Russian scientific/research/technology satellites

Below are checklists of Russian scientific/research/technology satellites, including launch dates and images of the satellites. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

• For Russian meteorological satellites see the polar-orbiting weather and geostationary-weather sections of this Website.
• For Russian environmental-observing satellites see the environmental-observing section of this Website.
• For Russian planetary-exploration spacecraft see the planetary-exploration section of this Website.
• For Russian lunar-exploration spacecraft see the lunar-exploration section of this Website.
• For Russian cometary-exploration spacecraft see the cometary-exploration section of this Website.
• For Russian astronomical/telescope satellites see the astronomical/telescope section of this Website.
• For Russian communications satellites see the communications section of this Website.
• For Russian navigation satellites see the navigation section of this Website.
• For Russian amateur (ham) radio satellites see the amateur (ham) radio section of this Website.

Satellite series covered:

(Selected) Kosmos-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Kosmos-(1a) [failed]	1961-10-27	Kosmos-1a (ds-1)	Kosmos	Kosmos
Kosmos-(1b) [failed]	1961-12-11	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-(1c) [failed]	1961-11-21	Kosmos-1a (ds-1)
Kosmos-1 / Sputnik-11	1962-03-16	Kosmos-1 (ds-2) Kosmos-1
Kosmos-2 / Sputnik-12	1962-04-06	Kosmos-2 (1ms) Kosmos-2+3
Kosmos-3 / Sputnik-13	1962-04-24	Kosmos-3 (2ms) Kosmos-2+3 Kosmos-3
Kosmos-4 / Sputnik-14	1962-04-26	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-5 / Sputnik-15	1962-05-28	Kosmos-3 (2ms)
Kosmos-(6) [failed]	1962-06-01	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-6 / Sputnik-16	1962-06-30	Kosmos-6 (ds-p1)
Kosmos-7 / Sputnik-17	1962-07-28	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-8 / Sputnik-18	1962-08-18	Kosmos-8 (ds-k-8)
Kosmos-9	1962-09-27	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-10	1962-10-17	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-11	1962-10-20	Kosmos-11 (ds-a1) Kosmos-11 (sketch)
Kosmos-(12) [failed]	1962-10-25	Kosmos-2 (1ms)
Kosmos-12	1962-12-22	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-13	1963-03-21	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-(14) [failed]	1963-04-06	Kosmos-6 (ds-p1)
Kosmos-14 / Omega (weather)	1963-04-13	Kosmos-14 (Omega) Kosmos-14 (Omega)
Kosmos-15	1963-04-22	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-16	1963-04-28	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-17	1963-05-22	Kosmos-11 (ds-a1) Kosmos-11 (sketch)
Kosmos-18	1963-05-24	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-(19a) [failed]	1963-06-01	Kosmos-31 (ds-mt)
Kosmos-(19b) [failed]	1963-07-10	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-19	1963-08-06	Kosmos-6 (ds-p1)
Kosmos-(20) [failed]	1963-08-22	Kosmos-11 (ds-a1) Kosmos-11 (sketch)
Kosmos-20	1963-10-18	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-(21) [failed]	1963-10-24	Kosmos-11 (ds-a1) Kosmos-11 (sketch)
Kosmos-21 (3MV-1A #2) (pre-Zond)	1963-11-11	Kosmos-21 (Zond test)
Kosmos-22	1963-11-16	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-(23) [failed]	1963-11-28	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-23 / Omega (weather)	1963-12-13	Kosmos-14 (Omega)
Kosmos-24	1963-12-19	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-25	1964-02-27	Kosmos-6 (ds-p1)
Kosmos-26	1964-03-18	Kosmos-26 (ds-mg)
Kosmos-27 (3MV-1 #2) / Venera-(2d) [failed]	1964-03-27	Kosmos-27 (3mv-1)
