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October 4, 1957, The Beginning of the Space Age (Read 822 times)

Oct 4^th, 2007 at 4:55pm

RichieB16 Offline
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50 years ago today, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the worlds first satelite Sputnik 1 on an R-7 rocket. This event started the space race.

Sputnik orbited Earth for 3 months reentering on January 4, 1958.

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Reply #1 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 10:00am

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Amusing trivia:

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The Sputnik 1 rocket booster also reached Earth orbit and was visible from the ground at night as a first magnitude object, while the small but highly polished sphere, barely visible at sixth magnitude, was more difficult to follow optically.

People who thought they were looking at the basketball were actually looking at the booster, the world's second artificial satellite.

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Reply #2 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 3:56pm