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Southern State Design Bureau

Southern State Design Bureau (KB Yuzhnoe im. M K Yangel) owned 66 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

Soviet UnionDnepropetrovskGCAT code YUZH

Payloads owned, by decade

46155
1960s1970s1980s

Payloads by mission type

Space science19
Calibration15
Technology12
Astronomy6
Missile early warning2
Signals intelligence2
Optical imaging1

Main programs

DS-P1-Yu A7DS-U2-V4DS-P1-I L4DS-U2-I3Okean-E3DS-A12DS-U2-M2DS-U1-G2DS-U2-MP2DS-U2-D2DS-MO2DS-P1-Yu B2

Best-known spacecraft

57 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Kosmos 971965-095ANov 26, 1965YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 931965-084AOct 19, 1965YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1011965-107ADec 21, 1965YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1061966-004AJan 25, 1966YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1081966-011AFeb 11, 1966YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1191966-043AMay 24, 1966YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered attached to another object
Kosmos 1351966-112ADec 12, 1966YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1371966-117ADec 21, 1966YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1491967-024AMar 21, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1631967-056AJun 5, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1661967-061AJun 16, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2021968-010AFeb 20, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3211970-006AJan 20, 1970YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 4611971-105ADec 2, 1971YuzhnoeSoviet UnionAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 761965-059AJul 23, 1965YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 951965-088ANov 4, 1965YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1161966-036AApr 26, 1966YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1231966-061AJul 8, 1966YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1421967-013AFeb 14, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2151968-033AApr 18, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2251968-048AJun 11, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2591968-113ADec 14, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2611968-117ADec 19, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2621968-119ADec 26, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3781970-097ANov 17, 1970YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 4261971-052AJun 4, 1971YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 531965-006AJan 30, 1965YuzhnoeSoviet UnionMissile early warningReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 701965-052AJul 2, 1965YuzhnoeSoviet UnionMissile early warningReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1451967-019AMar 3, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1481967-023AMar 16, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1521967-028AMar 25, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1651967-059AJun 12, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1731967-081AAug 24, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1761967-086ASep 12, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1911967-115ANov 21, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1961967-125ADec 19, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 1971967-126ADec 26, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2191968-038AApr 26, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3201970-005AJan 16, 1970YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3351970-035AApr 24, 1970YuzhnoeSoviet UnionAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3481970-044AJun 13, 1970YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3561970-059AAug 10, 1970YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2041968-015AMar 5, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2301968-056AJul 5, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2421968-079ASep 20, 1968YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 2751969-031AMar 28, 1969YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Kosmos 3081969-096ANov 4, 1969YuzhnoeSoviet UnionCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 1891967-108AOct 30, 1967YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 8931977-011AFeb 15, 1977YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered attached to another object
Oreol 11971-119ADec 27, 1971YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSpace scienceIn orbit
Cosmos 9211977-055AJun 24, 1977YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyIn orbit
Cosmos 9561977-095ASep 24, 1977YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 9721977-123ADec 27, 1977YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyIn orbit
Cosmos 10251978-067AJun 28, 1978YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 16971985-097AOct 22, 1985YuzhnoeSoviet UnionSignals intelligenceIn orbit
Cosmos 17671986-056AJul 30, 1986YuzhnoeSoviet UnionTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Cosmos 18201987-016AFeb 14, 1987YuzhnoeSoviet UnionOptical imagingReentered (orbital decay)

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