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Meeting of the partners of the ISS; Perminov is second from left
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Born | June 16, 1945 Kirov Oblast, Soviet Union present-day Russia |
Residence | Moscow, Russia |
Nationality | Russian |
Fields | Mechanical Engineering |
Institutions | Russian Federal Space Agency Moscow Aviation Institute |
Alma mater | Dzerzhinsky Military Academy of Rocket Forces |
Known for | Russian Space Program Rocket Technology |
Notable awards | Order of Merit for the Fatherland |
Dr. Prof. Anatoly Nikolayevich Perminov (born June 16, 1945 in the Kirov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian rocket scientist and a mechanical engineer. He served as the General Director of Russian Federal Space Agency in 2004–2011.[1]
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Anatoly Perminov graduated in 1967 from a military college with a degree in mechanical engineering, specializing in rocket engines. In 1976, he earned an advanced degree in Moscow from the Military Academy. In 1991 he again earned an advanced degree in Moscow from the Military Academy, after which he was appointed to the head of the Russian Department of Defense research test site. Here he organized the launch of hundreds of satellites and ICBMs. In August 1993 he became the head of operations for missile weapons in the Strategic Missile Forces. He has been the director of Roskosmos since March 2004.[1]
Perminov has a PhD in engineering, and has authored more than 70 scientific papers and articles on space exploration. He is a professor of the Moscow Aviation Institute, where he chairs the institute's Operations of Launch Vehicles and Spacecraft department.[2]
On 29 April 2011, Perminov was replaced with Vladimir Popovkin as the director of Roscosmos. The 65-year old Perminov was over the legal limit for state officials, and had received some criticism after a failed GLONASS launch.[3][4]
Perminov is married. His wife is a teacher and they have a son.[2]