List of Kosmos satellites (751–1000)
Encyclopedia
The designation Kosmos is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

, and subsequently Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n, satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....

s, the first
Kosmos 1
Kosmos 1 , also known as DS-2 #1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 11 was a technology demonstration and ionospheric research satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the first satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the first spacecraft launched as part of the...

 of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmos designations include military spacecraft, failed probes to the Moon and the planets, prototypes for manned spacecraft, and scientific spacecraft. This is a list of satellites with Kosmos designations between 751 and 1000.
Designation Type Launch date (GMT) Carrier rocket Function Decay/Destruction* Remarks
Kosmos 751  Zenit-2M  23 July 1975
13:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 4 August 1975
Kosmos 752  Taifun-1  24 July 1975
19:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Radar target 28 February 1981
Kosmos 753  Zenit-4MK  31 July 1975
13:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 13 August 1975
Kosmos 754  Zenit-4MK  13 August 1975
07:21
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 26 August 1975
Kosmos 755  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
14 August 1975
13:29
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 756  Tselina-D  22 August 1975
02:11
Vostok-2M
Vostok-2M
The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...

 8A92M
ELINT  5 November 1992
Kosmos 757  Zenit-4MK  27 August 1975
14:45
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 9 September 1975
Kosmos 758  Yantar-2K  5 September 1975
14:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 25 September 1975* Guidance system malfunctioned, self-destructed
Kosmos 759  Zenit-4MT  12 September 1975
05:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 23 September 1975
Kosmos 760  Zenit-4MK  16 September 1975
09:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 30 September 1975
Kosmos 761  Strela-1M  17 September 1975
07:10
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 762  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 763  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 764  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 765  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 766  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 767  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 768  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 769  Zenit-2M  23 September 1975
10:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 5 October 1975
Kosmos 770  Sfera
SFera
SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....

 
24 September 1975
12:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Geodesy
Geodesy
Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...

 
in orbit
Kosmos 771  Zenit-4MKT  25 September 1975
09:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 8 October 1975
Kosmos 772  Soyuz 7K-S  29 September 1975
04:15
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Test 2 October 1975
Kosmos 773  Strela-2  30 September 1975
18:38
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 774  Zenit-4MK  1 October 1975
08:30
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 15 October 1975
Kosmos 775  Oko  8 October 1975
00:30
Proton-K
Proton-K
The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

/DM
Block D
Blok D is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and Zenit. There were plans to use it for some other rockets as well ....

 8K72K
Missile defence in orbit
Kosmos 776  Zenit-2M  17 October 1975
14:30
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 29 October 1975
Kosmos 777  US-P  29 October 1975
11:00
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ELINT  3 June 1976*
Kosmos 778  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
4 November 1975
10:13
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 779  Zenit-4MK  4 November 1975
15:20
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 18 November 1975
Kosmos 780  Zenit-2M  21 November 1975
09:20
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 3 December 1975
Kosmos 781  Tselina-OK  21 November 1975
17:11
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  26 November 1980
Kosmos 782  Bion
Bion (satellite)
The Bion satellites or Bion space program , also named Biocosmos, were a series of Soviet biosatellites. They were part of the Cosmos satellites....

 
25 November 1975
17:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Biological 15 December 1975
Kosmos 783  Strela-2  28 November 1975
00:10
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 784  Zenit-2M  3 December 1975
10:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 15 December 1975
Kosmos 785  US-A  12 December 1975
12:45
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
Reconnaissance 5 February 1976
Kosmos 786  Zenit-4MK  16 December 1975
09:50
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 29 December 1975
Kosmos 787  Tselina-O  6 January 1976
04:52
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  12 December 1980
Kosmos 788  Zenit-4MK  7 January 1976
15:35
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 20 January 1976
Kosmos 789  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
20 January 1976
17:08
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 790  Tselina-O  22 January 1976
22:26
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  12 November 1980
Kosmos 791  Strela-1M  28 January 1976
10:39
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 792  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 793  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 794  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 795  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 796  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 797  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 798  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 799  Zenit-2M  29 January 1976
08:30
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 10 February 1976
Kosmos 800  Tsiklon  3 February 1976
08:16
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 801
Kosmos 801
Kosmos 801 , also known as DS-P1-I #16 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....