Kosmos-28	1964-04-04	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-29	1964-04-25	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-30	1964-05-18	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-31	1964-06-06	Kosmos-31 (ds-mt)
Kosmos-32	1964-06-10	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-33	1964-06-23	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-34	1964-07-01	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-35	1964-07-15	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-36	1964-07-30	Kosmos-36 (ds-p1-yu)
Kosmos-37	1964-08-14	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-38 / Strela-1 #1	1964-08-18	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-39 / Strela-1 #2
Kosmos-40 / Strela-1 #3
Kosmos-41 / pre-Molniya-1 [partial failure]	1964-08-22	Kosmos-41 (Molniya-1)
Kosmos-42 / Strela-1 #4	1964-08-22	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-43 / Strela-1 #5
Kosmos-44 / Meteor-1 #1	1964-08-28	Kosmos-44 (Meteor-1)
Kosmos-45 (weather)	1964-09-13	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-46	1964-09-24	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-47 (pre-Voskhod)	1964-10-06	Kosmos-47 (Voskhod-3kv)
Kosmos-48	1964-10-14	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-(49) / Strela-1 #6 [failed]	1964-10-23	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-(50) / Strela-1 #7 [failed]
Kosmos-(51) / Strela-1 #8 [failed]
Kosmos-49	1964-10-24	Kosmos-26 (ds-mg)
Kosmos-50	1964-10-28	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-(51) [failed]	1964-12-10	Kosmos-51 (ds-2)
Kosmos-51	1964-12-09	Kosmos-31 (ds-mt)
Kosmos-52	1965-01-11	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-53	1965-01-30	Kosmos-11 (ds-a1) Kosmos-11 (sketch)
Kosmos-(54a) [failed]	1965-02-12	Kosmos-36 (ds-p1-yu)
Kosmos-(54b) [failed]	1965-02-20	Kosmos-11 (ds-a1) Kosmos-11 (sketch)
Kosmos-54 / Strela-1 #9	1965-02-21	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-55 / Strela-1 #10
Kosmos-56 / Strela-1 #11
Kosmos-57 (pre-Voskhod)	1965-02-22	Kosmos-57 (Voskhod-3kd)
Kosmos-58 / Meteor-1 #2	1965-02-25	Kosmos-44 (Meteor-1)
Kosmos-59	1965-03-07	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-60 / Luna-(5c) (Ye-6 #6) [failed]	1965-03-12	Kosmos-60 / Luna-(5c) (cruise) Kosmos-60 / Luna-(5c) (surface)
Kosmos-61 / Strela-1 #12	1965-03-15	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-62 / Strela-1 #13
Kosmos-63 / Strela-1 #14
Kosmos-64	1965-03-25	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-65 (weather)	1965-04-17	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-66	1965-05-07	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-67	1965-05-25	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-68	1965-06-15	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-69	1965-06-25	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-70	1965-07-02	Kosmos-11 (ds-a1) Kosmos-11 (sketch)
Kosmos-(71b) [failed]	1965-07-13	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-71 / Strela-1 #15	1965-07-16	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-72 / Strela-1 #16
Kosmos-73 / Strela-1 #17
Kosmos-74 / Strela-1 #18
Kosmos-75 / Strela-1 #19
Kosmos-76	1965-07-23	Kosmos-36 (ds-p1-yu)
Kosmos-77	1965-08-03	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-78	1965-08-14	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-79	1965-08-25	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-80 / Strela-1 #20	1965-09-03	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-81 / Strela-1 #21
Kosmos-82 / Strela-1 #22
Kosmos-83 / Strela-1 #23
Kosmos-84 / Strela-1 #24
