2011 in spaceflight

2011 in spaceflight
	The Space Shuttle, scheduled for retirement in 2011
Orbital launches
First	20 January
Total	15
Successes	13
Failures	2
Rockets
Maiden flights	Zenit-3F
Crewed flights
Orbital	2
Total travellers	9
	v; t; e;

The year 2011 will see a number of significant events in spaceflight, including the final flight of the Space Shuttle on June 2011, after which it will be retired after over 30 years in service, and the maiden flights of the Zenit-3F, Simorgh, Vega, Taurus II, and Soyuz-2.1v rockets.

In March, the MESSENGER probe became the first artificial satellite of the planet Mercury. In July, the Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to become the first artificial satellite of the asteroid 4 Vesta.

Launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
20 January 12:29:01	Zenit-3F			Baikonur Site 45/1		Roskosmos

		Elektro-L No.1	Roskosmos	Planned: Geostationary Current: transfer	Weather	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Zenit-3F
20 January 21:10^[2]	Delta IV-H			Vandenberg SLC-6		United Launch Alliance

		USA-224 (Improved Crystal)	NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 49, first Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg^[1]
22 January 05:37:57^[3]	H-IIB 304			Tanegashima LA-Y2		Mitsubishi

		Kounotori 2 (HTV-2)	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	30 March	Successful
22 January	Terrier-Oriole			Wallops Island		MDA

		Aegis Radar Test	MDA	Suborbital	Radar target	22 January	Successful
		Aegis Radar target, not intercepted, Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 January 01:31:41	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M-09M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	In orbit	Operational
		ARISSat-1	RAS Corp.,NASA,RSC Energia	Low Earth	Amateur radio op.	In orbit	Operational
28 January^[4]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat		NASA

		FIRE	Colorado	Suborbital	Astronomy	28 January	Successful
February
1 February 14:00	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS

		Geo-IK-2 No.11	VKS	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Launch failure
		Upper stage malfunctioned,^[5] reached lower orbit than planned
5 February^[4]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat		NASA

		Polar NOx	VPI	Suborbital	Geospace	5 February	Successful
6 February 12:26	Minotaur I			Vandenberg SLC-8		Orbital

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		NRO Launch 66
16 February 21:50 ^[6]	Ariane 5 ES			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Johannes Kepler ATV	ESA	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	In orbit	Operational
22 February 06:30				Point Mugu		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	22 February	Successful
		Ballistic missile target, intercepted by Arrow-2
22 February	Arrow-2			San Nicolas		Israel Aerospace Industries

			IAI/Israeli Defense Forces	Suborbital	ABM Test	22 February	Successful
		USFT-4, successful intercept
24 February 21:53:24	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-133	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	9 March 16:57:17	Successful
		Leonardo (PMM)^[7]	ASI/NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS module	In orbit	Operational
		ExPRESS-4	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	In orbit	Operational
		Manned flight, final flight of Discovery.
26 February 03:07	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN

		Glonass-K1	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
March
1 March	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Nevada (SSBN 733), Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO-22)
2 March	Juno			Fort Wingate LC-96		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	2 March	Successful
		Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successful intercept
4 March 10:09:43	Taurus-XL 3110			Vandenberg LC-576E		Orbital Sciences

		Glory	NASA	Planned: Sun-synchronous	Climatology	4 March	Launch failure
		KySat-1	Kentucky Space	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Hermes	Colorado	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Explorer-1 [PRIME]	Montana	Planned: Low Earth	Radiation
		All payloads CubeSats except Glory, which would be part of the A-train constellation. Fairing failed to separate.
5 March 22:46	Atlas V 501			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		Boeing X-37B OTV-2 FLT-1	US Air Force	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
9 March	ARAV-B (Terrier-Oriole)			Kauai		MDA

		STSS-Test	MDA	Suborbital	STSS Radar target	9 March	Successful
		tracked by STSS-Satellite
11 March	Dhanush			INS Subhadra Indian Ocean		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Successful
11 March	Prithvi II			Integrated Test Range IC-3		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	11 March	Successful
11 March 23:38	Delta IV-M+ (4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		NRO L-27	NRO	Planned: Geosynchronous		In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 27
15 March	Kavoshgar			Semnan		ISA

