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

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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 501 and 750.

Designation	Type	Launch date (GMT)	Carrier rocket	Function	Decay/Destruction*	Remarks
Kosmos 501 Kosmos 501 Kosmos 501 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #50, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	12 July 1972 05:59	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 They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	9 May 1974	DS-P1-Yu #50, fifty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 502	Zenit-4MT	13 July 1972 14:30	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	25 July 1972
Kosmos 503	Zenit-4M	19 July 1972 13:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	1 August 1972
Kosmos 504	Strela-1M	20 July 1972 18:10		Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 505	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 506	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 507	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 508	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 509	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 510	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 511	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 512	Zenit-2M	28 July 1972 10:19	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 August 1972
Kosmos 513	Zenit-4M	2 August 1972 08:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 August 1972
Kosmos 514	Tsiklon	16 August 1972 13:40	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 515	Zenit-4MK	18 August 1972 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	31 August 1972
Kosmos 516	US-A	21 August 1972 10:36	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	20 October 1972
Kosmos 517	Zenit-2M	30 August 1972 08:19	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	11 September 1972
Kosmos 518	Zenit-2M	15 September 1972 09:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	24 September 1972
Kosmos 519	Zenit-4M	16 September 1972 08:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	26 September 1972
Kosmos 520	Oko	19 September 1972 19:19	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 521 Kosmos 521 Kosmos 521 , also known as DS-P1-M #4 is a satellite which was intended for use as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and was to have been used as a target for an IS-A interceptor, as part of the...	DS-P1-M	29 September 1972 20:18	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ASAT target	in orbit	DS-P1-M #4, last of five DS-P1-M satellites. Telemetry system malfunctioned, interceptor not launched
Kosmos 522	Zenit-4M	4 October 1972 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	17 October 1972
Kosmos 523 Kosmos 523 Kosmos 523 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #63, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	5 October 1972 11:30	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	7 March 1973	DS-P1-Yu #63, fifty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 524 Kosmos 524 Kosmos 524 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #49, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	11 October 1972 13:19	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	25 March 1973	DS-P1-Yu #49, fifty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 525	Zenit-2M	18 October 1972 11:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 October 1972
Kosmos 526 Kosmos 526 Kosmos 526 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #61, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	25 October 1972 10:39	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	8 April 1973	DS-P1-Yu #61, fifty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 527	Zenit-4MK	31 October 1972 13:29	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	13 November 1972
Kosmos 528	Strela-1M	1 November 1972 02:08	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 529	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 530	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 531	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 532	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 533	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 534	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 535	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 536	Tselina-O	3 November 1972 01:34	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	20 July 1980
Kosmos 537	Zenit-2M	25 November 1972 09:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 December 1972
Kosmos 538	Zenit-4M	14 December 1972 13:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	27 December 1972
Kosmos 539	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 December 1972 02:05	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 540	Strela-2	25 December 1972 23:05	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 541	Zenit-4MT	27 December 1972 10:30	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	8 January 1973
Kosmos 542	Tselina-D	28 December 1972 11:00	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	9 October 1983
Kosmos 543	Zenit-4M	11 January 1973 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	24 January 1973
Kosmos 544	Tselina-O	20 January 1973 03:36	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	15 June 1980
Kosmos 545 Kosmos 545 Kosmos 545 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #62, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	24 January 1973 11:44	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	31 July 1973	DS-P1-Yu #62, sixtieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 546	Tsiklon	26 January 1973 11:44	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 547	Zenit-2M	1 February 1973 08:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	13 February 1973
Kosmos 548	Zenit-4M	8 February 1973 13:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	21 February 1973
Kosmos 549	Tselina-O	28 February 1973 04:37	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	29 June 1980
Kosmos 550	Zenit-4MK	1 March 1973 12:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	11 March 1973
Kosmos 551	Zenit-4M	6 March 1973 09:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	20 March 1973
