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Fire at Russia’s Main Space Control Institute Exposes Aerospace Vulnerability at Home

A major fire has broken out at Russia’s TsNIIMash complex in Korolyov, home to Roscosmos’s main research institute and part of the country’s mission control center. With one of the buildings used for spacecraft telemetry and control reportedly affected, the blaze turns a symbol of Russia’s space prowess into a test of its capacity to protect critical high‑tech infrastructure.

A fire at the heart of Russia’s space industry has raised questions about the security and resilience of the country’s high‑end military and civilian technology base at a time when Moscow is leaning heavily on its aerospace sector for the war in Ukraine and for strategic signaling abroad. On 5 August, Russian media and local channels reported a significant blaze at the Central Research Institute of Machine Building, known by its Russian acronym TsNIIMash, in the town of Korolyov in the Moscow region. TsNIIMash is described as the main aerospace and rocket engineering research institute for Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, and hosts key facilities for mission control. Initial accounts…

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