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Sputnik 1On the 17th of December 1954, chief Soviet rocket scientist Sergei Korolev proposed a developmental plan for an artificial satellite to the Minister of the…
R-7 SemyorkaIn 1953, a directive from the USSR Council of Ministers set a new standard for Soviet missile development. The requirement demanded a launch mass between 170…