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.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
COSMOS 2485 (GLONASS)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2492 (GLONASS)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2500 (GLONASS)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2502Not knownLow Earth orbitEnded
MERIDIAN 7Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitYes
COSMOS 2498Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2497Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2496Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2490Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2489Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2488Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
RADUGA 1M-3Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousYes
COSMOS 2486Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
COSMOS 2484Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
COSMOS 2483Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
COSMOS 2482Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
MERIDIAN 6Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEnded
COSMOS 2481Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded