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In the News (Fri 10 Oct 08)

  
  ✓ Sputnik - Weltraummedizin.de - Weltraummedizin
Sputnik 2 erregte mit einer Startmasse über 500 kg ungläubiges Staunen der westliche Fachleute.
Sputnik 3 trug mehrere wissenschaftliche Messinstrumente in den Weltraum, welche den Strahlungsgürtel der Erde untersuchen sollten - was aber ebenfalls fehlschlug.
Sputnik 6 befand sich in einer Bahnhöhe zwischen 187,3 und 265 Kilometern und hatte eine Umlaufzeit von 88,6 Minuten.
weltraummedizin.de /index.php/Sputnik   (2645 words)

  
 Sputnik
“Sputnik” (satellite) was the abbreviated Western name for these spacecraft, known in Russia generically as Iskusstvenniy Sputnik Zemli (Artificial Earth Satellite).
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.
The last in the series, though prior to a decision to be more cautious in the launch schedule it may have been intended as the first.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/Sputnik.html   (295 words)

  
 Spacecrafts launched in 1958   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Prior to launch, there was reportedly some doubt about the functioning capabilities of the Tral-D data recorder but Korolev, under pressure from Khrushchev to launch the satellite in time to show support for the Italian Communist Party in the Italian elections, opted to launch without verifying the operation of the device in question.
Object D decayed from orbit on 6 April 1960, leaving behind the record of having been the first advanced scientific observatory launched into space.
6 kg probe included a new TV scanner and a new type of battery, as well as a new cosmic-ray telescope to study the Cherenkov Effect.
www.sciencepresse.qc.ca /clafleur/Spacecrafts-1958.html   (4823 words)

  
 Russian Space Dogs
Albina was one of the dogs shortlisted for Sputnik 2 but never flew in orbit.
Mushka was one of the three dogs trained for Sputnik 2 and was used during ground tests.
She did not fly on Sputnik 2 because she refused to eat properly.
www.yourdogs.info /articles/russian_space_dogs.htm   (995 words)

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