The launch of Iskra-3. A fine name — Iskra, “Spark.” Let it fly above the planet and kindle in young people the drive toward knowledge, toward applying it to concrete tasks in science and technology. The satellite is equipped with a transponder, a memory device, and a transmitter for conducting and organizing amateur shortwave radio communications. The day went well, though Korund gave us trouble in the morning, but the furnace is running now.