[FPSPACE] question...about Soviet satellites

[Paolo Ulivi]

Yes it is. this is related in Gatland's "Robot Explorers" but I have never
found any confirmation that it actually occurred elsewhere


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM, LARRY KLAES <ljk4 at msn.com> wrote:

> Is that the same Soviet Mars probe which caused a brief scare during the
> Cuban Missile Crisis?
>
> A cluster of unknown objects coming from the USSR during that time must
> have caused a few heart attacks for a moment.
>
> Larry
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Richards <richards.gr at googlemail.com>
>
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:52:47
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> Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] question...about Soviet satellites
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> 2009/9/7 Peter Pesavento <pjp961 at svol.net>:
>  > Here's a question for the assembled.
>  >
>  >
>  This was the period when the Soviets were having a lot of trouble with
>  the Molniya launch vehicle, lots of planetary probes launched, but
>  limited success.  The worst case was a Mars launch on 24 Oct 1962.
>  During the burn of the fourth stage to leave LEO for Mars transfer,
>  the stage exploded.  24 fragments were catalogued.  This was the only
>  big explosion, but a couple of the Venus launches apparently broke
>  apart with 7 or 8 fragments each.
>
>  Geoff
>
>  >
>  > During the years 1961 or 1962,  were there any Soviet launched
> satellites
>  > that exploded/ruptured in Earth orbit?  Not talking about launch
> failures
>  > here.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > If anyone knows, please let me know.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Thanks.
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