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P 281259Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6291
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS MOSCOW 000203 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/LRITTER 
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA 
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: 
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D376356 
 
REFTEL: USDOC 00113 
 
¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided 
below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export 
Administration Act. 
 
¶2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to 
determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- 
user, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Space Research 
Institute, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on 
BIS license application D376356 as the ultimate 
consignee of twenty high dynamics range power 
amplifiers, model no: HMC486LP5E. These items are 
controlled for national security, anti-terrorism, 
missile technology and nuclear proliferation reasons 
under ECCN 3A001. The licensee is Hittite Microwave 
Corporation, 20 Alpha Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824. 
 
¶3. On January 15, 2008, Export Control Attache Peter 
Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the 
requested post-shipment verification with (RAS) Space 
Research Institute, 84/32 Profsoyuznaya st., Moscow, 
Russia. The export control team met with Alexander 
Kosov, Head of Laboratory. 
 
 
¶4. The Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Space 
Research Institute is one of the leading organizations 
in the field of investigations of Outer Space, Solar 
System planets and other objects of the Universe.  The 
Space Research Institute (IKI) is primarily in charge 
of long-range planning and elaboration of space 
research programs of which a considerable part is 
performed within the framework of international space 
research cooperation.  The Space Research Institute 
takes part in the Federal Space Program that is being 
formed by the RAS Space Council and by the appropriate 
sections of this Council together with the Federal 
Space Agency (Roscosmos). The Space Research Institute 
of the Russian Academy of Science has cooperated in 
projects with Russia's Federal Space Agency (FSA), 
NASA and European Space Agency (ESA). 
 
¶5.  The Moscow ECO Team was shown reftel subject 
twenty (20) model no. HMC486LP5E high dynamic range 
GAAS PHEMT MMIC 2 watt power amplifiers in a secure 
lab with limited access.  The amplifiers will be used 
for developing and testing in miniature transponders 
until a space-qualified transponder is ready for 
launch circa 2009 to the Russian Mars satellite 
Phobos.  The project is intended to measure frequency 
shifts.  RAS/IKI presented the ECO Team one (1) 
prototype transponder with the amplifier set inside 
that they have in testing mode.  The remaining 19 
amplifiers were stored in the lab and shown to the 
team. 
 
¶6.  The RAS/IKI lab utilizing the twenty (20) model 
no. HMC486LP5E high dynamic range GAAS PHEMT MMIC 2 
watt power amplifiers is accessed by approximately 15 
research scientists.  There are no foreign national 
scientists or students having access to the lab or the 
amplifiers.  The RAS/IKI is not involved in WMD, 
Missile Technology or Nuclear research. 
 
¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends (RAS) Space 
Research Institute, Moscow, Russia as a reliable 
recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. 
(FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/PLISTON) 
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