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Ministry of General Machine Building

Ministry of General Machine Building (Minobshchemash) owned 318 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionMoskvaGCAT code MOM

Payloads owned, by decade

187018446
1960s1970s1980s1990s

Payloads by mission type

Space science2
Human spaceflight2
Deep space1
Technology1

Main programs

4V-1A SA1DS-U2-GKA17K-TM17K-TA1AUOS1Astrofizika1

Best-known spacecraft

SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Kosmos 6381974-018AApr 3, 1974MOMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 6561974-036AMay 27, 1974MOMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 10661978-121ADec 23, 1978MOMSoviet UnionTechnologyIn orbit
Cosmos 9001977-023AMar 29, 1977MOMSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Oreol 21973-107ADec 26, 1973MOMSoviet UnionSpace scienceIn orbit
Spuskaemiy apparat Veneri-41967-058Jun 12, 1967MOMSoviet Union—Released
SA Veneri-51969-001Jan 5, 1969MOMSoviet Union—Released
SA Veneri-61969-002Jan 10, 1969MOMSoviet Union—Released
SA Veneri-71970-060Aug 17, 1970MOMSoviet Union—Released
Lunokhod-11970-095Nov 10, 1970MOMSoviet Union—Landed attached to another object
Lunokhod-21973-001Jan 8, 1973MOMSoviet Union—Landed attached to another object
DAS1988-059Jul 12, 1988MOMSoviet Union—In orbit, attached to another object
Luna-16 VA1970-U01Sep 21, 1970MOMSoviet Union—Released

Source: GCAT organizations database, launch list and payload catalog, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).