Kosmos-85	1965-09-09	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-86 / Strela-1 #25	1965-09-18	Kosmos-38 (Strela-1)
Kosmos-87 / Strela-1 #26
Kosmos-88 / Strela-1 #27
Kosmos-89 / Strela-1 #28
Kosmos-90 / Strela-1 #29
Kosmos-91	1965-09-23	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-92 (weather)	1965-10-16	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-93	1965-10-19	Kosmos-93 (ds-u2-v)
Kosmos-94	1965-10-28	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-95	1965-11-04	Kosmos-93 (ds-u2-v)
Kosmos-96 / Venera-(4a) [failed]	1965-11-23	Kosmos-96 (3mv-4)
Kosmos-97	1965-11-26	Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m) Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m) Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m) Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m) Kosmos-97 Kosmos-97+137
Kosmos-98	1965-11-27	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-99	1965-12-10	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-100 / Meteor-1 #3	1965-12-17	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-101	1965-12-21	Kosmos-36 (ds-p1-yu)
Kosmos-102	1965-12-27
Kosmos-(104) [failed]	1965-12-28	Kosmos-104 (ds-k-40)
Kosmos-104	1966-01-07	Kosmos-4 (Zenit-2)
Kosmos-106	1966-01-25	Kosmos-106 (ds-p1-i)
Kosmos-108	1966-02-11	Kosmos-108 (ds-u1-g)
Kosmos-109	1966-02-19	Kosmos-22 (Zenit-4)
Kosmos-(110) [failed]	1966-02-21	Kosmos-104 (ds-k-40)
Kosmos-110 (with dogs Ugolyok and Veterok)	1966-02-22
Kosmos-111 / Luna-(10a) (Ye-6S #1) [failed]	1966-03-01
Kosmos-118 / Meteor-1 #4	1966-05-11	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-119	1966-05-24	Kosmos-119 (ds-u2-i)
Kosmos-120	1966-06-08
Kosmos-121 (weather)	1966-06-17
Kosmos-122 / Meteor-1 #5	1966-06-25	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-123	1966-07-09
Kosmos-124	1966-07-14
Kosmos-125	1966-07-20
Kosmos-126	1966-07-28
Kosmos-127	1966-08-08
Kosmos-128	1966-08-28
Kosmos-129	1966-10-14
Kosmos-130	1966-10-20
Kosmos-135	1966-12-12	Kosmos-135 (ds-u2-mp)
Kosmos-137	1966-12-21	Kosmos-137 (ds-u2-d) Kosmos-97+137
Kosmos-142	1967-02-14	Kosmos-119 (ds-u2-i)
Kosmos-144 / Meteor-1 #6	1967-02-28	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch) Kosmos-144 Kosmos-144
Kosmos-145	1967-03-03	Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m) Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m) Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m) Kosmos-97 (ds-u2-m)
Kosmos-146 (pre-Zond)	1967-03-10
Kosmos-149 (weather)	1967-03-21	Kosmos-149 (ds-mo) Kosmos-149 Kosmos-149 Kosmos-149
Kosmos-154 (pre-Zond)	1967-04-08
Kosmos-156 / Meteor-1 #7	1967-04-27	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-159 / Luna? (Ye-6LS #111)	1967-05-16
Kosmos-163	1967-06-05	Kosmos-135 (ds-u2-mp)
Kosmos-166	1967-06-16	Kosmos-166 (ds-u3-s) Kosmos-166 (ds-u3-s) Kosmos-166+other-Kosmos
Kosmos-167 / Venera-(5a) [failed]	1967-06-17
Kosmos-184 / Meteor-1 #8	1967-10-24	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-185	1967-10-27	Kosmos-185 (i2-bm)
Kosmos-186 / Soyuz	1967-10-28
Kosmos-188 / Soyuz	1967-10-31
Kosmos-196	1967-12-19	Kosmos-108 (ds-u1-g)
Kosmos-197	1967-12-26	Kosmos-93 (ds-u2-v)
Kosmos-200	1968-01-20
Kosmos-202	1968-02-20	Kosmos-93 (ds-u2-v)
Kosmos-203 / Sfera-1	1968-02-20	Sfera
Kosmos-(206) [failed]	1968-03-06	Kosmos-225 (ds-u1-ya)
Kosmos-206 / Meteor-1 #9	1968-03-14	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-211	1968-04-09
Kosmos-212	1968-04-14
Kosmos-213	1968-04-14
Kosmos-212/213 (docking)	1968-04-15
Kosmos-215	1968-04-18	Kosmos-215 (ds-u1-a)
Kosmos-217	1968-04-24	Kosmos-217 (i2m)
Kosmos-219	1968-04-26	Kosmos-137 (ds-u2-d)
