Aerospace Defence Forces

Government / agency · Russia · founded 2011

Industry / Companies / Russian Ministry of Defense / Aerospace Defence Forces

75Orbital launches
75All launches (incl. suborbital)
95Satellites in orbit
0Satellites built
0Rockets / spacecraft

Aerospace Defence Forces is a government organisation based in Russia, founded in 2011. Our records show 75 orbital launches and 95 satellites in orbit.

Part of Russian Ministry of Defense · More from Russia

Activity

Orbital launches per year

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Last 15 years. Peak: 12 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

Strela-3M22
Unk17
Uragan12
Yantar'-Lotos8
Meridian6
Bars6
14F142 EKS6
Ekspress-10005

Recent launches

DateMissionVehicleSiteResult
16 Apr 2026 UnknownSoyuz-2-1BGIK-1 Success
3 Apr 2026 Meridian No. 21L?Soyuz-2-1AGIK-1 Success
5 Feb 2026 UnknownSoyuz-2-1BGIK-1 Success
25 Dec 2025 Obzor-R No. 1Soyuz-2-1AGIK-1 Success
23 May 2025 Nivelir-L No. 5?Soyuz-2-1BGIK-1 Success
2 Mar 2025 Glonass-K2 No. 14LSoyuz-2-1BGIK-1 Success
5 Feb 2025 MKA-B 1 to 3Soyuz-2-1VGIK-1 Success
4 Dec 2024 Lotos-S1 No. 809Soyuz-2-1BGIK-1 Success
31 Oct 2024 Bars-M No. 6?Soyuz-2-1AGIK-1 Success
16 May 2024 Soyuz Rideshare 13Soyuz-2-1BGIK-1 Success
9 Feb 2024 EO-MKA No. 4?Soyuz-2-1VGIK-1 Success
27 Dec 2023 EO-MKA No. 3?Soyuz-2-1VGIK-1 Success
Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: single source, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.