The Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: ??????????? ??????????? ????????? ?????? Federal'noye kosmicheskoye agentstvo Rossii), commonly called Roscosmos (????????? Russpace) and abbreviated as FKA (???) and RKA (???), is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Russian: ?????????? ??????????-??????????? ????????? Rossiyskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentstvo, commonly known as "Rosaviakosmos"). Headquarters of Roscosmos are located in Moscow. Main Mission Control space flight operations center is located in a nearby city of Korolev. The Cosmonauts Training Centre (GCTC) is in Star City. Launch facilities used are Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (with most launches taking place there, both manned and unmanned) and Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia used primarily for unmanned flights of military designations.
