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Military-Topographic Service of the Soviet Army

Military-Topographic Service of the Soviet Army (Voenno-Topograficheskaya Sluzhba Sovetskiy Amrii) owned 34 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionMoskvaGCAT code VTS

Payloads owned, by decade

17152
1970s1980s1990s

Payloads by mission type

Optical imaging19
Geodesy15

Main programs

Orion14Sfera9Musson6Kometa5

Best-known spacecraft

34 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Cosmos 5851973-064ASep 8, 1973VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 6501974-028AApr 29, 1974VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 6751974-069AAug 29, 1974VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 7081975-012AFeb 12, 1975VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 7701975-089ASep 24, 1975VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 8111976-030AMar 31, 1976VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 8421976-070AJul 21, 1976VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 9111977-039AMay 25, 1977VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 9631977-109ANov 24, 1977VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 10671978-122ADec 26, 1978VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 8551976-095ASep 21, 1976VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 9161977-046AJun 10, 1977VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 9881978-015AFeb 8, 1978VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 10461978-102ANov 1, 1978VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 10691978-124ADec 28, 1978VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 11191979-071AAug 3, 1979VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 11391979-088AOct 5, 1979VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 11801980-038AMay 15, 1980VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 12111980-077ASep 23, 1980VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 12391981-004AJan 16, 1981VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 13091981-092ASep 18, 1981VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 13321982-002AJan 12, 1982VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 13981982-077AAug 3, 1982VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 17321986-015AFeb 11, 1986VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 18031986-094ADec 2, 1986VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 18231987-020AFeb 20, 1987VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 18961987-093ANov 14, 1987VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 19441988-041AMay 18, 1988VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 19501988-046AMay 30, 1988VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 19861988-116ADec 29, 1988VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 20211989-037AMay 24, 1989VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 20371989-068AAug 28, 1989VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit
Cosmos 20781990-044AMay 15, 1990VTS SASoviet UnionOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 20881990-066AJul 30, 1990VTS SASoviet UnionGeodesyIn orbit

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