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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Sputnik 2 did not contain a television camera (TV images of dogs on Sputnik 5 are commonly misidentified as Laika).
Sputnik 2 was launched on an essentially unmodified ICBM R-7, similar to that used for Sputnik 1, to a 212 x 1660 km (132 x 1031 mile) orbit with a period of 103.7 minutes.
Sputnik 2 was not able to detect the Van Allen radiation belts as it traveled far enough to the north such that it was under most of the radiation belt while it was monitorable from the USSR.
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  Sputnik - MSN Encarta
The first three Sputnik satellites each carried instruments to measure the temperature and density of the earth's upper atmosphere, the electron density of the ionosphere, and the size and number of micrometeorites (tiny particles in space).
Sputniks 5, 6, 9, and 10 all carried dogs, most of which reentered the earth's atmosphere safely and were recovered.
Sputniks 7 and 8, launched in February 1961, served as launching platforms for the Venera spacecraft, which were sent toward Venus.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569642/Sputnik.html   (578 words)

  
  Sputnik program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sputnik program was a series of unmanned space missions launched by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s to demonstrate the viability of artificial satellites.
Sputnik 2 was launched some months later, and carried the first living passenger, a dog named Laika.
Sputnik 5 was launched into orbit on August 19, 1960 with the dogs Belka and Strelka ( Russian for "Squirrel", or more likely "Whitey" from Russian "belyj", which means "white", and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants on-board.
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 Sputnik - Wikipedia
Sputnik 2 verglühte wegen seiner größeren Masse deutlich später als Sputnik-1, nämlich am 14.
Sputnik 2 erregte mit einer Startmasse über 500 kg ungläubiges Staunen der westlichen Fachleute.
Sputnik 3 trug mehrere wissenschaftliche Messinstrumente in den Weltraum, welche den Strahlungsgürtel der Erde untersuchen sollten - was aber ebenfalls fehlschlug.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sputnik   (982 words)

  
 Sputnik - Wikipedia
Den första satelliten som skickades upp från Sovjetunionen 4 oktober 1957 var Sputnik 1.
Nästa satellit i programmet var Sputnik 2, som hade med sig hunden Laika på sin färd. Satelliten sköts upp 3 november 1957 och stannade i omloppsbana i 8 dygn innan den återträdde i jordens atmosfären och brann upp.
Sputnik 5 följde sedan 19 augusti 1960, vilken hade en mängd djur och växter med sig, vilka till skillnad från Laika togs levande tillbaka till jorden.
sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sputnik   (138 words)

  
 Soviet Craft - Sputnik
The Sputnik 1 rocket booster also reached Earth orbit and was visible from the ground at night as a first magnitude object, while the small but highly polished sphere barely visible at sixth magnitude more difficult to follow optically.
Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit and was the first biological to contain a passenger.
Sputnik 20 was intended to be a Venus landing mission.
filer.case.edu /~sjr16/advanced/20th_soviet_sputnik.html   (2250 words)

  
 Sputnik - Wikipédia
Sputnik foi o primeiro satélite artificial da Terra.
A Sputnik II, lançada ao espaço em 3 de novembro de 1957, pesando 543,5 kg, enviou o primeiro ser vivo ao espaço, uma cadela da raça laika, chamada Kudriavka.
Finalmente, a Sputnik V (também chamada Korabl-Sputnik-2), a última missão Sputnik, foi lançada ao espaço em 19 de agosto de 1960 com os cachorros Belka e Strelka, quarenta camundongos, dois ratos e diversas plantas.
pt.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sputnik   (690 words)

  
 Another Sputnik?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
At the bottom (near the longest solar panel) is a Soyuz vehicle.
And since the Cold War thawed and defused the nuclear confrontation, an enemy triumph in space is unlikely to serve as the trigger.
There are 1 2 3 4 5 documents.
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 Sputnik
Sputnik 1, launched on Oct.4, 1957, became the first artificial satellite to successfully orbit the Earth.
The last Sputnik installment was intended to be a space laboratory for study of Earth's magnetic field and radiation belt.
The Sputnik missions all happened during the midst of the Cold War between the U.S.S.R. and the United States.
www.windows.ucar.edu /cgi-bin/tour_def/space_missions/sputnik.html   (230 words)

  
 Programma Sputnik - Wikipedia
Il Programma Sputnik consistette in una serie di missioni spaziali senza esseri umani promosso dall' Unione Sovietica alla fine degli anni '50 atte a dimostrare la possibilità di costruire satelliti artificiali.
Sputnik 3 : lanciato il 15 maggio 1958 al secondo tentativo
Sputnik 5 : lanciato il 19 agosto 1960 con a bordo 2 cani, 40 topi, 2 ratti e una varietà di piante
it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Programma_Sputnik   (172 words)

  
 Korabl-Sputnik
Korabl-Sputnik (K-S) 1-5 were known in the west as Sputnik 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10.
(Sputnik 7 and 8 were launched as Venus probes, the latter also known as Venera 1.
On K-S 4 and 5, the dog passengers were accompanied by a lifelike mannequin nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/K/Korabl-Sputnik.html   (417 words)

