The Sputnik rocket was an uncrewed orbital carrier rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union, derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. On 4 October...
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Russian-language references, Sputnik 1 is recognized by the technical name of 'Satellite-One'. On 17 December 1954, chief Soviet rocket scientist Sergei Korolev...
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Sputnik 2 (Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputʲnʲɪk], Russian: Спутник-2, Satellite 2), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (PS-2, Russian: Простейший Спутник 2, Simplest...
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Energia (corporation) (redirect from Energiya Rocket and Space Complex)
DM; Sputnik program Sputnik 1 Sputnik 2 Sputnik 3 Sputnik 4 Sputnik 5 Sputnik 6 Sputnik 7 Sputnik 8 Sputnik 9 Sputnik 10 Sputnik 19 Sputnik 20 Sputnik 21...
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Small-lift launch vehicle (redirect from Small-lift carrier rocket)
vehicle was the Sputnik rocket, launched by the Soviet Union, which was derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik rocket was used to...
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Vanguard rocket was intended to be the first launch vehicle the United States would use to place a satellite into orbit. Instead, the Sputnik crisis caused...
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accuracy. US rockets then produced 150,000 pounds-force (670,000 N) of thrust, and US officials presumed that the Soviet rocket that launched Sputnik into space...
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intelligence until, in November 1957, the satellite Sputnik 1 was launched successfully to orbit by the Sputnik rocket based on R-7, the world's first intercontinental...
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(rocket), an unmanned orbital carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM Sputnik; GRAU index 11A59; a rocket otherwise called Polyot (rocket) Sputnik...
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Korabl-Sputnik 1 (Russian: Корабль Спутник 1 meaning Vessel Satellite 1), also known as Sputnik 4 in the West, was the first test flight of the Soviet...
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scientific instruments. Korabl-Sputnik 3 was launched at 07:30:04 UTC on 1 December 1960, atop a Vostok-L carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur...
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of the Vostok spacecraft. Korabl-Sputnik 4 was launched at 06:29:00 UTC on 9 March 1961, atop a Vostok-K carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur...
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Merrick; December 18, 1928 – November 3, 2006) better known by his ring name Sputnik Monroe, was an American professional wrestler and civil rights activist...
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rockets is a series of rockets, derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). More R-7 rockets have...
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Sergei Korolev (category Rocket scientists)
the 1950s and 1960s. He invented the R-7 Rocket, Sputnik 1, and was involved in the launching of Laika, Sputnik 3, the first human-made object to make contact...
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Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 2, lit. 'Ship-Satellite 2'), also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the...
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Vanguard was planned to launch shortly after Sputnik, but a series of delays pushed this into December, when the rocket exploded in spectacular fashion. The press...
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Project Vanguard (category Rockets and missiles)
orbit using a Vanguard rocket. as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida. In response to the launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957...
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R-7 Semyorka (redirect from R-7 (rocket))
form, it launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, and became the basis for the R-7 family which includes Sputnik, Luna, Molniya,...
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Soviet rocketry (redirect from History of Soviet Rocket and Jet Propulsion)
success of Sputnik 1 was followed by the launch of 175 meteorological rockets in the next two years. In all, there were ten of the Sputnik satellites...
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Laika (category Sputnik)
repeat the triumph of Sputnik 1, stunning the world with Soviet prowess. Planners settled on an orbital flight with a dog. Soviet rocket engineers had long...
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Sputnik 3 (Russian: Спутник-3, Satellite 3) was a Soviet satellite launched on 15 May 1958 from Baikonur Cosmodrome by a modified R-7/SS-6 ICBM. The scientific...
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Soviet space program (section Sputnik and Vostok)
Semyorka. 1957: First satellite, Sputnik 1. 1957: First animal in Earth orbit, the dog Laika on Sputnik 2. 1959: First rocket ignition in Earth orbit, first...
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Black Arrow (redirect from Black Arrow (rocket))
British National Space Centre Diamant Juno I Lambda (rocket family) Satellite Launch Vehicle Sputnik (rocket) Black Knight Wade, Mark. "Black Arrow". Encyclopedia...
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related to Korabl-Sputnik 5. Korabl-Sputnik 5 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 5 meaning Ship-Satellite 5) or Vostok-3KA No.2, also known as Sputnik 10 in the West...
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Soviet space dogs (category Sputnik)
exception and was expected to die during her Earth-orbiting 3 November 1957 Sputnik 2. Dogs were the preferred animal for the experiments because scientists...
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Mars 2MV-3 No.1 (redirect from Sputnik 24)
Mars 2MV-3 No.1 also known as Sputnik 24 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars program, and was intended...
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portal Timeline of first images of Earth from space Vanguard 1 Sputnik 1 Sputnik (rocket) Weather satellite Timeline of artificial satellites and space...
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(ICBM). On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik rocket was used to perform the world's first satellite launch, placing Sputnik 1 satellite into a low Earth orbit...
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it was not the first rocket to put into orbit an unmanned satellite. The first small-lift launch vehicle was the Sputnik rocket, it put into orbit an...
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