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OKB Fakel

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OKB Fakel, also known as EDB Fakel, is a Russian electric propulsion company headquartered in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, that develops spacecraft attitude-control thrusters and ion engines. It was founded in 1955 as a propulsion laboratory of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and became a formal design bureau, OKB, in 1962.

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Agency Type
Russian electric propulsion system company, a subsidiary of the Roscosmos State Corporation 1
Founded Year
1955 1
Headquarters
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia 1
Capability
No Launch 2
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Annual Budget
Not disclosed
Russian state-owned Roscosmos subsidiary; no public annual budget or revenue figure found in the source consulted.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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  • Agency Type: Russian electric propulsion system company, a subsidiary of the Roscosmos State Corporation
  • Founded Year: 1955
  • Headquarters: Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
2. OKB Fakel (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    is a Russian electric propulsion system development company
  • OKB Fakel, lead section
    is a Russian electric propulsion system development company.
  • Lead section
    It was founded in 1955 as a Propulsion laboratory of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; in 1962 it obtained status of Design Bureau, OKB.
  • Article text
    It is located in Kaliningrad in Kaliningrad Oblast.
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Pyotr Grushin (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Pyotr Grushin, Article body, career
Quote, Associated With: Pyotr Grushin, Article body, career
He was the chief developer of a number of air defence systems at KB Fakel (until 1967, OKB-2) located in Khimki.
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