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This page contains philatelic information on the (selected) ISS (and other space-station-related) spacecraft (transfer vehicles and sub-satellites). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. A Master List of Un-manned Spacecraft, or click the 'Satellite' column title below. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Unlike most of our web pages, no attempt is made to be complete in this page!
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Salyut-6 related sub-satellites (1977 — 1982) | Salyut-6 related sub-satellites (1977 — 1982) | Salyut-6 related sub-satellites (1977 — 1982) |
| Salyut-7 related sub-satellites (1982 — 1991) | Salyut-7 related sub-satellites (1982 — 1991) | Salyut-7 related sub-satellites (1982 — 1991) |
| Mir-related sub-satellites (1986 — 2001) | Mir-related sub-satellites (1986 — 2001) | Mir-related sub-satellites (1986 — 2001) |
| (Selected) ISS-related sub-satellites (1998 →) | (Selected) ISS-related sub-satellites (1998 →) | (Selected) ISS-related sub-satellites (1998 →) |
| Progress (Russia, 2001 →) | Progress (Russia, 2001 →) | |
| ATV (ESA, 2008 — 2014) | ATV (ESA, 2008 — 2014) | ATV (ESA, 2008 — 2014) |
| HTV (Japan, 2009 — 2020, 2025 →) | HTV (Japan, 2009 — 2020, 2025 →) | HTV (Japan, 2009 — 2020, 2025 →) |
| Dragon (2010 →) [un-manned only] | Dragon (2010 →) [un-manned only] | Dragon (2010 →) [un-manned only] |
| Cygnus (2013 →) | Cygnus (2013 →) | Cygnus (2013 →) |
Below is a list of (selected) ISS (and other space-station-related) spacecraft (transfer vehicle and sub-satellite) postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Salyut-6 related sub-satellites (1977 — 1982) | ||||
| Russia (USSR) | 4783a (Mi4889-4890) | Pair of stamps (4783a (4782-4783)) | 1979 | KRT-10 (radio telescope) attached to Salyut-6 |
| Russia (USSR) | 4783a fdc | Pair of stamps on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (airmail) stamped envelope, also back | 1980 | KRT-10 (radio telescope) attached to Salyut-6 |
| Salyut-7 related sub-satellites (1982 — 1991) | ||||
| Russia (USSR) | 5138a label (Mi5267-5268 label) | Label from strip of 2 (5138a (5137-5138 + label)) | 1983 | "the radio-amateur satellites Iskra-2 and Iskra-3 were deployed" (translation of 5th bullet text) |
| Mir-related sub-satellites (1986 — 2001) | ||||
| Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 1997 | "GFZ-1" |
| Guyana | 3502c (Mi6960) i3502c | One of MS6 (3502 (a-f)) (Mi6958-6963) One of imperforate MS6 (i3502 (a-f)) | 2000 | "Inspector" |
| Guyana | 3502 artwork | On one of imperforate artwork MS6 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Red and black printed) cachet on cover | 1993 | "Columbus-500" (Znamya) solar sail attached to Progress-M15 (the first solar sail deployed in space, tested the deployment of a thin film sail and was used in a space illumination experiment in which the sail served as a mirror) |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Red and black printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on postcard | ||
| (Selected) ISS-related sub-satellites (1998 →) | ||||
| Bhutan | 1601 (BL594) | Simulated 3-dimensional MS4 (1601 (a-d)), also alternate-view (from another angle) | 2018 | "Bhutan-1" |
| Bhutan | 1601 folder | Folder, also back | ||
| Lithuania | 1033+label1 (Mi1170+label1) | From MS16 (16x 1033 + 4 (unique) labels) | 2014 | "LituanicaSat-1" / OSCAR-78 (on stamp and labels 1, 2 and 5; also in cancel in FDCs 4 and 5 and in cachet in FDCs 1, 4 and 5), "LitSat-1" (on stamp and labels 3, 4, and 6; also in cancel in FDCs 1, 2 and 3 and in cachet in FDCs 1, 2, 3, and 4) |
| Lithuania | 1033+label2 (Mi1170+label2) | |||
| Lithuania | 1033+label3 (Mi1170+label3) | |||
| Lithuania | 1033+label4 (Mi1170+label4) | |||
| Lithuania | 1033+label5 (Mi1170+label5) | From booklet pane of 6 (1033b (6x 1033 + 2 (unique) labels)), with booklet outside (front and back) and inside | ||
| Lithuania | 1033+label6 (Mi1170+label6) | |||
| Lithuania | 1033a | Tête-bêche pair | ||
| Lithuania | 1033 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Lithuania | 1033 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Lithuania | 1033 fdc3 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Lithuania | 1033 fdc4 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (different) and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Lithuania | 1033 fdc5 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Mexico | 3158 (Mi4180) | From MS15 (3158b (15x 3158)) | 2019 | "AzTechSat-1" |
