The Russian Space Forces (Russian: Космические войска России, Kosmicheskie Voyska Rossii) was the branch of the Russian Military responsible for military space operations. Established on August 10, 1992, following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces, the organisation shared control of the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Russian Federal Space Agency. It also operated the Plesetsk and the Svobodny Cosmodromes. On 1 December 2011, it was replaced by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
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