The Moscow Renovation Fund is preparing 5 high-rise buildings with an area of 396 thousand square meters on the land of the former Khronichev Center factory. from. According to MSK1 information on the purchase, the city provided 69.5 billion rubles and expects to complete construction by mid-2029. Serial production of missiles sent to Omsk. Deputy head of Roscosmos Dmitry Baranov explained this choice in July: "The industry should be somewhere in the region."
Student Sergei Korolev, the future head of the Soviet space program, began working in Philly. The center produced the base unit Mira, the ISS modules Zarya, Zvezda and Nauka. The factory made money on the ability to send other people's satellites into space. The general designer of the design bureau Saliot Yuri Bhavalov estimated the share of the enterprise in global commercial launches in 2013 at 34%. Out of 8 such launches, 7 were performed by Proton. Paid export for work in Moscow.
The accidents affected trust in the carrier and the flight schedule. After the fall of Proton-M with 3 GLONASS satellites on July 2, 2013, the launches were suspended until the investigation was completed. The customer needs an expected delivery time for the satellite, on which the start of its operation depends. In 2025, SpaceX's Falcon 9 has performed 165 launches. All of Russia had 17, the same number for New Zealand with its Electron launches. The small supplier found buyers for small satellites and makes money from them.
Proton replacement in Angra remains largely a government program. In astronautics researcher Jonathan McDowell's catalog, all 4 of his 2025 launches are classified as government missions. With a small series, production maintenance costs are spread over several products. Roscosmos representative Ilya Kryagin linked the high cost of launches from Vostochny with infrequent launches in October. Moving may make the rocket cheaper. Return to the commercial market requires a series secured by buyers.
Baranov trusts the readiness of the Omsk plant and promises to keep production deadlines.