See main article: List of Kosmos satellites. The designation Kosmos (ru|Космос meaning Cosmos) is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet, and subsequently Russian, satellites, the first of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmos designations include military spacecraft, failed probes to the Moon and the planets, prototypes for crewed spacecraft, and scientific spacecraft. This is a list of satellites with Kosmos designations between 251 and 500.
| Designation | Type | Launch date (GMT) | Carrier rocket | Function | Decay/Destruction* | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 1968 09:14 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 November 1968 | |||
| IS-A | 1 November 1968 00:27 | Tsyklon-2A 11K67 | ASAT test | 1 November 1968* | Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 248 | |
| 13 November 1968 12:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 November 1968 | |||
| 21 November 1968 12:10 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 29 November 1968 | |||
| 29 November 1968 12:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 7 December 1968 | |||
| 30 November 1968 12:00 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | in orbit | ||||
| 3 December 1968 14:52 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 5 March 1969 | DS-P1-Yu #17, seventeenth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 10 December 1968 08:25 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 December 1968 | |||
| 14 December 1968 05:09 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Ionospheric | 5 May 1969 | DS-U2-I #3, third of three DS-U2-I satellites | ||
| 16 December 1968 09:15 | Molniya-M 8K78M | Communication | 9 July 1973 | |||
| 19 December 1968 23:55 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Studied air density in the upper atmosphere and polar auroras.[1] | 12 February 1969 | Kosmos 261 marked the way to the Intercosmos Program. DS-U2-GK #1, first of two DS-U2-GK satellites | ||
| 26 December 1968 09:45 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Studied VUV (Vacuum Ultraviolet Light) and Soft X-ray radiation. | 18 July 1969 | First satellite to study VUV and soft X-ray radiation. DS-U2-GF #1, only DS-U2-GF satellite | ||
| 12 January 1969 12:10 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 20 January 1969 | |||
| 23 January 1969 09:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 5 February 1969 | |||
| 7 February 1969 13:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 1 May 1969 | DS-P1-Yu #21, eighteenth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 25 February 1969 10:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 5 March 1969 | |||
| 26 February 1969 08:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 6 March 1969 | |||
| 5 March 1969 13:04 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 9 May 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #18, nineteenth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 5 March 1969 17:25 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 21 October 1978 | ||||
| 6 March 1969 12:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 14 March 1969 | |||
| 15 March 1969 12:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 23 March 1969 | |||
| 17 March 1969 16:40 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | in orbit | ||||
| 22 March 1969 12:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 30 March 1969 | |||
| 24 March 1969 10:10 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 1 April 1969 | |||
| 28 March 1969 16:00 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 7 February 1970 | DS-P1-I #5, fifth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites | ||
| 4 April 1969 10:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 11 April 1969 | |||
| 4 April 1969 13:00 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 6 July 1969 | DS-P1-Yu #20, twentieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 9 April 1969 13:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 17 April 1969 | |||
| 15 April 1969 08:14 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 23 April 1969 | |||
| 23 April 1969 09:55 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 6 May 1969 | |||
| 13 May 1969 09:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 21 May 1969 | |||
| 20 May 1969 08:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 28 May 1969 | |||
| 27 May 1969 12:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 10 December 1969 | DS-P1-Yu #19, twenty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 29 May 1969 06:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 6 June 1969 | |||
| 3 June 1969 12:57 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 7 October 1969 | DS-P1-Yu #24, twenty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 15 June 1969 08:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 23 June 1969 | |||
| 24 June 1969 06:50 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 2 July 1969 | |||
| 27 June 1969 06:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 5 July 1969 | |||
| 10 July 1969 09:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 15 July 1969 | |||
| 22 July 1969 12:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 30 July 1969 | |||
| 6 August 1969 05:40 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | ASAT target | 8 September 1969 | Spacecraft propulsion system failed, interceptor not launched.[2] | ||
| 13 August 1969 22:00 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 16 August 1969 11:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 28 August 1969 | |||
| 19 August 1969 13:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 27 August 1969 | |||
| 22 August 1969 14:14 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 1 December 1969 | DS-P1-Yu #29, twenty-fourth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 29 August 1969 09:05 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 6 September 1969 | |||
