SPUTNIK 1
SOVIET
SPX
Sputnik 1 weighing 184.3 lbs. (83.6 kg.), became the world's first artificial
satellite when launched from the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome into
earth orbit by a modified SS-6-type booster on October 4, 1957.
PRESENTED BY
THE FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY ASSOCIATION
JUNE 29, 1991 - JANUARY 1, 1992
#12123 G-2282
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