En Name: | Krasnoznamensk |
Ru Name: | Краснознаменск |
Coordinates: | 55.6008°N 37.0358°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Krasnoznamensk (Moscow oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Moscow Oblast |
Adm Inhabloc Jur: | closed administrative-territorial formation of Krasnoznamensk |
Adm Ctr Of1: | closed administrative-territorial formation of Krasnoznamensk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Krasnoznamensk Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Krasnoznamensk Urban Okrug |
Leader Title: | Head |
Leader Name: | Yury Kovtun |
Representative Body: | City Duma |
Area Km2: | 5.8 |
Pop 2010Census: | 36103 |
Current Cat Date: | 1981 |
Postal Codes: | 143090 |
Dialing Codes: | 49633 |
Website: | http://krasnoznamensk.com/ |
Krasnoznamensk (Russian: Краснозна́менск) is a closed town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: It was previously known as Golitsyno-2 (until 1994).
It was granted town status in 1981. It was known until 1994 as Golitsyno-2 (Russian: Голицыно-2).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Krasnoznamensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Krasnoznamensk is incorporated as Krasnoznamensk Urban Okrug.[2]
The town hosts a reserve mission control center and a primary mission control center for military satellites, the Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Center (compare the United States' Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike), which is reflected in its coat of arms.