UK MANUFACTURED BATTERIES POSSIBLY USED IN SPUTNIKS I AND II

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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
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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. ..o-o...ut, .o. W n?.s. 1