[FPSPACE] What happened to Sputnik 1*s payload fairing?

[Geoff Richards]

Only the satellite and the rocket were given catalogue numbers, so 
presumably the fairing was never tracked.  The satellite was pretty faint 
for optical tracking, but at least it had radio transmitters.  A similarly 
faint object without transmitters was presumably beyond the capability of 
the tracking systems at the time.

Geoff Richards

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Tronstad" <Erik.Tronstad at nilf.no>
To: <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:05 PM
Subject: [FPSPACE] What happened to Sputnik 1*s payload fairing?


> >From what I understand the fairing was separated after Sputnik 1 and the
> core booster had entered orbit. Thus the fairing entered orbit, too.
> Does anyone know when it decayed?
>
> Was there any other objects orbited than these three on this historic
> launch?
>
> Erik Tronstad
>
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