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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)RocketMissionProviderOutcome
2012-01-09Long March 4BZiyuan 3 & VesselSat-2CASCSuccess
2012-01-13Long March 3AFengyun 2-07CASCSuccess
2012-01-20Delta IV M+(5,4)WGS-4 (USA-233)ULASuccess
2012-01-25Soyuz UProgress M-14M (46P)Progress RSCSuccess
2012-02-03SafirNavidIRSASuccess
2012-02-13VegaMultipayload mission, 9 satellitesAvioSuccess
2012-02-14Proton-M Briz-MSES-4KhrunichevSuccess
2012-02-24Long March 3CCompass-G5CASCSuccess
2012-02-24Atlas V 551MUOS-1ULASuccess
2012-03-23Ariane 5 ESEdoardo Amaldi ATV (ATV-003)ArianeGroupSuccess
2012-03-25Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedIntelsat 22KhrunichevSuccess
2012-03-30Proton K/DM-2US-KMO (Kosmos-2479)KhrunichevSuccess
2012-03-31Long March 3B/EAPStar-7CASCSuccess
2012-04-03Delta IV M+(5,2)NROL-25 (FIA-R) (USA-234)ULASuccess
2012-04-12Unha-3Kwangmyongsong-3NADAFailure
2012-04-20Soyuz UProgress M-15M (47P)Progress RSCSuccess
2012-04-23Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedYahsat 1BKhrunichevSuccess
2012-04-26PSLV XLRISAT-1ISROSuccess
2012-04-29Long March 3B/ECompass-M3 & Compass-M4CASCSuccess
2012-05-04Atlas V 531AEHF-1 (USA-214)ULASuccess
2012-05-06Long March 2DTianhui-1BCASCSuccess
2012-05-10Long March 4BYaogan 14 & Tiantuo 1CASCSuccess
2012-05-15Soyuz FGSoyuz TMA-04MProgress RSCSuccess
2012-05-15Ariane 5 ECAJCSAT-13 & Vinasat-2ArianeGroupSuccess
2012-05-17Soyuz UKobalt-M No.8 (Kosmos-2480)Progress RSCSuccess
2012-05-17H-IIA 202GCOM-W1MHISuccess
2012-05-17Proton-M Briz-MNimiq 6KhrunichevSuccess
2012-05-22Falcon 9 v1.0SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2SpaceXSuccess
2012-05-23Safir 1BFajrIRSAFailure
2012-05-26Long March 3B/EChinasat-2ACASCSuccess
2012-05-29Long March 4CYaogan 15CASCSuccess
2012-06-01Zenit 3SLIntelsat 19YuzhmashSuccess
2012-06-13Pegasus XLNuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)OSCSuccess
2012-06-16Long March 2F/GShenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GCCASCSuccess
2012-06-20Atlas V 401NROL-38 (SDS) (USA-236)ULASuccess
2012-06-29Delta IV HeavyNROL-15 (Mentor) (USA-237)ULASuccess
2012-07-05Ariane 5 ECAEchostar XVII & MSG-3ArianeGroupSuccess
2012-07-09Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedSES-5KhrunichevSuccess
2012-07-15Soyuz FGSoyuz TMA-05MProgress RSCSuccess
2012-07-21H-IIB 304Kounotori 3 (HTV-3)MHISuccess
2012-07-22Soyuz-FG FregatKanopus-V No.1 & BelKA-2Progress RSCSuccess
2012-07-25Long March 3CTianlian 1-03CASCSuccess
2012-07-28Rokot/Briz-KMGonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)KhrunichevSuccess
2012-08-01Soyuz UProgress M-16M (48P)Progress RSCSuccess
2012-08-02Ariane 5 ECAIntelsat 20 & HYLAS 2ArianeGroupSuccess
2012-08-06Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedTelkom-3 & Ekspress MD2KhrunichevPartial Failure
2012-08-19Zenit 3SLIntelsat 21YuzhmashSuccess
2012-08-30Atlas V 401Radiation Belt Storm Probe AULASuccess
2012-09-09PSLV-CASPOT 6 & PROITERESISROSuccess
2012-09-13Atlas V 401NROL-36 (Multipayload mission)ULASuccess
2012-09-17Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-MMetOp-BProgress RSCSuccess
2012-09-18Long March 3B/ECompass-M5 & Compass-M6CASCSuccess
2012-09-22Safir 1BFajrIRSAFailure
2012-09-28Ariane 5 ECAAstra 2F & GSAT-10ArianeGroupSuccess
2012-09-29Long March 2DVRSS-1CASCSuccess
2012-10-04Delta IV M+(4,2)GPS IIF-3 (USA-239)ULASuccess
2012-10-08Falcon 9 v1.0SpX CRS-1SpaceXPartial Failure
2012-10-12Soyuz STB Fregat-MTGalileo L2 (IOV FM03-FM04)Progress RSCSuccess
2012-10-14Long March 2C/SMAShijian 9A & Shijian 9BCASCSuccess
2012-10-14Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedIntelsat 23KhrunichevSuccess
2012-10-23Soyuz FGSoyuz TMA-06MProgress RSCSuccess
2012-10-25Long March 3CCompass-G6CASCSuccess
2012-10-31Soyuz UProgress M-17M (49P)Progress RSCSuccess
2012-11-02Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedLuch 5B & Yamal-300KKhrunichevSuccess
2012-11-10Ariane 5 ECA218, B-SATArianeGroupSuccess
2012-11-14Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-MMeridian 6Progress RSCSuccess
2012-11-18Long March 2CHuanjing 1CCASCSuccess
2012-11-20Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedEchoStar XVIKhrunichevSuccess
2012-11-25Long March 4CYaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16CCASCSuccess
2012-11-27Long March 3B/EZhongxing 12 / SupremeSAT-ICASCSuccess
2012-12-02Soyuz STA FregatPléiades-HR 1BProgress RSCSuccess
2012-12-03Zenit 3SLEutelsat 70BYuzhmashSuccess
2012-12-08Proton-M Briz-M EnhancedYamal-402KhrunichevPartial Failure
2012-12-11Atlas V 501OTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240)ULASuccess
2012-12-12Unha-3Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2NADASuccess
2012-12-18Long March 2DGöktürk-2CASCSuccess
2012-12-19Soyuz FGSoyuz TMA-07MProgress RSCSuccess
2012-12-19Ariane 5 ECASkynet 5D & Mexsat-3ArianeGroupSuccess