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
2012-0376IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34829 · 1997-051MD · FragmentUnited States—23 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0375ELEKTRON 1 DEBNORAD 20101 · 1964-006AC · FragmentUSSR—23 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0374PSLV DEBNORAD 32797 · 2008-021L · FragmentIndia—21 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0373FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31034 · 1999-025BEC · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0372IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34087 · 1997-051CW · FragmentUnited States—20 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0371FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33654 · 1999-025DEP · FragmentChina—20 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0370SL-16 DEBNORAD 22328 · 1992-093R · FragmentRussia—18 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0369DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEBNORAD 36298 · 2003-048K · FragmentUnited States—17 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0368IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34485 · 1997-051GA · FragmentUnited States—17 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0367SL-6 R/B(2)NORAD 23423 · 1994-081D · Rocket bodyRussia14 Dec 199417 Oct 201217y 10mRe-entered2012-0366COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 36377 · 1993-036AZE · FragmentRussia—15 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0365COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34049 · 1993-036JL · FragmentRussia—15 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0364PSLV DEBNORAD 27149 · 2001-049CV · FragmentIndia—15 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0363DRAGON CRS-1 DEBNORAD 38850 · 2012-054E · FragmentUnited States—13 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0362FALCON 9 R/BNORAD 38848 · 2012-054C · Rocket bodyUnited States8 Oct 201211 Oct 20123dRe-entered2012-0361COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35728 · 1993-036AQZ · FragmentRussia—11 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0360COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35712 · 1993-036AQH · FragmentRussia—11 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0359COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35289 · 1993-036AJT · FragmentRussia—11 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0358DRAGON CRS-1 DEBNORAD 38849 · 2012-054D · FragmentUnited States—10 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0357ORBCOMM OG2NORAD 38847 · 2012-054B · SpacecraftORBCOMM8 Oct 201210 Oct 20122dRe-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.