NPO Molniya
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Coordinates: 55°50′28″N 37°26′55″E / 55.84111°N 37.44861°E
NPO Molniya (Russian: Научно-производственное объединение «Молния») is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976 prior to and for the creation of Shuttle Buran. At present, NPO Molniya carrying works on the reusable launch systems.
Trivia
- Molnia is Russian for Lightning
See also
- Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy, lead developer of Buran, General Director of NPO Molniya
External links
- NPO «Molniya» official web-site (Russian)
- NPO «Molniya» at Buran.ru (in English).
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