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Old 23-June-2005, 11:32 PM
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Correct Melusine

I really had to scratch around for the launch time though

ugcs.caltech.edu Sputnik1

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National Affiliation: USSR
Launch Date/Time: 1957-10-04 at 19:12:00 UTC
Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood)
On-orbit dry mass: 83.60 kg
You can also hear Sputnik 1 at the AmSat website (scroll down the page to the second item)
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