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
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