“The further conquest of space will make it possible, for example, to create systems of satellites making daily revolutions around our planet at an altitude of some 40,000 kilometers, and to assure universal communications and the relaying of radio and television transmissions. Such an arrangement might prove more useful, economically, than the construction of radio relay systems over the whole surface of the earth. The great accuracy of movement of these satellites will provide a reliable basis for solving navigational problems”
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Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (January 12, 1907 – January 14, 1966) was a Soviet rocket engineer and the chief designer of the Soviet space program. He is often called the father of the Soviet space program. Korolev oversaw the development of the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, which became the basis for the Sputnik launch vehicle that sent the first artificial satellite into orbit in 1957. He also led the Vostok program that achieved the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961. His work was instrumental in the early successes of the Space Race, though his identity remained classified until after his death. more
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