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2010 in spaceflight

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Field	Value
year	2010
image	SpaceX Dragon COTS-1 launch.jpg
caption	The Dragon capsule's maiden launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on 8 December 2010.
first	16 January
last	29 December
total	74
success	70
failed	4
partial	0
catalogued	70
maidens	Atlas V 501
Atlas V 531
Falcon 9 v1.0
GSLV Mk. II
Minotaur IV
retirements	Delta II 7420
Molniya-M
Kosmos-3M
orbital	7
totalcrew	31

Atlas V 531 Falcon 9 v1.0 GSLV Mk. II Minotaur IV Molniya-M Kosmos-3M

The year 2010 saw a number of notable events in worldwide spaceflight activities. These included the first test flight of the SpaceX Dragon commercial resupply spacecraft, which is intended to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), and the maiden flights of the Falcon 9 and Minotaur IV rockets. In June 2010, South Korea conducted a second Naro-1 launch, after the failure of the rocket's maiden flight in 2009; however, the second attempt also failed. The Kosmos-3M was retired from service, making its final flight in April. The Molniya-M was also retired from service, making its final flight in September.

Overview

The first suborbital launch of 2010 was conducted at 23:00 GMT on 10 January, when a Black Brant IX sounding rocket was launched as a target for the Boeing YAL-1 airborne-laser platform. On 11 January, China conducted an ABM test, involving two missiles. The first orbital launch occurred at 16:12 UTC on 16 January, when a Long March 3C launched the Compass-G1 navigation satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.

Seventy-four orbital launches were attempted in 2010, with seventy being successful and four ending in failure. The last orbital launch was made on 29 December, when an Ariane 5ECA launched the Hispasat-1E and Koreasat 6 spacecraft from Guiana Space Centre, near Kourou.

Space exploration

Akatsuki, the first Japanese mission to Venus, was launched on an H-IIA carrier rocket in May. It is intended to look for lightning and volcanoes on Venus. Despite a successful launch, the spacecraft failed to enter Cytherocentric orbit in December, but it managed to enter the orbit around Venus five years later in December 2015. IKAROS, the first operational solar sail, was launched on the same rocket as Akatsuki.

The first Japanese asteroid probe, Hayabusa, returned to Earth on 13 June, having landed on 25143 Itokawa in an effort to collect samples. It was also the world's first successful sample return mission from an asteroid.

On 1 October at 10:59:57 UTC, China successfully launched the Chang'e-2 spacecraft, the nation's second mission to explore the Moon. A Long March 3C rocket was used for the launch, which occurred from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The spacecraft conducted a mission similar to that of the earlier Chang'e-1 spacecraft, but with a focus on mapping potential landing sites in preparation for the Chang'e-3 uncrewed lunar lander.

Crewed spaceflight

Seven crewed launches were planned for 2010, with three Space Shuttle missions and four Soyuz flights for International Space Station (ISS) crew rotation. STS-130, using orbiter Endeavour, was the first crewed flight of the year, launching on 8 February with the Tranquility node and Cupola for the ISS. On 5 April, Discovery launched on mission STS-131, with the Leonardo MPLM to resupply the outpost.

Soyuz TMA-18 launched the Expedition 23 crew to the ISS on 2 April; it was scheduled to spend around six months docked to the station to facilitate crew escape in an emergency. Shortly before, Soyuz TMA-16 undocked, transporting former ISS crewmembers back to Earth. On 14 May, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on its second-to-last flight, STS-132, carrying the Rassvet module to the ISS. Soyuz TMA-19 launched with Expedition 24 on 15 June. Soyuz TMA-01M, the first flight of a modernised Soyuz-TMA spacecraft, launched on 8 October with the Expedition 25 crew for the ISS. Then, to end the year, Expedition 26 launched aboard Soyuz TMA-20 on 15 December.

Launch failures

Four orbital launch failures occurred in 2010, two affecting Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicles, one affecting a Naro-1 rocket, and one affecting a Proton rocket. The first occurred on 15 April, when the GSLV Mk.II launched on its maiden flight. The rocket's third stage malfunctioned, resulting in the stage, and the GSAT-4 satellite, failing to achieve orbit and falling into the sea. The second failure occurred during the second launch of the Naro-1 rocket, carrying the STSAT-2B spacecraft. The rocket exploded 137 seconds into the flight.

