2010_in_spaceflight

2010 in spaceflight

This article or section documents scheduled or expected spaceflights.
Details may change as the launch dates approach or more information becomes available.

Contents

1 Launches

2 Deep Space Rendezvous in 2010

3 References

3.1 Footnotes

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights scheduled to be launched in 2010.

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Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Remarks
11 February	Space Shuttle Atlantis^[1]	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	United Space Alliance	STS-131	NASA	Planned: LEO, docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	ISS logistics, Final flight of Atlantis
				Raffaello MPLM	NASA	Planned: LEO, docked to ISS	ISS logistics
				MRM1	RKA	Planned: LEO, attached to ISS	Russian build cargo module
8 April	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	United Space Alliance	STS-132	NASA	Planned: LEO, docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	ISS logistics and assembly, Final flight of Discovery Final ISS assembly mission
				Node 3	NASA	Planned: LEO, attached to ISS	ISS module
				Cupola	NASA	Planned: LEO, attached to ISS	ISS module
31 May^[2]	Space Shuttle Endeavour	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	United Space Alliance	STS-133	NASA	Planned: LEO, docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	Final flight of Endeavour Final flight of Space Shuttle programme
				ExPRESS 3	NASA	Planned: LEO, attached to ISS	ISS logistics rack
				ExPRESS 4	NASA	Planned: LEO, attached to ISS	ISS logistics rack
22 May	Delta II 7320	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	United Launch Alliance	Aquarius	NASA	Planned: LEO	Ocean research
May (TBC)	H-IIA 202	Tanegashima	MHI	PLANET-C	JAXA	Planned: Heliocentric, then Cytherocentric	Observe climate of Venus
Second Half^[3]	Ariane 5ECA	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	BSAT-3b	B-SAT	Planned: GEO	Comsat
TBD^[4]	Ariane 5ECA	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	Yahsat 1A	Yahsat	Planned: GEO	Comsat
TBD	Proton-M/Briz-M	LC-200/39, Baikonur	/ILS	Yahsat 1B	Yahsat	Planned: GEO	Comsat

Deep Space Rendezvous in 2010

Date	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
12 January	Cassini	65th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,073 kilometres (667 mi)
28 January	Cassini	66th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 7,490 kilometres (4,650 mi)
2 March	Cassini	Flyby of Rhea	Closest approach: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3 March	Cassini	Flyby of Helene	Closest approach: 1,803 kilometres (1,120 mi)
5 April	Cassini	67th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 7,462 kilometres (4,637 mi)
7 April	Cassini	Flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 504 kilometres (313 mi)
28 April	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 103 kilometres (64 mi)
18 May	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 201 kilometres (125 mi)
20 May	Cassini	68th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
5 June	Cassini	69th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,044 kilometres (1,270 mi)
21 June	Cassini	70th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 955 kilometres (593 mi)
10 July	Rosetta	Flyby of 21 Lutetia
July-September	MSL	Landing on Mars
December	PLANET-C	Enters Cytherocentric orbit

Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, Rhea, Tethys and Titan by Cassini will occur throughout the first half of the year.

References

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Footnotes

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