Viktor Petrovich Makeyev (also Makeev; russian: Ви́ктор Петро́вич Маке́ев; 25 October 1924 – 25 October 1985) was a Soviet engineer in the

Soviet space program The Soviet space program (russian: Космическая программа СССР, Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the national space program of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), active from 1955 until the dissoluti ...

who was also a central and founding figure in development of Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) for the Soviet Navy.

Work

Makeyev's work has resulted in three generations of submarine-launched ballistic missiles being used by the Russian Navy. Among these were: ;First generation *

R-11FM The R-11 Zemlya, GRAU index 8A61 was a Soviet tactical ballistic missile. It is also known by its NATO reporting name SS-1b Scud-A. It was the first of several similar Soviet missiles to be given the reporting name Scud. Variant R-11M was accep ...

– the first Soviet

SLBM A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhe ...

. * R-13 * R-17 – known by

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as '' Scud-B'' * R-21 (SS-N-5 "Sark") – the first Soviet rocket with underwater launch (1963) ;Second generation * R-27 – the first rocket with factory fuelling (1968) * R-27K * R-29 – the world first intercontinental

(1974) ;Third generation * R-29R – the first intercontinental SLBM with MRV (1977) * R-39 – the first intercontinental SLBM with

MIRV A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) is an exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target. The concept is almost invariably associated with i ...

(1983) * R-29RM – a complex rocket of very high technical perfection The domestic school of sea rocket production, founded and headed by Makeyev, has reached world excellence in a number of tactical and operational characteristics of rockets, control systems, starting systems. The key areas of expertise are: * accommodation of engines inside tanks of fuel or oxidizer * maximizing fuel capacitance of rocket shell * successful use of astrocorrection in ballistic missiles * use of zone amortization using elastomer materials * ampulized fuel tanks factory refuelling Under his management the unique laboratory/experimental base provided complex ground working for rockets. In 1991, the State Rocket Center Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau was named after him. Also named in honour of Makeyev are an avenue in

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, a street in

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, and a vessel of the

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. Makeyev's

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is displayed in Miass and

. Grants in his name were established in several universities. The Federation of Astronautics of the country has founded a medal. The academician of the century of Item of V. Makeyev. Makeyev was the author of 32 basic inventions, and published more than 200 printed works including monographs.

Awards

* 1959 –

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

* 1961 –

Hero of Socialist Labor The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

(highest civilian award) * 1965 – Dr.Sci.Tech. * 1968 – Member of the

USSR Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

* 1968 –

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

* 1974 – Hero of Socialist Labor * 1978 – USSR State Prize * 1983 – USSR State Prize

Literature

"Rockets and people"
– B. E. Chertok, M: "mechanical engineering", 1999. * "Testing of rocket and space technology - the business of my life" Events and facts - A.I. Ostashev, Korolyov, 200

* "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014 * A.I. Ostashev, ''Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov - The Genius of the 20th Century'' — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL . * "I look back and have no regrets. " - Author: Abramov, Anatoly Petrovich: publisher "New format" Barnaul, 2022.

External links

Viktor Makeyev
family history

In English

at RussianSpaceWeb.com
Makeyev's State Rocket Centre

In Russian

Airfleet

Makeyev

{{DEFAULTSORT:Makeyev, Viktor 1924 births 1985 deaths Heroes of Socialist Labour Moscow Aviation Institute alumni Soviet space program personnel Soviet scientists Soviet inventors Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology faculty Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences