Orbital Register · 2012

Satellite Re-entries in 2012

In 2012, 476 human-made objects ended their flights: 37 spacecraft, 46 rocket bodies and 393 fragments. 134 satellites were launched that year, and 3,657 were in space at its end. Every one has an entry in the Orbital Register.

476
Entries in 2012: objects whose flights ended
134
Satellites launched in 2012
3,657
Satellites in space at the end of 2012

Every orbital launch of 2012 in the Launch Log →

Entries in 2012, month by month

By the UTC day each flight ended
163147JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
In 2012

Notable entries

2012-0022Phobos-Grunt2012-0160PROGRESS-M 14M2012-0281MSL2012-0301PROGRESS-M 15M2012-0327HTV-32012-0351ATV 32012-0456GRAIL A2012-0457GRAIL B
The full list

Every entry for 2012

All object types, newest first. Filter or sort, and select a row to open its certificate.

476 of 35,589 entries
2012-0476CZ-2D R/BNORAD 39031 · 2012-073B · Rocket bodyChina18 Dec 201231 Dec 201213dRe-entered2012-0475FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29744 · 1999-025AJ · FragmentChina—31 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0474SL-18 DEBNORAD 28957 · 1993-014AJ · FragmentRussia—31 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0473COSMOS 2261NORAD 22741 · 1993-051A · SpacecraftRussia10 Aug 199331 Dec 201219y 4mRe-entered2012-0472FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32121 · 1999-025CRP · FragmentChina—29 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0471IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 36022 · 1997-051VD · FragmentUnited States—28 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0470FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30042 · 1999-025NT · FragmentChina—27 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0469ARIANE 1 DEBNORAD 35409 · 1986-019VP · FragmentFrance—24 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0468IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34149 · 1997-051EC · FragmentUnited States—24 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0467SL-16 DEBNORAD 22462 · 1992-093FB · FragmentRussia—24 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0466SL-4 R/BNORAD 39033 · 2012-074B · Rocket bodyRussia19 Dec 201222 Dec 20123dRe-entered2012-0465FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33685 · 1999-025DFW · FragmentChina—22 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0464SL-18 DEBNORAD 28847 · 1993-014Y · FragmentRussia—22 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0463H-2A DEBNORAD 39006 · 2012-025N · FragmentJapan—21 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0462FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31909 · 1999-025CLL · FragmentChina—20 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0461COSMOS 1818 COOLANTNORAD 36952 · 1987-011AG · FragmentUSSR—19 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0460FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35149 · 1999-025DMD · FragmentChina—19 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0459IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34372 · 1997-051FQ · FragmentUnited States—19 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0458FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31200 · 1999-025BKE · FragmentChina—18 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0457GRAIL BNORAD 37802 · 2011-046B · SpacecraftUnited States10 Sep 201117 Dec 20121y 3mImpacted the Moon
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Index of 2012: 37 spacecraft and 46 rocket bodies

Spacecraft

RADIOSCAF-B (KEDR) 2012-0009 · Phobos-Grunt 2012-0022 · COSMOS 2176 2012-0024 · PROGRESS-M 13M 2012-0040 · OPS 8386 2012-0093 · EXPRESS AM-4 2012-0113 · METEOR 1-1 2012-0114 · EXPLORER 8 2012-0117 · SZ-8 MODULE 2012-0125 · NAVID 2012-0126 · MOLNIYA 1-89 2012-0127 · ANUSAT 2012-0140 · SOYUZ-TMA 22 2012-0157 · PROGRESS-M 14M 2012-0160 · TACSAT 3 2012-0162 · DRAGON C2/C3 2012-0193 · OTV 2 (USA 226) 2012-0213 · SZ-9 2012-0232 · SOYUZ-TMA 3M 2012-0234 · IGS 1B 2012-0263 · OPS 8180 (RADCAT) 2012-0275 · MSL 2012-0281 · PHARMASAT 2012-0292 · PROGRESS-M 15M 2012-0301 · HTV-3 2012-0327 · SOYUZ-TMA 4M 2012-0328 · COSMOS 2480 2012-0337 · ATV 3 2012-0351 · ORBCOMM OG2 2012-0357 · DRAGON CRS-1 2012-0386 · SAMPEX 2012-0408 · SOYUZ-TMA 5M 2012-0426 · SFERA 2012-0434 · SZ-9 MODULE 2012-0442 · GRAIL A 2012-0456 · GRAIL B 2012-0457 · COSMOS 2261 2012-0473

Rocket bodies

SL-6 R/B(2) 2012-0006 · ARIANE 44L R/B 2012-0007 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0045 · PEGASUS R/B 2012-0046 · CZ-3B R/B 2012-0053 · H-2A R/B 2012-0062 · ARIANE 44L R/B 2012-0066 · CZ-3A R/B 2012-0084 · CZ-3B R/B 2012-0088 · CZ-4B R/B 2012-0090 · SAFIR 2 R/B 2012-0105 · ARIANE 5 R/B 2012-0112 · SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) 2012-0116 · SL-12 R/B(1) 2012-0123 · ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 2012-0142 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0149 · SL-6 R/B(2) 2012-0150 · PSLV R/B 2012-0169 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0178 · MINOTAUR R/B 2012-0183 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0184 · H-2A R/B 2012-0196 · SL-8 R/B 2012-0225 · FALCON 9 R/B 2012-0230 · CZ-2F R/B 2012-0231 · CZ-3A R/B 2012-0240 · ARIANE 44L R/B 2012-0241 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0251 · FREGAT R/B 2012-0259 · SL-26 R/B 2012-0262 · ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B 2012-0272 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0279 · ATLAS F R/B 2012-0285 · ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B 2012-0311 · FREGAT R/B 2012-0329 · FALCON 9 R/B 2012-0362 · SL-6 R/B(2) 2012-0367 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0380 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0396 · MINOTAUR R/B 2012-0399 · ARIANE 5 R/B 2012-0432 · CZ-3C R/B 2012-0433 · CZ-3C R/B 2012-0437 · SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) 2012-0451 · SL-4 R/B 2012-0466 · CZ-2D R/B 2012-0476

The full list above also holds 393 fragments.