The third failure occurred on 5 December, when a Proton-M with the first Blok DM-03 upper stage failed to inject three Glonass-M satellites into orbit. Before launch, the Blok DM was fuelled incorrectly, resulting in the rocket being too heavy to reach its parking orbit. The fourth failure occurred on 25 December 2010, when a GSLV Mk.I exploded during the launch of GSAT-5P. The rocket was destroyed by range safety, after control of the liquid-fuelled boosters attached to the first stage was lost.

Orbital launches

January

February

|- |d-date = 1 July |d-time = 14:40

|d-date = 22 February |d-time = 03:22

March

|- (Glonass-M 731) (Glonass-M 732) (Glonass-M 735)

April

|- |d-date = 25 September |d-time = 05:23

|d-date = 20 April |d-time = 13:08:35 | d-span = 2 |d-span = inherit

Navigation |d-date = 15 April

|d-date = 21 July

|d-date = 3 December |d-time = 09:16

Communications

|d-date = 15 November |d-time = 09:35:39

May

|- |d-date = 26 May |d-time = 12:48:11

Actual: Heliocentric, corrected to Cytherocentric |d-date = 15 August |d-date = 28 June – 14 July |d-date = 26 June

June

|d-date = 27 June |d-time = 00:50

|d-time = +137 seconds

|d-date = 26 November |d-time = 04:46:53

Meteorology Oceanography

|d-date = 6 September |d-time = 12:53:20

July

August

Actual: GTO Operational

September

|- (Glonass-M 736) (Glonass-M 737) (Glonass-M 738)

