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Move Considered For Space Forces HQ

September 15 2010

Russia

The Russian Defense Ministry may move the headquarters of the Space Forces from Moscow to another region, Interfax-AVN reports.

An unnamed source said Krasnoznamensk near Moscow is being considered. That is the home of the military orbital group control.

Other possibilities are said to include Plesetsk in the Arkhangelsk region, where the Space Forces has a launch pad; St. Petersburg, the location of the Mozhaisky Military Space Academy; or Kubinka near Moscow, where the...

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