		Kavoshgar-4	ISA	Suborbital	Biological	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
16 March	ARAV-B (Terrier-Oriole)			Kauai		MDA

		STSS-Test	MDA	Suborbital	STSS Radar target	16 March	Successful
		tracked by both STSS-Satellites
23 March	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		SDO calibration	Colorado	Suborbital	Geospace	23 March	Successful
29 March ^[8]	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		TEXUS-49	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	29 March	Successful
April
4 April, 22:18:20^[9]^[10]	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-21	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Expedition 27/28	In orbit	Operational
9 April 20:47:04	Long March 3A			Xichang		CNSA

		Compass-IGSO3	CNSA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
14 April 04:24	Atlas V 411^[11]			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance

		NRO L-34	NRO	Low Earth		In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 34
20 April ^[12]^[13]^[14]	PSLV			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO

		Resourcesat-2	ISRO	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
		YouthSat	ISRO/MGU	Planned: Low Earth	Scientific
		X-Sat	CREST	Planned: Low Earth
22 April^[15]^[16]^[17]	Ariane 5 ECA^[18]			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Yahsat 1A	Yahsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		New Dawn^[19]	Intelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
27 April	Soyuz-U			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress M-10M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
29 April	Space Shuttle Endeavour			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-134	NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
		AMS-02^[7]	NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component
		ExPRESS-3	NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		Manned flight, final flight of Endeavour.
TBD	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133		VKS

		Gonets-M No.3	Gonets	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Gonets-M No.4	Gonets	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Strela-3/Rodnik	VKS	Planned: Low Earth	Communications
		Yubileyniy 2	NPO PM	Planned: Low Earth	Amateur radio Technology
TBD	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN

		Glonass-M	VKS	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
TBD	Long March 3B			Xichang		CNSA

		Compass-M2	CNSA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
		Compass-M3	CNSA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
April	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		Sich-2	NKAU	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
		NigeriaSat-2	NASRDA	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
		NX	NASRDA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Rasat	TÜBİTAK	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
		EduSat	GAUSS	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		AprizeSat-5	LatinSat	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		AprizeSat-6	LatinSat	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		PQ-Gemini++ 1	Micro-Space	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		PQ-Gemini++ 2	Micro-Space	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		PQ-Gemini++ 3	Micro-Space	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		PQ-Gemini++ 4	Micro-Space	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		BPA-2	Hartron-Arkos	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
April	PSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		GSAT-12	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
April^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			Boston	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
April^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			JHU	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
April/May	Nike-Improved Orion			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		MAPHEUS-3	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity
TBD	Terrier-Improved Malmute			WFF		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Test flight
TBD	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			Colorado	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
TBD	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Solar
TBD^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			Wisconsin	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
TBD	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			Boston	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
TBD^[20]	Safir			Semnan		ISA

		Rasad	ISA	Low Earth	Optical imaging
		Fajr	ISA	Low Earth
May
3 May	Zenit-3F			Baikonur Site 45/1		Roskosmos

		Spektr-R (RadioAstron)	Roskosmos	Planned: High Earth	Radio astronomy
5 May	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		SBIRS-GEO 1	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Missile defence
5 May	Minotaur IV+			Kodiak LP-1		Orbital Sciences

		TacSat-4	US Air Force	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
7 May	Soyuz-FG/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		Kanopus V-1	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
		BelKA-2	NASRB	Planned: Low Earth	Imaging
		Zond-PP		Planned: Low Earth	Technology Remote sensing
		Baumanets-2	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		TET-1	DLR	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		ADS-1b	ExactEarth	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		First Belarusian satellite
19 May ^[21]^[22]	Ariane 5ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		ST-2	SingTel/Chunghwa	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		INSAT-4G/GSAT-8^[23]	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
20 May	Minotaur I			MARS LP-0B		Orbital Sciences

