EDB Fakel (
Russian ''ОКБ "Факел"'') is a Russian electric propulsion system development company. It is located in
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...
in
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and admini ...
.
It was founded in 1955 as a ''Propulsion laboratory'' of the
Soviet Academy of Sciences; in 1962 it obtained status of Design Bureau,
OKB.
Roskosmos
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
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Overview
Fakel specializes in spacecraft attitude control thrusters, ion engines and plasma sources.
Flight missions
Many companies have used Fakel electrically powered spacecraft propulsion
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systems on their hardware flown in space. Company's hardware were used on SESAT 1
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, Alphasat, SMART-1, LS-1300
The SSL 1300, previously the LS-1300 and the FS-1300, is a satellite bus produced by Maxar Technologies. Total broadcast power ranges from 5 to 25 kW, and the platform can accommodate from 12 to 150 transponders. The SSL 1300 is a modular platf ...
, Meteor spacecraft, USP bus, AMOS-6, MobaHo!, Inmarsat-4 F3, Astra 1K, Luch, and many others as well.
Partners
Due to the large experience gained by the company in electric engines, notable companies have entered into partnership with the company.
ISS-Reshetnev - Khrunichev - TsSKB-Progress - NPO Lavochkin - RKK Energiya - Keldysh Research Center
CNIIHM
- Moscow Aviation Institute
Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI; russian: Московский авиационный институт, МАИ) is one of the major engineering institutes in Moscow, Russia. Since its inception MAI has been spearh ...
- Aerojet Rocketdyne
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- Snecma
Safran Aircraft Engines, previously Snecma (''Société nationale d'études et de construction de moteurs d'aviation'') or Snecma Moteurs, is a French aerospace engine manufacturer headquartered in Courcouronnes and a subsidiary of Safran. It ...
- Thales Alenia Space
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- Airbus Defence and Space
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- Space Systems/Loral - RUAG - Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ''ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el'') or IAI (תע"א) is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both mi ...
OHB Sweden
Aerospazio
References
External links
Company website
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Soviet and Russian space institutions
Aerospace companies of the Soviet Union
Roscosmos divisions and subsidiaries
Companies based in Kaliningrad Oblast
Federal State Unitary Enterprises of Russia
Design bureaus