BelKA later, the Dnepr rocket suffered an engine failure and crashed, destroying the satellites. The name BelKA is thought to be an allusion to the dog, Belka, who, together with Strelka orbited the Earth and returned safely on Sputnik 5 in 1960. BelKA BelKA (an acronym from Belarusian: Беларускі Касмічны Апарат, Belarusian Cosmic Apparatus) was intended to be the first satellite of independent Belarus. It was a remote sensing satellite that utilizes the Victoria universal satellite bus, developed by Belarusian researchers and Russian Rocket and Space Corporation RSC Energia for National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus as the
The Dogs of War (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) The Dogs of War (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) "The Dogs of War" is the 174th episode of the American science fiction television series "", the 24th of the . It is the eighth of the ten-episode story arc concluding the series, based on a story by Peter Allan Fields. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on "Deep Space Nine", a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this episode, Damar (Casey Biggs), Kira (Nana Visitor) and Garak (Andrew J. Robinson) form a new