The university's participation in space programs began in 1970, and today its MIUS Scientific Design Bureau is involved in the creation of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) and a manned transport ship. This trust is a natural result of decades of hard work and accumulated unique competencies.

Currently, the NCB "MIUS" of SFedU participates in the implementation of two state programs: "Space Complex — Russian Orbital Station (ROS Spacecraft)" and "Manned Transport Vehicle (PTK)". For many years, Southern Federal University has remained a reliable partner of the corporation, responsible for the development and production of both ground-based test systems and on-board equipment.

"We are creating automated test systems (AIS) and separate specialized consoles for monitoring and testing automated space stations, orbiters and modules of orbital stations. AIS are used in workshops, on technical and launch complexes of spaceports.

The difference between this project and the previous ones is its scale. The creation of a new orbital station takes place every 30-40 years. The ISS is currently operating, and the ROS will be launched to replace it. The launch of a new station involves launching new modules into orbit, from which this station is formed. Each new module requires our equipment to be launched," said Oleg Spiridonov, Director and Chief Designer of the NCB "MIUS" SFedU.

Modules of the International Space Station (Zvezda, MIM1, MLM), transport orbiters (SOYUZ-M and Progress-M), automatic spacecraft (Yamal-100, Yamal-200, Egyptsat) were launched using the AIS of the MIUS Scientific Design Bureau.", "Angosat", "Egyptsat-A").

"AIS is a highly specialized system that is customized for each specific launch. Approaches to its development — both software, hardware, and design — have been developing for decades. This is a unique experience, so no one can do it faster and better than us in such a short time!" added Oleg Spiridonov.

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The SFedU has a rich history of cooperation with enterprises of the rocket and space industry for more than half a century. In the late 1960s, when the space industry was in dire need of new developments in terms of hardware and instrumentation, and industry design bureaus were as loaded with orders as possible, dynamic organizations with their own design and production facilities were needed.

One of the first such organizations was KB-1 TRTI (later the MIUS Scientific Design Bureau), established in 1969. In the following years, the team completed a number of landmark space projects:

1970-1975 — creation of the Intar-270 modeling digital computing system;

1977 — creation of the Intar-274 Central Military District for real-time and accelerated development of promising algorithms for space object management;

1975-1985 — development of equipment for collecting, compressing, transmitting and restoring on-board information;

1985 — creation of the Intar-475 multiprocessor CVS.

In the early 1990s, controllers of automated test complexes were developed for use in the Yamal-100, Yamal-200, and Alpha space programs. Since 1998, work has been underway on the topic of "New generation automated test systems".