Glavcosmos
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Glavkosmos () is a Russian launch service provider and subsidiary of the State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos". In the Soviet Union, Glavkosmos was the prime authority for implementing cooperative agreements with foreign bodies, with activities including commercial utilisation of Soviet systems and flying foreign cosmonauts aboard Soviet spacecraft. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union and creation of Roscosmos, it has been concerned with converting military technology for use in civil applications as well as commercialisation of Russian space technology.
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- Instance of
- enterprise
- Official name
- Главкосмос
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Moscow
- Headquarters
- Moscow
- Parent organization
- Roscosmos State Corporation
- Legal form
- open joint-stock company
- Official website
- www.glavkosmos.com
- Image
- The Soviet Union 1988 CPA 5984 stamp (Soviet-Afghan Space Flight. Earth, Mir space station, Soyuz-TM spacecraft and handshake).jpg
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- inception
- 1985-02-06
- street address
- Gilyarovskiy, Moscow, Russia, 129110
- postal code
- 129110
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Glavkosmos () is a Russian launch service provider and subsidiary of the State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos". In the Soviet Union, Glavkosmos was the prime authority for implementing cooperative agreements with foreign bodies, with activities including commercial utilisation of Soviet systems and flying foreign cosmonauts aboard Soviet spacecraft. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union and creation of Roscosmos, it has been concerned with converting military technology for use in civil applications as well as commercialisation of Russian space technology.
== History == On 26 February 1985, the Ministry of General Machine-Building of the Soviet Union issued an order that formed the Main Department for the creation and use of space technology for the national economy and scientific research – Glavkosmos. Although it was originally envisioned to command all Soviet space activities, it worked more as a marketing and coordinating body than an executive agency.
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