 
DS-P1-I  5 February 1976
14:30
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...

 63SM
Radar target 5 January 1978 DS-P1-I #16, sixteenth of nineteen DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 802  Zenit-4MK  11 February 1976
08:50
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 25 February 1976
Kosmos 803
Kosmos 803
Kosmos 803 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 804 and Kosmos 814, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

 
Lira  12 February 1976
13:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ASAT target in orbit Used for non-destructive tests by Kosmos 804 and Kosmos 814, second of ten Lira satellites
Kosmos 804  IS  16 February 1976
08:29
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
16 February 1976 Made non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 803
Kosmos 803
Kosmos 803 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 804 and Kosmos 814, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

 before being deorbited
Kosmos 805  Yantar-2K  20 February 1976
14:01
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 11 March 1976
Kosmos 806  Zenit-4MK  10 March 1976
08:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 23 March 1976
Kosmos 807  Taifun-1  12 March 1976
13:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Radar target in orbit
Kosmos 808  Tselina-D  16 March 1976
17:22
Vostok-2M
Vostok-2M
The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...

 8A92M
ELINT  20 November 1993
Kosmos 809  Zenit-2M  18 March 1976
09:15
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 30 March 1976
Kosmos 810  Zenit-4MK  26 March 1976
15:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 8 April 1976
Kosmos 811  Zenit-4MT  31 March 1976
12:50
Soyuz-M
Soyuz-M
The Soyuz-M , GRAU index 11A511M was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was originally built to launch manned Soyuz 7K-VI spacecraft for the Soviet armed forces. Following the cancellation of this programme,...

 11A511M
Reconnaissance 12 April 1976
Kosmos 812  Tselina-O  6 April 1976
04:14
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  30 October 1980
Kosmos 813  Zenit-2M  9 April 1976
08:30
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 21 April 1976
Kosmos 814  IS  13 April 1976
17:16
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
13 April 1976 Made non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 803
Kosmos 803
Kosmos 803 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 804 and Kosmos 814, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

 before being deorbited
Kosmos 815  Zenit-4MK  28 April 1976
09:30
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 11 May 1976
Kosmos 816  Taifun-2  28 April 1976
13:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Calibration 24 November 1979
Kosmos 817  Zenit-4MK  5 May 1976
07:50
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 18 May 1976
Kosmos 818
Kosmos 818
Kosmos 818 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #78, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...

 
DS-P1-Yu  18 May 1976
11:00
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...

 63SM
Radar target 7 March 1977 DS-P1-Yu #78, seventy-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 819  Zenit-2M  20 May 1976
09:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 1 June 1976
Kosmos 820  Zenit-4MKT  21 May 1976
07:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 2 June 1976
Kosmos 821  Zenit-4MK  26 May 1976
09:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 8 June 1976
Kosmos 822  Taifun-1  28 May 1976
15:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Radar target 8 August 1978
Kosmos 823  Tsiklon  2 June 1976
22:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 824  Zenit-4MK  8 June 1976
07:00
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 21 June 1976
Kosmos 825  Strela-1M  15 June 1976
13:19
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 826  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 827  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 828  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 829  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 830  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 831  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 832  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 833  Zenit-4MK  16 June 1976
13:10
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 29 June 1976
Kosmos 834  Zenit-2M  24 June 1976
07:10
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 6 July 1976
Kosmos 835  Zenit-4MK  29 June 1976
07:20
Voskhod 11A57 Reconnaissance 12 July 1976
Kosmos 836  Strela-2  29 June 1976
08:12
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 837  Molniya-2  1 July 1976
08:06
Molniya-M
Molniya-M
The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...

 8K78M
Communication 18 November 1983
Kosmos 838  US-P  2 July 1976
10:30
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ELINT  23 August 1977
Kosmos 839
Kosmos 839
Kosmos 839 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 843, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a...

