Established in 1972, Red Star is Russia's leading enterprise in the development and production of space propulsion systems. It has experience designing, operating, and supporting the life cycle of 32 systems of this type. One of these systems, the Topol (Topaz-1), was jointly developed with the A.I. Leypunsky Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE), and sent into orbit in 1987 in the Kosmos-1818 satellite.[2] Today, Red Star also develops and produces technologies to support research and power reactors.[1] Its facilities are home to two subcritical assemblies, both of which have been shut down.[3]

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[1] "История ОАО Красная Звезда" [History of OAO Krasnaya Zvezda], Krasnaya Zvezda website, undated, www.redstaratom.ru (accessed 10 October 2012).
[2] "Достижение цели: государственному предприятию Красная звезда—25 лет" [Achievement of a goal: state enterprise Red Star is 25 years old], Atompressa 12/1997, p. 2.
[3] Pavel Podvig, Consolidating Fissile Materials in Russia's Nuclear Complex, International Panel on Fissile Materials Report, May 2009.