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Keldysh Research Center
TypeFederal state unitary enterprise
Founded31 October 1933[1]
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russia
Number of employees
881 Edit this on Wikidata
ParentRoscosmos[2]
Websitewww.kerc.msk.ru

The State Scientific Centre Keldysh Research Center (Russian: Центр Келдыша) is a research institute in Moscow, Russia. It is based at 8 Onezhskaya Street (street article in Russian Wikipedia).[3]

History

Prior to World War II it was known as the Reactive Scientific Research Institute (or Jet Propulsion Research Institute or shortly Jet Institute) or Research Institute for Jet Propulsion (commonly known by the joint initialism RNII; Russian: Реактивный научно-исследовательский институт, romanized: Reaktivnyy nauchno-issledovatel’skiy institut), and was responsible for the development of the Katyusha rocket launcher.[4]

Until 1991 it was known as the Scientific Research Institute of Thermal Processes (NII Thermal Processes, NIITP; НИИ тепловых процессов, НИИТП),[5] conducting research and development in the areas of electrophysics, space instrumentation, propulsion, and power units.[4] Like other organizations formerly subordinate to the Soviet Ministry of General Machine Building, NIITP marketed its products through Obshchemashexport.[4]

It is now named after M. V. Keldysh, one of the key figures behind the Soviet space program. It is a Federal State Unitary Enterprise that is part of the Russian Space Agency. According to the World Nuclear Association, the center is developing a nuclear reactor for space that was suggested to be launched in 2020.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "АО ГНЦ «Центр Келдыша»". АО ГНЦ «Центр Келдыша» (in Russian). 31 October 1933. Retrieved 20 May 2023. The Scientific Research Institute for Jet Propulsion (RNII), today known as JSC "Keldysh Research Center" was founded on October 31, 1933, by the Decree № 104 of the Council of Labor and Defense of the USSR.
  2. ↑ "О мерах по созданию Государственной корпорации по космической деятельности "Роскосмос"". Pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Keldysh Research Centre, Federal Space Agency". SpaceEU. Archived from the original on 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ "История". ГНЦ ФГУП "Центр Келдыша". Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nuclear Reactors for Space - World Nuclear Association". Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
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