IZMIRAN
| Abbreviation | IZMIRAN |
|---|---|
| Formation | October 11, 1939 |
| Type | Institute of RAS |
| Headquarters | Troitsk, Moscow, Russia |
Official language | Russian |
Directors | Artem Anatolievich Abunin (since 2024) |
Main organ | RAS |
| Staff | 600 including 300 employees |
| Website | www |
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