IZMIRAN explained

Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation
Abbreviation:	IZMIRAN
Formation:	October 11, 1939^[1]
Type:	Institute of RAS
Headquarters:	Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
Language:	Russian
Leader Title:	Directors
Leader Name:	Vladimir Dmitrievich Kuznetsov(since 2004)
Main Organ:	RAS
Num Staff:	600 including 300 employees^[2]

The Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN, Russian: Институт земного магнетизма, ионосферы и распространения радиоволн им. Н. В. Пушкова Российской Академии наук, ИЗМИРАН) is a scientific institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences. this institute was founded in 1939 by Nikolay Pushkov.

Institute owns several space satellites programs:

• CORONAS - Complex ORbital Near Earth Solar Activities (experiment ended)
• COMPASS (Kompas) - Complex Orbital Magneto-Plasma Autonomous Small Satellite (see 2001 in spaceflight)
• Interheliozond
• Intercosmos-19 (Cosmos-1809) - research of the Earth ionospheric structure and of the electromagnetic processes in it (experiment ended)
• Prognoz - a series of magnetometer satellites
• APEX - Active Plasma Experiments

External links

• Official IZMIRAN website, Russian/English mixed content
• Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of IZMIRAN
• Complex Orbital Magneto-Plasma Autonomous Small Satellite
• IZMIRAN Geophysical Situation Forecasting Center

Notes and References

1. Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR SSR No. 1681
2. Web site: History.