 
Lira  8 July 1976
21:08
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ASAT target 21 July 1976* Intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 843, third of ten Lira satellites
Kosmos 840  Zenit-2M  14 July 1976
09:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 26 July 1976
Kosmos 841  Strela-2  15 July 1976
13:11
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 842  Sfera
SFera
SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....

 
21 July 1976
10:20
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Geodesy
Geodesy
Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...

 
in orbit
Kosmos 843  IS  21 July 1976
15:14
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
21 July 1976* Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 839
Kosmos 839
Kosmos 839 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 843, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a...

Kosmos 844  Yantar-2K  22 July 1976
15:40
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 30 August 1976 Power system malfunctioned
Kosmos 845  Tselina-O  27 July 1976
05:21
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  15 November 1980
Kosmos 846  Tsiklon  29 July 1976
20:03
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 847  Zenit-4MK  4 August 1976
13:40
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 17 August 1976
Kosmos 848  Zenit-2M  12 August 1976
13:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 25 August 1976
Kosmos 849
Kosmos 849
Kosmos 849 , also known as DS-P1-I #17 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....

 
DS-P1-I  18 August 1976
09:30
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...

 63SM
Radar target 24 April 1978 DS-P1-I #17, seventeenth of nineteen DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 850
Kosmos 850
Kosmos 850 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #79, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...

 
DS-P1-Yu  26 August 1976
11:00
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...

 63SM
Radar target 16 May 1977 DS-P1-Yu #79, last of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 851  Tselina-D  27 August 1976
14:35
Vostok-2M
Vostok-2M
The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...

 8A92M
ELINT  5 August 1989
Kosmos 852  Zenit-4MK  28 August 1976
09:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 10 September 1976
Kosmos 853  Molniya-2  1 September 1976
03:23
Molniya-M
Molniya-M
The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...

 8K78M
Communication 31 December 1976
Kosmos 854  Zenit-4MK  3 September 1976
09:20
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 16 September 1976
Kosmos 855  Zenit-4MT  21 September 1976
11:40
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 3 October 1976
Kosmos 856  Zenit-2M  22 September 1976
09:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 5 October 1976
Kosmos 857  Zenit-4MK  24 September 1976
15:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 7 October 1976
Kosmos 858  Strela-2  29 September 1976
07:04
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 859  Zenit-4MK  10 October 1976
09:35
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 21 October 1976
Kosmos 860  US-A  17 October 1976
18:06
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
Reconnaissance 29 December 1976
Kosmos 861  US-A  21 October 1976
16:53
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
Reconnaissance in orbit
Kosmos 862  Oko  22 October 1976
09:12
Molniya-M
Molniya-M
The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...

 8K78M
Missile defence in orbit
Kosmos 863  Zenit-4MK  25 October 1976
14:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 5 November 1976
Kosmos 864  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
29 October 1976
12:40
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 865  Zenit-2M  1 November 1976
11:20
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 13 November 1976
Kosmos 866  Zenit-4MK  11 November 1976
10:45
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 23 November 1976
Kosmos 867  Zenit-6  23 November 1976
16:27
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 6 December 1976
Kosmos 868  US-P  26 November 1976
14:30
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ELINT  8 July 1978
Kosmos 869  Soyuz 7K-S  29 November 1976
16:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Test 17 December 1976
Kosmos 870  Tselina-O  2 December 1976
00:17
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  20 December 1980
Kosmos 871  Strela-1M  7 December 1976
10:23
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 872  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 873  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 874  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 875  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 876  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 877  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 878  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 879  Zenit-2M  9 December 1976
10:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 22 December 1976
Kosmos 880
Kosmos 880
Kosmos 880 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 886, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a...

 
Lira  9 December 1976
20:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ASAT target 27 December 1976* Intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 886, fourth of ten Lira satellites
Kosmos 881  TKS  15 December 1976
01:30
Proton-K
Proton-K
The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

 8K72K
Test 15 December 1976
Kosmos 882  TKS  Test 15 December 1976
Kosmos 883  Tsikada  15 December 1976
14:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 884  Zenit-4MK  17 December 1976
09:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 29 December 1976
Kosmos 885  Taifun-2  17 December 1976
12:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Calibration 14 October 1979
Kosmos 886  IS  27 December 1976
12:05
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
27 December 1976* Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 880
Kosmos 880
Kosmos 880 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 886, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a...

