PARIS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chairman and Chief Executive of Arianespace Jean-Yves Le Gall outlined Tuesday the new year agenda for its three launchers: Ariance 5, Soyuz and Vega, saying there will be seven missions for the heavy-lift Ariane 5 in 2010.

    The "objection of seven launches of Ariane 5" was as many as the record in 2009, Le Gall told a news conference here.

    From the French Guiana launch site, Arianespace center will kick off its first commercial launch in mid-March with two communication satellites for Luxembourg operator SES and German Defense Ministry atop Ariane 5, Le Gall said.

    The launch of the second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) scheduled in November 2010 is the most eye-catching mission for the year. ATV-2 Johannes Kepler, named after the German astronomer and mathematicians, is an unmanned cargo spacecraft giving supplies to the international space station.

    For the medium-lift launcher Soyuz, its first mission was set in this summer when a British satellite Hylas need to be sent into space, while the lightweight Vega will be ready for its first 2010 mission in the end of this year, Le Gall added.

    The commercial launch center will generate a yearly turnover of1.04 billion euros (1.49 billion U.S. dollars), up from 2008's income of about 950 million euros (1.36 billion U.S. dollars).