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Sfera (meaning sphere, ) was a series of
Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
geodetic Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the geometry, gravity, and spatial orientation of the Earth in temporally varying 3D. It is called planetary geodesy when studying other astronomical bodies, such as planets ...
satellite A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. They have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation ( GPS), broadcasting, scient ...
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Launches

18 satellites were launched from 1968 to 1978, with only one failure.


See also

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Satellite geodesy Satellite geodesy is geodesy by means of artificial satellites—the measurement of the form and dimensions of Earth, the location of objects on its surface and the figure of the Earth's gravity field by means of artificial satellite techniques ...
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Geo-IK-2 The Geo-IK-2 is a Russian series of new generation military geodesy satellites replacing the Soviet Union's Geo-IK and Sfera constellations. They are intended to be used to create high precision three-dimensional maps of the Earth's surface, and t ...
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List of Kosmos satellites (1–250) The designation '' Kosmos'' ( meaning ''Cosmos'') is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet, and subsequently Russian, satellite A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit aroun ...
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List of Kosmos satellites (251–500) The designation '' Kosmos'' ( meaning ''Cosmos'') is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet, and subsequently Russian, satellite A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit aroun ...
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List of Kosmos satellites (501–750) The designation ''Kosmos (satellite), Kosmos'' ( meaning ''Cosmos'') is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet Union, Soviet, and subsequently Russian, satellites, Kosmos 1, the first of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmo ...
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List of Kosmos satellites (751–1000) The designation '' Kosmos'' ( meaning ''Cosmos'') is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet, and subsequently Russian, satellites, the first The First or The 1st may refer to: Arts and entertainment Albums * The 1st (album), ''The 1st ...
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List of Kosmos satellites (1001–1250) The designation '' Kosmos'' ( meaning ''Cosmos'') is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet, and subsequently Russian, satellites, the first The First or The 1st may refer to: Arts and entertainment Albums * The 1st (album), ''The 1st ...


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