Re: Sputnik 1

From: Jeff Umbarger (jumbarger2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jul 11 2008 - 19:11:37 UTC

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    Also, there have been a number of recent technology shows on TV here in the US about the "Space Race", that show that animation we may all be familiar with of the Sputnik separting from it's nose cone. It's interesting to note that there appears, in the animation, a puff of gas between the nose cone and the satellite body. I never noticed it before but is anyone familiar with the separation mechanism?
    
    
    --- On Fri, 7/11/08, Chris Jones <clj@panix.com> wrote:
    
    > From: Chris Jones <clj@panix.com>
    > Subject: Re: Sputnik 1
    > To: "Gerhard HOLTKAMP" <grd.holtkamp@t-online.de>
    > Cc: SeeSat-L@satobs.org
    > Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 1:37 PM
    > Gerhard HOLTKAMP wrote:
    > > 
    > > The pictures showing the aerials protruding radially
    > away from the satellite 
    > > are not correct. But during launch the aerials were
    > indeed closer to the body 
    > > to fit with the nose cone. All four aerials would
    > spring open into their 
    > > unfurled position at separation from the launcher at
    > an angle of 35 degrees 
    > > with regard to Sputnik 1's main axis. So all the
    > other pictures and models on 
    > > display show it correctly.
    > 
    > I've seen drawings (not photographs) showing the
    > antenna lying on the
    > OUTSIDE of the nose cone, extending a little bit past the
    > bottom end of
    > the nose cone.  This doesn't seem to jibe with the
    > story of the technician
    > going up to the nose cone on the launcher shortly before
    > launch with a
    > radio receiver to ensure that Sputnik's transmitter was
    > working (if the
    > antenna were outside the nose cone, the signal should have
    > been receivable
    > from a distance; there would have been no need to get
    > close), so I suspect
    > these drawings do not show the true pre-launch
    > configuration.
    > 
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