OKB Fakel
{{Short description|Subsidiary of Roscosmos}}
{{distinguish|MKB Fakel}}
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1955|||df=y}}
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| location = Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
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| owner = ROSCOSMOS State Corporation
| num_employees = 960
| 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|accessdate=15 April 2017}}
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EDB Fakel (Russian ОКБ "Факел") is a Russian electric propulsion system development company. It is located in Kaliningrad in Kaliningrad Oblast.{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Space-Systems-and-Industry/OKB-Fakel-Russian-Federation.html|title=OKB Fakel (Russian Federation)|date=2008-12-17|publisher=Jane's Space Systems and Industry|accessdate=2009-06-04}}{{cite web|url=http://users.gazinter.net/fakel/status_eng.html|title=Federal Space Agency FSUE EDB Fakel - About company|publisher=OKB Fakel|accessdate=2009-06-04}} It was founded in 1955 as a Propulsion laboratory of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; in 1962 it obtained status of Design Bureau, OKB.Roskosmos [http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=37&pid=135 information]
Overview
Fakel specializes in spacecraft attitude control thrusters, ion engines and plasma sources. It is a world leader in the field of Hall thruster development and a leading Russian developer and manufacturer of electric propulsion systems.{{cite web|url=http://users.gazinter.net/fakel/index_eng.html|title=EDB Fakel|publisher=OKB Fakel|accessdate=2009-06-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012095159/http://users.gazinter.net/fakel/index_eng.html|archivedate=2009-10-12}} The company's third-generation electric propulsion system SPT-100 has been certified in accordance with western standards and the company is actively marketing the system to foreign customers.
Flight missions
Many companies have used Fakel electrically powered spacecraft propulsion systems on their hardware flown in space. Company's hardware were used on SESAT 1, Alphasat, LS-1300, Meteor spacecraft, USP bus, AMOS-6, MobaHo!, Inmarsat-4 F3, Astra 1K, Luch, and many others as well.
Partners
Due to the large experience gained by the company in electric engines, notable companies have entered into partnership with the company.
ISS-Reshetnev - Khrunichev - TsSKB-Progress - NPO Lavochkin - RKK Energiya - Keldysh Research Center - CNIIHM - Moscow Aviation Institute - Aerojet Rocketdyne - Snecma - Thales Alenia Space - Airbus Defence and Space - Space Systems/Loral - RUAG - Israel Aerospace Industries - [http://www.ohb-sweden.se/ OHB Sweden] - [http://www.aerospazio.com/ Aerospazio].
References
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External links
- [https://fakel-russia.com/en/home-2 Company website]
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Category:Soviet and Russian space institutions
Category:Aerospace companies of the Soviet Union
Category:Roscosmos divisions and subsidiaries
Category:Companies based in Kaliningrad Oblast