| 2 September 1969 11:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 10 September 1969 | |||
| 15 September 1969 16:05 | R-36O 8K69 | 15 September 1969 | ||||
| 18 September 1969 08:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 22 September 1969 | |||
| 23 September 1969 14:07 | Proton-K/D 8K82K | Lunar sample return | 27 September 1969 | |||
| 24 September 1969 12:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 2 October 1969 | |||
| 17 October 1969 11:45 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 25 October 1969 | |||
| 18 October 1969 10:00 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 23 January 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #28, twenty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 21 October 1969 12:49 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 22 October 1969 14:09 | Proton-K/D 8K82K | Lunar sample return | 24 October 1969 | |||
| 24 October 1969 09:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 5 November 1969 | |||
| 24 October 1969 13:01 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 30 December 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #22, twenty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 4 November 1969 11:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 4 January 1970 | DS-P1-I #7, sixth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites | ||
| 12 November 1969 11:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 20 November 1969 | |||
| 15 November 1969 08:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 23 November 1969 | |||
| 24 November 1969 11:00 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 10 March 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #27, twenty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 24 November 1969 16:49 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | in orbit | ||||
| 3 December 1969 13:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 15 December 1969 | |||
| 11 December 1969 12:58 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 22 March 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #30, twenty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 20 December 1969 03:26 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 25 March 1979 | ||||
| IS-A | 23 December 1969 09:25 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | Boilerplate ASAT | 28 August 1970 | Debris recovered in the United States | |
| 23 December 1969 13:50 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 5 January 1970 | |||
| 9 January 1970 09:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 21 January 1970 | |||
| 15 January 1970 13:39 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 1 July 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #25, twenty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 16 January 1970 10:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Technology | 10 February 1970 | DS-MO #3, second of two DS-MO satellites | ||
| 20 January 1970 20:20 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Magnetospheric | 23 March 1970 | DS-U2-MG #1, first of two DS-U2-MG satellites | ||
| 21 January 1970 12:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 29 January 1970 | |||
| 10 February 1970 12:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 February 1970 | |||
| 27 February 1970 17:24 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 23 May 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #32, thirtieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 4 March 1970 12:14 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 12 March 1970 | |||
| 13 March 1970 08:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 21 March 1970 | |||
| 18 March 1970 14:39 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 19 January 1971 | DS-P1-I #8, eighth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites | ||
| 27 March 1970 11:45 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 9 April 1970 | |||
| 3 April 1970 08:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 15 April 1970 | |||
| 7 April 1970 11:10 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 12 June 1979 | ||||
| 8 April 1970 10:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 16 April 1970 | |||
| 11 April 1970 17:00 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 15 April 1970 09:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 28 April 1970 | |||
| 23 April 1970 13:20 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 9 August 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #31, thirty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 24 April 1970 22:24 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Atmospheric | 22 June 1970 | DS-U1-R #1, only DS-U1-R satellite | ||
| 25 April 1970 17:09 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Communication | in orbit | Plesetsk launch. Orbits 1313 x 1554 km. Inclinations 74 degrees. First launch of 8 satellites on one rocket. Each satellite believed to be a spheroid about 1 meter long and 80 cm diameter. | ||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
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| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| 12 May 1970 10:10 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 20 May 1970 | |||
| 20 May 1970 09:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 28 May 1970 | |||
| 10 June 1970 09:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 17 June 1970 | |||
| 12 June 1970 09:30 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 7 November 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #35, thirty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 13 June 1970 04:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Aeronomy, Auroral | 25 July 1970 | DS-U2-GK #2, second of two DS-U2-GK satellites | ||
