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1040812 - Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, was launched on 4 October 1957 The start of the Space Race -- the launching of a Soviet man-made earth satellite, Sputnik 1-- is shown in this photo from the Russian documentary film, Ten Years of the Space Age, released December 27, 1967, by Novosti Press Agency (now RIA Novosti ).
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