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
2012-0276FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30002 · 1999-025MB · FragmentChina—2 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0275OPS 8180 (RADCAT)NORAD 6212 · 1972-076A · SpacecraftUnited States2 Oct 19722 Aug 201239y 10mRe-entered2012-0274FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36720 · 1999-025EAS · FragmentChina—1 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0273FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30269 · 1999-025YE · FragmentChina—1 Aug 2012—Re-entered2012-0272ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/BNORAD 38255 · 2012-019B · Rocket bodyUnited States4 May 201231 Jul 20122mRe-entered2012-0271FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30219 · 1999-025WC · FragmentChina—31 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0270COSMOS 397 DEBNORAD 5157 · 1971-015AL · FragmentUSSR—31 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0269ARIANE 2 DEBNORAD 26800 · 1989-027D · FragmentFrance—30 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0268COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37311 · 1993-036BKB · FragmentRussia—29 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0267COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36635 · 1993-036BEZ · FragmentRussia—26 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0266COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34952 · 1993-036AEF · FragmentRussia—26 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0265COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34851 · 1993-036ABV · FragmentRussia—26 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0264COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34320 · 1993-036NS · FragmentRussia—26 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0263IGS 1BNORAD 27699 · 2003-009B · SpacecraftJapan28 Mar 200326 Jul 20129y 3mRe-entered2012-0262SL-26 R/BNORAD 38713 · 2012-039G · Rocket bodyRussia22 Jul 201224 Jul 20122dRe-entered2012-0261FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38141 · 1999-025EQN · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0260FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33608 · 1999-025DCR · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0259FREGAT R/BNORAD 38712 · 2012-039F · Rocket bodyRussia22 Jul 201222 Jul 20120dControlled re-entry2012-0258FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30449 · 1999-025AFL · FragmentChina—22 Jul 2012—Re-entered2012-0257FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37601 · 1999-025EKV · FragmentChina—21 Jul 2012—Re-entered
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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.