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Aerospace Defence Forces

Aerospace Defence Forces (Voisk Vosdushno-Kosmicheskoi Oborona, Vosdushno-Kosmocheskie Sili) owned 80 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

RussiaMoskvaGCAT code VVKOV

Payloads owned, by decade

3050
2010s2020s

Payloads by mission type

Communications29
Optical imaging15
Navigation15
Signals intelligence11
Missile early warning6
Technology1
Radar imaging1

Main programs

Rodnik12Uragan-M9RU Group 18Lotos-S17Bars6EKS6RU Group 26Blagovest4Meridian-M4Uragan-K4Lotos-S1 Sub3Glonass-K22

Best-known spacecraft

46 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Cosmos 25062015-029AJun 23, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaOptical imagingIn orbit
Kosmos 25142016-008AFeb 7, 2016VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25532022-011AFeb 5, 2022VVKO VKSRussiaRadar imagingIn orbit
Kosmos-25102015-066ANov 17, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaMissile early warningIn orbit
Kosmos 25162016-032AMay 29, 2016VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25202017-046AAug 16, 2017VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Kosmos 25222017-055ASep 22, 2017VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25272018-053AJun 16, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25292018-086ANov 3, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25332018-107ADec 21, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 25032015-009AFeb 27, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaOptical imagingIn orbit
Cosmos 25052015-027AJun 5, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaOptical imagingLanded
Cosmos 25072015-050ASep 23, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 25082015-050BSep 23, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 25092015-050CSep 23, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Kanopus-ST2015-071ADec 5, 2015VVKO VKSRussiaOptical imagingReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos-25182017-027AMay 25, 2017VVKO VKSRussiaMissile early warningIn orbit
Kosmos-25232017-037EJun 23, 2017VVKO VKSRussiaTechnologyIn orbit
Kosmos 25242017-076ADec 2, 2017VVKO VKSRussiaSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Kosmos 25262018-037AApr 18, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Kosmos-25302018-097ANov 30, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Kosmos-25312018-097BNov 30, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Kosmos-25322018-097CNov 30, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 25342019-030AMay 27, 2019VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 25152016-020AMar 24, 2016VVKO VKSRussiaOptical imagingIn orbit
Kosmos 25282018-082AOct 25, 2018VVKO VKSRussiaSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Meridian-M 82019-046AJul 30, 2019VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Kosmos 25392019-048AAug 5, 2019VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 25442019-088ADec 11, 2019VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Meridian-M 92020-015AFeb 20, 2020VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Cosmos 25452020-018AMar 16, 2020VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25472020-075AOct 25, 2020VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25492021-008AFeb 2, 2021VVKO VKSRussiaSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Kocmoc-25502021-056AJun 25, 2021VVKO VKSRussiaSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Kosmos-25522021-113ANov 25, 2021VVKO VKSRussiaMissile early warningIn orbit
Kosmos-25412019-065ASep 26, 2019VVKO VKSRussiaMissile early warningIn orbit
Kosmos-25462020-031AMay 22, 2020VVKO VKSRussiaMissile early warningIn orbit
Meridian-M 102022-030AMar 22, 2022VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit
Kosmos 25572022-075AJul 7, 2022VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25592022-130AOct 10, 2022VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos-25632022-145ANov 2, 2022VVKO VKSRussiaMissile early warningIn orbit
Cosmos 25642022-161ANov 28, 2022VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 25692023-114AAug 7, 2023VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Cosmos 25842025-042AMar 2, 2025VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Kosmos 25952025-206BSep 13, 2025VVKO VKSRussiaNavigationIn orbit
Meridian-M 112026-071AApr 3, 2026VVKO VKSRussiaCommunicationsIn orbit

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