Oleg Ostapenko
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Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko [1]
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Ostapenko in 2014
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| Born | 3 May 1957 [1] Pokoshychi, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine[2][3] |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
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Space Forces |
| Years of service | 1979–2013[1] |
| Rank | Colonel General [4] |
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| Awards | Order of Military Merit [1][3] |
Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko (Russian: Олег Николаевич Остапенко, Ukrainian: Олег Миколайович Остапенко, born 3 May 1957) is director of Roscosmos, the federal space agency, retired Colonel General in the Russian Military, former Deputy Minister of Defence, and former commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces, a position he held from their foundation on 1 December 2011 until his promotion in November 2012.[5] Prior to this he was commander of the Russian Space Forces from 2008, replacing Vladimir Popovkin.[1]
Ostapenko joined the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces in 1979 after graduating from the Felix Dzerzhinsky military academy, specialising in 'Strategic Missiles, Engines, and Production Equipment'.[3] He undertook higher military studies, ending in 1992 and moved into the Ministry of Defence Space Units. He held a number of roles at Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre ending with being Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2004.[1]
In 2004 he was promoted to be First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Space Forces and after undertaking a PhD in military sciences he became the commander of Plesetsk Cosmodrome in 2007. A year later on 30 June 2008 he was promoted to be commander of the Russian Space Forces replacing Vladimir Popovkin who became a Deputy Defence Minister. He was commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces from 1 December 2011 to 9 November 2012[1][6] and was promoted to the rank of Colonel General on 9 August 2012.[4]
On 9 November 2012 he was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Defence and relieved of his command of the Aerospace Defence Forces.[7]
On 10 October 2013 Ostanpenko has been discharged from military service and relieved of his post to head Roscosmos, the federal space agency.[8]
Military education
General Ostapenko earned PhD in Military Sciences in 2007
- Graduated from F. Dzerzhinsky Military College, 1979
- Graduate from the Command Faculty of F. Dzerzhinsky Military College, 1992
- Completed his specialty studies by graduating from the General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, 2007
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| Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Space Forces 2008–2011 |
Service abolished |
| New creation | Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces 2011–2012 |
Succeeded by Aleksandr Golovko |
