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
2012-0176COSMOS 1109 DEBNORAD 13960 · 1979-058H · FragmentUSSR—15 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0175RESURS O1 DEBNORAD 36851 · 1994-074U · FragmentRussia—14 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0174FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32463 · 1999-025DCB · FragmentChina—14 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0173COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34132 · 1993-036LD · FragmentRussia—13 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0172IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34500 · 1997-051GR · FragmentUnited States—12 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0171FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29910 · 1999-025HG · FragmentChina—12 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0170FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33742 · 1999-025DJF · FragmentChina—11 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0169PSLV R/BNORAD 27526 · 2002-043B · Rocket bodyIndia12 Sep 20029 May 20129y 7mRe-entered2012-0168COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37989 · 1993-036BQQ · FragmentRussia—8 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0167FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30457 · 1999-025AFU · FragmentChina—7 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0166COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34782 · 1993-036AAK · FragmentRussia—3 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0165IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34379 · 1997-051FX · FragmentUnited States—3 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0164COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34959 · 1993-036AEN · FragmentRussia—2 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0163COSMOS 1461 DEBNORAD 37785 · 1983-044GC · FragmentUSSR—1 May 2012—Re-entered2012-0162TACSAT 3NORAD 35001 · 2009-028A · SpacecraftUnited States19 May 200930 Apr 20122y 11mRe-entered2012-0161SL-12 DEBNORAD 28748 · 2002-037AT · FragmentRussia—29 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0160PROGRESS-M 14MNORAD 38073 · 2012-004A · SpacecraftRussia25 Jan 201228 Apr 20123mControlled re-entry2012-0159IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34370 · 1997-051FN · FragmentUnited States—28 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0158DELTA 2 DEBNORAD 28189 · 2003-058D · FragmentUnited States—28 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0157SOYUZ-TMA 22NORAD 37877 · 2011-067A · SpacecraftRussia14 Nov 201127 Apr 20125mLanded
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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.