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Native name | ФГУП «Космическая связь» |
|---|---|
| Company type | Federal state unitary enterprise |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 4 November 1967 |
| Founder | Ministry of Communications of the USSR |
| Headquarters | Nikoloyamsky lane, 3A, building 1,, |
| Website | rscc |
Federal State Unitary EnterpriseSatellite Communications (Russian:ФГУП «Космическая связь») orRussian Satellite Communications Company is the main state operator of communications satellites. It is the Russian operator for the international satellite communications systemsIntelsat,Eutelsat andIntersputnik, cooperating with these organizations and handling international account settlements.[1]
As the national satellite operator, RSCC meets the important state tasks on providing mobile presidential and governmental communications, federal TV and Radio signal transmission over the territory of Russia and the most countries of the world.
In 1965-1967, 20 Orbita Earth stations were built and put into operation in the eastern regions of the USSR, which were used to broadcast central television programs. November 4, 1967, when broadcasts of central television programs in the Orbita system became regular, is considered the company's birthday. In 1968, by order of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, the Space Communications Station was established, which was then transformed into the state enterprise Space Communications. On April 19, 2001, GPKS received the status of a federal state unitary enterprise (RSCC).[2][3]
The RSCC, an arm of theMinistry of Communications and Mass Media, is the leading Russiansatellite communications operator. The company possesses the largest satellite constellation in Russia located in the geostationary orbital arc from 14° West to 140° East and cover the whole territory of Russia, theCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS),Europe, theMiddle East,Africa, theAsia-Pacific region,North and South America, andAustralia.
The company ownsteleports located inMedvezhy Ozera (Russian:Медвежьи озера),Vladimir,Dubna Skolkovo, Zheleznogorsk, Khabarovsk and the Shabolovka Technical Center inMoscow which ensure the transmission of channels to allfive time zones in Russia via the space vehicles ofRTRN, as well as its own high-speed optical-fiber digital network.
RSCC provides communications services worldwide, has the largest orbital constellation of geostationary communications and broadcasting satellites in Russia[4] and an extensive ground infrastructure of satellite communications centers and fiber-optic communication lines. The company's services include television and radio broadcasting, telephone communications, high-speed data transmission and broadband Internet access, videoconferencing, and the creation of corporate networks.
As part of the Federal Target Program "Development of Television and Radio Broadcasting in the Russian Federation for 2009-2018", RSCC carries out satellite television broadcasting inMPEG-4 standard from the Federal Multiplexing Center in Moscow (37 Shabolovka St.), the first (RTRN-1)[5] and the second (RTRN-2) multiplexes for reception and subsequent transmission in terrestrialDVB-T2 digital terrestrial television networks of theRussian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN).
CEO - Volin Aleksey Konstantinovich.[6]
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