Kosmos-225	1968-03-06	Kosmos-225 (ds-u1-ya)
Kosmos-226 / Meteor-1 #10	1968-06-12	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-228	1968-06-21
Kosmos-230	1968-07-05	Kosmos-166 (ds-u3-s) Kosmos-166 (ds-u3-s)
Kosmos-232 (weather)	1968-07-16
Kosmos-248	1968-10-19
Kosmos-249	1968-10-20	Kosmos-249 (i2p)
Kosmos-252	1968-11-01	Kosmos-252 (i2p)
Kosmos-258	1968-12-10
Kosmos-259	1968-12-14	Kosmos-119 (ds-u2-i)
Kosmos-261	1968-12-20	Kosmos-261 (ds-u2-gk)
Kosmos-262	1968-12-26	Kosmos-262 (ds-u2-gf)
Kosmos-263	1969-01-12
Kosmos-(265) / Meteor-1 #11 [failed]	1969-02-04	Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) Kosmos-100 (Meteor-1) (sketch)
Kosmos-265	1969-02-07
Kosmos-266	1969-02-25
Kosmos-267	1969-02-26
Kosmos-271	1969-03-15
Kosmos-272	1969-03-17
Kosmos-273	1969-03-22
Kosmos-284	1969-05-29
Kosmos-299	1969-09-18
Kosmos-300 / Luna-(16a) (Ye-8-5 No.403) [failed]	1969-09-23
Kosmos-305 / Luna-(16b) (Ye-8-5 No.404) [failed]	1969-10-22
Kosmos-313	1969-12-03
Kosmos-(318) / Ionosfernaya [failed]	1969-12-27	Kosmos-381 (ionosfernaya) Kosmos-318/381 type Kosmos-318/381 type
Kosmos-318	1970-01-09
Kosmos-320 (weather)	1970-01-16	Kosmos-149 (ds-mo)
Kosmos-321	1970-01-20	Kosmos-321 (ds-u2-mg)
Kosmos-335	1970-04-24	Kosmos-335 (ds-u1-r)
Kosmos-348	1970-06-13	Kosmos-261 (ds-u2-gk)
Kosmos-356	1970-08-10	Kosmos-321 (ds-u2-mg)
Kosmos-359 / Venera-(8a) [failed]	1970-08-22
Kosmos-378	1970-11-17	Kosmos-378 (ds-u2-ip)
Kosmos-381 / Ionosfernaya	1970-12-02	Kosmos-381 (ionosfernaya) Kosmos-318/381 type Kosmos-318/381 type
Kosmos-(390) [failed]	1970-12-23	Kosmos-394 (ds-p1-m)
Kosmos-390	1971-01-12
Kosmos-394	1971-02-09	Kosmos-394 (ds-p1-m)
Kosmos-419 / Mars-(2d) [failed]	1971-05-10
Kosmos-426	1971-06-04	Kosmos-426 (ds-u2-k)
Kosmos-461	1971-12-02	Kosmos-461 (ds-u2-mt)
Kosmos-482 / Venera-(9a) [failed]	1972-03-31
Kosmos-557 / Soyuz	1973-05-11
Kosmos-605 / Bion-1	1973-10-31
Kosmos-606	1973-11-02
Kosmos-613 / Soyuz	1973-11-30
Kosmos-630	1974-01-30
Kosmos-631	1974-02-06
Kosmos-632	1974-02-12
Kosmos-633	1974-02-27
Kosmos-634	1974-03-05
Kosmos-635	1974-03-14
Kosmos-636	1974-03-20
Kosmos-637 / Raduga-GVM #1	1974-03-26
Kosmos-638 / Soyuz	1974-04-03
Kosmos-639	1974-04-04
Kosmos-640	1974-04-11
Kosmos-641	1974-04-23
Kosmos-642
Kosmos-643
Kosmos-644
Kosmos-645
Kosmos-646
Kosmos-647
Kosmos-648
Kosmos-649 [different launch from Kosmos-650]	1974-04-29
Kosmos-650 [different launch from Kosmos-649]	1974-04-29
Kosmos-651	1974-05-15
Kosmos-654	1974-05-17
Kosmos-664 [different launch from Kosmos-665]	1974-06-29
Kosmos-665 [different launch from Kosmos-664]	1974-06-29
Kosmos-673 (weather/environment)	1974-08-16
Kosmos-690 / Bion-2	1974-10-22
Kosmos-782 / Bion-3	1975-11-25
Kosmos-804	1976-02-16	Kosmos-804 (is-a)
Kosmos-894	1977-02-21
Kosmos-936 / Bion-4	1977-08-03
Kosmos-1026 (Energiya)	1978-07-02	Kosmos-1026 (Energiya)
Kosmos-1045 (weather)	1978-10-26
Kosmos-1076 / Okean-E1	1979-02-12
Kosmos-1129 / Bion-5	1979-09-15
Kosmos-1151 / Okean-E2	1980-01-23
Kosmos-1201	1980-07-15
Kosmos-1383 / Nadezhda #1 / COSPAS-1	1982-06-29	Kosmos-1383
Kosmos-1443	1983-03-02	Kosmos-1443 Kosmos-1443 (patch)
Kosmos-1445	1983-03-15	Kosmos-1445
Kosmos-1447 / Nadezhda #2 / COSPAS-2	1983-03-24
Kosmos-1484 / Resurs-OE-1	1983-07-24
Kosmos-1500 / Okean-OE1	1983-09-28	Kosmos-1500 Kosmos-1500
Kosmos-1514 / Bion-6	1983-12-14	Kosmos-1514
Kosmos-1574 / Nadezhda #3 / COSPAS-3	1984-06-21
Kosmos-1602 / Okean-OE2	1984-09-28
Kosmos-1612 / Meteor-3 (1a)	1984-11-27
Kosmos-1667 / Bion-7	1985-07-10
Kosmos-1686	1985-09-27
Kosmos-1689 / Resurs-O1-1	1985-10-03
Kosmos-1766 / Okean-O1-1	1986-06-28
Kosmos-1803 / Almaz-T1 [failed]	1986-11-29