| 17 June 1970 12:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 25 June 1970 | |||
| 26 June 1970 12:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 8 July 1970 | |||
| 27 June 1970 07:39 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 13 October 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #38, thirty-fourth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 7 July 1970 10:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 15 July 1970 | |||
| 9 July 1970 13:35 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 21 July 1970 | |||
| 28 July 1970 22:00 | R-36O 8K69 | 28 July 1970 | ||||
| 7 August 1970 09:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 15 August 1970 | |||
| 10 August 1970 19:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Magnetospheric | 2 October 1970 | DS-U2-MG #2, second of two DS-U2-MG satellites | ||
| 19 August 1970 14:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 24 November 1970 | DS-P1-Yu #40, thirty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| Tsiklon[3] | 20 August 1970 14:30 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | 26 June 1990 | Incorrect orbit | |
| 22 August 1970 05:06 | Molniya-M 8K78M | Venus lander | 6 November 1970 | Baikonur launch. Failed to achieve escape velocity. Almost certainly intended to be Venera 8. Given the Kosmos number after failure. | ||
| 29 August 1970 08:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 8 September 1970 | |||
| 8 September 1970 10:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 21 September 1970 | |||
| 16 September 1970 11:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 13 October 1971 | DS-P1-I #9, ninth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites | ||
| 17 September 1970 08:10 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 29 September 1970 | |||
| 22 September 1970 13:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 2 October 1970 | |||
| 25 September 1970 14:05 | R-36O 8K69M | 25 September 1970 | ||||
| 1 October 1970 08:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 13 October 1970 | |||
| 3 October 1970 10:26 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | Reconnaissance | 31 October 1970 | |||
| 8 October 1970 12:39 | Voskhod 11A57 | 14 October 1970 | ||||
| 8 October 1970 15:10 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 22 January 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #42, thirty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 9 October 1970 11:04 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 22 October 1970 | |||
| 12 October 1970 13:57 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 16 October 1970 14:59 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Communication | in orbit | |||
| 20 October 1970 05:38 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | ASAT target | 8 March 1980 | Intercepted by Kosmos 374 and Kosmos 375 in non-destructive tests. | ||
| IS-A | 23 October 1970 04:42 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | ASAT test | 23 October 1970* | Performed non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 373, self-destructed after completion of test | |
| IS-A | 30 October 1970 02:36 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | ASAT test | 30 October 1970* | Performed non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 373, self-destructed after completion of test | |
| 30 October 1970 13:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 12 November 1970 | |||
| 11 November 1970 09:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 23 November 1970 | |||
| 17 November 1970 18:20 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Ionospheric | 17 August 1972 | DS-U2-IP #1, only DS-U2-IP satellite | ||
| 24 November 1970 05:15 | Soyuz-L 11A511L | Uncrewed research test vehicle for Soviet human lunar program. | 21 September 1983 | Baikonur launch. Orbital inclination 52 degrees. Uncrewed lunar program research, similar to Kosmos 398 and Kosmos 434. | ||
| 24 November 1970 10:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 17 June 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #26, thirty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| Ionosfernaya | 2 December 1970 04:00 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Craft studied the physical structure of the layers of the Ionosphere. | Expected to decay in 1,200 years. | Plesetsk launch. Orbit 971 x 1,013 km. Incliation 74 degrees. Study of Ionosphere covered almost the entire Earth's surface. | |
| 2 December 1970 17:00 | Proton-K/D 8K82K | Test | in orbit | |||
| 3 December 1970 13:55 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 16 December 1970 | |||
| 10 December 1970 11:10 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 22 December 1970 | |||
| 12 December 1970 13:00 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | Orbit was a nearly circular 1000 km. First Navsat Kosmos to be placed in this orbit. All previous Navsat Kosmos satellites had been placed in orbits just within 800 km orbit. Inclination 74 degrees.[4] | ||
| 15 December 1970 10:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 28 December 1970 | |||
| 16 December 1970 04:29 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 19 January 1980 | ||||
| 18 December 1970 09:39 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 10 May 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #43, thirty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 18 December 1970 16:15 | Vostok-2M 8A92M | 24 November 2003 | ||||
| 12 January 1971 09:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 25 January 1971 | |||
| 14 January 1971 12:00 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 21 February 1972 | DS-P1-I #11, tenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites | ||
| 21 January 1971 08:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 2 February 1971 | |||
