Center for Ground-Based Space
Infrastructure Facilities Operation

Since 1975, KBOM (now TsENKI’s Research Institute for Launch Complexes) has been conducting research in space technology. Scientists designed and built onboard facilities of the Splav, Zona, and Polizon series to study materials science and biotechnology and obtain unique materials in microgravity.

Research fields:

- design and manufacture of equipment to obtain materials in space;

- developing experiments for the International Space Station and retrievable spacecraft such as Foton and Bion;

- ground testing of experiments;

- theoretical studies and mathematical modeling;

- conducting experiments.

Research results:

- materials obtained in space have enhanced properties compared to Earth analogs;

- mathematical models and programs prove the possibility of obtaining data on steady and unsteady processes of heat and mass transfer in liquids and gases in microgravity;

- theoretical models describe the effects of microgravity on crystallization and properties of crystals obtained in space;