Kosmos-1861 / RS-10 / RS-11 (one satellite)	1987-06-23	Kosmos-1861/RS-10/RS-11
Kosmos-1868	1985-09-27
Kosmos-1869 / Okean-O1-2	1987-07-16
Kosmos-1870 / Almaz-T2	1987-07-25
Kosmos-1887 / Bion-8	1987-09-29
Kosmos-1939 / Resurs-O1-2	1988-04-20
Kosmos-2044 / Bion-9	1989-09-15
Kosmos-2123 / RS-12 / RS-13 (one satellite)	1991-02-05	Kosmos-2123/RS-12/RS-13 (mis-labeled "RS-15")
Kosmos-2229 / Bion-10	1992-12-29
Kosmos-2280 / Yantar-4KS1M #5 / Neman #5	1994-04-28
Kosmos-2334 / Mexico-OSCAR-30 (MO-30, Unamsat-B)	1996-09-05
Kosmos-2362 / GLONASS	1998-12-30
Kosmos-2363 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2364 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2394 / GLONASS	2002-12-25
Kosmos-2395 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2396 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2397 / US-KMO #6	2003-04-24
Kosmos-2402 / GLONASS	2003-12-10
Kosmos-2403 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2404 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2405	2004-05-28
Kosmos-2406	2004-06-10
Kosmos-2407	2004-07-22
Kosmos-2411 / GLONASS	2004-12-12
Kosmos-2412 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2413 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2417 / GLONASS	2004-12-25
Kosmos-2418 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2419 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2421	2006-06-25
Kosmos-2424 / GLONASS	2006-12-26
Kosmos-2425 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2426 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2428	2007-06-29
Kosmos-2429	2007-09-11
Kosmos-2430 / US-K #84	2007-10-23
Kosmos-2431 / GLONASS	2007-10-26
Kosmos-2432 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2433 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2434 / GLONASS	2007-12-09
Kosmos-2435 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2436 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2437 / Strela-3 #137	2008-05-23
Kosmos-2438 / Strela-3 #138
Kosmos-2439 / Strela-3 #139
Kosmos-2440 / US-KMO #7	2008-06-27
Kosmos-2441	2008-07-28
Kosmos-2442 / GLONASS	2008-09-25
Kosmos-2443 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2444 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2447 / GLONASS	2008-12-25
Kosmos-2448 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2449 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2450	2009-04-29
Kosmos-2451 / Strela-3 #140	2009-07-06
Kosmos-2452 / Strela-3M #2 / Rodnik-S #2
Kosmos-2453 / Strela-3 #141
Kosmos-2454 / Parus #98	2009-07-21
Kosmos-2455	2009-11-20
Kosmos-2456 / GLONASS	2009-12-14
Kosmos-2457 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2458 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2459 / GLONASS	2010-03-01
Kosmos-2460 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2461 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2462	2010-04-16
Kosmos-2463	2010-04-27
Kosmos-2464 / GLONASS	2010-09-02
Kosmos-2465 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2466 / GLONASS
Kosmos-2467 / Strela-3 #142	2010-09-08
Kosmos-2468
Kosmos-2469 / US-K #86	2010-09-30
Kosmos-2471 / GLONASS-K	2011-02-26
Kosmos-2472 / Yantar-4K2M #7 / Kobalt-M #7	2011-06-27
Kosmos-2478 / GLONASS-M	2011-11-28
Kosmos-2480 / Yantar-4K2M #8/ Kobalt-M #8	2012-05-17
Kosmos-2481 / Strela-3 #143	2012-05-17
Kosmos-2482 / Strela-3M #4 / Rodnik-S #4	2012-05-17
Kosmos-2483 / Strela-3M #5 / Rodnik-S #5
Kosmos-2484 / Strela-3M #6 / Rodnik-S #6
Kosmos-2491 / RS-46	2013-12-25
Kosmos-2499 / RS-47	2014-05-24
Kosmos-2511 / Kanopus-ST	2015-12-05	Kanopus-ST
Kosmos-2534 / GLONASS-M758 / Uragan-M49	2019-05-27

