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Kosmos (Russian military / government)

Russian Ministry of Defence · Russia

Median orbit
919 km · 82.5°
Active
118
Inactive
0
Decayed
1,441
On orbit
1,024
Total launched
2,465
Launches
1,970
Launched 30 d
0
Launched 365 d
23
First launch
16 Mar 1962
Last launch
23 Apr 2026
Activity scorederived
1.9
launch cadence index
Snapshot
11 Sept 2026 23:19 UTC

Deployment

Deployment timeline

Cumulative satellites launched

Cumulative satellites launched by month01K2K3K1962197019771984199120032026

Launched per month

Satellites launched per month051015201962-031970-011977-021984-031991-042003-082026-04

Orbits

Orbital shells

Perigee altitude · satellites per 25 km

Perigee altitude histogram0501001505K km10K km15K km20K km25K km30K km35K km

Inclination · satellites per 5°

Inclination histogram02004000°20°40°60°80°100°

Largest shells (perigee × inclination)

PerigeeInclinationSatellites
1,480 km82.00°14
900 km67.00°10
1,480 km83.00°8
470 km97.00°6
540 km98.00°6
1,470 km82.00°5
280 km97.00°5
1,470 km83.00°3
35,780 km0.00°3
300 km97.00°3

Shells bucket current elements to 20 km × 1°. Orbit classes are derived.

Launches

Launch history · 1,970 launches

LaunchDateSiteSatellitesActive
2026-09023 Apr 2026Plesetsk Cosmodrome44
2026-08316 Apr 2026Plesetsk Cosmodrome66
2026-02305 Feb 2026Plesetsk Cosmodrome99
2025-27325 Nov 2025Plesetsk Cosmodrome33
2025-20613 Sept 2025Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2025-18221 Aug 2025Plesetsk Cosmodrome44
2025-13119 Jun 2025Plesetsk Cosmodrome22
2025-10923 May 2025Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2025-05416 Mar 2025Plesetsk Cosmodrome33
2025-02605 Feb 2025Plesetsk Cosmodrome33
2024-23004 Dec 2024Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2024-19731 Oct 2024Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2024-09216 May 2024Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2024-02609 Feb 2024Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2023-20927 Dec 2023Plesetsk Cosmodrome10
2023-20121 Dec 2023Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2023-18225 Nov 2023Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2023-16527 Oct 2023Plesetsk Cosmodrome22
2023-04529 Mar 2023Plesetsk Cosmodrome10
2023-04023 Mar 2023Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2022-16330 Nov 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome22
2022-14502 Nov 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2022-13721 Oct 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome21
2022-13515 Oct 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome10
2022-08901 Aug 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2022-05419 May 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2022-04429 Apr 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome10
2022-03607 Apr 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome11
2022-01105 Feb 2022Plesetsk Cosmodrome10
2021-11325 Nov 2021Plesetsk Cosmodrome11

Showing the 30 most recent launches.

Fleet

Recent satellites

All satellites in this constellation →
SatelliteNORADStatusLaunchedPerigeeApogeeIncl.
COSMOS 261868829Active23 Apr 2026303 km323 km96.64°
COSMOS 261768828Active23 Apr 2026303 km323 km96.64°
COSMOS 261668827Active23 Apr 2026302 km324 km96.64°
COSMOS 261568826Active23 Apr 2026305 km321 km96.63°
COSMOS 261468764Active16 Apr 2026543 km554 km97.79°
COSMOS 261368763Active16 Apr 2026543 km555 km97.79°
COSMOS 261268762Active16 Apr 2026535 km554 km97.87°
COSMOS 261168759Active16 Apr 2026538 km556 km97.82°
COSMOS 261068758Active16 Apr 2026538 km554 km97.82°
COSMOS 260968754Active16 Apr 2026540 km558 km98.13°
COSMOS 260867682Active05 Feb 2026471 km500 km96.62°
COSMOS 260767681Active05 Feb 2026471 km501 km96.62°

Reentries

Decays by month

1,441 decays recorded · per month

Decayed satellites per month02468101962-041970-021977-011984-011991-012003-122026-05

Timeline

Events

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