Space Command ( rus, Космическое командование) was the part of the

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces The Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO) ( rus, Войска воздушно-космической обороны (ВВКО), Voyska vozdushno-kosmicheskoy oborony (VVKO)) was a branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsi ...

responsible for military space-related activities. It was formed on 1 December 2011 when the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces were created as a merger of the

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with part of the

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. Responsibilities of the command included missile attack warning, space surveillance and the control of military satellites. The use of the term Space Command may be influenced by the

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. Space Command was one of four components of the Aerospace Defence Forces, the others were Air and Missile Defence Command,

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Plesetsk Cosmodrome ( rus, Космодром «Плесецк», r=Kosmodrom "Plesetsk", p=kəsmɐˈdrom plʲɪˈsʲet͡sk) is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 ...

and the

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. Subsumed under Space Command were three centres with their associated stations.

Main Trial Centre for Testing and Control of Space Means named after G.S. Titov

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. It is also responsible for the testing of new equipment and has a network of remote monitoring stations.

Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning

The 820th Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning is the centre of Russia's missile attack warning network. It is located near

Solnechnogorsk Solnechnogorsk (russian: Солнечного́рск, lit. ''sunny mountain town'') is a town and the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–St. Petersburg Highway and the Mosco ...

outside Moscow. Subsumed under it are a number of radar stations, with two, Gabala and Balkhash, located outside Russia.

Main Space Surveillance Centre

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Noginsk Noginsk (russian: Ноги́нск) is a city and the administrative center of Noginsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of the Moscow Ring Road on the Klyazma River. Population: History Founded in 1389 as Rogozhi, the town was la ...

outside Moscow. Subsumed under it are several space surveillance only facilities such as

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and Krona. It also gets data from the early warning radars. An article by

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

said that Space Command would consist of the entirety of the Space Forces, however as implemented Plesetsk Cosmodrome, formerly part of the Space Forces, was not under Space Command.

References

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