Sputnik-1 Telemetry Signal (audio)

This is what you would heard had you tuned in to
Sputnik 1's radio signal on Oct. 4, 1957.

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Entertainment

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• Sputnik
• satellite
• telemetry
• radio

[carvalhovsky]

Could you please tell me the parameters of the beep (audio frequency, pulse duration, interval between pulses, etc)?

I'm trying to reproduce it, so I can use it as an alarm sound in an alarm clock I'm assembling.

Thanks in advance!

[jwabit]

This is an analog audio recording of the signal

literally "off the air" and preserved on a

phonograph record I kept for years. I don't

have the information you ask for, sorry.

[hairyballsinurmouth]

Why does this sound diffrent from the other radio sounds of sputnik on youtube?

[jwabit]

I don't know for sure, but I suspect that the

pitch of the tones is controlled by sensors on board... so temperature, for example, might be quite different at different times (like in sunshine vs. in Earth's shadow).

[sja11]

don't try to diminish the accomplishment. The first man-made object in orbit is a huge milestone in space history.

And it means more than any previous german or us army suborbital V2 flight.

[Ascensiam]

don't forget that the USA also didn't develop anything before 1776

[Mikolajja]

@jasincl yeah just like the mercury, gemini and apollo rockets were all DESIGNED (not based off of) by an ex-Nazi, Von Braun. Thats all besides the point anyways... all science and technology is based off of the design and thoughts of the experts that came before, if it hadn't been for Galelio and Newton we probably would have never even launched the v2s. The space race represents something completely unique to humanity, a chance to work together competitively towards dreams we cannot imagine.

[d1ckyj0nes]

There was a video somewhere around here with an american radio announcement regarding Sputnik. It resembled the Infamy Speech.

Anyone know where it might be found?

[Ruychaven]

It's so cute! :)

[Serega2000L]

HAPPY MY FRIENDS! With the start of THE SPACE AGE!

[williamblake69]

@sja11 certinly it was a huge accomplishment, i just watched the movie "october sky" it was great. makes me wish i was alive when this satellite was launched

[tareqbatarni]

sputnik is not nasa 

[danvoncarr]

This sounds so creepy.

[nightwind928]

I remember, as a kid, the impact this seemingly innocent and rather archaic ( by today's standards) piece of hardware had on american society. It shocked my grandparents to the core that the Soviets had some machine in outer space beaming strange signals down. For a moment in time, we were stunned and frightened and we knew that the world, as we understood it, would never be the same place again.

[jasincl]

@sja11 well the ROCKET that launched it was based on a germand esign