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
Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev (; second quarter of the 15th century - unknown) was the ambassador of tsar Ivan III in the Principality of Ryazan, the founder of the noble family of Belkin, the most likely founder of the village Belkin Repinskaya parish. Ivan Belka was the eldest son of Fyodor Dutka Otyaev. Served Ivan III. He was sent to the embassy in Ryazan principality, which at the time maintained its independence. He is the most probable founder of the village Belkin (now the village Belkino Borovsky District, Kaluga region). Most likely, the land ownership was