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Korabl-Sputnik 5 [2] (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 5 meaning Ship-Satellite 5) or Vostok-3KA No.2, also known as Sputnik 10 in the West, [3] was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1961, as part of the Vostok programme. It was the last test flight of the Vostok spacecraft design prior the first crewed flight, Vostok 1.
ABC News later reported that the threat concerned attempts by Russia to launch a nuclear anti-satellite weapon. [6] The deployment of an orbital nuclear weapon would violate the Outer Space Treaty . According to officials, the United States does not have countermeasures against anti-satellite weapons.
Belka and Strelka on a 2010 stamp of Russia, released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their spaceflight. Belka (Белка, literally, "squirrel", or alternatively "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "arrow") were dogs that spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.
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Ivan Ivanovich on display at the National Air and Space Museum in 2013 Full Ivan Ivanovich display. Ivan Ivanovich (Иван Иванович, the Russian equivalent of "John Doe") was the name given to a mannequin used in testing the Soviet Vostok spacecraft in preparation for its crewed missions.
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Gagarin's Start [1] (Russian: Гагаринский старт, Gagarinskiy start), also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 was a launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that was used by the Soviet space program and Roscosmos.
The first small-lift launch 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 perform the world's first satellite launch, placing the Sputnik 1 satellite into a low Earth orbit. [3] [4] [5] The US responded by attempting to launch the ...