Earth observation satellites of the Soviet Union

Soviet artificial satellite that took the dog Laika to the space

The Global Navigation Satellite System (), usually referred to by the acronym GLONASS (, ), is a Russian satellite navigation system operating as part of a radionavigation-satellite service. It provides an alternative to the Global Positioning System (GPS) and was the second navigational system in operation with global coverage and of comparable precision.

Soviet research satellite

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For the Soviet animation studio see page Studio Ekran

space mission of the Voskhod program

Series of Soviet scientific research satellites

defunct series of Soviet geodetic satellites

Soviet and later Russian satellite TV distribution system

navigation satellite

pair of geodetic satellites