		ORS-1	ORSO	Planned: Low Earth
20 May ^[24]	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace

		Student experiments		Suborbital	Technology
30 May	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-02M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth orbit (ISS)	ISS Expedition 28/29
May	Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
May	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		ViaSat-1	ViaSat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
May	PSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		Megha-Tropiques^[25]	ISRO/CNES	Planned: Low Earth	Climatology
May^[26]	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Telstar 14R	Telesat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
May	Long March 4B			Taiyuan		CNSA

		Hai Yang 2A	CAST	Low Earth	Oceanography
June
9 June	Delta II 7320			Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance

		SAC-D	CONAE/NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Oceanography
		Final flight of Delta II 7300 series, spacecraft carrying NASA Aquarius instrument
21 June	Soyuz-U			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress M-11M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
23 June	Delta IV-M+ (4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		GPS IIF SV-5	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
28 June^[27]	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-135	NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
		Raffaelo MPLM	NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		Manned flight, final flight of Atlantis. Final flight of Space Shuttle and programme.
29 June^[28]	Ariane 5ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Astra 1N	SES Astra	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R	BSAT/JSAT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
June	Proton-M/DM-03			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Glonass-M	VKS	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
		Glonass-M	VKS	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
		Glonass-M	VKS	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
June	Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
June	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			USC	Planned: Suborbital	Solar
June	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			CalTech	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
June	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			NRL	Planned: Suborbital	Solar
June	Black Brant VB			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Geospace
June	Black Brant VB			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Geospace
June	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Geospace
June	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Geospace
June	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

			Colorado	Planned: Suborbital	Student experiments
June/July	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		Kompsat-5	KARI	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
Second quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services

		SES-4	SES World Skies	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Second quarter	Zenit-3SLB			Baikonur Site 45/1		Land Launch

		Intelsat 18	Intelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Second quarter	Long March 3B			Xichang		CNSA

		Chinasat-10	China Satcom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
First half	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		RVSN

		Geo-IK-2 No.2	VKS	Low Earth	Geodesy
First half	Long March 3C			Xichang LA-2		CNSA

		Tianlian 2	CNSA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		SES-3	SES World Skies	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		KazSat-2		Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
First half	Long March 2F/G			Jiuquan LA-4		CNSA

		Tiangong 1	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth	Space station
		Maiden flight of Long March 2F/G, first Chinese space station
July
15 July	Falcon 9			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Dragon C2	SpaceX/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Test spacecraft
		Orbcomm-2 F1	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		COTS Demo 2,^[29] ISS rendezvous
July	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Telkom-3	PT Telkom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		Ekspress MD-2	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
July	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		LARES	ASI	Planned: Low Earth	Geodesy
		SwissCube-2	EPFL	Planned: Low Earth	Atmospheric
		Xatcobeo^[30]	Vigo/INTA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		UNICubeSAT^[30]	Rome	Planned: Low Earth	Atmospheric
		Robusta^[30]	Montpellier	Planned: Low Earth	Radiation
		AtmoCube^[30]	Trieste	Planned: Low Earth	Ionospheric
		e-st@r^[30]	Torino	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		OUFTI-1^[30]	Liège	Planned: Low Earth	Amateur radio
		Goliat^[30]	Bucharest	Planned: Low Earth	Imaging/Radiation
		PW-Sat^[30]	Warsaw	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Maiden flight of Vega rocket, all payloads CubeSats except LARES, first Romanian and Polish satellites
July	Zenit-3SLB			Baikonur Site 45/1		Land Launch

		TBD	TBD	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
July	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			SWRI	Planned: Suborbital	Solar
July	Nike-Improved Orion			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		PHOCUS	Stockholm/SSC	Planned: Suborbital	Atmospheric
July/August	Long March 2F/H			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1		CNSA

		Shenzhou 8	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth (Tiangong 1)	Technology
		Maiden flight of Long March 2F/H, unmanned flight
August
5 August 16:10-17:40	Atlas V 551			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		Juno	NASA	Planned: Joviocentric	Jupiter orbiter
14 August	Long March 3B			Xichang LA-2		CNSA

