Aerospace Defence Forces
19 satellites in orbit, 13 operating.
The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 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
Aerospace Defence Forces is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code VVKO, of Russian Federation. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of Russian Ministry of Defense. See every satellite of Russian Ministry of Defense.
The live map has no filter that picks out exactly these satellites.
| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating | Flown by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSMOS 2485 (GLONASS) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2492 (GLONASS) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2500 (GLONASS) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2502 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | ||
| MERIDIAN 7 | Communications satellite | Highly elliptical orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2498 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2497 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2496 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2490 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2489 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2488 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| RADUGA 1M-3 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2486 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | ||
| COSMOS 2484 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| COSMOS 2483 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | ||
| COSMOS 2482 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | ||
| MERIDIAN 6 | Communications satellite | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | ||
| COSMOS 2481 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended |