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Sputnik:

Name of the first of several artificial satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1961. The goals of the Sputnik program included studying the earth's upper atmosphere, observing animal survival in space flight, and testing Soviet rocket technology.

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Sputnik, name of the first of several artificial satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1961. The goals of the Sputnik program...

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- Soviet satellite: one of a series of ten artificial Earth-orbiting satellites launched by the former Soviet Union starting in 1957

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