Tyazhely Sputnik
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title:
Tyazhely Sputnik
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Tyazhely Sputnik, also known by its development name as Venera 1VA No. 1, and in the West as Sputnik 7, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was intended to be the first spacecraft to explore Venus. Due to a problem with its upper stage it failed to leave low Earth orbit. In order to avoid acknowledging the failure, the Soviet government instead announced that the entire spacecraft, including the upper stage, was a test of a "Heavy Satellite" which would serve as a launch platform for future missions.
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Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyazhely_Sputnik
date created:
2002-09-08T10:51:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T21:56:59Z
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