Something Weird Capture That Capsule

A 1961-style 4-stage rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral and puts a satellite into orbit with a nose cone capable of “storing enough information to be extremely valuable to any nation that recovers it“. Translation: those Commie-bastard Russians want it. And they’re not only tracking the damn thing, but planning a little Cold-War sabotage to Capture that Capsule! After a clandestine radar station (with equipment that could’ve been hooked from some high-school physics lab•) sends a signal that prematurely