  
 Sputnik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Sputnik was launched 1957 October 4 to become the world's first artificial satellite.
Sputnik 2, with the dog 'Laika' aboard was not designed to return safely to Earth so the animal was destined to die in orbit.
Sputnik 3 - backup of Korolyov's satellite - launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Sputnik (R-7) rocket into 216 x 1863 kilometre orbit at 65.2 degrees inclination - an immediate failure of its onboard tape recorder means that data can only be gathered when the satellite is within range of a ground-based radio receiving station
www.zarya.info /Diaries/Sputnik/Index.htm   (942 words)

  
 Space Today Online - Animals - Dogs in Space
Sputnik 2 was outfitted with scientific gauges, life-support systems, and padded walls, but was not designed for recovery.
Korabl-Sputnik-4, also known as Sputnik 9 was launched on March 9, 1961 and carried the fl dog Chernushka (Blackie) on a one orbit mission.
Korabl-Sputnik-5, also known as Sputnik 10 was launched on March 25, 1961 and carried the dog Zvezdochka (Little Star) and a dummy cosmonaut — a wooden mannequin — on a one orbit mission.
www.spacetoday.org /Astronauts/Animals/Dogs.html   (3806 words)

  
 Sputnik 2 - ExampleProblems.com
Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on November 3, 1957, and the first to carry a living animal - a dog.
Sputnik 2 was launched on an essentially unmodified ICBM R-7, similar to that used for Sputnik 1, to a 212 x 1660 km orbit with a period of 103.7 minutes.
Sputnik 2 was not able to detect the Van Allen radiation belts as it traveled far enough to the north such that it was under most of the radiation belt while it was monitorable from the USSR.
www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php?title=Sputnik_2&printable=yes   (549 words)

  
 Soviet Craft - Sputnik
The Sputnik 1 rocket booster also reached Earth orbit and was visible from the ground at night as a first magnitude object, while the small but highly polished sphere barely visible at sixth magnitude more difficult to follow optically.
Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit and was the first biological to contain a passenger.
Sputnik 20 was intended to be a Venus landing mission.
burro.astr.cwru.edu /stu/advanced/20th_soviet_sputnik.html   (2265 words)

  
 Sputnik
“Sputnik” (satellite) was the abbreviated Western name for these spacecraft, known in Russia generically as Iskusstvenniy Sputnik Zemli (Artificial Earth Satellite).
Sputniks 1, 2, and 3 were launched during the International Geophysical Year, a period lasting from Jul. 1, 1957, to Dec. 31, 1958.
The spacecraft known in the West as Sputnik 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10 were announced at the time in Russia as Korabl-Sputnik 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/Sputnik.html   (310 words)

  
 sputnik | tommyCHANG 07
The Sputnik program was a series of unmanned space missions launched by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s to demonstrate the viability of artificial satellites.
Sputnik 2 was launched on November 3, 1957 and carried the first living passenger, a dog named Laika.
Sputnik 5 was launched on August 19, 1960 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants on board.
www.tommychang.net /family/sputnik.htm   (377 words)

  
 Online-Lexikon: Sputnik program
The Sputnik program was a series of unmanned space missions launched by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s to demonstrate the viability of artificial satellites.The name "Sputnik" ("Спутник") comes from Russian where it means "fellow traveller".
Sputnik 2 was launched some months later, and carried the first living passenger, a dog named Laika.The mission planners did not provide for the safe return of the spacecraft or its passenger, making Laika the first space casualty.
The first attempt to launch Sputnik 3 on February 3, 1958 failed, but the second on May 15 succeeded, and it carried a large array of instruments for geophysical research.Its tape recorder failed, however, making it unable to measure the Van Allen radiation belts.
www.academicus.ch /en/sputnik_program.html   (230 words)

  
 Forty-years-of-space-travel
Sputnik was a purely Russian achievement and the man behind it was Sergei Pavlovich Korolev.
The first Sputnik provided information about the density of the upper atmosphere as it skimmed the through these thin layers on its nearest approach on each orbit.
To reinforce the sense of urgency the Russians launched Sputnik 2 on 3rd November 1957.
www.geocities.com /gbinguy/Forty-years-of-space-travel.html   (756 words)

  
 sputnik
Even though Sputnik was not very big, only 23 inches in diameter (about the size of a basketball) and only weighed 184 pounds, it could easily be seen orbiting Earth without a telescope.
It was 121 days after Sputnik 1 was launched that the U. launched their own satellite called Explorer 1.
Sputnik 5, for instance, had two dogs and both of them lived to return to Earth.
www.siec.k12.in.us /cannelton/beyondmoon/sputnik.htm   (245 words)