Kosmos 887  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
28 December 1976
07:50
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 888  Zenit-4MK  6 January 1977
09:40
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 19 January 1977
Kosmos 889  Zenit-2M  20 January 1977
08:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 1 February 1977
Kosmos 890  Tsiklon  20 January 1977
20:05
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 891  Taifun-1  2 February 1977
12:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Radar target 4 February 1981
Kosmos 892  Zenit-4MK  9 February 1977
11:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 22 February 1977
Kosmos 893  DS-U2-IK  15 February 1977
11:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Test 6 October 1984
Kosmos 894  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
21 February 1977
17:20
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 895  Tselina-D  26 February 1977
21:18
Vostok-2M
Vostok-2M
The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...

 8A92M
ELINT  22 March 1992
Kosmos 896  Zenit-6  3 March 1977
10:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 16 March 1977
Kosmos 897  Zenit-4MK  10 March 1977
11:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 23 March 1977
Kosmos 898  Zenit-2M  17 March 1977
08:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 30 March 1977
Kosmos 899  Tselina-O  24 March 1977
22:11
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  19 October 1980
Kosmos 900  AUOS-Z-R-O  29 March 1977
23:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Technology 11 October 1979
Kosmos 901
Kosmos 901
Kosmos 901 , also known as DS-P1-I #18 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....

 
DS-P1-I  5 April 1977
10:30
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...

 63SM
Radar target 28 June 1978 DS-P1-I #18, eighteenth of nineteen DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 902  Zenit-4MK  7 April 1977
08:59
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 20 April 1977
Kosmos 903  Oko  11 April 1977
01:38
Molniya-M
Molniya-M
The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...

 8K78M
Missile defence in orbit
Kosmos 904  Zenit-2M  20 April 1977
09:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 4 May 1977
Kosmos 905  Yantar-2K  26 April 1977
14:45
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 26 May 1977
Kosmos 906  Taifun-2  27 April 1977
03:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Radar target 23 March 1980
Kosmos 907  Zenit-4MK  5 May 1977
14:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 16 May 1977
Kosmos 908  Zenit-4MK  17 May 1977
10:10
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 31 May 1977
Kosmos 909
Kosmos 909
Kosmos 909 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 910 and Kosmos 918, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

 
Lira  19 May 1977
16:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ASAT target in orbit Intercept attempts by Kosmos 910 and Kosmos 918 failed, fifth of ten Lira satellites
Kosmos 910  IS  23 May 1977
12:14
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
23 May 1977 Failed to intercept Kosmos 909
Kosmos 909
Kosmos 909 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 910 and Kosmos 918, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

Kosmos 911  Sfera
SFera
SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....

 
25 May 1977
11:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Geodesy
Geodesy
Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...

 
in orbit
Kosmos 912  Zenit-4MKT  26 May 1977
07:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 8 June 1977
Kosmos 913  Taifun-2  30 May 1977
22:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Calibration 29 December 1979
Kosmos 914  Zenit-2M  31 May 1977
07:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 13 June 1977
Kosmos 915  Zenit-4MK  8 June 1977
14:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 21 June 1977
Kosmos 916  Zenit-4MT  10 June 1977
08:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 21 June 1977
Kosmos 917  Oko  16 June 1977
01:58
Molniya-M
Molniya-M
The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...

 8K78M
Missile defence in orbit
Kosmos 918  IS  17 June 1977
07:23
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
18 June 1977 Failed to intercept Kosmos 909
Kosmos 909
Kosmos 909 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 910 and Kosmos 918, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

Kosmos 919
Kosmos 919
Kosmos 919 , also known as DS-P1-I #19 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....

 
DS-P1-I  18 June 1977
10:30
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I
Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...

