53°13′14.52″N 50°18′04.32″E / 53.2207000°N 50.3012000°E
Native name | Ракетно-космический центр «Прогресс» |
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Company type | Joint-stock company |
Industry | Aerospace |
Predecessor | TsSKB-Progress |
Founded | April 12, 1996 |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Products | |
Revenue | $593 million[1] (2017) |
$26.5 million[1] (2017) | |
$21.7 billion[1] (2017) | |
Total assets | $1.69 billion[1] (2017) |
Total equity | $488 million[1] (2017) |
Number of employees | 17,703 |
Parent | Roskosmos[2] |
Website | samspace |
Rocket and Space Centre "Progress" (Russian: Ракетно-космический центр «Прогресс») is a Russian joint-stock company under the jurisdiction of Roscosmos. It builds and operates the Soyuz family of rockets, the primary launch vehicle for the Russian space programme and derived from the R-7 missile.
The company is a direct descendent of the Soviet-era State Aviation Plant No. 1, established in 1941, which came to be known as "Progress" and the Central Specialized Design Bureau (TsSKB, Russian: Центральное специализированное конструкторское бюро) which was established in 1974 to continue to refine the design of the R-7. The two groups were merged on 12 April 1996 to form this company, initially called TsSKB-Progress (Russian: ЦСКБ-Прогресс).