Kosmos 552	Zenit-2M	22 March 1973 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	3 April 1973
Kosmos 553 Kosmos 553 Kosmos 553 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #55, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	12 April 1973 11:49	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	11 November 1973	DS-P1-Yu #55, sixty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 554	Zenit-4MK	19 April 1973 08:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 May 1973
Kosmos 555	Zenit-2M	25 April 1973 10:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 May 1973
Kosmos 556	Zenit-4MK	5 May 1973 07:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	14 May 1973
Kosmos 557	DOS	11 May 1973 00:20	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	Space station Space station A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by its lack of major propulsion or landing...	22 May 1973
Kosmos 558 Kosmos 558 Kosmos 558 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #65, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile...	DS-P1-Yu	17 May 1973 13:19	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	22 December 1973	DS-P1-Yu #65, sixty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 559	Zenit-4MK	18 May 1973 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 May 1973
Kosmos 560	Zenit-4M	23 May 1973 10:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 June 1973
Kosmos 561	Zenit-2M	25 May 1973 13:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 June 1973
Kosmos 562 Kosmos 562 Kosmos 562 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #66, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile...	DS-P1-Yu	5 June 1973 11:29	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 January 1974	DS-P1-Yu #66, sixty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 563	Zenit-4M	6 June 1973 11:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 June 1973
Kosmos 564	Strela-1M	8 June 1973 15:50	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 565	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 566	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 567	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 568	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 569	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 570	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 571	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 572	Zenit-4M	10 June 1973 10:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 June 1973
Kosmos 573	Soyuz 7K-T Soyuz 7K-T The second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz Ferry or Soyuz 7K-T, comprised Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 . Although still using the Igla system, these had no solar panels, employing batteries...	15 June 1973 06:00	Soyuz Soyuz (rocket) The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was used to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz programme, initially on unmanned test flights, followed by the first 19 manned launches of the...  11A511	Test	17 June 1973
Kosmos 574	Tsiklon	20 June 1973 06:16	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 575	Zenit-2M	21 June 1973 13:29	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	3 July 1973
Kosmos 576	Zenit-4MT	27 June 1973 11:50	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	9 July 1973
Kosmos 577	Zenit-4M	25 July 1973 11:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 August 1973
Kosmos 578	Zenit-2M	1 August 1973 14:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	13 August 1973
Kosmos 579	Zenit-4M	21 August 1973 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	3 September 1973
Kosmos 580 Kosmos 580 Kosmos 580 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #59, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	22 August 1973 11:24	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	1 April 1974	DS-P1-Yu #59, sixty-fourth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 581	Zenit-4M	24 August 1973 10:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 September 1973
Kosmos 582	Tselina-O	28 August 1973 10:08	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	5 September 1980
Kosmos 583	Zenit-2M	30 August 1973 10:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	12 September 1973
Kosmos 584	Zenit-4M	6 September 1973 10:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	20 September 1973
Kosmos 585	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....	8 September 1973 01:50	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 586	Tsiklon	14 September 1973 00:31	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 587	Zenit-4MK	21 September 1973 13:05	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 October 1973
Kosmos 588	Strela-1M	2 October 1973 21:46	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 589	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 590	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 591	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 592	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 593	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 594	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 595	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 596	Zenit-2M	3 October 1973 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 October 1973
Kosmos 597	Zenit-4MK	6 October 1973 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	12 October 1973
Kosmos 598	Zenit-4M	10 October 1973 10:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	16 October 1973
Kosmos 599	Zenit-2M	15 October 1973 08:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	28 October 1973
Kosmos 600	Zenit-4M	16 October 1973 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 October 1973
Kosmos 601 Kosmos 601 Kosmos 601 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #60, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	16 October 1973 14:00	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	15 August 1974	DS-P1-Yu #60, sixty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 602	Zenit-4MK	20 October 1973 10:14	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 October 1973
Kosmos 603	Zenit-4M	27 October 1973 11:09	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 November 1973
