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Chronology - 1946 - Quarter 3

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- 1946 Jul 3 - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: R-1.

Plant 456 at Khimki (later OKB-456, NPO Energomash) formed.
Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAP) Decree 424 'On redirecting Plant No. 456 at Khimki for the production of rocket engines' was issued. References: 474 .

- 1946 Jul 7 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Paul Andrew Sefchek born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA.

- 1946 Jul 9 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 7.

V-2 number 7 Agency: General Electric. Apogee: 135 km.
Launched 12:30 local time. Reached 134.7 km. Carried cosmic radiation, ionosphere (Naval Research Lab) experiments for General Electric.

- 1946 Jul 14 - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: R-1.

First rocket unit of Soviet military formed.
Decree 'On establishment of BON of Fourth Directorate of GAU in Ministry of Armed Forces' was issued. References: 474 .

- 1946 Jul 17 - Nation: Kazakhstan.

Future cosmonaut Toktar Ongarbaevich Aubakirov born in Karkaralinsk, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

- 1946 Jul 19 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 8.

V-2 number 8 Agency: General Electric. Apogee: 5 km.
Launched 12:11 local time. Reached 4.8 km. Carried ionosphere (Naval Research Lab) experiments for General Electric.

- 1946 Jul 30 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 9.

V-2 number 9 Agency: Applied Physics Lab, John Hopkins University. Apogee: 162 km.
Launched 12:40 local time. Reached 161.9 km. Carried cosmic radiation, ionosphere (Naval Research Lab); and biological (Harvard) experiments for Applied Physics Lab, John Hopkins University.

- 1946 Aug 1 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Richard Oswalt (Dick) Covey born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.

- 1946 Aug 8 - Nation: Italy.

Future astronaut Andrea Lorenzoni born in Italy.

- 1946 Aug 9 - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: R-1.

Korolev named Chief Designer for R-1 rocket (copy of German V-2).
Ministry of Armaments Decree 83-K 'On appointment of S. P Korolev as Chief Designer of R-1' was issued. References: 474 .

- 1946 Aug 15 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 10.

V-2 number 10 Agency: Palmer Physics Lab, Princeton University. Apogee: 7 km.
Launched 11:00 local time. Reached 6.5 km. Carried cosmic radiation experiments for Palmer Physics Lab, Princeton University.

- 1946 Aug 18 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Valeri Aleksandrovich Romanov born in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad, Russia.

- 1946 Aug 19 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Charles Frank (Charlie) Bolden Jr born in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

- 1946 Aug 22 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 11.

V-2 number 11 Agency: Air Research and Development Command. Apogee: 0 km.
Launched 10:15 local time. Launch failure. Carried pressure, density, ionosphere, sky brightness experiments for Air Research and Development Command.

- 1946 Aug 23 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Robert Henry Clegg born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

- 1946 Aug 24 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Richard Noel (Dick) Richards born in Key West, Florida, USA.

- 1946 Aug 26 - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: R-1.

NII-88 reorganised.
Decree 'On establishment of structure of NII-88' was issued. References: 474 .

- 1946 Aug 30 - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: R-1.

Korolev head of Department 3, NII-88.
Decree 'On appointment of S. P. Korolev as Chief of Department No. 3 of NII-88 SKB' was issued. References: 474 .

- 1946 September - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: G-2.

Groettrup team designs 2 stage IRBM.
Groettrup sketches design for a 2500 km range missile. References: 86 .

- 1946 Sep 6 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Bryan Daniel O�Connor born in Orange, California, USA.

- 1946 Sep 29 - Nation: USSR. Launch Vehicle: R-1.

OKB-456 formed (later Energomash).
Council of Soviet Ministers (SM) Decree 1167 'On establishment of OKB-456 at Plant No. 456 at Khimki' was issued. References: 474 .

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