S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

RKK Energia (Russian Ракетно - космическая корпорация " Энергия » имени С.П.Королёва - Raketno - Kosmitscheskaja Korporazija Energia imeni SP Koroleva, English: SP Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia ) is Russia's largest aerospace company.

History

The company was founded in 1946. It bears the name of its former chief designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev and was partially privatized in 1994. In 2007, acquired Roskosmos and thus again the state Russia the company. The company currently employs about 25,000 people.

The company is located in Korolev north of Moscow.

Since the establishment of different names for this facility were used:

In the more than 60 - year history, the institution had only six different directors:

  • Sergei Korolev (1946-1966)
  • Vasily Mishin (1966-1974)
  • Valentin Glushko (1974-1989)
  • Yuri Semenov (1989-2005)
  • Nikolai Sevastyanov (2005-2007)
  • Vitaly Lopota (since 31 July 2007)

Developments and projects

RKK Energia has developed and produced numerous Soviet and Russian launch systems and spacecraft:

  • Soyuz spacecraft
  • R-7 rocket
  • Progress space freighter
  • Energiya - Buran space shuttle and rocket
  • Advanced Block D for the Proton rocket and Sea Launch
  • Yamal communications satellites
  • DOS space stations: Salyut 1, Salyut 4, Salyut 6, Salyut 7
  • Base modules for space stations Mir and ISS ( Zvezda ) and the operation of these space stations
  • Mnogozelewoi laboratorny module ( module of the ISS )
  • Belka - observation satellite
  • Spaceship Kliper
  • Zenit reconnaissance satellites
  • Lunik spacecraft, Venera and Mars
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