en.rian.ru June 1, 2011 marked 10 years since the command post (CP) of the Russian Space Forces was established. The military calls the CP its "nerve center." The CP is responsible for managing a constellation of military and dual-use satellites, the ground infrastructure of space and missile defense systems, and military units for the launch and control of space vehicles. The post monitors telemetric and ballistic information about launches from Plesetsk and Baikonur in real time. A shift of on-duty officers controls the launch of a satellite into orbit using a special dial. In case of an emergency, the military informs the appropriate services on the need to change the trajectory of a given satellite, for example.