Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK) with Alice Gorman
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Evolution of Spacecraft and Satellites
lyca was a Russian dog plucked from the streets and quite literally thrust into fame as the first living creature to orbit earth. She was launched in the 13-foot tall Sputnik 2 the month after Sputnik 1 went up but she only survived a few hours because the temperature controls failed. Her body continued to orbit the planet 2,570 times over the course of five months before a cremation caused by incineration reentering the atmosphere. In 2020 there is going to be a predicted 30,000 styling satellites manufactured by SpaceX in earth orbit in the next 10 years. At the present time there are around about 2,000 functioning satellites maybe around 4,000 not functioning whole
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