EPISODE · Aug 10, 2017 · 4 MIN
Sputnik
from Wintermut3 Music · host Wintermut3
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. If the end of WWII and Stalin fueled the "Red Scare", Sputnik threw gasoline on it. The idea that something was above people, "in space" freaked people out to no end. This track attempts to capture some of that feeling and dread. The actual sound of sputnik is heard at he beginning.
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Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. If the end of WWII and Stalin fueled the "Red Scare", Sputnik threw gasoline on it. The idea that something was above people, "in space" freaked people out to no end. This track attempts to capture some of that feeling and dread. The actual sound of sputnik is heard at he beginning.
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