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. OKB Fakel
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Wikimedia Foundation- 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)
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is a Russian electric propulsion system development company
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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It is located in Kaliningrad in Kaliningrad Oblast.
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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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