Intersputnik
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The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications, commonly known as Intersputnik, is an international satellite communications services organization founded on 15 November 1971, in Moscow by the Soviet Union along with a group of seven formerly socialist states (Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Mongolia) and Cuba.
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- Organization.name
- Intersputnik
- Organization.image
- Interputnik logo.png
- Organization.size
- 150px
- Organization.caption
- Intersputnik logo
- Organization.status
- Active
- Organization.headquarters
- Moscow, Russia
- Organization.membership
- 25 member states
- Organization.language
- Russian
- Organization.leader_title
- Director General
- Organization.leader_name
- Ksenia Drozdova
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- Official website
- intersputnik.int
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- Intersputnik
- inception
- 1971-11-15
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The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications, commonly known as Intersputnik, is an international satellite communications services organization founded on 15 November 1971, in Moscow by the Soviet Union along with a group of seven formerly socialist states (Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Mongolia) and Cuba.
The objective was and continues to be the development and common use of communications satellites. It was created as the Eastern Bloc's response to the Western Intelsat organization. As of 2024, the organization has 25 member states. Ukraine is in the process of leaving the organization, while Czechia announced its intention to leave in February 2025, and Poland announced on 13 March 2025 that it will leave effective 12 August 2025.