Roscosmos State Corporation
Also known as Roscosmos, FKA, RKA, Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, Russian space agency, Russian Federal Space Agency, RAKA
The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos (), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
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Roscosmos is Russia's government-run space agency that handles the country's space missions, space exploration programs, and aerospace research. It matters because it's the organization responsible for Russia's activities in space, including launching spacecraft and conducting scientific research in cosmonautics.
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25 sectionsContents
- History
- Crisis years
- 2000: Start of ISS cooperation
- 2004–2006: Improved situation
- 2006–2012
- 2013–2016: Reorganization of the Russian space sector
- 2017–2021
- 2022–present
- Future plans
- Current programs
- Rockets
- Operational
- Under development
- Scientific programs
- Space systems
- Gecko mating experiment
- ISS involvement
- Suffa Space Observatory
- New piloted spacecraft
- Launch control
- Subsidiaries
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos (), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
Originating from the Soviet space program founded in the 1950s, Roscosmos emerged following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It initially began as the Russian Space Agency, which was established on 25 February 1992 and restructured in 1999 and 2004 as the Russian Aviation and Space Agency and the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), respectively. In 2015, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) was merged with the United Rocket and Space Corporation, a government corporation, to re-nationalize the space industry of Russia, leading to Roscosmos in its current form.
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