Glavcosmos
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Glavcosmos was established in 1985 under the Ministry of General Machine-Building (MOM) as the Soviet Union's
contract agency for space affairs by the government of Mikhail Gorbachev
appointing Alexander Dunayev as its first director. Although it was originally envisioned to command all Soviet space activities
it worked more as a marketing and coordinating body than an executive agency.
In Soviet times it was the prime authority for implementing co-operative agreements with foreign bodies, with activities including commercial utilisation of Soviet systems and flying foreign cosmonauts aboard Soviet spacecraft. After the breakup of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federal Space Agency
it is concerned with converting military technology to civil applications and commercialisation of Russian space technology.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
contract agency for space affairs by the government of Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
appointing Alexander Dunayev as its first director. Although it was originally envisioned to command all Soviet space activities
Soviet space program
The Soviet space program is the rocketry and space exploration programs conducted by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from the 1930s until its dissolution in 1991...
it worked more as a marketing and coordinating body than an executive agency.
In Soviet times it was the prime authority for implementing co-operative agreements with foreign bodies, with activities including commercial utilisation of Soviet systems and flying foreign cosmonauts aboard Soviet spacecraft. After the breakup of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federal Space Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency
The Russian Federal Space Agency , commonly called Roscosmos and abbreviated as FKA and RKA , is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency .Headquarters of Roscosmos are located...
it is concerned with converting military technology to civil applications and commercialisation of Russian space technology.