|d-date = 20 February 2011 |d-time = 16:12

Space surveillance

|d-date = 15 October 2022

October

|- |trans-title=Su 1 a fall by the csc

|d-date = 16 March 2011 |d-time = 07:54

|d-date = 24 January 2011

Actual: GTO

November

|d-date = 17 September 2011

December

|d-date = 24 May 2011 |d-time = 02:27

|d-date = 25 December

Suborbital flights

|d-date = 10 January

|d-date = 11 January

|d-date = 14 January

|d-date = 15 January

|d-date = 27 January

|d-date = 30 January

|d-date = 3 February

|d-date = 4 February

|d-date = 7 February

|d-date = 9 February

|d-date = 12 February

|d-date = 15 February

|d-date = 17 February

|d-date = 4 March

|d-date = 15 March

|d-date = 22 March

|d-date = 26 March |d-time=13:55

|d-date = 27 March

|d-date = 27 March |d-date = 27 March |d-date = 27 March

|d-date = 28 March

|d-date = 22 April

|d-date = 3 May

|d-date = 6 May

|d-date = 8 May

|d-date = 17 May

|d-date = 21 May

|d-date = 6 June

|d-date = 8 June

|d-date = 9 June

|d-date = 16 June

|d-date=24 June

|d-date = 30 June

|d-date = 10 July

|d-date = 11 July

|d-date = 27 July

|d-date = 30 July

Technology |d-date=4 August

|d-date = 6 August

|d-date = 23 August

/Shizuoka |d-date = 30 August

|d-date=17 September

|d-date=21 September |d-time = 13:23

|d-date = 6 October

|d-date=7 October

|d-date = 21 October

|d-date = 27 October

|d-date=28 October

|d-date = 28 October

|d-date=29 October

|d-date = 29 October

|d-date = 25 November

|d-date = 4 December

|d-date = 5 December

|d-date = 6 December

|d-date = 10 December

|d-date = 12 December

|d-date = 12 December |d-time=12:51

|d-date = 13 December

|d-date = 15 December

|d-date = 19 December

|d-date=21 December

|d-date = 22 December

Deep space rendezvous

Date	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
12 January	Cassini	65th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1073
28 January	Cassini	66th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 7490
31 January	Artemis P1	Lunar flyby	Closest approach: 11992 at 08:13 UTC
1 February	Artemis P2	Lunar flyby	Closest approach: 69222 at 14:44 UTC
13 February	Artemis P1	Lunar flyby	Closest approach: 2958 at 10:06 UTC
13 February	Cassini	Flyby of Mimas	Closest approach: 9520
16 February	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 991
22 February	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 574
25 February	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 398
28 February	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 226
1 March	Artemis P2	Lunar flyby	Closest approach: 68036 at 04:11 UTC
2 March	Cassini	2nd flyby of Rhea	Closest approach: 100
3 March	Cassini	Flyby of Helene	Closest approach: 1803
3 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 67
7 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 107
10 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 286
13 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 476
16 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 662
19 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 848
23 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 1341
26 March	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 1304
28 March	Artemis P2	Lunar flyby	Closest approach: 9366 at 07:34 UTC
5 April	Cassini	67th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 7462
7 April	Cassini	2nd flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 504
28 April	Cassini	9th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 103
18 May	Cassini	10th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 201
20 May	Cassini	68th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1400
5 June	Cassini	69th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2044
13 June	Hayabusa	First sample return mission from asteroid	Sample canister successful recovered to Earth
21 June	Cassini	70th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 955
7 July	Cassini	71st flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1005
10 July	Rosetta	Flyby of 21 Lutetia	Closest approach: 3100{{cite web	title = Mysterious Asteroid Unmasked By Space Probe Flyby	date = 10 July 2010
13 August	Cassini	11th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 2554
25 August	Artemis P1	LL2 orbit insertion
24 September	Cassini	72nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 8175
6 October	Chang'e 2	Lunar orbit insertion
16 October	Cassini	Flyby of Pallene	Closest approach: 36000
22 October	Artemis P2	LL1 orbit insertion
4 November	Deep Impact	Flyby of Hartley 2	Closest approach: 700
11 November	Cassini	73rd flyby of Titan
30 November	Cassini	12th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 47.9
7 December	Akatsuki	1st flyby of Venus	Cytherocentric orbit insertion failure
Closest approach: 550
8 December	IKAROS	Flyby of Venus	Closest approach: 80800
21 December	Cassini	13th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 50
December	Shin'en	Flyby of Venus	not confirmed.

