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
2012-0116SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)NORAD 26398 · 2000-036E · Rocket bodyRussia4 Jul 200027 Mar 201211y 8mRe-entered2012-0115COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36611 · 1993-036BDZ · FragmentRussia—26 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0114METEOR 1-1NORAD 3835 · 1969-029A · SpacecraftUSSR26 Mar 196926 Mar 201243y 0mRe-entered2012-0113EXPRESS AM-4NORAD 37798 · 2011-045A · SpacecraftRussia17 Aug 201125 Mar 20127mControlled re-entry2012-0112ARIANE 5 R/BNORAD 38097 · 2012-010B · Rocket bodyFrance23 Mar 201223 Mar 20120dControlled re-entry2012-0111COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34915 · 1993-036ADL · FragmentRussia—23 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0110FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30353 · 1999-025ABQ · FragmentChina—23 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0109IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34502 · 1997-051GT · FragmentUnited States—22 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0108COSMOS 1275 DEBNORAD 13457 · 1981-053FD · FragmentUSSR—22 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0107COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35972 · 1993-036AVN · FragmentRussia—21 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0106FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31525 · 1999-025BXQ · FragmentChina—21 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0105SAFIR 2 R/BNORAD 38076 · 2012-005B · Rocket bodyIran3 Feb 201219 Mar 20121mRe-entered2012-0104COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33820 · 1993-036BM · FragmentRussia—19 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0103FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37074 · 1999-025EFJ · FragmentChina—18 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0102FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30399 · 1999-025ADN · FragmentChina—17 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0101FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37078 · 1999-025EFN · FragmentChina—16 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0100SL-12 DEBNORAD 29310 · 1989-039R · FragmentUSSR—13 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0099COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36464 · 1993-036BBP · FragmentRussia—12 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0098IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35300 · 1997-051PQ · FragmentUnited States—12 Mar 2012—Re-entered2012-0097COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 33891 · 1993-036CU · FragmentRussia—12 Mar 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.