Ministry of General Machine Building

31 satellites in orbit, 2 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 12:17 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

Ministry of General Machine Building is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code MOM, 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.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
OBJECT DCommunications satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
OBJECT BCommunications satelliteLow Earth orbitYesNPO Applied Mechanics
OBJECT VCommunications satelliteLow Earth orbitYesNPO Applied Mechanics
GALS 2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedAO Informkosmos
GALS 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedAO Informkosmos
COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)Earth-watching satelliteMedium Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1989 (ETALON 1)Earth-watching satelliteMedium Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1660Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
MOLNIYA 3-24Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1589Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1574Navigation satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1510Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1447Navigation satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
MOLNIYA 3-20Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1410Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1383Navigation satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
RADIO 6Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
RADIO 7Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
RADIO 4Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
RADIO 5Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
RADIO 8Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
RADIO 3Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1312Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1305Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
MOLNIYA 3-13Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1092Navigation satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1066Not knownLow Earth orbitEnded
MOLNIYA 3-10Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 1000Navigation satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
MOLNIYA 3-8Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics
COSMOS 926Navigation satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNPO Applied Mechanics