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NPO Applied Mechanics

NPO Applied Mechanics (NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki) owned 47 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionZheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk-26)GCAT code NPOPM

Payloads owned, by decade

931133
1970s1980s1990s2000s2020s

Payloads by mission type

Communications30
Geodesy7
Navigation6

Main programs

Molniya-320Radio RS7Musson5Tsikada3Nadezhda-T3SferaCon3Etalon2

Best-known spacecraft

21 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Cosmos 13831982-066AJun 29, 1982NPO PMSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 10001978-034AMar 31, 1978NPO PMSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9261977-062AJul 8, 1977NPO PMSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 10921979-030AApr 11, 1979NPO PMSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 13051981-088ASep 11, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 13121981-098ASep 30, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 14101982-096ASep 24, 1982NPO PMSoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 14471983-021AMar 24, 1983NPO PMSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 15101983-115ANov 24, 1983NPO PMSoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 15741984-062AJun 21, 1984NPO PMSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 15891984-084AAug 8, 1984NPO PMSoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 16601985-047AJun 14, 1985NPO PMSoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 19891989-001CJan 10, 1989NPO PMSoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 20241989-039CMay 31, 1989NPO PMSoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Radio 31981-120ADec 17, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Radio 41981-120BDec 17, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Radio 51981-120CDec 17, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Radio 61981-120DDec 17, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Radio 71981-120EDec 17, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Radio 81981-120FDec 17, 1981NPO PMSoviet UnionCommunicationsIn orbit
Radio-ROSTO1994-085ADec 26, 1994NPO PMRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit

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