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Yuri Koptev

Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev
Koptev with Putin in 2002
Yuri Koptev (right) in 2002
Native name Юрий Николаевич Коптев
Born (1940-03-13) March 13, 1940 (age 77)
Stavropol
Nationality Russian
Occupation Engineer
Known for Director General of the Russian Federal Space Agency

Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Коптев, March 13, 1940, Stavropol) is a former General Director of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), serving in that role from 1992 to 2004. He was replaced in 2004 by Anatoly Perminov, a former commander of the Russian Space Forces.

Beginning in 1965, he worked as an engineer at NPO Lavochkin.

Koptev is a Winner of the Golden Space Medal FAI (2000), a State Councillor of the Russian Federation, 1st class and he has been awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd and 3rd classes.



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