¹On the cachets of these items, a common propaganda-design spacecraft was intended as a substitute for actual satellite designs. For other examples, see the checklist for the Soviet propaganda-design spacecraft.

InterKosmos (IK) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Interkosmos-1	1969-10-14	IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-7 (ds-u3-ik) IK-1 IK-1 IK-1	IK	IK
Interkosmos-2	1969-12-25	IK-2 (ds-u1-ik) IK-8 (ds-u1-ik) IK-2
Interkosmos-3	1970-08-07	IK-13 (ds-u2-ik) IK-3 IK-3 IK-3 IK-3 IK-3 IK-3
Interkosmos-4	1970-10-14	IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-7 (ds-u3-ik) IK-4 IK-4
Interkosmos-5	1971-12-02	IK-13 (ds-u2-ik) IK-5
Interkosmos-6 (Energiya)	1972-04-07	IK-6 (Energiya) IK-6 (recoverable part)
Interkosmos-7	1972-06-30	IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-7 (ds-u3-ik) IK-7 IK-7 IK-7 (top-incomplete)
Interkosmos-8	1972-12-01	IK-2 (ds-u1-ik) IK-8 (ds-u1-ik) IK-8 IK-8
Interkosmos-9 / Kopernik-500	1973-04-19	IK-13 (ds-u2-ik) IK-9 IK-9 IK-9 IK-9 IK-9 IK-9 IK-9
Interkosmos-10	1973-10-30	IK-13 (ds-u2-ik) IK-10 IK-10 IK-10 IK-10 IK-10 IK-10 IK-10 IK-10 IK-10
Interkosmos-11	1974-05-17	IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-7 (ds-u3-ik) IK-11 IK-11
Interkosmos-12	1974-10-31	IK-13 (ds-u2-ik) IK-12 IK-12
Interkosmos-13	1975-03-27	IK-13 (ds-u2-ik)
Interkosmos-14 [failed]	1975-06-03	IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-7 (ds-u3-ik)
Interkosmos-14	1975-12-11	IK-13 (ds-u2-ik)
Interkosmos-15	1976-06-19	IK-15 (auos-z-t-ik)
Interkosmos-16	1976-07-27	IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-1 (ds-u3-ik) IK-7 (ds-u3-ik) IK-16
Interkosmos-17	1977-09-24	IK-17 (auos-z-r-e-ik) IK-17 IK-17 IK-17 IK-17
Interkosmos-18	1978-10-24	IK-18 (auos-z-m-ik) IK-18 IK-18 (+ Magion-1)
Interkosmos-19	1979-02-27	IK-19 (auos-z-i-ik) IK-19 IK-19 IK-19
Interkosmos-20	1979-11-01	IK-20 (auos-z-r-p-ik) IK-20 IK-20
Interkosmos-21	1981-02-06	IK-20 (auos-z-r-p-ik) IK-21
Interkosmos-22 / Bulgaria-1300	1981-08-07	IK-22 (Bulgaria-1300) IK-22 (Bulgaria-1300)
Interkosmos-23 / Prognoz-10	1985-04-26	IK-23 (Prognoz-10) IK-23 (Prognoz-10)
Interkosmos-24	1989-09-28	IK-24 (auos-z-av-ik) IK-24 (+ Magion-2) IK-24 (+ Magion-2) IK-24 (+ Magion-2)
Interkosmos-25	1991-12-18	IK-24 (auos-z-ap-ik)

