Industry / Companies / USSR Ministry of Defense / Strategic Rocket Forces

1,683Orbital launches
5,156All launches (incl. suborbital)
93Satellites in orbit
0Satellites built
5Rockets / spacecraft

Strategic Rocket Forces is a government organisation based in Russia, founded in 1959. Our records show 1,683 orbital launches, 93 satellites in orbit and 5 rockets or spacecraft.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

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Products

Rockets and spacecraft

NameTypeStatusFirst flightLaunchesTo low orbit
Kosmos 11K63 Rocket Retired 1966 126 (8 failed) 300 kg
Molniya 8K78 Rocket Retired 1960 40 (20 failed) 1,900 kg
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Rocket Retired 1961 38 (12 failed) 300 kg
Kosmos 65S3 Rocket Retired 1964 8 (1 failed) 1,400 kg
Kosmos 11K65 Rocket Retired 1966 4 (2 failed) 1,400 kg
Satellites in orbit

By platform

Strela-342
Uragan27
Molniya-1T5
Raduga4
Molniya-33
Geizer3
Globus3
Strela-2M2

Recent launches

DateMissionVehicleSiteResult
10 Mar 2018 2018-M05KinzhalGTsP-4? Success
2 Sep 2017 2017-M04Iskander-MASHU Success
2 Sep 2017 2017-M03Iskander-MASHU Success
18 Aug 2016 2016-M03Iskander-MEAO Success
30 Oct 2013 2013-A23Tochka-UGTsP-4 Success
30 Oct 2013 2013-A22Tochka-UGTsP-4 Success
30 Oct 2013 2013-A21Tochka-UGTsP-4 Success
30 Oct 2013 2013-M06Iskander-MGTsP-4 Success
8 Aug 2008 S Ossetia warIskander-MNOSSET? Success
15 Oct 2003 10 BBR-39UBELA Success
Dec 2002 10 BBR-39UBELA Success
18 Oct 2001 10 BBR-39UBELA Success
Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: cross-checked across sources, 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.