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Artificial satellite Sputnik 1 - Illustration - Artificial satellite Sputnik 1 - Illustration - Artist's view of the Sputnik satellite 1. This satellite was the first artificial satellite on Earth. Put into orbit on October 4, 1957, it rotated around the Earth in 97 minutes. Its only functionality was the broadcast of a “beep-beep” on radio waves
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UIG3905614
Title
Launch of a Rocket Bearing the Soviet Space Satellite, Sputnik 1 in 1957.
Description
Launch of a Rocket Bearing the Soviet Space Satellite, Sputnik 1 in 1957.
Photo credit
Sovfoto/UIG / Bridgeman Images
Keywords
space race
/ science
/ launch pad
/ exploration
/ vostok
/ soviet space program
/ 1950s
/ soviet union
/ spacecraft
/ russian
/ cold war
/ ussr