NPO Molniya
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Coordinates: 55°50′28″N 37°26′55″E / 55.84111°N 37.44861°E
For other uses, see Molniya (disambiguation).
NPO Molniya (Russian: Научно-производственное объединение «Молния») is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976 prior to and for the creation of Shuttle Buran. At present, NPO Molniya carrying works on the reusable launch systems.
[edit] Trivia
- Molnia is Russian for Lightning
[edit] See also
- Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy, lead developer of Buran, General Director of NPO Molniya
[edit] External links
- NPO «Molniya» official web-site (Russian)
- NPO «Molniya» at Buran.ru (in English).
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