On May 13, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the Russian Corporation of Rocket and Space Instrumentation and Information Systems was put into postal circulation in the Space Exploration series

Joint-Stock Company Russian Corporation of Rocket and Space Instrumentation and Information Systems (JSC Russian Space Systems) is part of the Roscosmos State Corporation; it specializes in the design, manufacture, and operation of space information systems. The headquarters is located in Moscow. Its main areas of activity include the creation, development, and targeted use of the GLONASS global navigation satellite system, space-based search and rescue systems, hydrometeorological support systems, radio-technical support for space scientific research, and ground-based stations for receiving and processing of the Earth remote sensing data.

By Resolution No. 1017-419 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated May 13, 1946, Research Institute 885 (NII-885) was established on the basis of Plant No. 1 of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR (NKO USSR). It was one of the first enterprises in the rocket and space industry in the Soviet Union. NII-885 developed control systems for the R-5 strategic missile and the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile. Following the launch of the world’s first artificial Earth satellite, the Institute took an active part in government programs for the exploration of outer space. NII-885 was the prime contractor for the development of the control system for the Vostok launch vehicle.

In July of 2015, the RKS began developing the National Satellite Network for High-Precision Positioning; the implementation of this project ensured high-precision real-time determination of object coordinates. In 2021, the ground-based infrastructure for the high-precision wide-area functional extension of the GLONASS was completed, based on the development of a differential correction and monitoring system. In February of 2021, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket put into orbit the Arktika-M weather satellite, equipped with RKS hardware. A possibility arose to monitor changes in air masses over the Arctic from orbit and observe weather conditions along the Northern Sea Route in real time. A Microelectronics Center has been arranged at the RKS. The RKS is developing an artificial intelligence subsystem for the Digital Economy national project within the Digital Earth initiative.

The commemorative stamp presents a symbolic image of a launch vehicle being launched into space; the main illustration shows schematic diagrams of the ground-based control system and a space satellite.

In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka produced a special cancel for Moscow.


Design Artists: S. Kapranov and S. Ulyanovsky.
Quantity: 12 thousand postcards.

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