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
2012-0136COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37121 · 1993-036BGT · FragmentRussia—11 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0135COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36546 · 1993-036BDG · FragmentRussia—11 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0134COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36534 · 1993-036BCU · FragmentRussia—11 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0133IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34769 · 1997-051LN · FragmentUnited States—11 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0132FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31651 · 1999-025CBH · FragmentChina—11 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0131FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33627 · 1999-025DDL · FragmentChina—10 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0130FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29755 · 1999-025AV · FragmentChina—10 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0129FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31278 · 1999-025BNL · FragmentChina—8 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0128COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36065 · 1993-036AYC · FragmentRussia—7 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0127MOLNIYA 1-89NORAD 24273 · 1996-045A · SpacecraftRussia14 Aug 19967 Apr 201215y 7mRe-entered2012-0126NAVIDNORAD 38075 · 2012-005A · SpacecraftIran3 Feb 20122 Apr 20121mRe-entered2012-0125SZ-8 MODULENORAD 37883 · 2011-063D · SpacecraftChina31 Oct 20112 Apr 20125mRe-entered2012-0124FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29726 · 1999-025Q · FragmentChina—2 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0123SL-12 R/B(1)NORAD 38102 · 2012-012B · Rocket bodyRussia30 Mar 20121 Apr 20122dRe-entered2012-0122CZ-2C DEBNORAD 34841 · 2009-021C · FragmentChina—1 Apr 2012—Re-entered2012-0121COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34043 · 1993-036JE · FragmentRussia—31 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0120SL-12 PLATNORAD 38103 · 2012-012C · FragmentRussia—30 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0119FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36183 · 1999-025DTG · FragmentChina—30 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0118COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34329 · 1993-036PB · FragmentRussia—30 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0117EXPLORER 8NORAD 60 · 1960-014A · SpacecraftUnited States3 Nov 196028 Mar 201251y 4mRe-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.