Sputnik-1 (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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--We will start handling Russian vehicles, spacecraft, and artificial satellite model makers Red Iron Models.
――The first guide is the completely new mold 1/24 scale Sputnik 1.
――This injection plastic kit comes with a display stand, etching parts, and a brass wire for the antenna.

--Sputnik 1 is the world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.
-[Sputnik] means satellite in Russian, and Sputnik 1 was an aluminum sphere with a diameter of 58 cm, a weight of 83.6 kg, and the main body was equipped with four antennas with a length of 2.4 m.
--Sputnik 1 launched by the R-7 rocket from the Baikonur Space Station orbits an elliptical orbit with a perigee of about 950 km, a perigee of about 230 km, and an orbital inclination of 65 ° in 96.2 minutes, and is equipped with 20 MHz and 40 MHz. Two transmitters transmitted satellite temperature information every 0.3 seconds.
――The battery capacity was about 3 weeks, but it continued to orbit even after the battery ran out 22 days after the launch.
--Sputnik 1 disappeared after re-entry into the atmosphere on January 4, 1958, 92 days after its launch.

Item Size/Weight : 15.3 x 15.3 x 2.2 cm / 51g