Episode 111 - To Boldly Transmit
Advent of Computing
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Sputnik's Pressure Sensor
During its short voyage, Sputnik was able to provide a good deal of information about space. All of that information was communicated via radio. One of the mission objectives for Sputnik was to measure how radio was attenuated as it travels from low Earth orbit back to the ground. Electromagnetic waves are… they're funny things.
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