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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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  • Korabl-Sputnik 3 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 3 meaning Ship-Satellite 3) or Vostok-1K No.3, also known as Sputnik 6 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft...
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    names: Sputnik 4 – Korabl-Sputnik 1 Sputnik 5 – Korabl-Sputnik 2 Sputnik 6 – Korabl-Sputnik 3 Sputnik 7 – Tyazhely Sputnik Sputnik 8 – Venera 1 Sputnik 9 –...
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    Sputnik 1 (/ˈspʌtnɪk, ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It...
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    Sputnik 1 and later Sputnik 2, and the Sputnik (8A91), which failed to launch a satellite in April 1958, and subsequently launched Sputnik 3 on 15 May 1958...
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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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  • Laika (category Sputnik)
    mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to re-enter the atmosphere...
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    Mimivirus-dependent virus Sputnik (from Russian спутник "satellite") is a subviral agent that reproduces in amoeba cells that are already infected by...
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    related to Korabl-Sputnik 4. Korabl-Sputnik 4 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 4 meaning Ship-Satellite 4) or Vostok-3KA No.1, also known as Sputnik 9 in the West...
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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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    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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    The Sputnik crisis was a period of public fear and anxiety in Western nations about the perceived technological gap between the United States and Soviet...
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    Saturn's core. The first spacecraft-borne magnetometer was placed on the Sputnik 3 spacecraft in 1958 and the most detailed magnetic observations of the...
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    conversion efficiency. A few weeks after the US launched Vanguard 1, Sputnik 3 was launched by the Soviet space program outfitted with Silver zinc batteries...
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  • Sputnik (Russian: Спутник) is a 2020 Russian science-fiction horror film directed by Egor Abramenko in his feature directorial debut. It stars Oksana...
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    reentry trajectories and heat shielding. This team designed Sputnik-3, Luna-1, Luna-3, Luna-4 and the early Venus and Mars probes. In 1956, Sergey Korolev...
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  • (1986) Sputnik 2 (1986) Sputnik 3 (1987) Sputnik 4 (1988) Sputnik 5 (1989) Romjulsmusikken til Sputnik (1989) Sputnik 6 (1990) Sputnik 7 (1991) Den store festkassetten...
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  • Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band formed in 1982 by former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band have had three UK top-40 hit singles...
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  • Sputnik (Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputnʲɪk]; formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti, naming derived from Russian спутник, "satellite") is a Russian...
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    hundred miles from Earth (where the outer belt was first observed by Sputnik 2 and Sputnik 3) and extends for several thousand miles into space. These Van Allen...
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    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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    capsule and a larger launch rocket. The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, had been put into orbit by the Soviets in 1957. The next milestone in...
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  • Much Is the Fish?" – 3:45 "How Much Is the Fish?" (Extendedfish) – 5:23 "How Much Is the Fish?" (Clubfish) – 6:11 "Sputnik" – 3:06 12-inch single "How...
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  • successfully placed Korabl-Sputnik 2 into orbit on 19 August, whilst the fourth and final flight orbited Korabl-Sputnik 3 on 1 December. The Vostok-L...
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    Soviet space dogs (category Sputnik)
    an 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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    and velocity of high-speed particles. Such a device was installed in Sputnik 3. Pavel Cherenkov also shared in the development and construction of electron...
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    Rosco Monroe Merrick; December 18, 1928 – November 3, 2006) better known by his ring name Sputnik Monroe, was an American professional wrestler and civil...
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  • IZh-59-2 «Sputnik-2» (ИЖ-59-2 «Спутник-2») – was equipped with a second pair of 650mm detachable barrels IZh-59-3 «Sputnik-3» (ИЖ-59-3 «Спутник-3») – was...
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    switch to Moscow time". BBC News. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014. Sputnik (3 April 2014). "Moscow Sent Diplomatic Note to Ukraine on Terminating Black...
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  • range, as well as 110-series, actually lack a model name. The restyled Sputnik range was renamed Samara, but the Niva and the Oka retained their names...
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