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SOVIET UNION U.S.S.R. 1957 - LAUNCH OF SPOUTNIK 1 and 2 ( * …
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170
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SOVIET UNION U.S.S.R. 1957 - LAUNCH OF SPOUTNIK 1 and 2 ( * …
See original version (French)
Estimate
€20
Voluntary lot
Description
SOVIET UNION U.S.S.R. 1957 - LAUNCH OF SPOUTNIK 1 and 2 ( * ) , first artificial satellites and centenary of the birth of TSIOLKOVSKI, rocket theorist.
Maximum card on official Soviet postcard. Illustrator's drawing showing rocket and Sputnik I, view of Earth from space. In the centre portrait stamp of Constantin Tsiolkovski number 1966, cancelled 10 February 1957, on official Soviet postcard.
( * ) - On 4 October 1957 the Soviet Union launched the 1st artificial satellite Sputnik 1, 92 days in orbit, 83.6 kilos, 58 cm in diameter. Launched from Baikonur with an intercontinental ballistic missile. Project leader Sergeï KOROLEV.
- 3 November 1957, launch of Sputnik 2 - First spacecraft to put an animal into orbit (Laika bitch), deorbited after 162 days. Satellite ordered by Khrushchev for the anniversary of the October Revolution.
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ID: 87493978
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