Mission US-A 13 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 […]
Mission US-A 12 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 […]
Mission Meteor-1 26 (35L) 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 Marisat 3 Type: Communications Orbit: Geostationary Orbit Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company Location Space Launch Complex 17A Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 17A has witnessed the launch of 145 rockets, including 145 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, has been the site for 943 rocket launches. Rocket […]
Crew Vyacheslav Zudov Birthday: 01/08/1942 Role: Commander Nationality: Russian First Flight: 10/14/1976 Last Flight: 10/14/1976 Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov is a retired USSR cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut on 23 October 1965, flew as Commander on Soyuz 23 on 14–16 October 1976 and retired on 14 May 1987. Valery Rozhdestvensky Birthday: 02/13/1939 Role: […]
Mission Zenit-4MK 68 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 Zenit-4MKT 3 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit 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 U […]
Mission Strela-2M 14 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Military communications 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-4MK 67 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 Zenit-2M 71 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 Zenit-4MT 11 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 KH-8 47 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit KH-8 Block 3 high resolution reconnaissance satellite. Location Space Launch Complex 4W Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 4W has witnessed the launch of 93 rockets, including 93 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 751 rocket launches. […]
Crew Valery Bykovsky Birthday: 08/02/1934 Role: Commander Nationality: Russian First Flight: 06/14/1963 Last Flight: 08/26/1978 Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; born 2 August 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz […]
Mission Raduga 2 Type: Communications Orbit: Geostationary Orbit Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes 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 Khrunichev State […]
Mission DMSP-5D1 F1 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit Military meteorological satellite Location Space Launch Complex 10W Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 10W has witnessed the launch of 31 rockets, including 31 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 751 rocket launches. Rocket McDonnell Douglas Thor DSV-2U […]
