2012 orbital launches

In 2012, ExGalactic records 75 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
21Kazakhstan
18China
11USA
9French Guiana
6Other
3Iran
3Russia
2India
2Japan

Launches

  1. Ziyuan 3 & VesselSat-2 — 9 January 2012, 03:17 UTC — Success
  2. Fengyun 2-07 — 13 January 2012, 00:56 UTC — Success
  3. WGS-4 (USA-233) — 20 January 2012, 00:38 UTC — Success
  4. Progress M-14M (46P) — 25 January 2012, 23:06 UTC — Success
  5. Navid — 3 February 2012, 00:04 UTC — Success
  6. SES-4 — 14 February 2012, 19:36 UTC — Success
  7. Compass-G5 — 24 February 2012, 16:12 UTC — Success
  8. MUOS-1 — 24 February 2012, 22:15 UTC — Success
  9. Edoardo Amaldi ATV (ATV-003) — 23 March 2012, 04:34 UTC — Success
  10. Intelsat 22 — 25 March 2012, 12:10 UTC — Success
  11. US-KMO (Kosmos-2479) — 30 March 2012, 05:49 UTC — Success
  12. APStar-7 — 31 March 2012, 10:27 UTC — Success
  13. NROL-25 (FIA-R) (USA-234) — 3 April 2012, 23:12 UTC — Success
  14. Kwangmyongsong-3 — 12 April 2012, 22:38 UTC — Failure
  15. Progress M-15M (47P) — 20 April 2012, 12:50 UTC — Success
  16. Yahsat 1B — 23 April 2012, 22:18 UTC — Success
  17. RISAT-1 — 26 April 2012, 00:17 UTC — Success
  18. Compass-M3 & Compass-M4 — 29 April 2012, 20:50 UTC — Success
  19. AEHF-2 (USA-235) — 4 May 2012, 18:42 UTC — Success
  20. Tianhui-1B — 6 May 2012, 07:10 UTC — Success
  21. Yaogan 14 & Tiantuo 1 — 10 May 2012, 07:06 UTC — Success
  22. Soyuz TMA-04M — 15 May 2012, 03:01 UTC — Success
  23. JCSAT-13 & Vinasat-2 — 15 May 2012, 22:13 UTC — Success
  24. Kobalt-M No.8 (Kosmos-2480) — 17 May 2012, 14:05 UTC — Success
  25. GCOM-W1 — 17 May 2012, 16:39 UTC — Success
  26. Nimiq 6 — 17 May 2012, 19:12 UTC — Success
  27. SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 — 22 May 2012, 07:44 UTC — Success
  28. Fajr — 23 May 2012, 00:00 UTC — Failure
  29. Chinasat-2A — 26 May 2012, 15:56 UTC — Success
  30. Yaogan 15 — 29 May 2012, 07:31 UTC — Success
  31. Intelsat 19 — 1 June 2012, 05:22 UTC — Success
  32. Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) — 13 June 2012, 16:00 UTC — Success
  33. NROL-38 (SDS) (USA-236) — 20 June 2012, 12:28 UTC — Success
  34. NROL-15 (Mentor) (USA-237) — 29 June 2012, 13:15 UTC — Success
  35. Echostar XVII & MSG-3 — 5 July 2012, 21:36 UTC — Success
  36. SES-5 — 9 July 2012, 18:38 UTC — Success
  37. Soyuz TMA-05M — 15 July 2012, 02:40 UTC — Success
  38. Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) — 21 July 2012, 02:06 UTC — Success
  39. Kanopus-V No.1 & BelKA-2 — 22 July 2012, 06:41 UTC — Success
  40. Tianlian 1-03 — 25 July 2012, 15:43 UTC — Success
  41. Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR) — 28 July 2012, 01:35 UTC — Success
  42. Progress M-16M (48P) — 1 August 2012, 19:35 UTC — Success
  43. Intelsat 20 & HYLAS 2 — 2 August 2012, 20:54 UTC — Success
  44. Telkom-3 & Ekspress MD2 — 6 August 2012, 19:31 UTC — Failure
  45. Intelsat 21 — 19 August 2012, 06:54 UTC — Success
  46. Radiation Belt Storm Probe A — 30 August 2012, 08:05 UTC — Success
  47. SPOT 6 & PROITERES — 9 September 2012, 04:23 UTC — Success
  48. MetOp-B — 17 September 2012, 16:28 UTC — Success
  49. Compass-M5 & Compass-M6 — 18 September 2012, 19:10 UTC — Success
  50. Fajr — 22 September 2012, 00:00 UTC — Failure
  51. Astra 2F & GSAT-10 — 28 September 2012, 21:18 UTC — Success
  52. VRSS-1 — 29 September 2012, 04:12 UTC — Success
  53. GPS IIF-3 (USA-239) — 4 October 2012, 12:10 UTC — Success
  54. SpX CRS-1 — 8 October 2012, 00:35 UTC — Partial Failure
  55. Galileo L2 (IOV FM03-FM04) — 12 October 2012, 18:15 UTC — Success
  56. Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B — 14 October 2012, 03:25 UTC — Success
  57. Intelsat 23 — 14 October 2012, 08:37 UTC — Success
  58. Soyuz TMA-06M — 23 October 2012, 10:51 UTC — Success
  59. Compass-G6 — 25 October 2012, 15:33 UTC — Success
  60. Progress M-17M (49P) — 31 October 2012, 07:41 UTC — Success
  61. Luch 5B & Yamal-300K — 2 November 2012, 21:04 UTC — Success
  62. Star One C3 & Eutelsat 21B — 10 November 2012, 21:05 UTC — Success
  63. Meridian 6 — 14 November 2012, 11:42 UTC — Success
  64. Huanjing 1C — 18 November 2012, 22:53 UTC — Success
  65. EchoStar XVI — 20 November 2012, 18:31 UTC — Success
  66. Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C — 25 November 2012, 04:06 UTC — Success
  67. Zhongxing 12 / SupremeSAT-I — 27 November 2012, 10:13 UTC — Success
  68. Pléiades-HR 1B — 2 December 2012, 02:02 UTC — Success
  69. Eutelsat 70B — 3 December 2012, 20:43 UTC — Success
  70. Yamal-402 — 8 December 2012, 13:13 UTC — Partial Failure
  71. OTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240) — 11 December 2012, 18:03 UTC — Success
  72. Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2 — 12 December 2012, 00:49 UTC — Success
  73. Göktürk-2 — 18 December 2012, 16:13 UTC — Success
  74. Soyuz TMA-07M — 19 December 2012, 12:12 UTC — Success
  75. Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3 — 19 December 2012, 21:49 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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