Roscosmos
Roscosmos is the Russian state corporation responsible for the country's space programme, organised in its current form in 1992 as successor to the Soviet space effort. It operates the Soyuz crew vehicle and Progress cargo ship, built and maintains the Russian segment of the International Space Station (the Zarya and Zvezda modules), and runs launch operations from Baikonur and Vostochny. Roscosmos oversees the long-running Soyuz launch vehicle family. Its civil budget is funded by the Russian government.
At a glance
Active missions2
Operated-mission cost$150 billion
FoundedFebruary 25, 1992
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
WikidataQ1768122
≈257.5 billion rubles (2023 federal allocation); shown in USD terms as the ruble figure is not fully disclosed.
Missions 3
Operating or building 2 active missions — including ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, International Space Station.