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 Ariane orbited communications satellites for Europe and India.
On September 28, 2012 at 21:18 UTC the "Ariane-5” rocket-carrier was launched from Guiana Space Center at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket orbited a pair of telecommunications spacecraft – the ASTRA 2F European television satellite and the GSAT-10 Indian-made telecommunications spacecraft.
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Date: 02.10.2012
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Russian spy-satellite landing.
In according to the website of Jonathan McDowell, on September 24, 2012 at about 17:03 UTC the landing capsule of Russian "Kosmos-2480” military satellite landed.
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Date: 01.10.2012
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China launched 2 navigation system satellites.
On September 19, 2012 at 03:10 Beijing time (on September 18 at 19:10 UTC) the Chang Zheng-3B (Long March-3B) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The rocket orbited 2 "Beidou” (Compass) navigation satellites (Beidou DW14 и Beidou DW15) for China’s indigenous global navigation and positioning network.
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Date: 19.09.2012
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Russia launched European meteo satellite.
On September 17, 2012 at16:28 UTC the "Soyuz – 2.1a” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Fregat” booster orbited the European "MetOp-B” meteorological satellite.
The satellite is the second in a series of three European polar orbiting weather satellites, designed and manufactured by Astrium to provide a broad range of measurements vital to weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
The 4100 kg satellite has been designed to operate in orbit for five years.
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Date: 18.09.2012
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Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft landed safely in Kazakhstan.
On September 17, 2012 at 02:52 UTC the Soyuz TMA-04M landing capsule landed safely at a distance of 86 kilometers to North-East from the city of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. 
The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 32 – Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin as well as American astronaut Joseph Acaba.
They spent in space 124 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes and 30 seconds.
Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide - remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 33 crew.
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Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft undocked from the ISS.
On September 17, 2012 at 03:09 Moscow time (Sept. 16 at 23:09 UTC) the Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 32 – Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin as well as American astronaut Joseph Acaba.
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Japanese HTV-3 spacecraft deorbited.
On September 14, 2012 at 05:26 UTC the Japanese HTV-3 unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited.
The spacecraft was expected to break apart and burn up from the heat of re-entry, and any leftover debris fell into a predetermined zone in the southern Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Chile.
The re-entry marked the end of a 55-day mission for the disposable cargo craft, which lifted off July 21 from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. It was attached to the International Space Station for 47 days.
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US launched a spy satellite plus more 12 small satellites.
On September 13, 2012 at 21:39 UTC the "Atlas-5” rocket-carrier was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California's Central Coast, USA.
The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command.
The rocket orbited the NROL-36 classified payload.
The "Atlas-5” rocket also orbited 12 small satellites:
SMDC-ONE 2.1 (Space and Missile Defense Command-ONE 2.1), SMDC-ONE 2.2 (Space and Missile Defense Command-ONE 2.2), STARE’ Aeneas, OUTSat, Aerocube-4, Aerocube-4.5 F1, Aerocube-4.5 F2 и CP5 (California Polytechnic), CINEMA 1 (Cubesat for Ion, Neutral, Electron, Magnetic), CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment) and CXBN (Cosmic X-ray Background Nanosat).
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Date: 15.09.2012
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The Japanese “Kountori 3” spacecraft left the ISS.
On September 12, 2012 the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), Kountori 3 left the International Space Station.
Using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), Kountori 3 (HTV3) was moved to the releasing point below the station and released from the SSRMS at 15:50 UTC.
After the release, the unmanned supply spacecraft performed separation maneuvers to depart from the ISS proximity. The Kountori 3 is scheduled to reenter the atmosphere on September 14.
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Indian rocket orbited a French satellite.
On September 9, 2012 at 04:23 UTC the PSLV C-21 rocket-carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island, India's primary launch site on the country's east coast about 50 miles north of Chennai. The PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket orbited the French "Spot 6” commercial Earth imaging satellite and the student-built "Proiteres” microsatellite for the Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan.
The Spot 6 satellite will collect high-resolution imagery, resolving objects as small as 1.5 meters. Spot 6 was built by Astrium Satellites of France.
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Date: 11.09.2012
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