Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin (Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Баба́кин; 13 November 1914 – 3 August 1971) was a Soviet engineer working in the space program. He was Chief Designer ...
at the Lavochkin Design Bureau from 1965 until his death.
Babakin´s early career was spent in radio engineering, starting with a job at the Moscow telephone company in 1930, working on an urban radio network. From 1943 to 1949, Babakin worked on radar targeting systems at the Institute of Automation (VSNITO), where he became its chief engineer.
Babakin became involved in the Soviet space program in 1949, working in Boris Chertok´s division of NII-88 on surface-to-air missiles and targeting systems. In 1952, he was part of a group transferred to Lavochkin´s bureau OKB-301 to work on the intercontinental cruise missile Burya and the V-300 anti-aircraft missile.
