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7/24/2025, 5:34:04 AM
>>16732434
Because when Russia gets something that works they never, ever get rid of it.
>>16732436
It IS literally Vostok tech. After Vostock/Voskhod had run their course and the Soviets switched over to flying crew on early Soyuz designs, they kept the old first gen capsule around for use as the foundation of the Zenit film-based spy satellites. They already had a working reentry capsule, so why not just mount a camera in it instead of a cosmonaut? They launched 400 of those things between 1961 and 1977. They've also launched a couple dozen of the Bion and Foton variants over the years carrying biological and materiel science payloads.
Because when Russia gets something that works they never, ever get rid of it.
>>16732436
It IS literally Vostok tech. After Vostock/Voskhod had run their course and the Soviets switched over to flying crew on early Soyuz designs, they kept the old first gen capsule around for use as the foundation of the Zenit film-based spy satellites. They already had a working reentry capsule, so why not just mount a camera in it instead of a cosmonaut? They launched 400 of those things between 1961 and 1977. They've also launched a couple dozen of the Bion and Foton variants over the years carrying biological and materiel science payloads.
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