| 26 January 1971 12:44 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 16 June 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #34, thirty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 9 February 1971 18:48 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | ASAT target | 25 February 1971* | DS-P1-M #2, second of five DS-P1-M satellites, intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 397 | ||
| 17 February 1971 21:09 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 6 April 1980 | ||||
| 18 February 1971 13:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 3 March 1971 | |||
| IS-A | 25 February 1971 11:11 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | ASAT test | 25 February 1971* | Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 394 | |
| 26 February 1971 05:06 | Soyuz-L 11A511L | Uncrewed research test vehicle for Soviet human lunar program. | 10 December 1995 | Baikonur launch. Orbital inclination 52 degrees. Uncrewed lunar program research, similar to Kosmos 379 and Kosmos 434. | ||
| 3 March 1971 09:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 17 March 1971 | |||
| 18 March 1971 21:45 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | ASAT target | 4 April 1971* | DS-P1-M #3, third of five DS-P1-M satellites, intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 404 | ||
| 27 March 1971 10:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 9 April 1971 | |||
| 1 April 1971 11:29 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | Reconnaissance | 6 May 1971 | |||
| 2 April 1971 08:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 14 April 1971 | |||
| IS-A | 4 April 1971 14:27 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | ASAT test | 4 April 1971* | Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 400 | |
| 7 April 1971 07:10 | Vostok-2M 8A92M | 3 November 2023[5] | ||||
| 14 April 1971 08:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 24 April 1971 | |||
| 23 April 1971 11:30 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Communication | in orbit | |||
| 24 April 1971 11:15 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 29 December 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #37, forty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 28 April 1971 14:35 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | in orbit | ||||
| 6 May 1971 06:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 May 1971 | |||
| 7 May 1971 14:20 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Communication | in orbit | |||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| 10 May 1971 16:58 | Proton-K/D 8K82K | Mars probe | 12 May 1971 | Failed to leave Earth orbit for Mars and was given a Kosmos number. Decayed into Earth atmosphere after 2 days. | ||
| 18 May 1971 08:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 29 May 1971 | |||
| 19 May 1971 10:20 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 8 November 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #48, forty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 22 May 1971 00:51 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 27 May 1971 11:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 26 November 1971 | DS-P1-Yu #47, forty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 28 May 1971 10:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 10 June 1971 | |||
| 29 May 1971 03:49 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 15 January 1980 | ||||
| 4 June 1971 18:10 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Magnetospheric | 11 May 2002 | DS-U2-K #1, only DS-U2-K satellite | ||
| 11 June 1971 10:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 23 June 1971 | |||
| 24 June 1971 07:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 6 July 1971 | |||
| 20 July 1971 10:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 2 August 1971 | |||
| 23 July 1971 11:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 5 August 1971 | |||
| 30 July 1971 08:29 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 11 August 1971 | |||
| 5 August 1971 10:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 August 1971 | |||
| 8 August 1971 23:45 | R-36O 8K69M | 9 August 1971 | Baikonur launch. Orbit 159 x 259 km. Inclination 49 degrees. FOBS test satellite. Possibly recovered after slightly less than one orbit. | |||
| 12 August 1971 05:30 | Soyuz-L 11A511L | Uncrewed research test vehicle for USSR human lunar program. | 23 August 1981 | Baikonur launch. Orbital inclination 52 degrees. Uncrewed lunar program research, similar to Kosmos 379 and Kosmos 398. Kosmos 434 described as 'Experimental lunar cabin'. | ||
| 27 August 1971 10:54 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 28 January 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #41, forty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 7 September 1971 01:15 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 4 January 1980 | ||||
| 10 September 1971 03:37 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 29 March 1980 | ||||
| 14 September 1971 13:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 27 September 1971 | |||
| 21 September 1971 12:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 2 October 1971 | |||
| 24 September 1971 10:30 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 29 October 1972 | DS-P1-I #10, eleventh of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites | ||
| 28 September 1971 07:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 10 October 1971 | |||
11:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 12 October 1971 | |||
| 7 October 1971 12:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 19 October 1971 | |||
| 13 October 1971 13:41 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Communication | in orbit | |||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| Communication | in orbit | |||||
| 14 October 1971 09:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 27 October 1971 | |||
