The State Scientific Centre Keldysh Research Center (russian: Центр Келдыша) is a research institute in Moscow, Russia. It is based at 8 Onezhskaya Street ( street article in Russian Wikipedia).

History

Prior to World War II it was known as the

Reactive Scientific Research Institute Reactive Scientific Research Institute (commonly known by the joint initialism RNII; russian: Реактивный научно-исследовательский институт, Reaktivnyy nauchno-issledovatel’skiy institut) was one of the ...

(or Jet Propulsion Research Institute or shortly Jet Institute) or Research Institute for Jet Propulsion (commonly known by the joint initialism RNII; russian: Реактивный научно-исследовательский институт, Reaktivnyy nauchno-issledovatel’skiy institut), and was responsible for the development of the

Katyusha rocket launcher The Katyusha ( rus, Катю́ша, p=kɐˈtʲuʂə, a=Ru-Катюша.ogg) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area ...

. Until 1991 it was known as the Scientific Research Institute of Thermal Processes (NII Thermal Processes, NIITP; НИИ тепловых процессов, НИИТП), conducting research and development in the areas of electrophysics, space instrumentation, propulsion, and power units. Like other organizations formerly subordinate to the Soviet

Ministry of General Machine Building The Ministry of General Machine-Building Industry of the USSR (MOM) ( Russian: ''Министерство общего машиностроения СССР'') was a government ministry of the Soviet Union. The Ministry headquarters was located i ...

, NIITP marketed its products through Obshchemashexport. It is now named after M. V. Keldysh, one of the key figures behind the

Soviet space program The Soviet space program (russian: Космическая программа СССР, Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the national space program of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), active from 1955 until the dissoluti ...

. It is a

Federal State Unitary Enterprise A unitary enterprise (russian: унитарное предприятие) is a government-owned corporation in Russia and some other post-Soviet states. Unitary enterprises are business entities that have no ownership rights to the assets that th ...

that is part of the

Russian Space Agency The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...

. According to the

World Nuclear Association World Nuclear Association is the international organization that promotes nuclear power and supports the companies that comprise the global nuclear industry. Its members come from all parts of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, ur ...

, the center is developing a nuclear reactor for space that was suggested to be launched in 2020.

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(in English) Research institutes in Russia Companies based in Moscow Roscosmos divisions and subsidiaries Nuclear research institutes in Russia Rocket engine manufacturers of Russia Federal State Unitary Enterprises of Russia Research institutes established in 1933 Research institutes in the Soviet Union 1933 establishments in Russia {{Rocket-stub

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