Space tourism and reliability of Russian rockets presented at an exhibition in India
MOSCOW, September 5. – Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) is to present the capacities of the Russian space industry at the Bengaluru Space Expo-2022, which started its work today. The company’s managers will outline such areas as launch services with the Russian launch vehicles, commercial traveling into orbit of non–professional spaceflight participants, as well as the development and implementation of turnkey solutions - from design and manufacture of the spacecraft to its launch and further receiving and processing of data from this spacecraft. At the exhibition, Glavkosmos is also presenting the possibilities of getting Earth remote sensing data from the Russian satellite constellation.
The exhibition is taking place on September 5-7 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Center. About 150 companies from 10 countries are taking part in the exhibition; nearly one thousand people are participating in the inauguration ceremony of this international event.
Apart from the presentation of promising projects in space with the participation of the Russian side, at the Glavkosmos booth there are represented the company’s parnters from the Russian private ventures SPUTNIX and Prosto Kosmos (Just Space), that are also taking part in the exhibition. SPUTNIX is engaged in the production CubeSat spacecraft. Prosto Kosmos organizes tourist programs to Russian space infrastructure facilities, including tours to the Baikonur and Vostochny cosmodromes during launch campaigns with the use of the Russian launch vehicles.
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Glavkosmos, JSC is a subsidiary of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos. The main task of the company is to promote the achievements of the Russian rocket and space industry to world markets and to manage complex international projects. Throughout its history, the company has successfully fulfilled over 140 international contracts, including the launch of more than 180 spacecraft as a secondary payload.
Since May 2021, Glavkosmos has been the official operator of Roscosmos trademarks.
ROSCOSMOS is a State Corporation established in August 2015 to carry out a comprehensive reform of the Russian rocket and space industry. ROSCOSMOS ensures the implementation of the state policy in space activities and its normative and legal regulations, as well as places orders for the design, production and supply of space equipment and space infrastructure. ROSCOSMOS is also vested with authority to develop international cooperation in space and establish the appropriate environment for applying achievements in space domain for the social and economic development in Russia.