Rocket launches in2012
Dragon berths with the ISS on May 25 — the first commercial cargo delivery to the station — and Curiosity lands in Gale Crater on August 6 after seven minutes of autonomous descent. In December, North Korea places its first satellite in orbit on an Unha-3, becoming the tenth nation to reach orbit on a domestic rocket.
Monthly Cadencecomplete
◇MAY·peak·12 launches↓8%·vs 2011
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- 78 launches
- success · 72/78
- 92% success · 72/78
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2012 Launch Leaders
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78 launches
Jan 9, 2012 | Ziyuan 3 China•Long March 4B |
Jan 13, 2012 | Fengyun 2F China•Long March 3A |
Jan 20, 2012 | USA-233 USA•Delta IV-M+ (5,4) |
Jan 25, 2012 | Progress M-14M Russia•Soyuz U |
Feb 3, 2012 | Navid Iran•Safir 1B |
Feb 13, 2012 | LARES France•Arianespace•Vega |
Feb 14, 2012 | SES-4 Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Feb 24, 2012 | Compass-G5 China•Long March 3C |
Feb 24, 2012 | MUOS-1 USA•Atlas V 551 |
Mar 23, 2012 | Edoardo Amaldi ATV France•Arianespace•Ariane 5 ES |
Mar 25, 2012 | Intelsat 22 Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Mar 30, 2012 | US-KMO Russia•Proton K / DM-2 |
Mar 31, 2012 | Apstar-7 China•Long March 3B/E |
Apr 3, 2012 | USA-234 USA•Delta IV-M+(5,2) |
Apr 12, 2012Failure | Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 North Korea•Unha 3 |
Apr 20, 2012 | Progress M-15M Russia•Soyuz U |
Apr 23, 2012 | Yahsat 1B Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Apr 26, 2012 | RISAT-1 India•PSLV XL |
Apr 29, 2012 | Compass-M3-4 China•Long March 3B |
May 4, 2012 | USA-235 USA•Atlas V 531 |
May 6, 2012 | Tianhui 1B China•Long March 2D |
May 10, 2012 | Yaogan 14 China•Long March 4B |
May 15, 2012 | Soyuz TMA-04M Russia•Soyuz FG |
May 15, 2012 | JCSAT-13 France•Arianespace•Ariane 5 ECA |
May 17, 2012 | Kobalt-M No.8 Russia•Soyuz U |
May 17, 2012 | GCOM-W 1 Japan•H2A 202 |
May 17, 2012 | Nimiq 6 Russia•Proton M / Briz-M |
May 22, 2012 | Dragon C2 USA•SpaceX•Falcon 9 v1.0 |
May 23, 2012Failure | Fajr Iran•Safir 1B |
May 26, 2012 | ChinaSat 2A China•Long March 3B/E |
May 29, 2012 | Yaogan 15 China•Long March 4C |
Jun 1, 2012Partial failure | Intelsat 19 Russia•Zenit 3SL |
Jun 13, 2012 | NuSTAR USA•Pegasus XL |
Jun 16, 2012 | Shenzhou 9 China•Long March 2F |
Jun 20, 2012 | USA-236 USA•Atlas V 401 |
Jun 29, 2012 | USA-237 USA•Delta IV Heavy |
Jul 5, 2012 | EchoStar XVII France•Arianespace•Ariane 5 ECA |
Jul 9, 2012 | SES-5 Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Jul 15, 2012 | Soyuz TMA-05M Russia•Soyuz FG |
Jul 21, 2012 | Kounotori 3 Japan•H2B |
Jul 22, 2012 | Kanopus V-1 Russia•Soyuz FG / Fregat |
Jul 25, 2012 | Tianlian I-03 China•Long March 3C |
Jul 28, 2012 | Gonets-M 3-4 Russia•Rokot Rokot / Briz-KM |
Aug 1, 2012 | Progress M-16M Russia•Soyuz U |
Aug 2, 2012 | Intelsat 20 France•Arianespace•Ariane 5 ECA |
Aug 6, 2012Failure | Telkom-3 Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Aug 19, 2012 | Intelsat 21 Russia•Zenit 3SL |
Aug 30, 2012 | Van Allen Probes USA•Atlas V 401 |
Sep 9, 2012 | SPOT 6 India•PSLV CA |
Sep 13, 2012 | USA-238 USA•Atlas V 401 |
Sep 17, 2012 | MetOp-B Russia•Soyuz 2.1a / Fregat |
Sep 18, 2012 | Compass-M5-6 China•Long March 3B/E |
Sep 28, 2012 | Astra 2F France•Arianespace•Ariane 5 ECA |
Sep 29, 2012 | VRSS-1 China•Long March 2D |
Oct 4, 2012 | USA-239 USA•Delta IV M+(4,2) |
Oct 8, 2012 | CRS-1 USA•SpaceX•Falcon 9 v1.0 |
Oct 12, 2012 | Galileo IOV 3-4 France•Arianespace•Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT |
Oct 14, 2012 | Shijian 9A-9B China•Long March 2C/SMA |
Oct 14, 2012 | Intelsat 23 Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Oct 19, 2012 | NS-0 USA•Blue Origin•New Shepard |
Oct 23, 2012 | Soyuz TMA-06M Russia•Soyuz FG |
Oct 25, 2012 | Compass-G6 China•Long March 3C |
Oct 31, 2012 | Progress M-17M Russia•Soyuz U |
Nov 2, 2012 | Luch 5B Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Nov 10, 2012 | Eutelsat 21B France•Arianespace•Ariane 5 ECA |
Nov 14, 2012 | Meridian 6 Russia•Soyuz 2.1a / Fregat |
Nov 18, 2012 | Huanjing 1C China•Long March 2C |
Nov 20, 2012 | EchoStar XVI Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Nov 25, 2012 | Yaogan 16A-16C China•Long March 4C |
Nov 27, 2012 | ChinaSat 12 China•Long March 3B/E |
Dec 2, 2012 | Pléiades-HR 1B France•Arianespace•Soyuz ST-A / Fregat |
Dec 3, 2012 | Eutelsat 70B Russia•Zenit 3SL |
Dec 8, 2012Partial failure | Yamal-402 Russia•Proton M / Briz-M Enhanced |
Dec 11, 2012 | USA-240 USA•Atlas V 501 |
Dec 12, 2012Failure | Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 North Korea•Unha 3 |
Dec 18, 2012 | Göktürk-2 China•Long March 2D |
Dec 19, 2012 | Soyuz TMA-07M Russia•Soyuz FG |
Dec 19, 2012 | Skynet 5D France•Arianespace•Ariane 5 ECA |