Kosmos 604	Tselina-D	29 October 1973 14:00	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 January 1992
Kosmos 605	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....	31 October 1973 18:24	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 November 1973
Kosmos 606	Oko	2 November 1973 13:01	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 607	Zenit-4MK	10 November 1973 12:38	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	22 November 1973
Kosmos 608 Kosmos 608 Kosmos 608 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #69, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	20 November 1973 12:29	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	10 July 1974	DS-P1-Yu #69, sixty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 609	Zenit-4M	21 November 1973 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	4 December 1973
Kosmos 610	Tselina-O	27 November 1973 00:08	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	15 September 1980
Kosmos 611 Kosmos 611 Kosmos 611 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #64, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	28 November 1973 09:29	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	19 June 1974	DS-P1-Yu #64, sixty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 612	Zenit-4MK	28 November 1973 11:43	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	11 December 1973
Kosmos 613	Soyuz 7K-T Soyuz 7K-T The second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz Ferry or Soyuz 7K-T, comprised Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 . Although still using the Igla system, these had no solar panels, employing batteries...	30 November 1973 05:20	Soyuz Soyuz (rocket) The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was used to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz programme, initially on unmanned test flights, followed by the first 19 manned launches of the...  11A511	Test	29 January 1974
Kosmos 614	Strela-2	4 December 1973 15:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 615 Kosmos 615 Kosmos 615 , also known as DS-P1-I #13 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	13 December 1973 11:10	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	17 December 1975	DS-P1-I #13, thirteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 616	Zenit-4MT	17 December 1973 12:00	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	28 December 1973
Kosmos 617	Strela-1M	19 December 1973 09:43	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 618	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 619	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 620	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 621	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 622	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 623	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 624	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 625	Zenit-4MK	21 December 1973 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	3 January 1974
Kosmos 626	US-A	27 December 1973 20:19	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	22 March 1974
Kosmos 627	Tsiklon	29 December 1973 04:12	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 628	Tsiklon	17 January 1974 10:07	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 629	Zenit-2M	24 January 1974 15:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 February 1974
Kosmos 630	Zenit-4MK	30 January 1974 11:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	13 February 1974
Kosmos 631	Tselina-O	6 February 1974 00:34	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	3 October 1980
Kosmos 632	Zenit-4M	12 February 1974 08:56	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	26 February 1974
Kosmos 633 Kosmos 633 Kosmos 633 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #71, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	27 February 1974 11:05	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	4 October 1974	DS-P1-Yu #71, sixty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 634 Kosmos 634 Kosmos 634 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #67, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	5 March 1974 16:05	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	9 October 1974	DS-P1-Yu #67, sixty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 635	Zenit-2M	14 March 1974 10:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	26 March 1974
Kosmos 636	Zenit-4MK	20 March 1974 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	3 April 1974
Kosmos 637	Raduga	26 March 1974 13:35	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	Boilerplate test	in orbit
Kosmos 638	Soyuz 7K-TM Soyuz 7K-TM Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 1975 version of the Soyuz spacecraft served as a technological bridge to the third generation Soyuz-T spacecraft ....	3 April 1974 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	Test	13 April 1974
Kosmos 639	Zenit-4MK	4 April 1974 08:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 April 1974
Kosmos 640	Zenit-2M	11 April 1974 12:23	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 April 1974
Kosmos 641	Strela-1M	23 April 1974 14:15	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 642	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 643	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 644	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 645	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 646	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 647	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 648	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 649	Zenit-4MK	29 April 1974 13:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	11 May 1974
Kosmos 650	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....	29 April 1974 17:10	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 651	US-A	15 May 1974 07:30	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	Reconnaissance	5 September 1974
Kosmos 652	Zenit-4MK	15 May 1974 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	23 May 1974
Kosmos 653	Zenit-2M	15 May 1974 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	27 May 1974
