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2010
July 10: An InternationalLaunch Services Proton rocket will launch the new EchoStar 15 communicationssatellite from the Central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.2:40 p.m. EDT (1840 GMT).
July 18: A United States AirForce Minotaur 4 rocket to launch the first satellite in a planned Space-BasedSurveillance System in a mission to blast off from Space Launch Complex 8 atthe Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 12:41-12:55 a.m. (0441-0455 GMT).
July 27: India's PolarSatellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to launch the Cartosat 2B Earth-observationsatellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. 11:53 p.m.EDT (0353 GMT).
July 30: A United LaunchAlliance Atlas 5 rocket to launch the U.S. military's Advanced Extremely HighFrequency 1 (AEHF 1) communications satellite into orbit from Space LaunchComplex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
August 3: An ArianespaceAriane 5 rocket to launch the new Rascom-QAF 1R and Nilesat 201 from GuianaSpace Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
August31:A Russian-built Proton booster to loft three new Glonass navigation satellitesinto orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
communicationssatellites from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
August: Japan's workhorseH-2A rocket to launch the new Michibiki satellite, formerly as the Quasi-ZenithSatellite, to boost Global Positioning Satellite services in Japan. 9:54-10:54a.m. EDT (1354-1454 GMT).
August: An InternationalLaunch Services Proton rocket to loft the SkyTerra 1 mobile communicationssatellite from the Central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
*NET LateAugust:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the company's second such booster, to launch thefirst Dragon spacecraft on a 4 1/2-hour demonstration flight (Dragon C1)? to blastoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station inFlorida.
September1: AUnited States Air Force Minotaur 4 rocket to launch the Space Test Program S26mission, which includes multiple payloads from the USAF, NASA and others, fromKodiak Island in Alaska. ?
September7: AUnited Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to launch a classified reconnaissancesatellite (NROL-41) for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg AirForce Base in California.
September8: ARussian Soyuz rocket to launch the unmanned Progress 39 cargo ship fromBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver new supplies to the crew of theInternational Space Station.
September: An Arianespace Soyuzrocket to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to orbit six newGlobalstar mobile communications satellites.
September: An ArianespaceAriane 5 rocket to launch the W3B and BSAT 3b communications satellites forEutelsat and Japan from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
October 8: A Russian-builtSoyuz rocket to launch three new crewmembers to the International Space Stationaboard a new digital Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft blasting off from BaikonurCosmodrome, Kazakhstan to boost the outpost's Expedition 24 crew.
October19:A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket to liftoff from Space LaunchComplex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying theclassified NROL-32 spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
October27:A Russian Soyuz rocket to launch the unmanned Progress 40 cargo ship fromBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver new supplies to the crew of theInternational Space Station.
October 29: A United LaunchAlliance Delta 2 rocket to launch the COSMO-SkyMed 4 radar satellite for Italyfrom Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 10:21-10:34 p.m. EDT (0221-0234Oct. 30 GMT).
October 29: A Russian-UkranianDnepr rocket to launch several satellites for Nigeria, Turkey, the Universityof Rome and others from Yasny launch base in Russia.
October: A Chinese Long March3A rocket to launch the new Chang'e 2 spacecraft ? the country's second lunarorbiter ? from Xichang Space Center in the Sichuan province.
FourthQuarter:?A Russian Rockot booster to launch two additions to the Gonets satellitecommunications network from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
FourthQuarter:?A Zenit 3F rocket to launch the Russian Spektr R radio astronomy observatoryfrom Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
FourthQuarter:An Arianespace Soyuz rocket to launch on its debut flight from a brand-newlaunch pad at Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana to send the Hylascommunications satellite into orbit for Avanti Communications of the UnitedKingdom.
*NET November1:The space shuttle Discovery will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center inFlorida on what is expected to be the final space shuttle flight in history todeliver a huge shelf of spare parts and a cargo module that has been refittedto serve as a permanent storage module on the International Space Station. 4:33p.m. EDT (2033 GMT).
November17:A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket to liftoff from Space Launch Complex37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying the GPS 2F-2 globalpositioning system satellite for the U.S. Air Force.
November22:An Orbital Sciences-built Taurus rocket to blast off from Vandenberg Air ForceBase in California to launch the Glory Earth-watching satellite to monitorEarth's black carbon and aerosol levels in the atmosphere and otherclimate-related phenomena. 5:09 a.m. EST (1009 GMT).
November30:An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket to launch the new Automated Transfer Vehicle 2(ATV-2) Johannes Kepler, an unmanned cargo ship to deliver supplies to theInternational Space Station, from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
November: A Minotaur 4 rocketto launch the new TacSat-4 demonstration satellite from Kodiak Island inAlaska.
December1: AUnited Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket to liftoff from California'sVandenberg Air Force Station carrying the classified NROL-49 spy satellite forthe U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
December10:A Russian-built Soyuz rocket to launch three new crewmembers to theInternational Space Station aboard a Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft blasting off fromBaikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan to boost the outpost's Expedition 25 crew.
December10:A Minotaur 1 rocket to launch the Operationally Responsive Space 1 satellitefrom Wallops Island, Virginia.
December27:A Russian Soyuz rocket to launch the unmanned Progress 41 cargo ship fromBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver new supplies to the crew of theInternational Space Station.
Early2011:An Arianespace-managed Soyuz 2-1b rocket to launch two Galileo navigationsatellites for the European Galileo navigation system from Guiana Space Centerin Kourou, French Guiana.
Early2011:An Arianespace-managed Soyuz 2-1a rocket to launch its second mission fromGuiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, this one to orbit the Pleiades 1Earth-observation satellite as well as four ELISA electronic intelligencesatellites and Chile's SSOT remote-sensing spacecraft.
*NETFebruary:The third Falcon 9 rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) tolaunch the second Dragon test flight (Dragon C2) from Space Launch Complex 40at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
*NET February26, 2011:NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is slated to launch the STS-134 mission to theInternational Space Station to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, abillion-dollar experiment, as well as vital supplies and spare parts.
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