Arsenal Design Bureau

Arsenal Design Bureau
Federal State Unitary Enterprise
Industry Aerospace
Founded 21 November 1949
Headquarters Saint Petersburg, Russia
Parent Roscosmos[1]
Website kbarsenal.ru

Arsenal Design Bureau (Russian: Конструкторское бюро «Арсенал», translit. Konstruktorskoye byuro Arsenal) is an engineering company active in the fields of space technology, ship artillery and civilian machine building. The company was founded in 1711 and is located in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation. Its full name is Arsenal Design Bureau named after Mikhail Vasil’evich Frunze Federal State Unitary Enterprise.[2]

Overview

The company's main purpose is development and operation of space complexes and spacecraft for various purposes, and development and creation of navy artillery mounts and launchers.[2][3] KB Arsenal is the developer of Liana electronic recoinnaissance program, intended to replace the EORSATS and Tselina 2.[4]

History

KB Arsenal was founded in 1711 by Tsar Peter I of Russia as a cannon foundry.[4] Renamed to TsBK-7, the company created ICBMs between 1960 and 1980, after which it switched its focus to space research. It is the developer of over 80 spacecraft in the COSMOS series, including Russia's first nuclear power system satellites, the COSMOS-1818 and COSMOS-1867.[3] It is the oldest Russian/Soviet design bureau connected to space research.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "О мерах по созданию Государственной корпорации по космической деятельности "Роскосмос"". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Company profile". KB Arsenal. Archived from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  3. 1 2 "KB Arsenal (Russian Federation), Space industry - Prime contractors". Jane's Space Systems and Industry. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  4. 1 2 3 Harvey, Brian (2007). "The design bureaus". The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program (1st ed.). Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-71354-0.
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