Androsov was born on 6 September 1954 in
Tambov Oblast, in what was then the
Russian Soviet Socialist Federative Republic, in the
Soviet Union. He graduated from the in 1975 and went on to serve in
Long-Range Aviation units. He carried out further education and training at the
Gagarin Air Force Academy, graduating in 1988, and the
Military Academy of the General Staff, graduating in 2000. Androsov rose through ranks and positions, being appointed to command a squadron, then as deputy commander of the 185th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, based at
Poltava, in the
Ukrainian SSR. He held the position until his retirement in August 2009, when the 37th Air Army was reformed as . Androsov suffered a heart attack at his office at the
Tupolev design bureau on 7 March 2025, and died the following day. He was 70. He was buried at the
Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 12 March. ==Awards and honours==