 63SM
Radar target 28 August 1978 DS-P1-I #19, last of nineteen DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 920  Zenit-4MK  22 June 1977
08:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 5 July 1977
Kosmos 921  Tselina-D  24 June 1977
10:30
Tsyklon-3
Tsyklon-3
The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3, GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009...

 11K68
ELINT  in orbit
Kosmos 922  Zenit-2M  30 June 1977
14:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 13 July 1977
Kosmos 923  Strela-2  1 July 1977
11:52
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 924  Tselina-OK  4 July 1977
22:20
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  10 February 1981
Kosmos 925  Tselina-D  7 July 1977
07:25
Vostok-2M
Vostok-2M
The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...

 8A92M
ELINT  29 April 1993
Kosmos 926  Tsikada  8 July 1977
17:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 927  Zenit-4MKM  12 July 1977
09:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 25 July 1977
Kosmos 928  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
13 July 1977
05:02
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 929  TKS  17 July 1977
09:00
Proton-K
Proton-K
The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

 8K72K
Test 2 February 1978
Kosmos 930  Taifun-1  19 July 1977
08:40
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Radar target 12 May 1980
Kosmos 931  Oko  20 July 1977
04:44
Molniya-M
Molniya-M
The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...

 8K78M
Missile defence in orbit
Kosmos 932  Zenit-4MKM  20 July 1977
07:35
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 2 August 1977
Kosmos 933  Taifun-1  22 July 1977
10:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Radar target 1 November 1978
Kosmos 934  Zenit-6  27 July 1977
18:07
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 9 August 1977
Kosmos 935  Zenit-2M  29 July 1977
08:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 11 August 1977
Kosmos 936  Bion
Bion (satellite)
The Bion satellites or Bion space program , also named Biocosmos, were a series of Soviet biosatellites. They were part of the Cosmos satellites....

 
3 August 1977
14:01
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Biological 22 August 1977
Kosmos 937  US-P  24 August 1977
07:07
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ELINT  19 October 1978
Kosmos 938  Zenit-4MKM  24 August 1977
14:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 6 September 1977
Kosmos 939  Strela-1M  24 August 1977
18:20
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 940  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 941  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 942  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 943  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 944  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 945  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 946  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 947  Zenit-2M  27 August 1977
10:09
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 9 September 1977
Kosmos 948  Zenit-4MKT  2 September 1977
09:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 15 September 1977
Kosmos 949  Yantar-2K  6 September 1977
17:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 6 October 1977
Kosmos 950  Zenit-2M  13 September 1977
15:10
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 27 September 1977
Kosmos 951  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
13 September 1977
19:59
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 952  US-A  16 September 1977
14:25
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
Reconnaissance 7 November 1977
Kosmos 953  Zenit-4MKM  16 September 1977
14:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 29 September 1977
Kosmos 954  US-A  18 September 1977
13:48
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
Reconnaissance 24 January 1978 Nuclear reactor
Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's...

 failed to eject, spacecraft reentered over Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

Kosmos 955  Tselina-D  20 September 1977
01:01
Vostok-2M
Vostok-2M
The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...

 8A92M
ELINT  7 September 2000
Kosmos 956  Tselina-D  24 September 1977
10:15
Tsyklon-3
Tsyklon-3
The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3, GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009...

 11K68
Boilerplate test 27 June 1982 Launch failure
Kosmos 957  Zenit-4MKM  30 September 1977
09:46
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 13 October 1977
Kosmos 958  Zenit-6  11 October 1977
15:14
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 24 October 1977
Kosmos 959
Kosmos 959
Kosmos 959 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 961, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a...

 
Lira  21 October 1977
10:05
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ASAT target 30 November 1977 Intercepted by Kosmos 961 in non-destructive test, sixth of ten Lira satellites
Kosmos 960  Tselina-O  25 October 1977
05:25
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ELINT  22 October 1980
Kosmos 961  IS  26 October 1977
05:14
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
26 October 1977 Made non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 959
Kosmos 959
Kosmos 959 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 961, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a...

