The Kosmos Program [Rayvostoka]

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Program name: Народная космическая программа (The People's Space Program) AKA. Программа Космос (The Kosmos Program)

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Formed: 1949
Headquarters: Lebedevgrad
Manager:
Yuli Orlov (1949–1965)
Mitya Belov (1965–1970)
Katia Koroleva (1970–1983)
Rodion Solovev (1983- 2000)
Serafim Kovalev (2000-Present)
First flight:
Oborot 1, December 7, 1972 – March 4, 1973
First crewed flight:
Rassvet 1, April 12, 1984
Purpose: Crewed and uncrewed space missions for Rayvostoka, alongside the development of short-range, medium-range, intermediate-range, and intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Oborot 1:

Rassvet 1, Capsule:

Rassvet 1, Rocket:

 

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The Orlov Era (1949-1965):

The Orlov Era defined much of what the early Rayvostokan space program would later become. Starting in the summer of 1949. The General Secretary of the Messianist Communist Party, Nicholai Lebedev after acquiring the technology required to construct nuclear weaponry via espionage and other methods, required a more efficient delivery system for his newly constructed fission-based nuclear warheads to compete with the evergrowing armaments of their largest and most threatening neighbor, The Imperium. The job to acquire and design new delivery systems was originally given to the People's Army but after realizing the need for autonomy, a new separate program was created to provide it with the independence it needed.

The People's Space Program nicknamed the Kosmos Program was first headed by Professor Yuli Orlov (b.1905 d.1965), a leading rocket engineer a leading figure at the time in the Rayvostokan scientific community was placed at the head of the program in 1949 after the Kosmos Program gained autonomy from the P.A. With a genius scientist combined with a sizeable budget, the Kosmos program saw large strides in the field of rocketry. With the successful tests of Rayvostoka's first nuclear ICBM and minimal although crucial work on satellite technology.

The last years of the Orlov Era were marked by a reshifting in focus, as funds were diverted to other sectors and away from the Kosmos Program under the new General Secretary Leonid Antonov who prioritized less the military aspects of the Program but the overall propaganda value of its existence and achievements. The Orlov Era concluded in 1965 after Orlov resigned due to poor health and was replaced by his protege Mitya Belov beginning the Belov Era.