Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev
{{Short description|Russian satellite manufacturing company}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev
|logo = Information_Satellite_Systems_Reshetnev_logo.png
|image = "Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev" main building (2006).jpg
|image_caption = Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev main building
|type = Joint stock company
|slogan =
|foundation = 1959
|location = Zheleznogorsk
|key_people = Nikolai Tostoyedov
(Director General)
|industry = Aerospace
|products = Communications satellites
|parent = Roscosmos{{cite web|title=О мерах по созданию Государственной корпорации по космической деятельности "Роскосмос"|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102397340&rdk=&backlink=1|publisher=Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416045738/http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102397340&rdk=&backlink=1|url-status=live}}
|homepage = {{url|www.iss-reshetnev.com}}
}}
JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev ({{langx|ru|Информационные спутниковые системы имени академика М. Ф. Решетнёва|Informatsionnye sputnikovye systemy imeny akademika M. F. Reshetnyova}}) is a Russian satellite manufacturing company.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianavia.net/index.htm#state=CompanyDetail&id=178|title=JSC Information Satellite Systems - Reshetnev Company|publisher=Russianavia.net|access-date=2009-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221133444/http://russianavia.net/index.htm#state=CompanyDetail&id=178|archive-date=2009-02-21|url-status=dead}} It is based in the closed city of Krasnoyarsk-26 (today called Zheleznogorsk), Krasnoyarsk Krai near the city of Krasnoyarsk.{{cite book|last=Harvey|first=Brian|title=The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program: 50 Years After Sputnik, New Frontiers|publisher=Springer|date=2007|pages=276–277|isbn=978-0-387-71354-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmTz6Phf5WYC}} The company was formerly called NPO PM (short for NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki{{Cite web |url=http://www.iss-reshetnev.com/media/news/news-290607 |title=Inventors and innovators of the Reshetnev NPO Prikladnoi mekhaniki |access-date=2020-04-24 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927142017/http://www.iss-reshetnev.com/media/news/news-290607 |url-status=live }} or Applied Mechanics Science-Production Association;{{cite journal|last=Denisentsev|first=Sergey|title=Thales Group in Russia|journal=Moscow Defense Brief|publisher=Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies|issue=#1(15)/2009|url=http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2008/item3/article1/|access-date=2009-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226081509/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2008/item3/article1/|archive-date=2008-12-26|url-status=dead}} NPO stands for Nauchno-proizvodstvennoye obyedineniye, Scientific Production Association).
History
The company was founded in 1959 by {{ill|Mikhail Reshetnev|ru|Решетнёв, Михаил Фёдорович}} as the Eastern office of OKB-1. During its history, it has built 27 different space systems and over a thousand individual satellites. In particular, the company was responsible for designing the GLONASS satellite navigation system.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the company lost most of its state financing, and its work force of 8,000 was cut almost in half. In 1995, Information Satellite System signed a co-operation agreement with the French company Thales Alenia Space.{{cite web|url=http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Thales_Alenia_Space_And_NPO_PM_To_Finalize_An_Industrial_Cooperation_Agreement_999.html|title=Thales Alenia Space And NPO-PM To Finalize An Industrial Cooperation Agreement|date=2007-12-11|publisher=Space Mart|access-date=2009-05-19|archive-date=2011-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716114241/http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Thales_Alenia_Space_And_NPO_PM_To_Finalize_An_Industrial_Cooperation_Agreement_999.html|url-status=live}}
In 2000, the Russian government launched a substantial investment program to revive GLONASS satellite constellation, which provided a massive boost for the company's financial situation.
The company was sanctioned by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control on 15 September 2022 by being added to the OFAC list of "Specially Designated Nationals".{{cite web |title=Russia-related Designations; Issuance of Russia-related General License and Frequently Asked Questions; Zimbabwe-related Designation, Removals and Update; Libya-related Designation Update |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20220915 |date=15 September 2022}}
Products
Information Satellite Systems designs and manufactures communications-, TV broadcasting-, navigation- and geodetic satellites. The company is capable of providing a full range of services for the whole lifetime of a satellite mission, including ground-testing, integration and orbital control. In addition, the company also produces ground antennas for satellite communication.{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Space-Systems-and-Industry/NPO-Prikladnoi-Mekhaniki-NPO-PM-Industry--Manufacturing-Russian-Federation.html|title=NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM), Industry - Manufacturing (Russian Federation), CONTRACTORS|date=2007-07-27|publisher=Jane's Space Directory|access-date=2009-05-19}}
Current activities include being the prime developer of the GLONASS satellite positioning system, and production of the Ekspress series of communications satellites.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/express.html|title=Express communications spacecraft|last=Zak|first=Anatoly|publisher=Russianspaceweb.com|access-date=2009-05-19|archive-date=2009-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525043000/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/express.html|url-status=live}} In addition to communications satellites, the company also produces research spacecraft, such as the Yubileiny research satellite, which was launched in May, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0805/23rockot/|title=Russia launches relay craft, commemorative satellite|last=Clark|first=Stephen|date=2008-03-23|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=2009-05-19|archive-date=2018-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233202/https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0805/23rockot/|url-status=live}}
Economic aspects
The company currently employs about 8,500 people. The company's annual operating budget is 20 billion rubles (US$625 million), of which two-thirds comes from state orders, and a third from commercial orders. Salaries at Information Satellite Systems are twice the national average for engineering graduates. It is the largest satellite producer of the Russian space industry.
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Category:Aerospace companies of the Soviet Union
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1959
Category:Technology companies established in 1959
Category:1959 establishments in Russia