Space is the place
Space is the place
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The Dawn of the Space Age
The course of history changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.–U.S.S.R. space race.