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oct 4, 1957 - The First Satellite

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The first satellite in space was the Sputnik-PS on the Sputnik 1 mission launched by the Soviet Union in what is known as Kazakhstan. The purpose of this was to place a radio transmitter into orbit around the earth.

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oct 4, 1957
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~ 68 years ago