Dorofeyev, Boris Arkadyevich
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Russian engineer. Deputy Chief Designer of Korolev design bureau. Chief Designer for N1 rocket 1972-1974. He was demoted in 1974 after the cancellation of the N1 program.
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1927 November 25
- Birth of Boris Arkadyevich Dorofeyev - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Dorofeyev. Russian engineer. Deputy Chief Designer of Korolev design bureau. Chief Designer for N1 rocket 1972-1974. He was demoted in 1974 after the cancellation of the N1 programme..
1969 February 21
09:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC110R. LV Family: N1. Launch Vehicle: N-1 11A52. FAILURE: First stage failure.. Failed Stage: 1.- N1 3L launch - .
Payload: Soyuz 7K-L1S s/n 3. Mass: 6,900 kg (15,200 lb). Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Afanasyev, Sergei,
Dorofeyev,
Kirillov,
Mishin.
Agency: RVSN.
Program: Lunar L3.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1A.
Decay Date: 1969-02-21 . Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).
N-1 serial number 3L was the first N-1 launched. The vehicle ran into trouble immediately at lift-off. A fire developed in the tail compartment. The engine monitoring system detected the fire, but then gave an incorrect signal, shutting down all engines at 68.7 seconds into the flight. British intelligence detected the launch attempt, but the CIA's technical means for some reason missed it and they denied for years that it had ever occurred. In retrospect the launch team at Baikonur pointed to a grave mistake - at the christening of the first N1, the champagne bottle broke against the crawler-transporter rather than the hull of the rocket. After the 3L failure everyone knew there was no chance at all of beating the Americans to the moon. Additional Details: here....
1972 January 1
- TsKBEM reorganised - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Bushuyev,
Dorofeyev,
Mishin,
Semenov,
Shabarov.
Program: Lunar L3,
Soyuz,
Almaz.
Spacecraft: LK,
Mars 5NM,
MKBS,
Soyuz 7K-LOK,
Soyuz 7K-OK,
Soyuz 7K-S,
Soyuz 7K-T,
Soyuz 7K-TM.
TsKBEM was given a completely new structure as a result of the findings of the expert commissions on the disasters for the previous year, Mishin remained as the Chief Designer for the organisation, but each programme now had its own chief designer:
- N1: Boris Dorofeyev
- 8K98P solid propellant ICBM: Igor Sadovskiy
- N1 payloads: Vladimir Brorov [check]
- Soyuz 7K-TM, or Soyuz M, for Soyuz-Apollo: Konstantin Bushuyev
- Soyuz 7K-T: Yuri Semenov
- Soyuz 7K-S or Soyuz VI: Yevgeni Shabarov
1999 July 9
- Death of Boris Arkadyevich Dorofeyev. - . Related Persons: Dorofeyev. Russian engineer. Deputy Chief Designer of Korolev design bureau. Chief Designer for N1 rocket 1972-1974. He was demoted in 1974 after the cancellation of the N1 program..