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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF01
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
Oct. 10, 2010, noon
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-01M
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur 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
Long March 4B | Shijian 6G & Shijian 6H
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 6, 2010, 12:49 a.m.
Long March 3C | Chang'e 2
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 1, 2010, 10:59 a.m.
Molniya-M/2BL | US-K 86
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 2010, 5:01 p.m.
Minotaur IV | SBSS (USA-216)
Orbital ATK | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 26, 2010, 4:41 a.m.
Long March 2D | Yaogan-11, Zheda Pixing 1B & Zheda Pixing 1C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 22, 2010, 2:42 a.m.
Atlas V 501 | NROL-41 (USA-215)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 21, 2010, 4:03 a.m.
H-IIA 202 | Michibiki (QZS-1)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sept. 11, 2010, 11:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a three-satellite regional time transfer system and the satellite-based augmentation system for the GPS that would be receivable within Japan. The primary purpose of QZSS is to increase the availability of GPS in Japan's numerous urban canyons, where only satellites at very high elevation can be seen. A secondary function is performance enhancement, increasing the accuracy and reliability of GPS derived navigation solutions. A single satellite weighs about 4000 kg, has an expected lifetime of 15 years and is put in a elliptical, highly inclined geosynchronous orbit.
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
Soyuz-U | Progress M-07M (39P)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 10, 2010, 10:22 a.m.
