Mentre noi tutti abbiamo negli occhi i voli "fantastici" di #Artemisii non ci dimentichiamo che il 12 Aprile del 1961, il primo uomo a volare nello spazio non fu americano.
"Vedo la Terra, è bellissima!"
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Public Service Broadcasting - Race for space
Il 12 aprile di 65 anni fa il primo uomo nello spazio: #JurijGagarin. Per rievocare la grande sfida tra #USA e #URSS, questo disco di una decina d'anni fa degli inglesi #PublicServiceBroadcasting - The Race for Space. Il nostro è protagonista della 3a traccia- […]
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🚀 1961 – Gagarin, primo uomo nello spazio.
Con la missione Vostok 1, il cosmonauta sovietico compie un’orbita terrestre e apre la strada all’esplorazione spaziale
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I got the opportunity to see the italian radio station used to intercept Jurij Gagarin's communications!
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, brothers Achille and Giovanni Battista Judica Cordiglia became world-famous for building a radio listening station using makeshift equipment. They became the first to intercept signals from satellites and transmissions from Astronauts in space.
In 1957, they successfully intercepted and recorded signals from Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2, including the one carrying the dog Laika. Over time, they improved their equipment and developed satellite tracking techniques so effective that even NASA noticed them. They were able to capture and record signals from all major satellites launched by the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as communications from Astronauts and Cosmonauts.
The Soviets, obsessed with secrecy, posed a particular challenge for the brothers: unlike the Americans, they never announced their launches in advance, only after the mission had begun or even ended, to avoid public embarrassment in case of failure. However, the Judica Cordiglia brothers learned to recognize the radio signals exchanged by Soviet bases before a launch. This allowed them to be ready to listen to transmissions as soon as a rocket took off, often before the rest of the world even knew about it.
I got the opportunity to see the italian radio station used to intercept Jurij Gagarin's communications! 🇮🇹👩🏻🚀
Part 1
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Their location in Turin was strategic: the standard trajectory of Soviet spacecraft passed directly over their area, enabling optimal reception of radio communications.
On February 20, 1962, when the United States sent John Glenn into orbit, they kept the radio frequencies secret to prevent Soviet interference. For the Italian brothers, this was a major obstacle, but they did not give up. By analyzing an official photo of a Mercury capsule recovery, they noticed the vehicle’s radio antenna. With the help of their father, a forensic medicine expert, they used the faces of two sailors in the picture as a reference to calculate the antenna’s length and, consequently, determine its transmission frequency.
Thanks to this insight, they were able to listen to Glenn’s voice from space.
Their growing notoriety attracted the attention of intelligence services and spies. One day, they were visited by a supposed Soviet journalist who offered technical collaboration in exchange for confidential information. Shortly after, an Italian intelligence officer warned them that the man was actually a Soviet spy.
I got the opportunity to see the italian radio station used to intercept Jurij Gagarin's communications! 🇮🇹👩🏻🚀
Part 2
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The most unsettling of their discoveries concerned Soviet space missions that were never officially acknowledged. The brothers intercepted transmissions that seemed to suggest the existence of failed launches with Cosmonauts on board, both before and after Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight. Some of the most dramatic events they recorded:
• November 28, 1960: A Morse code signal in English repeated the desperate message: "SOS to the whole world." It appeared to come from a Cosmonaut adrift in space, unable to return to Earth. • February 2, 1961: They intercepted sounds resembling a heartbeat and labored breathing. Two days later, the USSR announced the launch of a Sputnik spacecraft, which was expected to disintegrate in the atmosphere after a few days.
• May 1961: They heard voices from two men and a woman in orbit. After a while, the male voices stopped transmitting, leaving only the woman’s voice. In her final moments, she repeatedly complained about feeling hot and seeing flames, until a final, heartbreaking scream was followed by silence. • October 14, 1961: They recorded the voice of a Cosmonaut whose spacecraft later disintegrated upon re-entering the atmosphere.
• April 13, 1964: The Soviets announced the launch of the Polyot 2 satellite, officially unmanned. However, the brothers intercepted radio communications between someone on the spacecraft and ground control. The theory of the lost Cosmonauts remains shrouded in mystery. Neither the Soviet Union nor modern Russia has ever confirmed these events. Without definitive proof, the fate of these forgotten Astronauts remains one of the great enigmas of the space race.
I got the opportunity to see the italian radio station used to intercept Jurij Gagarin's communications! 🇮🇹👩🏻🚀
Part 3
#space #cosmonauts #astronauts #JurijGagarin
I got the opportunity to see the italian radio station used to intercept Jurij Gagarin's communications!
Part 4
#space #cosmonauts #astronauts #JurijGagarin
Their growing notoriety attracted the attention of intelligence services and spies. One day, they were visited by a supposed Soviet journalist who offered technical collaboration in exchange for confidential information. Shortly after, an Italian intelligence officer warned them that the man was actually a Soviet spy.
The most unsettling of their discoveries concerned Soviet space missions that were never officially acknowledged. The brothers intercepted transmissions that seemed to suggest the existence of failed launches with Cosmonauts on board, both before and after Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight. Some of the most dramatic events they recorded:
• November 28, 1960: A Morse code signal in English repeated the desperate message: "SOS to the whole world." It appeared to come from a Cosmonaut adrift in space, unable to return to Earth. • February 2, 1961: They intercepted sounds resembling a heartbeat and labored breathing. Two days later, the USSR announced the launch of a Sputnik spacecraft, which was expected to disintegrate in the atmosphere after a few days.
• May 1961: They heard voices from two men and a woman in orbit. After a while, the male voices stopped transmitting, leaving only the woman’s voice. In her final moments, she repeatedly complained about feeling hot and seeing flames, until a final, heartbreaking scream was followed by silence. • October 14, 1961: They recorded the voice of a Cosmonaut whose spacecraft later disintegrated upon re-entering the atmosphere.
I got the opportunity to see the italian radio station used to intercept Jurij Gagarin's communications!
Part 3
#space #cosmonauts #astronauts #JurijGagarin
The Soviets, obsessed with secrecy, posed a particular challenge for the brothers: unlike the Americans, they never announced their launches in advance, only after the mission had begun or even ended, to avoid public embarrassment in case of failure. However, the Judica Cordiglia brothers learned to recognize the radio signals exchanged by Soviet bases before a launch. This allowed them to be ready to listen to transmissions as soon as a rocket took off, often before the rest of the world even knew about it.
Their location in Turin was strategic: the standard trajectory of Soviet spacecraft passed directly over their area, enabling optimal reception of radio communications.
On February 20, 1962, when the United States sent John Glenn into orbit, they kept the radio frequencies secret to prevent Soviet interference. For the Italian brothers, this was a major obstacle, but they did not give up. By analyzing an official photo of a Mercury capsule recovery, they noticed the vehicle’s radio antenna. With the help of their father, a forensic medicine expert, they used the faces of two sailors in the picture as a reference to calculate the antenna’s length and, consequently, determine its transmission frequency.
Thanks to this insight, they were able to listen to Glenn’s voice from space.
I got the opportunity to see the italian radio station used to intercept Jurij Gagarin's communications!
Part 2
#space #cosmonauts #astronauts #JurijGagarin
