Космические войска России
The Russian Space Forces (Космические войска России) are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces responsible for space warfare. Re-established in 2015, after a merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, its primary tasks include monitoring space objects, missile defense, and operating satellite systems like GLONASS. They aim to identify and counter threats to Russia in space, launch spacecraft, and maintain satellite systems, supporting the Russian Armed Forces with crucial information. Key partners include Roscosmos, and they operate cosmodromes like Baikonur and Plesetsk.
Identity changes, mergers, acquisitions, splits, and transferred business lines.
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Russian Air Force (VVS) is the other merger source but is not separately modeled in this database as out of scope for military-space lineage. Space functions continued as the re-established Russian Space Forces branch within the new service.