USSR Ministry of Defense

548 satellites in orbit, 0 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

USSR Ministry of Defense is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code MO, of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it.

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Satellite	Kind	Orbit class	Launched	Operating	Flown by
COSMOS 1016	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 7, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 1015	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 7, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 1014	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 7, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 1013	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 7, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 1-40	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Jun 2, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 990	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 17, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 983	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 982	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 981	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 980	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 979	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 978	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 977	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 976	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 10, 1978	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 968	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 16, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 2-3	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 14, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 946	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 945	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 944	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 943	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 942	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 941	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 940	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 939	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
RADUGA 3	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Jul 23, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 923	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 1, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-27	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 5, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 1-36	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Mar 24, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 2-2	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 6, 1977	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 878	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 877	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 876	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 875	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 874	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 873	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 872	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 871	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-26	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 858	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 29, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
RADUGA 2	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Sep 11, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 841	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 836	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 29, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 832	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 831	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 830	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 829	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 828	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 827	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 826	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 825	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 15, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-24	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 7, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 798	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 797	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 796	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 795	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 794	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 793	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 792	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 791	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 28, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 1-32	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Jan 22, 1976	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-23	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 25, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
RADUGA 1	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Dec 22, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 783	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Nov 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 773	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 30, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-22	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 18, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 768	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 767	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 766	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 765	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 764	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 763	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 762	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 761	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 17, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 2-14	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Sep 9, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 2-1	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 11, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 739	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 738	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 737	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 736	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 735	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 734	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 733	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 732	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 1-29	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Apr 29, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-21	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 1, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 718	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 717	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 716	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 715	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 714	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 713	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 712	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 711	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 28, 1975	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-20	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 17, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-19	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 28, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 684	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 683	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 682	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 681	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 680	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 679	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 678	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 677	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 19, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 676	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 11, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 1-S	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Jul 29, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 2-10	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Jul 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
MOLNIYA 2-9	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Apr 26, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-17	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 24, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 648	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 647	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 646	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 645	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 644	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 643	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 642	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 641	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-16	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Mar 5, 1974	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 624	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 623	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 622	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 621	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 620	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 619	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 618	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 617	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 19, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 595	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 594	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 593	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 592	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 591	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 590	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 589	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 588	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 2, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 571	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 570	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 569	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 568	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 567	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 566	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 565	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
COSMOS 564	Communications satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 8, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-15	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 29, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-14	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Mar 20, 1973	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-13	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 26, 1972	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-12	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 30, 1972	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-11	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Mar 30, 1972	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-10	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 29, 1971	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate
METEOR 1-5	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 23, 1970	Ended	Main Space Forces Directorate

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