Mission Zenit-6U 19 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 41/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 41/1 has witnessed the launch of 310 rockets, including 310 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U Agency […]
Crew Valeri Kubasov Birthday: 01/07/1935 Role: Commander Nationality: Russian First Flight: 10/11/1969 Last Flight: 05/26/1980 Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Russian: Вале́рий Никола́евич Куба́сов; 7 January 1935 – 19 February 2014) was a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo–Soyuz mission), and […]
Mission Firewheel Type: Earth Science Orbit: Elliptical Orbit German magnetospheric research satellite Location Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) has witnessed the launch of 49 rockets, including 49 orbital launch attempts, while Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, has been the site for 320 rocket launches. Rocket […]
Mission Zenit-4MKT 13 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 43/3 (43L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/3 (43L) has witnessed the launch of 229 rockets, including 229 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U […]
Mission Parus 24 Type: Navigation Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system Location 132/2 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/2 has witnessed the launch of 172 rockets, including 172 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces […]
Mission Zenit-4MT 18 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 43/3 (43L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/3 (43L) has witnessed the launch of 229 rockets, including 229 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U […]
Mission Taifun-1B 2 Type: Test Target Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Passive radar calibration satellite Location 132/1 (132L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/1 (132L) has witnessed the launch of 212 rockets, including 212 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces Kosmos-3M (11K65M) N/A […]
Mission Zenit-6U 18 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 41/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 41/1 has witnessed the launch of 310 rockets, including 310 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U Agency […]
Mission Yantar-4K1 2 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite Location 43/3 (43L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/3 (43L) has witnessed the launch of 229 rockets, including 229 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal […]
Mission US-A 16 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $12,000,000 Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor. Location 90 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 90 has witnessed the launch of 74 rockets, including 74 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for […]
Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 1/5 has witnessed the launch of 487 rockets, including 487 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1547 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U Agency Soviet Space Program The Soviet space program, was the national space program […]
Mission Navstar 6 Type: Navigation Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit First generation GPS satellite Location Space Launch Complex 3E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 3E has witnessed the launch of 48 rockets, including 45 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 749 rocket launches. Rocket Convair Atlas F/SVS […]
Mission Molniya-3 26L Type: Communications Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit Location 41/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 41/1 has witnessed the launch of 310 rockets, including 310 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces Molniya-M 2BL […]
Mission IS-A 10 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $12,000,000 Second generation ASAT satellite Location 90 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 90 has witnessed the launch of 74 rockets, including 74 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1547 rocket launches. Rocket Yuzhnoye Design Bureau […]
Mission Zenit-4MKM 38 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 1/5 has witnessed the launch of 487 rockets, including 487 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1547 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) […]
