[FPSPACE] Sputnik-2 anniversary

[cwdonald at ix.netcom.com]

Does anyone know how many vaccum tubes were in the Sputnik I radio?
Where they RCA as I've seen in some photographs?

the only "reflector" I know of what the polishing of the outer shell so that it would reflect light.

cwdonald

-----Original Message-----
>From: Geoff Richards <grrichards at dsl.pipex.com>
>Sent: Nov 4, 2007 4:23 AM
>To: fpspace at friends-partners.org
>Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Sputnik-2 anniversary
>
>I noticed in the description of the Spunik launch vehicle a mention of a 
>reflector deployed in orbit to aid tracking.  I've seen this mentioned 
>before, but never with any detail.  What was it like? Was it mainly for 
>radar or optical tracking? Is there any illustration of it available?
>
>Geoff Richards
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Anatoly Zak" <agzak at optonline.net>
>To: <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
>Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 1:20 PM
>Subject: [FPSPACE] Sputnik-2 anniversary
>
>
>> My dedication to Sputnik-2, with the history of the project, hardware
>> photos, still and animated reconstructions of the spacecraft and its 
>> launch
>> vehicle:
>>
>> http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik2.html
>>
>> Additions, corrections and suggestions are always welcome.
>>
>> Anatoly Zak
>>
>> 
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