Lavochkin

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Lavochkin
FormerlyOKB-301
TypeState-owned company
IndustrySpace industry
Aerospace industry
Defense industry
Founded1937
HeadquartersKhimki, Moscow region, Russia
Key people
ProductsSpacecraft, space probes, satellites, aircraft, missiles, ballistic missiles
Revenue$275 million[1] (2017)
$8.54 million[1] (2017)
$8.16 million[1] (2017)
Total assets$862 million[1] (2017)
Total equity$154 million[1] (2017)
Number of employees
5000
ParentRoscosmos[2]
Websitewww.laspace.ru

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 the developer and manufacturer of the Fregat upper stage, as well as interplanetary probes such as Fobos-Grunt. As of 2015, it was headed by Sergei Lemeshevskii.[3] On August 10, 2017 the Lavochkin Association's Board of Directors appointed Vladimir Kolmykov Director General of the enterprise.

Overview[]

The company develops and manufactures spacecraft such as the Fregat rocket upper stages, satellites and interplanetary probes. It is a contractor for a number of military programs, such as the Oko early warning satellite, Prognoz and Araks programmes as well as the civilian program . One of the company's most notable projects was the participation in the failed Fobos-Grunt sample return mission.[4] NPO Lavochkin has also developed the Elektro–L series of new-generation weather satellites, as well as the Navigator standardised satellite platform, which will serve as the basis for several future Russian satellites.[5]

History[]

The company was founded in 1937 as OKB-301, a Soviet aircraft design bureau (OKB). The head designer was  [ru]. On October, 1945 Semyon Lavochkin was promoted for the head designer of the design bureau. It gained distinction for its family of piston-engined fighter aircraft during World War II, and later shifted to missile and jet fighter designs. Following the death of the head designer, the OKB-301 succumbed to the growing power of Vladimir Chelomey and became OKB-52 Branch No. 3 on 18 December 1962.[6]: 300  Later, it turned to work on interplanetary probe designs for Luna sample return program, the Lunokhod program, Vega program, Phobos program, etc. The former OKB-301 became named NPO Lavochkin.

In January 2012, officials of Lavochkin faced administrative punishment for not taking[clarification needed] into account of designing the computer system after the crash of Russia's Mars moon spacecraft Fobos-Grunt.[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Бухгалтерская отчётность". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ "О мерах по созданию Государственной корпорации по космической деятельности "Роскосмос"". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Acting Director General of NPO Lavochkin appointed Sergei Lemeshev". News in Russian. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2016-01-12.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Harvey, Brian (2007). "The design bureaus". The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program (1st ed.). Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-71354-0.
  5. ^ "Russia meteo satellite Electro-L successfully orbited". ITAR-TASS. 2011-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22.
  6. ^ Siddiqi, Asif A. Challenge To Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945–1974, part I. NASA.
  7. ^ "Phobos-Grunt chips supposedly were counterfeit". ITAR-TASS. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Defending the Kremlin: The First Generation of Soviet Strategic Air Defense Systems 1950-60 by Steven J. Zaloga".
  9. ^ Lardier, Christian; Barensky, Stefan (2018-03-27). The Proton Launcher: History and Developments. ISBN 9781786301765.

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