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Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Founded in 1965 (Government Resolution from May 15, 1965), then within Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
Appointed principal organisation for space research and exploration for fundamental science in the Academy, complementary to manned space program.
IKI designs and builds scientific instruments for space experiments, leads the projects, and uses the data from space probes to deepen our understanding of space and Earth.
IKI abbreviation comes from 'Institut Kosmicheskih Issledovanyi' and is used in English as is.
In 1986 IKI was awarded with the Order of Lenin for significant contribution to science and technology development, after successful implementation of VEGA mission to study Venus and comet Halley.
Academician Professor Lev Zelenyi heads IKI from 2002
Short history of IKI with respect to it's directors and main missions
IKI's structure (main departments and areas of research)
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Fields of research
Astrophysics, including radioastronony and high energy astrophysics, which includes both theoretical and experimental works with data from space and Earth-based observatories, and development of future astrophysical instruments
Space plasma physics, studies of Sun, solar wind, and interplanetary medium, solar-terrestrial relations, space weather, including novel approaches to study sun's influence over biological systems
Planetary and solar system research, from instrument design and development to data acquisition and incorporation into current theories of planetary evolution, including climate research.
Earth remote sensing, including data analysis and development of dedicated information systems using satellite data
Mechanics, operation systems, space ballistics
Space engineering, including testbeds, to test the instruments before they are installed onboard the spacecraft, which includes thermal and vacuum chambers, radiation chambers, centrifuge, electrical and vibration tests, mechanical tests
Information processing
Main results
Main results of experimental and theoretical research completed in 2014
Main R&D results completed in 2014 and ready for implementation
The most important results from previous years
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Current missions and experiments
(main experimental projects under implementation)
Plasma-F suit onboard Spektr-R spacecraft
HEND instrument onboard Mars Odyssey mission (NASA)
Instrument suit onboard Mars Express (ESA) mission for Mars remote sensing
BTN-M ?1 for BTN-Neutron experiment onboard International Space Station (Russian segment)
LEND (short for Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector) instrument onboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA)
DAN (short for Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons) instrument onboard Curiosity rover (Mars Science Laboratory project, NASA)
INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, ESA) X-ray and gamma-ray orbital observatory
RTT150 Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope
MKS-Obstanovka (ISS-Environment) experiment onboard International Space Station (Russian segment)
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Main future missions and experiments
(dates are subject to change)
ExoMars, a joint project of European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to explore Mars. Mission goals are to search for signs of past and present life on Mars; investigate how the water and geochemical environment varies; and investigate Martian atmospheric trace gases and their sources. Mission has two parts with launches in 2016 and 2018 respectively.
Lunar program, which inculdes three successive missions: Luna-25 to land the spacecraft on the Moon; Luna-26 orbital mission to study Moon from low polar orbit (approximately 50-100 km); Luna-27 landing mission, which shall study lunar regolith in-situ. The first launch is scheduled prior to 2020.
Spektr-Rentgen-Gamma (Spectrum-RG) - Russian-German orbital observatory to study Universe in hard X-ray energy band. Two telescopes are included in the project, eRosita (developed by German Space Agency DLR) and ART-XC (developed by IKI), working in two complementary wavebands. Its main aim is to find every large galactic cluster in the observable Universe (estimates are around 300 000) and active galactic nuclei (around 3 million). Launch is planned for 2017.
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Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow, Russia, 117997
Phone +7(495) 333-52-12, Fax +7(495) 913-30-40, iki@cosmos.ru
For media inquiries, please, contact press@cosmos.ru
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