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Space Defence Force, USSR Armed Forces

Space Defence Force, USSR Armed Forces (Protivo-Kosmicheskaya Oborona, VS SSSR) owned 41 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionMoskva?GCAT code PKO

Payloads owned, by decade

7277
1960s1970s1980s

Payloads by mission type

Weapon test20
Target17
Technology1
Calibration1

Main programs

Lira9IS 5V91TM7IS 5V916IS 5V91T6IS 5V91AT5DS-P1-M4IS 5V91M2

Best-known spacecraft

39 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Kosmos 4591971-102ANov 29, 1971PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 12411981-006AJan 21, 1981PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 3941971-010AFeb 9, 1971PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 4001971-020AMar 18, 1971PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 5211972-074ASep 29, 1972PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 8031976-014AFeb 12, 1976PKOSoviet UnionCalibrationIn orbit
Kosmos 8391976-067AJul 8, 1976PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 8801976-120ADec 9, 1976PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 9091977-036AMay 19, 1977PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 9591977-101AOct 21, 1977PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 9671977-116ADec 13, 1977PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 11711980-026AApr 3, 1980PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 13751982-055AJun 6, 1982PKOSoviet UnionTargetIn orbit
Kosmos 2911969-066AAug 6, 1969PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 13791982-060AJun 18, 1982PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 1851967-104AOct 27, 1967PKOSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 2171968-036AApr 24, 1968PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 2481968-090AOct 19, 1968PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 2491968-091AOct 20, 1968PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testExploded or broke up
Cosmos 2521968-097ANov 1, 1968PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testExploded or broke up
Cosmos 3161969-108ADec 23, 1969PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 3731970-087AOct 20, 1970PKOSoviet UnionTargetReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 3741970-089AOct 23, 1970PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testExploded or broke up
Cosmos 3751970-091AOct 30, 1970PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testExploded or broke up
Cosmos 3971971-015AFeb 25, 1971PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testIn orbit
Kosmos-4041971-027AApr 4, 1971PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Kosmos 4621971-106ADec 3, 1971PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 8041976-015AFeb 16, 1976PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 8141976-034AApr 13, 1976PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 8431976-071AJul 21, 1976PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 8861976-126ADec 27, 1976PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testExploded or broke up
Cosmos 9101977-037AMay 23, 1977PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 9181977-050AJun 17, 1977PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 9611977-104AOct 26, 1977PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 9701977-121ADec 21, 1977PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testExploded or broke up
Cosmos 10091978-050AMay 19, 1978PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 11741980-030AApr 18, 1980PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testExploded or broke up
Cosmos 12431981-010AFeb 2, 1981PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited
Cosmos 12581981-024AMar 14, 1981PKOSoviet UnionWeapon testDeorbited

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