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
Strelka (chess engine) Strelka (chess engine) Strelka (rus. Стрелка) is a computer chess engine for Windows, developed by Yuri Osipov. In total five versions of the program have been developed. The current version, 5.5, supports only single core processing. Now, Strelka is one of the strongest programs in the world, according to several blitz rating lists and the strongest in Russia. As of version 5.0, Strelka includes 32-bit and 64-bit uniprocessor versions. In rating CCRL 40/40 from 17.08.2013 chess program Strelka 5.5 64-bit has 3115 Bayeselo. In blitz-rating CCRL 4/40 from 24.08.2013 chess program Strelka 5.1 64-bit has 3137 Bayeselo. In blitz-rating CEGT