Russian Federal Space Agency

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Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)
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Established1992
HeadquartersMoscow
Primary spaceportBaikonur Cosmodrome, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
AdministratorVladimir Popovkin
Websitehttp://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?lang=en


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The Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство России Federal'noye kosmicheskoye agentstvo Rossii), commonly called Roscosmos (Роскосмос Roskosmos) and abbreviated as FKA (ФКА) and RKA (РКА), is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Russian: Российское авиационно-космическое агентство Rossiyskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo, commonly known as "Rosaviakosmos").

Headquarters of Roscosmos are located in Moscow. Main Mission Control space flight operations center is located in a nearby city of Korolev. Cosmonauts Training Centre (GCTC) is in Star City. Launch facilities used are Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (with most launches taking place there, both manned and unmanned) and Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia used primarily for unmanned flights of military designations.

The current General Director, since 29 April 2011, is Vladimir Popovkin.

TMA-19 launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, June 16, 2010

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Roscosmos in Fenspace

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