		PakSat-1R	SUPARCO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
30 August	Soyuz			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress M-12M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
August	Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Globalstar-2	Globalstar	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
August	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Ekspress AM-4	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
August^[4]	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Student experiments
August	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			Colorado	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
September
8 September 12:35:52 or 13:14:35	Delta II 7920H			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		United Launch Alliance

		GRAIL-A	NASA	Planned: Selenocentric	Lunar Orbiter
		GRAIL-B	NASA	Planned: Selenocentric	Lunar Orbiter
		Final scheduled launch of Delta II Heavy and final scheduled Delta II launch from Cape Canaveral
30 September	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-22	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth orbit (ISS)	ISS Expedition 29/30
September	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Luch 5A	Roskosmos	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		Amos-5	SCL	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
30 September	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-22	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth orbit (ISS)	ISS Expedition 29/30
September	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch

		TBD	TBD	Geosynchronous	Communication
September	Soyuz-STA/Fregat-MT			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Pléiades-HR 1	CNES	Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging
		SSOT	MDN	Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging
		ELISA-1	CNES/DGA	Planned: Low Earth	ELINT
		ELISA-2	CNES/DGA	Planned: Low Earth	ELINT
		ELISA-3	CNES/DGA	Planned: Low Earth	ELINT
		ELISA-4	CNES/DGA	Planned: Low Earth	ELINT
		First Soyuz launch from Kourou
Third quarter	Ariane 5ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Arabsat 5C	Arabsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		TBD	TBD	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Third Quarter	Long March 3B			Xichang LA-2		CNSA

		Eutelsat W3C	Eutelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
September^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			JHU	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
October
8 October	Falcon 9			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Dragon C3	SpaceX/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
		COTS Demo 3, first commercial resupply flight to the ISS
25 October 09:47:35-09:57:35	Delta II 7920-10			Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance

		NPP-Bridge	NASA/NOAA	Planned: Low Earth	Weather Technology
		LightSail-1	TPS	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Final scheduled flight of Delta II rocket and Thor family
26 October	Soyuz			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress M-13M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
October	Terrier-Orion			Andøya		NASA

		CHAMPS	Colorado	Planned: Suborbital	Geospace
October	Terrier-Orion			Andøya		NASA

		CHAMPS	Colorado	Planned: Suborbital	Geospace
October^[4]	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

			Virginia	Planned: Suborbital	Student research
October^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			Colorado	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
October^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			California-Berkeley	Planned: Suborbital	Solar
October^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			MIT	Planned: Suborbital	Astrophysics
October	Nike-Improved Orion			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
October	Super Loki-Dart			Andøya		Andøya

		WADIS-1	IAP	Planned: Suborbital
November
1 November	H-IIA			Tanegashima LA-Y1		Mitsubishi

		GCOM-W1	JAXA/NASA	Planned: Sun-synchronous	Earth science
		Arirang-3	KARI	Planned: Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing
		SDS-4	JAXA	Planned: Sun-synchronous	Technology
		Horyu-2	KIT	Planned: Sun-synchronous	Technology Amateur radio
8 November	Zenit-3F			Baikonur Site 45/1		Roskosmos

		Fobos-Grunt	Roskosmos	Planned: Areocentric	Phobos sample return
		Yinghuo-1	CNSA	Planned: Areocentric	Mars orbiter
		If successful, first successful Russian interplanetary mission following its separation from the Soviet Union^[31] First Chinese Mars probe
25 November 14:21	Atlas V 541			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		Curiosity (MSL)	NASA	Planned: Heliocentric	Mars Rover
		Maiden flight of Atlas V 541
30 November	Soyuz			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-03M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth orbit (ISS)	ISS Expedition 30/31
November	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Luch 5B	Roskosmos	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		Yamal-300K	Gazprom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
November	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		QuetzSat-1	SES Satellite Leasing	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		Intended for lease to QuetzSat
November	Long March 4B			Taiyuan		CNSA

		CBERS-3	CASC/INPE	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
November	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch

