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elleng

(136,833 posts) Mon Oct 3, 2022, 11:11 PM Oct 2022

My family and I were flying to Europe for a big trip, while Sputnik was ALSO up there!

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/ussr-launches-sputnik

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Greetings to those who remember this day in 1957! (Original Post) elleng Oct 2022 OP

WOW! elleng Oct 2022 #2

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1. It was a few days after launch... local paper said we could see it at ( whatever the time was) over

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 05:32 AM

Oct 2022

New Jersey.

Sure enough. I'm surprised we were able to see something that small. I guess, low orbit and reflecting sunlight off of it.

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2. WOW!

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 12:11 PM

Oct 2022