Sergei Korolev

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Sergei Korolev was the pioneering Soviet rocket engineer and chief designer who led the USSR’s early space program, including the launch of the first artificial satellite and the first human in space.

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instanceOf Soviet scientist
aerospace engineer
human
rocket engineer
space program director
awardReceived Hero of Socialist Labour
Lenin Prize
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
burialPlace Kremlin Wall Necropolis
causeOfDeath surgical complications
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1907-01-12
dateOfDeath 1966-01-14
educatedAt Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
employer NII-88
OKB-1
Soviet space program
familyName Korolev
linked to: Sergei Korolev
fieldOfWork astronautics
rocket engineering
space exploration
fullName Sergei Pavlovich Korolev
linked to: Sergei Korolev
givenName Sergei
hasAlias Chief Constructor
Chief Designer
hasOccupation designer
engineer
scientist
influenced Soviet space exploration strategy
development of crewed spaceflight
influencedBy Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
movement Soviet space program
notableAchievement directed Vostok 1 mission, first human spaceflight
directed launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite
led development of the first intercontinental ballistic missile R-7
oversaw early Luna missions to the Moon
oversaw first spacewalk mission Voskhod 2
notableWork Luna program launch vehicles
R-7 Semyorka rocket
Sputnik 1 launch vehicle
linked to: R-7 Semyorka rocket

Voskhod spacecraft
Vostok spacecraft
linked to: Vostok 1
patronymicName Pavlovich
linked to: Pavel
placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Volhynian Governorate
linked to: Volyn Oblast

Zhytomyr
placeOfDeath Moscow
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
positionHeld Chief Designer of the Soviet space program
head of OKB-1 design bureau
residence Moscow
sexOrGender male

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Sergei Korolev familyName Korolev
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Vostok-K rocket designer Sergei Korolev
Vostok 1 chiefDesigner Sergei Korolev
Soviet space program keyPerson Sergei Korolev
OKB-1 chiefDesigner Sergei Korolev
OKB-1 employed Sergei Korolev
NII-88 employed Sergei Korolev
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subject linked to: Chief Constructor
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky influenced Sergei Korolev
Voskhod spacecraft designer Sergei Korolev
Zhytomyr isBirthplaceOf Sergei Korolev
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R-7 Semyorka designer Sergei Korolev
subject linked to: R-7 Semyorka rocket
R-1 rocket designer Sergei Korolev
Robert H. Goddard influenced Sergei Korolev
Sputnik 1 designer Sergei Korolev
Sputnik 2 designedBy Sergei Korolev
Mechta designer Sergei Korolev
Soviet Academy of Sciences notableMember Sergey Korolev
linked to: Sergei Korolev
Gagarin's Start associatedPerson Sergei Korolev
8K72K designer Sergei Korolev
Vostok programme chiefDesigner Sergei Korolev
Vostok-L designer Sergei Korolev
subject linked to: Vostok-L rocket
Vostok-2 designer Sergei Korolev
subject linked to: Vostok-2 rocket
Vostok 4 designer Sergei Korolev
Vostok spacecraft designer Sergei Korolev
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RKK Energia foundedBy Sergei Korolev
R-1 missile designer Sergei Korolev
Luna 8K72 designer Sergei Korolev
R-2 missile chiefDesigner Sergei Korolev
Molniya 8K78 designer Sergei Korolev
Ye-6 series lunar landers designer Sergei Korolev
R-5 missile designer Sergei Korolev
Voskhod launch vehicle designer Sergei Korolev
Vasily Mishin succeeded Sergei Korolev
Vasily Mishin influencedBy Sergei Korolev