UK MANUFACTURED BATTERIES POSSIBLY USED IN SPUTNIKS I AND II
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Keywords:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
0000124295
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RIPPUB
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U
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1
Document Creation Date:
September 22, 2017
Document Release Date:
October 4, 2017
Sequence Number:
Case Number:
F-1990-01132
Publication Date:
November 22, 1957
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psEPARED AND DISSCM NATED B'.
tai /1WmunttuW"3 Batteries ?beaibl,7 Used In
gpadrzlks I and It
1. April 177, a yell ember Or ncmnwy battery pacts vote shipped from an
t battery aaaufecturing eaepapr to the Soviet tiii. ~SO~ate does sot
bsov the e,act amber oC batteries sbippedj It is the eaeesoeus cc this
company's ergcaaim, res .reber, and foaeigx and t1T eoUaWmm that
these tatterteo va:e coed as the power so res for transmitters in Sputniks
-~ is based on the fdll0ain6:
I aced II. Tile edu *ted c-L3L
a. rear the relatively asnLU nosier CC batteries chipped, it
vas obrioae that the ett t would be either *Verimntal
or for a specific application.
b. The batteries -es* of a size and type that could 1c te.Ut
be need in the Sputniks
c. Th esa the Sorfets haw perfected a recbarysebla load or a
sUrer w1# battery, nercary batteries weld probably tore
been used. YYoa iofor+at.ine available to these people, the
;orlats do sot .. ca j batteries nor have they
perfected sheer oxide or reeEorCnadle lead batteries.
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