Kosmos 962  Tsiklon  28 October 1977
16:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 963  Sfera
SFera
SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....

 
24 November 1977
14:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Geodesy
Geodesy
Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...

 
in orbit
Kosmos 964  Zenit-4MKM  4 December 1977
12:00
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 17 December 1977
Kosmos 965  Taifun-2  8 December 1977
11:00
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Calibration 16 December 1979
Kosmos 966  Zenit-2M  12 December 1977
09:40
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 24 December 1977
Kosmos 967
Kosmos 967
Kosmos 967 is a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 970 and Kosmos 1009, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

 
Lira  13 December 1977
15:53
Kosmos-3M 11K65M ASAT target in orbit Intercepted by Kosmos 970 and Kosmos 1009 in non-destructive tests, seventh of ten Lira satellites
Kosmos 968  Strela-2  16 December 1977
04:25
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 969  Zenit-4MKM  20 December 1977
15:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 3 January 1978
Kosmos 970  IS  21 December 1977
10:35
Tsyklon-2
Tsyklon-2
The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...

 11K69
ASAT
ASAT
ASAT can mean:* Anti-satellite weapon* The ASM-135 ASAT, an air-launched anti-satellite multi stage missile* aspartate transaminase, an enzyme in amino acid metabolism*Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target A UAV used by the British Army for AA training....

 test
21 December 1977* Made non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 967
Kosmos 967
Kosmos 967 is a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 970 and Kosmos 1009, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was launched...

, self-destruct activated after test.
Kosmos 971  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
23 December 1977
16:24
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 972  Tselina-D  27 December 1977
08:00
Tsyklon-3
Tsyklon-3
The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3, GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009...

 11K68
Boilerplate test in orbit
Kosmos 973  Zenit-2M  27 December 1977
09:20
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 9 January 1978
Kosmos 974  Zenit-4MKM  6 January 1978
15:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 19 January 1978
Kosmos 975  Tselina-D  10 January 1978
13:23
Vostok-2M
Vostok-2M
The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...

 8A92M
ELINT  19 September 2001
Kosmos 976  Strela-1M  10 January 1978
20:51
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 977  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 978  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 979  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 980  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 981  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 982  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 983  Strela-1M  Communication in orbit
Kosmos 984  Zenit-2M  13 January 1978
15:15
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 26 January 1978
Kosmos 985  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
17 January 1978
03:26
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 986  Zenit-4MKM  24 January 1978
09:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 7 February 1978
Kosmos 987  Zenit-4MKM  31 January 1978
14:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 14 February 1978
Kosmos 988  Zenit-4MT  8 February 1978
12:15
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 20 February 1978
Kosmos 989  Zenit-4MKM  14 February 1978
09:30
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 28 February 1978
Kosmos 990  Strela-2  17 February 1978
16:33
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Communication in orbit
Kosmos 991  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
28 February 1978
06:43
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 992  Zenit-2M  4 March 1978
07:40
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 17 March 1978
Kosmos 993  Zenit-4MKM  10 March 1978
10:42
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 23 March 1978
Kosmos 994  Tsiklon  15 March 1978
15:57
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit
Kosmos 995  Zenit-2M  17 March 1978
10:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 30 March 1978
Kosmos 996  Parus
Parus (satellite)
Parus , also Tsyklon-B or Tsiklon-B and Tsikada-M , GRAU index 11F627, is a Russian, previously Soviet satellite constellation used for communication and navigation. As of 2010, 99 Parus satellites have been launched, starting with Kosmos 700 in 1974...

 
28 March 1978
01:30
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation, Communication in orbit
Kosmos 997  TKS  30 March 1978
00:00
Proton-K
Proton-K
The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

 8K72K
Test 30 March 1978
Kosmos 998  TKS  Test 30 March 1978
Kosmos 999  Zenit-4MKM  30 March 1978
07:50
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 11A511U
Reconnaissance 12 April 1978
Kosmos 1000  Tsikada  31 March 1978
14:01
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Navigation in orbit

* — satellite was destroyed in orbit rather than decaying and burning up in the Earth's atmosphere
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