Mission DSCS-2 7 & 8 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Geostationary Orbit Satellites designed to provide secure voice and data communications for the US military. Location Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 40 has witnessed the launch of 233 rockets, including 233 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, has […]
Mission Zenit-4MK 77 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family. 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 […]
Mission Molniya-3 19L Type: Communications Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit Location 43/4 (43R) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/4 (43R) has witnessed the launch of 319 rockets, including 319 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces […]
Mission ER763-4 Type: Test Flight Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Mass model launched as payload substitute Location 107/1 Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation 107/1 has witnessed the launch of 20 rockets, including 20 orbital launch attempts, while Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation, has been the site for 101 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces Kosmos-3M (11K65M) N/A Agency […]
Mission Yantar-2K 6 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit 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 Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) […]
Mission Geos 1 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Elliptical Orbit European geostationary scientific satellite. Did not reach the intended orbit Location Space Launch Complex 17B Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 17B has witnessed the launch of 132 rockets, including 132 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, has been the site for 943 […]
Mission Zenit-2M 76 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family. Location 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 31/6 has witnessed the launch of 415 rockets, including 415 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur […]
Mission US-K 6 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Early warning 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 Space Forces Molniya-M 2BL Agency Soviet Space […]
Mission Zenit-4MK 76 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family. Location 43/4 (43R) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/4 (43R) has witnessed the launch of 319 rockets, including 319 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket […]
Mission DS-P1-I 19 Type: Test Target Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The DS-P1-I series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars. Location 133/3 (133L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 133/3 (133L) has witnessed the launch of 159 rockets, including 159 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site […]
Mission Meteor-1 27 (39L) Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites. 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 […]
Mission Oval Type: Astrophysics Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Scientific satellite with a number of space physics instruments 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 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) […]
Mission Tselina-O 34 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites. Location 132/2 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/2 has witnessed the launch of 172 rockets, including 172 orbital launch […]
Mission Molniya-1K 36 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit Location 43/4 (43R) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/4 (43R) has witnessed the launch of 319 rockets, including 319 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces […]
Mission Zenit-2M 75 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family. Location 43/3 (43L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/3 (43L) has witnessed the launch of 229 rockets, including 229 orbital launch attempts, while […]
