Talk:Sputnik 1

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 10:05, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Citation style
I find the current citation style really hard to work with; would you be amenable to changing it to either sfn, harvnb, or similar? I think sfn is the simplest of those types personally, but I am sure not all agree.  Kees08  (Talk)   07:52, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Choose which ever you like. --- Coffee  and crumbs  09:34, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Harvard designator
I think there's room in this article to explain objects 1957 Alpha 1, 1957 Alpha 2, and 1957 Alpha 3, and why they were named that, since it was the first designation for an artificial satellite. Sources:


 * Comments on Satellites
 * NYT

Plan to incorporate them later, but if anyone beats me to it feel free. I made a similar edit to International Designator just now which has some explanation.  Kees08  (Talk)   07:09, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Propaganda
I made a |change, and this change has a copy/paste mistake. But in the second part of this change, I believe, it was constructive change. My change was reverted (and I agree, because of copy/paste mistake). In order to avoid WP:EW I am not tried to implement my changes again (in their right part). Let's discuss here. I'll send a message in your page. What do you think about my change overall (not in the part of copy/paste mistake)? SHaggY caT (talk) 02:52, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

I suggest to add:

Sputnik-V - Russian vaccine against covid-19, which is named after the fist mankind's satellite in the LEO in order to improve efficiency of the modern Russia's propaganda. Russian propaganda claimed that Sputnik-V is the first vaccine against Covid, like Sputnik satellite was the first artificial satellite in the LEO.

SHaggY caT (talk) 17:13, 20 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The new vaccine name Sputnick V is clearly intended to remind people of Sputnick 1, but how important is this vaccine to the actual topic of Sputnick 1? To me, it looks peripheral. It doesn't change how people think of Sputnick 1. Binksternet (talk) 18:00, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Name transcription
What is the source for [ˈspʌtnɪk] transcription? [ˈspʊtnɪk] is how it sounds in its origin language. Should the other one be removed, or is it commonly used and therefore included? Eerienempty (talk) 21:05, 7 July 2024 (UTC)