Scientific Production Association Of Automation And Instrument-Building (russian: Научно-производственный центр автоматики и приборостроения), also known as the Academician Pilyugin Center is a company based in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
, Russia. It is currently a
Roscosmos
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
subsidiary.
The Scientific Production Association of Automated Instruments develops guidance, navigation, and flight control systems for ballistic missiles, space launch vehicles, and spacecraft. It has produced systems for the Soyuz, Proton,
N1, and
Zenit
Zenit, meaning "zenith", may refer to:
Spaceflight and rocketry
* Zenit (rocket family), a Soviet family of space launch vehicles
* Zenit (satellite), a type of Soviet spy satellite
* Zenit sounding rocket, a Swiss rocket
Sports
* Zenit (sports ...
launch vehicles; the Moon, Mars, Venus, and Vega probes; the
Buran space shuttle; and the intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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In 1997 it was named after
Nikolay Pilyugin
Nikolai Alekseevich Pilyugin (russian: Никола́й Алексее́вич Пилю́гин; , Krasnoye Selo - 2 August 1982) was Soviet chief designer of rocket guidance systems.
He was a designer of control systems for boosters and spacecra ...
, the first director of the institute.
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Manufacturing companies of Russia
Companies based in Moscow
Roscosmos divisions and subsidiaries
Federal State Unitary Enterprises of Russia
Ministry of General Machine-Building (Soviet Union)
Aerospace companies of the Soviet Union
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