Chief Test Center and Control of Space Means

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Chief Test Center and Control of Space Means (Russian: Главный испытательный центр испытаний и управления космическими средствами (ГИЦИУ КС)) is one of the important aspects of the Russian Space Forces. It is located in the city of Krasnoznamensk, Moscow Oblast

His story begins with a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of 30 January 1956, which provided for the establishment of the command and measuring complex for the first flight satellites. Work on the construction of the centre were deployed to May 8, 1957. GITSIU COP and the subordinate military units together with the Mission Control Center provides all the space program. Military responsible for the condition of some domestic orbital systems — military, scientific, manned and other specialists main center started working with the first launches, First artificial satellite, the first manned flight into space, the work carried out "domestic" Lunohodov, spent on the programme orbital station "Mir" until the last seconds of its existence, and now among its many tasks and work with the International Space Station "Alpha". Currently Chief Test Center manages 75% of the domestic orbital spacecraft constellation. President of the Russian Federation of 14 August 2001, the test center Chief tests and control of space means awarded the honorary name of "name" G. Titov. This decision is merit to mark the second cosmonaut planet, which was one of the leaders of the Main House.