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Soviet Navy

Soviet Navy (Voenno-Morskoy Flot SSSR) owned 162 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionMoskva, RossiyaGCAT code VMF

Payloads owned, by decade

4510215
1970s1980s1990s

Payloads by mission type

Navigation97
Signals intelligence60
Technology2

Main programs

Parus68US-A26Zaliv14US-P13Tsikada12US-PM11US-PM16US-PU3Nadezhda3US-M2US-AM1

Best-known spacecraft

60 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Kosmos 9541977-090ASep 18, 1977VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceReentered attached to another object
Kosmos 14021982-084AAug 30, 1982VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 18181987-011AFeb 1, 1987VMFSoviet UnionTechnologyIn orbit, attached to another object
Kosmos 18671987-060AJul 10, 1987VMFSoviet UnionTechnologyIn orbit, attached to another object
Kosmos 12751981-053AJun 4, 1981VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 7851975-116ADec 12, 1975VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 12661981-037AApr 21, 1981VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 19001987-101ADec 12, 1987VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 5741973-042AJun 20, 1973VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 5861973-065ASep 14, 1973VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 6261973-108ADec 27, 1973VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 6271973-109ADec 29, 1973VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 6281974-001AJan 17, 1974VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 6511974-029AMay 15, 1974VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 6541974-032AMay 17, 1974VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 6631974-048AJun 27, 1974VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 6891974-079AOct 18, 1974VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 7231975-024AApr 2, 1975VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 7241975-025AApr 7, 1975VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 7291975-034AApr 22, 1975VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 8001976-011AFeb 3, 1976VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 8231976-051AJun 2, 1976VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 8461976-078AJul 29, 1976VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 8601976-103AOct 17, 1976VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 8611976-104AOct 21, 1976VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 8641976-108AOct 29, 1976VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 8871976-128ADec 28, 1976VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 8901977-004AJan 20, 1977VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 8941977-013AFeb 21, 1977VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9281977-064AJul 13, 1977VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9511977-087ASep 13, 1977VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9521977-088ASep 16, 1977VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 9621977-107AOct 28, 1977VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9711977-122ADec 23, 1977VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9851978-007AJan 17, 1978VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9911978-022AFeb 28, 1978VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9941978-028AMar 15, 1978VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 9961978-031AMar 28, 1978VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 10111978-053AMay 23, 1978VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 10271978-074AJul 27, 1978VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 10641978-119ADec 20, 1978VMFSoviet UnionNavigationReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 10721979-003AJan 16, 1979VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 10891979-026AMar 21, 1979VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 10911979-028AApr 7, 1979VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 11041979-046AMay 31, 1979VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 11411979-090AOct 16, 1979VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 11501980-003AJan 14, 1980VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 11531980-007AJan 25, 1980VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 11761980-034AApr 29, 1980VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 11811980-039AMay 20, 1980VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 12251980-097ADec 5, 1980VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 12441981-013AFeb 12, 1981VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 12491981-021AMar 5, 1981VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 12951981-077AAug 12, 1981VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 12991981-081AAug 24, 1981VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 13081981-091ASep 18, 1981VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 13331982-003AJan 14, 1982VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 13371982-010AFeb 11, 1982VMFSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 13441982-024AMar 24, 1982VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 13491982-030AApr 8, 1982VMFSoviet UnionNavigationIn orbit

The 60 best documented of 156 spacecraft with a page on this site.

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