  
 Experiences with the Sputnik Stereo Camera
The Sputnik is the stereo version of the famous Lubitel of which more than 3 million have been produced.
As all former Soviet cameras, the Sputnik is somewhat crude regarding design as well as manufacturing quality (see also my page about quality aspects of Russian and Ukrainian cameras).
For a comprehensive summary of the Sputnik's pros and cons, especially when compared to cameras of the Realist type, see Brian Reynolds contribution on the Photo-3D list.
www.pauck.de /marco/photo/stereo/sputnik/sputnik.html   (1490 words)

  
 Sputnik 25 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mission of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 25 was an attempted lunar soft landing, with the purpose of returning data on the mechanical characteristics of the lunar surface, the hazards presented by the topology such as craters, rocks, and other obstructions, and radiation, in preparation for future manned landings.
The spacecraft was injected into Earth orbit successfully by the SL-6/A-2-e launcher but failed to escape orbit for its trip to the Moon.
In the U.S. Naval Space Command Satellite Situation Summary Sputnik 25 was originally designated Sputnik 33, and the name Sputnik 25 was used for Sputnik 21.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sputnik_25   (186 words)

  
 Retro Galaxy - Sputnik Program
Sputnik 2 was launched some months later, and carried the first living passenger, a dog named Laika.
Sputnik 5 was launched into orbit on August 19, 1960 with the dogs Belka and Strelka (Russian for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants on-board.
A Sputnik I Model was given as a present to the United Nations and now decorates the entry Hall of their NYC Headquarter.
www.retrogalaxy.com /sputnik.asp   (491 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Sputnik 1: The Satellite That Started It All
Sputnik came as a surprise to most Americans - but it should not have, observes John Logsdon, Director, of the Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. "Our movies and television programs in the fifties were full of the idea of going into space.
When Sputnik 1 went up, it was a night in America when "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on television, Dickson said.
Sputnik 1 was soon to be followed by Sputnik II, a far-heavier satellite that carried a passenger - the dog Laika.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/sputnik_45th_anniversary_021004.html   (1201 words)

  
 Sputnik
Sputnik's radio signals, rebroadcast by television and radio stations around the world, immediately captured the public's imagination.
One admiral even called Sputnik a "hunk of iron almost anybody could launch." Soon after, military personnel were told not to discuss the satellite.
Imagine you are living in 1957; write a letter to President Eisenhower encouraging him to support increased funding for science and math education as a result of the Sputnik launch.
www.trumanlibrary.org /museum/sputnik1.htm   (1297 words)

  
 Sputnik and the Birth of NASA
Fearful that the U.S. might launch its satellite during the September 30-October 5 IGY Rockets and Satellites Conference in Washington, Korolev advanced PS-1's launch to October 4.(22) The R-7 rocket modified for launching PS-1 was placed on the pad on October 3.
Eisenhower's greatest error in the Sputnik crisis was his failure to appreciate the psychological dimension of launching the first satellite.
Eisenhower spoke on television on November 7 as Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 orbited the Earth.
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 Morning Edition - Sputnik Monroe
Walking into the ring at Ellis Auditorium in downtown Memphis, he would be booed by many whites, but as soon as they were finished, Sputnik would turn to the top seats, the segregated top balcony, raise his arms, and bring down a groundswell of cheers.
Sputnik wanted more of his fans to get into the auditorum, so he bribed a door attendant to miscount the number of African Americans admitted.
Sputnik continued to wrestle throughout the South for two more decades, but he never became nationally known.
www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/2001/feb/010222.sputnik.html   (586 words)

  
 Spaceflight :Sputnik and the Crisis That Followed
About 100 minutes later, the 184-pound (93-kilogram) Sputnik (translated as “satellite” or “traveling companion of the Earth”), trailing four metal antennas, passed through the skies over the launch site confirming that a human-made moon was now orbiting the Earth.
Sputnik was launched as part of the United Nations-sponsored International Geophysical Year (IGY), a collaboration by 67 nations to explore the unknowns of the physical world that actually 18 months, from July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958.
The shock of Sputnik was also largely responsible for the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA) in 1958 to conduct the United States' civilian space efforts.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/SPACEFLIGHT/Sputnik/SP16.htm   (1290 words)

  
 Sputnik
Sputnik 1 also had instrumentation to measure the density of the atmosphere.
Sputnik 1 had an elliptical orbit about the Earth, with a perigee of 155 miles and an apogee of 559 miles.
The Sputnik launch was a spectacular propaganda victory for the Soviet Union and its leader Nikita Khrushchev.
www.vibrationdata.com /space/Sputnik.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Sputnik
Sputnik is the name of the very first group of satellites sent into space by the Soviet Union.
Sputnik 1 was shaped like a ball and had four antennae that extended once in orbit.
Sputnik 5 was launched on August 19, 1960 and carried two dogs who came back home alive.
library.thinkquest.org /J002741/sputnik.htm   (323 words)

  
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The Sputnik frame jig is the culmination of over eleven years of frame building and tool making experience.
To meet this goal the Sputnik frame jig holds all the tubes of the frame rigidly in place, not just the head tube and seat tube.
The sputnik frame jig is made with a 1" thick blanchard ground cast aluminum plate and extruded aluminum beams.
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