- orbiting sputnik
- движущийся по орбите спутник
English-Russian military dictionary. 2014.
English-Russian military dictionary. 2014.
Sputnik 7 — was the first Soviet attempt at launching a probe to explore Venus. The probe was successfully launched on February 4, 1961 into Earth orbit with a SL 6/A 2 e launcher. The launch payload consisted of an Earth orbiting launch platform (Tyazheliy… … Wikipedia
Sputnik 3 — Operator Soviet Union Major contractors Korolev Design Bureau Mission type Earth Science Satellite of … Wikipedia
Sputnik 8 — was identical in design and construction to Sputnik 7, with minor adjustments to the fourth stage Molniya rocket. Sputnik 8 was an orbiting launch base and successfully launched Venera 1 to Venus.ee also*Sputnik 7 *Sputnik 9 … Wikipedia
Sputnik 1 — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Sputnik 1 Спутник 1 Organization = Council of Ministers of the USSR Major Contractors = OKB 1, Soviet Ministry of Radiotechnical Industry Mission Type = Atmospheric studies Satellite Of = Earth Launch = October 4, 1957,… … Wikipedia
sputnik — /spoot nik, sput /; Russ. /spooht nyik/, n. (sometimes cap.) any of a series of Soviet earth orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world s first space satellite. [1957; < Russ spútnik satellite, traveling companion, equiv. to s together, with +… … Universalium
Sputnik Sweetheart — infobox Book | name = Sputnik Sweetheart title orig = スプートニクの恋人 Spūtniko no koibito translator = Philip Gabriel author = Haruki Murakami cover artist = country = Japan language = Japanese series = genre = Novel publisher = Harvill Seeker (UK) /… … Wikipedia
sputnik — [20] Russian sputnik means literally ‘travelling companion’ (it is formed from s ‘with’ and put ‘way, journey’, with the agent suffix nik). The Soviets gave the name to the series of Earth orbiting satellites that they launched between 1957 and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sputnik — [20] Russian sputnik means literally ‘travelling companion’ (it is formed from s ‘with’ and put ‘way, journey’, with the agent suffix nik). The Soviets gave the name to the series of Earth orbiting satellites that they launched between 1957 and… … Word origins
Sputnik — noun Etymology: Russian, literally, traveling companion, from s, so with + put path Date: 1957 any of a series of earth orbiting satellites launched by the Soviet Union beginning in 1957 … New Collegiate Dictionary
sputnik — sput•nik [[t]ˈspʊt nɪk, ˈspʌt [/t]] n. cvb ars (sometimes cap.) any of a series of Soviet earth orbiting satellites • Etymology: 1957; < Russ: satellite, traveling companion … From formal English to slang
Operation Moonwatch — (also known as Project Moonwatch and, more simply, as Moonwatch) was an amateur science program formally initiated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in 1956 [1]. The SAO organized Moonwatch as part of the International… … Wikipedia