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
2012-0456GRAIL ANORAD 37801 · 2011-046A · SpacecraftUnited States10 Sep 201117 Dec 20121y 3mImpacted the Moon2012-0455FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30029 · 1999-025NE · FragmentChina—17 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0454COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35064 · 1993-036AHT · FragmentRussia—16 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0453ARIANE 1 DEBNORAD 26686 · 1985-056L · FragmentFrance—16 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0452COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 38194 · 1993-036BSJ · FragmentRussia—14 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0451SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)NORAD 38106 · 2012-012F · Rocket bodyRussia30 Mar 201214 Dec 20128mRe-entered2012-0450IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34495 · 1997-051GL · FragmentUnited States—11 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0449IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37561 · 1997-051XW · FragmentUnited States—10 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0448THORAD AGENA D DEBNORAD 19581 · 1969-082LF · FragmentUnited States—10 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0447FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30818 · 1999-025AVC · FragmentChina—9 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0446IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37556 · 1997-051XR · FragmentUnited States—6 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0445RESURS O1 DEBNORAD 33281 · 1994-074K · FragmentRussia—5 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0444FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31245 · 1999-025BMB · FragmentChina—5 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0443ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA)NORAD 28543 · 2005-005B · FragmentEuropean Space Agency—3 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0442SZ-9 MODULENORAD 38550 · 2012-032H · SpacecraftChina16 Jun 20122 Dec 20125mRe-entered2012-0441COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35985 · 1993-036AWB · FragmentRussia—2 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0440FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31970 · 1999-025CNX · FragmentChina—2 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0439THORAD AGENA D DEBNORAD 4318 · 1969-082DU · FragmentUnited States—1 Dec 2012—Re-entered2012-0438IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 37563 · 1997-051XY · FragmentUnited States—29 Nov 2012—Re-entered2012-0437CZ-3C R/BNORAD 38092 · 2012-008B · Rocket bodyChina24 Feb 201225 Nov 20129mRe-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.