Thanks for sharing this; it's incredibly moving to hear the beeps (and now
there's the odd Russian station MDZhB at 4625 kHz which I've read about,
but can't receive here in Rhode Island).
Best!, Alan
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017, Johannes Birringer wrote:
dear all
a Russian friend who lives in Alberta sent me this reminder yesterday,
- about Sputnik - and attached a sound file,
I share it here with you.
On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite
to orbit Earth. The satellite, an 85-kilogram (187-pound) metal sphere the size
of a basketball, was launched on a huge rocket and orbited Earth at 29,000
kilometers per hour (18,000 miles per hour) for three months. When it finally
fell out of orbit in January 1958, Sputnik had traveled 70 million kilometers
(43.5 million miles) around the planet. The only cargo onboard Sputnik was a
low-power radio transmitter, which broadcast a beeping noise at regular
intervals. This beeping could be heard by radio listeners around the world.
A year after the launch of Sputnik, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower created the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally launching the "Space
Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union. This competition in
technological development would lead to the Moon landing, space shuttle, and
International Space Station, which still orbits Earth today.
regards
Johannes Birringer
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