Author : Christian Lardier
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119510503
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)
Book Synopsis The Proton Launcher by : Christian Lardier
Download or read book The Proton Launcher written by Christian Lardier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.