Roscosmos

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Roscosmos State Space Corporation
Государственная Корпорация "Роскосмос"
Roscosmos headquarters building in Moscow
AbbreviationROSCOSMOS
Formation25 February 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-25)
(as the Russian Space Agency)
HeadquartersMoscow
Official language
Russian
Administrator
Dmitry Rogozin
Parent organisation
 Russia
Budget
Increase176 billion rubles (2020)[1]
(US$2.77 billion)
Staff
170,500 (2020)
Websitewww.roscosmos.ru

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.

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос», Gosudarstvennaya korporatsiya po kosmicheskoy deyatyelnosti "Roskosmos".

References[change | change source]

  1. "В Роскосмосе сравнили свой бюджет и NASA". 11 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.