S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
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S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (Russian: Ракетно-космическая корпорация "Энергия" им. С.П.Королева Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im. S.P.Koroleva), also known as RKK Energiya, is a Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components. It was founded on 16 May 1946 and has been known successively as: Special Design Bureau number 1 of R&D Institute number 88 (Russian: ОКБ-1 НИИ-88 or OKB-1 of NII-88), TsKBEM, NPO Energia and S.P. Korolev RSC Energia. It is named after the first chief of its design bureau Sergei Korolev (1946-1966). His successors as chief designers were: Vasiliy Mishin (1966–1974), Valentin Glushko (1974–1989), Yuriy Semenov (1989–2005), Nikolay Sevastyanov (2005–2007). Its current President and Chief designer is Vitaliy Lopota.
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[edit] Historic projects
Throughout the years its products have included:
[edit] IRBMs and ICBMs
Including meteorological rockets as their modifications.
- R-1 (missile) R-1B, R-1V, R-1D, R-1E
- R-2 (missile)
- R-5 missile, R-5M, R-11, R-11A, R-11F
- R-7 Semyorka,
- R-9 Desna
- RT-2P;
[edit] Launch Vehichles
- R-7 (rocket family)
- Sputnik (rocket)
- Luna (rocket)
- Vostok rocket
- Polyot (rocket)
- Voskhod (rocket)
- Molniya (rocket)
- Soyuz (rocket)
- N1 rocket as a part of N1-L3 lunar complex,
- Block D
- Energia
- "Yamal", "Kvant", "Kvant-1", "Avrora";
- upper stages for different kinds of launch vehicles: blocks L and DM;
[edit] Research, Observation and Communication Earth Satellites
[edit] Deep Space Exploration Spacecraft
- "Luna" Program
- Luna 1958A
- Luna 1958B
- Luna 1958C
- Luna 1
- Luna 1959A
- Luna 2
- Luna 3
- Luna 1960A
- Luna 1960B
- Luna 1963B
- Luna 4
- Luna 1964A
- Luna 1964B
- Cosmos 60
- Luna 1965A
- Luna 5
- Luna 6
- Luna 7
- Luna 8
- Luna 9
- Cosmos 111
- Luna 10
- Luna 1966A
- Luna 11
- Luna 12
- Luna 13
- Luna 1968A
- Luna 14
- Luna 1969A
- Luna 1969B
- Luna 1969C
- Luna 15
- Cosmos 300
- Cosmos 305
- Luna 1970A
- Luna 1970B
- Luna 16
- Luna 17
- Luna 18
- Luna 19
- Luna 20
- Luna 21
- Luna 22
- Luna 23
- Luna 1975A
- Luna 24
- Luna 8K72
- "Venera"
- "Mars" Program
- "Zond" Program
[edit] Unmanned Cargo Spacecraft
[edit] Manned Spacecrafts
- "Vostok Spacecraft"
- "Voskhod Spacecraft"
- Cosmos 110 - Unmanned spacecraft
- Voskhod 1
- Voskhod 2
- Voskhod 3 - Cancelled
- "Soyuz" Spacecraft
- "Buran" Spacecraft.
[edit] Earth space stations
[edit] lunar Space Stations
- Soyuz A
- Soyuz 7K-L1
- Soyuz 7K-L3 with Lunar Landing Module (as a part of N1-L3 lunar complex).
[edit] Ongoing projects
- Energia builds Russia's Soyuz TMA spacecraft for 3-person human spaceflight missions and Progress M robotic spacecraft for cargo missions.
- Russian segment of ISS: providing its own cosmonauts for ISS expeditions; responsibility for all Russian scientific experiments.
- Sea Launch project participation - production of block DM-SL as the upper stage for Ukrainian launch vehicle Zenit-3SL.
- Universal Spacecraft Configuration - usage for development of: communications satellites, remote sensing satellites, navigation satellites and unmanned orbital servicing satellites. USC was a basis for "Yamal-100" and "Yamal-200" satellites.
[edit] Future projects
- Further assembly of ISS Russian segment: development of Multipurpose Laboratory Module (together with Krunichev Space Centre) and "Oka" space production modules (not permanently attached to ISS).
- Development of new spacecrafts with 3 stages:
- Modernization of "Soyuz TMA" spacecraft for manned circum-lunar missions - if will be a commercial orders for space tourism.
- Development of "Parom" space tug (in order to replace "Progress M" cargo spacecraft).
- Development of multi-aimed Prospective Piloted Transport System (PPTS, Rus') (instead of abandoned Kliper project) for 6 persons.
- Development of manned lunar program: landing by 2025, creating of permanent lunar base by 2030 in order to extract helium-3.
- Development of manned Mars mission: landing beyond 2035.
- Development of "Yamal-300" and "Yamal-400" communication satellites for Gazprom corporation.
- Development of "Smotr" remote sensing satellites.
- etc
[edit] See also
- RKK Energiya museum
- Aerospace manufacturer
- Soyuz spacecraft
- MirCorp
- Kliper
- Parom
- Prospective Piloted Transport System
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official English web site: http://www.energia.ru/english/