Prognoz-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Prognoz-1	1972-04-14		Prognoz	Prognoz
Prognoz-2	1972-06-29	Prognoz-2 Prognoz-2
Prognoz-3	1973-02-15
Prognoz-4	1975-12-12
Prognoz-5	1976-11-25
Prognoz-6	1977-09-22
Prognoz-7	1978-10-30
Prognoz-8	1980-12-25
Prognoz-9 / Relikt-1	1983-07-01	Prognoz-9 Prognoz-9
Prognoz-10 / Interkosmos-23	1985-04-26	Prognoz-10 Prognoz-10
Prognoz-11 / Interbol-1	1995-08-02
Prognoz-12 / Interbol-2	1996-08-29

Aureole / Oreol / ARCAD (ARCtic Aurora Density) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Aureole-1 / Oreol-1 / ARCAD-1	1971-12-27	Oreol-1	ARCAD / Aureole / Oreol	ARCAD / Aureole / Oreol
Aureole-2 / Oreol-2 / ARCAD-2	1973-12-26
Aureole-3 / Oreol-3 / ARCAD-3	1981-09-21	Oreol-3

Elektron-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Elektron-1	1964-01-30	Elektron-1 Elektron-1	Elektron	Elektron
Elektron-2		Elektron-2 Elektron-2 Elektron-2
Elektron-3	1964-07-10
Elektron-4

Proton-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Proton-1	1965-07-16	Proton-1	Proton	Proton
Proton-2	1965-11-02
Proton-(3) [failed]	1966-03-24
Proton-3	1966-07-06	Proton-3
Proton-4	1968-11-16	Proton-4

Czech / Russia MAGnetospheric and IONospheric (Magion) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Magion-1	1978-10-24	Magion-1 Magion-1 (+ IK-18)	Magion	Magion
Magion-2	1989-09-28	Magion-2 Magion-2 Magion-2 Magion-2 Magion-2 (+ IK-24) Magion-2 (+ IK-24) Magion-2 (+ IK-24)
Magion-3	1991-12-18	Magion-3
Magion-4 (with Interbol-1)	1995-08-02	Magion-4 Magion-4 Magion-4/5 type Magion-4/5 type Magion-5
Magion-5 (with Interbol-2)	1996-08-29

Interbol-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Interbol-1 (with Magion-4) / Prognoz-11	1995-08-02	Interbol-1	Prognoz	Prognoz
Interbol-2 (with Magion-5) / Prognoz-12	1996-08-29

[Resurs-deployed] Pion-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Pion-1 [Resurs-F1 launched]	1989-05-25	Pion
Pion-2 [Resurs-F1 launched]
Pion-3 [Resurs-F3 launched]	1989-07-18
Pion-4 [Resurs-F3 launched]
Pion-5 [Resurs-F16 launched]	1992-08-19
Pion-6 [Resurs-F16 launched]

Polyot-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Polyot-1	1963-11-01	Polyot-1	Polyot-1 (un-canceled) Polyot-1
Polyot-2	1964-04-12	Polyot-2	Polyot-2 (un-canceled) Polyot-2 Polyot-2 (known fake)

Sputnik-series satellites:

Satellite (Spacecraft Bus*)	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Sputnik-1 (PS-1)	1957-10-04	Sputnik-1 Sputnik-1 Sputnik-1 Sputnik-1 Sputnik-1 Sputnik-1 Sputnik-1 (cutaway) Sputnik-1 (cutaway) Sputnik-1 (cutaway animation)	Sputnik-1	Sputnik-1
Sputnik-2 (PS-2, with dog Laika)	1957-11-03	Sputnik-2 Sputnik-2 Sputnik-2	Sputnik-2	Sputnik-2
Sputnik-3 (D-1 #1) [failed]	1958-04-27	Sputnik-3 Sputnik-3 Sputnik-3 Sputnik-3	Sputnik-3	Sputnik-3
Sputnik-3 (D-1 #2)	1958-05-15
Sputnik-4 / Korabl-Sputnik-1 (Vostok test)	1960-05-15	Sputnik-4	Sputnik-4 and beyond	Sputnik-4 and beyond
Sputnik-5 / Korabl-Sputnik-2 (Vostok test, with dogs Strelka and Belka)	1960-08-19
Sputnik-6 / Korabl-Sputnik-3 (Vostok test, with dogs Pchelka and Mushka)	1960-12-01
Sputnik-7 / Venera-(1a) [partial failure]	1961-02-04		Venera	Venera
Sputnik-8 / Venera-1	1961-02-12
Sputnik-9 / Korabl-Sputnik-4 (Vostok test, with dog Chernushka)	1961-03-09		Sputnik-4 and beyond	Sputnik-4 and beyond
Sputnik-10 / Korabl-Sputnik-5 (Vostok test, with dog Zvezdochka)	1961-03-25	Zvezdochka (Sputnik-4)
Sputnik-11 / Kosmos-1	1962-03-16	Kosmos-1	Kosmos	Kosmos
Sputnik-12 / Kosmos-2	1962-04-06	Kosmos-2+3
Sputnik-13 / Kosmos-3	1962-04-24	Kosmos-2+3 Kosmos-3
Sputnik-14 / Kosmos-4	1962-04-26
Sputnik-15 / Kosmos-5	1962-05-28
Sputnik-16 / Kosmos-6	1962-06-30
Sputnik-17 / Kosmos-7	1962-07-28
Sputnik-18 / Kosmos-8	1962-08-18
Sputnik-19 / Venera-(2a) [failed]	1962-08-25		Venera	Venera
Sputnik-20 / Venera-(2b) [failed]	1962-09-01
Sputnik-21 / Venera-(2c) [failed]	1962-09-12
Sputnik-22 / Mars-(1c) [failed]	1962-10-24		Mars	Mars
Sputnik-23 / Mars-1	1962-11-01
Sputnik-24 / Mars-(2a) [failed]	1962-11-04
Sputnik-25 / Luna-(4c) [failed]	1963-01-04		Luna	Luna
Sputnik-40 / RS-17a, Sputnik-40-2 / RS-17b [Progress-M36 launched]	1997-10-05 (launched to Mir) 1997-11-04 (deployed from Mir)	RS-17a	ISS-related	ISS-related
Sputnik-41 / RS-18 [Progress-M40 launched]	1998-10-25 (launched to Mir) 1998-11-10 (deployed from Mir)	RS-18
Sputnik-99 / RS-19 [Progress-M41 launched]	1999-04-02 (launched to Mir) 1999-04-16 (deployed from Mir)

