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Central KB for Experimental Machine Building

Central KB for Experimental Machine Building (Tsentral'niy KB Ekspermental'novo Mashinostroeniya) owned 45 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionKorolev · PodlipkiGCAT code TSKBEM

Payloads owned, by decade

3015
1960s1970s

Payloads by mission type

Human spaceflight36
Space science2
Deep space1

Main programs

7K-OK16L-177K-TX4T2K37K-T3DOS2E-6S1N-41N-61L-1e1

Best-known spacecraft

38 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Soyuz 11967-037AApr 23, 1967TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDeorbited
Salyut 11971-032AApr 19, 1971TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDeorbited
Soyuz 111971-053AJun 6, 1971TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDocked with another object
Luna 101966-027AMar 31, 1966TsKBEMSoviet UnionDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Soyuz 31968-094AOct 26, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Soyuz 91970-041AJun 1, 1970TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Soyuz 21968-093AOct 25, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Soyuz 51969-005AJan 15, 1969TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Soyuz 41969-004AJan 14, 1969TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDocked with another object
Soyuz 71969-086AOct 12, 1969TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Soyuz 81969-087AOct 13, 1969TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Soyuz 101971-034AApr 22, 1971TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDocked with another object
Soyuz 131973-103ADec 18, 1973TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Soyuz 61969-085AOct 11, 1969TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Zond 51968-076ASep 14, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Soyuz 121973-067ASep 27, 1973TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 1331966-107ANov 28, 1966TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 5571973-026AMay 11, 1973TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1401967-009AFeb 7, 1967TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 1861967-105AOct 27, 1967TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDocked with another object
Zond 61968-101ANov 10, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Zond 71969-067AAug 7, 1969TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Zond 81970-088AOct 20, 1970TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Kosmos 4961972-045AJun 26, 1972TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 5731973-041AJun 15, 1973TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 6131973-096ANov 30, 1973TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 1461967-021AMar 10, 1967TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Zond 41968-013AMar 2, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Kosmos 2131968-030AApr 15, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Kosmos 2381968-072AAug 28, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightLanded
Cosmos 1881967-107AOct 30, 1967TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDeorbited
Kosmos 2121968-029AApr 14, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightDocked with another object
Kosmos 4341971-069AAug 12, 1971TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3791970-099ANov 24, 1970TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3981971-016AFeb 26, 1971TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3821970-103ADec 2, 1970TsKBEMSoviet UnionHuman spaceflightIn orbit, attached to another object
Proton 31966-060AJul 6, 1966TsKBEMSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Proton 41968-103ANov 16, 1968TsKBEMSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)

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