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

EVAs

Start date/time	Duration	End time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
14 January
10:05	5 hours
44 minutes	15:49	Expedition 22
ISS Pirs	RUS Oleg Kotov
RUS Maksim Surayev	Prepared the Poisk module for future dockings.
12 February
02:17	6 hours
32 minutes	08:49	STS-130
ISS Quest	USA Robert L. Behnken
USA Nicholas Patrick	Removed a protective cover on a port on the Unity node where Tranquility was berthed halfway through the spacewalk. The pair then transferred a spare parts platform for the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator from the shuttle to the station. Once that task is completed Behnken and Patrick made several connections on the newly installed Tranquility node to begin its activation.
14 February
02:20	5 hours
54 minutes	08:14	STS-130
ISS Quest	USARobert L. Behnken
USANicholas Patrick	Installed ammonia plumbing and connectors between Unity, Destiny and Tranquility and covered them with thermal insulation. Prepared the nadir port on Tranquility for the relocation of the Cupola, and installed handrails on the exterior of Tranquility.
17 February
02:15	5 hours
48 minutes	08:03	STS-130
ISS Quest	USARobert L. Behnken
USANicholas Patrick	Installed additional ammonia plumbing between Unity and Tranquility, removed insulation and launch locks from the Cupola, installed additional handrails on the exterior of Tranquility and performed get-ahead tasks to support the installation of a Power Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF) on the exterior of Zarya with cable installation on Unity and the S0 truss.
9 April
05:31	6 hours
27 minutes	11:58	STS-131
ISS Quest	USA Richard Mastracchio
USA Clayton Anderson	Relocated new an ammonia tank from the Shuttle's payload bay to a temporary stowage location and disconnected the fluid lines to the old ammonia tank on the S1 truss. Retrieved a Japanese seed experiment from the exterior of the Kibo laboratory for return to earth and replaced a failed gyroscope on the S0 truss. Performed get-ahead tasks including the opening of a window flap on the zenith CBM of Harmony, and removed launch restraint bolts from a Flex Hose Rotary Coupler (FHRC) on the P1 truss.
11 April
05:30	7 hours
26 minutes	12:56	STS-131
ISS Quest	USARichard Mastracchio
USAClayton Anderson	last2=Kauderer	first2=Amiko	author1=Mission Control Center	author1-link=Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center	title=STS-131 MCC Status Report #13	url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/news/STS-131-13.html	website=NASA News	publisher=NASA	access-date=15 May 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515144856/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/news/STS-131-13.html	archive-date=15 May 2021	location=Houston, Texas	date=11 April 2010	url-status=live}}
13 April
06:14	6 hours
24 minutes	12:36	STS-131
ISS Quest	USARichard Mastracchio
USAClayton Anderson	The fluid lines were connected to the new ammonia tank and the old tank was moved to the shuttle's payload bay for return to Earth. Micro-meteoroid debris shields from the Quest airlock which were no longer necessary were brought inside the airlock for return to Earth inside the Leonardo MPLM. The Z1 truss was prepared for the installation of a spare antenna on the next shuttle mission, and a foot restraint was relocated in preparation for a future spacewalk. The retrieval of an external carrier plate on Columbus was deferred to another shuttle mission due to time constraints after problems were encountered with attaching the old ammonia tank to a carrier in the payload bay, and several other tasks were deferred to later EVAs due to the replanning from the problems with the mission's second EVA.
17 May
11:54	7 hours
25 minutes	19:19	STS-132
ISS Quest	USA Garrett Reisman
USA Stephen G. Bowen	last2=Kauderer	first2=Amiko	author1=Mission Control Center	author1-link=Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center	title=STS-132 MCC Status Report #07	url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/news/STS-132-07.html	website=NASA News	publisher=NASA	access-date=16 May 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516095919/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/news/STS-132-07.html	archive-date=16 May 2021	location=Houston, Texas	date=17 May 2010	url-status=live}}
19 May
10:38	7 hours
9 minutes	17:47	STS-132
ISS Quest	USAStephen G. Bowen
USA Michael T. Good	Repaired Atlantis Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS); P6 battery replacement (4 of 6 units); and removed gimbal locks from the Ku-band antenna installed on the first EVA of the mission.
21 May
10:27	6 hours
46 minutes	17:13	STS-132
ISS Quest	USAMichael T. Good
USAGarrett Reisman	last2=Kauderer	first2=Amiko	author1=Mission Control Center	author1-link=Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center	title=STS-132 MCC Status Report #15	url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/news/STS-132-15.html	website=NASA News	publisher=NASA	access-date=16 May 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516100207/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/news/STS-132-15.html	archive-date=16 May 2021	location=Houston, Texas	date=21 May 2010	url-status=live}}
27 July
04:11	6 hours
42 minutes	10:53	Expedition 24
ISS Pirs	RUS Fyodor Yurchikhin
RUS Mikhail Korniyenko	Replaced an ATV video camera on Zvezda, routed command and data handling lines from Zvezda and Zarya to the new Rassvet module as well as made KURS connections between Rassvet and Zarya to allow future automated dockings to the new module. Then the two cosmonauts jettisoned the old ATV video camera.
7 August
11:19	8 hours
3 minutes	19:22	Expedition 24
ISS Quest	USA Douglas H. Wheelock
USA Tracy Caldwell Dyson	Attempted to replace failed S1 ammonia pump module. The spacewalkers did not complete all of the planned tasks due to a quick disconnect that got stuck and would not release. The pair had to complete a "bake-out" in order to ensure there was no ammonia on their suits before re-entering the Space Station.
11 August
12:27	7 hours
26 minutes	19:53	Expedition 24
ISS Quest	USADouglas H. Wheelock
USATracy Caldwell Dyson	Completed removal of failed pump module from the S1 truss and began installation preparations on the replacement pump.
16 August
10:20	7 hours
20 minutes	17:40	Expedition 24
ISS Quest	USADouglas H. Wheelock
USATracy Caldwell Dyson	last1=Harwood	first1=William	title=Spacewalkers complete space station cooling repairs	url=https://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/100816eva3/index5.html	access-date=10 September 2015	work=Spaceflight Now	agency=CBS News	date=16 August 2010	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516104210/https://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/100816eva3/index5.html	archive-date=16 May 2021	url-status=live}}
15 November
14:55	6 hours
27 minutes	21:22	Expedition 25
ISS Pirs	RUSFyodor Yurchikhin
RUSOleg Skripochka	last1=Kauderer	first1=Amiko	title=Cosmonauts Perform 26th Russian Space Station Spacewalk	url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition25/russian_eva26.html	website=NASA News	publisher=NASA	access-date=10 September 2015	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516104922/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition25/russian_eva26.html	archive-date=16 May 2021	location=Houston, Texas	date=16 November 2010	url-status=live}}

Orbital launch statistics

By country

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Dnepr rockets are counted under Ukraine even though they are launched from Russia.

| [ {"value":280, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 28 (37.84%)"}, {"value":150, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 15 (20.28%)"}, {"value":150, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 15 (20.28%)"}, {"value":60, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 6 (8.10%)"}, {"value":30, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 3 (4.05%)"}, {"value":30, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 3 (4.05%)"}, {"value":20, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 2 (2.70%)"}, {"value":10, "color":"#008080", "label": "Israel: 1 (1.35%)"}, {"value":9, "color":"#800080", "label": "South Korea: 1 (1.35%)"}, ]

