Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev (russian: Юрий Николаевич Коптев, March 13, 1940, Voroshilovsk) is a former General Director of the Russian Space Agency (

Roscosmos The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...

), serving in that role from 1992 to 2004. He was replaced in 2004 by

Anatoly Perminov Anatoly Nikolayevich Perminov (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Перминов; born 16 June 1945) is a Russian rocket scientist and a mechanical engineer. He served as the General Director of Russian Federal Space Agency in 2004� ...

, a former commander of the

Russian Space Forces The Russian Space Forces ( rus, Космические войска России, Kosmicheskie voyska Rossii, KV) are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air and space sovereignty, and other related protect ...

. Beginning in 1965, he worked as an engineer at

NPO Lavochkin NPO Lavochkin (russian: НПО Лавочкина, OKB-301, also called Lavochkin Research and Production Association or shortly Lavochkin Association, LA) is a Russian aerospace company. It is a major player in the Russian space program, being th ...

. Koptev is a Winner of the Golden Space Medal FAI (2000), a State Councillor of the Russian Federation, 1st class and was awarded the

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством», ''Orden "Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"'') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by P ...

, 2nd and 3rd classes.

International sanctions

On June 28, 2022, in connection with the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, he was included in the US sanctions list as a person associated with an important state-owned company for the government and the military-technical complex of the Russian Federation -

Rostec Rostec ( rus, Ростех, p=, r=Rostekh), officially the State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology Industrial Product Rostec (russian: Государственная корпорация по � ...

References

External links

Conversations: Daniel S. Goldin and Yuri N. Koptev; Two Professional Cold Warriors Share a Vision of Life in Space
By William J. Broad,

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. Published: January 16, 1994
NASA History Division - Biographies of Aerospace Officials and Policymakers, K-N

Date set for Mir destruction

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, 16 November 2000 1940 births Living people 20th-century Russian engineers 21st-century Russian engineers People from Stavropol 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Honoured Scientists of the Russian Federation Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology Recipients of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Parasat Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Rostec Russian mechanical engineers Russian space program personnel Soviet mechanical engineers {{Russia-bio-stub