“How did he die while grazing in the meadow?” Although the answer to the question is a bit absurd, the fall of the satellite Tensions between the US and Cuba causes.

What caused the satellite crash, and how did Cuba do it? to the opportunity He turned it into a protest, let’s see it together.

SOLRAD 2 responsible for the cow’s death

SOLRAD 2 on Thor-Ablestar

It is the second of the SOLRAD program developed by the United States Navy Naval Research Laboratory. SOLRAD 2It was launched on November 30, 1960, together with the Transit 3A. Satellites were sent into the sky via Thor-Ablestar. However, with the premature termination of Thor’s first stage, the individual stages of propulsion were destroyed by the caretaker’s carelessness. had been destroyed.

How can we turn a crisis into opportunities?

SOLRAD Backup Satellite Similar to SOLRAD 2

Parts of the destroyed rocket It fell in Cuba. The Cuban Army Headquarters reported that fragments weighing 40 kg fell on an area of ​​518 km². Cuba immediately saw this situation as an opportunity, or rather turned it into money. Some of the remaining parts of the satellite wreckage were sold to China, which used these parts in the design of the CSS-4 intercontinental ballistic missile.

halfway through the journey

Cuba not only turned the satellite crash into an opportunity, but also protested the incident. This incident was reported by the official newspapers as that of the US Yankee provocation It was reflected as . Radio stations described it as American attempts to destroy the Castro regime. Moreover, Cuba File a formal complaint with the United Nations found it.

The subject of the protests was cows.

After a complaint to the United Nations as evidence of Yankee aggression, many demonstrators demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. “The revolution will win, with or without cows.” Cows and bulls also joined those protesting with slogans. There was a message about the animals to the then US president: Eisenhower, you killed one of my sisters.

Complaints were answered and routes were restored.

American launches pass over Cuba flights were postponed. Improvements were made to the range safety system and future SOLRAD flights were planned for a more northerly orbit rather than over Cuba.

Given the importance Fidel Castro placed on cows, the fall of the satellite became even more important. Rumor has it that after this incident he went to Cuba to get cows. 2 million dollars Payment completed. This figure seems a bit high for a cow, but even if it did happen, it could be related to the violation of airspace, we don’t know.