Rocket Launches in 2012

Spaceflight in 2012: Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station in May and begins regular cargo flights in October. Curiosity lands in Gale crater in August, lowered by a rocket-powered sky crane. Liu Yang becomes China's first woman in space in June, and Voyager 1 crosses into interstellar space in August.

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78 launches in 2012 · 3 failures · 3 partial

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Launch list for 2012

Date (UTC)	Rocket	Mission	Provider	Outcome
2012-01-09	Long March 4B	Ziyuan 3 & VesselSat-2	CASC	Success
2012-01-13	Long March 3A	Fengyun 2-07	CASC	Success
2012-01-20	Delta IV M+(5,4)	WGS-4 (USA-233)	ULA	Success
2012-01-25	Soyuz U	Progress M-14M (46P)	Progress RSC	Success
2012-02-03	Safir	Navid	IRSA	Success
2012-02-13	Vega	Multipayload mission, 9 satellites	Avio	Success
2012-02-14	Proton-M Briz-M	SES-4	Khrunichev	Success
2012-02-24	Long March 3C	Compass-G5	CASC	Success
2012-02-24	Atlas V 551	MUOS-1	ULA	Success
2012-03-23	Ariane 5 ES	Edoardo Amaldi ATV (ATV-003)	ArianeGroup	Success
2012-03-25	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	Intelsat 22	Khrunichev	Success
2012-03-30	Proton K/DM-2	US-KMO (Kosmos-2479)	Khrunichev	Success
2012-03-31	Long March 3B/E	APStar-7	CASC	Success
2012-04-03	Delta IV M+(5,2)	NROL-25 (FIA-R) (USA-234)	ULA	Success
2012-04-12	Unha-3	Kwangmyongsong-3	NADA	Failure
2012-04-20	Soyuz U	Progress M-15M (47P)	Progress RSC	Success
2012-04-23	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	Yahsat 1B	Khrunichev	Success
2012-04-26	PSLV XL	RISAT-1	ISRO	Success
2012-04-29	Long March 3B/E	Compass-M3 & Compass-M4	CASC	Success
2012-05-04	Atlas V 531	AEHF-1 (USA-214)	ULA	Success
2012-05-06	Long March 2D	Tianhui-1B	CASC	Success
2012-05-10	Long March 4B	Yaogan 14 & Tiantuo 1	CASC	Success
2012-05-15	Soyuz FG	Soyuz TMA-04M	Progress RSC	Success
2012-05-15	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-13 & Vinasat-2	ArianeGroup	Success
2012-05-17	Soyuz U	Kobalt-M No.8 (Kosmos-2480)	Progress RSC	Success
2012-05-17	H-IIA 202	GCOM-W1	MHI	Success
2012-05-17	Proton-M Briz-M	Nimiq 6	Khrunichev	Success
2012-05-22	Falcon 9 v1.0	SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2	SpaceX	Success
2012-05-23	Safir 1B	Fajr	IRSA	Failure
2012-05-26	Long March 3B/E	Chinasat-2A	CASC	Success
2012-05-29	Long March 4C	Yaogan 15	CASC	Success
2012-06-01	Zenit 3SL	Intelsat 19	Yuzhmash	Success
2012-06-13	Pegasus XL	Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)	OSC	Success
2012-06-16	Long March 2F/G	Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC	CASC	Success
2012-06-20	Atlas V 401	NROL-38 (SDS) (USA-236)	ULA	Success
2012-06-29	Delta IV Heavy	NROL-15 (Mentor) (USA-237)	ULA	Success
2012-07-05	Ariane 5 ECA	Echostar XVII & MSG-3	ArianeGroup	Success
2012-07-09	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	SES-5	Khrunichev	Success
2012-07-15	Soyuz FG	Soyuz TMA-05M	Progress RSC	Success
2012-07-21	H-IIB 304	Kounotori 3 (HTV-3)	MHI	Success
2012-07-22	Soyuz-FG Fregat	Kanopus-V No.1 & BelKA-2	Progress RSC	Success
2012-07-25	Long March 3C	Tianlian 1-03	CASC	Success
2012-07-28	Rokot/Briz-KM	Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)	Khrunichev	Success
2012-08-01	Soyuz U	Progress M-16M (48P)	Progress RSC	Success
2012-08-02	Ariane 5 ECA	Intelsat 20 & HYLAS 2	ArianeGroup	Success
2012-08-06	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	Telkom-3 & Ekspress MD2	Khrunichev	Partial Failure
2012-08-19	Zenit 3SL	Intelsat 21	Yuzhmash	Success
2012-08-30	Atlas V 401	Radiation Belt Storm Probe A	ULA	Success
2012-09-09	PSLV-CA	SPOT 6 & PROITERES	ISRO	Success
2012-09-13	Atlas V 401	NROL-36 (Multipayload mission)	ULA	Success
2012-09-17	Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M	MetOp-B	Progress RSC	Success
2012-09-18	Long March 3B/E	Compass-M5 & Compass-M6	CASC	Success
2012-09-22	Safir 1B	Fajr	IRSA	Failure
2012-09-28	Ariane 5 ECA	Astra 2F & GSAT-10	ArianeGroup	Success
2012-09-29	Long March 2D	VRSS-1	CASC	Success
2012-10-04	Delta IV M+(4,2)	GPS IIF-3 (USA-239)	ULA	Success
2012-10-08	Falcon 9 v1.0	SpX CRS-1	SpaceX	Partial Failure
2012-10-12	Soyuz STB Fregat-MT	Galileo L2 (IOV FM03-FM04)	Progress RSC	Success
2012-10-14	Long March 2C/SMA	Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B	CASC	Success
2012-10-14	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	Intelsat 23	Khrunichev	Success
2012-10-23	Soyuz FG	Soyuz TMA-06M	Progress RSC	Success
2012-10-25	Long March 3C	Compass-G6	CASC	Success
2012-10-31	Soyuz U	Progress M-17M (49P)	Progress RSC	Success
2012-11-02	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	Luch 5B & Yamal-300K	Khrunichev	Success
2012-11-10	Ariane 5 ECA	218, B-SAT	ArianeGroup	Success
2012-11-14	Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M	Meridian 6	Progress RSC	Success
2012-11-18	Long March 2C	Huanjing 1C	CASC	Success
2012-11-20	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	EchoStar XVI	Khrunichev	Success
2012-11-25	Long March 4C	Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C	CASC	Success
2012-11-27	Long March 3B/E	Zhongxing 12 / SupremeSAT-I	CASC	Success
2012-12-02	Soyuz STA Fregat	Pléiades-HR 1B	Progress RSC	Success
2012-12-03	Zenit 3SL	Eutelsat 70B	Yuzhmash	Success
2012-12-08	Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced	Yamal-402	Khrunichev	Partial Failure
2012-12-11	Atlas V 501	OTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240)	ULA	Success
2012-12-12	Unha-3	Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2	NADA	Success
2012-12-18	Long March 2D	Göktürk-2	CASC	Success
2012-12-19	Soyuz FG	Soyuz TMA-07M	Progress RSC	Success
2012-12-19	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3	ArianeGroup	Success

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