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Ministry of Comms. Union Radio Comms.

Ministry of Comms. Union Radio Comms. (MinSvyazi SSR Soyuzniy Uzel Radioveshchaniya i Radiosvyazi No. 9) owned 50 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionMoskvaGCAT code MSVYAZ

Payloads owned, by decade

10346
1970s1980s1990s

Payloads by mission type

Communications44

Main programs

Gorizont24Ekran17Ekran-M3

Best-known spacecraft

44 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Cosmos 18171987-010AJan 30, 1987MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsReentered (orbital decay)
Ekran 11976-107AOct 26, 1976MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 21977-092ASep 20, 1977MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 11978-118ADec 19, 1978MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 31979-015AFeb 21, 1979MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 21979-062AJul 5, 1979MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 41979-087AOct 3, 1979MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 31979-105ADec 28, 1979MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 41980-049AJun 14, 1980MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 51980-060AJul 14, 1980MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit, no recent tracking
Ekran 61980-104ADec 26, 1980MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 71981-061AJun 25, 1981MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 81982-009AFeb 5, 1982MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 51982-020AMar 15, 1982MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 91982-093ASep 16, 1982MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 61982-103AOct 20, 1982MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 101983-016AMar 12, 1983MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 71983-066AJun 30, 1983MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 111983-100ASep 29, 1983MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 81983-118ANov 30, 1983MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 121984-028AMar 16, 1984MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 91984-041AApr 22, 1984MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 101984-078AAug 1, 1984MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 131984-090AAug 24, 1984MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 111985-007AJan 18, 1985MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 141985-024AMar 22, 1985MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 151986-038AMay 24, 1986MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 121986-044AJun 10, 1986MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 131986-090ANov 18, 1986MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 141987-040AMay 11, 1987MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 161987-073ASep 3, 1987MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 171987-109ADec 27, 1987MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 151988-028AMar 31, 1988MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 181988-036AMay 6, 1988MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 161988-071AAug 18, 1988MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Ekran 191988-108ADec 10, 1988MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 171989-004AJan 26, 1989MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 181989-052AJul 5, 1989MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 191989-081ASep 28, 1989MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 201990-054AJun 20, 1990MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 211990-094ANov 3, 1990MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 221990-102ANov 23, 1990MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 231991-046AJul 1, 1991MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Gorizont 241991-074AOct 23, 1991MSvyazSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit

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