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 TypeRussian electric propulsion system company, a subsidiary of the Roscosmos State Corporation 1 Founded Year HeadquartersKaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia 1 Open Questions
Annual BudgetNot disclosed
Russian state-owned Roscosmos subsidiary; no public annual budget or revenue figure found in the source consulted. In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, located there.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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Headquarters Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
OKB Fakel (Wikipedia)
OKB Fakel, lead section
is a Russian electric propulsion system development company.
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It was founded in 1955 as a Propulsion laboratory of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; in 1962 it obtained status of Design Bureau, OKB.
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