Nadezhda

Nadezhda
and Sterkh
series
satellites

Starkh-1

This page contains philatelic information on the Nadezhda and Sterkh series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of 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)
Nadezhda
(Russia/USSR)
Nadezhda
(Russia/USSR)
Nadezhda
(Russia/USSR)
Nadezhda (on other than Nadezhda launch covers)
Sterkh
(Russia)
Sterkh
(Russia)
Sterkh
(Russia)


Below is a list of Nadezhda and Sterkh series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).

CountryCatalog NumberType of ItemYear of IssueNotes on Content
Nadezhda (Russia/USSR)
Cambodia782 (Mi860)1987Kosmos-1383/1447/1574 type / Nadezhda; also COSPAS/SARSAT
Cambodia875 (BL196)On stamp of SS11988Two conical antennas2; also COSPAS/SARSAT
Canada2111a (Mi2280)Two of eight stamps and in (upper-right) margin of MS8 (2111 (2x 2111 (a-d))) (Mi2280-2283)2005Two conical antennas2; also COSPAS/SARSAT
Canada2111a-d fdcOn one stamp in strip of 4 on FDC
Czechoslovakia1875 (Mi2133)1973Kosmos-318/381 type1 (Ionosfernaya)
Czechoslovakia1874-1876 cardFDC card (1874-1876)
Germany (East)None f(Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft) cinderella, one of cinderella MS20 (a-t + 5 labels)1981"Kosmos"-318/381 type1 (Ionosfernaya)
RomaniaNone(Pictorial) cancel on cover1988Kosmos-318/381 type1 (Ionosfernaya)
Russia (USSR)5603 (BL196)On stamp and in (right) margin of SS11987Also COSPAS/SARSAT
Russia (USSR)5603 cover (BL196 cover)SS1 and (black printed) cachet on cover1987?Also COSPAS/SARSAT
Russia (USSR)None(Green and yellow and purple and black printed) cachet on stamped envelope1987Tiny depiction (in cachet); also COSPAS/SARSAT
Russia (USSR)None(Green and yellow and purple and black printed) cachet on stamped envelope (with cancel)
Russia (USSR)None(Green and yellow and purple and black printed) cachet on stamped envelope (with different cancel and green rubber-stamp cachet)
United StatesNone(COSPAS/SARSAT logo) cachet (and signature) on cover1994Nadezhda
Sterkh (Russia)
MaliUnknown ms (Mi none)
Unknown ims
In (upper-right) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue]
In (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS3 (a-c)
2013"Sterkh"
MaliUnknown ms fdc
Unknown ims fdc
MS3 on FDC
Imperforate MS3 on FDC

1Kosmos-318/381 type (Ionosfernaya) were similar to Nadezhda, but lacked the omni-directional antenna for COSPAS/SARSAT.
2A good depiction of a conical/omni-directional antenna like that on Nadezhda is seen as a detail of a Venera satellite on Togo C344.


Below is a list of Nadezhda and Sterkh series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).

CountryCancel DateCancel LocationType of ItemNotes on Content
Nadezhda (Russia/USSR)
1982-06-29: Nadezhda #1 (Kosmos-1383)
No launch cover images available yet
1983-03-24: Nadezhda #2 (Kosmos-1447)
Russia (USSR)1983-03-24Kosmodrome Baikonur(Black printed) cachet on coverNadezhda #2 (Kosmos-1447) launch
1984-06-21: Nadezhda #3 (Kosmos-1574)
No launch cover images available yet
1998-12-10: Nadezhda-5 (and Astrid-2)
No launch cover images available yet
2000-06-28: Nadezhda-6 (and Tsinghua-1 and SNAP-1)
No launch cover images available yet
Nadezhda (on other than Nadezhda launch covers)
United States1983-03-28Vandenberg AFB, CA(Space Voyage purple and blue) cachet on NOAA-8 launch coverCOSPAS/SARSAT logo, including image of Nadezhda
United States1983-03-28Greenbelt MD(Space Voyage green and blue) cachet on NOAA-8 launch cover
United States1984-12-12Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB(Space Voyage purple and blue and green) cachet on NOAA-9 launch coverCOSPAS/SARSAT logo, including image of Nadezhda
United States1984-12-12Greenbelt MD(Space Voyage purple and blue and brown) cachet on NOAA-9 launch cover
Russia2009-07-21
2009-07-21
Kosmodrome Plesetsk
Mirny 164170 Archangelsk Oblast
(Multi-color printed) cachet on Kosmos-2454 + Sterkh-1 launch coverCOSPAS/SARSAT logo, including image of Nadezhda
Sterkh (Russia)
2009-07-21: Sterkh-1 (and Kosmos-2454)
Russia2009-07-21
2009-07-21
Kosmodrome Plesetsk
Mirny 164170 Archangelsk Oblast
(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverSterkh-1 launch; also COSPAS/SARSAT
2009-09-17: Sterkh-2 (and Meteor-M1 and OSCAR-67 and IRIS and RS-28 and RS-38 and BLITS)
Russia2009-09-17Baikonur(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverSterkh-2 launch


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