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Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 4, 1957, 7:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.

Low Earth Orbit
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