		TBD	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communication
November	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		TEXUS-48	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity
November	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		MASER-12	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity
November/December	VS-30/Improved Orion			Ny-Aalesund		Andøya

		ICI-3 (CanoRock 4)	Oslo/Andøya	Suborbital	Atmospheric
December
6 December	Delta IV-H			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		NRO L-15	NRO
		NRO Launch 15
7 December	Falcon 9			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Dragon CRS1	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
		First flight of Commercial Resupply Services programme
14 December	Taurus II			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences

		Cygnus 1	Orbital Sciences/NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Test flight
		Maiden flight of Taurus II and Cygnus spacecraft, COTS demonstration
27 December	Soyuz			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress M-14M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
December	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133		VKS

		Gonets-M No.5	Gonets	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Gonets-M No.6	Gonets	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Gonets-M No.7	Gonets	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
December	Long March 3B			Xichang LA-2		CNSA

		NigComSat-1R	NIGCOMSAT/NSRDA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
December^[4]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital	Astrophysics
Fourth Quarter	Soyuz-2.1b			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Resurs-P No.1	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
Fourth quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Astra 4B	SES Astra	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Sirius FM-6	Sirius XM	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Yahsat 1B	Yahsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Intelsat 23	Intelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky		ISC Kosmotras

		Lomonosov	MGU	Planned: Low Earth	Astronomy
Fourth quarter	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky		ISC Kosmotras

		STSAT-3	KARI	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
Fourth quarter	Soyuz-2.1v			Plesetsk		RVSN

		TBD		Low Earth
		Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1v
Fourth quarter	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN

		Glonass-K1	VKS	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
Second half	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		AsiaSat 7	AsiaSat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Second half	TBD			Kourou

		SES-2	SES World Skies	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	Soyuz-STA/Fregat-MT			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo-IOV 1	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation/Technology
		Galileo-IOV 2	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation/Technology
TBD	Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo-IOV 3	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
		Galileo-IOV 4	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
TBD	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN

		Glonass-M	VKS	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
TBD	Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN

		Meridian 4	VKS	Planned: Molniya	Communication
TBD	Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		SkyTerra-2	SkyTerra	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Garpun	VKS	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	Strela			Baikonur Site 175/59		Roskosmos

		Kondor-E	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Imaging^[32]
TBD	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS

		Parus	VKS	Planned: Low Earth	Navigation/Communication
		Final flight of Kosmos-3M
TBD	H-IIA			Tanegashima LA-Y1		Mitsubishi

		IGS-5	CSICE	Planned: Low Earth	Imaging
TBD	PSLV			Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		RISAT-1	ISRO	Planned: Low Earth	Radar imaging^[33]
TBD	Long March 3B			Xichang LA-2		CNSA

		Compass-M4	CNSA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
		Compass-M5	CNSA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
TBD	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-4		CNSA

		Shijian 9	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
TBD	Long March 2C			Jiuquan LA-4		CNSA

		Shijian 10	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
TBD	Long March 2C			Taiyuan		CASC

		Huan Jing 1C	CNSA	Planned: Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing
TBD	Long March 3A			Xichang		CNSA

		Feng Yun 2F	CNSA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Weather
TBD	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

			Wisconsin–Madison	Planned: Suborbital	Astronomy
TBD	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

