Sputnik 1 (/ˈspʌtnɪk, ˈspʊtnɪk/, ‹See Tfd›Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks before its three silver-zinc batteries became depleted. Aerodynamic drag caused it to fall back into the atmosphere on 4 January 1958. The world’s first observation was made at the school observatory in Rodewisch (Saxony).
It was a polished metal sphere 58 cm (23 in) in diameter with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. Its radio signal was easily detectable by amateur radio operators, and the 65° orbital inclination made its flight path cover virtually the entire inhabited Earth.
The satellite’s success was unanticipated by the United States. This precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, part of the Cold War. The launch was the beginning of a new era of political, military, technological, and scientific developments. The word sputnik is Russian for satellite when interpreted in an astronomical context; its other meanings are spouse or traveling companion.
Tracking and studying Sputnik 1 from Earth provided scientists with valuable information. The density of the upper atmosphere could be deduced from its drag on the orbit, and the propagation of its radio signals gave data about the ionosphere.
Sputnik 1 was launched during the International Geophysical Year from Site No.1/5, at the 5th Tyuratam range, in Kazakh SSR (now known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome). The satellite traveled at a peak speed of about 8 km/s (18,000 mph), taking 96.20 minutes to complete each orbit. It transmitted on 20.005 and 40.002 MHz, which were monitored by radio operators throughout the world. The signals continued for 22 days until the transmitter batteries depleted on 26 October 1957. On 4 January 1958, after three months in orbit, Sputnik 1 burned up while reentering Earth’s atmosphere, having completed 1,440 orbits of the Earth, and travelling a distance of approximately 70,000,000 km (43,000,000 mi).
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my “Am I Racist?” movie is raising a lot of questions already answered by the movie
M partner always gets on my ass bc I don’t pronounce s’s at the end of syllables when i speak Spanish
Like calm down, you speak Portuguese where half the words are missing complete syllables from the Iberian Latin words Spanish and Portuguese both descended from. Just bc you updated the orthography don’t mean nothing I saw what you did to the l’s and n’s! Lol
Gonna say “são iguais” and then say some shit about “e’ta’” with a straight face foh
When the Rosa Killer in the discord of Blue Maga libs gets called a tankie for saying he’s not voting for genocide
If you don’t want Israel to roll tanks into all its neighbors you’re a tankie, it’s obvious
Holy fuck curry is amazing.
I thought it would take a long time to make and just be like a normal sauce but this took me 15 minutes and it’s the most flavorful thing I’ve ever eaten. This and rice beats 99% of the meals I’ve ever eaten.
Lol I thought you were watching basketball at first
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Anaheim should never have dropped mighty from their name
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Buying a hockey team is such a good marketing gimmick. I know I don’t have to hand it to disney but
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The commies are coming for techtube
Said it’s actually a bad thing that Cheney endorsed Kamala on Reddit and now my phone won’t stop vibrating. Surely the people in my replies aren’t defending a war criminal
The premiere of Always sunny is closer to the premiere of Seinfeld than the present. Idk if that’s interesting or noteworthy.
Just found out there is a sequel the civilization parkour I’m so hyped right now
My department is full of Iranian diaspora libs. Just have to bite my tongue and pretend to be “normal” whenever there’s any discussion related to the Middle East/Axis of Resistance.
(Looking up sportsball shit online)
NBA preseason game coming up between the Trail Blazers and Clippers in… Seattle? Hosted by… the Pokemon Company?? wtf
I miss the Sonics…
my grandad threw all his kids in the car and drove them way out to the countryside where it was real dark so the light pollution wouldn’t get in the way of everyone having a clear look at Sputnik cruising by. He thought it was important for them to see.
It’s about the wholesomest image I can imagine in the 1950s.
Reminder that even fucking Sven Olov Lindholm himself later changed camps, said nazism was a blight on mankind, and that the holocaust had happened and was a crime. A former swedish Nazi politician still had more integrity than MSM western journalist will ever have.
Death to all nazis… after attempts at reeducation have failed.
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Yeeeeess… 3 chapters left in Soviet Democracy , it’s gonna be so good finally being done… so I can immediately jump into the next book and have this exact moment once I get to the end of it.
Apparently Fred Armisen is not 1/4 Japanese he’s 1/4 Korean idk what to believe anymore.