VLADIMIR

The Azimut-M space communication station was put in operation by the Order of the USSR Minister of Communications in 1971. The principal tasks of the facility were provision of broadcasting of the TV program of the Central television in the "Orbita" system and main telephone channels for the Far East, as well as arrangement of telephone channels with Cuba. In 1976, the Vladimir SCS deployed technical facilities to work via a new Ekran direct broadcasting satellite. They were used to transmit the television program to the network of receiving stations in remote locations in Siberia and the Far North. In 1980, the Vladimir SCS communication equipment was used for TV broadcasting of the Moscow Summer Olympic Games to the countries of the Indian region. In 1995, the Vladimir SCS deployed "Kashtan" command and measurement complex to provide control, exchange of telemetry and command information with spacecraft of Express-A, Express-AM, Sesat series. In 1999, a satellite earth station of..

Also known as: Vladimir SCS

Primary location: Moscow Russia