			NASA	Planned: Suborbital

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Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
9 January	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 January	Cassini	3rd flyby of Rhea	Closest approach: 76 kilometres (47 mi)^[34]
15 February	Stardust (NExT)	Flyby of Tempel 1	Closest approach: 181 kilometres (112 mi). Observed changes since Deep Impact flyby and crater created by Deep Impact impactor, as well as new terrain.
18 February	Cassini	74th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3,651 kilometres (2,269 mi)
18 March	MESSENGER	Mercurocentric orbit injection	First artificial satellite of Mercury
19 April	Cassini	75th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 10,053 kilometres (6,247 mi)
8 May	Cassini	76th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,873 kilometres (1,164 mi)
20 June	Cassini	77th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,359 kilometres (844 mi)
21 July	Dawn	Vestiocentric orbit injection	First artificial satellite of 4 Vesta
12 September	Cassini	78th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 5,821 kilometres (3,617 mi)
1 October	Cassini	14th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 99 kilometres (62 mi)
19 October	Cassini	15th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 1,231 kilometres (765 mi)
6 November	Cassini	16th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 496 kilometres (308 mi)
12 December	Cassini	3rd flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 99 kilometres (62 mi)
13 December	Cassini	79th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3,586 kilometres (2,228 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
21 January 10:05	5 hours 23 minutes	15:49	Expedition 26 ISS Pirs	Dmitri Kondratyev Oleg Skripochka	Prepared the Poisk module for future dockings.^[35]
16 February 13:15	6 hours 23 minutes	18:15	Expedition 26 ISS Pirs	Dmitri Kondratyev Oleg Skripochka
28 February 15:46	6 hours 34 minutes	22:20	STS-133 ISS Quest	Steve Bowen Alvin Drew	Removed the failed coolant pump and routed a power extension cable
2 March 15:41	6 hours 14 minutes	21:55	STS-133 ISS Quest	Steve Bowen Alvin Drew	Removed or repaired thermal insulation, swapped out an attachment bracket on Columbus, installed a camera assembly on Dextre. installed a light on a cargo cart.

Orbital launch summary

By country

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
Europe	1	1	0
Japan	1	1	0
People's Republic of China	1	1	0
Russia/ CIS	5	4	1
United States	7	6	1

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
Ariane	Europe	1	1	0
Atlas	United States	2	2	0
Delta	United States	2	2	0
Energia	Ukraine/ Russia	1	1	0
H-II	Japan	1	1	0
Long March	People's Republic of China	1	1	0
Minotaur	United States	1	1	0
R-7	Russia	3	3	0
Space Shuttle	United States	1	1	0
Pegasus	United States	1	0	1
Universal Rocket	Russia	1	0	1

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	1	1	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	2	2	0
Delta IV	United States	Delta	2	2	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-II	1	1	0
Long March 3	People's Republic of China	Long March	1	1	0
Minotaur I	United States	Minotaur	1	1	0
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	3	3	0
Space Shuttle	United States	Space Shuttle	1	1	0
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	1	0	1
Taurus	United States	Pegasus	1	0	1
Zenit	Ukraine	Energia	1	1	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ES	Europe	Ariane 5	1	1	0
Atlas V 411	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0
Atlas V 501	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0
Delta IV-H	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-IIB	1	1	0
Long March 3A	People's Republic of China	Long March 3	1	1	0
Minotaur I	United States	Minotaur I	1	1	0
Rokot/Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	1	0	1
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat	Russia	Soyuz	1	1	0
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	1	1	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	1	1	0
Space Shuttle	United States	Space Shuttle	1	1	0
Taurus-XL	United States	Taurus	1	0	1
Zenit-3F	Ukraine/ Russia	Zenit	1	1	0	Maiden flight

By launch site

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	3	3	0
Cape Canaveral	United States	3	3	0
Kourou	France	1	1	0
Plesetsk	Russia	2	1	1
Tanegashima	Japan	1	1	0
Vandenberg	United States	4	3	1
Xichang	People's Republic of China	1	1	0

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures
Low Earth	11	9	2
Medium Earth	1	1	0
Geosynchronous/transfer	3	3	0

