Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre

The Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre, also called the Titov Space Control Centre or Titov Space Centre, is the main Russian control centre for military and commercial satellites. It is operated by the Russian Space Forces, part of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The centre sits roughly 40 kilometres southwest of Moscow in the closed town of Krasnoznamensk. It was built in 1957 as part of the Soviet space program and was originally known by the name Golitsyno-2. Its Russian name, Glavny Ispytatelny Tsentr Ispytany i Upravleniya Kosmicheskimi Sredstvami, is abbreviated GITsIU KS. Because it is run by a military service while also handling commercial satellites, it is a ground control facility rather than a civilian space agency, and its place in the atlas is as the operator of Russian satellite control.