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
2012-0336SL-18 DEBNORAD 27753 · 1993-014H · FragmentRussia—24 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0335SL-8 DEB *NORAD 14815 · 1976-061D · FragmentUSSR—24 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0334IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 35801 · 1997-051SK · FragmentUnited States—23 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0333IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34902 · 1997-051NE · FragmentUnited States—21 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0332IRIDIUM 33 DEBNORAD 34352 · 1997-051EU · FragmentUnited States—21 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0331COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34957 · 1993-036AEL · FragmentRussia—20 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0330FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30083 · 1999-025QL · FragmentChina—20 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0329FREGAT R/BNORAD 38772 · 2012-049B · Rocket bodyRussia17 Sep 201218 Sep 20121dControlled re-entry2012-0328SOYUZ-TMA 4MNORAD 38291 · 2012-022A · SpacecraftRussia15 May 201217 Sep 20124mLanded2012-0327HTV-3NORAD 38706 · 2012-038A · SpacecraftJapan21 Jul 201214 Sep 20121mControlled re-entry2012-0326BREEZE-M DEB (TANK)NORAD 37800 · 2011-045C · FragmentRussia—12 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0325COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 35659 · 1993-036APA · FragmentRussia—12 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0324ARIANE 2 DEBNORAD 33552 · 1989-006AU · FragmentFrance—10 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0323FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29951 · 1999-025JZ · FragmentChina—10 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0322COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37106 · 1993-036BGC · FragmentRussia—9 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0321CZ-4 DEBNORAD 35328 · 1999-057SG · FragmentChina—9 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0320DELTA 2 DEBNORAD 38545 · 2006-016E · FragmentUnited States—8 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0319COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34471 · 1993-036TQ · FragmentRussia—6 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0318COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 37536 · 1993-036BNR · FragmentRussia—5 Sep 2012—Re-entered2012-0317COSMOS 2251 DEBNORAD 34975 · 1993-036AFE · FragmentRussia—5 Sep 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.