Acronym: ASCONT Director General: Guenrich A. Avanesov Address: 84/32, Profsoyuznaya ul., 117810 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 333-2445 FAX: (7 095) 330-1200 Email: ABEREZNI@ESOC1.bitnetASCONT is a public, non-commercial organization, with the task to promote teh preservation and further development of Russia's space science and technology during the transfer to a market economy.
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Russian Name or Acro: RKA Director General: Yuri N. Koptev Address: 42, Shchepkina ul., 129857 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 288-9905 FAX: (7 095) 251-8702, 883-5622RKA is the federal institution coordinating space activities in Russia. It was founded in April 1992 by a Decree of the Federal President.
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Russian Name or Acro: ?? Director General: Vladimir G. Tsarkov Address: 35, Myasnitskaya ul., 101959 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 207-9367 FAX: (7 095) 207-5925This is a public organization supported by the state. Its main task is to solve the problems of converion in the aerospace industry. The Center works through a network of representatives, divisions and departments throughout the whole of Russia, the CIS countries and other regions of the world.
Russian Name or Acro: IKI Director General: Albert A. Galeev Address: 84/32, Profsoyuznaya ul., 117810 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 333-5212 FAX: (7 095) 310-7023, 333-5178IKI was founded in 1965, and almost all its experiments and studies have been conducted using Russian (previously Soviet) automatic spacecraft, interplanetary and manned orbital stations, sometimes with foreign collaboration. IKI's space projects have yielded a great amount of important scientific data about the Solar system, stars, galaxies and other objects in the universe, cosmic plasma, near-Earth space, solar-terrestrial physics and methods for means of Earth exploration from space. Currently IKI is developing a project for the comprehensive exploration of Mars. Also being prepared are: "Spketr-Rentgen-Gamma" and "Relikt-2" (astrophysics) and "Interball" (solar-terrestrial physics)
Russian Name or Acro: IPM Director General: Sergei P. Kurdyumov Address: 4, Miusskaya pl., 125047 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 972-3714 FAX: (7 095) 972-0737IPM was founded in 1953 for calculation and research work for rocket ans space technology and nuclear power production. First missions to the Moon, Venus and Mars were prepared here. Also the first methods for passive attitude control and gravity maneuvers were worked out at IPM. Currently IPM is participating in the preparation of large-scale national and international space projects ("Mars 94/96", "Radioastron", etc.).
Russian Name or Acro: TsPI Director General: Grigory M. Chernyavsky Address: 84/32, Profsoyuznaya ul., 117810 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 429-5311 FAX: (7 095) 420-2275TSPI was organised in 1989 to study the use of computer modelling for the problems of global safety, including problems related to asteroid hazards and the contamination of the near-Earth space. Research and development of hardware and software for information systems, development of global and regional monitoring systems, and exploration of methods and means of detection andindentification of near-Earth objects are the principal activities.
Russian Name or Acro: VNIITransMash Director General: Eduard K. Potyomkin Address: 2, Zarechnaya ul., 198323 St. Petersburg Telephone: (7 812) 135-9850 FAX: (7 812) 135-9837This organization manufactures and developes a wide range of transport vehicles, including planetary rovers. The Lunokhod chassis and the Mars rover chassis were developed here.
Russian Name or Acro: NIIR Director General: Yuri B. Zubarev Address: 16, Kazakova ul., 103064 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 261-3694 FAX: (7 095) 261-0090NIIR is the main scientific center of the Russian Ministry of Communications. One of its activities is research and development in the area of radio-relay and space communications, frequency planning and the like.
Russian Name or Acro: ?? Director General: Anatoly K. Nedaivoda Address: 18, Novozavodskaya ul., 121087 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 145-9884 FAX: (7 095) 142-5921The design bureau was founded in 1951 to develop aviation, rocket and space technology.
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Russian Name or Acro: NPOL Director General: Anatoly M. Baklunov Designer General: Vyacheslav M. Kovtunenko Address: 24, Leningradskoye sh., 141400 Khimki (Moscow region) Telephone: (7 095) 573-5565, 573-9056 FAX: (7 095) 573-3595NPOL was founded in 1937 as an aircraft manufacturer. Today it is the country's leading developer of unmanned spacecraft for planetary exploration and astrophysical research.
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Russian Name or Acro: RKK "Energiya" President and Designer General: Yuri P. Semyonov Address: 4A, Lenina ul., 141070 Kaliningrad (Moscow region) Telephone: (7 095) 284-5398 FAX: (7 095) 187-9877RKK "Energiya" is the leading organization dealing with the design and manufacturing of manned space stations and heavy launch vehicles.
