Sputnik
Sputnik is the name given to a series of scientific research satellites launched by the Soviet Union during the period from 1957 to 1961. The satellites ranged in size and capability from the ...
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Sputnik
A thin plume of orange rising into the Soviet sky on October 4, 1957, carried aloft humankind's first artificial satellite. A 22-inch, 184-pound, beeping sphere, Sputnik ("Fellow...
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Sputnik
Launched October 4, 1957 Decommissioned March 25, 1961
At the height of the Cold War the Soviet Union initiated a space program named Sputnik, which made such historic achievements as putting...
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