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Sputnik 1

*Sputnik travelled round the earth in 96.2 minutes.

*On Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 was lunched.           

*It was 500 miles in the air when it travelled the earth.

*It was going 18,000 miles an hour as it travelled the earth.

*The Soviet Union made Sputnik 1.

*It was a satellite.

*It stayed in orbit for 6 months.

*Its rocket booster weighed 4 tons.

*It was the size of a basket ball.

*It was the first man made thing to orbit the earth.