<p>"The Vostochny will lift off spacecraft of the same designation as launched now from Baikonur. Therefore, the MCC-Korolyov will operate to control them," Itar-Tass learnt at the head organisation - Central Research Engineering Institute.<br /><br />Under the plan, manned spaceships will fire off from the Vostochny cosmodrome from 2018 - at first to orbital stations and then to other planets.<br /><br />The dress rehearsal of a future interplanetary mission already started this year: an international crew, participating in the 520-day experiment of a flight imitation to Mars (Mars-500) contacts "the earth" via the MCC-Korolyov.<br /><br />The Mission Control Centre was set up on October 3, 1960 in Podlipki (now Korolyov science city), Moscow Region, as a specialised computer centre on processing and alphanumeric display of information, coming from spacecraft.<br /><br />The MCC-Korolyov has become a brand over the past 50 years, known far outside Russia. It ensures practical control over flight of spacecraft of various classes: manned orbital systems, spaceships, automatic interplanetary stations and satellites of scientific and socio-economic designation.<br /><br />The Mission Control Centre, a major subdivision of the Central Research Engineering Institute, conducts research, develops methods, algorithms and means for resolving control tasks, ballistics and navigation of spacecraft.<br /><br />The centre's competence includes processing, examination and storage of big volumes of information, creation of high-speed networks to exchange all types of information as well as systems of collective and individual alphanumeric display.<br /><br />Over the past 50 years, the MCC ensured control over orbital stations Salyut-6, Salyut-7 and Mir, the Buran shuttle, the automatic stations Luna, Venera, Mars, Vega and Fobos.<br />Its main task now is work under the programme of the International Space Station, involving 16 countries. Besides, the MCC controls some spaceships of scientific and socio-economic designation as well as participates in the international projects Sea Launch and Mars-500.</p>
<p>"The Vostochny will lift off spacecraft of the same designation as launched now from Baikonur. Therefore, the MCC-Korolyov will operate to control them," Itar-Tass learnt at the head organisation - Central Research Engineering Institute.<br /><br />Under the plan, manned spaceships will fire off from the Vostochny cosmodrome from 2018 - at first to orbital stations and then to other planets.<br /><br />The dress rehearsal of a future interplanetary mission already started this year: an international crew, participating in the 520-day experiment of a flight imitation to Mars (Mars-500) contacts "the earth" via the MCC-Korolyov.<br /><br />The Mission Control Centre was set up on October 3, 1960 in Podlipki (now Korolyov science city), Moscow Region, as a specialised computer centre on processing and alphanumeric display of information, coming from spacecraft.<br /><br />The MCC-Korolyov has become a brand over the past 50 years, known far outside Russia. It ensures practical control over flight of spacecraft of various classes: manned orbital systems, spaceships, automatic interplanetary stations and satellites of scientific and socio-economic designation.<br /><br />The Mission Control Centre, a major subdivision of the Central Research Engineering Institute, conducts research, develops methods, algorithms and means for resolving control tasks, ballistics and navigation of spacecraft.<br /><br />The centre's competence includes processing, examination and storage of big volumes of information, creation of high-speed networks to exchange all types of information as well as systems of collective and individual alphanumeric display.<br /><br />Over the past 50 years, the MCC ensured control over orbital stations Salyut-6, Salyut-7 and Mir, the Buran shuttle, the automatic stations Luna, Venera, Mars, Vega and Fobos.<br />Its main task now is work under the programme of the International Space Station, involving 16 countries. Besides, the MCC controls some spaceships of scientific and socio-economic designation as well as participates in the international projects Sea Launch and Mars-500.</p>