Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Oct. 4, 1957, 7:28 p.m. - Oct. 4, 1957, 7:28 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Oct. 4, 1957, 7:28 p.m. - Oct. 4, 1957, 7:28 p.m.
First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.
An early Russian rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union
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