LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Cosmos 1402 satellite out of control

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Interview with amateur astronomer Geoff Perry of Kettering Boys School on the Soviet satellite Cosmos 1402 which was thought to be out of control and likely to crash on Earth, and its self-destruction by a charge on board to prevent it crash landing. He was first to notice the satellite had problems. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Geoff Perry

Keywords

USSR; Space; Aerospace engineering; Artificial satellites; Earth (planet); Satellites; Radioactive pollution

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