.JPG) Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics | |
| Formation | 1953; 72 years ago (1953) |
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| Headquarters | Moscow,Russia |
Official languages | Russian |
Director General | Sergey Apollonovich Nikitov |
| Website | www |
Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics (Russian:Институт радиотехники и электроники (ИРЭ)) by theRussian Academy of Science is an institute inMoscow, that conducts fundamental research in fields ofradiophysics,radiotechnics, physical andquantum electronics,informatics.[1] It was established in 1953 as an institute of theUSSR Academy of Sciences, and expanded in 1955 to include sites inFryazino,Saratov andUlyanovsk.[2] Since 1954, for a long time its director was the famous Soviet scientistVladimir Kotelnikov.[2] As of 2006[update] the director isYuri Gulyaev.[1]
In 1957 by a decision of theCentral Committee of the CPSU and theCouncil of Ministers the institute was assigned a task of establishing stations, that would receive signals ofSputnik 1. There were very few professional stations in the USSR at the time, and the institute cooperated withradio amateurs throughout the country and provided necessary equipment to 30 selected largeDOSAAF amateur radio clubs from theBaltic Sea to thePacific Ocean.[3]
The institute lead scientific works on the creation of the planetaryradar and on theradiolocational exploration of otherplanets. One of the main results was creation of the first ever radar map of theNorthern Hemisphere ofVenus in 1984, using results ofVenera 15 andVenera 16 missions.[4]
In 1969 the institute was awarded theOrder of the Red Banner of Labour.[2]
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