Sputnik
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A series of Russian artificial satellites sent into orbit during the late 1950s. Literally fellow wanderer in Russian. [Sputnik] I made history on [October 4], 1957, by becoming the first man-made object put into orbit. Sputnik II would follow later, this time carrying [Laika], the first dog in space.
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