Sputnik 20Sputnik 20 (also known as 1962 Alpha Tau 1) was intended to be a Venus landing mission. The Venera-type spacecraft was successfully inserted into geocentric orbit by the SL-6/A-2-e launcher. The escape stage failed and the spacecraft was stranded in Earth orbit until it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere 5 days later. |
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"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) |
