Russian Space Research Institute

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Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAN)

Formation	May 15, 1965; 60 years ago (1965-05-15)
Location	Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°39′20″N 37°31′58″E
Official language	Russian English
Parent organization	Russian Academy of Sciences
Staff	289
Website	iki.cosmos.ru www.iki.rssi.ru/eng/index.htm
Formerly called	Space Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (ИКИ АН СССР, IKI AN SSSR)

The Russian Space Research Institute (Russian: Институт космических исследований Российской академии наук, romanized: Institut kosmicheskikh issledovaniy Rossiyskoy akademii nauk, lit. 'Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences'; SRI RAS, Russian abbreviation: ИКИ РАН, IKI RAN) is the leading organization of the Russian Academy of Sciences on space exploration to benefit fundamental science. It was formerly known as the Space Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian abbr.: ИКИ АН СССР, IKI AN SSSR). It is usually known by the shorter name Space Research Institute and especially by the initialism IKI.

The institute is located in Moscow with a staff of 289 scientists. It conducts scientific research in the fields of astrophysics, planetary science, solar physics, Sun-Earth relations, cosmic plasma, and geophysics. IKI also develops and tests space technologies in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Federal Space Agency.