Progress Rocket Space Centre

53°13′14.52″N 50°18′04.32″E / 53.2207000°N 50.3012000°E / 53.2207000; 50.3012000

Rocket and Space Centre "Progress"

Native name	Ракетно-космический центр «Прогресс»
Company type	Joint-stock company
Industry	Aerospace
Predecessor	TsSKB-Progress
Founded	April 12, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-04-12)
Headquarters	Samara , Russia
Products	Soyuz-2 Soyuz-2-1v
Revenue	$593 million[1] (2017)
Operating income	$26.5 million[1] (2017)
Net income	$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.ru

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).