The proton launcher : history and developments / Christian Lardier, Stefan Barensky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lardier, Christian, author.

Barensky, Stefan, author.

Series:

Space science and technology series.

Space Science and Technology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Launch vehicles (Astronautics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Hoboken, New Jersey : ISTE : Wiley, 2018.

Summary:

The Soviet / Russian space program was in the hands of three industrial empires: those of Serguei Korolev, the Soviet von Braun who launched Sputnik-1 and Yuri Gagarin, Vladimir Tchelomei, his main competitor, and Mikhail Yangel, Many launchers and satellites in Ukraine. In 2011, we published a first book on the history of the Soyuz launcher that was developed by Korolev and launched more than 1, 800 copies. This time, we tell the story of the Proton, the main competitor of the European launcher Ariane, which was developed by Chelomei and launched more than 400 copies. Finally, the last book of the trilogy will deal with the many developments of Yangel. In the three books, the first part deals with the history of rockets in the USSR / Russia (East) and the second part on the history of their commercialization in the West.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Foreword

Preface

PART 1. The Proton in the East

1. Vladimir Chelomey: From the V1 to Proton

1.1. The Soviet V-1 designer

1.2. The designer of Soviet naval missiles

2. Chelomey's Subsidiaries

2.1. Institute no. 642

2.2. Myasishchev's OKB-23

2.3. Factory no. 23 in Fili

2.4. Lavochkin's OKB-301

2.5. Factory no. 292 in Saratov

2.6. Factory no. 47 in Orenburg

2.7. The engine designers

3. Intercontinental Missiles, Booster Rockets and Satellites

3.1. Kosmoplan and Raketoplan

3.2. The UR-200

3.3. The UR-500

3.4. The UR-100

3.5. The UR-700

3.6. The UR-1000

4. Versions of the UR-500

4.1. The two-stage version

4.2. The three-stage version UR-500K

4.3. The four-stage version

4.4. The upper stage projects

4.5. The UR-500MK

4.6. The UR-530

4.7. The Proton-M

4.8. Proton medium and light

5. The Uses of the Proton

5.1. NPO Mashinostroyenie: the Almaz program

5.2. RKK Energiya

5.2.1. The 7K-L1 program

5.2.2. The DOS program

5.3. NPO Lavochkin

5.3.1. The Luna program

5.3.2. The Mars program

5.3.3. The Venera program

5.3.4. Scientific probes

5.3.5. The Oko early warning satellites

5.3.6. The Araks/Arkon optical imaging satellites

5.4. Applied mechanics NPO

5.4.1. Telecommunications satellites

5.4.2. The Glonass navigation satellites

5.5. Other satellites

5.6. The centennial celebration of V. N. Chelomey's birth

PART 2. The Proton in the West

6. Saturn's Rival

6.1. Records to break

6.2. Target: Moon

6.3. Under a shroud of secrecy

6.4. No second place

7. Commercial Prehistory

7.1. Swiss francs for invisible launchers

7.2. Curtain raiser

7.3. Regime change

7.4. A market to be cornered

7.5. The American friend.

7.6. Short-lived contracts and seduction operations

7.7. The end of an era

8. Friends or Foes

8.1. First hope for success

8.2. Lockheed joins the fray

8.3. Voyage to Moscow

8.4. Telephony in the sky

8.5. Khrunichev, Salyut and Energiya

8.6. The Indian obstacle

8.7. Detour through France

8.8. First steps on the market

9. The Transatlantic Alliance

9.1. Reduced quotas

9.2. Baptism of fire

9.3. A "Russified" Atlas

9.4. Discrete success and a spectacular failure

9.5. Keeping pace with Ariane

9.6. Energiya's game

9.7. Opening up to the market

10. Standing the Test of the Market

10.1. Transition

10.2. Price war

10.3. Divorce

10.4. Challenges for the future

10.5. A surprising rival

10.6. From Proton to Angara

Appendix: List of Launches

Bibliography

Index

Index of Names

EULA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119510505

1119510503

9781119510536

1119510538

9781119510529

111951052X

OCLC:

1023575366