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RKA

The Russian Space Agency (RKA), led by General Director Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev, is still a relatively small organization (few hundred personnel) with largely administrative functions, but, particularly during 1994, the agency began assuming greater power as several industrial concerns joined its modest scientific research center association. The growing number of bilateral and multilateral accords with other national space agencies, e.g., the International Space Station, has also increased the influence of the RKA. The official responsibilities of the RKA were codified in August, 1993, in the Russian Federation Law on Space. During 1993 RKA drafted the long-range civilian space program objectives through the year 2000 (Section 7.4 and References 67-71).

67. Y. Koptev, "On Russia's Space Effort in the Period of Up to the Year 2000", Aviation & Space News, Vol. 1, No.1, 1993, pp.5-11.

68. Y.G. Milov, "The Basic Elements of Russia's Space Program", Space Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1993, pp.2-7.

69.S. Leskov, Izvestiya, 13 February 1993, p.15.

70. Space Policy & Industry in CIS Countries, Vol. 1, Space Industries and Markets in Russia and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union, Euroconsult, October 1993.

71. V.V. Alaverdov, et al, Zemlya i Vselennaya, September-October 1993, pp.3-11.

Sources and Resources

• Adapted from: Europe and Asia in Space 1993-1994, Nicholas Johnson and David Rodvold [Kaman Sciences / Air Force Phillips Laboratory]

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