Bureau of Aerospace Research and Exploration

Overview
The Bureau of Aerospace Research and Exploration is the primary aerospace research agency of the Socialist Republic of Brulafi. Founded in 1964 by General Samuel Dudley, the agency was originally under the control of the military, but as a result of the Brulafi '88 Reforms, the agency came under the control of the Ministry of Science.

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History
The Bureau was originally founded in 1964 with the help of the Soviet Union in order to develop a domestic ballistic missile program, and as such received a significant head start thanks to the aid of Soviet rocket scientists. Once the Soviet Union and Brulafi split ways in 1966, however, the choice was made to place primary focus on utilizing the rockets already partially built to deliver payloads into orbit rather than cargoes of death onto other countries. A hastily-assembled satellite, Pioneer 1, was assembled shortly after this choice starting in July 1966. It was a round ball, based off of the design of Sputnik 1, containing a small explosive payload and a radio-operated trigger for remote destruction. The purpose of this launch was to determine if remote operation of payloads from space could be controlled from the ground. The launch and detonation of Pioneer 1 was a success, paving the way for more missions to space in the future.
Notable Missions List

Year	Purpose	Cosmonauts Aboard
1967	Deploy first Brulafi satellite into orbit	---
1969	Deploy second Brulafi satellite into orbit	---
1972	Deploy first Brulafi cosmonaut into orbit	Cpt. Tazalek Narmaljev
1975	Deploy first !Intercosmos cosmonaut	Cpt. Allen White, [Thuzbek guy]
1992	Deploy BrulSat telecom satellite into orbit	---

!Intercosmos
After the successful launch of the first Brulafi man into space, Captain Tazalek Narmaljev, a plan was hatched in the halls of the United Central Communist Republics to begin a cooperative venture in sending astronauts from other nations into space as a gesture of friendship and to benefit their nations' own space agencies.

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Equipment

Rockets

Name	Type	Max. Payload (kg)	Year First Deployed
Type 1 "Orajon"	Three-Stage Carrier Rocket	~4,500	1967
Type 2 "Galak"	Three-Stage Carrier Rocket	~19,760	1982
Type 3 "Zenit"	Three-Stage Heavy Lifter Rocket	~51,800	2001

Projects in Development

Deployed Satellites and Orbital Objects

Name	Type	Purpose	Year First Deployed
BTM-1 "Foton"	Manned Space Station Module	Multi-wavelength Deep Space Telescope	2019