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Russian Name or Acro: VNIIEM Director General: Stepan A. Stoma Chief Designer: Yuri V. trifonov Address: 4, Khoromny tupik, 107817 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 208-8467 FAX: (7 095) 207-4962VNIIEM was founded in 1941 to develop military electrotechnical systems. Since 1960 VNIIEM has devloped and put into operation satellites for hydrometeorology, exploration of the Earth's natural resources and ecological monitoring. Attitude control and life support systems as well as solar cell tracking drives for various Russian space vehicles, including "Salyut" and "Mir" were developed here.
Russian Name or Acro: RNIIKP Director General and Chief Designer: Leonid I. Gusev Address: 53, Aviamotornaya ul., 111024 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 273-4719 FAX: (7 095) 273-1937this is the leading organization dealing with the design and manufacturing of radio electronic equipment for the space sector. In particular, navigation and and geodetic systems for space applications, manned missions, exploration of the Moon and the planets were developed by RNIIKP.
Russian Name or Acro: TsKB Manager and General Designer: Dmitry I. Kozlov Address: 18, Pskovskaya ul., 443009 Samara Telephone: (7 8462) 22-28-14 FAX: (7 8462) 27-20-70TsKB was founded in 1959 in Samara as a branch of the Special Design Bureau, headed by S.P. Korolev for the stock production of the R-7 intercontinental missile. The R-7 became the basis for the development of middle-class launch vehicles, such as "Vostok", "Soyuz" and "Molniya". At present TsKB is the leading organization for creating space facilities for the national control, global information automatic space systems for Earth remote sensing and space complexes for studies in microgravity and space material sciences, space biology and medicine, astrophysics and nuclear physics.
Russian Name or Acro: ?? Director General: Iliya I. Klebanov Address: 20, Chugunnaya ul., 194044 St. Petersburg Telephone: (7 812) 248-5407 FAX: (7 812) 542-1839This organization was founded in 1914. Among its activities are the development of space and military technology, the development of different kinds of photometers, multiband spectrometers, telescopes and telescopic sights, cameras and lenses.
Russian Name or Acro: NPO "Planeta" Director General: Alexander B. Uspensky Address: 7, Bolshoi Predtechensky per., 123242 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 252-3717 FAX: (7 095) 200-4210NPO "Planeta" is the leading scientific and production organization dealing with with space systems intended for operative remote sensing and ecological monitoring of the Earth's surface and atmosphere.
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Russian Name or Acro: MGUGiK Rector: Viktor P. Savinykh Address: 4, Gorokhovsky per., 103064 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 261-3152 FAX: (7 095) 267-4681MGUGiK was founded in 1779, and the university consists of five faculties: geodetic, photogrammetric, cartographic, applied astronautics and optical device engineering. Engineers in the following specializations are prepared for activities in the space sector:
Russian Name or Acro: ?? Director General: Vladimir I. Mikhailov Address: 53, Aviamotornay ul., 111250 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 273-9346 FAX: --The Joint Stock Company was founded in December 1992 by the Russian Scientific and Research Institute of Space Device Engineering and a group of individuals.
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Russian Name or Acro: ?? Director General: Sergei E. Prokopchuk Address: 24, Leningradskoye sh., 141400 Khimki (Moscow region) Telephone: (7 095) 573-0075 FAX: (7 095) 571-2345This Enterprise was founded in 1991 as a department of the Lavochkin Scientific and Production Association for the research, development, production and market promotion of new types of scientific-intensive articles. The output of "Lunokhod" includes tight containers, units for temperature control, power supply and communications systems of spacecraft, ground facilities for space communications, high precision drives and positioning systems, scientific instruments for space research, measuring and control systems based on tensor resistors.
Russian Name or Acro: ?? President: Semyon V. Lubman Director General: L.A. Ciavoli Cortelli Address: apt. 32-33, 1, Mytnaya ul., 121069 Moscow Telephone: (7 095) 291-0863, 925-3821 FAX: (7 095) 291-0925This joint venture was founded in February 1992 by the Moscow Scientific and Industrial Association "Astra" which develops telecommunications systems and facilities, and two Italian companies: ITALCABLE (IRI-STET group) and TELESPAZIO. The main activity of ASTELIT is the provision of international telecommunications services for the Russian Federation and other countries and the delivery, putting into operation and commercial usage of communications systems and facilities.