SCIENTIFIC AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION them. S.A. LAVOCHKINA ABOUT COMPANY PROJECTS PRESS CENTER MUSEUM CONTACTS Activities home → About company → Activities Joint Stock Company "Scientific and Production Association named after S.A. Lavochkin ”is one of the leading Russian enterprises for the development and manufacture of space information systems , the head organization of the industry for the creation and practical use of complexes for fundamental scientific ( planetary and astrophysical ) research, the study of the Sun , solar-terrestrial relations . For more than 50 years, NPO Lavochkina has been creating spacecraft for solving complex scientific and technical problems. The enterprise has a modern design and development and testing facilities... The highly qualified staff of the company has accumulated rich experience in the creation and implementation of advanced technologies. Now JSC NPO Lavochkina is performing a number of works stipulated by the Federal Space Program and covering almost all main areas of activity: the creation of automatic spacecraft for planetary research (programs for the study of the Moon, Mars and Venus), orbital astrophysical observatories, satellites and satellite systems for remote sensing Earth, upper stages - universal space tugs, as well as a number of small scientific spacecraft. The devices developed by NPO Lavochkin are implementing a program of astrophysical research. In 2011, the Spektr-R (Radioastron) orbital radio telescope was launched , capable of looking into the most remote corners of the Universe. Work has begun on an observatory designed to study the Universe in the X-ray range - Spectr-RG . The Spectrum-UV observatory is being created to study astrophysical objects in the ultraviolet range of electromagnetic radiation, physicochemical properties of stars, star clusters, galaxies, physics of stellar atmospheres, etc. The promising orbital observatories Gamma-400 and Millimetron are being designed . The list of tasks of the enterprise also includes the creation of spacecraft for the continuation of the Russian program of exploration of the Moon, Mars and Venus. JSC NPO Lavochkina with cooperation creates, in the interests of Roshydromet and the World Meteorological Organization , the Electro space complex - a series of Russian satellites for hydrometeorological support. In January 2011, the first apparatus of the second generation "Electro-L" (international designation - geostationary operational meteorological satellite GOMS) became an integral part of the international system of geostationary meteorological satellites. Today the "Electro-L" spacecraft is operating at full capacity and performs all the functions assigned to it. The successful operation of the Electro-L geostationary hydrometeorological space complex made it possible to develop this direction at NPO Lavochkin. On the basis of the "Electro" complex, a constellation of three spacecraft will be formed. In December 2015, the second apparatus of the series, Electro-L No. 2, was successfully launched. The start of the Electro-L No. 3 geostationary hydrometeorological space complex is scheduled for 2018. Within the framework of the Federal Space Program, the enterprise is developing small spacecraft for fundamental space research ( MCA-FKI ). In addition, our company implements various activities related to: testing and operation of space technology; баллистическое обеспечение межпланетных экспедиций и околоземных КА; доводочные испытания агрегатов и систем КА; подготовка космических аппаратов к полету, включая наземные испытания и подготовку на космодроме; управление космическими аппаратами из ЦУПа, разработка и создание аппаратно-программных комплексов для испытаний и управления полетом (ЦУП находится в специально оборудованном зале на территории АО «НПО Лавочкина»); проектирование, изготовление и испытания средств выведения (разгонных блоков, головных обтекателей). The company also created a series of unique interorbital space tugs "Fregat", "Fregat-SB", "Fregat-MT" . Now they are one of the most reliable and promising launch vehicles in the world. Interorbital space tugs (ICT) are used as part of medium and heavy launch vehicles for launching spacecraft into design orbits. © 2018, JSC "NPO Lavochkina" - all rights reserved →