Operator file · RU-193
Russian Space Forces
Russian Space Forces is a government launch operator based in Russia, founded in 1992. The register credits it with 158 launches flown under its own name — 150 successful, 8 failed, a lifetime success rate of 94.9%. It is not flying anything inside the current manifest window.
Flight record
Launch statistics
Counts are launches filed under VKS’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library register. They are not a count of missions or payloads: a spacecraft that flew on a contracted vehicle is credited to the operator that flew it.
Who flies for them, and who they fly for
An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and it is the operator’s name the launch schedule filters by. A customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Plenty of organisations are both. VKS is counted below in whichever role the current manifest actually gives it.
Manifest role
No scheduled flight in the current window names VKS while being operated by somebody else.
How this is counted: a scheduled launch is treated as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation appears in the launch name, mission name or programme and somebody else is flying it. Mission descriptions are not searched, and the window is one batch of the next launches worldwide, reaching to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z — so both counts are a floor, not a complete manifest.
About VKS
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
Upcoming launches
Manifest
VKS is not flying anything inside the current manifest window, which reaches to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.
All upcoming launches“T-0 known to” is the register’s own precision on the launch time — a date good only to the month is shown as such rather than counted down as if it were exact. A go-probability appears only where the operator published one for that flight; Delta-V does not calculate it and it is not a forecast made here.
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Common questions
- How many launches has Russian Space Forces flown?
- Russian Space Forces has 158 launches on record under its own name, of which 150 succeeded and 8 failed. The register counts launches flown under an operator's own name, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
- What is Russian Space Forces's success rate?
- Russian Space Forces has a lifetime launch success rate of 94.9%, calculated as 150 successful flights out of 158 attempts. Its current run is 70 consecutive successes.
- When is Russian Space Forces's next launch?
- Russian Space Forces is not flying anything inside Delta-V's current manifest window, which reaches to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z.
- Does Russian Space Forces fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
- Russian Space Forces has 158 launches flown under its own name in the launch register. It is not the operator on any flight in the current manifest window. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count; a customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule lists only the former, which is why a well-known agency can be central to a flight and still not appear on it.
- Where is Russian Space Forces based?
- Russian Space Forces is based in Russia and the register classifies it as a government operator. It was founded in 1992.