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
failures			style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	style="text-align:left;"	World
15	15	0	0
6	6	0	0
3	1	2	0
1	1	0	0
2	2	0	0
28	27	1	0
1	0	1	0
3	3	0	0
15	15	0	0

By rocket

By family

Family	Launches	Successes	Failures
Angara	1	0	1
Ariane	6	6	0
Atlas	4	4	0
Delta	4	4	0
Falcon	2	2	0
GLSV	2	0	2
H-II	2	2	0
Long March	15	15	0
Minotaur	2	2	0
PSLV	1	1	0
R-7	13	13	0
R-14	1	1	0
R-36	3	3	0
Shavit	1	1	0
Space Shuttle	3	3	0
Universal Rocket	14	13	1

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5		Ariane	6	6	0	0
Atlas V		Atlas	4	4	0	0
Delta II		Delta	1	1	0	0
Delta IV		Delta	3	3	0	0
Dnepr		R-36	3	3	0	0
Falcon 9		Falcon	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
GSLV		GSLV	2	0	2	0
H-IIA		H-II	2	2	0	0
Kosmos		R-12/R-14	1	1	0	0
Long March 2		Long March	3	3	0	0
Long March 3		Long March	8	8	0	0
Long March 4		Long March	4	4	0	0
Minotaur IV		Minotaur	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Molniya		R-7	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Naro
Angara	1	0	1	0
Proton		Universal Rocket	12	11	1	0
PSLV		PSLV	1	1	0	0
Shavit		Shavit	1	1	0	0
Soyuz		R-7	10	10	0	0
Soyuz-2		R-7	2	2	0	0
Space Shuttle		Space Shuttle	3	3	0	0
UR-100		Universal Rocket	2	2	0	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA		Ariane 5	6	6	0	0
Atlas V 401		Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 501		Atlas V	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Atlas V 531		Atlas V	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Delta II 7420		Delta II	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Delta IV-M+(4,2)		Delta IV	2	2	0	0
Delta IV Heavy		Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr		Dnepr	3	3	0	0
Falcon 9 v1.0		Falcon 9	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
GSLV Mk I(c)		GSLV	1	0	1	0	Only flight
GSLV Mk II		GSLV	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
H-IIA 202		H-IIA	2	2	0	0
Kosmos-3M		Kosmos	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Long March 2D		Long March 2	3	3	0	0
Long March 3A		Long March 3	3	3	0	0
Long March 3B		Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Long March 3C		Long March 3	4	4	0	0
Long March 4B		Long March 4	1	1	0	0
Long March 4C		Long March 4	3	3	0	0
Minotaur IV		Minotaur IV	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Minotaur IV / HAPS		Minotaur IV	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Molniya-M / 2BL		Molniya	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Naro-1
Naro	1	0	1	0
Proton-M / DM-2		Proton	2	2	0	0
Proton-M / DM-03		Proton	1	0	1	0
Proton-M / Briz-M		Proton	9	9	0	0
PSLV-CA		PSLV	1	1	0	0
Rokot / Briz-KM		UR-100	2	2	0	0
Shavit-2		Shavit	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M		Soyuz-2	2	2	0	0
Soyuz-U		Soyuz	6	6	0	0
Soyuz-FG		Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Space Shuttle		Space Shuttle	3	3	0	0

By spaceport

Site	Launches	Successes	Failures
Baikonur	24	23	1
Cape Canaveral	8	8	0
Dombarovsky	1	1	0
Jiuquan	4	4	0
Kennedy	3	3	0
Kodiak	1	1	0
Kourou	6	6	0
Naro	1	0	1
Palmachim	1	1	0
Plesetsk	6	6	0
Satish Dhawan	3	1	2
Taiyuan	3	3	0
Tanegashima	2	2	0
Vandenberg	3	3	0
Xichang	8	8	0

By orbit

(transfer) : Inclined GSO : High Earth : Heliocentric

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures	Accidentally
achieved	Remarks	Total	74	70	4	0
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	37	36	1	0	12 to ISS
Medium Earth / Molniya	6	5	1	0
Geosynchronous / GTO	29	27	2	0
High Earth / Lunar transfer	1	1	0	0
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer	1	1	0	0

Notes

References

Footnotes

References

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Amos, Jonathan. (20 May 2010). "Japan launches Akatsuki probe to Venus". BBC News.
Bergin, Chris. (20 May 2010). "JAXA H-IIA carrying AKATSUKI and IKAROS launches at second attempt". NASASpaceflight.com.
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