Company:NPO Molniya
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| Type | Open joint-stock company |
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| Industry | Science and production |
| Founded | February 26, 1976 |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Products | Aircraft |
| Owner | Rostec (60%)[1] |
| Website | npomolniya |
[ ⚑ ] 55°50′28″N 37°26′55″E / 55.84111°N 37.44861°E NPO Molniya (lightning) (Russian: Научно-производственное объединение «Молния») is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976. Currently part of Rostec.[1]
Space systems
At present, NPO Molniya is working on reusable launch systems for space applications.
Aircraft
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The NPO Molniya Molniya-1 is a three surface design with single pusher propeller and twin tail booms. In the late 1990s, the company proposed a number of larger types based on the three surface configuration.[2][3]
- Molniya 400 - a proposed jet cargo aircraft or airliner with a high-mounted wing and powered by two PS-90A turbofans. Freighter version would have had a rear fuselage ramp.
- Molniya-1000 Heracles - a proposed super heavy freighter to replace the VM-T Atlant and An-225 as a space load carrier. Unusual twin open fuselage design with the shuttle or other payload carried between the fuselages. A high mounted wing with six turbofan engines was proposed, it would have been capable of carrying a 450,000 kg load. Displayed as model at the 2003 Paris Air Show[4]
Products
Aircraft
Manned Spacecraft
- Buran spacecraft
See also
- Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy, lead developer of Buran, General Director of NPO Molniya
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Список аффилированных лиц". http://e-disclosure.ru/portal/files.aspx?id=28673&type=6.
- ↑ "Molniya" Research & Industrial Corporation
- ↑ Simpson, Rod (2001). Airlife's World Aircraft. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-115-3.
- ↑ "Popular Mechanics". Hearst Magazines. February 2004. https://books.google.com/books?id=6tIDAAAAMBAJ&q=Molniya+HERACLES&pg=PA27-IA6.
External links
- Official website (in Russian) or (in English)
- Official website (in Russian)
- NPO Molniya at Buran.ru (in English).
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