Roscosmos

The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities,[Note 1] also known as Roscosmos (Russian: Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation. They focus on the country's space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.

Roscosmos State Space Corporation
Государственная Корпорация "Роскосмос"
Roscosmos headquarters building in Moscow
AbbreviationROSCOSMOS
Formation25 February 1992 (1992-02-25)
(as the Russian Space Agency)
HeadquartersMoscow
Official language
Russian
Administrator
Dmitry Rogozin
Parent organisation
 Russia
Budget
Increase176 billion rubles (2020)[1]
(US$2.77 billion)
Staff
170,500 (2020)
Websitewww.roscosmos.ru

Notes
  1. Russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос», Gosudarstvennaya korporatsiya po kosmicheskoy deyatyelnosti "Roskosmos".

References
  1. "В Роскосмосе сравнили свой бюджет и NASA". 11 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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