2010s
2010
- Solar Dynamics Observatory – 11 February 2010 – Continuous solar monitoring
- Akatsuki (Planet-C) – 20 May 2010 – Venus orbiter (orbit insertion failed in 2010 / postponed to 2016–17)
- PICARD – 15 June 2010 – Solar orbiter
- Chang'e 2 – 1 October 2010 – Lunar orbiter
2011
- Juno – 5 August 2011 – Jupiter orbiter
- GRAIL – 10 September 2011 – Two spacecraft, Lunar orbiters
- Tiangong (Project 921-2) - 29 September 2011 - First Chinese space station
- Fobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 – 8 November 2011 – Phobos orbiter, lander and sample return (Russia), Mars orbiter (China) – failed to escape Earth orbit
- Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) – 26 November 2011 – large Mars 900 kg Rover (landed 6 August 2012)
2012
- Radiation Belt Storm Probes - 30 August 2012 - Solar-wind study
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