🇷🇺 Country Profile

Space Companies in Russia

20 space organizations headquartered in Russia driving innovation in the global aerospace industry.

Quick Facts

National space agency
Progress Rocket Space Centre
Agency established
1894
Agency headquarters
Samara, Russia
Tracked organizations
20 space companies & agencies
Industry active since
1916
Primary space hub
Moscow (11 companies)
Leading sector
launch-vehicles (5 companies)

About Progress Rocket Space Centre

Soyuz rocket manufacturer. R-7 derivative production. Samara-based space center. Supplies vehicles for crewed launches. Historic rocket production facility.

Official site
20
Total Companies
0
Public Companies
6
Space Hubs
40
Sectors
Top Cities: Moscow (11) Khimki (2) Shchelkovo (1) Zheleznogorsk (1) Mirny (1) Samara (1)

Top Sectors

Quick Stats

Companies with funding
0
Active/Operational
17
In Development
3

All Companies (20)

Gazprom Space Systems

operational
Shchelkovo Est. 1992

Gazprom Space Systems, a subsidiary of Gazprom, is a Russian satellite operator focused on the devel…

satellite operators satellite communications satellite services

Intersputnik

operational
Moscow Est. 1971

International organization of space communications. Successor to Soviet-era system. 26 member states…

satellite operators telecommunications

ISS Reshetnev

operational
Zheleznogorsk Est. 1959

Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev, founded in 1959 and located in Zheleznogorsk, Russia, is a …

satellite manufacturing communications navigation

Khrunichev State Research Center

operational
Moscow Est. 1916

Khrunichev State Research Center, founded in 1916 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a major Russian ma…

launch vehicles spacecraft propulsion

NPO Energomash

operational
Khimki Est. 1929

NPO Energomash, founded in 1929 and based in Khimki, Russia, is a leading rocket engine manufacturer…

propulsion manufacturing aerospace

NPO Lavochkin

operational
Khimki Est. 1937

NPO Lavochkin, founded in 1937 and based in Khimki, Russia, is a key player in the Russian space ind…

spacecraft spacecraft components propulsion

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

operational
Mirny Est. 1957

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is Russia's northernmost launch facility, primarily used for military satellite …

spaceports defense

Progress Rocket Space Centre

operational
Samara Est. 1894

Soyuz rocket manufacturer. R-7 derivative production. Samara-based space center. Supplies vehicles f…

launch vehicles manufacturing

Room Space Journal

operational
Moscow Est. 2014

Room Space Journal, founded in 2014 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a media organization focused on …

media aerospace research

Roscosmos

operational
Moscow Est. 1992

Roscosmos is the Russian governmental body responsible for the Russian space program and aerospace i…

space agency launch services

RSC Energia

operational
Korolev Est. 1946

Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, founded in 1946 and based in Korolev, Russia, is a leading ent…

satellite manufacturing human spaceflight space stations

RSCC

operational
Moscow Est. 1967

Russian Satellite Communications Company. Express GEO satellite fleet. Government and commercial ser…

satellite operators telecommunications government

Russian Space Systems

operational
Moscow Est. 1946

Russian Space Systems (RSS), founded in 1946 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a state-owned enterpris…

ground systems navigation satellite communications

S7 Space

operational
Moscow Est. 2016

Russian commercial launch company. Sea Launch platform acquisition. Zenit rocket operations. S7 Airl…

launch services

Sputnix

operational
Moscow Est. 2011

Russian private satellite manufacturer developing small satellites and components. Built Russia's fi…

satellite manufacturing components cubesats

Vostochny Cosmodrome

operational
Tsiolkovsky Est. 2016

Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East is Russia's newest spaceport, designed to reduce dependenc…

spaceports

Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

operational
Star City Est. 1960

GCTC is Russia's primary facility for training cosmonauts, founded in 1960. Located 40km northeast o…

training human spaceflight

Cosmocourse

development
Moscow Est. 2014

CosmoCourse is a Russian private space company developing suborbital space tourism vehicles. The com…

space tourism reusable

Kurs Orbital

development
Moscow Est. 2020

Kurs Orbital, founded in 2020 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a space technology company focused on …

in space services debris removal space technology

Success Rockets

development
Moscow Est. 2017

Success Rockets, founded in 2017 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a company focused on the developmen…

launch vehicles consulting services