Kosmos 12, a Zenit-2 film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for Soviet military area survey imaging, launched on a Vostok-2 (8A92) from Baikonur on 22 December 1962. It completed its low Earth orbit mission and deorbited on 30 December.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 44 Vostok 8A92 flights
- Date and time
- 22 December 1962, 09:23 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1962-072
- Launches in 1962
- 81st of 81
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