Kosmos 654	US-A	17 May 1974 06:53	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	7 September 1974
Kosmos 655	Tselina-O	21 May 1974 06:16	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	19 November 1980
Kosmos 656 Kosmos 656 Kosmos 656 was an unmanned test of the Soyuz 7K-T, a variant of the Soyuz spacecraft. This Soyuz variant was intended for flights to the Almaz military space stations.-Mission parameters:*Mass: *Perigee: *Apogee:...	Soyuz 7K-T Soyuz 7K-T The second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz Ferry or Soyuz 7K-T, comprised Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 . Although still using the Igla system, these had no solar panels, employing batteries...	27 May 1974 07:20	Soyuz Soyuz (rocket) The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was used to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz programme, initially on unmanned test flights, followed by the first 19 manned launches of the...  11A511	Test	29 May 1974
Kosmos 657	Zenit-4MK	30 May 1974 12:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	13 June 1974
Kosmos 658	Zenit-2M	6 June 1974 06:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 June 1974
Kosmos 659	Zenit-4MK	13 June 1974 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	26 June 1974
Kosmos 660	Taifun-1	18 June 1974 13:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Radar target	in orbit
Kosmos 661	Tselina-O	21 June 1974 09:03	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	27 August 1980
Kosmos 662 Kosmos 662 Kosmos 662 , also known as DS-P1-I #14 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	26 June 1974 12:30	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 1976	DS-P1-I #14, fourteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 663	Tsiklon	27 June 1974 15:40	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 664	Zenit-4MT	29 June 1974 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	11 July 1974
Kosmos 665	Oko	29 June 1974 15:59	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	6 July 1990
Kosmos 666	Zenit-4MK	12 July 1974 12:50	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 July 1974
Kosmos 667	Zenit-4M	25 July 1974 07:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 August 1974
Kosmos 668 Kosmos 668 Kosmos 668 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #74, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	25 July 1974 12:00	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	21 February 1975	DS-P1-Yu #74, seventy-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 669	Zenit-2M	26 July 1974 07:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	8 August 1974
Kosmos 670	Soyuz 7K-S	6 August 1974 00:02	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	9 August 1974
Kosmos 671	Zenit-4MK	7 August 1974 12:50	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	20 August 1974
Kosmos 672	Soyuz 7K-TM Soyuz 7K-TM Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 1975 version of the Soyuz spacecraft served as a technological bridge to the third generation Soyuz-T spacecraft ....	12 August 1974 06:25	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	18 August 1974
Kosmos 673	Tselina-D	16 August 1974 03:41	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	1 June 1991
Kosmos 674	Zenit-4MK	29 August 1974 07:39	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 September 1974
Kosmos 675	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....	29 August 1974 14:55	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 676	Strela-2	11 September 1974 17:40	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 677	Strela-1M	19 September 1974 14:57	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 678	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 679	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 680	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 681	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 682	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 683	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 684	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 685	Zenit-2M	20 September 1974 09:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 October 1974
Kosmos 686 Kosmos 686 Kosmos 686 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #72, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	16:34	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	1 May 1975	DS-P1-Yu #72, seventy-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 687	Taifun-1	11 October 1974 11:30	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Radar target	5 February 1978
Kosmos 688	Zenit-4MK	18 October 1974 15:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	30 October 1974
Kosmos 689	Tsiklon	18 October 1974 22:36	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 690	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....	22 October 1974 18:00	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	12 November 1974
Kosmos 691	Zenit-4MK	25 October 1974 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	6 November 1974
Kosmos 692	Zenit-2M	1 November 1974 14:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	13 November 1974
Kosmos 693	Zenit-4MT	4 November 1974 10:40	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	16 November 1974
Kosmos 694	Zenit-4MK	16 November 1974 11:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 November 1974
Kosmos 695 Kosmos 695 Kosmos 695 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #73, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	20 November 1974 11:59	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	15 July 1975	DS-P1-Yu #73, seventy-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 696	Zenit-2M	27 November 1974 11:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 December 1974
Kosmos 697	Yantar-2K	13 December 1974 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 December 1974
Kosmos 698	Tselina-O	18 December 1974 14:12	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	9 December 1980
Kosmos 699	US-P	24 December 1974 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	16 October 1977
