Roy Dommett
| Roy Dommett CBE |
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|---|---|
| Born | Roy Leonard Dommett 25 June 1933 Southampton, England |
| Died | 2 November 2015 (aged 82) Carshalton |
| Residence | Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Rocket science |
| Institutions | Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough Space Department, MOD Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
| Alma mater |
Itchen Grammar School University of Bristol |
| Known for |
Black Knight (rocket) Blue Streak (missile) Black Arrow Polaris Trident (missile) UK Chief Missile Scientist |
| Notable awards |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal English Folk Dance and Song Society Gold Badge |
Roy Leonard Dommett CBE (25 June 1933 – 2 November 2015) was a British engineer and rocket scientist, and the United Kingdom's Chief Missile Scientist, who for many years led the United Kingdom's research and development of both ballistic missiles and space rockets for the delivery of satellites into orbit. In retirement he lived in Hampshire.
Roy Leonard Dommett, a descendant of an old East Devon family, was born on 25 June 1933, at Southampton. He was educated at Itchen Grammar School and Bristol University, gaining a first in Aeronautical Engineering in 1954. Employed by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough from 1953 to 2000, while it became DRA and DERA, he retired before it divided into Qinetiq and Dstl.
He married in 1956 to Marguerite Patricia Dawson whom he had met at school, and they had seven sons and one daughter. Dommett's first experience with rocket technology was witnessing the arrival of a V-2 at Southampton. His family had links with the aviation industry (his uncle worked at the Supermarine works in Southampton on the Spitfire).
Dommett initially specialised in aerodynamic heating and supersonic flows. He worked on the re-entry vehicle design for Blue Streak, and was more deeply involved in the design and analysis of the Black Knight re-entry requirements. Whilst in the Space Department he was the British member of the ELDO Aerodynamics Committee on EUROPA and a contributor to the design of the Black Arrow.
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