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U.S.S.R

Every figure on this page is counted from the committed mission records that list U.S.S.R among their agencies. None of them is maintained by hand.

Derived figures

Missions listing U.S.S.R

Committed missions
72
First launch
Latest launch
Concluded missions
72
Recorded a success
27
Success rate
38%

Active missions are excluded from the success rate: a live mission has no outcome yet, so counting it would report a rate the records do not support. 0 of the 72 records are still active, leaving 72 concluded. A partial success is a distinct recorded outcome, so it is not counted in the numerator, but it stays in the denominator.

Committed missions listing U.S.S.R by launch decade.
DecadeMissions launched
1950s3
1960s44
1970s23
1980s2

Where they went

Destinations

Moon
34
Venus
23
Mars
15

A mission with several destinations is counted under each of them, so these figures need not add up to 72.

What they did

Mission types

Lander
36
Flyby
23
Orbiter
17
Sample return
8
Atmospheric probe
7
Impactor
2
Rover
2
Technology demonstrator
1

A mission can carry several types, so these figures need not add up either. Types no mission here carries are omitted.

How they ended

Outcomes

Success
27
Partial success
13
Failure
32
Active
0

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These records in the directory

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