1985 June 21 - 08:29 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Zenit launch vehicle test Agency: VKS. Perigee: 197 km (122 mi). Apogee: 338 km (210 mi). Inclination: 64.40 deg. Period: 89.90 min. Intended to be suborbital, but some debris reached orbit. Rocket debris decayed by 6/28/85.

1985 October 22 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1697 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 843 km (523 mi). Apogee: 853 km (530 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 101.90 min. First launch of new Tselina-2 ELINT satellite on Zenit-2 launch vehicle.

1985 December 28 - 09:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. FAILURE: Second stage failed to ignite. Partial Failure. Cosmos 1714 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 160 km (90 mi). Apogee: 850 km (520 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 94.70 min. Tselina-2 ELINT satellite placed in unusable orbit due to second stage failure.

1986 July 30 - 08:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1767 Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 194 km (120 mi). Apogee: 205 km (127 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 88.50 min. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

1986 October 22 - 08:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1786 Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Spacecraft: Koltso. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 149 km (92 mi). Apogee: 1,054 km (654 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 96.70 min. Radar calibration mission.

1987 February 14 - 08:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1820 Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Spacecraft: Orlets-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 178 km (110 mi). Apogee: 250 km (150 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 88.80 min. Launch vehicle test. Mass model of Orlets-2 reconnaissance satellite.

1987 March 18 - 08:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1833 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 845 km (525 mi). Apogee: 855 km (531 mi). Inclination: 70.90 deg. Period: 101.90 min.

1987 May 13 - 05:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1844 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 844 km (524 mi). Apogee: 851 km (528 mi). Inclination: 70.90 deg. Period: 101.90 min.

1987 August 1 - 03:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1871 Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Spacecraft: Uragan Space Interceptor. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 168 km (104 mi). Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). Inclination: 97.00 deg. Period: 88.10 min. Considered by some observors as possible spite test of Uragan space interceptor boilerplate mass model, just prior to project cancellation.
Officially: Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

1987 August 28 - 08:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1873 Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Spacecraft: Uragan Space Interceptor. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 175 km (108 mi). Apogee: 241 km (149 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 88.70 min. Considered by some observors as possible spite test of Uragan space interceptor boilerplate mass model, just prior to project cancellation.
Officially: Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

1988 May 15 - 09:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1943 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 837 km (520 mi). Apogee: 851 km (528 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 101.80 min.

1988 November 23 - 14:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 1980 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 841 km (522 mi). Apogee: 849 km (527 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 101.80 min.

1991 August 30 - 08:58 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. FAILURE: Second stage exploded due to heating problems in main engine. Tselina-2 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: UNKS.

1992 February 5 - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. FAILURE: Second stage malfunction due to heating problems in main engine. Tselina-2 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: UNKS.

1992 November 17 - 07:47 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2219 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 845 km (525 mi). Apogee: 854 km (530 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 101.90 min.

1992 December 25 - 05:56 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2227 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 845 km (525 mi). Apogee: 855 km (531 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 101.90 min.

1993 March 26 - 02:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2237 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 847 km (526 mi). Apogee: 855 km (531 mi). Inclination: 70.90 deg. Period: 102.00 min.

1993 September 16 - 07:36 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2263 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 845 km (525 mi). Apogee: 857 km (532 mi). Inclination: 70.90 deg. Period: 102.00 min.

1994 April 23 - 08:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2278 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 846 km (525 mi). Apogee: 857 km (532 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 102.00 min.

1994 August 26 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2290 Mass: 13,000 kg (28,000 lb). Spacecraft: Orlets-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 181 km (112 mi). Apogee: 392 km (243 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 90.25 min. Only flight of Orlets-2 long-duration military reconnaissance satellite with 22 film-return capsules.

1994 November 4 - 05:47 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Resurs-O1 No. 3 Mass: 1,900 kg (4,100 lb). Spacecraft: Resurs-O1. Agency: RKA. Perigee: 660 km (410 mi). Apogee: 663 km (411 mi). Inclination: 98.03 deg. Period: 97.98 min. Studied natural resources. It carried the German Safir-R1 communications experiment as a secondary attached payload. Expected life 3 to 5 years. The spacecraft mass of 1,907 kg was slightly higher than earlier models. The principal Earth observation sensors were MSU-SK and MSU-E instruments along with an experimental PVM-E local vertical sensor .

