October 5: Intelsat 11, Optus D2 launcher: Ariane 5 GS launch site: CSG Kourou, French Guiana mission: commercial communications satellites status: launch successful October 10: Soyuz TMA-11 ISS 15S launcher: Soyuz FG launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: manned transport vessel to the International Space Station status: launch successful October 11: Wideband Global Satcom F1 (WGS F1) launcher: Atlas 5 launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida mission: US military communications satellite status: launch successful October 17: GPS 2R-17 (M4) launcher: Delta 2 launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA mission: navigation satellite October 17: Sirius 4 launcher: Proton M / Briz M launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: radio broadcast satellite October 21: Globalstar 10 (4 satellites) launcher: Soyuz FG / Fregat launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: four commercial communications satellites October 23: ISS 10A launcher: Shuttle Discovery (STS-120) launch site: the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA mission: shuttle visit to the International Space Station, delivery of Node 2 attachment point for two more science labs to ISS October 25: Uragan/Glonass (M9/M10/M11) launcher: Proton K / Blok DM-2 launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: 3 Russian navigation satellites October: Chang'E 1 launcher: Long March 3A launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan Province, China mission: Chinese lunar orbiter October: Geizer N21 launcher: Proton K launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: October: GOMS-Elektra 2 launcher: Zenit 2 / Fregat launch site: mission: October: OceanSat 2, SRE-2 launcher: PSLV-C launch site: Sriharikota, India mission: October: Polaris launcher: PSLV launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India mission: Israeli radar spy satellite October: Sudansat 1 launcher: Dniepr-1 launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: October: WINDS launcher: H-2A launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan mission: November 1: SAR-Lupe 3 launcher: Kosmos-3M launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia mission: November 2: DSP 23 launcher: Delta 4-Heavy launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA mission: US missile warning satellite November 7: NRO L-24 launcher: Atlas 5 launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA mission: US spy satellite November 9: Skynet 5B, Star One C1 launcher: Ariane 5 ECA launch site: CSG Kourou, French Guiana mission: military communications satellite (Skynet 5B) and commercial communications satellite (Star One C1) November 25: Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Block 2006 launcher: Delta 2 launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida mission: missile defence technology satellite November 26: RapidEye1-5 launcher: Dniepr-1 launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: November: AKS-1/2, AtmoCube, CAPE 1, CubeSat RAFT, Funsat, KatySat 1, KiwiSat, UCISat 1 launcher: Dniepr-1 launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: multiple small experimental and technology satellites November: Eros C launcher: Start-1 launch site: mission: November: MLM, ERA (ISS 03R) launcher: Proton M / Briz M launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: November: Prognoz N11 launcher: Proton K / DM2 launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan mission: November: Thuraya 3 launcher: Zenit 3SL launch site: Sealaunch's Odyssey platform in the Pacific Ocean mission: commercial communications satellite