Roscosmos
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities,[Note 1] also known as Roscosmos (Russian: Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation. They focus on the country's space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
| Roscosmos State Space Corporation | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Roscosmos headquarters building in Moscow | |
| Abbreviation | ROSCOSMOS |
| Formation | 25 February 1992 (as the Russian Space Agency) |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Administrator | Dmitry Rogozin |
| Primary spaceport | |
| Budget |  176 billion rubles (2020)[1] (US$2.77 billion) |
| Staff | 170,500 (2020) |
| Website | www.roscosmos.ru |
Roscosmos Media
Patch of the Russian Space Agency, 1991–2004
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on EVA (February 2012)
2022 alternate logo of Roscosmos
The Galenki RT-70 radio telescope. It is among the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world.
The Zarya module was the first module of the ISS, launched in 1998.
Notes
References
- ↑ В Роскосмосе сравнили свой бюджет и NASA. 11 February 2020. https://tass.ru/ekonomika/7734535. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
