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>need satellite for cosmic ray studies
>has to last at least 3 months
>take my sputnik, give it 2 big solar panels instead of the 4 small ones since they turned out to not provide enough power, add some RCS so I can point it at sun
>yeet it into correct orbit
>realize someone forgot to switch the RCS thrusters from the default nitrogen propellant to the hydrazine that's actually in the tanks
>have no attitude control and batteries run out after a day
who historically accurate soviet space program here