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Miinistry of the Armed Forces

Miinistry of the Armed Forces (Ministerstvo Voenniy Sili?) conducted 11 orbital launches in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionMoskvaGCAT code MVS

Launches conducted

11 launches
DateMissionRocketSpaceportPayloadsOutcome
Oct 4, 1959E-2A1959 THEVostok-L 8K72Baikonur1Success
Sep 12, 1959E-1 No. 71959 XIVostok-L 8K72Baikonur1Success
Jun 18, 1959E-1 No. 51959-F06Vostok-L 8K72Baikonur1Failure
Jan 2, 1959E-1 No. 41959 MUVostok-L 8K72Baikonur1Success
Dec 4, 1958E-1 No. 31958-F20Vostok-L 8K72Baikonur1Failure
Oct 11, 1958E-1 No. 21958-F17Vostok-L 8K72Baikonur1Failure
Sep 23, 1958E-1 No. 11958-F15Vostok-L 8K72Baikonur1Failure
May 15, 1958D-1 No. 21958 DELSputnik 8A91Baikonur1Success
Apr 27, 1958D-1 No. 11958-F03Sputnik 8A91Baikonur1Failure
Nov 3, 1957PS-21957 BETSputnik 8K71PSBaikonur1Success
Oct 4, 1957PS-11957 ALPSputnik 8K71PSBaikonur1Success

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