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ALTIMETER USED DURING THE LANDING OF SOYUZ T-7 FLOWN IN SPACE FOR 211 DAYS
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ALTIMETER USED DURING THE LANDING OF SOYUZ T-7
FLOWN IN SPACE FOR 211 DAYS
Soviet made altimeter, face lettered "сделано в ссср" [made in the USSR], elastic wristband, adjustable ribbed outer ring calibrated for 1000 meters, inner dial calibrated for kilometers, suede backing signed by Berezovoy.
PROVENANCE: Cosmonaut Anatoly N. Berezovoy; Sotheby's Russian Space History, 1996, lot 284.
A handwritten provenance letter by Berezovoy reads in part: [trans]:"THIS INSTRUMENT BELONGS TO THE EQUIPMENT OF SOYUZ-T SPACE SHIP. IT IS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE ALTITUDE OF THE DESCENT MODULE (DM) RE-ENTRY VEHICLE (CA) IN WHICH COSMONAUTS LAND ... THIS ALTIMETER [IS] ... PUT ON THE LEFT SLEEVE OF THE SOKOL KB2 (sic) SPACE SUIT. THE ALTIMETER IS INDISPENSABLE AT THE START TO IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE THE ALTITUDE OVER THE GROUND IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY WITH THE ROCKET ON THE DM RETURN TO EARTH OR IN CASE OF AN URGENT DESCENT FROM THE ORBIT AT SOYUZ-T SPACE SHIP DEPRESSURIZATION ... THE INSTRUMENT WAS FLOWN IN SPACE FOR 211 DAYS AND RETURNED TO THE EARTH ON DECEMBER 10, 1982 ABOARD SOYUZ T-7 SPACE SHIP. AFTER THAT IT WAS KEPT AT MY HOUSE MUSEUM. ON ITS BACK SIDE I PUT MY AUTOGRAPH. A. BEREZOVOY."
Soviet made altimeter, face lettered "сделано в ссср" [made in the USSR], elastic wristband, adjustable ribbed outer ring calibrated for 1000 meters, inner dial calibrated for kilometers, suede backing signed by Berezovoy.
PROVENANCE: Cosmonaut Anatoly N. Berezovoy; Sotheby's Russian Space History, 1996, lot 284.
A handwritten provenance letter by Berezovoy reads in part: [trans]:"THIS INSTRUMENT BELONGS TO THE EQUIPMENT OF SOYUZ-T SPACE SHIP. IT IS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE ALTITUDE OF THE DESCENT MODULE (DM) RE-ENTRY VEHICLE (CA) IN WHICH COSMONAUTS LAND ... THIS ALTIMETER [IS] ... PUT ON THE LEFT SLEEVE OF THE SOKOL KB2 (sic) SPACE SUIT. THE ALTIMETER IS INDISPENSABLE AT THE START TO IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE THE ALTITUDE OVER THE GROUND IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY WITH THE ROCKET ON THE DM RETURN TO EARTH OR IN CASE OF AN URGENT DESCENT FROM THE ORBIT AT SOYUZ-T SPACE SHIP DEPRESSURIZATION ... THE INSTRUMENT WAS FLOWN IN SPACE FOR 211 DAYS AND RETURNED TO THE EARTH ON DECEMBER 10, 1982 ABOARD SOYUZ T-7 SPACE SHIP. AFTER THAT IT WAS KEPT AT MY HOUSE MUSEUM. ON ITS BACK SIDE I PUT MY AUTOGRAPH. A. BEREZOVOY."