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Footnotes

^ "Largest-Ever Rocket, With Secret Payload, Launched On West Coast". CBS Radio. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ "United Launch Alliance Launches First West Coast Delta IV Heavy Mission". United Launch Alliance. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
^ "Launch Result of H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 with KOUNOTORI2 (HTV2) Onboard". JAXA. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Blue Book" (PDF). NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
^ "Военный спутник, запущенный на "Рокоте", скорее всего, утрачен" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "Mission Update - Ariane 5 opens a busy year of Arianespace missions with the milestone launch of another Automated Transfer Vehicle for Europe". Arianespace. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b Bergin, Chris (2009-02-11). "Downstream shuttle planning: CLFs, AMS noted, MAF working on extra ETs". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
^ http://www.ssc.se/?id=5104&cid=20300
^ http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Launch_Of_New_ISS_mission_Slated_For_April_5_999.html
^ http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=0a08c854ce74e81ae441a64af079363a&topic=1133.1380
^ http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/69/
^ http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=6270
^ http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/06/stories/2011030653081200.htm
^ http://netindian.in/news/2011/04/09/00012411/isro-launch-pslv-c16-resourcesat-2-two-other-satellites-apr-20
^ http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/780.asp
^ http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Final_Countdown_Is_Underway_For_Second_Ariane_5_Flight_Of_2011_999.html
^ http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp
^ Arianespace to launch Yahsat 1A satellite for United Arab Emirates
^ "Mission Update - Maintaining the pace: a second Ariane 5 arrives in French Guiana for launch in 2011". Arianespace. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ "Iran to launch three domestically-built satellites by 2012". News.Az. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/772.asp
^ http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp
^ http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Two_Ariane_5_And_One_Soyuz_Flights_Are_Now_Being_Prepared_999.html
^ http://www.upaerospace.us.com/
^ "MEGHA-TROPIQUES: Announcement of Opportunity" (PDF). Indian Space Research Organisation. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ http://www.ilslaunch.com/mission-control/mission-telstar-14r
^ "NASA sets final space shuttle mission for June 28". www.space-travel.com. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp
^ Schaub, Michael B. "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC/Honeywell TSI. Retrieved 2008-11-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "ESA Announces Vega CubeSat Selection". Education Office. European Space Agency. 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
^ "PolyU preparing for a Sino-Russian interplanetary space mission". Aviation & Aerospace. Domain-B. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
^ Vladimir Kirillov. "Russia on the Market of High Resolution Space Images". Moscow Defense Brief. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
^ "Earth Observation System". Indian Space Research Organisation. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
^ "2011 Saturn Tour Highlights". NASA. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
^ "Crew Completes First Expedition 22 Spacewalk". NASA. January 15, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2010.

[cbslosangeles-1] "Largest-Ever Rocket, With Secret Payload, Launched On West Coast". CBS Radio. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[2] "United Launch Alliance Launches First West Coast Delta IV Heavy Mission". United Launch Alliance. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[3] "Launch Result of H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 with KOUNOTORI2 (HTV2) Onboard". JAXA. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

[Bluebook-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Blue Book" (PDF). NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

[RIAN-RokotFailure-5] "Военный спутник, запущенный на "Рокоте", скорее всего, утрачен" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[6] "Mission Update - Ariane 5 opens a busy year of Arianespace missions with the milestone launch of another Automated Transfer Vehicle for Europe". Arianespace. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

[NSF-downstream-7] Bergin, Chris (2009-02-11). "Downstream shuttle planning: CLFs, AMS noted, MAF working on extra ETs". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 2009-02-16.

[8] ttp://www.ssc.se/?id=5104&cid=20300

[9] ttp://www.space-travel.com/reports/Launch_Of_New_ISS_mission_Slated_For_April_5_999.html

[10] ttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=0a08c854ce74e81ae441a64af079363a&topic=1133.1380

[11] ttp://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/69/

[12] ttp://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=6270

[13] ttp://www.hindu.com/2011/03/06/stories/2011030653081200.htm

[14] ttp://netindian.in/news/2011/04/09/00012411/isro-launch-pslv-c16-resourcesat-2-two-other-satellites-apr-20

[15] ttp://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/780.asp

[16] ttp://www.space-travel.com/reports/Final_Countdown_Is_Underway_For_Second_Ariane_5_Flight_Of_2011_999.html

[17] ttp://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp

[Yahsat1A-18] Arianespace to launch Yahsat 1A satellite for United Arab Emirates

[newdawn-19] "Mission Update - Maintaining the pace: a second Ariane 5 arrives in French Guiana for launch in 2011". Arianespace. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[newsaziran-20] "Iran to launch three domestically-built satellites by 2012". News.Az. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[21] ttp://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/772.asp

