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Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 28, 2010, 9:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Eutelsat W3B is a communication satellite to be located at 7 degrees East to provide broadcast and telecommunications accross Europe, the Middle East and Africa. However it took another satellites place, W2M which had failed. Directly after launch however W3B developed a sizeable leak and was declared a total loss. B-SAT 3b is a geostationary communications satellite operated by B-SAT stationed at 110 degrees East, providing high definition direct television services across Japan.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF02

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Oct. 28, 2010, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital
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Soyuz-U | Progress M-08M (40P)

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 27, 2010, 3:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | 6 x Globalstar-2

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 19, 2010, 5:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Globalstar second-generation constellation consists of 24 Low Earth Orbiting satellites for satellite phone and data communications.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-M Briz-M | Sirius XM-5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 14, 2010, 6:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Oct. 10, 2010, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital
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Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-01M

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 7, 2010, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TMA-01M begins expedition 25 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri alongside Flight Engineers, Oleg Skripochka (RSA) & Scott Kelly (NASA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 16 March 2011, 7:54 UTC

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 4B | Shijian 6G & Shijian 6H

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 6, 2010, 12:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Long March 3C | Chang'e 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 1, 2010, 10:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Molniya-M/2BL | US-K 86

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 2010, 5:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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