE.com Staff
Date: 02 March 2010 Time: 04:57 PM ET
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A Russian Proton rocket launches three new Glonass navigation satellites into orbit on March 1, 2010 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. CREDIT: TsENKI |
Every major space launch to orbit during the year 2010 is
listed here. Please send any corrections to SPACE.com.
Failures resulting in loss of mission are noted in red.
- January 16: A Chinese Long March 3C rocket launches a
new Beidou ("Compass" in Chinese)
navigation satellite into orbit from Xichange
Space Center in the Sichuan province. 11:12 a.m. EST (1612 GMT). Read
More from Spaceflight Now.
- January 27: A Russian Proton rocket launches the Raduga military communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan. 7:18 p.m. EST (0017 Jan. 28 GMT).
- February 2: A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the
unmanned Progress 36 cargo ship from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, to ferry 2.5 tons of supplies
to the crew of the International Space Station. 10:45 p.m. EST (0345 Feb.
3 GMT). Read
More from Spaceflight Now.
- February 2: Iran announced that it launched a Kavoshgan 3 rocket carrying a space capsule containing
live animals into space. The rocket carried a rat named Helmiz 1, as well as two turtles and a worm, according
to Iran's government-controlled Press TV news. Read
More.
- February 8: NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launches the
STS-130 mission from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to
deliver the Tranquility connecting module and bay window-like Cupola to
the International Space Station. 4:14 a.m. EST (0914 GMT). Read
More. Full
Shuttle Mission Coverage.
- February 11: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket
launched NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory from the Space Launch Complex
41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 10:23 a.m. EST
(1523 GMT). Read
More.
- February 11: An International Launch Services Proton
rocket to launch the new Intelsat 16 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome,
Kazakhstan. 7:39 p.m. EST (0039 GMT Friday). Read
More from Spaceflight Now.
- March 1: A Russian Proton rocket blasts off carrying
three Glonass navigation satellites in a space
shot from Baikonur Cosmodrome,
Kazakhstan. 4:19 p.m. EST (2119 GMT). Read
More from Spaceflight Now.
- March 4: A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket to launch GOES P
(short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite P) for partners
NASA and NOAA in a space shot from Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 0455 GMT (11:55 p.m. EST Thursday), or 12:55 p.m. local time. Read
More.
- March 5: A Chinese Long March 4C rocket launches the Yaogan 9 Earth observation satellite from Jiuquan space launch center in the Gobi desert. Read
More.
- March 20: An International Launch Services Proton rocket launches the EchoStar 14 telecommunications satellite for U.S. direct-to-home broadcaster EchoStar Communications in a space shot from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 1826:57 GMT (2:26:57 p.m. EDT) Read
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- March 29: Australia and the U.S. Air Force test launched a new hypersonic rocket that exceeded Mach 5.5 during flight from Woomera Test Range. Read
More.
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