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
2012-0356COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37541 · 1993-036BNW · FragmentRussia—10 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0355FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31859 · 1999-025CJZ · FragmentChina—10 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0354DRAGON CRS-1 DEBNORAD 38851 · 2012-054F · FragmentUnited States—9 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0353CZ-2C DEBNORAD 33329 · 2008-041K · FragmentChina—8 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0352FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36683 · 1999-025DZD · FragmentChina—4 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0351ATV 3NORAD 38096 · 2012-010A · SpacecraftEuropean Space Agency23 Mar 20123 Oct 20126mControlled re-entry2012-0350COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37540 · 1993-036BNV · FragmentRussia—3 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0349COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35977 · 1993-036AVT · FragmentRussia—3 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0348SL-12 DEBNORAD 29462 · 1989-039DG · FragmentUSSR—3 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0347IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35751 · 1997-051SE · FragmentUnited States—2 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0346FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31283 · 1999-025BNR · FragmentChina—2 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0345SL-12 DEBNORAD 25811 · 1989-101H · FragmentUSSR—1 Oct 2012—Re-entered2012-0344BREEZE-M DEBNORAD 38561 · 2006-006DB · FragmentRussia—28 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0343COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35838 · 1993-036ATL · FragmentRussia—28 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0342IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35482 · 1997-051QC · FragmentUnited States—27 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0341OE DEB (INTERSTAGE RING)NORAD 31134 · 2007-006H · FragmentUnited States—27 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0340CZ-4 DEBNORAD 26213 · 1999-057DB · FragmentChina—26 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0339COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35963 · 1993-036AVD · FragmentRussia—25 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0338FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30939 · 1999-025BAD · FragmentChina—25 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0337COSMOS 2480NORAD 38335 · 2012-024A · SpacecraftRussia17 May 201224 Sep 20124mLanded
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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.