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NPO Mashinostroyeniya

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NPO Mashinostroyeniya is a Russian rocket design bureau based in the city of Reutov, near Moscow. During the Cold War the bureau was responsible for several major Soviet weapons systems, including the UR-100N intercontinental ballistic missile, and it also led the military Almaz space station program. NPO Mashinostroyeniya has also developed cruise missile systems including the P-70 Ametist and P-800 Oniks, and India is its second largest customer after Russia for these systems, including for the jointly developed BrahMos and BrahMos-II missiles.

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Agency Type
Russian state-owned rocket design bureau, part of the Tactical Missiles Corporation group 1
Founded Year
1944 1
Headquarters
Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia 1
Capability
Orbital Launch 2
Open Questions
Annual Budget
Not disclosed
Russian state-owned defense and rocket design bureau; no public annual budget or revenue figure found in the source consulted.
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Source Chelomei, Vladimir Nikolayevich (Encyclopedia Astronautica)
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  • Agency Type: Russian state-owned rocket design bureau, part of the Tactical Missiles Corporation group
  • Founded Year: 1944
  • Headquarters: Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
2. Orbit Codex: NPO Mashinostroyeniya
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3 Strela launches conducted (through 2014-12)
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NPO Mashinostroyeniya (Wikipedia)
  • NPO Mashinostroyeniya, lead section
    is a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia.
  • NPO Mashinostroyeniya infobox, Headquarters field
    Reutov, Russia
  • NPO Mashinostroyeniya infobox, Founded field
    1944
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Chelomei, Vladimir Nikolayevich (Encyclopedia Astronautica)
Associated With: Vladimir Chelomey, Biography, agency line
Quote, Associated With: Vladimir Chelomey, Biography, agency line
Agency: Chelomei bureau.
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