Kosmos 700	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...	26 December 1974 12:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation, Communication	in orbit	First satellite of the 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... -series military communication satellites
Kosmos 701	Zenit-4MK	27 December 1974 09:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 January 1975
Kosmos 702	Zenit-2M	17 January 1975 09:07	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 January 1975
Kosmos 703 Kosmos 703 Kosmos 703 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #70, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1975 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	21 January 1975 11:04	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	20 November 1975	DS-P1-Yu #70, seventy-fourth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 704	Zenit-4MK	23 January 1975 11:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 February 1975
Kosmos 705 Kosmos 705 Kosmos 705 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #75, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1975 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	28 January 1975 12:05	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	18 November 1975	DS-P1-Yu #75, seventy-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 706	Oko	30 January 1975 15:02	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 707	Tselina-O	5 February 1975 13:15	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	7 September 1980
Kosmos 708	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....	12 February 1975 03:30	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 709	Zenit-4MK	12 February 1975 14:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 February 1975
Kosmos 710	Zenit-4MK	26 February 1975 09:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	12 March 1975
Kosmos 711	Strela-1M	28 February 1975 14:02	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 712	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 713	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 714	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 715	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 716	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 717	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 718	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 719	Zenit-4MK	12 March 1975 08:55	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 March 1975
Kosmos 720	Zenit-4MT	21 March 1975 06:50	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	1 April 1975
Kosmos 721	Zenit-2M	26 March 1975 08:50	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 April 1975
Kosmos 722	Zenit-4MK	27 March 1975 08:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 April 1975
Kosmos 723	US-A	2 April 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	Reconnaissance	15 July 1975
Kosmos 724	US-A	7 April 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	Reconnaissance	7 August 1975
Kosmos 725 Kosmos 725 Kosmos 725 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #77, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1975 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	8 April 1975 18:29	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	6 January 1976	DS-P1-Yu #77, seventy-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 726	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...	11 April 1975 07:57	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation, Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 727	Zenit-4MK	16 April 1975 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	28 April 1975
Kosmos 728	Zenit-2M	18 April 1975 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 April 1975
Kosmos 729	Tsiklon	22 April 1975 21:10	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 730	Zenit-4MK	24 April 1975 08:05	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 May 1975
Kosmos 731	Zenit-2M	21 May 1975 06:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 June 1975
Kosmos 732	Strela-1M	28 May 1975 00:25	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 733	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 734	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 735	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 736	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 737	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 738	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 739	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 740	Zenit-4MK	28 May 1975 07:29	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	10 June 1975
Kosmos 741	Zenit-2M Zenit-2M The Zenit-2M, Zenit-2SB or Zenit-2SLB is an Ukrainian expendable carrier rocket derived from the Zenit-3SL. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which were designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau...	30 May 1975 06:45	Voskhod 11A57	Resource detection	11 June 1975
Kosmos 742	Zenit-4MK	3 June 1975 13:21	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 June 1975
Kosmos 743	Zenit-4MK	12 June 1975 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 June 1975
Kosmos 744	Tselina-D	20 June 1975 06:54	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	12 October 1991
Kosmos 745 Kosmos 745 Kosmos 745 , also known as DS-P1-Yu #76, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1975 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	24 June 1975 12:05	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	12 March 1976	DS-P1-Yu #76, seventy-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 746	Zenit-4MK	25 June 1975 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	8 July 1975
Kosmos 747	Zenit-2M	27 June 1975 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 July 1975
Kosmos 748	Zenit-4MK	3 July 1975 13:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	16 July 1975
Kosmos 749	Tselina-O	4 July 1975 00:56	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	26 September 1980
Kosmos 750 Kosmos 750 Kosmos 750 , also known as DS-P1-I #15 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1975 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	17 July 1975 09:10	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	29 September 1977	DS-P1-I #15, fifteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites

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