Corona (satellite) retrieved two days later by a C-119 Flying Boxcar transport plane. This was the first successful return of photographic film from orbit. In comparison, Sputnik 5 was launched into orbit on August 19, 1960, one day after the launch of Discoverer 14. Sputnik 5 was a biosatellite that took into orbit the two Soviet space dogs, Belka and Strelka, and then safely returned them to the Earth . At least two launches of "Discoverers" were used to test satellites for the Missile Defense Alarm System (MIDAS), an early missile-launch-detection program that used infrared cameras to detect the heat signature of
Musique (Theatre of Tragedy album) The reissue is limited to 2,000 copies and was released in Europe on 27 July 2009. All songs written and composed by Theatre of Tragedy. On the back of the album's casing, "Space Age" is written in Russian: ""Космическая эра""; moreover, the words ""Гагарина, Терешковой, Леонова, Лайки, Белки и Стрелки"" (""Of Gagarin, Tereshkova, Leonov, of Laika, Belka and Strelka"") are recited throughout the song. The song "Reverie" begins with loading of a ZX Spectrum program from an audio cassette. Two tracks from "Musique" were released as singles. Musique (Theatre of Tragedy album) Musique is the fourth studio album by the