[22] ttp://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp

[23] ttp://www.space-travel.com/reports/Two_Ariane_5_And_One_Soyuz_Flights_Are_Now_Being_Prepared_999.html

[24] ttp://www.upaerospace.us.com/

[megha-25] "MEGHA-TROPIQUES: Announcement of Opportunity" (PDF). Indian Space Research Organisation. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[26] ttp://www.ilslaunch.com/mission-control/mission-telstar-14r

[finalshuttle-27] "NASA sets final space shuttle mission for June 28". www.space-travel.com. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[28] ttp://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp

[MSDB-29] Schaub, Michael B. "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC/Honeywell TSI. Retrieved 2008-11-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[VegaPL-30] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "ESA Announces Vega CubeSat Selection". Education Office. European Space Agency. 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

[31] "PolyU preparing for a Sino-Russian interplanetary space mission". Aviation & Aerospace. Domain-B. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

[32] Vladimir Kirillov. "Russia on the Market of High Resolution Space Images". Moscow Defense Brief. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

[33] "Earth Observation System". Indian Space Research Organisation. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

[34] "2011 Saturn Tour Highlights". NASA. Retrieved 2011-02-24.

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v t e ← 2010 Orbital launches in 2011 2012 →
January	Elektro-L No.1 USA-224 Kounotori 2 Progress M-09M (Kedr)
February	Kosmos 2470 USA-225 Johannes Kepler ATV STS-133 (Leonardo) Kosmos 2471
March	Glory, Explorer-1 [Prime], KySat-1, Hermes USA-226 USA-227
April	Soyuz TMA-21 Compass-IGSO3 USA-229 Resourcesat-2, YouthSat, X-Sat Yahsat 1A, New Dawn Progress M-10M
May	Meridian 4 USA-230 STS-134 (AMS-02, ELC-3) Telstar 14R ST-2, GSAT-8 / INSAT-4G
June	Soyuz TMA-02M SAC-D Rasad 1 ChinaSat 10 Progress M-11M Kosmos 2472 USA-231
July	Shijian XI-03 STS-135 (Raffaello, PSSC-2) Tianlian I-02 Globalstar M083, Globalstar M088, Globalstar M091, Globalstar M085, Globalstar M081, Globalstar M089 GSAT-12 SES-3, KazSat-2 USA-232 Spektr-R Compass-IGSO4 Shijian XI-02
August	Juno Astra 1N, BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R Paksat-1R Hai Yang 2A Sich 2, NigeriaSat-2, NigeriaSat-X, RASAT, EduSAT, AprizeSat-5, AprizeSat-6, BPA-2 Ekspress-AM4 Shijian XI-04 Progress M-12M
September	GRAIL-A , GRAIL-B Zhongxing-1A Kosmos 2473 Arabsat 5C, SES-2 IGS Optical 4 Atlantic Bird 7 TacSat-4 Tiangong-1 QuetzSat 1
October	Kosmos 2474 / GLONASS-M 742 Intelsat 18 Eutelsat 16A Megha-Tropiques, SRMSAT, VesselSat-1, Jugnu ViaSat-1 Galileo-IOV FM1 , Galileo-IOV FM2 NPP, AubieSat-1, DICE-1, DICE-2, M-Cubed, RAX-2 Progress M-13M Shenzhou 8
November	Kosmos 2475 , Kosmos 2476 , Kosmos 2477 Fobos-Grunt , Yinghuo-1 Yaogan 12 , Tian Xun-1 Soyuz TMA-22 Shiyan Weixing 4 , Chuang Xin 1C AsiaSat 7 Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) Kosmos 2478 Yaogan 13
December	Compass-IGSO5 Amos-5, Luch 5A IGS Radar 3 Pléiades-HR 1A, SSOT, ELISA 1, ELISA 2, ELISA 3, ELISA 4 NigComSat-1R Soyuz TMA-03M Ziyuan-1C Meridian 5 Globalstar M080, Globalstar M082, Globalstar M084, Globalstar M086, Globalstar M090, Globalstar M092
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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