Sputnik: The First Man-Made Object to Orbit the Earth

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On 4th October 1957, the first man made satellite, Sputnik, was launched by the Soviet Union as part of their Soviet space program, thus kicking off the Space Race between the two world powers, United States, and the Soviet Union.  Sputnik was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1 in Kazakhstan, using a