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Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev

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JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev, often called ISS Reshetnev, is a Russian satellite manufacturing company founded in 1959 by engineer Mikhail Reshetnev as the eastern branch of the design bureau OKB-1, headquartered in Zheleznogorsk, a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai formerly known as Krasnoyarsk-26. Now organized under Roscosmos, the company designs and builds communications, television broadcasting, navigation and geodetic satellites, and its history includes development work on the GLONASS satellite navigation system and production of the Ekspress series of communications satellites. Over its history the company reports having designed 27 different space systems and produced more than a thousand individual satellites.

Facts
Agency Type
Satellite manufacturer 1
Founded Year
1959 1
Head
Nikolai Tostoyedov 1
Annual Budget
20 billion rubles (US$625 million) 1
Sources
1. ISS Reshetnev, Wikipedia
  • History
    The company was founded in 1959 by Mikhail Reshetnev
  • Opening paragraph
    is a Russian satellite manufacturing company.
  • Infobox, key people
    Nikolai Tostoyedov (Director General)
  • Economic aspects
    The company's annual operating budget is 20 billion rubles (US$625 million)
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