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Central Space Forces Directorate

Central Space Forces Directorate (Tsentral'noye Upravleniye Kosmicheskhikh Sredstv) owned 132 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionMoskva?GCAT code TSUKOS

Payloads owned, by decade

1284
1960s1970s

Payloads by mission type

Optical imaging113
Communications10
Meteorology3
Signals intelligence1

Main programs

Zenit-458Zenit-2 B30Zenit-2 A23Molniya-110Meteor C2Zenit-2M2Meteor B1Tselina-OM1

Best-known spacecraft

60 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Kosmos 481964-066AOct 14, 1964TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1121966-021AMar 17, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 501964-070AOct 28, 1964TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingExploded or broke up
Kosmos 521965-001AJan 11, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 991965-103ADec 10, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1241966-064AJul 14, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1321966-106ANov 19, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1361966-115ADec 19, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 641965-025AMar 25, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 661965-035AMay 7, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 681965-046AJun 15, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 781965-066AAug 14, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 981965-097ANov 27, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1041966-001AJan 7, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1051966-003AJan 22, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1071966-010AFeb 10, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1151966-033AApr 20, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1171966-037AMay 6, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1201966-050AJun 8, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1291966-091AOct 14, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1381967-004AJan 19, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1431967-017AFeb 27, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Kosmos 1471967-022AMar 13, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 771965-061AAug 3, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 791965-069AAug 25, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 851965-071ASep 9, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 911965-075ASep 23, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 921965-083AOct 16, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 941965-085AOct 28, 1965TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1091966-014AFeb 19, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1131966-023AMar 21, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1141966-028AApr 6, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1211966-054AJun 17, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1261966-068AJul 28, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1271966-071AAug 8, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1281966-079AAug 27, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1301966-093AOct 20, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1311966-105ANov 12, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1341966-108ADec 3, 1966TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1531967-030AApr 4, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1741967-082AAug 31, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionCommunicationsReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 2051968-016AMar 5, 1968TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 2141968-032AApr 18, 1968TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 2391968-073ASep 5, 1968TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 2601968-115ADec 16, 1968TsUKOSSoviet UnionCommunicationsReentered (orbital decay)
Meteor-1 11969-029AMar 26, 1969TsUKOSSoviet UnionMeteorologyReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 1411967-012AFeb 8, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1501967-025AMar 22, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1551967-033AApr 12, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1571967-044AMay 12, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1611967-049AMay 22, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1621967-054AJun 1, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1641967-057AJun 8, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1681967-067AJul 4, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1721967-078AAug 9, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1751967-085ASep 11, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1771967-088ASep 16, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1801967-093ASep 26, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1811967-097AOct 11, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 1821967-098AOct 16, 1967TsUKOSSoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded

The 60 best documented of 119 spacecraft with a page on this site.

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