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
2012-0196H-2A R/BNORAD 27700 · 2003-009C · Rocket bodyJapan28 Mar 20033 Jun 20129y 2mRe-entered2012-0195CZ-4B DEBNORAD 38319 · 2012-001F · FragmentChina—1 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0194COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34440 · 1993-036SH · FragmentRussia—1 Jun 2012—Re-entered2012-0193DRAGON C2/C3NORAD 38348 · 2012-027A · SpacecraftUnited States22 May 201231 May 20129dLanded2012-0192FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36176 · 1999-025DSZ · FragmentChina—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0191IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35923 · 1997-051UG · FragmentUnited States—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0190SL-18 DEBNORAD 35355 · 1993-014BE · FragmentRussia—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0189RESURS O1 DEBNORAD 35266 · 1994-074P · FragmentRussia—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0188FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35198 · 1999-025DPE · FragmentChina—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0187COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34783 · 1993-036AAL · FragmentRussia—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0186PSLV DEBNORAD 27222 · 2001-049FS · FragmentIndia—29 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0185IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34930 · 1997-051NK · FragmentUnited States—26 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0184SL-4 R/BNORAD 38336 · 2012-024B · Rocket bodyRussia17 May 201220 May 20123dRe-entered2012-0183MINOTAUR R/BNORAD 37729 · 2011-029B · Rocket bodyUnited States30 Jun 201120 May 201210mRe-entered2012-0182METEOR 2-5 DEBNORAD 36895 · 1979-095AL · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0181COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36431 · 1993-036BAE · FragmentRussia—20 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0180COSMOS 1109 DEBNORAD 12995 · 1979-058G · FragmentUSSR—20 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0179IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34659 · 1997-051KL · FragmentUnited States—19 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0178SL-4 R/BNORAD 38292 · 2012-022B · Rocket bodyRussia15 May 201217 May 20122dRe-entered2012-0177FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35182 · 1999-025DNN · FragmentChina—15 May 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.