1994 November 24 - 09:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2297 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 845 km (525 mi). Apogee: 857 km (532 mi). Inclination: 71.01 deg. Period: 101.96 min.

1995 October 31 - 20:19 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2322 Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 847 km (526 mi). Apogee: 854 km (530 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 102.00 min.

1996 September 4 - 09:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2333 Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 849 km (527 mi). Apogee: 852 km (529 mi). Inclination: 70.90 deg. Period: 101.90 min. New heavy ELINT class.

1997 May 20 - 07:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. FAILURE: Strut in first stage engine failed at T+48 seconds. Heavy ELINT Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: VKS.

1998 July 10 - 06:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Resurs-O1 No. 4 Spacecraft: Resurs-O1. Agency: RKA. Perigee: 815 km (506 mi). Apogee: 818 km (508 mi). Inclination: 98.80 deg. Period: 101.20 min. In addition to its remote sensing equipment, the satellite carried the Belgian LLMS (Little LEO Messaging System) communications payload for the IRIS system. The launch was critical in restoring confidence in the Zenit vehicle prior to planned commercial launches of Globalstar satellites from Baikonur and the first Sea Launch flights using a three-stage Zenit from a California-based floating launch platform. Expected life 3 to 5 years.

1998 July 28 - 09:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2360 Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 847 km (526 mi). Apogee: 855 km (531 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 102.00 min.

1998 September 9 - 20:29 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Zenit-2 11K77.05 22D (67047801) FAILURE: Computer error caused a very premature engine shutdown during second stage burn. Globalstar FM5 Mass: 222 kg (489 lb). Spacecraft: Globalstar. Agency: Globalstar Comms Corp., San Jose. Fell in Siberia.

1999 July 17 - 06:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Zenit-2 17L Okean-O Mass: 4,360 kg (9,610 lb). Spacecraft: Okean-O. Agency: RAKA. Perigee: 660 km (410 mi). Apogee: 663 km (411 mi). Inclination: 98.00 deg. First of a new generation of larger Okean oceanographic satellites, carried a side-looking radar (RSL-BO), and a set of visible and infrared scanners and radiometers. It is built by the Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company and is a joint project of the Russian Aviation/Space Agency (RAKA) and the Ukrainian National Space Agency (NKAU).

2000 February 3 - 09:26 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Zenit-2 45025801 Cosmos 2369 Mass: 3,200 kg (7,000 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 849 km (528 mi). Apogee: 860 km (534 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 101.95 min. ELINT satellite.

2000 September 25 - 10:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Cosmos 2372 Mass: 12,000 kg (26,000 lb). Spacecraft: Orlets-2. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 211 km (131 mi). Apogee: 343 km (213 mi). Inclination: 64.78 deg. Period: 89.97 min. Reported code name Yenisey. It is speculated that this is an improved version of the Orlets satellite launched as Cosmos 2290 in 1994. Re-entered on Apr 20, 2001 after a 7 month mission.

2001 December 10 - 17:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Zenit-2 19L (1381573091) Meteor-3M Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Spacecraft: Meteor-3M. Agency: Rosaviakosmos (Russia). Perigee: 996 km (618 mi). Apogee: 1,015 km (630 mi). Inclination: 99.70 deg. Meteorology satellite. Launch postponed from late 2000, then delayed from November30. The Meteor-3M weather satellite carried visible and IR sensors as well as NASA's SAGE III instrument which studied aerosols and the ozone layer. This was the first launched of a modernised version of the spacecraft. Launch be Zenit launch vehicle from Baikonur rather than Tsyklon 3 from Plesetsk allowed the spacecraft to be 350 kg heavier, carrying additional sensors and various piggy-back payloads.

2004 June 10 - 01:28 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Zenit-2 1-95 Cosmos 2406 Mass: 3,200 kg (7,000 lb). Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Agency: VKA. Perigee: 846 km (525 mi). Apogee: 866 km (538 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 102.10 min. Delayed from February 17 and 18; March 17 and 31; April 6, 25 and 26.