Mikhail Fyodorovich Reshetnyov

Mikhail Fjodorowitsch Reshetnjow ( Russian Михаил Фёдорович Решетнёв ; born November 10, 1924 in the Ukrainian SSR ; † January 26, 1996 in Schelesnogorsk (Krasnoyarsk) ) was a Soviet and Russian aerospace engineer .

Reshetnyov attended the Moscow State Aviation Institute before being drafted into the army in 1942. There he worked as an aircraft mechanic until the end of the war. He then completed his training in Moscow.

In 1950 Reshetnev came to OKB-1 , the leading space design office headed by Sergei Koroljow at the time . Here he worked on the R-11 short-range missile . Reshetnyov rose quickly in OKB-1, so that he was proposed by Korolev when the post of chief designer of a new OKB-1 department in Zheleznogorsk had to be filled.

Reshetnyov started work there in 1959. In 1961 the branch became independent as OKB-10 . At this point in time, the OKB had already specialized in the manufacture of application satellites. These included the Molnija- type communications satellites and numerous satellites for navigation. In addition, the OKB-10 developed many other satellites that were launched into geostationary or near-earth orbits.

Reshetnjow also worked on control systems to ensure the correct alignment of a satellite. He also carried out research in the field of space physics.

He received three orders of Lenin , the Order of the Red Star and was honored as a hero of socialist work . The asteroid (7046) Reshetnev is named after him.

Web links

• Short biography in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)