How many Sputniks were there?

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I know that there were Sputniks 1-10, which were part of the Sputnik Program!. Sputnik 19, 20, and 21, were part of the Venera Programme along with a number of other satellites, which tried to gather data about Venus!. Sputnik 40 was a 1/3 scale model of Sputnik 1 and was launched on November 3,1997 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch!. Sputnik 41 was launched a year after Sputnik 40!. Can't find anything on the missing Sputniks 11-18!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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There were at least 41 sputniks:

Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957!. The satellite was 58 cm (about 23 in) in diameter and weighed approximately 83!.6 kg (about 183 lb)!. Each of its elliptical orbits around the Earth took about 96 minutes!. Monitoring of the satellite was done by many amateur radio operators!.The first long-range flight of the R-7 booster used to launch it had occurred on August 21 and was described in Aviation Week!. Sputnik 1 was not visible from Earth but the casing of the R-7 booster, traveling behind it, was!.

Sputnik 2 was launched on November 3, 1957 and carried the first living passenger into orbit, a dog named Laika!. The mission planners did not provide for the safe return of the spacecraft or its passenger, making Laika the first orbital casualty!. This mission was promptly dubbed "Muttnik" by US humorists!.

The first attempt to launch Sputnik 3, on February 3, 1958, failed, but the second on May 15 succeeded, and it carried a large array of instruments for geophysical research!. Its tape recorder failed, however, making it unable to measure the Van Allen radiation belts!.

Sputnik 4 was launched two years later, on May 15, 1960!.

Sputnik 5 was launched on August 19, 1960 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and several plants on board!. The spacecraft returned to earth the next day and all animals were recovered safely!.

Sputnik 6 carried two dogs, Pchelka and Mushka (diminutive "bee" and "fly", respectively), as well as a television system and other scientific instruments!. The flight lasted for one day!. The reentry did not happen on the 17th orbit as planned!. The descent module was descending on its 18th orbit when it was destroyed by a destruct charge!. The test Vostok spacecraft carried explosive charges to prevent them from falling into foreign hands!. The destruction of the spacecraft precluded successful recovery and killed the two animals!.

Sputnik 7 was the first Soviet attempt at launching a probe to explore Venus!. The probe was successfully launched on February 4, 1961 into Earth orbit with a SL-6/A-2-e launcher!. The launch payload consisted of an Earth orbiting launch platform (Tyazheliy Sputnik 4) and the Venera probe!. The fourth stage (a Molniya rocket) was supposed to launch the Venera probe towards a landing on Venus after one Earth orbit, but ignition failed--probably due to a faulty timer--and the spacecraft remained in Earth orbit!. Because of its large size (6,483 kg), the mission was originally thought by non-Soviet observers to be a failed manned mission, and later was described as a test of an Earth orbiting platform from which an interplanetary probe could be launched!.

Sputnik 8 was identical in design and construction to Sputnik 7, with minor adjustments to the fourth stage Molniya rocket!. Sputnik 8 was an orbiting launch base and successfully launched Venera 1 to Venus!.

Sputnik 9 carried a dummy cosmonaut, the dog Chernushka, mice, and a guinea pig!.The flight lasted for a single orbit, and a successful recovery was made

Sputnik 40, also called Sputnik PS2, Radio Sputnik 17 (RS-17) and Mini-Sputnik, was a 1?3-scale model amateur radio satellite launched from the Mir space station on 3 November 1997 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1!. The spacecraft body resembled Sputnik 1 and was built by students at the Polytechnic Laboratory of Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria!. The transmitter was built by students from Jules Reydellet College in Réunion, with technical support from AMSAT-France!. Its batteries expired on 29 December 1998 and the VHF transmitter fell silent!. Its international designator is 1997-058C, United States Space Command object 24958!.

Sputnik 41 (RS-18, designator 1998-62C, object 25533[8]) was launched a year later, on 10 November 1998!. It also carried a transmitter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com