Sputnik 1 back to Baikonur
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Monday, November 3, 2008
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Finland
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This coin should visit the cities which have connection to the activities of European Space Agency (ESA). These cities are:
Paris in France,
Noordwijk in The Netherlands,
Darmstad and Cologne in Germany,
Frascati in Italy,
Villanueva de la Canada in Spain,
Moscow in Russia.
The Final goal is Kazakhstan and eventually the cache Poyekhali GCMGW9 in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Sputnik 1 was launched from there at 4th of October 1957.
More information on Sputnik 1 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur and
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik_design.html
10/25/2009 Sputnik 1 coin visited The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. Fine!
The Sputnik program was a series of robotic spacecraft missions. Sputnik 1 launched the first man-made object to orbit the Earth. That launch took place on October 4, 1957. It demonstrated the viability of using artificial satellites to explore the upper atmosphere. In Eastern Europe, "Sputnik" is a synonyme for satellite.
This was an important part of the development of the GPS system.
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