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Topic: Soyuz rocket designer Soldatenkov (1927-2013)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-13-2013 09:05 AM
RIA Novosti, citing the TsSKB-Progress State Research and Production Space Center, reports that Alexander Soldatenkov, who led the design of Russia's carrier rockets, has died at the age of 86. Soldatenkov, who led the preparation of Yury Gagarin’s first human space flight, became chief designer of R-7 carrier rockets at TsSKB-Progress in 1979.In 1996-2006, he worked at the center as chief designer of R-7A and Soyuz-2 rockets. ...Soyuz-2 is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The Soyuz-2 launches are carried out from the Baikonur space center and the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 08-13-2013 10:09 AM
And "his" rocket still flies today!. |
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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East-Frisian Member Posts: 586 From: Germany Registered: Apr 2005
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dss65 Member Posts: 1156 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
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jasonelam Member Posts: 691 From: Monticello, KY USA Registered: Mar 2007
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Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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apolloprojeckt Member Posts: 1447 From: Arnhem, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2009
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kyra Member Posts: 583 From: Louisville CO US Registered: Aug 2003
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Kite Member Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
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Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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