To: RightWhale
Is Sputnik still up there?
18 posted on
10/03/2003 9:24:50 AM PDT by
scan59
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To: scan59
The initial orbit perigee was 142 mi, so it may have reentered by now. Oct 4, 1957 changed everything. It even led to the creation of NASA.
23 posted on
10/03/2003 10:14:35 AM PDT by
RightWhale
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