Portal:Spaceflight/Spaceflight news/2012 archive

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• 24 October - Expedition 33 crew on board the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft prepares for docking with the International Space Station.

• 15 July - A Soyuz-FG rocket launched the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft towards the International Space Station.
• 24 February - A Long March 3C launches Compass-G5 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.
• 14 February - A Proton-M/Briz-M launches the SES-4 communications satellite.
• 13 February - The Vega carrier rocket makes its maiden flight from ELA-1 at Kourou, deploying LARES, ALMASat-1 and seven CubeSats, including the first Hungarian, Romanian and Polish spacecraft.
• 3 February - A modification of the Safir rocket with a new second stage launches the Navid satellite
• 25 January - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-14M to resupply the International Space Station
• 20 January - A Delta IV-M+(5,4) launches USA-233, the fourth WGS satellite, from Cape Canaveral
• 15 January - Russia's Fobos-Grunt spacecraft decays from its parking orbit following its failure to depart for Mars last year, reentering over the Pacific Ocean
• 13 January - A Long March 3A launches Fengyun 2-07 from Xichang
• 9 January - A Long March 4B launches Ziyuan 3 and VesselSat-2 from Taiyuan