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Russian Military Space Forces

Russian Military Space Forces (Voenno-Kosmicheskiye Sili (Military Space Forces)) owned 107 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

RussiaMosvka · Solnechnogorsk, RossiyaGCAT code VKS

Payloads owned, by decade

107
1990s

Payloads by mission type

Communications61
Navigation21
Optical imaging18
Technology1
Meteorology1
Geodesy1

Main programs

Strela-336Uragan21Kobal't10Molniya-37Neman5Molniya-1T5Raduga5Strela-2M3Don3Geizer2EKA1Meteor-21

Best-known spacecraft

60 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Kosmos 22511993-036AJun 16, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsCollided
Zeya1997-010AMar 4, 1997VKSRussiaGeodesyReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 22361993-010CFeb 17, 1993VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22081992-053AAug 12, 1992VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22101992-062ASep 22, 1992VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 22111992-068AOct 20, 1992VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22121992-068BOct 20, 1992VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22131992-068COct 20, 1992VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22141992-068DOct 20, 1992VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22151992-068EOct 20, 1992VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22161992-068FOct 20, 1992VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22201992-077ANov 20, 1992VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 22231992-087ADec 9, 1992VKSRussiaOptical imagingDeorbited
Cosmos 22251992-091ADec 22, 1992VKSRussiaOptical imagingDeorbited
Cosmos 22311993-004AJan 19, 1993VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 22341993-010AFeb 17, 1993VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22351993-010BFeb 17, 1993VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22401993-021AApr 2, 1993VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 22451993-030AMay 11, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22461993-030BMay 11, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22471993-030CMay 11, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22481993-030DMay 11, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22491993-030EMay 11, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22501993-030FMay 11, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22521993-038AJun 24, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22531993-038BJun 24, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22541993-038CJun 24, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22551993-038DJun 24, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22561993-038EJun 24, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22571993-038FJun 24, 1993VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22591993-045AJul 14, 1993VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 22621993-057ASep 7, 1993VKSRussiaOptical imagingExploded or broke up
Cosmos 22671993-071ANov 5, 1993VKSRussiaOptical imagingDeorbited
Cosmos 22681994-011AFeb 12, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22691994-011BFeb 12, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22701994-011CFeb 12, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22711994-011DFeb 12, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22721994-011EFeb 12, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22731994-011FFeb 12, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22741994-018AMar 17, 1994VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 22751994-021AApr 11, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22761994-021BApr 11, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22771994-021CApr 11, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22801994-025AApr 28, 1994VKSRussiaOptical imagingDeorbited
Cosmos 22831994-042AJul 20, 1994VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 22871994-050AAug 11, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22881994-050BAug 11, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22891994-050CAug 11, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22911994-060ASep 21, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22941994-076ANov 20, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22951994-076BNov 20, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22961994-076CNov 20, 1994VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 22981994-083ADec 20, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 22991994-086ADec 26, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 23001994-086BDec 26, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 23011994-086CDec 26, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 23021994-086DDec 26, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 23031994-086EDec 26, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 23041994-086FDec 26, 1994VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 23051994-088ADec 29, 1994VKSRussiaOptical imagingDeorbited

The 60 best documented of 80 spacecraft with a page on this site.

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