Word: sputniked
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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...Sputnik II Sighted...
...Smithsonian also announced yesterday that the rocket of Sputnik I would fall around December 11. Whipple gave Sputnik II a comparable life-span, saying that it would last "more than two weeks and less than several months." Sputnik I, when it falls will not be particularly spectacular and will resemble a "good meteor," he said...
...Sputnik II--or "Muttnik" for dog lovers--is up and away. Not only has it and its canine passenger been up since 11:38 EST Saturday night, but by 8:30 this morning they will have circled the earth 19 times...
Whipple, basing his calculations on figures released by Radio Moscow, computed the lowest point in the rocket's orbit as 104 miles. Although this height is some 81 miles lower than the height of Sputnik I's rocket, the apogee--or highest point--of Sputnik II is 1,056 miles, compared to 560 miles for the first satellite...
Whipple added that the second rocket, although in a more elliptic orbit than the first, would probably take "a comparable period of time" to be affected by the atmosphere drag which is slowly destroying Sputnik I's rocket. Meanwhile, he said, "Curly," the first dog in space, is comparatively safe...