Sputnik satellites
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002986
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2001002986#concept
Variants
- Sputnik Zemlyi satellites
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: 2001026156: Sputnik, 2001:CIP galley (first Sputnik launched Oct. 1957) p. 337 (Russian name was Sputnik Zemlyi; traveling companion of the world, or Earth satellite; shortened almost at once to Sputnik)
- found: Americana:v. 25, p. 540 (Sputnik; Soviet Union's code name for its first space vehicles, launched starting in 1957 and ending in 1961; means "traveling companion")
- found: Web page of The Astronaut Connection, April 11, 2001(The first Soviet satellite program consisted of four Sputnik satellites; Sputnik 1 launched on Oct. 4, 1957; Sputnik 2 launched on Nov. 3, 1957, carried dog Laika; Sputnik 3 launched May 15, 1958; Sputnik satellite launched April 27, 1958, failed to reach orbit, not given a numeric designation)
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Change Notes
- 2001-04-06: new
- 2001-05-25: revised
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