Arsenal Design Bureau () is an engineering company active in the fields of

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, ship artillery and civilian machine building. The company was founded in 1711 and is located in

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in the

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. Its full name is ''Arsenal Design Bureau named after Mikhail Vasil’evich Frunze Federal State Unitary Enterprise.''

Overview

The company's main purpose is development and operation of space complexes and

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for various purposes, and development and creation of navy artillery mounts and launchers. KB Arsenal is the developer of

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electronic reconnaissance program, intended to replace the EORSATS and Tselina 2.

History

KB Arsenal was founded in 1711 by Tsar

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as a cannon

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. Renamed to TsBK-7, the company created

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s between 1960 and 1980, after which it switched its focus to space research. It is the developer of over 80 spacecraft in the

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series, including Russia's first nuclear power system satellites, the

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and

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. It is the oldest Russian/Soviet design bureau connected to space research.

References

External links

Company websiteArchived Old Company website
{{authority control Spacecraft manufacturers Soviet and Russian space institutions Aerospace companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies established in 1711 1711 establishments in Russia Federal State Unitary Enterprises of Russia Roscosmos divisions and subsidiaries Companies based in Saint Petersburg Ministry of the Defense Industry (Soviet Union) Design bureaus Research institutes in the Soviet Union