| 19 October 1971 12:40 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 19 March 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #44, forty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 2 November 1971 14:25 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 16 November 1971 | |||
| 17 November 1971 11:09 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 9 April 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #54, forty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 19 November 1971 12:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 2 December 1971 | |||
| 20 November 1971 18:00 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | in orbit | ||||
| 29 November 1971 10:09 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 20 April 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #53, forty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 29 November 1971 17:30 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | ASAT target | 3 December 1971* | DS-P1-M #5, fourth of five DS-P1-M satellites, intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 462 | ||
| 30 November 1971 16:39 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 5 March 1980 | ||||
| 2 December 1971 17:30 | Micrometeroids, Astronomy | 21 February 1979 | DS-U2-MT #1, only DS-U2-MT satellite | |||
| IS-A | 3 December 1971 13:19 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | ASAT test | 3 December 1971* | Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 459 | |
| 6 December 1971 09:50 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 11 December 1971 | |||
| 10 December 1971 11:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 16 December 1971 | |||
| 15 December 1971 04:31 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 16 December 1971 09:39 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 27 December 1971 | |||
| 17 December 1971 10:39 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 18 April 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #45, forty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 17 December 1971 13:00 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Communication | in orbit | |||
| 25 December 1971 11:30 | Tsyklon-2 11K69 | Reconnaissance | 9 February 1972 | |||
| 27 December 1971 14:04 | Soyuz-M 11A511M | Reconnaissance | 6 January 1972 | |||
| 12 January 1972 09:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 25 January 1972 | |||
| 25 January 1972 11:15 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 18 August 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #52, fiftieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 3 February 1972 08:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 15 February 1972 | |||
| 16 February 1972 09:30 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 29 February 1972 | |||
| 25 February 1972 07:52 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 1 March 1972 11:15 | Vostok-2M 8A92M | 25 October 1991 | ||||
| 4 March 1972 10:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 16 March 1972 | |||
| 15 March 1972 13:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 28 March 1972 | |||
| 22 March 1972 20:30 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 13 April 1980 | ||||
| 25 March 1972 02:20 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | in orbit | ||||
| 25 March 1972 10:39 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 2 September 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #46, fifty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 31 March 1972 04:02 | Molniya-M 8K78M | Venus lander | 5 May 1981 | Intended to be Venera 9 and was launched 4 days after Venera 8. Failed to leave Earth orbit and was given a Kosmos number. Came down over southern New Zealand | ||
| 3 April 1972 10:15 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 15 April 1972 | |||
| 6 April 1972 08:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 April 1972 | |||
| 11 April 1972 11:04 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 30 August 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #58, fifty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 14 April 1972 08:00 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 27 April 1972 | |||
| 21 April 1972 11:59 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 24 September 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #57, fifty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 5 May 1972 11:20 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 18 May 1972 | |||
| 6 May 1972 11:24 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Navigation | in orbit | |||
| 17 May 1972 10:19 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 29 May 1972 | |||
| 25 May 1972 06:35 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 8 June 1972 | |||
| 9 June 1972 06:59 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 22 June 1972 | |||
| 21 June 1972 06:25 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 3 July 1972 | |||
| 23 June 1972 09:24 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Communication | in orbit | |||
| 23 June 1972 11:19 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 6 July 1972 | |||
| 26 June 1972 14:53 | Soyuz 11A511 | Test | 2 July 1972 | Baikonur launch. Orbit 195 x 343 km. Inclination 51 degrees. Was probably a test of equipment for crewed space flights. Possibly redesigned Soyuz/Salyut hatch. | ||
| 30 June 1972 09:19 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 7 November 1973 | DS-P1-I #12, twelfth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites | ||
| 5 July 1972 09:29 | Kosmos-2I 63SM | Radar target | 25 November 1972 | DS-P1-Yu #56, fifty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites | ||
| 6 July 1972 10:40 | Voskhod 11A57 | Reconnaissance | 17 July 1972 | |||
| 10 July 1972 16:15 | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | 29 March 1980 | ||||