Aist-series satellites:

Satellite (Spacecraft Bus*)	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Aist-1-2 / RS-43	2013-04-19	Aist-2+3		"Aist" "Aist"-2/3 type [known illegal issue]
Aist-1-1 / RS-41	2013-12-28	Aist
Aist-2D / RS-48	2016-04-28	Aist-2D	Aist-2D / RS-48 (with MVL-300 and SamSat-218D)

^*Spacecraft Bus designations and reference images were obtained from Gunter's Space Page.

Other (selected) Russian scientific/research/technology satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Progress-5	1979-03-12		Progress-5 Progress-5 (with Salyut-6)
KRT-10 (radio telescope, attached to Salyut-6) [Progress-7 launched]	1979-06-28 (launched to Salyut-6) 1979-07-18 (un-dock from Salyut-6)		KRT-10
Relikt-1 / Prognoz-9	1983-07-01
Foton (series)	1985-04-16 →	Foton Foton-M1 Foton-M3 Foton-M4 Foton-11 (with Mirka capsule)	Foton	Foton
MAK-1 (upper atmosphere and ionosphere) [Progress-M8 launched]	1991-05-30 (launched to Mir) 1991-06-17 (deployed from Mir)	MAK-1	MAK-1
Naduvaniy Hazovoy Ballon [Progress-M8 launched]	1991-05-30 (launched to Mir) 1991-08-29 (deployed from Mir)		Naduvaniy Hazovoy Ballon
MAK-2 (upper atmosphere) [Progress-M15 launched]	1992-10-27 (launched to Mir) 1992-11-20 (deployed from Mir)	MAK-2	MAK-2
Relikt-2	Canceled	Relikt-2
EKA-2 [failed]	1995-03-28		EKA-2 (with Techsat-1a and UNAMSAT-A)
Inspector-1 [Progress-M36 launched]	1997-10-05 (launched to Mir) 1997-10-05 (deployed from Mir)	Inspector-1	Inspector-1
TNS-0 [Progress-M52 launched]	2005-02-28 (launched to ISS) 2005-03-28 (deployed from ISS)	TNS-0 TNS-0	TNS-0
IRIS	2009-09-17	IRIS	IRIS (with Meteor-M1 and OSCAR-67 and RS-28 and RS-38)
BLITS	2009-09-17	BLITS	BLITS (with Meteor-M1 and OSCAR-67 and RS-28 and RS-38)
Sfera-53 [Progress-M-16M launched]	2012-01-08 (launched to ISS) 2012-08-20 (deployed from ISS)	Sfera-53	Sfera-53
Fleshka [Progress-MS launched]	2015-12-21 (launched to ISS) 2016-02-03 (deployed from ISS)	Fleshka	Fleshka
SamSat-218D	2016-04-28	SamSat-218D SamSat-218D	SamSat-218D (with Aist-2D / RS-48 and MVL-300)	"SamSat" [known illegal issue]
Tomsk-TPU-120 [Progress-MS-2 launched]	2016-03-31 (launched to ISS) 2017-08-17 (deployed from ISS)	Tomsk-TPU-120 Tomsk-TPU-120	Tomsk-TPU-120

Links to Russian satellite information:

(The links below lead to information sources that are maintained by others. They are not part of this Website.)

• Russia: Magion series
• Czechoslovakia: Magion series
• Czechoslovakia: Program Interkosmos
• Russia: "Sputnik"

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