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What was on board the Sputnik 1?
The Sputnik 1 satellite was a 58.0 cm-diameter aluminum sphere that carried four whip-like antennas that were 2.4-2.9 m long. The satellite transmitters operated for three weeks, until the on-board chemical batteries failed, and were monitored with intense interest around the world.
What was on board Sputnik 2?
Two photometers were on board for measuring solar radiation (ultraviolet and x-ray emissions) and cosmic rays. A 100 line television camera provided images of Laika. Sputnik 2 was launched into space only 32 days after its predecessor Sputnik 1.
Does the US have Asats?
Several nations possess operational ASAT systems. Although no ASAT system has yet been utilised in warfare, a few countries (India, Russia, China, and the United States) have successfully shot down their own satellites to demonstrate their ASAT capabilities in a show of force.
Does India have spy satellites?
EMISAT is India’s first electronic surveillance satellite and is one of the powerful electronic intelligence/surveillance satellites. The use of this satellite is the result of the violent face-off between the armies of India and China at the Galway Valley in Ladakh on June 15 night.
What are the names of all the Sputniks?
“Sputnik 1”, “Sputnik 2” and “Sputnik 3” were the official Soviet names of those objects, while the remaining designations in the series (“Sputnik 4” and so on) were not official names, but were names applied in the West, to objects whose original Soviet names may not have been known at the time.
When did the Soviet Union launch the Sputnik satellite?
Sputnik, any of a series of 10 artificial Earth satellites whose launch by the Soviet Union beginning on Oct. 4, 1957, inaugurated the space age.
What was the weight of the first Sputnik?
Written By: Sputnik, any of a series of 10 artificial Earth satellites whose launch by the Soviet Union beginning on Oct. 4, 1957, inaugurated the space age. Sputnik 1, the first satellite launched by man, was a 83.6-kg (184-pound) capsule.
What are the names of the Russian satellites?
Being the Russian term for “satellite”, the word Sputnik has appeared in the names of other spacecraft: Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik, a series of scientific and technology development satellites. Istrebitel Sputnik, “Fighter Satellite”, a series of antisatellite weapons and targets. Tyazhely Sputnik, “Heavy Satellite”, a failed Venus probe.