Anatoly Perminov

Anatoly Perminov

Meeting of the partners of the ISS; Perminov is second from left
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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Career

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]


Personal

Perminov is married. His wife is a teacher and they have a son.[2]

Honours and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

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