Mission Zenit-4MK 71 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite 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 Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1548 rocket launches. Rocket […]
Mission Tsikada 1 Type: Navigation Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus 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 […]
Mission TKS-VA 1 & 2 Type: Test Flight Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Reentry capsule of the TKS spacecraft Location 81/24 (81P) Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 81/24 (81P) has witnessed the launch of 92 rockets, including 92 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1548 rocket launches. Rocket […]
Mission DS-P1-M 10 Type: Test Target Orbit: Low Earth Orbit ASAT target satellite 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) N/A Agency Soviet Space […]
Mission Zenit-2M 73 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 43/4 (43R) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/4 (43R) has witnessed the launch of 319 rockets, including 319 orbital launch attempts, while […]
Mission Strela-1M 121-128 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Military communications satellites 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 Agency […]
Mission FSW-0 2 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Chinese Fanhui Shi Weixing recoverable reconnaissance satellite Location Launch Area 2B Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Area 2B has witnessed the launch of 26 rockets, including 26 orbital launch attempts, while Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China, has been […]
Mission Molniya-2 16 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Government communications satellite. 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 Molniya-M 2BL Agency Soviet Space […]
Mission Tselina-O 33 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 […]
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 1548 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U Agency Soviet Space Program The Soviet space program, was the national space program […]
Mission US-P 4 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $12,000,000 Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices 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 1548 rocket launches. Rocket […]
Mission Prognoz-5 Type: Heliophysics Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth’s magnetosphere and ionosphere. Location 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 31/6 has witnessed the launch of 415 rockets, including 415 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the […]
Mission Zenit-6U 1 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite 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 Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz […]
Mission Zenit-4MK 70 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite 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 Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1548 rocket launches. Rocket […]
Mission JSSW 4 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Experimental Chinese satellite Location Launch Area 2B Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China Launch Area 2B has witnessed the launch of 26 rockets, including 26 orbital launch attempts, while Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China, has been the site for 222 […]
