All-Russian Scientific Research Institute Of Electromechanics (VNIIEM; ) is a research institute based in Moscow, Russia. It is currently a
Roscosmos
The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos (), is a State corporation (Russia), state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space science, space flights, List of space agencies, c ...
subsidiary.
VNIIEM designs and builds automated satellites for ecological, geological, meteorological observation. It developed the
Meteor
A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star, is a glowing streak of a small body (usually meteoroid) going through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere,
creating a ...
and
Resurs-O series of satellites and operates them in concert with the
Planeta Design Bureau. VNIIEM developed the
Geosynchronous Orbit Meteorological Satellite. In addition, the institute has developed the control and navigation systems, as well as analog computers, used on meteorological satellites.
Andronik Iosifyan
Andronik Gevondovich Iosifyan (, ; born 21 July 1905 in Tsmakahogh, Nagorno Karabakh, died 13 April 1993 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet engineer of Armenian ethnicity in the field of electronics and later moving towards working on aeronautics.
...
was the first director of VNIIEM.
References
External links
Official website
Research institutes in Russia
Companies based in Moscow
Roscosmos divisions and subsidiaries
Ministry of the Electrical Equipment Industry (Soviet Union)
Research institutes in the Soviet Union
1941 establishments in the Soviet Union
Soviet and Russian space institutions
Electronics companies established in 1941
Research institutes established in 1941
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