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A color photo of the original Sputnik, showing a reflective silver sphere a bit more than twice the diameter of a basketball. There are four long antennae protruding from the side of the sphere. They sweep backward, forming a shape similar to a badminton shuttlecock without the webbing.

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A color photo of the original Sputnik, showing a reflective silver sphere a bit more than twice the diameter of a basketball. There are four long antennae protruding from the side of the sphere. They sweep backward, forming a shape similar to a badminton shuttlecock without the webbing.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 17:18:32 UTC Robert McNees

The Space Age began sixty four years ago, #OTD in 1957, when Sputnik 1 was launched into low Earth orbit. It was the first satellite made by humans.
Image: NSSDC, NASA

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