In Kamchatka, Russia will deliver the first “Space Index” – a REGNUM

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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, July 10, 2015, 00:53 – REGNUM In Kamchatka, at the entrance to the village of Volcano, which is located separate measuring complex Forces Aerospace Defence, establish Russia’s first “Space pointer.” As the correspondent of IA REGNUM in the regional agency for tourism, this project is $ 1.3 million.

will be the center of the complex sculpture depicting planet Earth from orbit, behind which there are vertical signs with planets in order of distance from the sun. Also, there will be installed an information stand in the form of fender flares, which plans to publish information about the development of astronautics in Russian and English languages.

The head of the urban settlement volcano Vladimir Smolin told the IA REGNUM , that no such objects not only on the Kamchatka Peninsula, but also in Russia. “Our” Space Index “will emphasize the brand village volcano, whose history is inextricably linked with the history of the development of manned space exploration and development of the world of Soviet cosmonautics, and because of its uniqueness may cause interest among Russian and foreign tourists” – told Vladimir Smolin .

According to him, according to the project plan should be completed by December 1 this year, however, the government will try to finish all the work in the two months before. October 4 in the volcano will be festive events dedicated to the anniversary of the launch of the first artificial satellite of the Earth and the Day of the formation of the military unit of the Space Forces, which is stationed in the village.

IA REGNUM recalls that in Kamchatka combat missions to manage spacecraft carries a separate measuring station troops Aerospace Defense, located in the village of Volcano. 14086 military unit appeared here in 1957. It was necessary to ensure the recording of telemetric information on the initial section of the passive flight spacecraft. November 3, 1957 personnel and special equipment involved in the work on the removal of the orbit of the Earth “Sputnik 2″ with the dog Laika on board.

April 12, 1961 located in the volcano ground space station last received a signal from all of the Yury Gagarin before entering the spacecraft “Vostok” in the zone “outside the radio coverage.” Being in the sky over Kamchatka, the first cosmonaut gave his famous “Hello blond!” Addressed to Alexei Leonov , specially seconded to the station for communicating with Gagarin .

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