Icon "Cosmos: Series of satellites, 1962" from the series "Artificial Earth satellites"

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The icon "Cosmos: Series of satellites, 1962" from the series "Artificial Earth Satellites": [photo] / photographer A. Melentiev. - Electronic data (1 file: 1 MB). - St. Petersburg: Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, 2015. -
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In the photo: souvenir icon "Cosmos: Series of satellites. 1962" from the series "Artificial Earth Satellites". A diamond-shaped symbol with equal sides and rounded corners, on the upper left side on a green background there is an inscription: "Cosmos". In the center on a red background the convex image of the satellite, from the top: date: 1962, below the inscription: "A series of satellites." White metal. Green and red enamel. The size is 20x20 mm. Pin fastening. On the reverse side - stamp of the manufacturer: Leningrad Mint, price 15 kopeks. Location: From a private collection. - Souvenir badge "Cosmos: Series of satellites, 1962" is devoted to a series of Soviet and Russian artificial Earth satellites for various purposes "Cosmos". The first launch took place on March 16, 1962. In total since 1962 more than 2400 satellites have been launched. The scientific satellites of the Cosmos series of different programs provide for the study of the concentration of charged particles, corpuscular streams, the propagation of radio waves, the radiation belt of the Earth, cosmic rays, the earth's magnetic field, solar radiation, meteoric matter, cloud systems in the Earth's atmosphere, etc. Technological satellites of the series "Space" helps to solve technical problems associated with space missions (docking in orbit, the entry of a spacecraft into the atmosphere, the impact of space-borne factors CTBA, questions orientation, life support, radiation shielding), and the work items structure and onboard spacecraft systems .
I. Melentiev, Alexei Mikhailovich (1958-). II. Presidential Library. B. N. Yeltsin (St. Petersburg). III. The Mint (Leningrad) .1. The people (the collection). 2. Open space (collection). 3. Artificial Earth satellites "Cosmos" - Badges. 4. Souvenir badges - the USSR.
ББК 63.3 (2) 633-7ю9
ББК 39.643ю9
Source of electronic copy: PB
Place of origin: From private collection
Publisher Президентская библиотека имени Б. Н. Ельцина
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