| Mexico | 3158a (BL110) | SS1 | ||
| Mexico | 3158a folder | FDC folder with (pictorial) cancel, also outside (front and back), and inside/page2 | ||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "ArduSat-1" |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | "PicoDragon" | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | "TechEdSat-3" (but TechEdSat-1 depicted) | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | "LitSat-1" (2013-12-19 is incorrect launch date) | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | "LituanicaSat-1" / OSCAR-78 (2013-12-19 is incorrect launch date) | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | ||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | "UAPSat-1" (2013-12-19 is incorrect launch date) | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | ||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | ||
Below is a list of (selected) ISS (and other space-station-related) spacecraft (transfer vehicle and sub-satellite) launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Salyut-6 related sub-satellites (1977 — 1982) | ||||
| 1979-06-28: Progress-7 (with KRT-10) | ||||
| Russia | 1979-07-18 | Izhe | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | Progress-7 un-dock from Salyut-6 (having delivered KRT-10) |
| Salyut-7 related sub-satellites (1982 — 1991) | ||||
| 1982-05-14: Salyut-7 (with Iskra-2) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1982-10-31: Progress-16 (with Iskra-3) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| Mir-related sub-satellites (1986 — 2001) | ||||
| 1991-05-30: Progress-M8 (with MAK-1 and Naduvaniy Hazovoy Ballon) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1992-10-27: Progress-M15 (with MAK-2 and Znamya-2) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1995-04-09: Progress-M27 (with GFZ-1) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1997-10-05: Progress-M36 (with Inspector-1 and RS-17a / Sputnik-40) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1998-10-25: Progress-M40 (with RS-18 / Sputnik-41 and Znamya-2.5) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1999-04-02: Progress-M41 (with RS-19 / Sputnik-99) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| (Selected) ISS-related sub-satellites (1998 →) | ||||
| Progress (Russia, 2001 →) | ||||
| 2001-11-26: Progress-M1-7 (with RS-21 / Kolibri-2000) | ||||
| Russia | 2001-11-26 | Kosmodrome Baikonur | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-21 (Kolibri-2000) launch (to the ISS) |
| Russia | 2001-11-28 | Korolev | (Yellow and blue and black printed) cachet on cover | RS-21 (Kolibri-2000) event (Progress-M1-7, which carried the satellite, docking with the ISS) |
| Russia | 2002-02-14 | Korolev-1, 141071 Moscow Oblast | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | RS-21 (Kolibri-2000) deployed (from the ISS) |
| 2005-02-28: Progress-M52 (with TNS-0) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2005-09-08: Progress-M54 (with OSCAR-54 / SuitSat) | ||||
| United States | 2006-02-03 | Houston TX | (International Space Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | OSCAR-54 (SuitSat) deployed (from the ISS) |
| 2011-08-03: Progress-M-09M (with ARISSat-1 / Kedr) | ||||
| Russia | 2011-08-03 | Korolev 141079 Moscow Oblast | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | ARISSat-1 (Kedr) deployed (from the ISS) |
| 2011-10-30: Progress-M-13M (with RS-39 / Chibis-M) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2012-08-01: Progress-M-16M (with Sfera-53) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2014-02-05: Progress-M-22M (with Chasqui-1) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2015-12-21: Progress-MS-1 (with Fleshka) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2016-03-31: Progress-MS-2 (with Tomsk-TPU-120) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2022-03-06: Progress-MS-20 (with Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan-1/2) | ||||
| United States | 2022-07-21 | Houston TX | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Russian CubeSat deployments" |
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