OAO Rocket and Space Corporation Energia after S.P. Korolev

Its structure:
• Primary Design Bureau;
• Baikonur branch;
• ZAO Experimental Machinebuilding Plant, RSC Energia;
• ZAO Volzhskoye DB;
• ZAO PO Kosmos, RSC Energia;
• Developed social infrastructure.

Corporation Record

The enterprise led the development and operation of the following:

• national manned space vehicles Vostok (1960-1963), one of which was used to perform the first man-in-space flight by Yu.A. Gagarin; Voskhod (1964-1968); Soyuz (1966-1981);
• Soyuz T (1979-1986); Soyuz TM (1986-2002);
• national cargo space vehicles Progress (1978-1989); Progress M (since 1989);
• orbital stations Salyut (1971); Salyut-4 (1974-1977); Salyut-6 (1977-1982); Salyut-7 (1982-1991) and Mir multimodule station (1986-2001);
• space orbital observatory Gamma for astrophysical and geophysical research (1990-1992);
• spacecraft Zenit for detailed imagery of earth surface (1962);
• pioneer national communication satellites Molnia-1 (1965);
• reusable space system Buran with the world's largest launch vehicle Energia (1987) (which has not had any international technical analogs up to now) and reusable Orbiter Buran (1988).

Core Activities

Manned Space Systems

• International Space Station (ISS) Russian Segment (RS) developed (since 1993) and being operated (since1998). The activities has also to do with coordination of the RS - related works between Russian and International partners, participation in the development and utilization of Functional Cargo Block (FGB) Zarya; development and operation of Service Module Zvezda (2000), docking module compartment Pirs (2001);
• Progress M, Progress M1, Soyuz TM space vehicles manufacture and mission assurance (since 2000) under the ISS Program. Manned space vehicle Soyuz TMA developed, manufactured and being operated under the ISS Program (since 2002);
• Ensuring implementation of the space experiments and research programs using the ISS RS means, Soyuz- and Progress - type space vehicles;
• ISS RS build-up activities, including multipurpose laboratory and small-size research and power module projects capitalizing on robotics achievements;
• Putting forward proposals to develop advanced, new-generation space vehicle based upon the state-of-the art achievements in cybernetics, nanotechnologies, microelectronics etc.;
• " Development and delivery of the Russian systems for European cargo vehicle ATV (refueling system, docking system, docking unit and the Russian systems control system); ensuring space vehicle integration into the ISS RS.

Unmanned Space Systems
• Development, manufacture and operation (since 1999) of the communication satellites based upon universal space bus "Viktoria" of its own;
• Development of dedicated satellites based upon the above space bus to solve the problems that state and commercial customers are faced with, including Earth remote sensing satellites.

Rocket Systems
• Development and manufacture of DM (since 1969), дл-SL (since 1998) type Upper Stages used as space stages of Proton and Zenit-3SL launch vehicles, including development and manufacture of modern modifications of those blocks such as Upper Stage DM-SLB for the Land Launch Project;
• Development and operation (since 1999) together with the US, Ukrainian, Norwegian companies of the sea-based Sea Launch Rocket and Space Complex to launch commercial satellites into high, near-earth orbits via Zenit-3SL launch vehicles; development, outfitting of the Rocket Segment as a whole and its integration into the above Complex;
• Participation in the development of the Land Launch ground-based rocket and space complex as an alternative to the Sea Launch Complex being developed capitalizing on Baikonur Cosmodrome potential;
• Putting forward the proposals to modernize and enhance power characteristics of Russian launch vehicles in the interests of solving practically important problems to place into near-earth orbits of spacecraft serving different purposes.

Advanced Programs
• Further near-earth space development based upon buildup of the ISS RS and its applications; development of a new-generation transport manned space system;
• Development of manned space systems to implement interplanetary expeditions;
• Development and manufacture of space telecommunication and power systems based upon large space antennas and reflectors.

Provision of Services
• ensuring cosmonaut and astronaut technical training and flight under the contracts entered into with international space agencies and organizations;
• accommodation of international agency and organization payloads onboard the ISS RS, Soyuz and Progress space vehicles, use of Russian scientific equipment for their benefit;
• designing, manufacture, testing and operating of the rocket and space technology for Russian state departments and commercial customers from Russia and other countries as agreed upon with Roscosmos, including development of communication and surveillance satellites;
• engineering services, consultations concerning the development, manufacture and utilization of high technology and complex engineering space systems for orbital and ground infrastructure at the requests made by other organizations and as agreed upon with Roscosmos.

Awards

Employees