Andronik Iosifyan
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Andranik Iosifian (born 21 July 1905 in Karabagh (Armenia), died 13 April 1993 in Moscow (Russia)) was a Soviet scientist of Armenian descent in the field of electrical engineering.
He is known as one of the founders of missilery, the chief constructor of the first soviet meteorological satellites of Earth, and the father of elecromechanics in USSR. Iosifian is the founder and the first director of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Electromechanics (ASRIE) – the USSR’s largest scientific research institute of electro-mechanics. Being one of the most outstanding figures in the field of military and rocket production, Andranik Iosifian for about thirty years was the USSR's “classified” Chief Constructor of electrical equipment of ballistic rockets, nuclear submarines, spacecraft. One of Iosifian's most important inventions, noncontact synchronized transmissions, considered a revolution in technology.[1][2][3]
References
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- ^ Boris E. Chertok Rockets and People. Asif A. Siddiqi (ed.). NASA. ISBN 978-0-16-081733-5. Vol. Rockets and People 1, 2, 3
- ^ ЦНИИ РТК – Энциклопедия космонавтики. Rtc.ru (4 August 2003). Retrieved on 18 July 2014.
- ^ К 100-летию А.Г. ИОСИФЬЯНА: Ученый, который крайне нужен сегодня. Ielectro.ru.
Literature
- «Korolev: Facts and myths» - J. K. Golovanov, M: Nauka, 1994, - ISBN 5-02-000822-2;
- "Testing of rocket and space technology - the business of my life" Events and facts - A.I. Ostashev, Korolyov, 2001.[1];
- "Baikonur. Korolev. Yangel." - M. I. Kuznetsk, Voronezh: IPF "Voronezh", 1997, ISBN 5-89981-117-X;
- "Bank of the Universe" - edited by Boltenko A. C., Kiev, 2014., publishing house "Phoenix", ISBN 978-966-136-169-9